it's drivening southern china right now. due to wake landfall in taiwan over the weekend as a typhoon. we'll start off with footage taken on monday. this will be southern taiwan. you can see streets heavily inundated. over 100 people said to be injured from the toppled buildings and signs as well. the army had to be brought in to rescue the residents out of flooded buildings. the cleanup efforts have started and it is now -- the storm system is now affecting southern china. just in the last 24 hours, again, heavy amounts of rain recorded in coastal areas. some areas picked up more than 300 millimeters. still quite a serious situation here. the tropical depression will affect mainly this province over the next 24 hours. heavy rain, as much as 250 millimeters anticipated. heavy winds and showers moving through northeastern china. that will be sweeping across the korean peninsula. northern japan too dealing with hefty showers. as that rain subsides around noon, you can see a new system arriving on wednesday. the southern half o

meanwhile, a tropical storm is also approaching southern china. we now go to saki ochi from the weather desk for an update. saki? >> yes. that's right. in fact, both have actually made landfall now. and kompasu has since making landfall been downgraded a little bit, weakened slightly. now at tropical storm status, reaching winds of 83 kilometers per hour. gusts slightly stronger than that. it's still maintaining that fast speed. so it's quickly going to cross over central sections of the peninsula and then head into the sea of japan, crossing over northern portions of japan later on this weekend. by then hopefully it will have weakened just a little bit more and down into a low pressure system. meanwhile, tropical storm lionrock has also crossed into the southern china coastline. this one not quite as strong as kompasu, but it's been moving slowly. so here rainfall amounts have really been accumulating, and it will continue to rain pretty heavily here. both systems, of course, producing plenty of stormy weather today. so we continue to keep a clos

all of the deaths occurred in southern china's gone dong province. many have been evacuated.e 1400 homes. >>> giant hailstones pelted the cedar rapids area, damaging many cars into town. car dealerships are inspecting dealerships for damage. no injuries are reported. >>> we're following breaking news in southwest baltimore. sky eye chopper 13 over the scene of a child, hit by a car. captain mike perry. above it with more for us. >> this is in the north element. in southwest baltimore. where a report of a 9-year-old girl struck by a vehicle. it's not clear which vehicle struck her. but we do know paramedics are here at the moment, rendering assistance to the girl who is in the back of the sport utility vehicle. at this point, police have not arrived on the scene. but we expect north elmont to be closed as police conduct their investigation. >> we continue to follow it. thank you. >>> four suspects led police on a wild, high-speed chase. and it was all caught on tape, of course. the car chase ended when the suspect's car was spun out of control and crashed into a parked car onc

after that it will continue on into southern china. now in terms of the rainfall, we're looking at as much as 200 millimeters plus in the next 72 hours. see that straight path is going to be very, very wet, very windy. of course damaging winds and we will keep an eye on this as we move through. now to the laeb tiatlantic, car just about to make landfall once again in eastern mexico. then you can also see this monster system igor may be just off your screens here. julia is still here, a category 1 system, continuing to weaken as it moves out over water. hurricane igor is still very, very potent. it is a massive storm. the size of it, the breadth is just incredible. it is moving at 15 kilometers an hour now, wind speeds at 195, a category 3 hurricane. we're starting to see dangerous swells and rip currents up along the eastern coast of the u.s. and then of course there is bermuda. now the eye of the storm is expected to come very close to the -- to bermuda on mopped. of course there are hurricane warnings in place here. let's talk about

elsewhere across asia, southern china is contending with some showers over the week, and of course thiss the area where we really don't want any more rainfall after devastating floods that hit the guangdong region. now, we've got some footage coming out of guangdong. let's take a look now. this is due to the remnants of typhoon fanapi, which first made landfall in taiwan and made its way into fujian province as a severe tropical storm. floods washed away roads and bridges. many people are missing. and at least 55 people dead. >>> and now it looks like there will be some more showers over the -- over the area, over the weekend. humid air over from the south china sea is going to be meeting that cooler air from the north. and that's going to be helping to intensify those showers, especially as we head into your sunday. so we're not out of the woods just yet. keep updated with your local weather reports. now, up in ulan bator 19 degrees, quite mild today on friday, but that's going to be dropping dramatically down to subzero figure for your saturday morning and then struggling to the tempe

