. >> 24 million people live in shanghai. the local dialect is struggling to survive. >> do you speak shanghai nese? >> no,i don't. my son was born in shanghai, but doesn't speak it. >> i don't speak it well. >> china is said to have 130 languages including dialects and languages of ethnic minorities. about 40 years ago, the goal designated mandarin as the nation's official language. school education raised the number of people who speak chinese to 60%. the number of young people who can speak the language of their own region is falling sharply. >> some buses have started to announce both in mandarin and shanghai nese dialect. it has been received well, particularly among the elderly users. city authorities are also considering using the dialect in the subway system. >> translator: i was born in shanghai. i appreciate the shanghai nese announcement. >> translator: the city has too few localized services like the announcements. i want more services like this to make sure that the shanghai dialect won't be lost. >> another effo

nhk world reports. >> reporter: this supermarket is in the suburbs of shanghai. live chickens have just hit the shelves for the first time in two and a half months. many people have been waiting for this day. shoppers rush to buy the live chickens. >> translator: live chickens are much better because they are fresh. >> during the bird flu epidemic, the world health organization suspected the market selling live birds to be one of the roots of infection. to prevent the disease from spreading, shanghai city closed its live poultry markets. the number of infection cases declined. with concerns still remaining, we asked people in shanghai which they prefer, live chickens or prepacked meat. >> translator: live chickens. they're fresher and taste better. >> translator: i prefer live poultry. bird flu is over. we just have to be careful. >> of the 30 people we asked, 21 said they would buy live birds. during the ban, prepacked meat was sold instead of live chickens, but it wasn't well received by consumers. in the shanghai area, most people buy live chickens at market a

and he thinks well as it's not being reported in other comix warehouses and must be asia all that shanghai gold exchange right now not only the question is where is the gold going but where is the gold coming from so many see the price of gold dropped by ten or fifteen percent on a volume that would indicate tons more tons then is mind during the course of five or ten years then the only conclusion you can come up with is that the central banks are lending the gold out to a billion banks who are then dumping it on the open market which means that the central banks are short gold which means that as the price the spikes higher they have to go into the open market to buy gold back that's the first option or b. they've got to get together and completely recalibrate the global currency market which would only mean doing it against gold which would make the price of gold go higher also well in the tsunami where did all the bodies come from where did the tens of thousands of people who died in the tsunami come from it came from the people who we're now looking at this curious event the same thin

go to exchange and shanghai people are buying gold and they are taking delivery of gold and they're doing so in big numbers huge numbers and you know when it's compared to mine production or even the imports that we're saying going from hong kong to china it's overtaking or at least reaching those levels on a weekly basis is what we're saying say all that physical is being pumped out of the us is just making its way to china how much. is flowing it is a crime to say it's flowing from west to east gold market well i would certainly say you know if you're looking at the federal global production that it's nothing's meeting anywhere at any other demand anywhere else in the world so it's going to china but we've been saying they rise in imports a long time from hong kong to china say all of that gold is going into hong kong it's being shipped instantly china people are taking to delivery of it i think in the last quarter. imports from china from hong kong is up sixty eight percent you know and last time i was on the day after we chatted the gold price fell quite significantly and has fa

that is a boeing 777 left from shanghai. stopped in seoul, south korea, left seoul, south korea sometime around we are told 4:30 today. 4:30 local time in seoul. was set to land in san francisco around 11:15 or so. something happened. something happened very quickly, best we can gather according to eyewitness accounts and according to reports on the ground and reports from officials. 11:27 that plan crash landed. it did not land on runway 28. it landed best we can gather to the left of it. the tail at some point became detached from the plane. there have been eyewitness accounts that the tail itself dragged and clipped the seawall. sources are nelling nbc news that -- telling nbc news that the pilot of the plane did not make any sort of distress call shortly before approaching the runway. at this point according to officials from a news conference, about 30-45 minutes ago there were some 307 people aboard. 291 of them passengers. 16 crew members. two of them died. 130 have been taken to area hospitals. and some 60 people upw

