taipei, people think it is very different from others.en to other places in taiwan as well. this may not be a fair question, but do you have a favorite city? >> i do not have any favorite. as long as it is good to be run, to be safe and secure, friendly people, taipei and other parts of taiwan, i liked it very much. >> i understand your family is here with you. your son is back home in indonesia. they come for a visit. as a family, did you have to make adjustments in terms of adapting to life in taiwan? >> i do not think so anymore. i have been around. i was in london. i have been around. with chinese dissidents, there are more than 50 million people there. it is good. it looks like at home. -- with chinese descendants, there are more than 50 million people there. for me, it is not difficult for me to adapt myself to taiwan's environment. i like to be here. >> talking about jakarta, is one of the largest cities in asia. what are some of the similarities you see between jakarta and taipei, other than the fact they are both international ci

in taipei. >> do you miss the food back home?, is there an authentic indonesian restaurant in taipei that you can find? >> yes, there are some. there are some restaurants that sell indonesian cuisine here. as long as it is spicy, i like it very much. you can ask the restaurant keeper. la chau is good for me. it is spicy. it is all over taiwan, taipei. small indonesian restaurants. that is why i told you this. also for the workers here, to live here. -- that is why i told you is good for the workers here, to live here. >> what do you do on the weekends and holidays? do you go hiking or go to the beaches and mountains? >> jogging around my house. sometimes i play golf, but i am not good at golf. exercises at home, of course. walking, going to see the beautiful ocean, going to the lake. >> have you been around the island? parts not yet. -- >> not yet. we will be going to see it things on vacation and also our workers. while enjoying taiwan, we're working for our people in taiwan. >> yes, indeed. what was your impression of the diffe

especially taipei city is a very interesting city. i love what was made with the city.ple here like to say it is convenient. the city is very friendly to its citizens. it is not just secure. it is not just convenient. every place is made to be used by people. you see people in the city, walking the streets. you have a close division between residential and commercial areas. every place is very lively. people go out in the street. they are eating out. the city really invites you to go out, not just stay in your house. it is really comfortable. not only the people are friendly. the city is friendly. >> what are some of the differences and similarities you see after being in taiwan for nine months, between taiwan and brazil? you talk about people being very helpful in taiwan. but we also know the brazilian people are very passionate. what are some of the similarities and differences that you see? >> it is one of the similarities. both people are friendly. it is one of the main similarities. there are differences, of course, in culture. it is like different civilizations. i

. >> we jump over the taipei at the taipei zoo, and that is the baby and has been separated for a whileuse it has been put in the incubator and they have been separated because the mom injured it trying to grasp it. you can see that they are putting the towel in front of the baby's face, and she said, these bars are separating me from the baby and she grabs the mom and puts the feet through, because she wants to get closer. >> oh, she is excited about the reunion. >> and in a different area, they let mom get with the baby and listen to the sounds. >> oh, that is so funny. they are talking to each other. that is precious. >> it is sweet to see the relationship. >>> bring on the bacon, because we are making candy. >> drizzle it on slightly. >> the step by step to make the sweet and salty treat. >> it is good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now th

a giant panda at the taipei zoo gave birth. it's the first time a panda has been born in taipei. zookeepers are asking visitors to help pick a name, which will be announced in october. zoo officials say the public will get their first chance to see the baby panda in fern in about three months. . >>> it's the story you saw last night on the 10:00 news. >>> a disabled dog is in desperate need of a wheelchair after thieves made off with it today in richmond. >> tonight how one woman's tragedy is giving a partially paralyzed dog the chance to move around. >> the experiment under way to bridge the gap over two sides fighting over a piece of land. >> and a rear you can get ktvu news to go on your carolina. download the apple and watch all of our newscasts live. be connected anytime, anywhere. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. . >>> easing tenses in the east bay, today occupy the farm protesters returned to a disputed plot of uc berkeley land, but this time it was by invitation, the university a

