looking ahead at the next three months. 11 of the 13 research institutes predict further deterioration. they say the globalic noming downturn will continue, cooling relations between japan and china are expected to have a negative impact on corporate activities. "the new york times" is to sell its jobs website to japan's leadilea leading job information firm, recruit. part of the u.s. newspaper's plan to carry out drastic restructuring. "the new york times" will sell off its website operating company. the website indeed.com introduces jobs available in more than 26 language as cross 50 countries. the newspaper company has been suffering from a decline in advertising revenue. this is due to the internet and sluggish u.s. economy. the firm has been taking various streamlining measures that include cutting 2,000,000 jo jo. 10% of the work force. despite actions, the company posted a loss in first time in four quarters. "the new york times" decided to appoint bbc general director as its new top executive. he is nonto have improved the web services of the bbc is is expected to bolster the n

let's talk to gerald celente who specializes in telling it like it is he's founder of trends research institute publisher of the trends journal and he joins us on capital account now and it is so great to see you you're the perfect person to talk to you on a friday to around the week out thanks for being on the show gerald oh it's always a pleasure being on with you you have one of the greatest business shows on t.v. oh you're so sweet thank you well you're one of the best guess to have on a business show on t.v. so i'm dying to know i just went over some headlines over the last year where people officials newspapers commentators have said there is a week to save the euro there is ten days to save the euro there is three months and to be fair we're still in the middle of george soros is three my prediction so i can't dock i'm there yet because who knows how it's going to turn out but the question to you gerald is is cut through the noise is the euro doomed to implode or is this salvageable or will we just keep see europe muddling along the way it has been. well it's a bigger issue than that it'

diversity of the rainforest, the center for tropical forest science of the smithsonian tropical research institute has been conducting a census of rainforest trees. dr. davies: our basic rearch program is to study large pieces of forest. we set up these research plots, which are 50 hectares in area, typically -- so that's a kilometer by half a kilometer -- in which we study every single tree species that occurs in those areas. we do it all one by one. we go out, we start at the corner of these big plots, and we tag and map and measure every tree bigger than a centimeter in diameter. that's as big as a little sapling in your garden. and we monitor everything. we have, in some of our research plots, more species of trees than the whole of north america or the whole of europe. that's a phenomenal number of species -- 1,000 species or 1,200 species in one plot. narrator: at 17 forest-dics plots throughout latin america, africa, and asia, davies' project, in collaboration with the arnold arboretum of harvard university, maintains an active database of more than 3 million trees of 6,000 species. dr. dav

we spoke with jian min jin, a senior fellow at fujitsu research institute to get more insight on the latest developments. >> translator: as the mutual dependence between japan and china deepens, the impact on both economies becomes bigger. in particular, the two countries are the world's second and third largest economies. that means that the bilateral issue could have an impact not only on themselves but also on the global economy. >> reporter: due to the sheer size of the chinese market, japanese companies see the country as a key business base. investments in china by japan's private sector have been rising steadily in recent years. in fact, they have gone up nearly six times over the past decade. jin says the current problem could lead japanese firms to review their future plans. >> translator: the ongoing tension is hard to resolve in the short term because the territorial dispute stems from different views of history between the two nations. an emotional uprising could occur again in the future. as japanese companies think over the risks of setting up in china, they could shift

being on the show gerald to level with everyone and thanks again that's a founder and trans research institute and publisher of the trends journal have a great weekend you you thank. all right it's friday so let's wrap up with your feedback let's take it from wednesday jim rickards was on the show he was talking about pretty much everything operation twist the fed gold fort knox jamie diamond europe and who he calls the institutionalized direct seekers who have attached themselves like parasites to democrats and to the republican party respectively to listen to rent seekers someone who figures out a way to manipulate the system to a shark well for themselves but they give very little back or give nothing back so they actually destroy well for society. so he identified public sector unions as the rent seekers for democrats and wall street as the rent seekers for republicans original prisoner x. said on you tube if people believe what almost all that is all economists left right and in between understand that wages have either stagnated or decreased for the past thirty years then how is it that

