. >>> ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> taiwan's major me trop plis taipei, the mainstre street is packed with cars, motorcyclesntly orange city bicycles have become an increasingly common sight. they are made available through a public bike sharing system launched by the city government in 2012. ♪ ♪ many people use them instead of motor bikes for commuting to work or school. [ speaking foreign language ] >> bike sharing systems can be found in over 800 cities and towns globally, but taipei's is the most widely used system of all. there are now around 6,000 bikes in operation with a daily average of 11 rentals per bike. in just over two years, the total number of rentals has exceeded 40 million. it's attracting world attention. a stream of study groups from european and asian countries have come to learn from its success. the people of tie pie have impressed the bike sharing system as a means of public transportation. in this episode of "asia insight," we unravel the secret of its success. ♪ ♪ taipei, 20 years ago. taiwan had become a center of contract manufacturing for industrialized countries and had enjoyed

of taiwan ist quietly intervening in the currency markets. are reporterwe -- joins us from taiwan. the strange pattern over the last three years. what is going on? justina: the strange pattern is for the past three years, almost every day, the taiwan dollar depreciates. almost a very weird daily occurrence. from what we have been hearing from traders, what happens is since 2013, they have not been allowed to buy taiwan dollar's during the last half hour of trading. the central bank will get the banks to conduct a trade to essentially guide the closing price which essentially explains why there is this really strange pattern when it comes to the taiwan dollar. weirdd: you pointed out a , which depreciates every last hour we are there must be more to it. why is that the case? justina: as i just said, there are two state for to banks which conduct a trade at a certain rate that is determined by the central bank. in addition to that, and sometimes the central bank will call up traders and ask them to cancel orders. there is an unofficial remittance cap, $30 million per corporate client

a lot in taiwan, a few in south korea. one or two in hong kong. these companies fairly dependent on apple. when apple misses an estimate, you expect the stock prices to reflect that pressure. sales falling for apple, raising questions about the company's prospects. about whetherions the next quarter will be strong or lackluster. a strong performance by any standards. 35% increase in iphones in the quarter. margin,ealthy profit but it fell short of what analysts were seeking. this combined with the revenue contributed to the 8% after hours drop. as investors tried to figure out isther iphone demand falling. the concern is apple will have a hard time selling more of the devices. many have traded up to the larger screen and they expect a richer experience. we expect apple to introduce an updated version later this year. the same can be said for the ipad which had a rough quarter in terms of sales. a corporate ipad on the agenda. as for the apple watch, we don't have exact numbers on how they performed. the unit that sells the apple watch saw a 49% sa

yesterday they announced a plan to get 500 billion new taiwan dollars.he government seeing itself play a role of guaranteeing some of these loans from domestic banks. they have also said that the export-import bank will raise 20 billion new taiwan dollars to build a loan platform. all of this is part of a strong desire to get industries to revitalize their technologies and to innovate, upgrade themselves so they can compete with other regional players like southeast asia and china. to prevent themselves from being replaced in the global supply chain. rishaad: the government announced this long list of measures, what were the highlights? probablyghlight was the loans. as i said there is a strong desire by the government to seize these industries like semiconductors and light panels as well as tourism. some of these industries that taiwan sees as being strength. thank you very much for that. let's check in on some of the other stories where a following. brent crude returning to bear market losing more than 20% from a high in maine -- may. prices continuing

china and taiwan claim them. government officials say china has continued to develop gas fields on its own since 2013 against their agreement. >> translator: we have protested again and again to china over its unilateral actions including building new marine platforms. we have also demanded that the operations be halted. >> reporter: the new sites shown in government-released photos wednesday are located on the chinese side of a median line that divides the sea equally. japan has been trying to set the boundary of its exclusive economic zone or eez on that line. a country has the right to exploit natural resources in the eez. but china claims their boundary to be closer to the okinawa islands and the exclusive economic zones in the sea have not been officially decided. japanese officials say the fact that the new platforms were built on the chinese side of the median line may indicate that china is well aware of japan's claim on the boundary. tomoko kamata, nhk world. >> thank you, tomoko. >>> officials from the

