and taiwan. that's what president reagan did nineteen eighty one what started out well it's hard john sears know the people in this campaign i want you talk about like i'm going to general feel like even rumsfeld lost his job so is it time for history to repeat itself while obama fights to higher with his new jobs plan many are saying what the president needs to do is fire this during a time when he's fund raising at thirty six thousand dollars a plate many can't even put food on the table. a prison contractors have no difficulty making money they have figured out how to cash in on undocumented immigrants ahead here how one man's american dream was rushed to his residency was revoked four years later. hey there it's friday september sixteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine you're watching our team well the white house has given the green light to the sale of an arms package to taiwan as they all know is leaving a lot of world leaders on shaky ground all right here's the deal taiwan says

and taiwan are related at all but the u.s. president sure does this as president obama is forced to play with fire walking the tightrope of true friendships between china and taiwan. that's what president reagan did nine hundred eighty when it works start out with a far john sears know the people in this campaign i want you to are struggling to nominate general stood like a star even rumsfeld lost his job so is it time for history to repeat itself well obama fights to higher with his new jobs plan many are saying what the president needs to do is fire this during a time where he's fund raising at thirty six thousand dollars a plate and he can't even put food on the table. for about hyperinflation. right now the fact you're great. and well at least someone's excited about the economy we're going to sit down and talk with free money with not you not you lesko famed author and self-proclaimed federal grant researcher. well all free money isn't as easy to come by for some prison contractors that found a way to make big bucks by ca

was taiwan and why is it so important to the u.s. where is taiwan. asia. where year. is joining us this morning the talk here. sir did you guys know that. states decided to sell silent. i don't know i haven't heard that no i don't know i didn't i don't know traditionally the u.s. has sort of intervened on behalf of taiwan. who are against china china i would assume so they're closest to protection from attack from china probably against communist china if i'm not mistaken i was in the impression that taiwan was . occupied by the british the relationship with taiwan is probably just as important as our relationship is china there you have it it seems americans kind of know where it is but why it's such a big issue reporting from washington i imagine said oh r.t. so much in years now we end this week like we have so many weeks this year with a sense that things in this economy have just not gotten much better for many it is simply another day without a job but president obama is hoping to fix that and he's traveling around the country to sell his american jobs act we're

taiwan who -- the belief is fears that taiwan is becoming too dependent on china. >> for decades, he has been fashioning knives out of spent artillery shells fired by china. sales have doubled. more chinese tourists have been visiting his shops and they were first allowed to travel in your in 2008. >> this is an -- to travel here in 2008. >> this is an outlying island. we depend on tourism. the number of mainland tourists is increasing. this has helped every aspect of the economy, including our steel knife making business. >> more than 160,000 chinese tourists come here each year. trade is booming. like the rest of taiwan, it is increasingly linked to china, but china still claims taiwan as one of its provinces. it has threatened to invade if taiwan declares formal independence. relations might be the best in decades, but just behind me is the mainland, and it has hundreds of missiles targeted at taiwan. military tensions remain. some people, especially the opposition party candidate in the upcoming election, fear taiwan may be getting too close to china. >> i am concerned the next g

is sort of intervened on behalf of taiwan. who are against china china i would assume so they're closest to protection from attack from china probably against communist china if i'm not mistaken i was in the impression that taiwan was . occupied by the british a relationship with taiwan is probably just as important as our relationship isn't china but you have it it is americans kind of know where it is but why it's such a big issue reporting from washington general said oh r.t. charla things the average american isn't too certain about this complex nature of those relationships between china being u.s. and taiwan but earlier i talked to someone who has spent years looking into these tensions wayne madsen as an investigative journalist and so no one's been going on between the u.s. and china and how it's a little bit more than just business this is personal. this is geopolitics actually was what good is going on here time want and china have had actually had pretty good relations considering the fact that they claim each other

