making her the youngest minister in any cabinet in post-war japan. abe named obuchi to the number two position in the finance ministry two years ago, when he became prime minister for a second time. she also chaired a lower house committee on education and science. obuchi won praise from prime minister abe, and leaders of the ruling liberal democratic party for her understanding of a broad range of issues. that's one reason she was chosen to join the cabinet. matsushima stepped down from her first cabinet post after less than two months on the job. before becoming a lawmaker in 2000, she was a journalist at a newspaper. later she served in the number two positions at the economy and industry ministry, and the land and infrastructure ministry. >> and nhk world's mayuko ambe gave us some insight and explained how the two resignations might affect the abe administration. >> it's a setback for abe and his team. the resignations could slow decisions on key policies and affect his approval rating. the departures of obuchi and matsushima are abe's first cabinet

the abe government is involved in some sensitive diplomacy overseas. that includes negotiations with north korea over the return of abducted japanese citizens. and abe is holding direct talks with chinese president xi jinping next month on the sidelines of an apec summit. but opposition party leaders say the prime minister must first address the cabinet resignations. they want him to explain himself in front of lawmakers in the diet. >> translator: it's extraordinary to have two ministers quitting in one day. the prime minister should be asked to take responsibility for appointing them. >> reporter: abe is seeking the support of the japanese public for his policy agenda. he'll need to make a quick recovery from the shock of the resignations to keep up the trust. tomoko kamata, nhk world. >>> officials from a record 155 countries are calling for an end to nuclear weapons. they've come out in support of a u.n. statement on disarmament. officials from japan signed on for the second straight year. new zealand's ambassador for disarmament presented the state

the prime minister of japan has seen a shake up after last month. abe accepted the resignations of two ministers and has appointed the replacements. they are both facing scandal. >> translator: i express my sincere apologies to everyone i've troubled. >> obuchi's use of political funds has come under scrutiny. she has faced questioning in the diet by opposition lawmakers about payments for events held for supporters in 2010 and 2011. political funds reports from two support organizations in obuchi's constituency show that payments made to hold the events far exceeded money collected from participants. opposition lawmakers say the groups also failed to issue any political funds report for a similar event held in 2012. hours after obuchi resigned the justice minister tendered her resignation. >> translator: i'm extremely sorry for delaying national politics and for troubling the japanese people through my recent words and actions. >> matsushima said the cabinet faces various challenges, including reviving the japanese economy. she said she's resigning to

it's the first time they've spoken since taking office. abe and lei attended a banquet at the asia europe meeting. a senior japanese official says they shook hands and smiled and spoke briefly as other world leaders were about to leave after dinner. he says abe and lei did not discuss a proposed bilateral summit on the sidelines of the apec meeting in beijing. the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson says he has no information about the conversation. he says china's stance on its ties with japan is clear. >> translator: we demand that japan resolve serious and delicate problems in our relations properly and sincerely and take action to remove political obstacles in developing those relations. >> prime minister abe has also not held talks with chinese president xi jinping. >>> organizers in china are rushing to finish preparations to host a top level economic meeting. world leaders will gather in beijing next month for the summit and chinese officials are focused on their sideline encounters. nhk world reports. >> translator: located in the su

the abs program is front and center. how we get the balance sheet -- how will he get the balance sheet up to thre 3 trillion question mark >> ? >> it is going to be about what is eligible to buy. the conversation around buying greek assets as well. the decision last month was not unanimous. a particular central bank was saying no, we don't want you to do this. there's a lot of pressure on him right now. the data is getting worse over the last month. plenty of questions today. will we get the answers? the boss of one of europe's biggest carmaker's. he is standing by at the paris auto show with hans nichols. >> good morning to you. ceo ofjoined by the renault nissan. we will hear your and -- we will see your new minivan. >> it is an important vehicle for us. 30 years ago, we came with the concept of the minivan. it was copied all over the globe. we are coming with a new version, much more modern. we started with what was the need 30 years ago for a minivan. version which new looks more like a crossover. >> it is a crossover