regarding support republican support for marriage equality a public research institute poll a year ago showed 37% of republicans supporting that policy. in a washington post news poll washington post-abc news poll this past march showed 39% in favor of marriage equality. that same journal national poll i just mentioned show that only 37% of republicans support federal marriage bill. completely different from what the conventional wisdom is. these are pretty astounding numbers. the bottom line is this. the percentages may vary from pole to pole, all of them show a clear majority of republicans, rank-and-file republicans in favor of some legal recognition of gay couples in opposition to federal marriage amendment, in favor of open service in our armed forces and in favor of nondiscrimination. is this a message of social tolerance, part of the majority of republicans must be spread which is why i wrote this book. i think it must be pounded into the heads of the republican establishment which continues to pander to the anti-gay groups and leaders. they are the ones who make the most noise.

the oil research institute says as of monday the average price of regular gasoline was 147.7 yen per liter. that's about $1.902 higher than the previous week. an analyst says while uncertainties in the middle east persist, many investors do have a cautious outlook for the chinese economy, which is a major crude oil consumer, but the analyst says gasoline prices will likely move in a narrow range for the time being. here are the latest market figures. >>> summer is still here. manufacturers are thinking of winter, christmas to be exact. they are showing off their latest products in a trade day. >> reporter: it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in one part of tokyo. there is a tree, lots of toys and a handful of santa girls. christmas is still more than 100 daze away. 51 toy makers are displaying more than 10,000 products at this trade show. the event is for buyers and sellers only. people who work in the toy industry are excited to see what's on offer. >> i came to check out all the cool new toys. >> reporter: the event is a chance for japanese toy manufacturers to show how the

. >>> a japanese research institute says it has created the world's 113th element. a team created a new element in a particle accelerator. they closely monitored the transition process to other elements and concluded the uh new element is the 113th to exist. if the results are confirmed by an international organization it will be the first asian institute to have the right to name the new element. >> translator: i'm confident in the results and that the creation of a new element is a big step for science. >> there are 94 elements that exist naturally. 20 others have been created by scientists. now the world weather forecast. you have been keeping a close eye on a typhoon east of the philippines. people there are dealing with torrential rain. now the storm is headed for taiwan. what can you tell us? >> the typhoon is now headed for tie yan and also the southern islands of japan. right now a violent and large typhoon definitely the strongest category typhoon. sustained winds are 200 kilometers per hour with gusts over 270. it looks like it will get close to taiwan or

it's named after a children's hospital research institute where they are developing it. they say they discovered in clinic trials vitamins and fibers help them and balance factors that help the body to control fat, and cholesterol. >> we are at the point we can tune-up your metabolism and we can lower ldl and lower your inflammation and do all these wonderful things. >> kristen: they are about to begin the study to see if the bars can help asthma in adolescents. they hope it can lead to commercial products. >> eric: developing news out of the east bay. vallejo police are investigating another shooting involving an officer. katie marzullo is live at the scene to explain why this shooting wasn't in vallejo. >> plus, a moving salute to a fallen highway patrolman. you will hear from his partner who put his life on the line. >> eric: a setback for ross mirkarimi. he will learn his fate sooner rather than the later.

national research institute for cultural properties tokyo discovered the possible solution. it uses an enzyme ability to decompose microorganisms. the burial mound dates back about 1300 years. mold has damaged the paintings. >>> skies in tokyo are clearing up after heavy rain this morning. rachel ferguson joins us with that and more in her world weather forecast. >> talking about the heavy impacting japan. in fact over the last several days we have had very heavy amount. even down in western japan. that had something to do with the typhoon that blew through. japan wasn't directly hit by it japan, but it certainly brought a strong stream of moisture into japan. totals since sunday morning. a half a meter in some places. and getting up to 364 meters of rain. adding to the totals. we have a front stalled out across northern, central japan. all of that moisture flowing into it. very unsettled here into, into the afternoon. even into tomorrow, you are going to be seeing showers in japan. rain, winds, chance of hail, tornados. very, very unsettled here at the moment. it is looking

