the officials plan to set up more tourist information centers with foreign language help outside the big cities to draw more travelers there. >>> more than 620,000 fake products were confiscated by customs officials or officers around japan last year. finance ministry officials say computer-related products top the list with about 195,000 fake products, mainly ink cartridges, a 19-fold rise over the previous year. officials also seized 74,000 mobile phones and accessories and 39,000 pharmaceutical products, the total retail value is $100 million. they warned that products are becoming more sophisticated, that requires professionals to decide on patent and other violations. the officials say they plan not to let up in the battle against counterfeiters and the fake products will be destroyed. >>> japan's public pension fund has posted a record gain for the october through december period. the fund holds foreign and japanese stocks and bonds. figures released on friday show the government pension investment fund or gpif logged the highest quarterly income since fiscal 2001. the fund post

the ferry was lying at a depth of over 40 meters. officials were hoping to be able to start moving the ship to a nearby port in about three days if it weather conditions permit. they say they'll proceed with the search for the nine people who remain missing. about 300 people died in 2014 when the ship sank off the southwest coast of the country. most of the victims were high school students. in 2015 the country's supreme court gave the ferry's captain a life sentence. it said he had abandoned the ship without issuing an order to evacuate. >>> japanese lawmakers are hoping they can get to the bottom of a school operator scandal that's raised questions about links to prime minister shinzo abe and his party. the operator's president will testify the diet in the coming hours. nhk has more. >> reporter: for less than 20% of the appraised vallue. the land was for an elementary school scheduled to open in april, but this plan fell through after opposition lawmakers raised questions about the deal. moritomo is also accused of falsifying documents to g

pmi index climbing 51.8 from with the official pmi index climbing 51.8from 51.6 with the official pmi51.6 — a number of bad 50 is an indicator of expansion and it is an indicator of expansion and it is the strongest level since april 2012 with a report revealing production orders expanded in the key manufacturing industry. as for the official nonmanufacturing purchasing managers' index, aaron, it rebounded as well, indicating strength in the services sector. growth in the services industry is accelerating at the fastest pace in nearly three years and the services sector accounts for over half of the mainland economy and for the majority of its 6—.7% growth in 2016. so, things are looking positive for the chinese economy, hopefully. indeed, a healthy chinese economy is a healthy global economy. 0k, rico, love you, in the nonbiblical sense, of course. we will see you soon, have a great weekend. also on today's business dairy. stay with me, i didn't make a mistake. we are in the us where there's a new meaning to the phrase ‘cash cows‘. the price of butter is at an all time high — butter

that's a 19-fold rise over the previous year. officials also seized 74,000 mobile phones and accessories and 39,000 pharmaceutical products. the total retail value of these products is $100 million. they warn products are becoming more sophisticated that requires professionals to decide on patents and other violations. the officials say they will not let up in the battle against counterfeiters. they also say all confiscated goods will be destroyed. >>> checking the markets. tokyo stocks ended lower after a three-day rally. a pause in the dollar's advance pulled down the nikkei average. our business reporter giang nguyen has more. >> reporter: investors took profits after a couple of days of strong gains. remember on thursday, tokyo's benchmark nikkei touched a 14-month high. the nikkei 225 lost about half a percent finishing at 19,69. the broader topix shed 4%. however on the week, the nikkei advanced just under 1% for the second weekly gain in a row. turning to currencies now, the dollar retreated a bit in tokyo trading hours after hittin

all of them later flew back toward the east china sea. officials say the aircraft didn't violate japan's air space. three chinese navy vessels sailed through the area on the same day. it suspects it took part in drills staged by china's navy and air force. the air self-defense force has scrambled jets more than 1,000 times during the ten months through january that's higher than the cold war record of 944 in 1984. the number of interceptions of cl chinese planes has been surging. >>> let's turn to the world of business. japanese government officials have released the latest batch of economic data this morning. you've been sifting through figures. what do you have for us? >> we have a snapshot of how people spend, the price trends of some of these items and also the job situation. let's start with the consumer price index that is leading gauge of inflation. the cpi rose for the first time in 13 months. the government official say the index was up 0.1% in january from the same month last year. the index includes oil products but not fresh food. the r

