i'm not traveling to taiwan.body said come up to fresno and read the sports, i would not do it. just because i love kron. are you going to height me for that? seriously, if you work like these baseball guys and kill yourselves, don't you want to stay home? >> i'm not a baseball guy. apparently he epi joys what he was doing. he wanted to go to taiwan. it's not your business to know. >> i'm going to give you seniors' golf. something i enjoy. people over 50. give me the stuff on the seniors' tour. >>> fran getting good shots. pam is spoiling all my fun. kron4.com, if you can go to taiwan for six and a half months after playing six a week. jay hahs, some of the great senior golfers in the world at sdpran all this weekend. and again, some nights -- in san francisco all this weekend. and in the name of humor, i may come off like a jerk but i'm just saying you -- you just got done with a grueling six and a half month season, why would you want to go over to taiwan and do the same thing? >> i don't know. i don't know. >>

. >> host: taiwan. the united states and china still have widely divergent views about taiwan. how did president nixon move past that? >> guest: for 20 years to negotiation between china and the united states took the course. the chinese negotiator at the spokesperson would say we won't do anything else until you turn taiwan over to us. what returned my dad ended. the american negotiator would say, we won't do anything else until you give us a pledge of peaceful attitudes towards power. so there is an absolute deadlock. so even before i got to beijing and in their first communication to us, the chinese invited us in order to discuss the turnover of taiwan to china, we replied that we were willing to talk about the issue of taiwan, but only in relation to other issues of asia and the world. the chinese expected that this is a huge conception before we ever got there. but then one has to to remember that united states and president roosevelt and its declaration of 1943 had declared that the united states considered taiwan to be a part of china. so the fact that taiwan belong to c

taiwan relies on nuclear power. they use these chips to make a miniature out of the fukushima robot. >> you take the information back and see what happened there, and trace that back to headquarters and then to decide what next should be done. >> researchers at the institute of technology develop a robot to check rubble. the robot moves its arms up and down to detect radioactive substances. if it senses trouble, it sounds an alarm. levels of radiation show up on the screen the robot monitors what's around it, and moves away from obstacles. >> it's a challenge to satisfy all the requests from companies such as medical supply makers and robot manufacturers. nuclear power creates a lot of hazardous waste, and i think robots should be used to dispose of it safely. >> about 50% of the event participants have come here from korea, taiwan, germany, the u.s., and other countries to promote robot technology. since the march disaster, the world is paying attention to the development of disaster robots. >>> time for the weathe

then he went to taiwan! nobody cares. they go to taiwan, walk around.toof maybe his family is with him. >> no. you get used to staying up late, drinking beer with the boys, you don't want to give it up! i know everything >> sounds like you. >> please , i go home and i nap. >> have a good night, everybody. we'll see you tomorrow.

taiwan will continue to see showers throughout the day. a look for southeast asia and philippines looking at rain as well. that is even for vietnam. highs on friday look like this. 34 in bangkok and 34 thirty-two in hong kong. cooler towards the north. only 12 degrees in tokyo. it is going to feel definitely much cooler than yesterday. as for the americas, in the atlantic, we have tropical storm shawn with us still that maintains a strength, but barely under hurricane status with winds hitting up to 100 kilometers per hour with gusts much higher. it looks like it is picking up the speed and will race by the northwest and of the bermuda, the islands have storm warnings and you may feel winds as well as rainfall. about 75 millimeters possible in hardest hit areas and the rough surf to contend with. high waves impacting the islands and the coast of the u.s., we want to watch out for high surf and the dangerous rip currents. now for north america, we have lows moving through the eastern end bringing both cold rain here throughout the region wi