that is a boeing 777 left from shanghai. in seoul, south korea, left seoul, south korea sometime around we are told 4:30 today. 4:30 local time in seoul. was set to land in san francisco around 11:15 or so. something happened. something happened very quickly, best we can gather according to eyewitness accounts and according to reports on the ground and reports from officials. 11:27 that plan crash landed. it did not land on runway 28. it landed best we can gather to the left of it. the tail at some point became detached from the plane. there have been eyewitness accounts that the tail itself dragged

the flight originated in shanghai with a stop in seoul, south korea. at least 49 people injured in the crash are in bay area hospitals in critical condition. >> this morning the consulate in san francisco said among the survivors are 26 chinese middle school students on a summer camp trip. >> two of the runways at sfo remain closed this morning. passengers are being warned to expect long delays as a result and some flight cancellations again today. the head of the national transportation safety board and their team of investigators are now in the bay area. they arrived late last night and have begin coming the plane's wreckage. matt keller is live at sfo where they have also recovered the black boxes, matt? >> yes. we were able to do a one-on-one interview with the national transportation safety board chairman this morning. she revealed to me what her team of investigators is going to be doing today at sfo. those investigators arrived overnight at the scene. witnesses and emergency workers say the asiana flight from south korea slammed into the runway

remember, ridge naoriginated in shanghai. 61, americans. 1 japanese national.and we want to check back in, and monty francis has been there for the last several hours. all sorts of witnesses there sought plane crash down at 11:27 this morning. excuse me. going to get back to monty. not there right now. heard from asiana airlines, what we are doingen ter ein terms of nationalities. >> their manifest, not who is sitting where. where they're from. the international flit. you will have departure points. turn things over to monty fran sichl cis. -- francis. the vantage point. saw the plane coming down and saw something unfold likely you see unfold in a movie. >> jessica, absolutely right. >> reporter: we are here at a park, a popular spot for people who lack to come watch the planes and take off and land at sfo. tonight you can see people are here for a different reason. to see the wreckage of this crash. dozens of aftermath of the crash. here's what some had to say. >> i heard two booms. i thought it was maybe fireworks somebody was shooting or something. then i ju

among the survivors, a group of chinese tourists from shanghai, who pulled up right here in their bus>> translator: the chair moving. the people out of the seat. reporter:ran ling says the oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling and everything went dark. there were screams and passengers waited for instructions. hi decided not to wait,. >> translator: he stand up to tell everybody, leave your -- >> his wife injured her ankle. 141 chinese nationals were onboard, including his tour group of 23 from shanghai. >> what kind of injuries did your tourists have? >> two people seriously in back. in the hospital, cannot move. >> tour guide says the 40-year-old man and 50-year-old woman will undergo back surgery, and the rest of the group suffered minor cuts and bruises. >> young and his wife will stay in san francisco with the injured tourists and one other, while the rest continue on. >> today we bo to the -- >> this was a once in a lifetime trip for them and they should try to make the best of it. reporter: it's a two-week tour starting on schedule today. the tour will not skip a beat. they'll

shanghai with a heat advisory at 47 degrees. to north america, we have a couple of storms to talk about. let me start off with this one moving towards the leeward islands. that's a tropical storm watch. it could make a few landfalls as it maintains intensity as a tropical storm status. this is on the baja peninsula and still do watch out for the heavy rain to move here. severe weather will be moving into the great lakes region today. los angeles up to 35 degrees. well above average. here's the extended forecast. >> that's all for this edition of "newsline." do stay with us. # and waterfront dives of oakland to become the most popular novelist and short-story writer of his day, with such internationally famous works as "call of the wild," "white fang," and "the sea wolf." but along with his books and stories, he was also widely known for his personal exploits. you see, he was an honest-to-goodness celebrity, an adventurer, a rascal, a colorful and controversial personality.

