the german parliament has approved historic measures that will see all power plants taken offline. -- nuclear power plants taken off line. angela merkel said that the disaster in japan caused her to rethink her stance on nuclear energy. >> chancellor merkel want clear victory. the new legislation said that it is annmbitious goal for germany. the country will have to meet its energy needs without nuclear power. the ministers said this is a historic step for germany sending a signal to the world. >> even those abroad who don't agree with this, if anyone can do this, it is the germans. that is the message we're sending today. >> the opposition social democrats backed the nuclear phase-out and leaders poured scorn on the government which only months ago jettisoned the phase-out that they had once supported. >> this is your phaseout. this is really our phase out. >> the opposition insists that in some aspects the new laws don't go far enough. they want higher target for renewable energy. there has also been criticism of the way that costs of the change will be managed. >> i will be back la

although they feel they've learned a lot from their time offline, they balk at the idea of living without the internet for good. >> [inhales sharply] [speaking korean] >> i think a week has been quite enough for me. but if i was asked to do it again to show people the good sides of living without the web, i would volunteer. >> [speaking korean] >> [speaking korean] >> it's just like, if you lived a week without electricity, the house would become a complete mess. so, i would say a polite, "no, thank you" to being unplugged ever again. >> [laughs] [all speaking korean] >> and as the yangs prepare to return to their normal wired-up world, they're considering a permanent change in the way the household operates. >> [speaking korean] >> from now on, i think we should have rules-- rules on how much time we can spend a day on the net. let's say 30 minutes a day. >> really? >> what do you think we should do? >> we should have 5 hours. >> no way. >> 6 hours. then an hour a day. >> only an hour a day. >> it's an hour between the two of you--one hour in total. >> no, no. >> everyone can have 30 min

all of the reactors could be offline by next spring for safety inspections resuming operations could take longer than usual because of the government recently introduced additional safety checks called stress tests. the panel said that if all of the country's reactors are down, the power supply will be about 10% short of peak demand in eastern japan and 8% in western japan. it also estimates that additional fuel costs around $38 billion will be incurred if utilities make up for the shortage through thermal generation. the panel called for introducing power-saving home appliances, industrial equipment to avoid rolling blackouts or mandatory power xupts it also stressed a need to promote renewable energy. the government will soon draft a three-year energy plan that is expected to include measures to cope with expected power shortages. it plans to include costs for the measures in a third extra bu >>> people in japan are pushing ahead with a slow and daunting task of cleaning up following the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. next comes the rebuilding effort, the biggest job of its kin

raise their concerns over a piece of legislation and gives the government power to take websites offline to censor search engines and essentially break down the internet the legislation known as the protect ip act is the creature of the entertainment lobby and is meant to curb online privacy suiting piracy by forcing an internet service providers to take certain websites offline if they're suspected of copyright infringement and giving away free music or movies and here's the kicker whether or not those sites are actually engaged in copyright infringement doesn't apparently need to be proven by a third party or a court it's strictly up to the entertainment industry in other words if they don't like it you're shut down that as the group of law professors points out would undermine the u.s. claim to a free and open internet and to quote them would incorporate into u.s. law a principle more closely associated with repressive regimes could this be true is congress considering legislation that will turn it will close down our internet of corporations say so here to shed some light on this iss

. >> the genkai plant has part of the total that remains offline since the march disaster or regular inspections. >>> attention has moved to whether the governor of sanga will do the same despite concerns about its safety. the mayor next to genkai town voiced concern about the restart. >> translator: people in karatsu city are cautious. i remain skeptical about their safety. >> members of japan's nuclear safety commission say the government must do more before it lifts an evacuation advisory for areas near the plant. during a news conference on monday they were referring to comments from the minister in charge during the disaster. could lift areas 20 kilometers of the plant by july 15. but a safety assessment must be carried out to fully understand the situation. they say the government must also confirm that another explosion will not occur. residents in the advisory zone are required to remain indoors and must be prepared to evacuate in case of emergency. some have already left for safer areas. the zone must be thoroughly moderated for contamination because before residents are all