we stated in our view that the chinese people on both sides of the taiwan strait assert that there is only one china. the united states, which does not challenge the proposition. so, that was the way of accepting one china, but we still did not recognize beijing as the government of china, nixon was in the capitol of the country but he did not recognize as the capitol of that country. so, if you look at the 40 years that has happened since then, both sides have the problem on the three principles that the united states accepts the principal of one china, that the united states strongly insists or affirms the need for a peaceful solution, and that the united states warns each side not to take action and to consider this has been carried out for 40 years. now today there are many heroes of the husaybah and nixon might have done and what nixon might have extracted we didn't hear from any of them at that time. >> host: of course not. now the framework that you put in place in 1972 has been remarkably durable. >> guest: the administration of both parties come so it's one of the most contin

japan and taiwan have signed an open skies agreement. the deal will lift restrictions on the number of flights and will open the door for the entry of a new airline company. the number of taiwanese visiting japan dropped the first nine months of this year by more than a quarter from the same period last year. the accord is expected to help bring back taiwanese tourists. >>> unesco has been forced to suspend new programs, it has been hit hard by a u.s. decision to withdraw funding after the agency granted palestinians full membership. unesco estimates it may face a shortfall of over $140 million next year if the u.s. continues to with hold funding. the u.s. is its largest contributor. >>> people in bangkok have floated lotus-shaped lanterns in the capital's main river in a traditional festival. they pray that damage from thailand's worst flooding in half a century will not spread further. the floodwaters have approached to within five kilometers of central bangkok. >>> before we move on, we want to show you some pictures of people taking

japan and taiwan have signed an open skies agreement. the deal will lift restrictions on the number of flights and will open the door for the entry of a new airline company. the number of taiwanese visiting japan dropped the first nine months of this year by more than a quarter from the same period last year. the accord is expected to help bring back taiwanese tourists. >>> unesco has been forced to suspend new programs, it has been hit hard by a u.s. decision to withdraw funding after the agency granted palestinians full membership. unesco estimates it may face a shortfall of over $140 million next year if the u.s. continues to with hold funding. the u.s. is its largest contributor. >>> people in bangkok have floated lotus-shaped lanterns in the capital's main river in a traditional festival. they pray that damage from thailand's worst flooding in half a century will not spread further. the floodwaters have approached to within five kilometers of central bangkok. >>> before we move on, we want to show you some pictures of people taking

taiwan too relies on nuclear power. developers use these tips to make a miniature of the robot and then test its abilities. >> we can take information back to t base and see what happened there and transfer the information back to the headquarters or the head office and then for them to decide what next should be go. >> reporter: researchers at kanazawa institute of technology developed a robot to check levels of radioactivity. imagine if they used it before people had entered a nuclear plant. the robot moves its arms up and down to detect radioactive substances. if it senses trouble, it sounds an alarm. levels of radiation show up on the screen. the robot monitors what's around it and moves away from obstacles. >> translator: it is a challenge to satisfy all the requests from companies such as medical supply makers and robot manufacturers. nuclear power creates a lot of hazardous waste and i think robots should it safely. >> reporter: for the robot makers and the research institute, about 50% of the event participants

. >>> mlb all-stars in taiwan in an exhibition game. michael morse at the plate.ed in taiwan. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> translation beast mode. he had an rbi double. the mlb all-star win 6-2 and are 3-0 in the five-game series. >> that's not what he said. >> i ♪ [ jerry ] attention shoppers. your groceries are the size of idaho but the interest rate on your checking is small potatoes. earn more at capital one bank. get new high yield free checking. your interest rate will be 5 times the national average. that's huge. and free atms at any bank. free is good. sign up at capital one bank. what's in your wallet? what is he, a clydesdale. >>> an update on the breaking news on route 50 in maryland. the eastbound lanes remain closed after two young children were killed in an awful car accident tonight just east of martin luther king highway. is it not clear how long the investigation will take or when the eastbound lanes will reopen. but it could be several more hours. stay clear of this area if at all possible route 50 in the beltway. >>> the cardinals one an ex

but instead taiwan will see rain developing over the course of today.nwhile, vietnam, deadly floods occurred yesterday. but things are getting dry. so that's good news. the rest of the indo-china peninsula is also looking at dry conditions. tokyo will be dropping down into 16 degrees, and 18 in seoul. we're expecting 21 in hong kong. ulan bator will be dropping down into the freezing marks. only minus 1 degrees expected with heavy snow. heading over to the americas, then, we are keeping an eye on tropical storm sean. sean is moving in a northerly direction but could veer to the northeast, aiming for bermuda. it's still developing. so could become a hurricane within the next 24 hours or so. we have tropical storm warnings in effect across much of this country. torrential rain and strong winds are going to affect this area by thursday night. and strong winds are creating dangerous rough conditions across the southeast coast of the u.s. as well as much of bermuda. and the stormy conditions will likely continue for the next couple of days. meanwhile, an act