china is worried the radar may be used to monitor its military. local officials appealed for calm on social media and public viewing screens in a nearby commercial district were turned off. china won the match 1-0. >>> we go now to other parts of asia. the new academic year in afghanistan began this week, but an aid group says more than a third of all children across the country will be absent from classrooms this year due to growing instability. our bureau in bangkok has the details. >>> the children warned the dire situation is likely to deteriorate as more than 1,000 afghan kids are set to return from pakistan this year. they are expected to drop out of school this year, adding to the 3.7 million already out of education. >> translator: the biggest challenge is insecurity in the country. people dare not send their children to school. they're afraid that their children will get kidnapped. also there is no encouraging aspect in schools to attract the children to come and study at school. >> more than 600,000 afghans returned from pakistan last year, and around 1

in china, we witness the official efforts to silence popular criticism ahead of the national people'sgress. and jackie's life afterjfk — the lost letters which reveal a love affair with a senior british diplomat. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news — high drama in dubai for andy murray. after an epic tie—break, the world number one is into the the semifinals. good evening. one of president trump's most trusted colleagues, the us attorney generaljeff sessions, is under intense pressure tonight. he's facing allegations that he lied under oath about his contacts with russian officials during the election campaign. but mr sessions, speaking within the past hour, has denied any improper contact and he's announced that he'll not be involved in the official investigation into claims of russian influence in the presidential election. our north america editor jon sopel reports. marine one touching down on the navy's newest aircraft carrier, and the president feeling the full downdraught of the latest setback to buffet his administration. his attorney general, jeff sessions

that's the highest level in 24 years. labor ministry officials say some companies are struggling to hire and are increasingly targeting high school graduates. >>> japanese are wealthier than ever. the central bank says financial assets held by individuals in japan hit a record at the end of the 2016. rising u.s. stock prices and japan's recovering economy are the reasons. the boj report says personal assets rose nearly a percent to over 1,800 trillion yen. that's almost $16 trillion. cash and deposits grew to top 930 trillion yen. the figure accounts for more than half of all personal assets. investment trusts rose 0.2% as share prices rallied after donald trump's victory. stocks in other investments fell 0.4% but the pace of their decline slowed. the report shows that japanese government bonds held by the boj jumped 27% to 420 trillion yen. the bank has been buying the fixed-income assets as part of its massive monetary easing program. >>> the beautiful beaches of okinawa are becoming popular with international travellers. last year foreign visi

the u.s. as well as japan. officials in hong kong and singapore have also launched bids. >>> knockoffs of famous brands and other counterfeit products are a growing headache around the world and the middle east is no exception. nhk world's hideki nakayama looks at how authorities there are fighting back. >> reporter: saudi arabia, one of the world's largest exporters of crude oil. large malls are filled with luxury brands. but in local shopping areas, imitation goods are easy to find. many apparently made in china. the world customs organization says more knockoffs are confiscated in saudi arabia than in any other country. in 2015 alone, saudi customs officials seized 140 million counterfeit items. fake products flow into saudi arabia from china and other countries, but it's the united arab emirates that holds the key. the uae is the regional distribution hub connecting the middle east with asia, europe, and africa. many fake products are shipped through the uae. that's because many of its airports are registered ass fre

was no actual attempt at the time the official in question was removed from the transition team. they merely made an inquiry to get an fs-86 process forwarded. no account was open and that official was let go. at this time as i mentioned yesterday, ivanka has decided to go above and beyond and act in certain ways she complies with certain rules by maintaining the federal records act, getting a security clearance so that if she is privy to any information she has to abide by the same rules and regulations if she is in a room, et cetera, i released a statement and will stick by ii it. >> a plan to quote unquote benefit a client of vladimir putin do you still stand by he had a quote unquote limited role, and how spending months as a top official is a limited role? >> i've tried to avoid commenting -- i've talked to a lot of you about the individual stories but i think obviously this one start today cated to c of buzz, briefly on this, i think nothing in this morning's report references any actions by the president, white house administration that's clear from the get go, the report i

