patricia sabga reports. >> reporter: 1937, japanese imperial forces captured china's capital nanking, six months of be carnage including rape and murder. thousands of korean women and girls, forced into sexual slavery as so-called comfort women to the imperial japanese army. two episodes of world war ii era astros advertise many believe japan has not atoned for sufficiently as the 70th anniversary of the end of the war looms. >> august will be a big anniversary for the japanese, to think about the way they have thanld past and japanese neighbors are scrutinizing the statement by japan's prime minister. >> while prime minister shinzo abe says he does not believe japan should keep apologizing for events of the past. abe's visit to the united states earlier this year when he side stepped the issue of formally apologizing to korean comfort women and when he visited a shrine in central tokyo honoring war dead including convicted jab knees war criminals. raw historical wounds that feed into tensions between japan and china over disputed and increasingly milt trieingly mils in south of japan

but patricia sabga has the story. >> the top 10 candidates for the republican nomination determined by -- >> recent polls. >> decided by polls. >> a yardstick this seasoned pollster finds troubling. >> the polls are supposed to measure public opinion not determine eligibility for debate. >> lee mariannaoff is part of the institute that,. >> polls are all by definition an estimate. there's a range there's a margin of error. we'll making real distinctions and big distinctions where there are really no statistical differences. >> reporter: polls are not pinpoint precise. they have a margin of error usually a few percentage points. so if someone say has a favorability are point of 46% it could be as low as 43 or as high as 49. now graft that margin of error into a group of candidates and the percentages separating 10 from 11 in statistical termination could really be no different at all. >> we will host the first presidential debates of the 2016 campaign seasons. >> fox news narrowed the 17 candidates to 10, by asking voters who they would choose if the primary were held today. but change

patricia sabga looks at why raising rates is such a tough decision. >> it's been nearly a decade since the federal reserve raised interest rates. divided over where to pull the trigger. first the turmoil. the dow jones industrial average plummeted a thousand points last week, before hitting six year lows before bouncing back. disturbing signs of weakness in china's economy which is a primary engine of global growth. as it slows the fallout is felt around the world. take oil for example. china is the world's biggest consumer of imported crude. so if its appetite for oil tapers off. and there's the global impact on currency markets. china had a widespread devaluation of the yuan. as other currencies get weaker, u.s. currency gets stronger. if you throw in dpreesed oil del prices, the big question for fed officials is, will these inflation smothering factors persist? there is good reason to believe inflation will pick up and that left an opening for rate like in september. the president of the new york fed william dudley said, a september rate like had become less compelling because of ch

patricia sabga has the details. >> reporter: the united states has been accused of doing it so has japan and europe. now china's become the latest powerhouse economy critics charge with escalating a global currency war. >> everyone wants to make their exports competitive. so the quickest way of dining had is to deevaluate -- devalue their currencies. so the fear is that china now is playing part in this game. >> reporter: the federal reserve under former chair ben bernanke was accused of using three rounds of aggressive bond buying to push down the value of the u.s. dollar. boosting u.s. exports and jobs at the expense of competing economies. a pattern seen in japan under prime minister shinzo abe and his so-called abenomic policies that have kept the yen weak against the dollar. earlier this year the european central bank started bond buying against the dollar. moves that whip sawed to china as the value of the yuan has whip sawed against the dollar. the the exports are down and its economy is slowing. so when the people's bank of china decided to execute a one off devaluation of the yu

patricia sabga has the story. >> it's been over a year since the fed raised interest rates, and leaving policy makers divided over when to pull the trigger. first the turmoil. the dow jones industrial average plumed over a thousand points only to finish the week higher. now those nausea induing swingss were triggered by china. as it falls the fallout is felt around the world. take oil, china is the world's biggest consumer of crude. if its appetite wanes, that drags down prices. china recently devalued its currency. if other currencies get weaker the dollar gets stronger which spells trouble for u.s. exports because a strong dollar makes u.s. goods more expensive to buy overseas. if you throw in depressed oil prices you have a recipe for persistently high inflation. the big question for fed officials is, will these inflation smothering factors persist or ease up? speaking at an annual conference at wyoming this weekend, fed vice chair stanley fish he said, leaving open the possibility of a rate like in september. the president of the new york fed william dudley said a september rate lik