tens of thousands of protesters gathered in downtown taipei saturday to voice their outrage. to a hit and run in the u.s., one person has been killed and 11 injured after a driver plowed his car into the venice beach boardwalk in california. one person is in critical condition. the car was traveling as fast as 30 kilometers per hour down the pedestrian strip. the driver of the car is now in police custody. africa's oldest leader robert gabi has been declared winner of zimbabwe's presidential election. this will be his seventh term in office. but his rival, the prime minister, says the vote was fraught with fraud. western election observers were not allowed to monitor the vote. the u.s. has called the election deeply flawed. the european union also expressed its concern. jacob zuma has congratulated him for his successful vote. our correspondent has more on what we are likely to expect from his seventh term. >> they won more than two thirds of the parliament, giving them superpowers and allowing him to do just about anything, including making changes to the constitution, witho

chinese taipei, 17. and then the rest.japan look like they're ready for a showdown tomorrow. that pitch is in there for a strike. to max popken. mora has two pitches to get out of this, to try to complete the game. if he can get an out. >> nomar: 85 pitch limit. >> karl: if he throws a strike here he has a chance to finish the game. he looked up to the pitch counter as well. he knows he needs a strike. >> nomar: he'll go right after him. >> karl: the 0-2. he punched his glove. he knew what that was about. he knew exactly what that was about. >> orel: complete game on the line. and it's a foul ball. looking for his tenth strikeout. and he gets it. 85 pitches. he'll have to come out of the game. and he is so aware of it. he'll get a standing ovation, as nick mora delivered a two hit, ten k performance. coming off the regional in which he gave up nothing. >> get back up on the mound. get back up there. waiting to verify -- is that pitch count right? i just want to make sure the pitch count is accurate, before i pull him out.

broke out among taiwanese lawmakers over a controversial to build a fourth nuclear power plant near taipeitty common in the taiwanese parliament. sometimes they'll throw shoes. a little water. trying to douse it there. >>> recapping our top stories -- ariel castro in court yesterday, formally sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 1,000 years. in a rambling 20-minute statement, castro said he was not a monster. >>> defying the request from the u.s., russia has granted edward snowden temporary asylum. the self-professed nsa leaker got the proper documents to leave. he is at an undisclosed location this morning. >>> and a possible terror threat is closing all u.s. embassies across the middle east on sunday. the move affects dozens of embassies and consulates, primarily in the middle east and north africa. >>> what looks like some bears are after more than just picnic baskets and honey these days. a colorado restaurant surveillance camera catching a bear hanging out midday picking through dumpsters. it then stealthily here dragging them -- drags it away, the entire thing. better tha

these protest in taipei are demanding tokyo take a hard look at its history. >> paying respects to the wartime military means the government condones wartime aggression. people from all over asia pacific cannot accept this. >> japan's prime minister, for his part, led an annual ceremony to honor the war dead. he hoped at least his absence from the shrine would placate his neighbors, but they say unless japan owns up fully to its past, ties will remain tense . >> u.s. researchers say they have discovered a new species of mammal in the forests of colombia and ecuador. >> it is the smallest member of the raccoon family. an average adult is about 60 centimeters long and weighs in at about a kilogram. researchers have the smithsonian -- researchers at the smithsonian museum identified the pretty adorable critter. >> finally, it is about passion, music, love, and lfe. we are talking about the art of tango. >> hundreds of thousands of fans are expected in the world's t capital for the one srs tango festival -- the buenos r s t festival -- the buenos aires tango festival. they have classes for

