people who talia believes need her message of faith. >> talia and i are very similar in the sense that we both have this -- this thing that keeps us up at night. this thing that wakes up in the morning and the thing we think about that we take an awake breath. we're similar in the sense that we both have this -- this thing that keeps us up at night and this thing that we think about in the morning the first time we take a breath, an awake breath and that is helping people. >> christine has spent some of her own money to help talia make a video and is trying to raise more so she can record her very own album. >> it's a warm feeling. it makes me feel very warm. >> yep. >> it is the kind of story that can only happen in a big city like oakland. two people from very different backgrounds, yet each the answer to the other's prayers. >> christine has donated some of her own money. she's running a go fund me campaign to help talia record some of her music. >> it's beautiful when they see more of the things they have in common than the things they don't. >> and the kind of people that saw a st

. ♪ >> reporter: and talia who writes and sings her own gospel music was looking for someone to help bring it to a wider audience. >> we are very similar in the sense we both have this thing that keeps us up at night. the thing we think about the first moment we take a breath, an awake breath, and that is helping people. >> reporter: they now meet regularly, offering prayer and song for passersby and support for each other. chr christine has spent some of her own money to help talia make a video and is trying to make more so she can record her very own album. >> it's a warm feeling. >> reporter: it's the kind of story that can only happen in a city like oakland. two people from very different backgrounds yet each the answer to the other's prayer. christine has set up a go fund me campaign to try to help her record her music. she also thinks she's off to a good start on her life coaching career. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> if you do know someone doing something nice, garvin would like to hear from you. go to our website and search bay area proud. "today in the bay" returns. i

they want to combine three's i talia assets with wind telecom.he difference is the italian government has said before that it will not oppose this merger. has agreed to buy a 34% stake in mitsubishi motors. $2.2 billion of shares will be sold by the scandal hit company. carlos ghosn says the deal is a win-win. withm confident that good due diligence, we would have a much clearer assessment about the risk. but at the same time we are doing the due diligence, we are also going to deal into the issues, because obviously there are risks but there are also a lot of opportunities. francine: carlos ghosn led renault's rescue of nissan. >> there has been a lot of confidence shown in ghosn. he has a great track record in combined traditional -- in combining traditional japanese companies which renault was. he was able to turn the company around in a matter of years and bring them to where they are today. so there is a lot of confidence he can work the same kind of deal with mitsubishi motors. francine: what does nissan see in mitsubishi motors that it lik

and us a talia comes quite close to -- australia coming quite close to war ships. that's happening. the president is headed to asia next week. obviously china's the one who is getting a lot of blame for overproduction there. would you say that tensions are on the rise in china? mr. earnest: i would not describe it that way. concerns at there are about china's activities in the south china sea. they're well documented. concerned we re have raised both publicly and privately with chinese officials as a -- at a range of levels. the freedom of navigation operation that was carried out by u.s. forces earlier this week is relatively routine. we've done that at least a couple of times just in the last four, five months. it is not intended to be a provocative act. it merely is a demonstration of a principle that the president has laid out on a number of occasions. which is that the united states will fly, operate and sail anywhere that international law allows. and this operation was undertaken consistent with that principle. the concerns and the tensions that exist around the south china s