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will it happen that once i am not so sure i want to remind everyone did it with the exception of taiwan there was really no precedent off. a democratic chinese society u.k. it may take or started i was one of the i heard it eventually it was ok great i mean it was me why should we assume if i go back to greg here in irvine and why should we assume china were to go down the world the path of democratization as we all would understand it why would it have to be a western liberal model can't they have a model that is more representative of their society and values go ahead. i didn't say that i just say we need a model that doesn't involve killing a lot of people locking them up in jails because of their religious beliefs and then intentionally exploiting the weaknesses of the western governments in order to bring them down faster my concern which i am as internal behavior in this conversation is mostly to say to you i have to if they treat their own people this way why would you expect them to treat you fairly and in economic or business contractual relationships and they don't they're sys

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now from the southern islands of japan and taiwan and philippines, we will talk about tropical moisture in place. for the indo-china peninsula, and parts of cambodia may be picking up on showers. for thailand, not too bad. dry. down to the south across the peninsula, that is where we will see showery activity today. tuesday's highs are 33 in manila. 33 in bangkok. there are largely sunny skies with a bit of clouds. it should remain dry today. 28 in hong kong. cooler in beijing with highs at 15 degrees. 21 for tokyo. cooler than yesterday, but still very pleasant. over in the united states, it is calmer today as residents are digging out from the snow from the weekend. we are looking at the low pressure system that is moving up north along the atlantic seaboard bringing showers to the carolinas and mid-atlantic region. in eastern canada will see precipitation moving through ontario and into northern quebec. then the rainy area showing signs of developing across the rockies. that is turning to snow in the upper elevations. highs on tuesday, 27 in houston. warm in oklahoma city, but cooler

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the 33 -year-old has been on the run since 2003 after allegedly bombing taiwan and check the corporations. they say this is one of their best to leave yet. >> we are following up on what was assessed to be of credible lead. he could be in the northampton massachusetts area, so who are focusing our efforts on this area right now. >> san diego was the first domestic terrorists place. san diego grew up in san rafael before moving to sonoma county. as of $250,000 reward for his arrest. >> is processed, loaded with preservatives and stuffed into what they tube or it can end out federal lawmakers want to call it in vegetable. bureaucratic efforts to make people healthier on paper. >> and there is the new kid on the block and it does something that apple does not. but make schools answer to the itunes store release to stand out quite. >> they made it into the low 70s today that that's the thing of the past. multiple systems heading this way but the rain begins with the pinpoint forecasts. >> this bay area businessman never found misses right so he did what many women do. the extraordinary steps

as we don't recognize taiwan as an independent country. >> your friend on behalf of the united statessays it's because the state department judgment that my situation is significant in the other it's not. >> it is because what happens is there's a recognition in both cases that it is a personal identification choice with regard to what goes on to passport. sure, in that case the state department didn't take it to medication. although i submit that had they chosen to litigate the case, they would have a stronger position than they have in this case. >> a personal identification choice can also have significant foreign policy implications, can it not? is that an either/or situation? with the state department is saying this to allow this particular personally tend to vacation choice may antagonize some foreign nations we don't want to antagonize. what if they gave them the choice of saint come to israel the only democracy in the middle east. okay that's their choice. they can have it on their path. that be okay? >> i have to say that given this court spew about congress' power with regar