environmental ministry will conduct tests, and will work with fukushima medical university and research institutions. their first priority will be to test children. >> translator: the health of fukushima residents needs to be monitored for more than 50 years, understanding the influence of radiation on the genetic level will help prepare us for the future. >>> the former chairman of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission says the disclosure of information by regulators it essential. jatsko visited with evacuees still living in temporary. >> it can only be allowed to operate if we can guarantee we. >> the japanese public lost confidence in the agency after the accident last year at fukushima daiichi. government officials will abolish the agencies in the autumn and create a new body and transfer oversight to the environment ministry. jatsko said leaders of the new regulator will have to be more transparent. he sell if they do, they'll gain the public's trust. jatsko says he understand why japanese have protested. he says that dialogue is important as the government and the people will have to decide w

looking ahead at the next three months, 11 of 13 research institutes predict a further deterioration in business sentiment. they say the global economic downturn will likely continue, cooling relations between japan and china are also expected to have a negative impact on corporate activities. let's get a check on the markets now. market he is were mixed on tuesday with japanese stocks posting gains and u.s. stocks posting hefty losses. for details, we are joined by our business reporter at the tokyo stock exchange. how are things looking this morn? >> the nikkei average broke below the key 9,000 mark at the owe. the first time in almost two weeks that the bench mark index fell below that psychologically important mark. having a look at opening levels, nikkei down 1.5%. pretty hefty losses there the topics down, down about 1.6% so far. overnight in new york, the dow jones industrial average fell for a third straight session. it was down three quarters of one percent and the tech-heavy nasdaq that index, bigger losses, down 1.4% on the day. those falls have a lot to do with investors

the national research institute for cultural properties tokyo discovered the enzyme can safely restore cultural assets and uses the enzyme's ability to decompose microorganize michls. they will study ways to apply the technique to treat the murals at the burial mound in western japan. the tomb dates back 1,300 years and the paintings have been badly damaged by mold. >>> now that the paralympics in london are over, many competitors are preparing for the next games. some athletes lost limbs in the civil war in sudan, but they found a new fashion and it comes from wheelchair basketball. >> reporter: these athletes belong to the nation's wheelchair basketball team. it was formed last year when south sudan became independent. the captain of the 30 member team once fought in civil war. now he works for a government agency. he lives with 13 family members. during the fighting he was shot in the right foot. he was left on the battlefield for two days and the wound festered. now he walks on an artificial leg. >> i think it was a totally different feeling i had that time. a lot of them, one was

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regarding regard to -- republicans for marriage equality a public research institute poll a year ago showed 37% of republicans supporting a policy. in a "washington post" poll, a "washington post" abc news poll this past march showed 39% in favor of marriage equality. in that same journal, "national journal" poll i just mentioned, showed only 37% of republicans supported federal marriage act, completely different from what the conventional wisdom is so i think things are -- these are pretty astounding numbers. the bottom line is this. while the percentages may vary from poll to poll all show a clear majority of republicans rank-and-file republicans, in favor of some kind of legal recognition of couples in opposition to a federal marriage amendment and our armed forces and in favor of employment nondiscrimination. this reality and message of social tolerance on the part of the majority of republicans which is why i wrote this book and i think it must be pounded into the heads of the republican establishment which by and large continues to pander to the stride and anti-gay groups and l

to help his team at cory, the children's hospital research institute have come up with the cory bar.ay we decided make we can -- >> we decided we can make a super vitamin in a bar. >> they combine vitamins, minerals and fiber over the course of a decade. they noticeddent from combinations had different affects such as balancing the factors that help the body control various types of cholesterol. >> and now we are to the point where we can raise hdl and lower ldl and lower your insulin resistant and do all of these wonderful things. >> the theory is many obese people are actually starving, not for cal cal ray res, but minerals and vitamins no the in foods. it can be compounded by subsequent damage to the digestive tract. >> the body is reacting to those things coming across the vulnerable gut wall. >> he helped tweak the formula and the bar's flavor which he describes as barely edible. the usda helped to manufacture the bar so they can be used in wider clinical trials. and right now researchers are launching a new trial to see if this bar could help with the symptoms of another diseas