landslides killed 54 and the 42 missing in southern china. the typhoon moved slowly to the west. officials say more than 78,000 people in low money -- low lying areas have been evacuated. closed schools and transport chaos in france. public-sector workers are protesting a plan to rage -- to raise the age of which they will retire. president sarkozy says he will press on with reform. christian fraser as this from paris. >> another grim day. half the local and national rail service was canceled this morning, with major delays on the paris metro and chaos at the international airports. in paris, a 40% of flights were canceled as air traffic controllers walked out. 200 flights from the uk were canceled. about the only guaranteed method of travel for those who did reach paris was this service. as it stands, at retirement age in france is 60. although they are not entitled to a full pension until they are 65. if the reform bill is adopted, then the time people -- timetable will rise to 62. workers will pay social security contributions for an extra year. there is, within france, a grow

floods have now killed 54 and left 42 missing in southern china. this province had the heaviest rains in a century. the typhoon moved slowly westward. thousands have been evacuate. widespread strikes in france as most schools and transport are in chaos. public-sector workers are protesting the rise in the age at which they can retire. christian fraser reports now from paris. >> another grim day for french commuters. have the local and national rail services were canceled this morning. there was chaos at international airports. in paris, medium flights were grounded as air-traffic controllers walked out. some 200 flights to and from the uk were canceled. about the only guaranteed method of travel for those who reached paris was the freed bike service. as it stands, french persons can retire at 60. although they are not entitled to add full pension until they are 65. it's been reform bill is adopted, the retirement age will rise to 62 in the pension age to 67. there is within france of a growing sense of social injustice. among those demonstrating, m

now, southern china still dealing with some really drenching downpours, remnants of fanapi still withs, producing heavy showers. it's going to be moving to hailan island next, but it is generally weakening. over the pacific, a tropical storm is churning over the pacific and malakas is due into tensify over the next few days, taking a more northerly path. we have to keep an eye on where it decides to go. taking a look at your temperatures, tokyo is going to be 33 degrees. another hot day if it does indeed reach that figure, it will be a record for the most 30 degree days in a single year. looking quite cool in seoul, 20 degrees in seoul and 28 degrees in chongqing. over towards the americas, mexico has been dealing with lots of rains due to tropical storm georgette which rapidly intensified and made landfall across the baja california peninsula. it's now downgraded to a tropical depression but it will continue to produce ample amounts of moisture across mainland mexico, the baja california and also into the southwestern corner of the u.s. as well. so flooding is going to be a major con

now, two of them, this one in southern china and this one in the sea of japan, they are both remnantsf tropical storm systems that we had to deal with yesterday. they have since weakened, but this one, a new one that has formed in the pacific, well, this one could be on the strengthening track, possibly becoming a tropical storm within the next 24 or 48 hours. we'll be keeping a close eye on its progress. meanwhile, still plenty of rain already to deal with across east asia, taiwan. the east coast of china has been seeing ongoing showers. that's looking to continue today. also, a new low is going to be moving into northeastern china, really bringing some heavy amounts of rainfall today. so that really ups the risk of flooding and landslides. for japan northern areas are starting to see the rain strengthen, and it will be quite strong throughout the day before it pulls away in the evening hours. 31 for your high in chongqing. 23 degrees in ulan bator, and it is going to be quite hot for tokyo again. 35 for your high today. in the atlantic we've been keeping an eye on hurricane earl. it

. >> rescuers are searching for dozens of people missing after a landslide hit a village in southern china. at least four were killed when rain triggered the landslide in the south what -- in a southwestern province. more than 20 were pulled out from beneath the rubble. there has been a setback in the bid to rescue the 33 miners in chile who have been trapped underground for nearly three weeks. drilling has had to be halted. the chilean president said he hoped they would be home by christmas. engineers have drilled for 20 meters of rock so far after beginning work on monday. a rescue attempt is expected to take up to four months. there are fears about solvency in the central bank in a rock. the bank was providing more cash to reassure depositors that their money was safe. burger king is being sold to 3g capital. the fast food change with 12,000 outlets worldwide has been the subject of the takeover. it floated on wall street in 2006, four years after being bought by a group of private equity owners. the ipad has been yet another runaway success for apple. it is no surprise that rival firms

caring for the pandas is the job of a dozen contest finalist at southern china's chengdu panda reservets, learning how to make panda protein pies and literally showering the objects of their affection. >> this is just so amazing! dreams can come true, kids. they can. >> reporter: the only american contender-- ashley robertson-- has loved pandas since she was a little girl in alabama. >> when i came across this contest i thought, oh, my gosh, golden opportunity right here in my hands. >> reporter: the finalists have become chinese media darlings. in this country, the panda craze is as clear as black and white. there's a panda car, panda luxury cigarettes and, yes, here even man's best friend is repainted as china's favorite animal. just 1,600 pandas still exist in the wild. conservationists hope the contest hoopla will draw attention to the giant bears' shrinking forest with the hope that by celebrating pandemonium in panda reserves this rare animal sibling will have a chance at a future in the wild. celia hatton, cbs news, chengdu, china. >> couric: they really are so cute. and that's