we are still waiting official comment from the white house. you heard from my colleague, jeff zeleny, who did speak with an administration official was able to shed some light on where the president may have gotten this idea that somehow the former president was involved in wiretapping. he has returned to mar-a-lago and spent several hours at the trump international golf club in west palm beach where he played at least a few holes of golf. upon arriving there, we were told he would have meetings and make phone calls and may hit a few balls. we did get video of him on the golf course and now back to mar-a-lago but still waiting for any sort of proof or evidence to back up these explosive allegations. >> athena jones, thank you so much. appreciate that. so we are hearing from other senior former officials under the obama administration who are also denying the phone wiretapping claims. one saying, quote, this did not happen. this is false, wrong, another telling cnn this is, quote, just nonsense. obama's foreign policy advisor ben rode slamming t

they have to look at the transcripts of any nsa officials. and meanwhile not just interview dozens of people but go back and do reinterviews. after the initial interviews, are there discrepancies. to make another comment. one thing i haven't heard that i'd like to hear is something called the murder board. when you go into a hearing of that magnitude, you go into premeetings within your team to ask a question and to prepare for the questions you're going to face. if you want to tell me that sessions' team didn't ask him repeatedly before that hearing you're going to get told, what you knew about russian contacts and what contacts you had, if they didn't prepare for that question, i'd be shocked. one of my questions is not just what he said whether he prepped for the question. >> the thing about senator franken's question was it was in response to breaking news from cnn about campaign surrogates, having contacts with russian officials and what he said today and i listened really carefully. he said, i was taken aback by this new information. mea

the morning. today he started around 6:30 a.m. this official pointed to a story on the conservative website, breitbart news that has been circulating in the west wing. that story followed up on comments from radio talk show host mark levin who claimed that president obama worked to undermine trump's presidential campaign and his administration, including through various investigations on russia and the possible ties between rauns and trump associates. this official said that breitbart news story infuriated the president. and a couple of hours ago the president's social director tweeted out a link to that very same breitbart story. that lends credence to the idea that it was that story that president trump based his tweets on. we haven't heard any official comment from the white house staff. >> shimon, you've been speaking with a former u.s. official with direct knowledge of the investigation. what has been the reaction from the obama team on these wire-tapping claims? >> bigger than just the obama team. this is a former official who has direct

there is a black market offering far higher prices than the official rates. in the first months of 1946 the rationing system teetered on the verge of collapse. to equalize food distribution, they started transfers from dusted areas to surplus -- from surplus areas to deficit areas and to gain cooperation with -- there reluctant to was an important appeal by the emperor himself and a warning by state that imports would not be distributed until the deficit transfer program had been completed. these actions improved the collection situation. but in may of 1946, tokyo residents received a ration of only 775 calories in their daily distribution. food demonstrations erect a erruptedd -- nationwide. by may 19, a quarter of a million people demonstrated in a rally before the imperial palace. it became most acute in august and most cities. sams feared they were near mass starvation. the evidence seems clear that ultimately, american food shipments proved crucial to heading off what would have been mass famine. there seems to be no real dispute. when we get to the exact

let's be clear, ed sheeran would have had a storming week whatever system the official chart company used. the big difference now is not how many people buy a single by download or in physicalform, but how many people listen to it through streaming services, such as spotify and apple music, which also goes towards his chart position, by using this formula: 150 streams of a track equals one sale. so this week, ed sheeran had 110 million streams of tracks from his new album, which, divided by 150, represents 733,000 sales, plus 164,000 downloads, and that was enough to give him 16 songs in the official top 20. i don't know if there's some weird things that spotify and apple music are going to have to change now with streaming, but i never expected to have nine songs in the top ten ever in my life, so i don't know. something's gone wrong. but i am very, very happy about it. so he think something has gone wrong with the singles chart system. i wonder, does the man responsible for compiling it agree? the charts have changed dramatically in the last five or ten years, as we have incorporate