taiwan based solely on the judgment of the needs of taiwan. we believe that the taiwanese pilots flying taiwanese fighter aircraft manufactured in the united states represents the best first line of defense for our democratic ally and do not pose any threat to china. there is no offense here. the taiwan air force just patrols the taiwan straits to assure its safety and security. so i rise in support of the amendment that has been offered. it is very important, the bipartisan support in congress for working with our ally taiwan without any offense to china is an important one that we need to asure remains solid and firm. i hope that our colleagues will help us with the amendment that will assure that this sale goes through, that we keep the commitments that we have made and that we have the ability to sell to taiwan, otherwise they will surely look for other countries to buy from, and that's not in our interest. here we are trying to create jobs in america. it is certainly in our strategic interest to have our ally buy our products so that we c

but some are warning that taiwan should not be overly dependant on the mainland.conomic cooperation with china is likely to be one of the major issues in the presidential election scheduled for next january. nai makita, nhk world, taipei. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> safety officials in france say the incident at one of the country's nuclear waste facilities is over. an explosion at the marcoule complex killed one person and injured four others. the accident happened inside a building that houses a furnace that's used to melt low-level radioactive waste. france's nuclear safety authority says about four tons of scrap metal extracted from nuclear waste was being melted inside a furnace at the time of the accident. the cause of the explosion is not known. the nuclear authorities says the facility offered, suffered no major damage and there have been no radiation leaks. local residents are complaining, though, that nuclear authorities did not release enough information after the explosion. they're skeptical of the facility's safety. >> translator: resi

why is taiwan asking for these aircraft? well, as i indicated earlier, taiwan's air defense capabilities are nearly obsolete. while china's military capabilities are growing at an alarming rate. but air defense is not just a game of numbers. it's about the quality of the aircraft as well. so what about the quality of taiwan's existing forces? well, according to the defense intelligence agency in an unclassified report last year, many of taiwan's fighter aircraft are close to or beyond service life, and many require extensive maintenance support. so china's capabilities are clearly newer, and they're growing, and focus clearly on intimidating taiwan and yes, even the united states. china's official press agency reported in march that the people's republic of china will increase its military budget this year by more than 12%. that's on top of an increase last year of 7.5%. but the pentagon estimates that china is not being frairntz with regard to its military spending -- transparent with regard to its military spending. in fac

and taiwan is considered a compromise. >> taiwan's wanted 66-16 fighter jets. that deal is pending. taiwan did not -- china did not want the u.s. to sell taiwan anything, so it could be seen as a compromise because the united states is in a difficult position. on one hand, it supports one china, the idea that taiwan is part of china, but also defends taiwan's rights to exist, and it's lawmakers in sure the country has to provide taiwan with certain defensive military arms against china. this could be seen as a compromise. >> the greek government has announced details of austerity measures to continue asking international creditors. 30,000 civil servants will be told to stay home and 60% of their salary. if they did not find new jobs within a year, there will be sacked. at the roles of be further cuts of pensions. -- there will also be further cuts of pensions. >> in athens early next week, greece has hours to somehow convince lenders of last resort to keep the country afloat with another 8 billion euros. they have already forecast the sacking of state workers' pensions and wage cuts

i proudly voted for taiwan and supported taiwan every year i've been here for 26 years. i believe i'm voting for them today even as i oppose this amendment but support the administration's $6 billion program for upgrade, those 145 f-16's and maybe we'll sell them some others. the presiding officer: the senator's time has alapsed. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: just briefly, once the production line is shut down for f-16's, it cannot be easily reconstituted. the 2,300 people currently working in the f-16 line will be reassigned or fired. so this is important. this isn't something we can take up just willy-nilly later on because we've gotten around to it. it's timely, it needs to be done now to keep our commitments to our allies and show the chinese what they really need to see from america and that is strength, not weakness. i yield back. the presiding officer: the yeas and nays have been ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or c