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last year taiwan uncovered the sale of oil. the philippines government is running tests on what is believed to be synthetic rife made in china from potatos and plastic. some are thicking matters into their own hands, we have a report from an organic farm in beijing. >> reporter: this group of visitors is not touring the usual beijing attractions. they have come to the little donkey farm on the outskirts of the city to learn about organic farming. there's 15 hectares growing vegetables without pesticides or herbicides. visitors are coming to see for themselves. >> translation: the real reason for the farm is food safety has become a problem in china. >> reporter: so serious people are encouraged to do more that buy organic products. for lass than $300 usd, they can lease 30 square meters of land and grow vegetables. the farmers trade them. >> garment worker visits every week with her family. unless we know it's safer. at five times the cost of regular vegetables, it is not cheap. it has become all the rage among the middle class

positive sentiments flowing through, we do have a bear down on taiwan. a little bit is coming from south korea, speculation that the bank of japan may cut gdp forecast, it is down about half of 1%. we are seeing weakness from industrial and mining stocks looking incredibly good in australia once again. just a couple of those, we did have a poll of a rebound -- how that ironed out and had fallen by 10%, to levels we have not seizes 2009. if you have a look at some of those mining stocks in australia, look at all that green -- 3%. the hopes of a grexit, not a grexit but a billion-dollar deal is felt here in asia, it is that positive story out of china. it looks like the shanghai composite on track for its biggest two-day gain. that means the benchmark index in asia has pared back losses. an extraordinary week in asia. anna: joining us from hong kong it takes us to our question on twitter. would you buy chinese stock right now? fidelity says they would buy it right now. $4 billion has been lost in the last cointreau four weeks. would you buy stocks? to that

travelers from taiwan and south korea followed in the spendin list. average consumption per person rose more than 20% to about $1400. agency official say annual spending by foreign travelers this year could top $3 trillion yen or $24 billion for the first time. >>> the growing number of businesses are taking note that cats are increasingly the pet of choice in japan. there are now 10 million of them in japanese homes. it's not hard to figure out why. cats are low maintenance. like dogs, they don't need to be walked every day and they are easily cared for by the single and the elderly. >> reporter: in june about 3,000 people attended a funeral the prefecture. the deceased was a cat. put in charge of an unmanned station on a local rail line eight years ago. visitors flocked from japan to see the adorable cat in the costume. responsible for 360,000 ride in annual passenger numbers. she was 16 when she died. about 80 in human years. cats are living longer in japan. most are kept at home so they don't get the infectious diseases that killed off their ances

in taiwan uncovered the sale of gutter oil. and the philippines is running tests on synthetic rice allegedly made in china from potatoes and plastic. the lack of trust in the food industry means markets are popping up all over china. >> this group of visitors they come to the little farm to learn about organic farming. there are 15 hectors growing seasonal vegetables. and visiters are welcomed every day to see it for themselves. >> so serious people here are encouraged to do more than just buy organic product. for less than 300 u.s. dollars they can lease 30 square meters of land and grow their own vegetables. the farm trains them and provides the crops for them to tend until the end of the season in december. garment worker visits every week with her family. >> when we grow our own vegetables at least we know it's safer. it's impossible to be completely worry free but at least its better. >> at five times the cost of regular vegetables it isn't cheap. organic agriculture has become all the rage among china's middle classes. >>

japan controls the islands, china and taiwan claim them. >> translator: chinese government ships have repeatedly entered japan easter toreerritorial waters. we are extremely worried. the security legislation is very reassuring because it would strengthen deterrents. i hope the bills will be enacted after careful deliberations. >> some government officials, politicians and burro cats think the people's right guaranteed by the constitution can be ignored for the sake of security policy. some people appear to have come to approve such a stance. that's very scary. >> the governing parties want to have the bills clear the committee next week after holding a public hearing. >>> the government's top spokesman says japan has repeatedly protested to china over its development of new natural gas fields in the east china sea. >> translator: we have protested again and again to china over the unilateral actions including builds new gas platforms. we have demanded that the operation be halted as well. >> the government has confirmed that china has been building new plant forms in the sea since jun