to help his team at cory, the children's hospital research institute have come up with the cory bar.ay we decided make we can -- >> we decided we can make a super vitamin in a bar. >> they combine vitamins, minerals and fiber over the course of a decade. they noticeddent from combinations had different affects such as balancing the factors that help the body control various types of cholesterol. >> and now we are to the point where we can raise hdl and lower ldl and lower your insulin resistant and do all of these wonderful things. >> the theory is many obese people are actually starving, not for cal cal ray res, but minerals and vitamins no the in foods. it can be compounded by subsequent damage to the digestive tract. >> the body is reacting to those things coming across the vulnerable gut wall. >> he helped tweak the formula and the bar's flavor which he describes as barely edible. the usda helped to manufacture the bar so they can be used in wider clinical trials. and right now researchers are launching a new trial to see if this bar could help with the symptoms of another diseas

to help his team at the children hospital oakland research institute have come up with what is knowny bar. >> we decided maybe we could make a kind of super vitamin bar. >> they combine mineral vitamin and fiber in dozens of variation over the course of a decade n.clinical trial they notice the different combination had different effects. such as balancing the factor that help the body control various types of cholesterol. >> and now we are to the point where we can really tune up metabolism. raise hdl and lower ldl and lower inflammation and lower your insulin resistance and do all these wonderful things. >> theory is many obese people are actually starving not for calorie but mineral and vitamin not found in processed food. problem can be compounded by subsequent damage to the digestive track. >> bad things start to happen because the body is reacting to those things coming across. >>reporter: he helps treat the formula and flavor barely edible when it started. usda helped manufacture the bar to be used in wider clinical trials. right now researchers at corey are launching a new tr

i'm the president of clark atlanta university, which is about the only independent graduate research institution in the united states of america. that is a part of the historical black colleges and university community. what we're here to talk about today there is a major crisis in america, one more damaging than even the nation's daunting economic landscape. the american education system has failed young people of color. african-american males in particular. the evidence is somewhat overwhelming. only 55% of all black students graduate from high school on time with a regular diploma. on average, african-american twelfth grade students read at approximately the same grade level as white eighth graders and the twelfth grade were lower than significantly lower than any other racial and ethnic group. in march 2007 editorial, phillip jackson from chicago's black star project. there was no longer a need for dire predictses, apprehension about losings a generation of black boys. it is too late. a generation in education, employment, economics, incarceration, health, and parents we have lost a generati

. >>> a japanese research substitute institute is claiming a first. it says it has created the world's 113th element. a team created a new element in a particle accelerator. the team closely monitored the transition process to other elements and concluded the new element is the 113th to exist. if the results are confirmed by an international organization it will be the first asian institute to have the right to name the new element. >> translator: i'm confident in the results and that the creation of a new element is a big step for science. >> there are 94 elements that exist naturally. 20 others have been created by scientists. >>> after months of wrangling deployment of a fleet of u.s. aircraft is about to take place. defense ministry officials say that 12 osprey will be deployed to the u.s. marine corps in okinawa prefecture as early as friday. ahead the deployment, officials from local municipalities were offered a test ride on the aircraft to ease their concerns. but few have accepted the offer. the test ride will take place on thursday at the ai