. >> reporter: patricia sabga, al jazeera, new york. >>> and with the ongoing war against isil and congressdering the nuclear deal with iran, foreign policy issues will likely to be a focus in tonight's debate. earlier we talked to senior reporter for foreign policy magazine, for his take. >> reporter: the republicans have rejected this as a false choice, but uniformly the presidential candidates in the republican party have denounced obama's nuclear deal. the only difference is the type of theatrics and color they have used to convey how much they dislike this deal. >>> hudson adds it is unlikely a the candidates will reveal what steps they would take. >>> investigators say the suspect that attacked a theater has an crickal past. >> reporter: he had at least one arrest as well as multiple commitments to mental health facilities in his past. now two weeks after the theater shootings in louisiana, this man had movie goers in tennessee ducking for cover. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: that's the sound of the latest theater shooting suspect being shot dead by police in tennessee. >> it was a lot of

. >> patricia sabga, thank you. >>> a spirited debate for the republican party.onald trump drawing boos and cheers from the audience. and his fellow con tenders. >> raise your hand now if you won't make that pledge tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> mr. trump. >> if i'm the nominee i will pledge i will not run as an independent, and i am discussing it with everybody, but i'm talking about a lot of leverage. we want to win, and we will win. but i want to win as the republican. i want to run as the republican nominee. >> as michael shure reports with ten of the top g.o.p. contenders in attendance, the crowded stage made it difficult for anyone to shine. >> reporter: and that began donald trump's career as a debater. it was that kind of a crowd. it was like a sports crowd here for that debate. a lot of the issues that people thought they would hear talked about, may not have been talked about because the focus was on donald trump, how to debate against him. huckabee said he wasn't concerned about dealing with trump but staying out of his way, getting his own issues

and patricia sabga has the details. >> it's steady as she goes. economy added 215,000 jobs last month. that was enough to put it over that crucial 200,000 mark. the unemployment rate was steady at 5.3% as was the measure of people working or actively looking for a job. manufacturing had a nice bump of 15,000. meanwhile the mining sector shed 4,000 jobs in jewel, and you can put that down to the renewed drop in oil prices making those activities less profitable. average hourly wages rose to $24.99, that's about 2.1% year-over-year, so while the steady pace of job creation, the hike rates in september that would be the first rate hike since 2006, anemic wage inflation could convince the fed to hold off on rate hikes. >>> california governor's has called the fires burning across his state a wake up call for action. he says the worst is yet to come. and even californians need to open their eyes to the reality of climate change he says. the rocky fire has burned nearly 70,000 acres so far and 100 homes and buildings have been destroyed. >>> the governo

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. >> patricia sabga, al jazeera poughkeepsie, new york. >> i'm antonio mora. scrawrsray suarez is up next. >> you wouldn't be alone if you hadn't given much thought to grand jury proceedings. most people don't unless they're one. if you are facing serious charges appearing before a grand jury is a right embedded in the constitution. once a shield for the individual has morphed into a possible weapon for prosecution. it's the "inside story." ers wrom to "inside story." i'm lisa fletcher in for ray suarez. tonight's program indicting the grand jury. back to the colonial days, some 200 plus years later there is a growing force of critics. grand juries don't decide guilt or innocence but rather should charges be brought. most grand jury members don't understand the complexity of the law so they can be easily led by prosecutors. if grand juries no longer be point? al jazeera answer respects has more. andall pingts pinkston has more. >> choke hold death of eric garner, both cases involving police officers and unarmed brak men have led to questions about the grand ju