to asia, or the taiwan automation intelligence and robot show is underway. giant showcase of robotics tech in one of asia plus -- asia's key manufacturing hubs. it is not only show you robotics ideas for industrial applications but ranging from the whimsical to the practical. reporter: some robots were created to be cool. others are formed with more practical tasks in mind. although this one is unlikely to replace your corner bakery. at the time on automation intelligence and robot show, it is all about the possibilities for industry 4.0, a world where robots make life simpler. reporter: >> i think the idea is about the latest in robotics. economy and currency rates will always go up and down and we have to take that into account. i think this will help to strengthen our country's competitiveness. reporter: it is not just the economy that the robots are boosting. medicine is a growing area for robotics, too. this allows internal examinations of patients. the taiwanese ministry of economic affairs estimates the production value of the country's industrial aut

then it may travel to taiwan and into southern china where the land is very well staturated.ow, noncha is a very strong typhoon status. it is likely to become a violent, the highest level of typhoon status before it reaches the mariana island. good news is a lot of these islands are uninhabited. so there's not a lot of population there. but do watch out because into the next coming days it may even reach in towards the islands of japan. as for the rainy season we're looking at it lingering over south korea. it could lead to flooding and is the surge of the indirect impact that will make for another round of rainfall here in the tokai region. then down towards the south, the daito islands, it will be making 108 kilometers per hour gusts and up to 7 meters waves already on our wednesday. across here in the americas we're looking at a series of summer storms and flash floods have been occurring in parts of nevada and in kentucky. we have videos from both of these locations, actually. this is out of kentucky. homes becoming submerged following intense rainfall on tuesday. travel

to asia, or the taiwan automation intelligence and robot show is underway. giant showcase of robotics tech in one of asia plus -- asia's key manufacturing hubs. it is not only show you robotics ideas for industrial applications but ranging from the whimsical to the practical. reporter: some robots were created to be cool. others are formed with more practical tasks in mind. although this one is unlikely to replace your corner bakery. at the time on automation intelligence and robot show, it is all about the possibilities for industry 4.0, a world where robots make life simpler. reporter: >> i think the idea is about the latest in robotics. economy and currency rates will always go up and down and we have to take that into account. i think this will help to strengthen our country's competitiveness. reporter: it is not just the economy that the robots are boosting. medicine is a growing area for robotics, too. this allows internal examinations of patients. the taiwanese ministry of economic affairs estimates the production value of the country's industrial aut

the system hit partsover taiwan on friday and 20 people were injured in the winds as the typhoon moved >>> thailand is taking extreme measures to try to combat the worst drought in decades. as our correspondent reports from bang kong thai pilots are now starting a process called cloud seeding to try to bring on much-needed rain. >> reporter: from the air the problem is plane to see, hundreds of kilometers of agricultural land is drying up. there has been no sign of annual rains that should have arrived by now. fields that should be plentiful with rice are practically dry. the government is trying to make it rain by using chemicals sprayed from the sky. >> translator: not only the central region but every province is facing a drought due to the weather changing severely. part of this is because of el niÑo. >> reporter: so little rain has fallen that even irrigation canals and dams can't help. >> translator: in around one week this canal will dry out. the rice fields are almost ready to harvest. there will be a lot of damage. >> reporter: government officials have been explaining now ser

taiwan has opted out. we also have columbia and turkey opting out.aid theycial has have expressed willingness to join at a later date. flat-paneled displays because they are key in the industry but could not persuade china. -- two officials are hopeful they will join at a later date. yvonne: how significant is the deal? how happy is the u.s.? shery: very happy. they are saying it wilson worked 60,000 -- will support 60,000 jobs in the u.s. the deal is estimated to be worth as much as $190 billion to global gdp and will help companies like intel, ge, and others. yvonne: trade officials in the u.s. saying it is a breakthrough. shery: for many countries. yvonne: now, the battle for the boardroom at a chinese cement maker. the company is pushing ahead with a shareholder meeting this week, which may determine which of the rival holders takes control. david here with details. run us through here. it is quite the battle. complext is a very struggle for control. it is china's fourth-largest maker. you have several layers of ownership. employee lawsuits. shar