did the officials have the authorization to release that?f they did not, should they be stripped of their clearances. it is that simple, wolf. >> it is not that simple because he could be asked those questions. you know he is not going to answer, phil, those questions. he is going to deflect. >> he is going to deflect, but it is like the question about how gave nunes access to the white house. i mention when i worked in the executive office building, if i wanted my family in i had to go to the security office and electronically put my mom's name in the database. it would take five minutes to walk over there. it is not secret information, and reveal who allowed nunes into the executive office building. it is simple. he is just not going to want to answer the question. >> would you believe those two officials that the "new york times" cites as giving him the cleernls, inviting him to look at this information, had clearance and authority to do so from higher officials, top officials at the nsc? >> i'm not concern. this is not a judgment call. i

the headlines: the ousted former president of south korea, finally leaves her official residence and says the truth will emerge. china's chiefjustice boasts to parliament about his record of jailing rights activists. i'm babita sharma, in london. turkey's president erdogan demands sanctions against the netherlands — calling it a banana republic as their row intensifies. and we read's and we reads the same as underground dj. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore. midnight in london and 9 in the morning in seoul where the ousted south korean leader park geun hye has vowed that the truth will out after leaving office days afterjudges upheld a parliament decision to impeach her. it's a dramatic fall from power for the leader who served as south korea's president for 4 years massive crowds gathered to see ms park finally leave the president's official residence — the blue house. her departure means she no longer has presidential immunity from prosecution and criminal charges may well follow. our corresponde

the government, and u.s. diplomats and government officials including unnamed obama white house employees. the fbi says the hackers were in it for the money, pay by the russians and allowed to exploit credit card numbers and other data they stole to launch fraud schemes. cyberexperts say russia is depending more on hackers to do the dirty work. >> the hackers have better skills and better technology and better training. second, it gives the russian intelligence agencies plausible deniability. >> reporter: the officials say no decisions have been made about whether and how to retaliate. the u.s. could kick out russian diplomats as happened in december. or impose more economic sanctions as it has already over ukraine. matt lauer asked nikki haley about russia's hacking anding in

the transport ministry has limited routes until now. ministry officials impose the limit to keep things fair for competitors but the restriction expires at the end of the month. the rival already started service on the same route last october. competition is expected to increase between japan's two biggest airlines. the japanese government has drawn up a five year plan for the operation of its own satellite based navigation system. people in japan use the one by the u.s. government. they're developing an original system that involves four satellites and will start full flej operations in fiscal 2018. during the five year plan they'll use the system during disasters to check and collect information to help and rescue operations. they also want to use it during the 2020 tokyo olympics and pair olympics. they'll monitor so people can be guided to their destinations smoothly. they also plan to promote the development and use of driverless agricultural machines to improve productive. >> japan's business leaders are asking the government to continue supporting

the u.s. if u.s. officialsbring up the issue, the discussion should take place. >> seiko told reporters he had heard nothing about a possible bankruptcy filing by westinghouse executives. >>> the japan business federation is trying to dispel concerns about the safety of fukushima food. the the eve of the 6th anniversary of the quake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear accident. a fukushima prefectural official said prices are lower than since the accident. some mass marketers avoid selling rice, beef and other products from the prefecture to avoid inquiries from the consumers. he said he'll keep explaining to the public why the food is safe. the symposium adopted a joint call for concerted by the efforts by the public and private sector to eradicate unfounded rumors and attract tourists and businesses to the northeast. >>> a finance ministry survey shows business sentiment at large japanese companies has remained upbeat for the january-to-march quarter. marking the third positive reading in a row. officials

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what are the details of this official position? erson, it shouldn't surprise people at home that running the country, running the white house is becoming a family business for donald trump. the white house did confirm that ivanka will be an unpaid employee with the title of assistant to the president. ivanka released a statement saying she decided to take on this government role to avoid any questions about conflicts of interest because they were certainly being raised. we can put that quote up on screen. it says, i have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules and i will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the white house. throughout this process i have been working closely and in good faith with the white house counsel and my personal counsel to address the unprecedented nature of my role. it certainly is unpressanted. this may raise questions and this has before of whether ivanka trump will be violating federal nepotism rules as her fa