are doing is insights that are coming out of academia or coming out of sort of some of these research institutes that have popped up in politics are affecting everything that goes on on the ground. and so you know, when you get contacted the weekend before the election by somebody doing get out the vote for ot bama campaign, they are almost certainly going ask you what time dow plan to vote on election day. they are not going write down the answer but it's because they have learned through yrs o experiment that ising people what time they plan to vote, where they are going to come from beforehand what they will be doing that day makes them develop a plan which is a behavioral mechanism that actually maybes somebody more likely to follow through on an action after they thought through how they will do it. >> both of these campaigns seem to be spending a tremendous amount of money on going after either the off the grid or on demand voter, meaning the person who is not watching traditional tv. they might have cut the cord for cable, only watching on-line ads. >> one of the big things that happened

his car for semmingly no reason at all is shot it's ouuragous :14 :14marvit was a researcher for the national institutesand an adjunct professor for the university of maryland. anyone with information about his murder is asked to call police right away.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morniig news. the department of health and mental hygiene claim two new human cases of the wwst nile virus have been identified in baltimore county... bringing the total to 25 cases across the state... including two fatalitiesstonight... sppaying is scheduled innparts of catonsville.on monnay september 24th anddoctober 1st.... sprayings are scheduled for pikesville.all sprayings begin at 7:30 each cameras could oon be added to stop signs in d-c. d-c.the nation's capital is california... where photo-enforced stop signs have been rakinggin the dough. d-c is planning to install 16 stop sign cameras by the end of the intersections near schools. drivers who run through ne... will face fine of 50- dollars. before the cameras are installed... residents will be given a 30-day warninn period... to make sure they know the cameras are ther

he is currently a senior research fellow at the american institutes for research. he is a senior affiliate of the national polity center of michigan. boy, this list is long. he is a senior fellow at the brookings institution and at the research for -- the institute for research on poverty in madison, wisconsin. the fact that he has so many associations reveals he is a great source of information on this important topic and many people turn to him when they are thinking about the hard problems in economics. with that, i will hand it off tulare will begin with a 25- minute presentation -- tulare who will begin with a 25-minute presentation. -- to larry. that will give us 20 minutes or so for general conversation before our first break. >> thank you. i am delighted to be here. we have a wonderful group of true experts on job training programs that will be following me and speaking today. i will try to get a bit of a broader overview of the challenges of job training programs, and then some of the quick lessons of best practices and lessons from experience with evaluati

the medical researcher at the national institutes of health he was murdered. however those who know him are in disbelief over how this could have happened in the first place. they gathered to remember a man who loved medicine and loved music. abc2 news' sherrie johnson she joins us live this morning at police headquarters, any closer to making an arrest? >> reporter: well, so far megan, police don't have any leads in this case. but they are hoping that someone saw or heard something on monday night around 10:30 when peter marvit was murdered. now he was murdered right outside of his home. he was left for dead shot several times in his head and upper body. while police continue to search for the killer marvit's extended family gathered last night for a vigil to remember him through music. 30 minutes before he was killed he was making music. he was a singer with the baltimore choral arts society. he sang with the choral arts society for five years. and it was outside his musical life that the national institutes of health researcher was gunned down outside of hi

executive director of the conservative coalition and research institute. >> there's nothing materiallye texas law and indiana law and expect the attorney general to repeal this ruling, take it to the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: in tampa texas attorney general greg abbot said it's unlikely the challenge will be resolved before the presidential election. >> the timing of this is going to be tough. it's going to take a while to apply to the supreme court. it will take a while for them to take the case. having the law be effective for this election will ab challenge. >> that was mark wiggins of cnn affiliate kvue. let's bring in contributor paul californian to talk about this. paul, why did the court rule this is racially discriminatory and a burden on the poor. what's the thinking there? >> under the civil rights act, voting act of 1965, basically states with a history of discrimination when they make any change in voting laws that will affect minority participation, that has to be reviewed and approved by the justice department. that's why a washington, d.c. federal court is looking