under the name taiwan, which was seen as an assertion of taiwan independence on the mainland. to give both of those things coercion looks attractive and necessary because the u.s. position is not designed to promote something that china fears. in the obama administration, i think iran administrations handled the dispute with china quite well. in that it has reiterated that unlike other sovereignty disputes in the region the despite falls under the article five of the u.s. japan alliance because united states recognizes administrative control and strengthens alliance of japan for last few years but statement according to public report has strength by japan and criticized for whitewashing world war ii through various statement and actions. i think that's a good mix. but second thing is we need to invite china to solve problems and if china doesn't solve a problem or contribute to the problem we have to try to solve them in ways that perhaps china will not like. that might bring china around that happened in tweng as you remember north korea sunk a ship south korean island and ch

of small islands but include these and they are also claimed by the philippines and then you have taiwansia which claimed territory there as well and reiterated the arbitration case brought by philippines and says the philippines has broken its promises. >> translator: china has said many times it would not accept and would not engage into the arbitration case that was unilaterally brought by the philippines who violate the consensus that have been repeatedly reached with china and violates the promise made in the declaration on the code of conduct on the south china sea. >>> people in manila protesting in support of the philippines case against china at the hague and two dozen marched to condemn activities in the south china sea. head of roman catholic church pope francis will celebrate and ecuador is the first stop on a latin america tour and first pope to come from the continent on and monday tens of thousands gathered for mass in the port and next for the pontiff is paraguy and bolivia. sentenced to death has filed a petition seeking a new trial and convicted in april of killing thre

taiwan wanted to play a bigger role especially during the ebola crisis. they. that was the way out. if i remember correctly congressman said this is not so wise politics. he used -- how do you think about china policy. >> this is aa very interesting and important question. we have not talked about china at all. surveying americansurveying american foreign-policy dysfunction takes a long time or no. so you have to be selective about where you target. let's talk about china has another example of the obama strategic failures you talk about the book. >> yeah. the development bank is the telling and troubling development where most of the us allies in the region ended up going along with china despite the fact that the us encourage them not to sign on. and i think that is a reflection of declining confidence in the united states. i think parti think part of it is specifically what the us is doing in asia and pacific appears to be pursuing a policy of gaining control over waters through small provocations that are going to drive the united states to the brink of war. scarborough sure a t

went upright off of turtle mountain island which is a small island off taiwan. do you see what looks like smoke in the water? it's surrounding that tiny yacht and really beautiful to look at but this is actually an underwater volcano. and the reason this is so rare scientist were on a diving expedition to collect under water from this volcano and they sent up this drone to do some scouting over the area and just happened to capture this. there's a lot of things called fume rals and they're openings in the earth's crust and out of these openings come steam, carbon dioxide, all the things that would come out of a volcano and comes out 212 degree fahrenheit. the sur cools all this. >> that's a nice place to swim. >> yeah. >> all this footage captured by scientist. he's 29-years-old and here to capture this on video. just because you have a crosswalk doesn't mean drivers are going to pay attention to it. these two women crossing a crosswalk in russia. it's well marked. the driver slows down and comes to a stop to let the women come by. it doesn't meay else is. you h

. >>> >>> investigators in taiwan have released their findings in february's crash of transasia flight 235. there was complete confusion after one of the plane's engines lost power then the pilot shut off the only working engine by mistake. the transcript indicate the crew discovered the error far too late to get the engine working again. 48 people died in that crash, 15 survived. >>> after the horror at the tunisians beach resort stories of courage are emerging. you'll hear from a person who chased the gunman as we continue. >>> and the head of a nuclear watchdog group is in tehran to meet with iran's president. we'll have the details coming up for you. >>> and heart break on the pitch at the women's world cup semifinal after an england defender scores an own goal. every day people fall, from a simple misstep, to tripping over a rug, to just losing their balance. and not being able to get up from a fall can have serious lifetime consequences. being prepared is important. philips lifeline with autoalert is more than just a medical alert button. it's an advanced fall-detection system, d