. >> i think you would be better to take that offline with mr. duffy. >> commissioners? >> i will start, but i am not sure i am going anywhere. it is difficult to see the position from both sides. on the one hand, i don't know why you appeal something that takes you three months alcohol stopping the work that you want. i am not quite sure what to do. commissioner garcia: i am concerned about dealing with things that have to do with code and the authority. i would think that the accommodations thing and all that would have been a rent board issue. someone could come in with -- your alternative would be, and even if weather was awful, walk to take a shower. the loo will be a port-a-potty in front of your house. i would hope that -- i don't want to say that. mr. eppstein would have said, i think it is clear -- what is being done as proposed to be done. it is a serious inconvenience for tenants. i dunno what the authority is or how we solve this problem. if what was suggested blood certainly be a reasonable accommodation to have the appellate be able to do that bathroom. unt

in reading the report, i found it everything i had heard from me-- the pac in board meetings and offline. i appreciate that you were able to memorialize it in a report to us. it is an interesting but concise summary of the year. if anybody wanted to understand the pac and get the level of how important you are to us, i think they could see it in this one report. it is incredible. i just do not think the public understands the commitment to the volunteering and being able to be the buffer of some of that heat that i witnessed at those meetings, the community conversations. i am really in off of the graciousness of pac members in not engaging in the anger, but really taking that information in and of passing it on to the board. i am grateful for that. that really does speak to the years of buildup and trial and error and how you have been able to find your footing and move well within the district. i want to thank you all for that. i also want to talk about the bit of push back that happened. i think it is great. i also felt empowered enough to push back on the push back and not feel we ar

the reactor fallout led to two -- led to two-thirds being taken offline. they crashed in the treacherous eastern mountains of afghanistan near the capital -- a their plane crashed in the treacherous eastern mountains of afghanistan near the capital. amazing pictures coming from the western united states. a massive dust storm engulfed the city of phoenix, delaying flights. strong winds broke trees and electricity poles. reports from syria said that troops continue to surround the city appeared hanna. activists say that at least 14 people were killed on tuesday. and they attempted to prevent armored vehicles from crossing. troops estimate that as many as 100 protesters have been killed. human-rights groups declare that the syrian government are using brutal methods. the report has been compiled based on those that fled the town and took refuge in neighboring lebanon. good to have you with me, fella. international journalists are not allowed into syria. u.s. spoke to people that have fled the country? >> correct. we focused on one town in particular. we had n

years, and has to encompass all of these things, both on my reputation and online activities and offline activities. not to make any real distinction between what is going on of real-world or the online world. >> does their need be a federal standard? i know 40 states have their own standards, a data breach notification. should the federal government had something along those lines? >> it is difficult for any entity to do business with 50 different standards, potentially, but that is something for the businesses and legislators to decide. why >> artest from microsoft is jacqueline beauchere, focusing on online safety and privacy. tony is our guest reporter. jacqueline, with the move into tablets and the ability of wireless, is that increased the security breaches that happen? >> a meeting exposing people more? >> yes. >> is the other side of the same coin. the same basic advice that would give consumers is probably equally applicable on the go at home or at work. just simple things to keep in mind. being careful with a share on mine, not sharing personal information, making sure the devi

. >> so, while 1 in 6 of us have never been on line, for jessica, the idea of one-day offline is science fiction. >> oh, dear. all too familiar. for some of us, packing a suitcase is tough enough when you are packing just clothing. this woman had a more difficult task of packing her husband into the case. she was caught trying to sneak her husband out of prison during a routine visit. they found him probe up in the fetal position. the woman has been arrested. that brings us to the close of today's broadcast. you can find constant updates on our website, and you can check out our facebook page. from all of us here at "bbc world news america," thank you for watching. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet los angeles.

. >> ( translated ): if all nuclear reactors are taken offline, you'll see a wholesale flight of production and wealth out of japan. if that happens, the damage will be irreversible. this is not just a temporary electricity crisis. this is a question of japan's position in the global economy. >> reporter: without atomic energy, the government estimates imported fuel costs would spike by about $40 billion a year. >> japan is isolated island, with no grid connection with overseas, like germany. if we cannot supply stable electric power, then we face serious shortages of electricity. that is very damaging for japanese economic activities and national life. >> reporter: analysts say japanese manufacturers are already talking about moving their factories offshore to escape rising energy costs and the potential of more power shortages over the coming year. to preavent a hollowing-out of japan's industrial base and a surge in unemployment, japan says it has only one option for the coming decades: to keep its nuclear reactors online. lucy craft, "nightly business report," tokyo. >> susie: tom, dece

has been a driver as you know, scott, of revenue for ebay, now thinking of taking the payment site offline. ebay plans to test a point of sale system in several major retail chains next year that would let you use paypal to pay for items in stores just like you would use a credit or debit card. scott, back to you. >> nicole, thank you. we are already for football. are you ready for a shared stadium that could be the reality for raiders and 49ers fans in the years to come. today in the bay's christie smith is live in oakland this morning, seems weird, they say this is our house, except it would be somebody else's as well. >> reporter: yeah, that's the confusing part. you know, talk of a new stadium in the bay area, at least funding coming through, probably sounds like a great idea for bay area sports fans. but having the raiders and the niners share that stadium? could that work for fans? would it be like mixing oil and water or maybe oil and wine. both teams confirm they continue to talk about a joint stadium. a new collective bargaining agreement between nfl owners and players which still