we don't have the official word yet. we have the investigations into the russian involvement in the u.s. election. those seven going on since during the election. -- those have been going on during the election. the republican chairman said he would take this up as part of the investigation. the democrat on the intelligence committee is raising alarms and saying this is from breitbart news. i think you are seeing really partisan lines right now, republicans either agreeing with the president or staying quiet and hoping this goes away where democrats are saying we need a special prosecutor and this is getting ridiculous. eliza collins, who reports on congress for usa today. thank you for your time. guest: thank you for having me. host: another story from the washington times focuses on attorney general jeff sessions, saying he is expected to provide amended written testimony to respond to questions about his contacts with the russian move unlikely to satisfy democrats in the senate. fiesta committee chairman to hold a fol

in the recent period, the officials of the two sides have maintained intensive communication. and to push forward the relationship in a constructive manner, that includes your visit this time. i know you had productive meetings with key officials on the chinese side. i have followed his meetings and received reports. i glad to see that good progress has been made -- i am glad to see that good progress has been made. sec. tillerson: thank you very much for that warm welcome and for receiving me in beijing on this, my first visit to china as secretary of state. president trump places a very high value on the communications that have already occurred between yourself and president trump, most particularly the very lengthy telephone conversation, where they were improved exchanges to the understanding of china's view of the relationship with the united states, and in president trump's view, as well, he looks forward to enhancing that understanding and the opportunity for a visit in the future. we know that through further dialogue, we will achieve a greater understanding that will

mr sessions has denied any improper conduct but he has withdrawn from the official investigation intolaims of russian interference in the election. our north america editor jon sopel reports. marine one touching down on the navy's newest aircraft carrier, and the president feeling the full downdraught of the latest setback to buffet his administration. his attorney general, jeff sessions, facing charges that he lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. but the president is standing by him. mr president, do you still have confidence in the attorney general? total. when were you aware that he spoke to the russian ambassador? i wasn't aware at all. what's emerged is that then—senator sessions met the russian ambassador at the republican convention injuly. he met him again in september. but at his confirmation hearing this january, he denied any contact with the russians. if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? senator frank

nancy pelosi is calling on the resignation of just session. as he met with russian officials twice during the campaign, congress is pushing forward on investigation into russia. >> we signed a document with democrats. what we will look at involving investigation -->> this comes after his best day in office so far.>> he managed not to set on his own good news day. eat tweeted once -- he tweeted once. >> he sets a new tone in the administration, alice said he has to back it up with action. >> you have the impression that the administration was teetering on the edge, waiting for it used to go. you see this guy who shows up. it is a new guy who showed up. >> democrats are skeptical of his message. >> i will give him a gold star and cookie for that moment. we have to look at his actions.>> the administration is trying to act quickly on an immigration agenda. that washington has talked about border security and for -- enforcing the laws. but he is doing that. >> they could unveil a plan to replace obama care by the end of the week. this is fox news. >>> president trump is set to be

and why are the u.s. officials talking to the press and not to the committee of jurisdiction? and let me say another thing -- >> you know what, it's interesting that you would say that because a lot of people are saying that about nunes today. why wasn't he talking to officials? but that's a whole naurgt show. >> don, can i just say one thing? >> go ahead. >> he has said -- >> he's said so far he hasn't found any. >> the whole point is investigating collusion. he has not ruled it out. >> it's about investigating links, too. >> it is. he made that clear, too. >> the whole investigation started about collusion, not about leaks. so kirsten does this white house have to find a way to deal with this in a better manner? >> i think this is probably the best they can do? i mean they don't want to acknowledge that any of this is happening and so the only thing they can do is sort of attacking the messenger, complaining about aanonymous leaks, pretending that paul manafort and general flynn were -- i mean they were people no

they say the plan is to finish within three days. officials banned five other poultry farms nearby from moving chickens and eggs. >> translator: we will work with the central government and the self-defense forces to do everything we can to declare the situation is over. >> the governor says it's the first time an outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in his prefecture. >>> u.s. trade authorities are set to impose punitive trariffs on another product. >> the u.s. runs its biggest trade deficit against china. the administration of donald trump isn't too happy with this arrangement. already slapped punitive duties on several chinese imports like stainless steel sheets. they are set to target a refrigerant. a substance imported from china is being sold in the u.s. for less than fair value. it's used in washington and beijing are trying to pin down a date for the first summit since trump took office. >>> a singapore based investment fund is now likely the top shareholder in japanese electronic manufacturer toshiba. a report sho