. >>> investigators in taiwan now say the captain of that transasia plane he mistakenly turned off the planes only working engine before the crash. you probably remember this wild video. taiwan's aviation safety council said the captain failed simulator training because he didn't know what to do if an engine went out. a full report will be released next year. >>> new this morning police in tunisia say they are holding 12 people in that deadly attack at a beach resort. isis claiming responsibility for the attack. 38 people died when gunmen opened fire on tourists. >>> you may not see it. you may not feel it. but security is stepped up big time around d.c. and that's due to fears of home grown terror or isis-inspired attacks around the fourth of july holiday. isis has also called for attacks during the holly month of ramadan which ends july 16th. a lot of you will be outside and on the mall. you need to think about being vigilant about what's going on around you. you can download the nbc washington app for events of e -- happening around the mall. there's a list of concerts. >>> 6:19 by

>> start in the jimmy bakery in taiwan. people around the country trying to make their ownment look at this, so cool. now, it doesn't taste like watermellon. only looks like watermellon. but still just cool way to eat some bread. so we ask our reality tv baker, manny agiian. >> tlc season four. >> good to see you man. >> runner up, me and my buddy out of collingswood, new jersey, i'm currently working with another network for my own television show. that will drop in 2016. and we're excited. >> spare time? >> make watermellon bread. that's what we do. watermellon bread i tried in the shop, tried to strain some watermellon juice. very blah, adding water to it, so ultimately no way unless you use artificial flavoring to make this taste like watermellon. >> i don't think that's the point of the taiwan bakery. >> it is all about appeal, your eyes see everything, so when you see it, super coal, sweet dough t came out perfect every time i made it it was a no brainer. >> so, it is starts, if you are making this at home it, starts

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they control the a lands and china and taiwan claim them. it's part of the territory and in term os of history and law. there's no issue of law to be resolved over them. japanese prime minister is exercised with the frame work of the constitution. he denied that the government changed it because amending it is difficult. he was speaking at an you have er house committee and there debating the bills approved by the lower house. the opposition of japan party said that he promotes it. he said that it would be wrong to pursue the goal within the current frame work. as many say such a move is unconstitutional. >> i want to make it clear that i did not change it. >> aba said that it should be within the frame work of the constitution. a liberal democratic party started on tuesday and the proposal said that there's no question that the rights and dignity of the woman were significantly damaged. it says that monuments and statues contain impressions and sex slaves are detrimental and the nation interest. the document calls on the government to refut

claim that rather than hanging over taiwan's spot in the u.n. to beijing, washington could have done more to arrange a dual seat arrangement. but over time china did slow down its support for revolutionary movements in countries like indonesia and malaysia and thailand and burma. relations with vietnam soured for many reasons, but certainly the opening to america was one of them. these shifts finally led to a wholesale rethinking of china's foreign policy. but only seven years after kissinger's meetings under a new chinese leader dung xiaoping who first consolidated power and broke with the revolutionary world view. china's move toward the west was fueled by the split with the soviet union and perhaps the people's republic's total isolation. iran faces no such dire security threat. and as an oil producing country that gets tens of billions in revenues even under sanctions, it's never truly been isolated or destitute. iran clearly resents being treated as a pariah demonstrated in many different ways. a new set of leaders wants to restore iran to

taiwan will announce it's giving money.rganizers are trying to figure out if they can raise $20 million in private donations. the project has been in planning stages for 15 years. last week the memorial won final approval for its overall design despite objections from eisenhower's family. >>> we could have some severe weather today. let's get right to tom. >> well, we have had some showers passing to the north and now that we're in chester town and north of baltimore. got a big area under a flash flood area. and including the shenandoah valley for some storms coming through late tonight. so watch out for high water tonight as these storms will be coming through. this is the severe risk zone. it includes all of maryland, most of virginia. for these storms coming through tonight, look at new timing hour by hour, next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. melissa, what's going on now? >> breaking news right now. 50 west would be at mlk highway we have two lanes blocked there. three mile backup because of a crash. 66 east at 1