two-thirds of the country's nuclear reactors are offline following the disaster at fukushima. scientists are urging the government to look at the hot springs on the their country. burke visited a power generating station. and every thing has a cartoon mascot in japan, even the most dangerous nuclear power station in the world. at this and visitors center, they explain how nuclear reactors work. but he has less to say about what is under the plant. fault lines, where experts say a major earthquake could strike in the day. this person has lived by all his life. he was pleased when the talk about shutting down the power station, until its defenses are strengthened, but he dreads the day. >> after what happened at fukushima, i don't think people here feel sick about having a nuclear plant around. -- i don't think people feel safe about having a nuclear plant around. it should become a monument to human stupidity to build something like that. >> for japan, the disaster has triggered a major reassessment about its great cities. before, the plan was to keep building more and more rea

two thirds of the country's nuclear reactors are offline amid safety fears following the disaster at fukushima. some scientists are urging the government to consider an overlooked resource, the hot springs generated by the fault lines under the country. as part of our power overseas, asia, we visited a power station in hamowka. >> everything has a cartoon mascot in japan. even what campaigners have called the most dangerous nuclear power station in the world. the explanation of now nuclear reactors work. but has less to say about what's right underneath the plant. >> fault lines. where experts say a major earthquake could strike any day. manaro ito has lived all his life nearby and was pleased when the government called for the power station to be shut down until its defenses are strengthened but dreads the day it's switched back on. >> after what happened at the fukushima, i don't think people here feel safe about having a nuclear plant around. i hope they will close it permanently. and bury it in concrete. it should become a monument to human stupidity to build something like that.

we can talk offline about that. commissioner campos: i would also encourage the same thing with other supervisors, to the extent they see something on the list that should give higher priority, that you are open to that discussion because we will have a better sense of the concern that people have in these neighborhoods. thank you. commissioner chu? commissioner chu: following up on the 15 mile per hour zone near schools, that is a good idea because we often hear from parents about people speeding through. just a question for you about whether there is -- whether it requires an environmental impact study or is this something that we can do without? >> with this particular project, it is just signs. there are some criteria that have to meet, but in general, most of these schools will qualify for this signing a spirit pretty straightforward commissioner campos: thank you. >> i will also say, the enforcement and outreach, evaluation, will be discussed and has been discussed at the task force meetings that are ongoing.

are four trillion dollars and calls for tax increases of one trillion dollars but chief strategist offline bank of course we for says there might be a gap between promises and real carts. the government makes too many cuts and raises taxes too severely then they could cause a double dip recession that could cause a substantial slowdown in u.s. economic activity which would of course the u.s. federal budget and exacerbate the problem so they have to be very careful not to introduce the cuts to violently you're too quickly so we have very tricky balancing act and that's why i'm not expecting even the four trillion dollars cuts i really don't expect those to be put in place for a very long time i think that's what we're seeing now are promises of cuts in order to get a deal done but there's a very big difference between promising of course and actually making it and i think the implementation of the cuts will be very much linked to the indicators are economic growth in the us. and let's take a look at the markets now crude is trading in negative territory given our earlier gains as u.s. oil s

commission to your commission that we get together, have a committee, talk about that, you know, offlinesome productive stuff done and i think we could really do that together. president olague: thank you. we agree, that would be great. >> i'm available any time. president olague: great, thank you. i'd like to open it up for public comment.k 10-minute block of time which we do grant to people -- to individuals, groups, opposing a project or any matter before us. so -- >> good evening, madam president and members of the planning commission. i feel sad to be the one in the doghouse tonight to kick off the public comment but i am part of the petco team. we're here tonight because we do believe this legislation was triggered by petco's request for a conditional use permit and i'm joined tonight by elizabeth mckinley from petco and andrew junious. the three of us are going to make brief remarks. i'm finishing most of mine and we have a short video presentation for you. i guess i would say respectfully that we have very different views on what would constitute maintaining a diverse economic c

. >> translator: so what's the prospect of the offline nuclear power plants resuming operation?> translator: it's totally unclear now. stress tests are now being implemented by the eu after the accident in fukushima. but how and when the tests will be carried out in japan are yet to be decided. currently in east japan, power restrictions are being imposed on major electricity users such as factories to cut 50% of their power use compared to their peak last year. this is raising concerns about its negative impact on the japanese economy. even the nuclear reactors that are now in operation are scheduled to stop one after another by spring next year for regular inspections. the government should clearly explain how it will secure safety of nuclear power plants and at the same time safely supply power. >> and that was nhk world's shinya kutsukake. >>> "newsline" is launching a new segment this friday, and you won't want to miss it. "the road ahead" will examine the impact of the march 11th earthquake and tsunami and japan's efforts to rebuild. that's "the road ahead" every friday ni