planning guidelines, to expand the public open space network, allowing the city's central and southern waterfront china basin channel to san francisco county line. >> commissioners, i'm here to provide you an update on the progress for the planning at the blue green light. i last presented to the commission on this item on january 2009, september 2009, and february of this year. i also wanted to provide an update on the community meeting that we had on may 26 and recognize that this is truly an interagency effort with a lot of other city agencies and partners participating. the blue-green way, again, is generally far mission creep on the north to the county line on the south. the blue greenway project is an effort by the city to complete the bay trail and a water trail. they trail is the nine-county 600 mile circular trail around the bay, and the water trail is similar to provide access to and on to the water on the day, so when we refer to the blue green way, we are referring to the city's effort to completed and the bay water trail -- i'm sorry, the day trail and the bay water trail. as you are aware

now, elsewhere that same rain is going to be seeing the southern half of china here. a couple scattered showers showing up. it's going to remain a little bit on the unsettled side today and then we've got tropical showers and downpours across the indo-china peninsula as well as throughout the philippines. highs today looking at 33 degrees for manila, 26 -- or rather 28 in taipei. 20 degrees in seoul, so definitely on the cool side. 24 degrees for tokyo, the sunshine should help warm it up just a little bit today. now over towards the caribbean and we are seeing a tropical depression that has formed just south of cuba, already getting very close to the country here. still tropical depression but definitely showing signs of strengthening, so wind speeds are likely going to be picking up in the next day or so. also rainfall amounts already quite ample across this region, we're going to see that rain really head northward over the next 24 hours, impacting even the coastal areas of the carolinas, so a big area set to produce, see some heavy rainfall amounts and then winds,

tropical storm lionrock is working its way to the southern coastline of china. once it makes contact with land, it should weaken quite a bit. it's been a slow-moving system. it's been producing a lot of rain in the area. it will continue to bring in a lot more moisture. rainfall amounts will continue to accumulate. the korean peninsula, we'll need to watch out for the strong winds as well as heavy rain. as for highs today, 35 and hot in tokyo. 34 in shanghai with rain. 34 in taipei. over towards the americas and the atlantic. keeping an eye on hurricane earl. still a category 4, major hurricane. large and very dangerou mong away from the bahamas. set to get very close to the east of the united states. warnings issued up and down the coastline. it will likely maintain a lot of strength as it works its way northward. showers will impact the coastline. there's also the winds and the storm surges that we are going to be concerned about here. meanwhile for the united states, a couple of severe thunderstorms could pop up across the plain states, the midwest tonight. m

meanwhile, also pretty wet picture for southern half of china, rather, scattered showers, still continuingo show up, although they do show signs of tapering off later on tonight. >>> across the philippines, taiwan, even the indochina peninsula plenty of topical showers and downpours, thundershowers as well. today 35 degrees in hong kong. quite hot again. 33 in manila. we'reooking at 28 in taipei. 24 degrees for tokyo. a little warmer than yesterday thanks to all the sunshine. now for the americas, likely another calm, settled day for the majority of the united states and even in toward northern mexico. very little clouds showing up here. a little bit more activity here toward the east along the east coast of the united states and then all the way down and across the caribbean. in the caribbean we have a new tropical depression that has joined us showing signs of strengthening and organizing. it will likely become a tropical storm system within the next 24 hours so we are keeping close eye on this storm system. already, though, bringing pretty hefty showers across the region looking at warn

china is still 100th in the world in per capita income. we see a testing of our allies and of u.s. resolve, whether it's on our ships in the southernting to see what they can get away with and redefining their power in the world. they are the google of countries today and know there's global doubt. many of the other countries look at the united states as sort of the general motors of countries. >> a lot of stuff to worry about. steve clemens, thank you very much. from the new america foundation. >>> could the next attack on america come from inside. a new six-month investigation finds that america militias have stepped up training making it clear they are ready for war. the cover story is titled "locked and loaded" the secret world of extreme militias. richard, thanks and congratulations. we want to talk about bart gelman this veteran reporter and his intensive investigation into the militias. have you seen it ramping what he's investigated since the election of barack obama and is some of this racial? >> andrea, bart came to me with this idea. he's a pulleys zer journalist and six or seven months ago and said, this is what i'm hea