picking up the showers in shanghai, continuing rain in taipei there as well. seoul going to be see some showers, 30 degrees for the high. tokyo should be staying mostly dry with a high of 34. on then into the americas. what we're seeing here is some increased monsoonal flow across the southwest. you can be seeing showers and gusty winds, maybe hail up in the mountains. and then we have showers and thunderstorms moving along here south of the great lakes and up into new england. it's not going to be anything particularly severe. might help to clear the air. it's been rather muggy up here in the northeast. and then down towards the south still seeing these showers through much of the southeast. the gulf states there. the rain is not going to be particularly heavy, but it has been very constant for the last few days. so there will be the potential for some flooding. here are your temperatures. and i'm going to leave you now also with your extended forecast. >>> millions of people use tokyo's vast subway system every day, but mothers with young children struggle t

these protest in taipei are demanding tokyo take a hard look at its history. >> paying respects to the wartime military means the government condones wartime aggression. people from all over asia pacific cannot accept this. >> japan's prime minister, for his part, led an annual ceremony to honor the war dead. he hoped at least his absence from the shrine would placate his neighbors, but they say unless japan owns up fully to its past, ties will remain tense . >> u.s. researchers say they have discovered a new species of mammal in the forests of colombia and ecuador. >> it is the smallest member of the raccoon family. an average adult is about 60 centimeters long and weighs in at about a kilogram. researchers have the smithsonian -- researchers at the smithsonian museum identified the pretty adorable critter. >> finally, it is about passion, music, love, and lfe. we are talking about the art of tango. >> hundreds of thousands of fans are expected in the world's t capital for the one srs tango festival -- the buenos r s t festival -- the buenos aires tango festival. they have classes for

businesses and schools, which are closed in the north and east of the country, including the capital, taipeihe typhoon is heading past the west of the island. as it approaches southern china, leaving behind a trail of destruction. >> waves batter the coast of taiwan as the storm approached. the severe weather has already put a halt to shipping. authorities warned the situation could deteriorate further still. the heaviest rain has hit the mountainous interior of the island, which has triggered landslides. some villages are cut off entirely, but the fed ministry has 50,000 soldiers on standby to help with rescue operations. >> from our experience with the last storm, we have deployed special operations forces and backup forces to their designated positions. >> in the philippines, relief operations are underway after flooding left more than half the capital underwater on monday and tuesday. 300,000 people are displaced and in need of help. >> we have provided them with ready to eat meals, other relief goods, and the charity office is providing medical and dental care. >> while the cleanup is c

lawmakers debating the completion of a nuclear power plant came to blows in taipei. kicking, punching, putting each other in headlocks. anti-nuclear activists also got into the action there by splashing legislators with water and throwing bottles from the balcony. >>> another huge late game rally for the boston red sox. >> details, now, from espn. >> welcome to our "sportscenter" studios here in los angeles. i'm stan verrett. what a night for the red sox in boston. at fenway park, they did it again. boston with its 11th walkoff win of the season. we pick it up ninth inning. red sox trail by as many as six. jonny gomes, with a base hit off medina. shane victorino scores. game tied at 7-7. they're going nuts at fenway. two batters later, bases loaded for daniel nava. he had walked to lead off the inning. nava sends that one to straight away center. dustin pedroia coming in to score. the red sox rally with six in the ninth. and john farrell's team does it again. >>> rangers had three walkoff wins against the angels. yu darvish, throwing for texas. what a job he did. par

and houston rockets point guard, jeremy lin, held a basketball clinic with some young players in taipei as part of his eight-day tour of asia. the nba star coached junior high students on some basketball techniques. yesterday, lin met media and fans at another promotional event. he also signed a two-year contract with a car manufacturer, volvo, to help sell luxury cars on the lucrative market. he is taiwanese-american and has been one of china's most popular figures since come together nba two years ago. henry wolford, my son was coached by jeremy lin at a kamp in palo alto a couple of yearsing a. >> reporter: is he a good coach? >> wonderful coach. it has changed my son's life. not really but he had a good time. >> reporter: sounds great. good to hear that story. when we come back, we are going to talk about, how about some baseball. the oakland a's are going to finish at the top of their division. if that's going to happen, they will need all of their players to stay healthy. today, we got some news that one of their all-stars will have to miss some serious time. when we return, we wi