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the middle-eastern media research institute says for years, muslim countries have been saturated withsemetic and anti-christian and other. >> anti-christ yap, anti-west is huge. it goes into every single program. sometimes it goes even into the cooking programs. >> reporter: in the u.s. and other western country, this vitriole is not met with violence, let alone protest. the anti-islam film that sparked riots around the world, brought apol yees from the u.s. government. >> we absolutely reject its content. >> reporter: here, first amendment protection allows the entertainment world to turn a blind eye to art, mocking religion, like the musical, book of mormon. whereas, when it comes to mocking islam, there is a different standard. the anti-islam film should be a wake-up call to policy makers and hollywood about respecting all religions, even those who have learned to turn the other cheek. >> when hollywood makes fun of pastors of rabbis, it's a bit of a compliment in a sense, that they know that those communities will not respond with violence. they may say something about how mature

it was outside of his musical life that the national institute researcher was gunned down. >> professional colleagues know him as a great researcher and a great sciencist. we know him as a great friend and singer. this is i a guy you love being around, who lit up the room. >> reporter: police believe that he may have been a victim of a robbery. an upstanding citizen in the wrong place and the wrong time. >> we hope that somebody comes forward. we hope that the people who did this to peter won't do it 20 anyone else. >> abc2 bricks i the sounds of the season each year. this holiday season when you hear the music one man will be missing. >> last piece we sang before it ended. the last piece was the caroh of the angels. now he is with the angels. >> police need your help. they have no leads and they hope someone saw something or heard something monday night around 10:30. there is also a crime stopper reward associated with this case. if you think you can help give them a call. >> we have a beautiful finish to a bright sunny day across maryland. we caught the sunsetting and the moon streaking

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ladonna works for the non-profit research institute for agriculture and trade policy, a national organizationzer of an upcoming conference called food plus justice equals democracy. and organizers describe it as a gathering of people of color and indigenous leaders to craft principles of food justice. here's how ladonna puts it. >> it's about what's wrong with our food system. and not so much just stopping there and saying what's wrong with our food system. but what kind of food system do we want to create. >> her hopes are to bring people together, a straight point, to come up with a cohesive, holistic food justice platform. for starting in a garden in her backyard that planted the seeds for a national movement, ladonna redman is our foot soldier of the week. and that is our show for today. thank you to shirley sherrod,cornell belcher, mark steiner. thanks for watching. on tomorrow's show i'm particularly excited to bring you my exclusive conversation with dr. mya angelo. please meet me back here tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern. weekends with alex witt is next. e something very interesting

voters hit hard by the economy, 55-28 for romney in a recent study from the public religion research institute. so there's a lot of work to be done, and there's a message to say, hey, look, this is not the new normal. do not be satisfied with spending a bunch of tax money to keep this mediocre status quo. romney needs to get on that message. jon: simon, roughly half of all jobs lost have been lost by white men, so how does president obama try to appeal to them? >> well, was i think -- because i think the white men view the economy the way that most voters see it which is they know that things were really bad when president obama came to office, and things have gotten better. i know that not everybody who watches this believes that, but that's the case -- >> a lot of people who don't have jobs don't believe that. >> i know, but things are getting better. there's nobody spiking the football here on the economy, but clearly things are not only getting better from where they were when obama took office, but in the last few months -- [audio difficulty] as you just heard a minute ago is up, people a

. >> a researcher at the national institutes of health has been killed. peter marvin was shot outside his house in baltimore. police initially thought he might have been robbed. they say now he was confronted as he gots out of his car. he worked as a contractor for nih. >> new evidence that a chemical found in cans and some plastics may increase the risk for childhood obesity. rezejers found that teens with higher levels of this were twice as likely to be obese. >>> we can't really see the new baby panda at the national zoo, but, today, we could hear it. >> macion continues to nurse her new little one. the zoo staff says mom is doing a good job of taking care of her newborn. she's cradling and grooming the cub. there are signs she is successfully nursing. cubs are at high risk for infections. so the next few days are critical. that's a noisy little cub. >> yeah, that baby needs a nap. >> i bet the mom needs a nap, too. >> ois hungry. >> or something. >> diaper change? something. >> are we all pretty much done with the stormy weather now? >> we are. we're