china ushering in very cool air. but it will stay generally dry here and also dry into the korean peninsula. not so much though across southern areas, coastal areas of china. we have got outbreaks of humid downpours here for the next several days. here is how it looks temperaturewise on saturday. 25 degrees for you in taipei. rather shanghai. 30 degrees in taipei. tokyo cooler, 22. and beijing, 23 for your high. let's move on to central america because we have a tropical storm talk about right now. this is tropical storm matthew, that will be this system here. it continues to move very, very close to making landfall in either nicaragua or honduras. it is hard to tell where the models right now, but nonetheless, it is going to bring very strong winds, heavy, heavy rains as well as, of course, high storm surges as well. so here is a look at the next 24 hours, 48 hours, rather, of rain, some places picking up over 200, maybe even 300 millimeters or more. so this really ups the risks of landslides, flash flooding, and the like. now, on to the rest of north america, very strong system across eastern canada here. that will also bri

well, according to reports from southern china, that is exactly what happened to some residents in aakes escaped from an unlicensed breeding facility. a all but five of the snakes have been captured. i don't know what i would do except probably scream and make a beeline out thaf bathroom, wolf. >> i would run away as quickly as possible. >> me, too. i don't want to investigate what kind of snake. i don't care. i'm out. >> thank you, fred. >> all right. >>> speaking of running, what about running for office? >>> i do paranormal investigations and also spiritual healing and things of that nature and i study reiki. >> are the republicans pulling people off of the street to pose as third-party candidates? they say it is a scheme to siphon votes away from the republicans. >>> and cops allegedly try to hide what happened in a beating. >>> and you heard the jump in the poverty numbers, and when, when can we expect a jump in the number of jobs being created? comes in a liquid gel. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. comes in a liquid gel. you hear what they're up to now? s

for research on ways to deploy self-defense forces to the sakishima islands in southern japan to reinforce defense in china. separately from its general budget request the ministry has asked for items in a special quota that will be ultimately decided by the prime minister. these items include about $2 billion towards assisting u.s. forces in japan. about $5.5 billion for ballistic defense, fuels for ships and aircraft, and for maintenance of chartered government jets. >>> the japanese government has begun work on its draft budget for fiscal 2011. the main challenge will be to curb ballooning expenditure while at the same time securing funding in the tight fiscal conditions. total spending under general accounts for next year will likely top a record $1.1 trillion. the ministries have asked for a larger than forecast $36 billion in the special reserve to fund the administration's growth-related policies. another large chunk will be needed to service the debts on government bonds. on the revenue side tax income will likely remain relatively flat due to sluggish economy. the government is also planning to ca

for northern china, autumn sunshine and central southern porgs of japan, cloud cover and showers throughouthe day. 32 degrees for you high in shanghai and 35 in taipei. 33 degrees for manila and cooler in 26 for your high. now, over towards the americas and those looking pretty stormy here in the caribbean. we have got a tropical storm system that just formed, tropical storm karl. winds now at 5 kilometers per hour and likely going to land on the yuk that peninsula of mexico sometime wednesday, cross over the peninsula and head out into the gulf late wednesday or early thursday. once it makes land fall, it can weaken a little bit and more strengthening to occur over the gulf. warm waters here. keeping a close eye on that. bringing hefty showers across the yucatan on the next day or so. risk of flooding and landslides. isolated areas could be looking to pick up 200 millimeters. now, out in the atlantic we have got a hurricane igor. now, getting pretty close to leeward islands and still far out at sea. a couple of rough waves are going to be impacting the islands here. puerto rico, the virgin

today, however, on the korean peninsula throughout northern china, looking fine and dry, although central southern sections still looking at some unsettled weather, scattered showers showing up here over a pretty wide area. for southeast asia as well, unsettled picture, tropical showers down towards across the philippines as well as for the indochina peninsula. 24 degrees for your high in tokyo today. although it will probably feel a little bit cooler, thanks to the gray skies and the cold showers. a little bit hotter for taipei, 32 for you. and steamy in manila at a high of 34. now for the americas, the united states still looking at pretty messy picture for the east. a frontal system continues to head in a northerly fashion. still spreading quite a bit of rainfall. there are going to be some stormy episodes in here as well. so do watch out for thundershowers. really starting to head into the mid-atlantic states, new england region and it will impact parts of eastern canada as well. now canada also looking at more rain moving in off the west here. so british columbia, and then quickly moving into

southern peninsula. i want to wait -- and make one more point -- i want to make one more point. there's discussion about the role of china. it is time to address our problem to the chinese people, especially the young chinese, more so than rely on the information from the internet. -- most of them rely on the information from the internet. through the chinese internet -- i read chinese, russian, all of that information -- what they are talking about with korea is information fed by others -- there is no north korean or south korean opinion known to the chinese youngsters. if you ask the young kids things, if you are hit by someone else, what would you do? they will fight back. that is what i am talking about. that is that point we're making. we need to have a more active diplomacy to the chinese, especially the people and youngsters who were using the -- who are using the internet the most. that is the point i would make on that. >> thank you. we have reached the indy of our -- of the end of our time for the first panel. i think the people who wrote and discuss the papers have done a very good job of raising the strategi