first the headlines for this hour. prime minister shinzo abe says sending a delegation to north korea will show japan's resolve to find out what happened to abducted nationals. >>> no country can consider itself free from the threat of ebola, and japanese authorities are preparing for the possible arrival of the virus. >>> and executives at japanese companies are competing for new recruits by making the hiring process a family affair. >>> prime minister shinzo abe says a delegation of officials will head to north korea. he says they'll get a firsthand update on the investigation into the fate of abducted japanese nationals. and he says resolving the issue is a top priority of his government. >> translator: north korea was insisting the abduction issue had been solved. but, we succeeded in changing their attitude. we decided to send a delegation to directly convey our resolve to the people in charge of the investigation. we've considered the risk of not sending the mission, which could cause the investigation to come to a halt >> abe says he wan

aberham carom is the inventor. abe was born in baghdad in 1937 but grew up among the social idealism that characterized israel in the late '40s and early '50s. he worked at the country's most important aero space manufacturer. but abe was frustrated by the corporate client he saw in the early 1970s and after working on a drone decoy he was inspired to strike out on his own and develop uav's. he immigrated to the united states, the land of opportunity, and like all great american inventors he went to work in his garage. [laughter] >> his was in los angeles. as a young man in israel, abe was a free flight modeling competition and the goal in the competition was to make a model airplane that can be launched by hand or towed into the air on a rope like a kite and then sore as long as possible within a time limit without any remote or auto mated controls to help keep it in the air. abe knew all of the trick toes make a plane that can soar well. he built what he called the albatraz naming it after the soaring bird. it offere

>> the abs bar has been raised extremely high. >> we will get you back. k you very much for joining us. we will bring you the ecb president's news conference from naples today. he starts speaking at 1:30 p.m. london time. check out rocket internet shares on their first day of trading. stocks down by almost 8%. another big mover in the other direction is in dubai, that stock up over 12% this morning. stay with us. ♪ >> welcome back. i am jonathan ferro. we will talk ipos. the rocket internet shares not doing so well, down by 7%. let's bring in caroline hyde. we talked about them being a little bit greedy. >> investors certainly felt that. big bucks.or the they have raised about 1.6 billion euros. the biggest initial share sales since 2007 in germany. they have gone for a big valuation. it is thinking. many of us are questioning whether this can be supported. the first day of trading does not stay. investors are going to get themselves round the valuation. euros.ue of 6.7 billion investors have to look at the potential for growth. breeds copycats. the likes

he conveyed the message to chung il-kwon. abe conveyed the message to the national assembly speaker in south korea who is visiting tokyo. abe said he hoped chung's visit would promote further exchange between japanese and south korean lawmakers, and the relations between the two countries would develop stronger. the two leaders have not held a bilateral summit since they took office. chung called on abe to take the lead in resolving issues surrounding those referred to as comfort women. abe responded by saying that he didn't wish to see it become a diplomatic problem. he also said he had no intention of revising the 1993 statement on the matter, issued by then chief cabinet secretary kono. the statement offered a sincere apology and expression of remorse. to those recruited to work in comfort stations during world war ii. >>> japanese coast guard officials arrested the skipper of what they suspect is a chinese vessel. the boat was spotted on monday morning 1,000 kilometers south of tokyo. coast guard officials boarded the vessel

want to participate in this historic event and at a future meeting governor jerry brown just signed the ab 78 which lgbt businesses have now been included in the california public utilities. and this is now an opportunity for lgbt businesses and if you would allow us to make a presentation on that legislation, that would be great. >> absolutely, thank you. any other members of the public who would like to comment on items that are not on agenda ? seeing none. public comment is closed. i want to hold onto item 3. i will agendaized number 3. >> i would like to thank sf sf gov. tv. san francisco television for going live in this room. if you do plan to speak, we have speaker cards in the front. you are not required to do speaker cards but it helps in terms of the meeting minutes. that is the end of my announcements. >> thank you. so let's skip to item no. 4. item no. 4 we do not have a presentation today by the office of the city administrator, however it is agendaized and i will call public comment on item no. 4. city clerk: mr. president, for the public and the commission to know that the l

he said the publication of stories containing factual errors has badly hurt the image of japan. abe made the remark at a lower house committee session in the diet. the articles were published in the 1980s and '90s, they were based on the accounts of a man who said he had forcibly taken korean women to work at comfort stations for japanese troops during world war ii. they retracted the articles in august, and said it believed the man fabricated his testimony. >> translator: it is a fact that many people were hurt, saddened, and angered by the erroneous reports. it is also a fact that japan faces baseless defamation that our country systematically turned women into sex slaves. the erroneous reports created this situation. >> abe said he will strengthen the government's strategic communication to the world so that correct perceptions of history based on facts will be formed. >>> turkish leaders have made a decision that will shift the dynamics in the war against islamic state. lawmakers voted to give the government power to take military action against the militants in syria and iraq.