. >> the mother of eric garner met with an official at the white house yesterday. she's looking for fairness and justice in her son's case. what should we expect to come out of that meeting with this white house official should there be a push to make sure that there is an indictment of the police officers -- >> that's a department of justice question and -- for us to get involved in a specific case would be highly inappropriate in terms of trying to guess what the outcome of a case should be. >> along that line, the official according to his -- reached out to the department of justice civil rights division, had the wrong number, called another number had the right number, to include the obama administration an other administrations the department of justice limited the numbers of people to call over to the department of justice. has the attorney general, general sessions changed that? >> it would have to be reissued. in terms of every attorney general issues a memo i think going back to mokasi post water gate but it's been a practice to almost every attorney genera

if you're not an ed sheeran fan, then it's probably not worth tuning into the official chart show on k's top 10 and 16 in the top 20. and even he's thinking there should perhaps be a rethink about the way the charts are compiled. here's our arts editor will gompertz. ed sheeran, singing "shape of you", now in its ninth week at number one on the uk's official chart, which, as of today, is dominated by the 26—year—old singer—songwriter from suffolk. in an unprecedented one—man takeover of the singles chart, all 16 tracks from his new album, divide, are in the top 20. let's be clear, ed sheeran would have had a storming week whatever system the official chart company used. the big difference now is not how many people buy a single by download or in physicalform, but how many people listen to it through streaming services, such as spotify and apple music, which also goes towards his chart position, by using this formula: 150 streams of a track equals one sale. so this week, ed sheeran had 110 million streams of tracks from his new album, which, divided by 150, represents 733,000 sales, pl

if you're not an ed sheeran fan, then it's probably not worth tuning into the official chart show on eek's top ten and 16 in the top 20. and even he is thinking there should perhaps be a rethink about the way the charts are compiled. here's will gompertz. ed sheeran, singing "shape of you", now in its ninth week at number one on the uk's official chart, which, as of today, is dominated by the 26—year—old singer—songwriter from suffolk. in an unprecedented one—man takeover of the singles chart, all 16 tracks from his new album, divide, are in the top 20. let's be clear, ed sheeran would have had a storming week whatever system the official chart company used. the big difference now is not how many people buy a single by download or in physicalform, but how many people listen to it through streaming services, such as spotify and apple music, which also goes towards his chart position, by using this formula: 150 streams of a track equals one sale. so this week, ed sheeran had 110 million streams of tracks from his new album, which, divided by 150, represents 733,000 sales, plus 164,000 d

it's the first rise in six months. officials say manufacturers of smartphone components boosted production capacity to keep up with brisk exports. a rise in demand for construction of office buildings and other commercial property also pushed up the figure. >>> japan's ministryy of ecocon, trade and industry wants to help domestic firms expand into the global aircraft manufacturing market. the ministry has signed a memorandum with the french government to have japanese companies deepen their ties with airbus. officials of the two governments and airbus attended the signing ceremony. the deal calls for regular meetings between france-based airbus and japanese firms with technologies that can be used for next-generation aircraft. the trade ministry will also offer financial support to japanese firms expected to do business with the european aircraftmaker. airbus officials say they are seeking innovative technologies to develop airplanes for the future. they say they hope to find new partners in japan. >>> qatar is wooing japanese

this morning he began the tweets at around 6:30 a.m. now this official appointed to a story on the conservative website breitbart news, that has been circulating around the west wing. which followed up on comments made by radio talk show host mark levin that claimed that president obama was trying to undermine trump's presidential campaign and his administration. including through these various investigations on russia and possible ties between russians and trump associates. that story in particular very much angered the president according to the senior administration official. and just a couple of hours ago, the president's social media director and an adviser, dan scodino tweeted out a link to that very same breitbart story. which lends creedance to the idea that this could be the basis for the tweets. but as you mentioned, president obama has strenuously denied this through a spokesperson. let's read that statement from kevin lewis. a cardinal rule of the obama administration was that no white house official ever interfered with any independent inves