across the korean peninsula and even northern china, all looking at a wide area of dry skies today. it is a little more unsettled for southern sections. scattered showers over the course of today. the philippines and across the indochina peninsula looking at tropical showers and intermittent thundershowers. 34 degrees for your high in manila. 31 in hong kong. 24 degrees in tokyo on the cool side. likely seeing showers continuing through the morning. as for the americas, still very active system here in the eastern part of the united states, producing quite a bit of rainfall as well as some stormy conditions. we are hearing of some stronger storms developing in areas around virginia. the rest of the united states, again today, fine and dry. a little bit of showers moving into western sections of canada. but otherwise, really fine, clear skies. plenty of sunshine, although almost too much for the southwest. very, very hot conditions continui again on tuesday. expecting highs of u to 38 in sacren. in las vega thenossi gti up to0 ranslate tosenditions if you arn at ss,ooking adry.owing up. ref 30 rstie thd-aren t fedisthhe99baad

southern part of south america. we are still waiting. >> charlie: what is your primary export? right now to china.e me a sense of the whole phenomenon of china going around the world with huge contracts for natural resources. >> we are supporting many goods to china. >> charlie: you doind find there will be a market for your manufactured goods? with their developing middle class? >> yes, because i feel that sooner or later they will have to open up their economy more so than they've already done. >> charlie: what are the difficulties are trading with china? >> first of all, i think they have an overvalued currency. >> charlie: that's being changed now. or they say they'll change it. >> it is changing. slowly, but it is changing and that will open up a whole world of opportunities for countries that export more to china. our second trading partner is the u.s. very close to europe. but china is now the first trading partner. >> charlie: and widening the gap? >> and widening the gap. >> charlie: what else other than copper do you trade with china? >> fishing products. timber and wood. and we are impo

china town who were happy the hospital would be close to them. i'm happy for them but what about us? what about us in the southern part of the city who will have a boutique hospital for maybe a few years and as far as the jobs issue, this is not a jobs versus neighborhood issue. i want jobs. i want those plumbers working, i want all of those people who spoke about their jobs through the job training programs to keep their jobs. and i think we all want the construction workers to have their jobs. well, nobody wants this project to die. we just want it to be fair. president miguel: thank you. malcolm young, norah green, orlando raille, stefan tenia. >> i think i'll pass for norah green. my name is nato green. president miguel: sorry. >> norah green is me in drag. i'm nato green with the california nurse's association and coalition for health planning. we believe that the draft environmental impact report is seriously deficient for deciding essentially on the first page not to look at healthcare because all of the arguments about why the plan should go one way or the other are healthcare arguments and this body unfo

china coming your way in a little more than an hour here on r.t. . poachers hunting for a black caviar are pushing the sturgeon towards extinction in russia's southern caspian sea while authorities have been battling to stop them and so only lead to legal fishermen to take guns along with their fishing rods as our. reports. a weekly raid on poachers in the volga delta that caviar in each one of these jars is worth fifteen thousand dollars fishing wild sturgeon is highly illegal but the ban has simply driven the prices up making poaching ever more lucrative poaches supply forty nine out of every fifty jars of caviar consumed. colonel gets in below shows the equipment he sees in just the last few months was just all around there are hundreds of four man cruising speed boats equipped with remote is satellite navigation and weapons we try to shoot their motors to stop them but they fire back and we can't get them all. the caspian sea produces the vast majority of the world's black caviar but the population of sturgeon n. it has dropped by forty times in just two decades the local university is now simply trying to save the genetic samples before it's to

china decades ago. as a way to help clean southern fish hatcheries, but floodwaters washed them into the mighty mississippi population has exploded and moved upstream into the illinois river. a short swim from lake michigan. >> if they get in here, it would just wreak havoc on these jewels that we call the great lakes. >> reporter: asian carp are a looming threat to the $7 billion fishing industry here. they spawn three times a year and consume 40% of their body weight in food every day. with no known predators, they can choke out the ecosystem for more desirable fish. that's exactly why michigan and four other states have filed suit. they want the army corps of engineers to barricade the locks on the only shipping channels between that and lake michigan effectively closing the doors to the lake and beyond. nearly 100 businesses are at stake, including john and jacque kindra's. they own a small company that tubs barges through the waterways. they worry their 19-year-old company could dry up. >> what they're talking about now is shutting down the avenue to get any business up here. there's no way to survive