but the head of the opposition party says that abe should take responsibility for the quick departures. executives of seven opposition parties are going to question abe about the issue and pushing for a diet debate about the scandals that led to the resignations. >>> officials at the world health organization have declared nigeria free of the ebola virus. they described it as a spectacular success story. officials say there have been no new cases reported in 42 days. that's twice the maximum incubation period. an infected man brought the virus to nigeria from liberia in july. it spread to 20 people and eight have died. official says health authorities kept track of who came in contact with the infected people. when day confirmed someone had the virus they isolated them and treated them. authorities say they are screening people at ports and airports. w.h.o. officials declared senegal free of ebola last friday but health workers are still battling outbreaks in guinea, liberia and sierra leone. experts say there could be more than 10,000 people infected by the end of this week. >>> indon

she is a childhood friend of the current president. abe and li were watching a performance about the crested is by. a symbol of friendship between japan and china. they reportedly talked about improving ties between their countries. abe has never held summit talks with xi. but officials are hoping it will happen on the sidelines of the meeting in beijing. >>> japan's prime minister and russia's president have agreed to arrange a meeting when they attend next month's apex summit in beijing. abe talked on the phone with putin to congratulate him on his 62nd birthday. the two leaders discussed japan-russia ties and the situation in ukraine. abe's thought to have urged putin to do more towards a peaceful resolution. they also spoke on abe's 60th birthday. abe said then that he wanted to develop better ties based on his friendship with putin. >>> the leader of a pro-north korean group in japan says pyongyang is making progress with its probe of missing japanese nationals. ho jo-man visited north korean. the committee is probing the fate of japa

i believe that the chinese side has also become more active in improving our bilateral ties. >> abe said it's important to promote cooperation in discussions in various fields to deepen a mutually beneficial strategic relationship. and he added that the government will continue to call on china to set up a communication mechanism between security officials from both countries. to avoid unintended maritime emergencies. >>> the leader of a pro-north korean group in japan says pyongyang is making progress with its probe of missing japanese nationals. han jo man visited the north after japanese officials lifted some sanctions in response to the creation of a special committee. the committee is probing the fate of japanese believed to have been abducted by north korean agents in the 1970s and '80s. ho is the chairman of the general association of korean residents in japan. his trip to north korea lasted a month. he sat in on the supreme people's assembly at the delegate. some people in japan say north korean officials are lagging behind in the probe. ho denied the allegation. >> translator: t

on the occasion of his 60th birthday. abe said he hopes to use his friendship with putin to launch dialogue on all levels towards strengthening ties. the leaders exchanged views on the conflict in ukraine. abe likely called on putin to do more for a peaceful resolution. >>> u.s.-led forces have launched more air strikes to stop another offensive by fighters with islamic state. they've targeted sites in a syrian town near the turkish border. the militants have been locked in a battle with kurdish forces. they said the islamic state flags were flying over a hill and a building there. they've been fighting the kurds in the streets. turkish president said air strikes will not be enough and warned the town it's about to fall. >> translator: this problem cannot be resolved via air strikes without cooperating with those fighting on the ground. >> more than 160,000 residents ofino arab have fled over the border to turkey. aid workers are asking for more international aid to help the refugees. >>> police in tokyo say a japanese man wo

the abe cabinet recently reinterpreted the constitution and the concern conditions. japan can now exercise the right to defend closely related countries that are under attack. but officials haven't disclosed how japan can exercise that right under the framework of bilateral defense cooperation. sources say some members of the ruling coalition don't want details of the new gloouidelineo be announced too soon. many laws will be to have revised before the new policy can be put into practice. officials from japan and the u.s. plan to bridge south korea, china and other neighboring countries on the plan the to revise the glip. changing the the direction of the japan-u.s. alliance. officials from the two allies are trying to make the process transparent. >> japanese government officials have just released new data on how the economy's doing. good morning. what can you tell us? >> we've just seen the latest on machinery orders. now, managers tend to order more equipment when they're feeling optimistic about business conditions, so analysts used to understand business sentim

