it is in new taipei city. they have six other reactors, most are in the populated area near taipei. they true the japanese made reactors and they saw the pools for the store reasonable and the generators. they stressed the plant's resistant to earthquake and tsunami. watertight steel gates protects it. company officials explained a system that sending cooling water to the reactors from a reservoir that can operate in a total power outage. public protests have increased. people complaint about construction problems and concerns after fukushima. they took a survey and 70% of people said they wanted the construction suspended. >> an american serving jail time in north korea has reportedly phoned his family back home to send a message to washington. the associated press says kenneth bae wants the u.s. government to fight for his release. bae visited a special economic zone in rason last november as a tourist. they arrested him and accused him of what they call hostile acts. the supreme court sentenced him last month to 15 years of hard labor. north korean legal academic told the associa

thousands of people in taiwan have rallied to stop the construction of a new plant in taipei. about 3,000 protesters took to the street on sunday. they shout thad they don't need nuclear plants. >> translator: i wasn't interested in politics before. but i joined the rally because i want a safer world for my children. >> the government wants to build taiwan's fourth nuclear plant, but opposition to the plant has increased since the fukushima meltdown. the prime minister fears a negative impact on the economy if the plan is scrapped. the government will hold a referendum by later this year. the polls suggest that 70% of those surveyed oppose the construction of nuclear plants. >>> politicians and business leaders in the united states are betting resources deep underground will help their economy recover. the work to tap shale gas has added some 1.7 million jobs across a number of industries. much of the action is happening in the south. nhk takes us there. >> reporter: american people are hoping that shale gas will bring a full-fledged economic recovery. the southern states of t

. >> at the president's office in taipei, more late nights as he works out what his next move shouldbe and how to come out from this looking as presidential as possible. criticized by some for setting unrealistic deadlines for the philippines to take action, and by others for not being tough enough. the continuing impasse is he sick -- is heaping ever more pressure at the door of the president. , al jazeera, taipei. >> ford motor company says it will stop making cars in australia in october of 2016. about 1200 workers will lose their jobs two manufacturing plants are closed. the company has struggled with sliding sales and higher manufacturing costs. ford began production in australia in 1925. the malaysian police have arrested three activists under simitian -- sedition laws. on thursday, a student activist accused of attempting to topple the government faced court charges of sedition. he pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say he called on them to protect the election results. myanmar's former capital, yang gone -- myanmar's former yangon boasts a large collection of architecture, but t

hong kong and taipei will be tapering off. by next week it will start to come back around with more rain in tokyo as well. 23 for your high here on your saturday. let's look toward the americas, though. the severe weather is really the big topic here. we saw a report for a possible tornado just outside of new orleans pushing but there a band of severe weather. a risk of more tornadoes, also seeing the possibility of hail and nearly 100 kilometer per hour winds. that will push off through the northeast. behind it we have a cold front diving in from the north. that is not just bringing cold air, bismarck is dropping gown to just 13 on your saturday, but drier and windy conditions. the risk of fire conditions across the albertas as well. temperatures in winnipeg just at 12, chik at 14, how's up to 28 here on your friday. let's take a look at europe. the bulk of the severe weather here is to the east. into western turkey, that low continuing to spin here. we have seen about 60 to 65 kilometer per hour winds out here. still flood w

most are in the populated area near taipei. reporters viewed the japanese made reactors. they also saw pools for fuel rod storage and the turbine generators. officials from the taiwanese utilities stressed the plant's resistance to earthquakes and tsunamis. watertight seal gates provide cooling water to the reactor. the company also explained a sim that sends cooling water to the reactors from a reservoir located on high ground. it can operate in a total power outage. public protests to stop the project have increased. people complain about construction problems and safety concerns after fukushima. a local tv station took a survey. 70% of respondents wanted construction suspended. the taiwanese government plans to hold a referendum on the project. >>> investors are putting their modern in the u.s. dollar and i stocks. ai joins us with more on that. looks like a bull market. >> it does, doesn't it? we're seeing a bull market and share prices are rebounding from tuesday's loss. the nikkei stock average has topped the 15,000 mark, the highest level in more than five years af