those showers across taiwan, really hit hard this week by the heavy rain, but by monday, we should see a much drier picture. certainly something to look forward to there. 24 degree, forecast for tokyo as we start the end of november. that's not what we usually see this time of year at all. 13 degrees in seoul. 9 in beijing and minus 11 in ulan bator, part of the icy blast making its way down here into sunday and then into monday. all right. head now into north america. out towards the east and the south, nothing too much brewing, but we have a very big snow event making its way across western locations. right along the u.s./canada border, expanding up into eastern canada. so widespread snow. it's not going to be far too heavy. the darker shades, maybe 20 centimeters or so accumulating, but widespread up the coast and rain, of course, but turning over to snow quickly as th system moves inland. minus 4 for the high in winnipeg. 5 in seattle as well as vancouver and out to the east as well, single digit highs. 26 in miami and 22 in houston, texas. all right. as for europe, starting to loo

and exports from taiwan have been declining as well. but for some unknown, a recession may be welcome. years of growth have put property prices out of the reach of many. even a few months of negative growth may help with housing costs, giving consumer prices a chance to fall. >> here is a look at what has been happening on the financial markets. these austerity measures pushed through and implemented that will help. >> the nigerian group boko hersman -- boko hiram, the country admitted that their troops were caught by surprise. that may be the best way to do with the militants. here's a report from the capital. >> the damage was clear to see. police stations and banks were robbed. churches were burned to the ground as young men went on a rampage. and more than 100 people died. a week later, the bodies are buried and thoughts are turning to what could have been done. >> the government started with the legal and judicial strategies, which in the long run only gives the group some of the from the populace. >> spokespeople from bocor hiram

other areas and places like taiwan and over towards vietnam, you need to look at scattered showers. as we look north, it looks dry across china. they do have precipitation and they develop over the course of today. no and then rain and getting a lot cooler. for japan, you are looking at chilly air coming on in and especially for northern japan and the region has been seeing snow since last night and the area too, this precipitation starts out as out rain. the afternoon and evening hours will change over into snow and mountain areas. we want to watch out for slippery roads. tuesday's highs look like this. they are 17 degrees and that will be dropping in the next couple of days. 12 degrees and seoul expecting to get up to 13 and beijing will stay in the low to freeing marks. towards the americas, they will be looking wetter for the eastern half of the u.s. as well as canada. a long cold front stretching across the area and we will see plenty of rain underneath. also the chance of strong storms. severe weather outbreaks will be possible from the lower mississippi valley to the midwest

said that the american fleet must get out of the south china sea, the east china sea, the straits of taiwan, the yellow sea. they have frightened all these countries in southeast asia p even japan and others who are now deciding maybe we don't want the americans to go home, so obama is marching into this opening and this base in australia as part of it. and what you've got is sort of a low-key cold-war beginning. but i will say this, the ecclesiastes communists are themselves responsible for their stupidity. they're alienating virtually every neighbor they have. >> how far away is china from australia? >> you got three, 4,000 miles. >> how long would that take for one of our long distance bombs -- >> they've got a new bomb -- you can get -- >> never mind the bomb. if you want -- >> anywhere in -- >> you remember lou upset we became with the russian fleet off the coast of the south america? >> well, look, john -- we've had a 7 fleet in the far east since the cold war began! what are you talking about? >> eleanor? >> pat is right. the u.s. presence is welcome there in part because of china's

super typhoons in the philippines, vietnam, taiwan. earthquakes in samoa, christchurch, new zealand, chile, operation in japan. on average, what we are seeing in the ring of fire is about every six to eight weeks, a calamity, a natural disaster. in the case of operation tomodache, the reference point that i it would be very helpful for those who want to study this is to go back and look at what nova and the public broadcasting service has done in terms of collecting now scientific measurable data, and one of the points that comes out in that 60-minute documentary is that in terms of instrumentation, scientists now know exactly what happened, where it happened. and then, in your case study sort of approach, you can now test the earthquake response plan that you have with the sort of scenarios and the variables that we were having to contend with in this crisis. the account weren't signs of the fleet were represented by the pictures, and typically we focus on the right-hand side of the charge, but what is embedded inside this group is an