analysts say the visit could help bring about a summit between shinzo abe and president xi, that would happen on the sidelines on the economic cooperation meeting next month in beijing. he last met with xi in july and told him abe wanted to talk. a group of japanese lawmakers visiting seoul has met with park geun-hye. they passed on the message that he wants to improve ties and say the south korean leaders expressed willingness but remains cautious about holding summit talks with abe. members of the japan korea parliament air yan union met park on friday in the run-up in of the 50th anniversary of normalization of diplomatic ties. she took up the issue on those referred to as comfort women. she says it's the first issue to be fixed in making a new start in bilateral relations. after the meeting, the head of the group says he conveyed abe's message. >> we told her prime minister abe's message that japan and south korea are important neighbors and holding dialogue is vital. all the more, we have mutual issues to tackle. we also told her abe wants to make the 50th anniversary of normaliza

that effort earned him the honest abe players player of the game. >> it hurt.he reason they gave it to me is for the blocked shot. but it hurt. i don't know, it's nice to be recognized by your teammates. >> the award is supposed to go to maybe the best player, unsung hero of the game. so we figured they call him honest abe, he can be the most honest player that night. we don't think about it too much, because we confuse ourselves. >> it was eric thayer who purchased the costume after the team's leadership committee came up with the idea. >> just got it at a costume store locally around here. it worked out well. >> reporter: looks like you went all out. did it cost a lot of money? >> it wasn't too bad. we charged it to the team fine fund. >> reporter: caps were eager to wear the hat and beard this season. sort. >> yeah, i don't know how it's going to look. i'm a little nervous. i mean, you want to win it, yeah. but at the same time, you are going to take your grief. i'll take my lumps when i get it, and hopefully i do. as long as we win is the main thing. >> rep

. >> in many ways it's the first major stumble of the abe administration. e's had a remarkable run since he came into power the second time in december, 2012. and for the first time you can see some political oxygen being given to the opposition parties which they haven't had for a long time. even though we're seeing two ministers step down over campaign finance scandals today, it isn't so much a reflection of the fact that japanese politics is deeply corrupt. it's more a reflection of the fact that the japanese public is completely allergic to any hints of corruption. and both of these ministers themselves may not have actually done much wrong. it may have been just people in their offices making mistakes about but they're taking responsibility as the japanese public would expect them to do. >> a strike by pilots of germany's biggest airlines luft lufthansa, 35 hour strike over retirement benefits. it's just the lathest staged in recent months. the strike will mainly affect short and mem-lengt medium leng. could affect 200,000 passengers. >>> wanting to cre

. >>> a japanese delegation returning from pyongyang will brief the prime minister on the abduction talks. abe says he will publicly share the results. >>> decommissioning the fukushima daiichi which plant will take longer than planned. >>> u.s. federal a rerves have ended their bond buying program after years of struggling with the economic slow down. >>> a delegation of japanese officials are returning home after two days of talks on progress in the fate of missing and abducted nationals. shinzo abe says he will explain to the public what was discussed after being briefed by the delegation. gentleman pab's top diplomat for asian affairs team met with the special investigation committee on tuesday and wednesday. japanese officials stressed japan's place is top priority on the issue. he urged the results be quickly released. they asked for briefings from the heads of committee panels. it's the first time in a decade the two sides have met face to face in pyongyang. japanese officials have left and are returning to tokyo via beijing. once home, they are to brief abe and the prime minister on wh

also be the first cabinet official to resign since abe took office two years ago. daughter of a prime minister and was once tipped as a future prime minister. a big dent in her career. some members of the ruling party are worried about the effects of the scandal on the overall abe administration. >> this is not the only female cabinet minister under pressure. five members appointed during the reshuffle last month and some of them are already facing problems. the news reporting that abe may replace the justice minister who has been accused of the opposition of illegal campaigning because she apparently handed out paper fans to voters which is illegal campaigning. they are demanding that she resign. then you have other women in his cabinet coming under criticism posing for pictures with japanese neo-nazi leaders. we have lots to talk about their. >> quite extraordinary. moving on to other stories we're following. planning a 30 $2 billion injection for midsize lenders. this would help remaining extra liquidity at the end of the year. pumping 82 billion dollars into chi