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why is taiwan asking for these aircraft? and why do so many democrats and republicans join together when the parties seem to be so polarized by so many other issues and come together in a bipartisan way on this issue? well, the answer is simple and straightforward. taiwan's air defense capabilities are nearly obsolete. while china's air capabilities are growing at an alarming rate. this chart demonstrates the problem. not to right in the red you'll see that china has 2,300 operational military combat aircraft while taiwan has 490 operational aircraft. but air defense is not just a numbers game. quality of those aircraft matter a lot. just as much as quantity. so what about the quality of taiwan's existing forces? according to our own intelligence services, the defense intelligence agency in an unclassified report last year, they said many of taiwan's fighter aircraft are close to or beyond service life, and many require extensive maintenance support. china's capabilities, on the other hand, are clearly newer and clearly grow

sell big-ticket items to taiwan for fear of upsetting beijing. washington needs china's cooperation on many issues from trade to north korea to buying u.s. bonds. there are growing worries about the balance of military power between taiwan and china. the u.s. is facing a tough balancing act. china doubles its relationship and its commitment to help taiwan defend itself. >> almost 60 people have died after torrential rains caused flooding and landslides in china. rains have swamped three provinces in the southwest center suspending local traffic and communication. the river has fallen to 7 meters. the flooding may be the worst since records started in 1847. if you're on-line, keep up-to- date with us on twitter. the address is on your screen. >> this is "newsday". >> i'm babita sharma in london. the headlines. afghanistan's chief peace negotiator with taliban burhanuddin rabbani has been killed at a suicide bomb attack at his home in kabul. >> the international monetary fund says the u.s. economy -- the world economy is entering a dangerous phase

is now going to sell taiwan radar systems, missiles and other equipment the hardware will help taiwan upgrade its existing fleet of 145 fighters. >> china is against any arm sales to taiwan. it considers that interference in its internal affairs. >> translator: the united states made a mistake. it is inevitable that the decision will damage military and security cooperation between china and the united states. >> foreign ministry spokesperson hong lei, hinted at the suspension of the china/u.s. military exchange. china did that last year to protest an american decision to sell arms to taiwan. bilateral ties chilled until january this year. there are fears the latest issue will damage china/u.s. relations again. >>> sumo day 12 of the autumn tournament from tokyo and we have an interesting business end of the basho coming up with hakuho still undefeated, and relative unknown gagamaru one behind the yokozuna, action time. kitataiki has two losses and is a silly hope to win the em pore pore's cup. wakakoyu starts with what he does best and try as pull-down. kitataiki keeps his feet, move

china is against any armed sales to taiwan. it considers that interference in its internal affairs. >> translator: the united states made a mistake. it is inevitable that the decision will damage military and security cooperation between china and the united states. >> foreign ministry spokesperson also hinted at the suspension of china/u.s. military exchanges. china did that last year against an american decision to send arms to taiwan. talks chilled until january this year. there are fears this latest will damage u.s., china relations again. >>> sumo, day 12 of the autumn tournament from tokyo. an interesting. action time. he has two losses. he meets him for the first time, needs to thrust will to win. wakakoyu does what he does best. his feet moves forward. he takes him over the edge. two losses still. it is unusual to have two rank and filers in the usual race. defollow up since his win yesterday? he needs a strong pushing attack to keep up momentum. they clash. he pushes and back and out. he almost lost yesterday, remains

so what does or rather taiwan has a long enjoyed military support from the u.s. but we know that china is the largest share holder of u.s. treasury securities do you think washington could be putting good relations with beijing at risk. well because debate you are far and p. also would concede a very important factor that there is. indeed. a relationship between. the american and chinese size to be maintained in the home on the of course the sions because the american frog he relies on the chinese. and he's securities. to support the us the current is so right not things that we should be ready from the menu changes between the right ken and the age of varieties because of the kind i wanted. a recent awaking these cables suggest that china could offer to eliminate its missiles targeting taiwan if the us stop selling weapons to the island does that mean that china is ready for a compromise to settle this conflict well because the trust of fergie has you can see the feeling of wills of the persian people to brace an army state there will be ace a very strong opinio

the interest of the towers people in terms of burglaries drink so what does taiwan has a lot enjoyed military support from the us but we know that china is the largest share our holder of u.s. treasury securities we think washington could be putting good relations with beijing at risk. well because. that would concede the. point of. a relationship between. the american and chinese sides of maintaining the police agency because america lies on the chinese. securities. to the party us the car so we're not. ready from the menu changes between. the age of royalties because of the. recent wiki leaks cables suggest that china could offer to eliminate its missiles targeting taiwan if the us stop selling weapons to the island does that mean that china is ready for a compromise to settle this conflict. well we can just offer it as you can see the feeling of wheels of the people gratian are there will be a. very strong opinion from the people. the. concrete actions to deal with be easy pending one of. some concrete action like we should position somebody. in. st. peter cundall you don't as. yo