some light precipitation and down towards the south the northern and central philippines as much of taiwan are continuing with ongoing heavy rain. the ground is already very well saturated to additional rain could trigger landslides as well as flooding here. for the indo china peninsula, it should stay largely dry, excluding vietnam, the central portion also see rain developing over the course of today. as for highs, we're expecting only 15 degrees in tokyo, despite the sunshine, and 14 in seoul, staying a seasonal 10 in beijing and 16 in chongqing, and you may see snow in ulan bator is only minus 2 degrees. heading over to the americas then, a long rain band is extending from texas all the way up to new england. underneath the clouds you're seeing heavy rain especially stormy across the southern plains and the lower mississippi valley, the threats of severe thunderstorms, hail, damaging winds and even tornadoes will continue into tonight here. the stormy conditions will move eastward and will target the southeast corner of the u.s. in the next 24 hours. the southern plains will see drier

areas like taiwan and over towards vietnam picking up on showers as well. so rainfall amounts are starting to add up here, too. as we look towards the north, china is largely dry again today. there is more precipitation redeveloping in inland areas, and that may include snowfall but nothing too major here. we have winter precipitation moving in towards japan today looking wet for northern sections, and we are looking at snowfall that's been impacting the hokido area since last night. that continues today and that snowfall is spreading across the area as we head into the afternoon evening hours. temperatures are on the low side today, reflecting in the forecasts. highs in single digit it is even in towards sevndai. as we look further south, too, still in the upper teens for the rest of the region, but that will be changing in the next couple of days. we're looking at cooler weather to come on and across japan, and it will finally start feel like the beginning of winter. elsewhere across the station, we're looking at highs expected up to 12 in seoul and 13 in

those showers across taiwan, really hit hard this week by the heavy rain, but by monday, we should see a much drier picture. certainly something to look forward to there. 24 degree, forecast for tokyo as we start the end of november. that's not what we usually see this time of year at all. 13 degrees in seoul. 9 in beijing and minus 11 in ulan bator, part of the icy blast making its way down here into sunday and then into monday. all right. head now into north america. out towards the east and the south, nothing too much brewing, but we have a very big snow event making its way across western locations. right along the u.s./canada border, expanding up into eastern canada. so widespread snow. it's not going to be far too heavy. the darker shades, maybe 20 centimeters or so accumulating, but widespread up the coast and rain, of course, but turning over to snow quickly as the system moves inland. minus 4 for the high in winnipeg. 5 in seattle as well as vancouver and out to the east as well, single digit highs. 26 in miami and 22 in houston, texas. all right. as for europe, starting to lo

showers extend down along the eastern coast of china, the shanghai region getting heavier reaching taiwan and the philippines. a system is sitting between these two areas and it's an intense low pressure system bringing just soaking rain as it has been doing the past couple of days. also another tropical low sitting here in south china sea bringing heavy rain to parts of hainan island as well as into central vietnam. there will be a risk of flooding in all of those areas as we see that heavier rain continuing down towards the south. all right. here are your temperatures for thursday. we're in the 30s in manila. a steamy day in bangkok. 34 degrees. dry in terms of rainfall. chongquing, 72. 9 in beijing. and minus 7 at ulan bator. and you're see temperatures reaching minus 20 by the time we get to saturday. all right. into north america we go. high pressure is dominating much of the center of the continent from mexico right up through into central canada. dry and clear, but we do have quite a bit going on, as you can see in the clouds here across the east. a system just stretching all the w

toward the south, the northern and central portions of the philippines and much of taiwan are continuing with heavy precipitation. the ground is already very saturated so additional rain could trigger landslides as well as flooding. temperatures dropping to the mid teens despite sunshine and 14 in seoul, staying 10 degrees in beijing and you may see snow in the north with minus two degrees. heading over to the americas, we see long cloud bands from texas to the northeastern state, underneath the clouds we're seeing heavy rainfall and snow in some areas and extremely stormy in the southern plains as well as the lower mississippi valley the threats of severe thunderstorms, hail, damaging winds and even tornadoes are possible into tonight. now, the stormy conditions will move eastward so things are getting dryer for the southern plains on wednesday. up towards the north, a mix of rain and snow can be found across central canada and the northern plains and that will affect ontario in the next 24 hours and strong winds are also a concern here on wednesday. meanwhile, a powerful low pressure s