>> i just have a question and maybe a request, on the ab, 2188 and the united solar inspection and permitting? is that another one of those areas where i think we need to have a little bit more preplanning from the staff and director because it is going to happen and so the question is i would not want our department to be the one holding up either in inspection of the solar panels because we want to encourage that installation, and those inspections to take place. >> yes, and i am sure that our electrical inspection group agrees with you as far as i know, that is and it has been a expedited permit processing process on time and the question with this one and the reason that (inaudible) the building departments across the state oppose this legislation, and not on the basis that it was not a good idea to have more solar, but on the basis that no matter what stage of review the building department might be in, this legislation now requires that you drop everything, and you do the solar permit, or item first, if it is ten mega watts or larger, and there were concerns expressed internally by our

the ab essential was 20%, in sao paulo, it was 30%. tens of millions voted for nobody. >> reporter: many brazilians made it clear they neat a little more time. they'll both try to give them something to vote for. >> people in hong kong returned to work after days that have paralyzed part of the city. adrian brown reports. >> the site of civil servants going to work wouldn't ordinarily gerpt interest. in hong kong it was a significant moment, perhaps a turning point after days of unrest. the leader warned of unspecified police action after government workers were not able to return to their desk. outside the office complex, the barricades remain. far fewer protesters, a leader admits the movement is losing momentum. this is the first one, we don't know when it will end. it's a long-term challenge or battle. >> the government's ultimatum to clear the streets has gone unheeded. but the barriers were pushed aside outside the office of hong kong's beleaguered leader to allow a delivery of food to police. last week there were seller thousand

the news conference today? >> we learned when this new abs asset purchase program would start. ey will start buying bonds in the middle of this month. the fourth quarter of -- the bigig question was, you want to get your balance sheet up by one trillion euros. i don't think it is clear how he wants to plan to do that still. he deemphasized the target of doing that. if i could sum up the press conference in a line it would be , we have already decided a massive amount of measures for now. you take that line and for a lot of people that means, that's all for now, folks. >> how close are they to tipping back into recession? >> i think they are already there if you look at some of the indicators. business confidence is dipping. consumer confidence is dipping. inflation is 0.3%. the economy is already turning lower. >> it is clear that mario draghi's line has been we will do whatever it takes. does he have the bullets to do that? >> that is a really important question. , youhatever it takes line have that big whatever it takes line, we put that out with the unlimited bond buying prog

the hospital fully expect someone with ebola symptoms to walk through the doors at any moment. >> we abbing if they have symptoms ---ing af if they have symptoms concerning for ebola. >> reporter: the screening process at the grady hospital intensified since thomas eric duncan was sent home with antibiotics after a first visit to the dallas hospital, exposing gaps in the communication process there. >> we don't know enough about how the infection can be treated and how best it was support. i don't think there is anything that could be said about an earlier intervention that may have made the difference. >> when people hear that a patient went to dallas and they sent him home with anti-biot ecks, it's hart not to panic. that's where it lies on the hospitals. specifically the emergency departments >>> the ebola response goes beyond the confines of emergency rooms. first responders in the field are a key component. >> triage operators are trained in the right questions to ask. the paramedics and crews arrived. >> the c.d.c. conducted specialise training for health workers on the way to the hot

but what i really want to know, what's the secret to those strahan abs? . >> reporter: this is the one for magic mike strahan. >> yes. that's the workout. >> look at that. even in a suit michael can do this. >> i'm not doing too many, i have to do it later on today. i don't want to wear myself out right now. >> even women can do this. not just for guys. >> because you worked out here earlier, it's easier -- are you going to take it easy on me? >> no. >> why not? what's the deal, don't beat up on me also. >> you'll be all right. >> anybody you recommend that anybody that we haven't shown here, extra thoughts for anybody out there. >> just stick with it. whatever you start, don't quit. even when it gets hard, keep going. that's the most important part. >> and what about a workout for women for arms. >> the arms. the turkey wings. i want to get rid of these. a lot of it is nutrition. i can tell you, bicep curl, triceps all day, but lose the fat to see the muscle. a lot of it's nutrition. from there, i can show you all the fun workouts. >> all in the kitchen.