china is against any arm sales to taiwan.iders that interference in its internal affairs. >> translator: the united states made a mistake. it's inevitable that the decision will damage military and security cooperation between china and the united states. >> foreign monday industry spokesperson hinted that the suspension of china/u.s. military exchange. bilateral ties chilled until january this year. there are fears this latest issue will damage china/u.s. relations again. >>> leaders seem to be standing strong in the face of immense pressure at the united nations general assembly meeting in new york. they say they will make a bid for u.n. membership this week as planned. u.s. president barack obama is trying to convince them to put their request on hold. obama delivered a speech wednesday at the general assembly. he said there is no shortcut to resolving decades-long conflict in the middle east and argued the palestinians should first return to peace talks before applying for u.n. membership. obama then met separately with p

arms package is going to be sent to taiwan is this going to go down to china. or presumably it's not going to go down very well my understanding is this is a compromise deal and i'm no expert on the chinese domestic politics but i doubt it will go down well but what you were saying actually about the the arms deal benefic the us economy to such a great deal probably actually isn't the case the us arms trade is heavily subsidized by the government and i said there was a private doing it benefiting private companies but it is most likely done with a very heavy government involvement probably through a government to government deal probably through government backed loans and in any case these arms manufacturers receive very heavy government subsidy and so in fact the jobs and the economic argument that's used in putting forward arms deal was low . like this will cross most world tend to be very. heavily skewed in favor of the arms deal where is the real economic benefits don't tend to be anywhere near as large as the promise to be really good to get your take in

the swimmers arrived in northeastern taiwan monday. the group included a university student from the disaster hit prefecture. they departed from the island two days earlier. they took turns to swim 30 minute legs for 110 kilometers braving high wives approaching okinawa. >> translator: it was very moving. we truly work on the gratitude of the japanese youth. it was a very long journey, but the fatigue disappeared the moment i saw the smiling faces of the taiwanese people. >>> "newsline," the place to turn to for the latest in japan most march 11. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the nuclear accident and the tsunami. nuclear watch and the road ahead. don't miss nuclear watch and the road ahead on "newsline". >>> strong typhoon roke is churning northward over the ocean south of japan. it's bringing heavy rain to the western and central parts of the country. the japan meteorological agency says that roke is slowly moving north-northwest near the amami islands in the southwestern prefecture of kagos

the swimmers arrived in northeastern taiwan monday. the group included a university student from the disaster hit prefecture. they departed from the island two days earlier. they took turns to swim 30 minute legs for 110 kilometers braving high wives approaching okinawa. >> translator: it was very moving. we truly work on the gratitude of the japanese youth. it was a very long journey, but the fatigue disappeared the moment i saw the smiling faces of the taiwanese people. >>> "newsline," the place to turn to for the latest in japan most march 11. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the nuclear accident and the tsunami. nuclear watch and the road ahead. don't miss nuclear watch and the road ahead on "newsline". >>> strong typhoon roke is churning northward over the ocean south of japan. it's bringing heavy rain to the western and central parts of the country. the japan meteorological agency says that roke is slowly moving north-northwest near the amami islands in the southwestern prefecture of kagos

international the big debate about selling arms to taiwan has been going on for a couple of years now in the u.s. what do you think influenced this latest decision in favor of that step and you know legal assistance even at the end of the day. well i think the decision is a product partly of the u.s. as for imports in east asia obviously and its relationship with china but in the u.s. to message policy a great deal of inside of influence has come from companies and what might be broadly talk cause the military industrial complex in the u.s. that level of influence from private arms companies and let's face it this is a private arms deal that is only benefiting arms manufacturers and their profit margins is highly concerning for any u.s. nor indeed anyone else in the world when it's determining u.s. foreign policy. the u.s. is not over selling weapons to countries does not equate to taking sides in conflicts across the world often even aggravating the. this could be argued certainly yes i mean our. exports from the us should be done with respect to human rights for not aggravating all