the officials gathered more information with the u.s. and south korea, and they now say one missile fell into waters as close as 200 kilometers off the central coast. the analysis has also shown that the missiles flew in a coordinated fashion, coming down some 80 kilometers apart from one another. >>> a former high-ranking north korean diplomat has shared his analysis on the motivation behind the launch. te yun ho was the number two ranked officer at the embassy in london before he defected to the south last august. >> translator: if japan fights along with the united states and north korea against the north, china will automatically intervene. they hope to gain assured military support from china. >> the head of u.s. forces in okinawa stressed the importance of the u.s./japan alliance. >> we take the actions of the north korean regime here very, very seriously. and their intentions to continue to build and develop a missile fleet with increasing range should concern all of us. >>> an attack on a military hospital in the afghan capital o

the area. and now, city and water district officials are at odds over whose job it is to maintain the creek. but the chairman of water district had pointed words of his own for the mayor. john varallo wrote we are interested in facts, not blame, which only serves to dishonor those who have been harm and displaced by the flood waters. the mercury news reports that water district board members steered clear of last thursday's meeting after learning the city might take legal action against them. >>> a powerful winter storm is moving into the northeast right now, and as many as 50 million people will have to deal with blizzard conditions. workers all over the region are trying to keep the roads clear. henna daniels has more on the major disruptionses expected from the late winter blast. >> reporter: the snow is beginning to fall in the mid atlantic. in places such as allentown, pennsylvania, as well as further northeast, in brooklyn. and on long island. as a late season and major winter storm moves in. >> we have to leave a little earlier, you know. because the train, everything will be running

the address. senior official calling it a quote misdirection play. before trump pivoted to what the hard liners wanted in his speech. cnn's manu raju has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, christine and dave. there was push back on capitol hill yesterday to the idea of doing a compromise immigration bill to provide some legal status to undocumented immigrants. this was an idea that suddenly was proposed by the white house in a meeting with journalists moments before the state of the union. when republicans caught wind of this, they did not know what to think and some frankly pushed back aggressively thinking they cannot move on this first without moving on issues like securing the border. one of the conservatives was ted cruz of texas. i talked with him yesterday about this issue and about the white house floating the idea which he discounted. >> i don't make it a habit to respond to rumors passed on by reporters. >> it wasn't the rumor. it was the president of the united states. >> you are welcome to testify and give your views. i'll

officially until 2012 when the outgoing governor officially pardoned the remaining members. changed, there is a recognition of widespread recognition that justice was done. a cityy recently put up marker. some of the surviving members came. trialou look at the online it is pretty clear that the case was weak. individuals, it is also clear that there was so much going on that there was a moment of great tension and i were know whether they looking for somebody to blame or how it all played out. timenk that it took a long for justice to finally be done. >> we are standing on the deck of the uss north carolina, this every battle. in stand north carolina will in history. >> this is the space shuttle of 1937, it has radar, it has remote operators for the guns. it has airplanes and gyros, all of this stuff. primarily the crew is 18-19-year-olds. that are just up the farm, they are working the family store. the navy did a fantastic job of training their sailors to operate this craft. about 2400.board is of that about 141 were officers. on the tail of the north carolina. has been th

the war-torn country. a defense department official blew the whistle on what happened. >> the official also said an order was issued to destroy the reports. the sdf has had a unit taking part in peacekeeping operations in south sudan for five years. it files daily reports on its activivities and the local situation. in july of last year, major armed clashes broke out in the capital city of juba nearr the japanese base, and in october media requested the government release daily activity logs from that period. around that time, lawmakers were discussing the situation in south sudan as they deliberated a bill to task the sdf with new duties in the country. the opposition grilled the government about whether combat was taking place near japanese personnel. regulations stated peacekeepers were only permitted to operate in noncombat areas. the government said combat was not taking place. but a review of the reports show fighting had broken out, and the reports indicate an increasing sense of crisis. the head of the gsgf says he took officials at their word when he said they couldn't find the reports. japan'n's de