aso is the second ranking position in the cabinet of shinzo abe. zhang is the number seven man in the chinese communist party. >>> china is trying to expand in asia. so what can you tell us? >> the chinese president proposed last year the creation of a new bank. it would be for investing in infrastructure in asian countries. he called it the asia infrastructure investment bank. now china's finance minister is backing the idea. he held a uh news conference after the apec meeting and said there is a massive short fall of money for funding infrastructure in the asia pacific. he said nobody brought up the issue at the meeting though they are aware of it. >> it would compliment the world bank and asian development bank. officials welcome the idea. >> sources say araengsment where is r made for nations supporting the proposal to exchange memorandums of proposal in beijing. japanese government officials have said they will not participate. they have expressed doubts about the transparency of management. let's check on markets now. investors on wall street

but the trend took a turn in 2012 when prime minister shinzo abe took office for a second time. bold monetary easing measures by the bank of japan in april 2013 also helped to weaken the yen. then in august this year, federal reserve chair janet yellen hinted that the u.s. central bank may start raising interest rates sooner than expected. investors looking for higher returns took her comments as a trading cue, and stepped up their dollar buying, and that further lifted the greenback. and for more analysis on the latest currency moves i spoke earlier with the chief japan foreign exchange strategist at merrill lynch. >> the japanese yen weakened 8% in the last quarter and as you said the u.s. economy's strength is a major reason. but then there are a few japanese reasons, as well. the economic recovery has been sluggish. and then, export recovery has lowered expectations. then there is a strong trend of portfolio rebalancing out of japan and into foreign securities. so i think these three reasons are pushing the yen weaker. >> okay, what about in terms of the trend. how long do yo

to take the lead on issues surrounding comfort women. abe responded by saying he didn't wish to see it become a diplomatic problem. he said he has no intention of revising the 1993 statement on the matter issued by then cabinet secretary. the statement offered a sin veer apology and expression of remorse for those recruited to work in comfort stations during world war ii. let's check to see what's happening in the markets. >> investors consider multiple factors before considering. take brazil for example -- re-election -- drop more than 6% at one point. now weak oil prices, shares of he joins us from the tokyo text message. actually, investors here will be watching out for the effect of the falling oil prices, but let's look at how the nikkei and oil prices have fallen off. we'll see how that develops. as we've been reporting that the price of oil has fallen yet again to the media, touching his lowest level in more than two years. now, many people in the market will be watching out for potential fallout in related sectors. we're looking at t

investigators spent the whole day combing walnut creek park and the abed area around it including some heavily wooded area digging for more evidence in the area where the remains were discovered 35 days after hannah graham disappeared. it could take several days for forensic experts to determine if the remains, mostly bones, are graham. the park is in annoyer familiar to the man charged with -- an area familiar to the man charged with her abduction, jesse matthew who lived and worked within a few miles from here. volunteers found the bones on this property that is unoccupied. the sergeant describes the remains as a skeleton that had not been buried. >> there's not a lot of traffic out here. >> reporter: lori hamilton lives nearby. >> my husband started smelling things two days ago and saw vultures. >> reporter: this site is within 5 miles from where another murdered student morgan harrington was found dead four years ago in a case police say has been linked to matthew. graham's family has been today of the remains but -- told of the remains but are waiting for the medical examiner's re

so the characteristics of that are different than the traditional injection molding. we are using real abs, real nylon, and real poly carbonate. a wide variety of manufacturers around the world. we just select one of those. so the difference is not in the material itself, but the difference is, in the way the part is actually manufactured. and so what i was talking earlier, we talked about having the knowledge from a designer, the knowledge from a tool maker, and the knowledge from a manufacturer, to understand that a 3-d printed part is in our case a real thermal plastic but it's made differently than the traditional injection molding. been around for a long period of time, a handbook that talks about injection molding, the principles to make sure they build a durable part. there's no such thing for 3-d printing or additive manufacturing today and as the technology evolves, new materials evolve, and they're evolving every single day. having that knowledge to understand the differences between injection molded part in the case of a thermal plastic and a 3-d printed part will be important i