the two countries. he quoted chinese president hu jintao as saying many things remain in northeastern china associated with the revolutionary achievements of the father of kim jong-il. the media quoted hu as saying that the elder kim made a huge contribution to the chinese revolution. it reported that kim visited a junior high school that his father attended and a place he used for revolutionary activities. political analysts say kim's visit was trying to gain china's support for the succession of his third song bef early september. >>> u.s. president barack obama signed a new executive order against north korea. it freezes the assets of three organizations and of individuals suspected of illegal activities. >> these steps, as you'll hear, are aimed against the government and the elite. >>> philip crowley said the organizations include the office 39, believed to be in charge of procuring luxury goods for north korean leaders, including kim jong-il. crowley on said the freeze also includes the reconnaissance general bureau, which allegedly trades in conventional weapons and engages in spying. the chief of t

. >>> if would like to help those flood victims, contact the pakistan association of san francisco or the american red cross. >>> in china, mudslides are a big threat this morning. engineers and construction workers are trying to clear clogged rivers and shore up unsteady hillsides. mudslides in the ganxiou province killed more than 1200 people since may. 500 are still missing. china has been drenched by heavy rain and floods since the end of may. more rain suspected tomorrow. >>> controversy over a planned mosque near the site of the 9/11 attack swelled over the weekend. the president said on friday that muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else does in the country. he clarified that on saturday saying he wasn't commenting on the wisdom of putting a mosque there at that site, just that americans have the right to freedom of religion. the comments made the mosque the main topic of discussion on the sunday morning political talk shows. >> washington, the white house, the administration, the president himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of america. >> is only insensitive if you reg

but economists expect the china economy to beat the u.s. >>> the national association of home buildings says it's in -- of home builders say its -- >>> wall street pull back from four days of falling stock prices to see a minor up tick in tech stocks today. investors were torn between optimism over new deals in the tech industry and weaker than expected earnings results to end the day with a slight decline of the dow. >>> the dow jones closed down 1.14 points. the nasdaq was up 8.39 points. >>> those factors have hit small business hard too and many of them are not optimistic about the economy's prospects in the near future. tom vacar has that story. >>> the dow jones industrial average hit its all time high in october of 2007. just 16 months later, in march of 2009 it has lost 64% of its value. a year and a month later, just last april it had had one of its best rallies in history and closed with an 11% of the all time high. since then it's lost some 900 points and began today 27% lower than its all time high. the culprit, lack of job gains and housing market still pretty much in shamb

the country. from canada, taiwan, indonesia, china, and hong kong. we have signatures of our neighbors and members of the local chinatown association organization thathas a 150-year history in the audience tonight. we have a 97-year-old lady in the audience tonight to see if we improve. >> happy birthday. [applause] >> in the audience tonight are members of the public to support 605 kearny street, and i would like to thank them all and ask them to stand up to be acknowledged. commissioner garcia: maybe we need to see who was against it. it's seems like everybody stood up. >> thank you. san francisco is a great city with great people and a great government. the government believes in protecting our property rights and the rights of our citizens. when the project is finished, we will gladly pay the increased property tax. the business and local sales tax revenue will help the city. we are living in tough economic times. i hope the board will please support the request to proceed with this project. it will be a great addition to chinatown and to san francisco, a city of love, peace, and compassion. thank you all again. [applause] commissioner fung: sir

the housing service like china town community development center that manage maevent sro buildings. we have various other associate service organizations that provide associate human services that will come in handy in the aftermath of a disaster. all the organizations come together we meet once a month. some of the things we have been working on. we have been doing this after the 89 earthquake. we were doing it you know funded current we have funding from the department of emergency management to sustain our efforts. some of the things and actually pg and e was an original founder that got us started on our efforts. and of the things we work on one is to maintain and to continue to update our neighborhood disaster response plan. we have been developing a plan and our updating it and continuing to revise it. the plan basically out lines how the various organizations within our network will work together and coordinate and consolidate their resources and efforts in the result of a disaster. the plan defines the roles the agencies will play. what roles will the medical facilities play and how the 3 will consolidate