in taipei the tai index climbed. the advance was led by local parts suppliers for apple. investors went after their shares on hopes for an increase in their shipments to the u.s. high-tech giant. shanghai rose for three straight days. the comp sit index was higher. profit taking on recent gainers, but more investors bought bargain shares because of china's slightly brighter economic outlook. minutes from the bank of japan policy meeting last month show one official expressed caution about using the word recovery to describe the country's economy. in a two-day meeting that ended july 11th, the central bank upgraded its assessment saying the company was starting to recover moderately. it was the first time in two and a half years the boj used the term. they indicate most board members were in agreement on the wording and improving exports. but one member said it was better to spend more time to determine whether the word recovery is appropriate. ed official cited uncertainty regarding overseas economies as a reason. in the end members agreed on the wording. looking ahead, m

this one in taipei last year in gaucho -- it is free. so we teach them how to cook, how to make festivals and fruit and more appropriate for everybody. we set up the program with exercise program, relaxation program, even how to make them more beautiful, make up. the group city for those cancer survivors is also -- the group's eddie for those cancer survivors is also very important. >> let's talk a little bit about the international dimension for the foundation. we understand that there is union for international cancer prevention, uicc. your foundation has been a member since 1997. 2003, i'm sorry. given the fact that you have been part of this international family, what are some of the activities and programs that you have been doing on the international level? >> uicc is now the biggest ngo under the world health organization. we are fortunate to become one of the members in 2003. we actively participate in all the activities. the biannual world cancer congress and also the highly publicized activities every year. >> before we end thi

in fact, maybe be it to taipei by the time we get into tomorrow evening. it's slowly going to continue its track up towards the aleutian islands of the alaska and then around the top of the pacific ocean. that means it will be heading to the pacific northwest, but that's a week out. a week from now parts of british columbia, the moisture from that tropical storm will be coming your way. so we do monitor storms in that manner, see how far they are out towards china. watch them move across the pacific ocean, and tells us how much rain maying falling in the states. we've got some rain with a little disturbance. most of it is for seattle, and oregon. this rainfall being that it's not that heavy in the mountains it's still going to be causing issues. we have these wildfires that we've been talking about still borninburning in washington sta. we have flash flood watches in affect for the north cascades. now this is going to condition overnight into the early morning hours. we go farther south to the rim fire outside of san francisco, that's where we're having bi

it has moved to the north of taipei and is now a typhoon, so basically what we in the united states wouldl a category one hurricane right now. this will continue to move into china, so watching for flood concerns there, as well over the next couple of days. closer to home, the atlantic has been dead quiet recently, very impressive for the month of august to be this quiet. people along the coastlines like that it has been so quiet. we have activity we are watching off the coast of mexico, nothing forming yet. where do we have problems across the united states? pretty easy to pick out a frontal boundary going through the midsection of the country, you can see the clouds and rain across there. we've had this persistent rain from the south. that's a stalled out frontal boundary. it's been day after day of heavy rain. that is starting to diminish. i'll get to that in just a second. here's the frontal boundary. before that, we had temperatures 10-20 degrees above average. far go was in the 90's yesterday, this time of year, average high is 79. that front is going to bring things a little back t

and this is a very cute, touching moment at the zoo in taipei as the adorable giant, not to giant gianta cub, the first to be born in taiwan, meets her mother for first time since her birth. >> these are the newest images of the cub who was born last month at the zoo. caretakers have been watching her around the clock and it will be another couple months before the public can likewise see her. thanks for starting your morning with us. there is much more ahead in the next hour of the cnn "newsroom." >> we'll turn it over now to our colleague, fredricka whitfield. >> h