taiwan safety counsel saying the captain failed simulator training because he didn't know what to do if an engine went out. a full report will be released next year. >>> thousands of homeowners are trying to find out when they can return home after a toxic gas spill. a freight train was carrying that highly flammable gas when it partly derailed and caught fire. katy roach is at at rail crossing shelter with many of the homeowners. >> reporter: good morning. we are at a local high school in maribel tennessee, 15 miles away from knoxville. a little ways away from here, a train derailed, caught fire and started spewing poisonous gas into the air. we are told at this hour, that fire is still burning. that prompted an evacuation of about 5,000 people in the immediate area. >> by the time we left, which was like, 2:00, 2:30 it smelled bad. it stunk. >> reporter: the sheriffs say this could be in place 24-48 hours. they came and told people they could go to a hotel and they would be reimbursed. many of those evacuees want to know what's next and when they can go home. >> we have a constant

dramatic plane crash in taiwan. pilot did just before his plane went down. >> woman with no memory of who she was has been identified. another half hour of 7 news at my name is ronda derosa and i'm a gas superintendent for pg&e. as a gas superintendent, i'm responsible for the safety of the public and our employees. pg&e is using a lot of new technology to improve the safety and reliability of our pipelines. my wife and i live in the bay area with our two kids. this is where i choose to raise my family. i want it to be as safe as it can be for our customers for my family, for my friends. that's what drives me. pg&e is here to help our customers. we're here to deliver power, we're here to deliver it safely and reliably. together, we're building a better california. >> good evening once again. we begin this half hour with the terror threat before the fourth of july weekend. police across the country and fbi are on high alert now and today authorities took no chances putting the washington navy yard on lock down. here'

. >>> investigators in taiwan have released their findings in february's crash of transasia flight 235. transcripts of the cockpit voice recorder show complete confusion after an engine lost power. and the pilot shut off the only working engine by mistake. >> they discovered the error too late to get the engine working again. 15 people survived that crash. >>> u.s. presidential candidate donald trump's comments about immigration are costing him another business partner. >> macy's is phasing out his line of menswear from their stores. they said his comments are inconsistent with the company's values. new york city's mayor is looking at city contracts with trump. >> and donald trump is not backing away from the statements that led to company after company dropping him. coming up later in this hour don lemon gave mr. trump a chance to clarify his comments. >>> and also ahead here a u.s. prisoner caught after an elaborate escape is filling details to police. >>> and you will hear a first-hand account of tunisia 's terrifying beach attack and one man's heroic efforts to try to help. and it

one's been heading to shanghai for the last five days and coincidentally has given rain to northern taiwanto help this what was their drought. let's go and have a look at some satellite. a typhoon, we are ignoring this one, because it is days away, but this one is a different matter altogether. it's taken a direct course towards the chinese coast. it was a category four, now a three. it will decline as it interacts with the land and water. its track will take its across the top of shanghai. it will do all this in the next 24 hours and finally end up where it's shown on the top of your screen a couple of days away. the immediate future is quite dangerous. winds gusting 250 might decline. it's moving steadily the right direction. the amount of rain is tremendous. we're probably talking about half a meter maybe a meter of rain. also, it's generating waves as in the open ocean something like 12 meters so you've got battering waves on the chinese coast and then you've got the storm surge in the middle of these storms, it's a dome of water running right up into low ground around shanghai, a dang

