like many of the pacific rim economies, we want better quality growth now.rastructure and mobility and things like that, they are all going to come up with a lot the minister leader meetings. there'll be a lot of work on the ground. >> one of the meetings that will tpp.king place is the tp the aim is to carry it over. how optimistic are you that we will see an agreement by the end of the year? >> that is not china. expecting some resolution. make the extent to which it tends to be a high-level and openess to others. be looking at that. expecting to see tpp out there in one form or another. that will have influence on how next fews over the years. >> this is the fascinating part of it. the scene is changing. as you talk about regional integration, with the region of so many different countries and customs and trade, how do you at apec try to bring that together? is it possible to create a pan asia trade alliance? a lots ofies out things. we see what works. do is bringrying to down unnecessary barriers to trade. this has happened quite a lot. it is making easi

apply to the trans-pacific partnership a pact under negotiation between the twelve countries on the pacific rim including the u.s. three of the witnesses at the hearing represented business interests and spoke favorably about the tepee and other free trade deals ultimately free trade is best for every economy economic growth and job creation at home depend on our ability to sell american goods and services to the ninety five percent of the world's customers living outside of the u.s. only one witness raised concerns about negotiations like. what has the net effect been of twenty years of these trade deals what has happened to our jobs our communities in north philadelphia that i grew up in the cleveland i can picture right now devastation throughout those communities nowhere near the replacement of jobs for that more than seven hundred thousand jobs lost from nafta alone but one interest group that's been supportive of the t.v. pia's hollywood and industry which has launched a full scale assault on online piracy so why is hollywood pushing for this trade deal our teaser mogul endo has the story

the end of the eleven other highlighted nations along the pacific rim critics of the trade deal have expressed concerns with transparency surrounding the negotiations and proposed corporate policies the bill includes a fast track per vision which would limit congressional input on the t p p calling for a straight up or down vote with no room for amendments and limited florida bait to discuss the trade deal and the process of fast tracking more i'm joined by lori wallach director at public citizen's global trade watch well i think for joining my pleasure so here is the bill that was introduced yesterday it's pretty expansive it's one hundred seven pages and section two is the first thirty five pages you can see it's a long section is titled objective trade negotiated negotiation objectives and it clearly outlines what their objectives are such as strengthening the system of international trade to foster economic growth and to ensure that trade agreements afforded small businesses equal access to international markets all great objectives but that's just it they're just objectives they

care law four months after its rocky launch and urge lawmakers to approve free trade deals with pacific rim partners. ahead of the latest nbc/"wall street journal" poll shows 51% of americans disapprove of president obama's performance. nearly 60% are concerned about what the president will do in the rest of his term. but after half of the public support -- about half the public support some of the program and policy moves the president will outline tonight. about three quarters say the government should play a role in reducing income inequality. as for their wallets, the poll finds 61% of people are satisfied with their own financial situation but 71% are somewhat dissatisfied with the broader u.s. economy. many believe the president should make reducing the budget deficit a top priority. but that's an issue he's been down playing in recent months. congress continues to suffer from approval ratings than president obama. more americans want to see capitol hill controlled by democrats, then republicans after the midterm elections. but just a slim 45% to 43% merge. there are always special se

request, told white hou he ll not fast track votes on pending trade agreements with europe and the pacific rim>> presidentbama is back on the campaign trail trying to keep democrats in shark of the senate -- in thank o charge of senate. >> some people will earn more money than others, we don't envy anybody who achieves success through their hard work. >> at another stop in maryland, president visited aye costco, he joked they sell everything from snork els to sofa sets. making changes to men hum wage, and setting up a new rirement savings program. >> corporate profits, have soared but wages and incomes much ordinary people have not gone up in over a decade. >> but some vulnerible senate democrats are not buying it, son tor from alaska said he was disappointing that president it not mention the e exxon keystone pipelin saying that president delivered good sound bites but they need a clear plan in economic growth. missing his chance to talk about national energy security, and senator nar mark uwillo was asked if he wanted president to campaign for him, he donged. >> we'll see what the president'

the draft version of the "environmental chapter" also reveals that the united states and 11 other pacific rimhat are party to the tpp would rely on trade sanctions instead of fines if a country violates its obligations. the sierra club responded to the latest news saying that if the draft report were to be finalized, quote "president obama's environmental trade record would be worse than george w. bush's." all of this comes as hearings begin today in congress on legislation to establish fast track authority that would allow obama to sign the tpp before congress votes on it. for more we're joined in our tokyo studio by nobuhiko suto, a former member of the committee on foreign affairs in japan's house of representatives where he was among the first legislators to point out the dangers of the tpp. he's the secretary-general of the group, "citizen's congress for opposing the transpacific partnership". welcome. >> i'm happy to be here. >> why are you opposed to the tpp? >> i was an economist, and a teacher, so my first impression of the tpp -- tpp was the enlargement of a free trade system, which