and this is a very cute, touching moment at the zoo in taipei as the adorable giant, not to giant giantb, the first to be born in taiwan, meets her mother for first time since her birth. >> these are the newest images of the cub who was born last month at the zoo. caretakers have been watching her around the clock and it will be another couple months before the public can likewise see her. thanks for starting your morning with us. there is much more ahead in the next hour of the cnn "newsroom." >> we'll turn it over now to our colleague, fredricka whitfield. >> have a great day. good to see you. we're going to begin overseas. the crisis in egypt taking a new deadly turn. after days of bloody street battles, violence erupts again. this time during a tense standoff at a packed mosque. we'll have the latest on the clashes and what the conflict means for the united states. >>> and a dreaded deja vu for parts of the southern u.s. areas already flooded are getting hit with more drenching downpours, and even more rain could be on the way. >>> plus, the super secret site known as area 51 portra

a giant panda cub is growing closer with her mother says she was born at the taipei zoo last month. " received a first of breastfeeding from mom this week. it was the first time that the cut in the mother had seen each other since the birth. as to status solely letting the two pandas on bond. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news is 6:00 a.m.. we are learning new details on the opening of the new span of the bay bridge. it could be opening soon expected. >> first it was cold and allergy medications, now one drug store is making it harder for you to even by nail polish. we will tell you why coming up. >> we are keeping an eye on wall street this morning. financial expert rob black will join as a 6:45 a.m.. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch

the taipei zoo posted this precious reunion between the two pandas. >> pandas, to me, always look like looking for the zipper on the big one. >> as long as the little one doesn't sneeze. >> you see that panda actually outside in times square. you can take pictures with it for a dollar. >> maks, great job. >> thank you. >> wow, unbelievable. >> good form. >>> ginger zee, weather? >> she's up there, right? oh, ginger. >> in the sea of the crowd, you guys. this has to be the biggest. you've been saying that -- it's huge. they're so excited. which song are you most excited to hear? >> "thrift shop." what is your name and are you from? >> we're so beside ourselves, ready for macklemore. we have to get a check of the weather first before we do that. and i'll begin with a look at the southeast. we've been talking about it for days, for the whole summer. look at how much rain they're going to get. all the way through the weekend. anywhere from three to six inches in that swath of yellow, from new orleans to tallahassee, charleston, included. and atlanta and columbia going to get drenched again

. >>> finally, a touching moment at the zoo in taipei. giant panda cub getting to meet her mommy for the first time. these are the images of the panda cub. care takers watching her around the clock. it will be another couple months before the panda cub will be on display. the nurses have nicknamed her ronzai which is apparently rice ball. >> what's the name? >> wanzai that the nurses gave her. >> rice ball. >> rice ball. >> it's pretty amazing how panda's go from not so cute to very cute. >> kind of cute with the little legs. >> not so cute when they're born. >> i love when they do the turkey legs, puppies, pandas, whatever that is, i love that thing. don't try it at home. very tough on the gurn. >> what? >> what is a gurn? >> the groin muscle. guy speak. >> wow. >> so much we learn. we're like -- >> gurn. you never want to say the full word. >> you learn something new every day on "new day." >> moving on. >> it's a perfect time to go to political gut check. i'm not going to segue. all the stories you need to know coming out of washington

jong here from taipei does. >> it feels like air travel has gotten worse, that the experience of theer has deteriora deteriorated. in part that's because of capacity declines. my question, is and you seem to suggest that stopping this merger will not do anything about that trend. do you think that was a part though of why the justice department acted here? >> it might be because they are so misled on this and have such bad data. the experience of flying, it's like going into a minimum security prison these days. i mean, having someone use your name and say thank you is off the wall here. it just doesn't happen. that's not going to change with this merger, and we could get into service issues where airlines really need to work on it, but the reality here is places like hiltonhead will now have better access. >> right. >> and i hate mergers. i don't like them, but this sort of thing right now in terms of business for small communities and their economies, it pains me to say it, but this merger would be good for that. >> i have to say, i've been really opposed to this, too, and michael,