taiwan had diplomatic relations at the time. johnson org ued that taiwan wanted it gain access to natural resources to the islands by insisting on sovereignty. the papers say that nixon made the decision after consulting then national security advisor henry kissinger based on johnson's assessment. >> the march 11 disaster, the september 11th attacks. two anniversary, one source of indepth coverage. join nhk world for japan, six months on and 9/11, defining a decade. then on sunday, september 11th, we will mark the an anniversaries. >>> september 11th is the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on new york. to mark the disaster, news 9 brings you a special series all this week, 9/11, defining a decade. on that september day, ten years ago, almost 3,000 people lost their lives. in this next report, how family members deal with their grief. nhk world reports. >> jim mccalfry is a fire fighter in new york. he was dispaf he was dispatched to the world trade center after the 9/11 attack. but by the time he got there both towers

there's little arguing the fact that taiwan is one of the premiere filmmaking countries in asia. and recently, the country turned heads with their latest release. warriors of the rainbow is the title of the film dubbed... the most expensive movie ever produced in taiwan. the 24-million us dollar movie is based on a true story... of an uprising by indigenous people in taiwan... against japanese rulers in the 1930s. the headman for this grand project is director wei te-sheng. wei broke into the local market by storm in 2008,... with his award -winning comedy movie titled "cape no.7". the production saw some delays back in 2009, when a massive typhoon destroyed the original set. this was the reason why the cost of production was almost tripled from the original estimate. warriors of the rainbow stars heavyweights like vivian hsu and zheng zhiwei... who graced the red carpet for the film's premiere. the 2 and a half hour movie opens on september 12 in taiwan and will be released in europe later this year. india's fateh sagar lake is brimmed. this is the result of the monsoons that dr

the swimmers arrived in northeastern taiwan on monday. the group included a university student from the disaster hit fukushima daiichi prefecture. they came from the western most island two days earlier. they took tourns swim 30-minute legs for 110 kilometers, braving high waves from a tropical storm approaching okinawa. >> translator: it was very moving. we truly fell the japanese youth. >> it was a long journey. the fatigue left as soon as i saw the faces of the japanese people. >> newsline is the place it turn to for the latest on japan, post march 11. we have two segments offering two perspectives on the fallout from the earthquake and tsunami. nuclear watch brings you insight and information on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis. and the road ahead, skpamins japan's efforts to recover and rebuild. don't miss nuclear watch and the road ahead on newsline. . >> tokyo markets are kicking off a holiday week this tuesday morning. first tell us about other markets, how they performed on monday. we saw a huge drop. >> that's right. o

and taiwan have formally announced a major arms deal-- to upgrade taiwan's fleet of f-16 fighter jets. the deal is worth nearly $6 billion and includes advanced radar to detect stealth aircraft. the u.s. stopped short of selling 66 new f-16's to taiwan. even so, china denounced the arms agreement today. the chinese government regards taiwan as a renegade province. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: two americans convicted as spies in iran finally won their freedom today. they'd been held there since 2009. president obama called the release wonderful news. judy woodruff has the story. >> woodruff: the plane carrying americans shane bauer and joshua fattal landed in muscat, oman shortly before midnight and they were reunited with their families. hours earlier, they'd left in a convoy of cars from the evin prison compound in tehran. the iranian news agency said oman paid their bail-- $1 million. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad initially suggested they'd be freed last week, just before his trip to new york for the u.n. general assembly opening. >

but there's a problem -- samsung faces many possible competitors from taiwan, china and japan. catching up with leading-edge hardaway technology can happen much faster than in the software field. we are worried that taiwan and china may catch up with samsung and hardware faster than samsung can catch up with google, apple and microsoft in software. >> and that's our report from south korea, back to you in tokyo, shery. >> nemo, thanks. here with me in the studio is michito, kimura, senior analyst for international data, japan. mr. kimura, let's start with a general overview of what's been happening in the market so far. first we have giant apple, with its own operating system, the ios, and then we have google's operating system, android. so far, google has been pairing up with samsung. but then now we see that google is buying a motorola mobility. which means it's becoming a major competitor in the market. and then we have microsoft, coming in with its windows 8, next generation operating system for tablets. a lot going on here. so how do you think the battle will play itself o