china. and there's plenty of moisture associated with these clouds. of course rain has been falling pretty steadily here for theast few days. and for the next few days we're still expecting that rain to continue getting a little bit heavier in areas like the northeast as well as for across portion of the sichuan province. 72-hour forecast showing accumulations hitting as much as 180 millimeters, that is or more, so that definitely ups the risk of flooding as well as landslide. wide area expecting rain to continue. to do stay on the watch for that. elsewhere today we'll see showers continue to impact the philippines as well as the indochina peninsula. for the philippines a tropical low so that could induce heavier downpours perhaps gusty weather as well. japan for the most part will stay in the try. tokyo with a high of 32 today. a little bit cooler than the extreme heat we've been seeing earlier this week, but southern portions of japan will definitely see more of that very warm conditions, extreme heat continue. also looking pretty hot across shanghai. 36 for you. and then 38 in chongqing. strong heat for you

the u.s. is for china. >> a manager at apple indicted by a federal grand jury in california. associatedss says he is accused of taking kickbacks from suppliers in asia in exchange for information that helped them win better contracts. more details emerging on why hewlett-packard ousted their ceo. he tried to hide his relationship with a woman. they settled a claim before the company had a chance to investigate. lowes reporting sales and fourth day reports showing weak growth in retail sales. new york stock exchange, i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >> first commercial shrimp go season since the bp spill is getting underway and they have more than worries. a danger exists from the massive oil spill. biggest fear that they may try to sell oil contaminated shrimp. shrimp go remains forbidden in federal waters off louisiana, mississippi and alabama. >>> right now, astronauts are taking one more spacewalk to repair the station's cooling system and we have a live picture for you right now from space from one of snuart's cameras. they are now in their third and final scheduled

china has an enorm -- we have an enormous deficit. one of which is the currency. if you want to go back and look at the record, you see the national association of manufacturers was the first organization to be allowed to talk about china's currency and the need for china to let its currency move up and approximate market rate. now, it still hasn't been done. we've been very critical of the previous administration and this administration that they have to do more about it. now, as the -- was it "the new york times"? host: yes. guest: you don't want to start a trade war because everybody will lose, especially the american manufacturing worker. but still you got to get the job done. the united states has not put enough pressure on the international monetary fund, has not gotten its allies to speak up loudly enough. china's currency has got to move up, and until it does we're still going to have a very large trade deficit. china has about $2.5 trillion of money sloshing around. and a lot of people say that's one of the reasons why we had the financial crisis and we don't want another financial crisis, do we? host: an email from a viewer. how muc

the national association of the homebuilders will release its monthly index they are looking for a rise of one. from the previous month. housing sector struggling since tax credits expired. japan has lost its place to chinano. 2 economy in the second quarter. it underskirt scores. it's already the biggest export porter and steel producer and global influence is expanding. who lou might go public this fall. in my value the company's $2 billion. del off says they are buying ed davis or storage company 411 1 billion in cash at a fremont. dell is offering $18 a share the deal has been murdered approved by both boards and is expected close later this year. >> some shrimp season has opened in louisiana as. they will be hunting for a minute traces of oil louisiana shore a more than the usual worries prices are down and public acceptance is uncertain despite the extensive taste testing procedures. it remains forbidden in federal waters most of the catches has come off of texas and florida. >> the time now is 615 a shot of the golden gate bridge foggy out there this will be the first morning or you are commuting with the new off ramp may be a little confusing but we will break it down and give you a dry graphic.