shanghai with a heat advisory at 47 degrees. to north america, we have a couple of storms to talk about. let me start off with this one moving towards the leeward islands. that's a tropical storm watch. it could make a few landfalls as it maintains intensity as a tropical storm status. this is on the baja peninsula and still do watch out for the heavy rain to move here. severe weather will be moving into the great lakes region today. los angeles up to 35 degrees. well above average. here's the extended forecast. >> that's all for this edition of "newsline." do stay with us. # captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: investigators tried to determine today why the jet that crashed at san francisco's airport saturday was flying too low and too slowly. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the accident, which killed two chinese teenagers and sent more than 180 people to the hospital from the head of the national transportation safety boar

these include an area in shanghai's p unong district. the officials did not give out details on when and how those zones will be set up. however, they said once the plan is implemented, it will make easier for foreign firms to invest in china. concerns have been mounting about china's economic outlook. this is due to the country's sluggish exports stemming from the advance against major currencies. foreign investments in china have also been sluggish. the chinese authorities aim to boost the economy by societying up these pilot-free trade zones. u.s. stock prices ended higher on wednesday. for more on the japanese markets, let's go to the tokyo stock exchange. >> let's have a look at the broader topics is also lower by 0.26%. investors seem to be cautious ahead of friday's key jobs reports. let's move onto currency starting with euro-yen. that's compared to the 130 level at around the same time on wednesday. market player saw the euro due to the situation in portugal and finance minister both resigned. this is casting doubts over portuga

the headlines, market shanghai, tokyo reverse early losses. they shrugged off data while the japanese business mood survey turns positive for the first time in nearly two years. nokia has agreed to merge with siemen's. analysts cheered the deal but worries about the telecom group's cash position. the opposition protests in egypt called on president morsi to resign. >>> you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >> all right. welcome to the show. we had issued with the mikes. we have data out of the eurozone. manufacturing pmi. showing some signs of stabilization this morning. the final eurozone posting the index up to a 60-month high, 48.5 in june, but below the break-even 50 level that divides growth from contraction. some interesting numbers as far as this is concerned. spain up to 50. that stabilized easily. that is still the 23rd month of contraction since the high in july to 11. factories also reducing head count last month, but at their slowest pace since march 2012. for germany, factory outpu

earlier this morning, they board add bus in southeastern china headed to shanghai, that airport in shanghaiey're expected to land any minute seoul, south korea and proceed on to sfo. chinese media reporting they will go directly to the hospital to see the teens still being treated. >>> we are getting an update on the number of victims still hospitalized. san francisco general received 53 patients after the crash. 36 have been released. 17 remain in the hospital, six in critical condition. at stanford, all seven children taken to lucile packard children's hospital have been released. they were some of the 55 people rushed to the two stanford hospitals on saturday. ten adults remain in the hospital in stanford this morning. st. francis says it has one remaining patient but he or she is not in critical condition. st. mary's has four patients remaining, none in critical condition. >>> a scott's valley man thankful to be back at work. he was one of the survivors from asiana flight 214, his name, elliot stone, owner of the elite martial arts academy. he was greeted by the welcome home sign from t

you had your own experience with all that didn't you didn't you spend all your money in shanghai more or less. that's why i'm going to spend it now. i'm going to book the most expensive hotels. but the most expensive restaurants. are terrible picture. i just like a joke. i don't think is a great artist. but i don't think it's a con man award it doesn't cheat and if you don't like the painting you just don't give anything it's up to the person. i asked him to buy t. for the painting he seemed to understand but then he went away. well. it's a tough job you have to take a risk just to get some food it's not difficult it's just not the way usually do things so how do you do. together. you have to plan it all in advance a friend so you ask me may the board you ask me to make a port that i made that i ask. for this where is my t.v. . for ports it's. i made it's. a lovely city it's for gifts not for free. sure you get used to people's attention very quickly but the people around me usually helped organize it all but nobody knows me so things are a bit different. i don't know what it means to