. >> reporter: there are fewer manufacturers to pick approximate up the slack in a company goes offline. some drugs are discontinued if they are not profitable to make. others get hung up in the regulatory process. usually, alternatives are available but doctors say it complicates how they treat their patients. >> that is definitely a major issue when they're admitting someone who is very ill. >> it does come caught things because we get a little bit out of our standard of care and we have to be a little more vigilant for unusual things that we wouldn't usually be looking for. >> reporter: in the pharmacy at children's national medical center, it means finding ways to reduce waste. >> in most vials, there is some overfill from the manufacturer. >> we are looking at alternate ways that we can repackage so there is no waste. >> reporter: and preserve every precious drop. one big complaint is that doctors often don't know there is a shortage until they've ordered the medication and can't get it. one thing that the american society of health system pharmacists would like is to have the fda

and we already are starting to prepare to take tunnel 1 offline. narrator: the construction of tunnel 3 is vital for maintaining the sustainability of new york's drinking water infrastructure. but the pipeline is useless if there's not a reliable supply of clean water within it. hurwitz: the city bought up land around the reservoirs to prevent it from development. it provides assistance to local residents to see that there's no pollution of the reservoirs. it's much more cost effective to prevent pollution and to protect a source of water than to remove it at the drinking water treatment plant. lloyd: what epa said to us was, "you can have an exemption from filtration "if you keep this undeveloped, "and if you can manage the wastewater so that it does not pollute your water supply." and we feel that we've reached the point where we can really keep it clean enough to drink unfiltered for the indefinite future. and new york city is in a small club of cities that actually have that filtration avoidance waiver. narrator: while municipalities are respon

power plants which have been offline since march may not restart the summer meanwhile hank saying is so high as banks are the topic in here that after china lifted its benchmark and lending rate by the point. and moscow's exchanges kickoff around one else time for the close in the right on wednesday because that you see on the screen of wednesday's closure the losses were mainly driven by banking and energy stocks. gazprom is considering marching at its electricity generating business with another russian energy major i.e.s. holding it to create the joint company will become the country's biggest power producer with an estimated value of a cliff seven billion dollars. and market watchers expect the correction on the russian markets to continue throughout the day it could make a direct says investors will soon be back to russia strong fundamentals. maybe you will see the conclusion of this correction but i think it's the general picture for july or at least for the coming two or three weeks of july moves more or less fine so russia mocker story although it's really interesting july in

power plants which have been offline since march may not restart the summer in one hand saying is so high up on some of the top pins here about after china lifted its benchmark that and lending rates by a point. and moscow's exchanges kickoff around one hours time from now the close in the road on wednesday because that you see on the screen of the good ones days closure and the losses were mainly driven by banking and engine stocks. gaspar was considering its electricity generating business with another russian energy major i.e.s. holding it to create the current company will become the country's biggest power producer with an estimated value of at least seven billion dollars. and market watchers expect the correction on the russian markets to continue throughout the day. from troika direct says investors will soon be back to russia strong fundamentals. and we will see the conclusion of these correction guides and i think it's the general picture for july or at least for coming two or three weeks of july more or less fine so russia marker story of the really interesting july inflati

utilities are the biggest decline this year about soft reports that nuclear power plants which have been offline since march may not restart the summer meanwhile the one saying this higher banks of the talk in the syria about softer china lifted its benchmark deposits and lending rates by a quarter point. and moscow's exchanges kick off around two hours from now they closed in the red and wednesday with the r.t.s. down point seven percent the losses so were mainly driven by banking and energy stocks. gazprom is considering merging its interests are generating business with another russian energy major i.e.s. holding. to create the joint company will become the country's biggest power producer with an estimated value of at least seven billion dollars. on market watchers expect the correction to continue throughout the day and give her a fan of her high from troika dialogue says investors will soon be back to russia strong fundamentals. maybe we'll see the condition of this correction but i think in the general picture for july or at least for the coming two or three weeks of july more or less fin

it to you for so the context here is you know the fukushima disaster which took energy production offline they need more oil so to help the people that are now in blackouts who can find the on switch in their little hobbles in tokyo their country is going to antagonize the only source of energy they have and there's a. so here we've proven that they're selling oil this is a kind of like a gordon brown move remember he announced to the market that he was going to sell half of britain's gold supply of course it guaranteed the lowest price possible this is exactly what japan and the u.s. and france and germany are doing here announcing to the market we're dumping all of this oil give us the lowest price possible especially since we're going to. back at a later date now the other thing of course we knew that oil would fall seven percent now check out this headline max see f.t.c. investigating a oil release leak oh yes max surprise surprise u.s. commodity regulators are examining whether traders received early word of a decision to coordinate a release of global oil stockpiles ahead of thursda