, and taiwan. they're offering their latest electronic, pharmaceutical, and food items for sale. >>> the king of thailand on monday asked government officials to serve the people and implement policies to ensure their well being. the king advised officials to implement what he calls a sufficient economy, which is based on the principles of self-reliance, moderation and honesty. the policy aims to shield the country from intirnl or financial crisis such as the one in 1997. the 83-year-old monarch has been recuperating since being admitted to a bangkok hospital. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> hi, there. i'm mai shoji. welcome back. let's take a look at your weather conditions. nora has down graded. even though it's downgraded it's going to be bringing moisture toward northern hokkaido and northern japan especially in hokkaido and up to about 18 millimeters of rainfall will be accumulated into wednesday morning. now, it is going to be affected much of southwest russia with this low pressu

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free of this renewed concern was not isolated to just germany similar rallies took place in korea taiwan and france as well despite the ongoing worries about the viability of nuclear power we're likely going to continue to rely on the time make energy for at least a part of our needs russian scientists and engineers are drawing on decades of experience to make the next generation of reactors as safe as possible but in order to understand the future we have to look to the past which takes us to the belly arced power station and that is some one thousand miles east of moscow the plan began life as one of the most advanced nuclear power stations in the world. struction what was to become the club's first graphite moderated reactor got underway in one nine hundred fifty eight and a few years later a second more powerful reactor was built together to generate more than two hundred fifty megawatts of electricity or enough to provide a city of one million people with lighting and other modern amenities. looking at present nuclear capacity the vast majority of the world's atomic power comes from

after a year in taiwan found my way home. volunteered in my home state of colorado for a senate race and got very lucky. i went to washington and found a job -- didn't find a job. i was hired by brand new republican from miami who desperately needed a spanish speaker in his washington office and then had the opportunity to jordan president bush's reelection campaign in july of 2003. a year later i received a white house appointment in 2004 where i work roughly two years and in 2006 i had the opportunity to come to new york city which is where i was now and the opportunity to work for rudy guiliani on his presidential campaign. during the course of my time working for president bush and sense animosity in my third groups. not only in 2004, and in 2006 but you couldn't miss it in 2008. holes solidified that the youth vote had turned away from the republican party. for the record i am completely accustomed to being in the minority of my peer group and i joke that i am cut out for it as a hoover. when you grow up related to the m

has promised to help taiwan defend itself from china the decision not to sell is seen by some to be athe book, the coming collapse of china what is the message that you see, gordon in this decision? >> well, clearly everyone and especially leaders around the region are seeing an attempt to appease china they are really concerned, because the administration appears more willing to try to be concerned about the feelings of the chinese people than about the defense of taiwan, which is a democracy. that is a real problem, because china is not appeasable at this moment. jon: why not? >> well because they are very belligerent in beijing and they think that signs of weakness from the united states means they don't have to cooperate. three times, february, and november of 2009 and march of 2010 the obama administration tried to placate china but we only made beijing more belligerent. in baseball they say three strikes are out. this f-16 decision is really the fourth strike. jon: you think that the fine he's government senses or smells weakness on the part of the united states as a result of t

possibly going to northern philippines or taiwan. too early to tell. we will want to keep a close eye on its progress. for japan, looking as largely settled skies. should be looking at quite a bit of sunshine. we have rape headed your way, then for china, scattered showers moving to the northeast corner and through central sections. highs wednesday, 22 in beijing. higher in tie pay at 33. in the caribbean, we have a new tropical depression formed again. it is supposed to bring in more thundershowers and downpours. there's a chance it will strengthen further. we'll need to keep a close eye on this warmup. a low is parked over the midwestern united states. that looks to stay in place, while the pacific northwest will look dryer as we head into wednesday. highs look like this. 24 in win peg. getting up to 30 degrees in denver. and finally, a look at europe. it will stay fine and dry for most of europe. rain continues to ride the rim of this high pressure area, mostly across the scandinavian peninsula, looking wet. out east, showers will be dropping in tod