taiwan is also experiencing ongoing heavy rain. the ground is already very well saturated, so this area is prone to flooding and landslides. we expect 19 degrees in tokyo with cloudy skies and 16 in seoul dropping down to minus 11 here. heading over to the americas then, it has turned quiet and nice across the east. the southern tip of the florida peninsula and parts of the eastern seaboard are looking at some showers, but that taper off into friday. meanwhile, a northwesterly flow is producing lake-effect snow across the great lakes, and snow could become heavy at times into friday morning here. up towards the east heading towards the west, a wintry storm is impacting the southern parts of british columbia as well as parts of northwestern states. we're anticipating as much as 20 centimeters of snow in the northern rockies, up to 45 centimeters are possible across the cascades and with strong winds it could cause low visibility as well as blustery snow. we're anticipating first snowfall across seattle, only 4 degrees and 7 in vanco

we will be seeing lots of rain here in taiwan to come, too. much precipitation to be accumulating in bangkok area where the flood situation is not alleviated yet.week, thursday i should say, into tokyo we'll see the temperatures drop into the mid teens. now here in north america, we've got this frontal boundary that the gulf of mexico moisture will be surging in towards. and we will see some showers as well as thunderstorms and especially in missouri and iowa, we will see rainfall accumulation from 50 millimeters up to about 80 millimeters in some areas. heavy rain to accumulate there. texas panhandle and oklahoma, we will see snow, a mix ofain and snow to be seen there. severe thunderstorms across this area, are likely to produce large hail, damaging winds as well as tornadoes. so wean't rule those out. here in the four corners we'll see accumulation of sno for you,t for the four corners. d w rkt4deee8 heinov teupe wl brisslki vy c foyond iri pinla a th ssoi inngrso ptul i was y eng, awe asesrnrish iesil b sengsh c isowre utrn cceedfoutordth

on saturday, an exhibition of his work opened in taiwan, without the artist. >> police in nepal have arrested over 50 tibetan exiles, detained or shouting anti-china protest -- detained for shouting anti- china protests at an exhibition. nepal is home to thousands of tibetan refugees, but has come under pressure from beijing to clamp down on a pro-tibet and rescue -- protest tibetan gatherings -- pro-tibetan gatherings. a small crowd protested en vladimir putin's likely return -- protested vladimir putin's likely return to the presidency. catastrophic flooding has affected the lives of 2 million people and left 400 dead. the worst monsoon rains in 50 years have devastated large parts of the central river basin and have displaced thousands in the capital of bangkok. >> the water is still high. the government says the situation was about. for people here, there is little sign of relief. many are becoming desperate. >> the water was stable and seemed to be going down, so we came back. today, it is rising dramatically. now it is almost too late to leave. >> some residents accused the gov

taiwan also going to be seeing those showers. heavier rain though is going to continue across parts of philippines. strong winds coming in from the northeast as well make the seas quite rough. high waves also the possibility of localized flooding perhaps in lower lying areas. as we head into indochina along the eastern coast we still see those showers again. this is the northeast monsoon. the heavy rain will in across parts of malaysia and southern parts of thailand also seeing continued moderate showers. all right. thursday temperatures, 23 in tokyo. 22 in seoul. and 14 in beijing with just 2 for the high in ulaanbaatar. 17 in chongqing. 28 hot day in hong kong but not as hot in the tropics manila and bangkok both in the lower 30s. north america. a big storm is moving into the central plains at the moment. this is bringing some snow right across colorado at the moment. it's going to be heading up in towards the great lakes. you can see where that low pressure is. once it starts to head in towards the east, so the eastern half of