. >> patricia sabga there. >> oliver backs, has died. his 1973 book "awakenings" inspired a movie by the same name. actor ronle williams portrayed the doctor. he was the best seller of the man who mistook his wife for a hat. he was known to take readers through a range of challenging experiences >>> millions of people living in mexico live in fear of becoming what is known as the grrd. friends and family members abducted every day. it's not just drug cartels that are taking people off the streets >>> 11 days ago this person rushed out the house to see her brother-in-law bundled into a state police car with the licence plate blacked out. >> translation: the government is meant to protect us, they do this instead. how is it possible they could kidnap an innocent person? >> reporter: this person loved to sketch and gave her these stars, and now he's more than 5,000 abducted, more than anywhere else. not just the cartels, but the armed forces snatch people. >> maybe the kidnappings have gone down as they have been fought. police and armed fo

patricia sabga has more. >> it's been nearly a decade since the federal reserve raised interest ratesthe turmoil in global markets appears to have left policy makers divided over when to pull the trigger. the dow jones plummeted 1,000 points at the start of trading, last monday, only to finish higher, while oil prices hit lows before bouncing back. the swings were triggered by a disturbing sign of weakness in china's economy, which is a primary engine of growth. as it slows, it is felt around the world. take oil. china is the world's biggest consumer. there's an impact on global currency markets. china engineered a dramatic evaluation, training a wave of currency evaluations and markets. if they get weaker, they get stronger, spelling trouble for the exports, because a strong director makes u.s. goods more expensive to boy. raising interest rates could cause more. you have a recipe for low inflation, which is below the fed's 2% factoring for three years. the big question for the fed officials is will the factors persist or ease up. speaking at an annual conference over the weekend, fe

president announced tougher than expected cuts to emissions from power plants but as patricia sabga reportsot clear when the restrictions will come into force. >> no challenge poses a greater threat to our future -- >> reporter: an impassioned speech. u.s. president barack obama trying to convince the skeptical climate change is real while trying to rally the country that they can change it. >> we can solve this thing. but we have to get going. >> reporter: his warning, the current drought, floods and long wildfire season it's all going to get worse unless the rules change and that's exactly what he is doing. the plan calls for coal plants to reduce emissions by nearly a third in the next 15 years. republicans say there will be negative consequences for the economy. >> they threat tone ship good middle class jobs overseas they are likely to make it harder to maintain reliable sources of energy to meet demand. >> reporter: the white house disputes those claims and they are hoping this new plan will push other countries to take similar steps. >> if we don't do it nobody will. the only reason

. >> patricia sabga. end. >> today the obama administration announced a new plan for fighting climate change. the rules would cut emissions fro from 40%-45% by 2025. they revealed the plans to cut emissions from coal-powered power plants by 32%. >>> in colorado, along the animus river, it was flooded this month by 300,000 gallons of toxic waste from a mine. it is now open for business, but residents say that more needs to be done to prevent this from happening again. jake ward is in durango, colorado. >> today the epa announced that it was going to be doing an independent investigation. on that same day the river that you see behind me, the animus river opened for the first time. it was a ceremonial community parade that went down it. the feeling here is one of great tension. people are very relieved to get back to this river, but at the same time there is a new awareness that they don't have all the information that they need whether they're putting a boat in this body of water is really safe. >> for the

. >> patricia sabga, al jazeera, connecticut. >> a number of current and former football players will keep fighting despite losing an effort to unionize. a request was denied by northwestern university players who said they were employees and wanted more bargaining power over scholarships and medical benefits. northwestern calmed it the right decision. >> thank you for joining us this morning opinion al jazeera. hope you have a great day. do keep it here. stephanie sy is back in two minutes with more on a aljazeera america morning news. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et >> a second explosion rocks bangkok less than 24 hours after a bomb went off at a popular sideline. the man in this surveillance video is the bomber. >> crews find a missing crimean airplane and recover the bodies of everyone onboard. what officials are learning about the crash. >> addressing heroin dic

a group of them who held their nation's first ever student debt strike patrick a sabga met up with them again. patriciahose detstrikers were seeking blanket forgiveness for all student loans that they say the department of education never should have made available to core inthey areian in the first place. debt strikers like pam hunt who are still waiting for relief. time is running out for pam hunt. the bank foreclosed on her landlord and told her to vacate the house she has rented for six years for her and her children, including her special-needs son, yohoshiawa? >> they said he would not survive past a year. he is 19 now. >> that's because i chose to keep him home all of these years. >> reporter: but she may have no choice but to send him to a nursing home because hunt can't find anyone willing to rent to her. >> filling out applications, when you do find a place that may tentatively meet your needs, you fill it out. you get that, yes, this is -- this is going to work out feeling, and then you never get the call back. >> hunt's credit is terrible. she earns $44,000 a year as a home healthcare worke