. >>> atyphoon chenhom hit parts of taiwan on saturday and hundreds were injured as the typhoon traveled over the islands. >>> as sahil raman reports. >> from the air the problem is plain to see. hundreds of square kilometers of agricultural land is drying up across thailand. it's bet many less, feetion that should be completeful with rice are twrablght cli dry and nationwide the corroborate is near to being called a failure. people are trying to get it to rain by spraying chemicals sprayed from the sky. >> reporter: >> translator: not only the central region is suffering from a drought. >> so little rain has fallen since last year when be irrigation channels can't help. visitors are worried about storehouse he of water. >> government officials in bangkok are explaining about what solutions they have. >> other government bodies couple army and local administration to help people with. this is to make chush everybody has are rain in daily use puss. other countries such as tif juan and if north and south korea have all been experiencing their own differing levels of trout. rains are not be

. >>> investigators in taiwan have released their findings in february's crash of transasia flight 235transcripts of the cockpit voice recorder show utter and complete confusion. you see the crash there. utter and complete confusion after one of the plane's engines lost power. and then the pilot shut off the only working engine by mistake. the transcript indicates the crew discovered the error far too late to get the engine working again. >> as you saw there the dash cam video did capture the moment the plane clipped a bridge and tumbled in to a river that was moments after takeoff. you must remember the 43 people were killed in this crash. 15 survived. >>> okay. i want to go to greece where prime minister alexis tsipras is urging the country to vote no in sunday's bailout referendum. i want to show you live pictures. these are outside of a bank in athens. we understand that pensioners are lining up outside of this bank. they want their money. they are entitled to is 2120 euros a day. these are people who worked their whole lives. they need money for bill and medication and they don't

months after a horrific passenger jet crash in taiwan, investigators say they finally found out how the pilot contributed to that disaster. >> and more shark sightings off the santa cruz coast. the phenomenon bringing unusually high numbers to our waters. >> to beat the heat head to the beach. there is a new weather feature you need to know about. >> a new tr leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month's payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer... with volvo. you tell us what you want to pay and we help find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! >>> 6:12. good morning, everyone. > ! stop what you're doing and take a look at this. it's glorious, it's beautiful. it's sunrise over the mount vaca area. and that is pretty much what you can expect throughout the day today. partly cloudy skies, a bit on the muggy side. we'll have the complete forecast just four minutes

a plane falling out of the sky along a busy road in taiwan and now we know why.rways flight crashed into a river in february and this video shows its last moments in the air. taiwan's aviation safety council says the pilot of the plane accidentally shut off a working engine after the plane's other engine failed. the cockpit voice recorder picked up the pilot saying "wow, pulled back the wrong side throttle" that was seconds before the crash. the plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a nearby river killing 43 people on board. >>> tonight in you decide another candidate announcing a run for the white house in 2016. former virginia senator jim web now one of five seeking the democratic nomination for president. vietnam war veteran a fierce critic of the war in iran. he wants to bring an outsider's voice to the race in 2016. he's expected to clash with democratic front runner hillary clinton. >>> how heartless can you get? >> carjacker target add 97-year-old woman waiting in the front seat while her son ran an errand. >> he said get out of the car. get out of the c

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a plane falling out of the sky along a busy road in taiwan and now we know why.flight crashed into a river february. taiwan's aviation safety counsel sell says a pile lost plain accidentally shut off a working engine after the plane's other engine failed. the cockpit voice recorder picked up the pilot saying "wow" "wow". pulled back the wrong side throttle and that was just seconds before the crash. the plane clipped a bridge and crashed near that nearby river killing 43 people on board. >>> debt crisis in greece still causing major problem for people needing to get money from local banks. there were long lines elderly people outside the national bang of grease this morning all of them were waiting to withdrawal the mack mum of 120 you're rows which amounts to 134us dollars for the week. greek police have been on stand by managing the flow of crowds. the country is bracing for more chaos as athens and creditors halted talks on resolving the country's financial crisis until a referendum this weekend. >>> looking for some cheap sunglasses like designer kind? you mi