reportedly preparing to undermine strong environmental safeguards in trade talks with the 11 other pacific rim countries. by documents released wikileaks show the white house is ready to backtrack on a series of vertical regulations in order to secure a deal on the transpacific partnership. these include legally binding requirements for pollution limits, logging standards, and a ban on the harvesting of shark fins. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are on the road in tokyo, japan, for the first of three special broadcasts here. we're here at a critical time for japan and the region. later in the show we will look at the crisis in japan following the meltdown at the fukushima nuclear plant that occurred nearly three years ago. our visit to japan comes less than a month after thousands of people rallied on the japanese island of okinawa to protest plans to build a new u.s. marine base. meanwhile, protests continue here in japan over the transpacific partnership. the tpp would establish a free- trade zone s

were sleeping so scared about biotechnology and cloning and again net i cannily modified food the pacific rim countries would leap ahead of us and they have. they sse us as a bunch of puritans overly scared about embryos and. >> they are doing amazing things over there. and we are so far behind now. melissa: does that mean you think it is safe to consume cloned pigs, dr. pens? >> absolutely. a pig, is a pig, is a pig. the fda has pretty much known, most scientists agree that cloned food is safe. this is just, especially people on the organic food side are trying to scare us but there are some other bigger issues going on especially from a financial point of view. melissa: dr. rasmussen, what do you think about this? do you think it is safe to consume cloned pigs and you think we're falling behind by not doing it right now? >> yes, i actually, i agree with that. i think that cloning pigs themselves and not making genetically modified pigs is probably fine. the technology has been around for over a decade. the real innovation by this group in china is actually the mass production of this. so, i

ugly early morning in australia and across the pacific rim. this new york opening. >> turkey's central bank will hold a meeting tomorrow, the movie needs to make -- the move they need to make is to raise interest rates to stop the bleeding and currencies. coming up on "surveillance ." will apple's china deal mean record-breaking earnings? this is "surveillance." ♪ , everyone.ning market to better this morning of a very follow on monday in australia and japan. futures up 29.ow nobody in washington cares, they are focused on the state of the union tomorrow night. our chief is washington correspondent. to be responsible, -- >> state of the onion? >> that is what my father used to call it. the onion will have a spoof. tell me about immigration, is this debate for real or are we moving deck chairs around? >> it feels like it is for real, you are hearing from supporters and folks on capitol hill who have been hesitant to go there at all. they now see an opportunity for some sort of compromise on immigration by the end of this year. one, because demo

one with europe and one with asian countries and latin america and the pacific rim. the transpacific is closer to being done, being negotiated between 12 countries and it could be one of the last that we ever signed because the idea that countries will join that agreement in the future. we are very skeptical, from what we see and from what we have this is something that could have enormous economic impact on the united states and american workers and jobs for decades in the future. we have an following very closely. that is really in the embryonic stage. it just started. but some important concerns about regulation and how we can harmonize the regulation in the united states. how we make sure that this agreement is not used as a way to undermine the protections that we put in place. supporters say that this is not nafta and it will not have the same impact and if the united states does not strike these deals, other countries will come in and be invested in these emerging markets. congress is not part of either of these deals right now. host: the pacific countries. gu

if their economy continues to slow and that has an impact on commerce around the pacific rim that couldhave a bad affect on companies from oregon to alaska. and if the seahawks lose the super bowl, that could have a dramatic affect on the sales of those famous northwest micro brews and the oversized rubber number one fingers. over all the outlook is pretty positive here. >> that's allen schauffler reporting from seattle, joie. >> as ray mentioned just a couple of minutes ago this speech comes at a time when the lead in the story is really at a challenge. the difficulty that white house is haling with capitol hill. we have more on the political climate which i think we could sum up in a word, it's bad. >> reporter: that's right, a lot of analysts and even some in congress are now suggesting this speech might be one of the more adversarial speeches we've seen from president obama in some time. there are a couple of reasons why behind that. the president is going to walk into the house chamber with bitter memories from his dealings with republicans in 2013. in his last state of the union a

in seven years we've been involved in conflict the pacific rim. we'll have to many forces there to keep everything in check. nobody there has a military to really go against china. my prediction is that we would be drained so much locally in our own country that we will not have a resource to do this. we will leave this country very vulnerable. we're going to spend four to six trillion dollars on iraq and afghan veterans in their lifetime. that's money that got to be borrowed. we need to let these countries pay for us being there. guest: i'm sorry i didn't get around in our survey around the world. today, the leader of north korea gave his new year speech and i was watching kim jong-un earlier this morning. the gentlemen point was well taken. there are significant island territorial disputes broken out among all our allies in the region in are not confronting each other. north korea versus japan, japan versus china. china versus the philippines and vietnam. the united states has really no dog in that fight other than the fact that when china threa