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. >>> in taiwan, a declaration of victory is music to the ears. over 4,500 students set a new world record as the most people playing violin in concert. wearing matching uniforms, the group of students played three musical numbers in unison for five minutes. local officials say they're happy to see so many young people taking an interest in music. >>> it's that time of year ago to raise your glass or pint for octoberfest. organizers expect hundreds of thousands of sausages to be consumed and plenty of refreshments to wash them down. >>> folks in chicago went to great heights for a good cause or came down from great heights. 27 stories, to be exact. at the third annual skyline plunge over 100 participants repelled down the side of a skyscraper to raise money for respiratory health, and it certainly does raise your heart rate just watching the plunge. i have a big fear of heights, so i'd be out there on footing. >> it would have been nice if they gave them some squeegees to wash some windows on their way down, as well. >> kill two birds. i don't kno

it is building three data centers in hong kong, taiwan and singapore at $200 million. it will be the first google owned facilities in asia. >>> unemployments fell last month. though job growth overall remains at a stand still. 237 cities saw the rates fall in august. in california yuba fell from 18.6% to 17%. modesto dropped to 16%. stocks ended a winning streak with a sell off today fueled by concern over european debt. dow dropped 180 points to close at 11,010. >>> a group of six masked armed robbers opened fire at a gas station this morning. happened at valero around 330. they got away with cash and items from the store. one robber shot at a customer but missed. it's similar to a robbery tuesday morning at a 7-eleven. >> four police departments are about to get a boost in their ranks. >> a huge statagy to ensure peace. >> barbara lee and leaders announced police services. the grants pay for the salaries and benefits of officers for three years. oakland says it plans to hire 25 new officers with $10.7 million they are receiving. >>> san francisco maorel candidates wi

hard work and more hard work in essence was the advice of maria sharapova during a tennis tillich in taiwan today three time grand slam champion. is from rio also in asia chicken paid up the pump pacific open in tokyo this weekend it's not a process where you just go to sleep you wake up and all of a sudden you're a champion and it's a lot of a lot of years and a great team around you you know from fundamentals to learning how to play you know and developing your skills during matches to transitioning to playing against you know professional athletes and question tennis players it's a step by step process and this is my passion and that's what i love to do and that's what i've been doing since i'm six years old but. so many things that you can do of course in got involved with charity when i really wanted to do something back home in my own country because. those sick kids never get help from anyone in. that brings us to boxing where the continent continues to one of the most anticipated bites of the year miguel cotto margarito busy fitting in as much pre-match hype possible ahead of their

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it also plans to compete with rivals in south korea and taiwan. >>> monetary authorities in japan reportedly sold $4.51 trillion yen in august to stop the currency's historic surge against the dollar. it's believed all of the money flooded the market on august 4. if that's the case it stands as the highest one-day yen injection ever. 4.51 trillion yen is more than double the previous record set on september 15 last year. the august intervention was the first in four months, aimed at stemming the sharp appreciation of the yen. it caused the dollar to gain ground, jumping by more than three yen. but the japanese currency rebounded, and has been hovering around historic highs against the american greenback. the yen's rise comes amid persistent concerns about the debt problems of the united states and some european nations, and a gloomy outlook for the global economy. >>> now a look at the market figures. >>> at the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan people celebrated the downfall of moammar gadhafi. thousands gathered in green square in the capital of tripoli on tuesday. gadhafi often gave

singapore taiwan and the philippines are also down today. >>> for 13 days, they walked. their final destination? the state capital and a labor day weekend rally. >> thousands of farm workers walked as far as 200 miles to sacramento. including some from napa and sonoma counties. they're pushing for passage of a senate bill to extend their rights, including the right to overtime pay. >>> 26, fair treatment for farm workers, will give the opportunity for farm workers now that want to have an election, to have an election. >> more than 5,000 farm workers and hair supporters rallied at the state capital in favor of sb126. >>> still ahead, a look at the holiday weekend box office. and a study to be good cooks, but left with a bitter taste in their mouths and why students are suing some bay area culinary schools. >>> and we're starting out with a few clouds on this labor day. but could be a pretty nice day. right now temperatures in the 50s. just how warm it will get in your neighborhood, coming up. >>> thanks, lawrence. >> live to san jose, to check out traffic on this labor d