while travelling in china i went to shanghai i felt i could live there it was the moment the project actually started a russian girl living on the floor below me was going to leave. one day i came to see her and noticed an easel there i was looking for one of the time. so i asked her to sell it to me but she didn't want to do that but it was a friend's gift apparently. that is why i offered to swap for it instead i gave her a painting in exchange for the easel it was my first barter so good when i got the idea to organize it as an art project and. i started to get letters which. one of them was from a couple that was going to get married and wanted that kind of portrayed as a wedding present for themselves. but i had already left odessa so they're asked if i could do it over skype story just because they told me they could give me all i need for my travel in return. so i asked if they could pay for the tickets from a deficit to stumble they agreed and as a result we had a skype portrait session now and waiting on the tickets. if i decided to take annie as a hostage and go together to

bbc news, shanghai. planks in just over a week, the people of's -- >> in just over a week, the people of zimbabwe will elect a new president. president mcgaughey -- mcgaughey mugavi is part of an ancient line. quick still determined to hold onto his job, president robert mcgaughey is still on the campaign trail in zimbabwe, asking for one more thing. he can still pull a crowd. it is five years since the last election here descended into chaos. his opponents were beaten and terrorized, a political stalemate followed. the tensions remain, as we discovered earlier this year in the capital. supporters are still quake. in many ways, zimbabwe is a different place now. it's economy is no longer in freefall. political violence is rare. >> there is peace and tolerance, nonviolence and that is thanks to the president. they cannot use the violence excuse anymore. >> look at all those new satellite dishes. local state television remains president's party. there is a hunger for a different perspective. has justte cha

when you went to shanghai, conversations in shanghai about china. it was like you were talking to a different man. he could not find anybody more reasonable. but back, the head of young democrats could sell was the editor. set on a certain path. and just wanted this point, the one area where i think the u.s. opinion is now most focused is the cyber threat, where china does seem to be different from others and having state-sponsored commercial espionage. what is your view of that? >> i had the average into the to talk with the person in the fbi who is one of the people in charge of cyber warfare and against cyber warfare. i said to a.m. -- he just made a talk about the terrible threat an influence on several warfare, many in china. i asked him, isn't it true that we are pretty get that to. hello, where the best. but we don't talk about that. >> i agree with that. people last week made that same point. i think one of the differences -- i don't think the u.s. uses state, cyber, or commercial ends. that seems to be china's distinctive traits. three cybe

the flight originated in shanghai. continued on to seoul. then continued on to san francisco international airport. let's bring in dan simon. he's at the airport as well. if these latest numbers, dan, and i don't want to get overly upbeat, aring e accurate, one unaccounted for, that's very, very encouraging. >> reporter: well, absolutely right. you know, the story has dramatically changed. you know, i just spoke to the deputy fire chief as that news conference ended, and i said, listen, i just want to be totally clear about this. just want to make sure we're clear that you have one person who is unaccounted for. and he said, yes. that's what we believe at this time. so you have 181 who were transported to local hospitals. and then 123 passengers who made it here to the terminal. that adds up to 304 passengers. you have two people who are confirmed dead. that leaves one person at this point unaccounted for, wolf. and that's why we said last time we spoke with you that the fire chief, she wasn't clear at all about how, you know, she could acco

shanghai is reaching 39 degrees, quite a dangerous level. even western japan is in the wake of that. kyoto where the gion festival is held, 35 degrees until friday, but take a look at hangzhou, the 40s to friday. do stay hydrated. let's look at the americas where the cold front is sagging all the way to the south. due to the tropical moisture from the south. thunderstorms are active across the southeast. this one actually could spawn tornadoes. we have a tornado watch in southern manitoba as we speak. flash floods are also still posted, risk is actually posted in a wide range in the southwest and down to new mexico due to the moisture surging from the bay of california. it's quite hot. still that heat dome across the pacific northwest, but cooler and dry across the great lakes region. and that includes chicago, toronto, looking at nice temperature, but houston's reaching up to 37 degrees and phoenix, 41, las vegas in the 40s, too. let's move over to europe. we have atlantic system moving into the british isles. this will bring you showers on