this was happening just recently on the north of the island of taiwan. is preparation if you like nothing much happening, however, this is a major typhoon until recently a category four and it's now a category three and the winds are sustained at 200 kilometers per hour and gusting 250 and moving quite quickly to the northwest and it will be a major impact on chinese post and go across shanghai before disappearing in the yellow sea so for 24-48 hours this whole area of eastern china is going to be covered in rain, strong wind the other thing is weakening in italy but think it's a damaging storm. >> okay rob thank you very much for that and watching the weather closely and still to come in the news hour gaps in the ranks why the u.s. army is about to get smaller. and in china where concerns over food safety are getting people involved in a rather productive hobby. >>> and mexico's footballers open with a victory over cuba and robin has all of that and the rest of the sport coming up. ♪ ♪ and reminder of the top stories on al jazeera the u.n. brokered a we

china and taiwan claim the senkaku islands. >> translator: japan and china had agreed to make the east china sea a sea of cooperation and friendship. >> they are strongly urging china to resume the talks. a spokesperson has criticized japan. he reiterated his nation's position that its gas exploration is in undisputed waters under the country's jurisdiction. he says japan's actions are provocative. u.s. state department officials say they also recognize china's increasing activity in the area. they say good relations between japan and china are beneficial for the u.s. and asia. and they said they'll encourage a cooperative approach to addressing the issue. >>> officials at toshiba are having a busy week after an independent panel discovered the company had intensely inflated profits. now they have to answer to their investors. the ramin mellegard joins us from the business desk. what's the latest? >> a number of investors with issues could be building up. that's really the big focus. u.s. investors failed for compensation from toshiba and two of its former presidents in connection with

taiwan uncovered the fate of cutter oil collected from sewer drains and slaughter houses and the philippines government is running test on synthetic rice made from potatos and plastics. some in china are taking matters into their own hand we have this report from an organic farm in beijing. >> reporter: this group of visitors is not touring the usual beijing attractions. they have come to the little donkey farm on the outskirts of the city to learn about organic farming. there's 15 hectares growing vegetables without pesticides or herbicides. visitors are coming to see for themselves. >> translation: the real reason for the farm is food safety has become a problem in china. >> reporter: so serious people are encouraged to do more that buy orgnaic products. they can lease 30 square meters of land and grow their own vegetables. the farm trains them and provide the crops for them to tend. a government worker visits with her family. >> reporter: when we grow our own vegetables, at least we know it's safer. it's impossible to be worry free, but it is better. >> reporter: at five times the cost of

. >>> taiwan says it will contribute $1 million for a new washington memorial to dwight eisenhower. the pledge comes 15 years after planning the memorial to the nation's 34th president first began. the design for the tribute won final approval last week. th at despite criticism from president eisenhower's family members. >>> taylor swift headlines a second show tonight at nats park. there was a bit of a glitch at last night's show. a piece of equipment that allowed the singer to rise stuck. she joked with the crowd she'd be stuck up there forever unless she compose to jump down -- chose to jump down. swift chose to sing from her perch until the glitch was cleared and she could return to the stage. >>> after a nine-year journey, nasa's new horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to pluto. delia goncalves has more on the story. >> reporter: 50 years to the day that nasa flew by mars, new horizons visits pluto and the exploration of all nine classical planets now complete. >> six, five, four, three, to, one. >> reporter: a countdown to history and our first glimpse into what was o

the system hit parts of taiwan on friday and people were injured in the winds as the typhoon moved over japan. >>> a volcanic disruption has forced the closure of five airports. >> after spitting ash for a week the eruptioned volcano scales up a notch. the volcano in east java belches out ash four kilometers into the sky. it's impact is far reaching. five airports have been shut down. thousands of travelers and tourists are stranded. >> we have to find a way to place to stay. >> they have come to celebrate the end of the ramadan. it is a hot spot for foreigners, particularly australians and in sydney holiday makers are in a bind with flights canceled. >> there is no one at the counter. >> yes, it's really disappointing. i guess the big problem for success that we don't have an opportunity to take more holidays. >> so far there has been no massive eruption. evacuations orders have not been issued. but they're keeping a close watch knowing just how unpredictable volcanos can be. al jazeera. >> the confederate flag has been lowered from the grounds of the south carolina state house in the

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