china is expected to overtake japan this year as the world's second largest economy. >>> a japanese immigrant held hostage by anti-government rebels in colombia has been freed after a military operation. the associated press released images of a man believed to be masao tsutsui joyously embracing his family and friends. 68-year-old tsutsui emigrated to colombia from kochi prefecture about 50 years ago. he went missing in late march after leaving his farm near the city of cali in the southwest of the country. police began searching for him after his family received phone calls demanding a ransom equivalent to about $550,000 u.s. colombian police say after being abducted by unidentified kidnappers tsutsui was held by the farc forces in colombia. he was released sunday after a colombian air force unit attacked their hideout. they say that tsutsui is unhurt and in good health. >>> one year ago, china's uighur autonomous region was shaken by deadly riots that fueled ethnic tensions between the uighurs and the han chinese. today we meet a young uighur musician who is trying to generate a better understanding of uighur culture through its traditional music. we report from beijing. >> reporter: this bar in

all of the partners, air china, singapore air, lufthansa, austrian air, all of the carriers with whom we share code across the entire star alliance, the global international association of carriers, all of the safety authorities that exist in all of those countries, we have to set a safety standard for the entire industry worldwide, regardless of the nationality of pilots. that is the essence of the alliance structure, and this is why a passenger can go across four or five of those carriers. this is why, congressman, to get into the star alliance or to get into a code-sharing situation, you have to be approved. >>> the actions of the ntsb, it shows that the regional air carrier does not teach the pilots how to recover from a fall stall. they are taught threw a stick shaker, not a stick pusher. -- they are taught through a stick shaker. when asked, they said it was not part of the fda requirements. f -- faa requirement. they are now reaching for the minimums in terms of some of these regional carriers, and i am very concerned about this. but i want you to say for the record that you know that those aircraft that are flying out of washington, d.c., while we have 1400 g

associations around china so it might be a good thing to reach out to a population. so labor organizations can work with like - my grant relations. i want to say managing the economic knowledges. so there's many migrant workers but there's not many ethnic worker organizations. i think recently. chinese government, the ethnic committee has you know passed some new policy to encouraging the organizations from the ethnic communities. i think it's time to develop and help develop my grant worker in ethnic minority organizations. especially among like minor populations. i think it's really important. so health organizations are important. yeah. so that is - my perspective. >> so you think what observers should be focused on is civil society and whether or not it can row bustly operate and to it's job? >> yeah. we work with a broader community in a drug-user and sex-work community. we can observe what's going on. but we also have a conflict, you know in our law because we need to establish a good relation - working relations with networks so. our general purpose is to follow health. not overwhelming human trafficking issues but we with push it so one day we can

china's growing economy. after that, the national security correspondent on the taliban in afghanistan. we continue our look at the new financial regulations. james chessen of the american bankers association will talk about the impact on banks. each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. later, the heritage foundation releases a policy position on a number of issues including the federal budget, the u.s. economy, and foreign policy. live coverage begins at noon, eastern. [applause] >> now secretary of state henry clinton on the obama administration's global health initiative. she will discuss the $63 billion investment that focuses on the health of women, children, and new boards throughout the world. the remarks are at johns hopkins university's school of international service. it is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> welcome, madam secretary, honored guests, and the community. i am the dean. this is the school of advanced international studies known as sais. this is a special greeting for me to our first -- who i hav e officially welcomed the students yet. students come from more than 70 countries, and even with u.s. and cabinet officials, it is our custom to highlight the stepping stone

china and india are on the rice. china's new car sales have topped the 10 million mark. and india's car market continues to expand reflecting its strong economy. the figures were announced on monday. the china association of automobile manufacturers said that the nation's new car sales from january through july jumped 42.6% from a year earlier to 10.26 million units. it was the second straight year the figure has exceeded 10 million and it happened three months earlier than last year. meanwhile, the society of indian automobile manufacturers said that the number of new passenger cars sold in july was 202,000, achieving monthly sales of over 200,000 units for the first time. the figure was up 54,000 units or 37% from a year earlier. the indian vehicle market is likely to continue expanding as the nation's economies forecast to grow about 8.5% this year. >>> tokyo stocks edged up on tuesday morning in the wake of overnight rallies in the united states and europe. let's look at the numbers. the benchmark nikkei ended the morning session at 9,622. that's up 50 points, about half a percent from monday's close. market sources say share prices rose after the yen halted its advance against the dollar. they als