it will send three or four vessels to the rim of the pacific exercise or rimpac. the vessels include a hospital ship. more than 20 countries took part last time, including japan. the u.s. official says the details have yet to be determined, but the chinese vessels are likely to cooperate in a drill simulating relief work in the wake of a major disaster. the u.s. military believes the dispatch of chinese vessels means that china is considering taking part in the drill on a full-scale basis, rather than just observing. the chinese military has recently been increasing its maritime activity. bilateral tension flared last month, after a near-miss involving chinese and u.s. military vessels in the south china sea. the u.s. military hopes the drill will nurture mutual trust and help prevent problems caused by misunderstandings. >>> the japanese economy is improving, but the nation's central bank is going to continue with its easy money policy. ron madison is here with more on that. >> that's right, gene. policymakers at the bank of japan decided to stay the course. they

the official told nhk that china has notified the usa was sent three or four vessels to the rim of the pacific exercise already that the vessels include a hospital ship. more than twenty countries took part last time including japan the u s official says the details have yet to be determined but the chinese vessels are likely to cooperate in a drill simulating relief work in the wake of a major disaster the us military believes the dispatch of chinese vessels means that china is considering taking part in the trail on a full scale basis rather than just observing. the chinese military has recently been increasing its maritime activity bilateral tensions flared last month after a new hat. after a near miss involving chinese and us military vessels in the south china sea. the u s military hopes ago will nurture mutual trust and help prevent problems caused by misunderstanding. us officials have announced that they will win by african leaders to washington for a summit in august. they say the meeting will advance the obama administration's focus on trade and investment in africa. a white house st

agreement that's being finalized and negotiated by this country and other countries around the pacific rim. this is something that we have seen such failure from past earth -- efforts, like nafta and the korea agreement and others, that we would hate to see this happen at a time this country is still bleeding jobs. we need to do something to help people get back to work. and while we've slowly seen the economy improve, we've also noticed there are people being left behind. there's a dual track going on and that's why we need to help every single person. there's a couple charts i want o show people. and i want to thank the communication workers of america, the union that, like other unions in this country, do so much on behalf of the middle class, fighting for their workers, making sure they have a say in their workplace. it's one of the reasons why i've had a union specialty printing business for 26 years. union does so much for the middle class, we need to do everything we can to support the average family working in america and these are some charts that they put together with statistics

pacific and stockton. off the bench, led the tigers with 19, andrew bach added 16, off the glass and in. not the broncos's day. you know when the ball gets stuck in between the rimanta clara falls 88-68. beavers led by as many as 16 in the first half, richard solomon finishes the alley-oop, throws it up, gets it to fall. shooters touch. c cal with 53 points in the second, winning 88-83, this is the abc 7 sports report, brought to you by river rock casino. i think it will be a tight game against the panthers, but i think the 49ers will prevail. everybody has been talking about seattle and the 49ers, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. >> one game at a time. thank you so much. and thank you for joining us, that is it for tonight, abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m., thank you so much for joining us, and the news continues now on line, facebook, twitter and all your mobile devices with our new abc news can help your kids' school get extra stuff. they're the only cereals with box tops for education. you can raise money for your kids' school. look for this logo. only on big g cereals. you can make a difference. every cereal box counts. [ female annou

rim fire. the berkeley family camp was destroyed and camp towanga had significant damage. as for camp mather this is its 90th season. >>> clouds streaming in off the pacific. if we had a good jet stream over us we would be getting a lot of rain. that's why we're continuing in this dry pattern with above average temperatures. so watch the cloud cover. current numbers outside 42 in santa rosa. 48 in concord and 53 in hayward. as we head into tomorrow. we have a lot of clouds again. temperatures are going to come down just a couple of degrees. look for numbers tomorrow to be mostly in the upper 50s and low 60s. these are highs from today. highs tomorrow are coming down. concord got to 59. 69 in napa. slightly cooler tomorrow. plenty of clouds. as that system as clouds begin to move in. there's a system. there is a chance for sprinkles and showers perhaps. wet weather in parts of the bay area. i'll tell you where that can be and exactly when i'll see you back here. >>> the mysterious crop circle in monterey county we now know who created it. >>> and fans want a piece of the play off action as the niners advance. find out how much it will cost. >> i need the p

rim fire. the berkeley family camp was destroyed and camp towanga had significant damage. as for camp mather this is its 90th season. >>> clouds streaming in off the pacificif we had a good jet stream over us we would be getting a lot of rain. that's why we're continuing in this dry pattern with above average temperatures. so watch the cloud cover. current numbers outside 42 in santa rosa. 48 in concord and 53 in hayward. as we head into tomorrow. we have a lot of clouds again. temperatures are going to come down just a couple of degrees. look for numbers tomorrow to be mostly in the upper 50s and low 60s. these are highs from today. highs tomorrow are coming down. concord got to 59. 69 in napa. slightly cooler tomorrow. plenty of clouds. as that system as clouds begin to move in. there's a system. there is a chance for sprinkles and showers perhaps. wet weather in parts of the bay area. i'll tell you where that can be and exactly when i'll see you back here. >>> the mysterious crop circle in monterey county we now know who created it. >>> and fans want a piece of the play off action as the niners advance. find out how much it will cost. >> i need [poof!]