with this flight starting in shanghai, thank you for that update there. and an important bit of news there, south korean officials saying, the ntsb investigators already continuing to stay on top of that. we will keep you updated and we will look at the other majorer stories in the world today including the ongoing crisis in egypt. the supporters of morsi want him returned to power. the great outdoors... ...and a great deal. thanks to dad. nope eeeeh... oh, guys let's leave the deals to hotels.com. ooh that one! nice. got it! oh my gosh this is so cool... awesome! perfect! yep, and no angry bears. the perfect place is on sale now. up to 40% off. only at hotels.com to sha-cool. get it? [ male announcer ] new gold bond powder spray. cool, dry, no mess. stay cool with gold bond. to the right of the screen, live pictures from san francisco international airport as we update you on the breaking news, the flight came in for the landing right there, something went wrong. witnesses reported the tail of the plane clipping the edge of the run way. it spun around an

probably over 103 again for the weekend in shanghai. no relief in sight. >> those pictures just amazing. could lose the kids there and never find them again. >> apparently journalists have been cooking meat on pavement as opposed to frying an egg. >> unbelievable. >>> moving on. facebook being blamed for a teen suicide in italy. the girl's parents are taking action against the website. >> do they have a case? they're story is next. >>> then the olympics heading to russia but there's criticism over how the country is handling the invitations. >> how a recently passed law targets gays and lesbians directly. >>> oh, baby. it's a newborn weigh in at 13.5 pounds. >> natural birth too. we'll talk to the doctor who delivered that german baby girl. >> i don't know how much bouncing was going on. [ man ] look how beautiful it is. ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or

it's not clear at this hour if their plane had left shanghai. chinese state media reports once they land they'll go direct tloi the hospital to see the teens being treated. the students and teachers who are out of the hospital and not hurt are currently staying at a local hotel. >>> some of the victims of that crash was still being treated at san francisco general hospital. that hospital says it's received 53 patients immediately following that crash. half of them adults and half of them children. of those patients, 36 have already been released. 17 still remain hospitalized including six in critical condition. we're learning this morning all seven children taken to lucile packard's children's hospital have been released. they were some of the 55 people rushed to two stanford hospitals saturday. ten adults remain in that hospital at stanford this morning. as for the other local hospitals, st. francis says it has one remaining patient, but he or she is not in critical condition. st. mary's has four patients remaining, none in critical condition.

shanghai, the highs have been over 38 degrees over the past several days. your high could be 35 degrees today as well as yamaguchi prefecture as well. so drink plenty of water and take extra precautions against heat stroke. now, to the north of it, where hot air is colliding with warmer air, excuse me, cool air, we are seeing quite heavy rain from southwestern china through northeastern china, the korean peninsula as well as the western flank of japan. so heavy rain will raise the risk of flooding. across north america, there are two areas of severe weather. one is in the northern half of the plains. actually one tornado has been reported in south dakota with hail the size of a golf ball. the system is expected to head towards the south affecting the kansas area on wednesday. and another area can be found across the mid-mississippi river valley and surrounding areas. the greater risk could be damaging winds as well as lightning. the system will also head towards the southeast. now, towards the west, looking quite dry, and no monsoonal showers for the southw

shanghai with a high of 38. you are going to be seeing afternoon thunderstorms pop up here. but, wow, look at that, about 10 degrees higher than down here towards manila, where we're seeing 29 on wednesday. now, let's look over towards the americas, what's going on here? well, the severe weather spot is right there in the center of the screen. it is this large area of thunderstorms pushing out there from kansas into oklahoma, extending out through arkansas and missouri. expecting about 40, 80 millimeters of rainfall with this going through your day on tuesday into wednesday. before it starts to weaken out, as it moves into kentucky and tennessee, pushing off there towards the east. so that's the good news. it does look like the worst of this is starting to get over with as it pushes off there. but then, we have this cold front pushing in out of canada. and that's going to trigger up some thunderstorms into the western great lakes over towards chicago as well. you have flying plans out of o'hare, keep an eye on that, especially by wednesday evening. you have the daytime heati