and 30 degrees for you in taipei on wednesday. okay, in north america, a tropical depression has formed just to the south of mexico. it could strengthen to a tropical storm and then head towards the north. we will keep updating you on the storm's progress. and to the north we talked about 14 tornados and hail the size of a softball yesterday in the midsection of the u.s. the severe weather remains for the same area. across the central plains, as well as the lower great lakes region and the ohio valley. the severest area is going to be found in kansas, nebraska, and oklahoma. oklahoma is still recovering from the damage caused by the deadly tornado last week. severe weather is, certainly, not welcomed. as we go into wednesday, we're expecting more severe weather, i'm afraid, further tornados, heavy rain, and large hail are likely into the next couple of days across the same area. now, back behind it, dry and windy and high temperatures are raising the potential for wildfires in new mexico and arizona. and temperatures will be looki

of anti-nuclear protesters have marched through taipei to call to an end to nuclear power in taiwan. they are worried about safety after the future sheena nuclear crisis in japan -- oshima -- fukishima nuclear crisis in japan. taiwan is readily hit by earthquakes. in china, police have surrounded a small village outside of beijing to stop the rams from joining a catholic parade to honor the virgin mary. these followers believe mary protects catholics from being during the anti-boxer rising in 1990. it is one of the most status conscious societies in the world. in south korea, people are being encouraged to move into communal housing. we will explain why. >> it is an afternoon at home watching the kids. these are not her kids, and it is not her, or at least not only her kitchen. her family came together with eight others to build what may look like from the street like another suburban lowrise block, but on either side it has become a mini village. communal.is entirely childcare is shared. they even hired a teacher to supervise afterschool studies in a purpose built classroom. were no

eight that resulted in a french tycoon bernard tapi the hundred more than four hundred million euros taipei was believed to have been close to the president nicolas sarkozy the payout seen by critics as unfair and in people. and as soon as following monday's huge tornado which went through oklahoma but the damage caused to run to the landowners nearly thirteen thousand homes were damaged by the storm which which is at its highest category destroyed the suburban town of moore near oklahoma city the disaster claimed as many as twenty four lives thousands of people have fled the area have been left. coming out of breaking the set without a monster to stay that. paranoia and zero tolerance policies strike yet again the latest in a string of children being punished for making gun noises or playing with toy guns involves a son of a u.s. marine who had the audacity as a child to use his imagination and p. pretended his pencil was our gun banger children imitate what they see on every t.v. channel and in many video games kids are going to see a lot of guns in fact the boy at that moment was admirab

taipei is demanding an apology and threatening sanctions did the shooting happened in waters claimed by both governments. the philippines has given three days to apologize. -- has been given three days to apologize. another protest in malaysia after the recent election results. the main opposition party failed to win enough seats to party -- to govern. aty claim votes were stolen the national clion, but the government denies it. gunmen have opened fire in new orleans, wendy at least 19 people. wounding at least 19 people. one bullet hit a 10-year-old girl. police are calling for the public's help to find the gunman. most of the world's land and animal life could disappear over the next century if something is not done about climate change. a new report warns of that parts of the planet could become an inhabitable. worldwide levels of carbon dioxide are at highest they have been in almost two years. >> the london wetlands, a little oasis, a mosaic of lagoons and meadows a few minutes from the heart of the capital. it is a snapshot of a natural environment that according to today's rep

let's not forget over in hong kong, we have heavyweight china taipei surging on its restructuring plansia, take a look at the kospi. down 0.3%. the asx just about 0.25%. >> chloe cho with the update there. >>> let's move on, russia's liquo says it rises about $1.2 billion. 2.8 billion is the number the market was looking pofor. ibda came in at $4.78 is the latest. its first quarter hydro carbon output, 2.2 billion barrels a day. joining us now is stewart richardson. stewart, nice to have you on the set this morning. >> good morning. >> we're coming up to a fairly crucial week to the markets. last week we saw investors rattled by the timing of tapering off. where do you think the markets are going to go from here? is it going to be another period of calm? >> well, i think in the big picture, there's hints of a change coming at the federal reserve. and this is, i think, one of the biggest issues for the markets, all markets to try and get their head around for the remainder of this year. clearly, there's a lot of confusion about what the fed is trying to communicate last week. obviously,