the president. >> a top trump aide and russian official, this time it is trump's son-in-law. questions about why he met with a banker appointed by vladimir putin. >> and we have details on the president's next executive order coming today. >> good morning, i'm dave briggs, and i'm christine romans, let's begin with two democrats saying the time has come for chairman devin nunes to recuse himself. the demand comes after a series of revelations the nights before he told trump that his aides communications were picked up by u.s. intelligence. >> nancy pelosi and adam schiff both say nunes must step aside. his behavior has tarnished that office. here is what schiff told cnn. >> it would be very difficult to maintain the credibility of the investigation if the chairman did not recuse himself formatters involving involving either the trauump campaign or transition team. there's no reason to have gone to the white house at night and late ar shari later sharing it with the white house instead of sharing it with his own committee. >> son-in-law jared kushner volunteered to testify befo

the department of justice came to the white house. those officials came to the white house. we are told that what they told the white house is a pretty lurid story. they came to the white house and told the white house that national security adviser mike flynn was compromised by a foreign power. he was vulnerable to black male and that is obviously a serious, serious matter for somebody who had access to national security and intelligence information that he had access to as national security adviser. after they received that blockbuster information from the department of justice, after they got that message at the white house, it still to this day remains unexplained that the white house having been advised of that fact, they kept him on, kept mike flynn on in his national security adviser job for almost another three weeks. when they did finally fire him their explanation was that they had to fire him because mike flynn had lied about the russian government contacts to vice president mike pence. that explanation is the official explanation from the white house that we are

the cia. nbc news now learning from a senior u.s. official that the documents contain authentic information about the cia's top secret tools for hacking. >> if i were inside the agency today, i'd be looking at what was disclosed, who had access to that information, what would be their motivations and abilities to reveal it, and whether or not a foreign country like russia was involved. >> reporter: two u.s. intelligence sources telling nbc news russia is suspect because of moscow's ties to wikileaks, and the hacked e-mails during the 2016 campaign. could russia have hacked the cia, or a worse nightmare? could there be a mole, a spy inside the cia working for vladimir putin? other possibilities, a leak from british intelligence partners, or the u.s. consulate in frankfurt, headquarters for the cia's hacking operation. >> it is a major leak of material, and how they got it will be preoccupying the cia for weeks to come. >> reporter: another key question, how badly has the cia's critical mission been compromised? >> what this does is reveal not

go ahead. >> the white house says jeff sessions met with the ambassador in an official capacity. senator schumer: i don't think that is the way most people would interpret it. that is why we need to have a thorough investigation. yes. i didn't hear you. they say that about everything. it is getting tired. if they are interested in the truth, and they are not worried about the truth, they know how to get to the bottom of it in a convincing way. colleagues hayour ve declared they have seen no evidence, there has been no contact between the russian and trump campaign. i am wondering -- senator schumer: i am not commenting on anything i heard of as part of the gang of eight. do you expect the fbi to get involved in this? senator schumer: we will wait, as i said. i think we need a special prosecutor to look into all of these allegations. that is the right way to go. i was heartened to hear now that a few republicans have evidently called for this and the longer worsell dlea th delay the it will be for the country and for them. last question. >> do you have anything to say about that? s

the dutch government blocked entry of the officials citing security reasons. erdogan accused for not suppressing freedom of speech but ditch prime minister harshly reacted saying the accusation is totally unacceptable. the diplomatic row companies ahead of elections this week in a country long known for its tolerance, ultraright wing party islamists riding high in the polls. nhk has the details. >> he spear heads the far right party for freedom. he's expected to make major gain in this week's parliamentary electi election. he founded the party. his plalatform is anti-islam. >> look at anti-islamization. there's a lot of scum that makes the street unsafe. >> reporter: immigrants are 6%. even though crime is low and the economy is good, many feel immigration numbers are growing too high and that they are under siege. also, terrorist attacks in neighboring european cities have stirred fear and reinforced suppo support. nhk was one to get there. >> want to be strong again, our own country again. >> reporter: says islam is a dangerous faith that denies european libe