however, in china, a new disney park is scheduled to open in shanghai december 2015. according to john gerner of liesure business advisors, china is the hottest area for growth. "definitely. i think when we look at our industry, we don't realize, as far as theme parks, that the u.s. is a pretty mature market. we really boomed back in the '70s. that's when most of the theme parks in this country got built, and it's slowed down since then. but in other parts of the world, they are just picking up. china, right now, is growing at a faster pace than we did during our boom years, and right now they are the hottest part of the planet as far as theme parks, especially with the new disney park opening up in china." - i'm glad you mentioned disney. prices, ticket prices at disney are on the way up. is this because of demand, or just a way to pay for some of these new attractions, john? "i think it's mainly due to demand. there's always limits to what people will pay, but when you have a product like theme park admission, you have something that's really unique. there's nothing

early this morning they boarded a bus in southeastern china headed to the shanghai airport from shanghaihey had a layover in seoul, south korea, before getting on another plane to san francisco. chinese media reports that once they land they will go directly to the hospital to see the teens being treated. >>> meantime, some of those passengers from asiana airline flights 214 returning home to seoul, south korea. 11 of the 77 koreans on board the plane flew back this morning. some of them showing signs of injuries. you can see here one of those young woman wheeled to a waiting ambulance. also, a candlelight vigil being held in the hometown of the two chinese teenagers who died in that crash. mourners, mainly school-age children lighting candles and then placing them out there on the ground in the shape of a heart. >>> we'll have updates on this investigation throughout the day and online. that's our website at nbcbayarea.com. you'll find more information about the flight boxes and animation that shows what the moment of impact looked like. that's also at nbcbayarea.com. >>> we've just lea

the flight originated in shanghai and stopped over in seoul. their bodies were found outside the plane. 181 people were injured. six of them critically. aviation experts tell us it came in too low and too slow and it hit the seawall right before the runway. tonight two of the four runways at sfo remain closed until federal investigators give the okay to open them and that means expect delays on arrivals and departures for several days. >> a couple of live looks tonight. first from chopper 5. the charred fuselage there down at the very bottom of your screen. it is still sitting in the exact spot. here's a ground picture from across the waterment it's sitting in the exact spot where it ended up off runway 28 left as they call it. in the inside of the fuselage completely burned out. the tail section which should be on the right side of your screen on the end of the plane completely broken off. strewn into pieces on the runaway. we have team coverage covering all ans of the crash to be the -- angles of the crash tonight. >> linda? >> reporter: it's

there are still questions about calling back to shanghai and getting a connection for them.they lost everything from clothes to their telephones. the staff here is helping them make that connection as we speak because it was too early a fewer hours ago to call back to shanghai. now is the appropriate time to make that call to get hold of their family back in shanghai. someone can answer the phone there in the wee hours of the morning and they are awakening hopefully to a call from a family connection they have wanted to hear from all these hours. these are the stories that will come out the next few days as we get all of the patients a little more stabilized. as rachel said earlier, she will give you updates as they occur. i am just so happy to see so much of our life-saving expertise at work on an hourly basis here at the hospital. i'm sure this story repeats itself with all the other hospitals whether they are at st. francis or down at stanford. this incredible reaction of volunteers and doctors and surgeons coming to save these people's lives and to prolong and make sure

the flight original lated in shanghai with a stop in seole, south korea. >> two of the runways remain closed. passengers are being told to expect long delays and flight cancellations again today. and we are learning more this morning about the search for answers in this fatal airliner crash. as we mentioned, the ntsb is on the scene. their south korean counterparts are on the way. matt keller joins us live from sfo with the latest from a briefing, matt, that was held just a short time ago? >> yeah. actually it was a one-on-one interview with the ntsb chairman. she was here at sfo. they have gun their investigation. now she did confirm to me that the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder have been recovered here at the crash site. they are both on a red eye flight right now on their way to washington, d.c., with a federal escort. here are some pictures taken by the ntsb overnight of them doing their first site inspection of the plane. they are getting a closer look at the wreckage. the chairman just told me investigations like this usually take about a week. at least on t