the business of containing china. these countries have their problems with the chinese which are not our problems, the south china sea,a sea or china's occupation of parts of india, frankly you antagonize the packs. they are already paranoid and antiamerican. >> the theory is that you can exert influence on india and try to get india an pakistan to work together but -- >> let's go. the group gives obama and a. i think that's uniform. >> yes. >> no. >> no, i don't go along. i think it was a good trip. >> you gave an a. >> yes, i did. >> b. >> on the trip. >> i'm not talking about the trip, india. >> i'm behind the idea of multilateralism. >> diplomacy, foreign policy. >> no, look, if you have to go in and defend your national interests, you go unilaterally, multilaterally. >> don't dip your toes in foreign waters. >> foreign wars. >> issue 3, hiroshima. >> we must stand together for the right of people everywhere to live free from fear in the 21st century. as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the united states has a moral responsibility to act. we cannot succeed in this endeavor alone. we can lead i

interest in the south china sea. this seemed to bother beijing and i think the other administration moves in asia, which continue moves that began under the second bush administration, have continued to do that. it reflects again as sort of the strategic level the post cold war search for a new balance on the part of the united states. part of that balance is the increasingly warm relationship with india as well as the post tsunami warming relationship with indonesia. again the world's largest islamic nation. >> right. taking a look at china's -- part of this opportunity -- the united states was handed this opportunity by a new assertiveness by beijing saying that south china sea belongs to us, getting into a scuffle with singapore and then most recently territorial waters dispute with japan that kind of blew up. china has advanced its interest across the region by keeping very, very quiet and low profile. what is driving the sudden assertiveness by beijing and how does that fit into the broader strategic priorities?

and it looks like there's going to be more rain, more moisture being produced from the south china seaening the area with more flooding and landslide risks. the philippines too looking very unstable, a little bit windy toward the north and along the malay peninsula too, looking quite wet as well throughout your wednesday. southern india looking at widespread rain due to a low pressure system moving on through, although the system itself is weakening. it will continue to produce ample amounts of moisture. hong kong is going to be 24 degrees today. 17 in chongqing. cloudy skies and quite mild up in beijing. 13 degrees with sunshine. let's take a look at north america, then. well, we do have lots of wet weather in store for the eastern side of the u.s. today the system carrying lots of moisture, bringing torrential rains to a wide area throughout your wednesday. and accompanied by strong winds as well. now, during the overnight hours, especially around the mid-atlantic states looking at severe conditions. so watch out for things like damaging winds as well as tornados. and then out toward

negotiations unless asked by countries of southeast asia, the other claimants, for example, in the south china sea. i do think that china was taken aback. i think it was surprised by the united states' intervention. because i think they've come to see the united states as not particularly focused on the region. you know, busy in iraq, busy in afghanistan, and busy with our economic recession. so i think it was an important signal to china that we're not going anywhere. >> elizabeth, thank you very much for your time today. elizabeth economy, from the council on foreign relations. >>> ministers taking part in two of the asia pacific economic cooperation forum in yokohama will soon adopt an anti-protectionist stance in a joint statement to be released in the early afternoon. apec ministers are holding a plenary session, or a session where all members meet this morning. they are discussing how to promote free trade in the asia-pacific region to achieve further growth. they will soon release a joint statement. sources close to the ministers say the statement will warn that, well, the global economy is

>>over the years the relationship between japan and china has been fractious to say the least and recent events in the south china sea have not helped that. but economically the two are much more closely linked than many would expect and need each other more than either side would care to admit. >>reporter: a curious duet is playing out between the world's second and third-largest economies... an apparently nationalist-motivated incident at sea spiralled into a geopolitical crisis, and briefly erupted into economic warfare...but while chinese sailors were being arrested at disputed islands in the southchina sea......on this island, the chinese are seen as the saviours, of japan's hard-pressed retailand tourism industry... >>craft: chinese tourists are not like visitors from other countries, the us or europe... they tend to pass up the temples and the geishas and the other cultural sights and head straight for the shopping mall... now the traditional shopping venue in japan is the ginza but now chinese are surging into this manmade island in central tokyo called odaiba. the surge in chinese tourism and shopping could

the kind of claims that china has been making about south china sea and others is they have actually have been remarkably consistent in terms of their rhetoric. i think what changed is the power that china has today to make similar claims in 1972 with the same impact as you do now with the second largest economy in the world, and when president obama visited china in the communique, there was a reference to south asia. a lot of my indian friends feel angry on china and u.s. talking issues related to south asia. i got a communique making exactly the same points, and so the reference point has changed, and so i'm not sure of how much the rhetoric has changed or the perception of the power and the power itself obviously has changed. i think this is a new reality that both sides have to come to some sort of consensus about how to deal with it. it is, it is tough. >> it is. we are virtually out of time, but i want to give tyrone and some others to give a final comment if we said things that need to be responded to. let's start with you. >> i just want to underscore the fact that everything

chinese fishing boat crashed into a couple of jap coast guard cutters near disputed items in the south china sea. after that dispute and a territorial dispute japan has with russian the president said the u.s. military presence here is increasingly important. >> thank you from japan. and now in capitol hill. nancy pelosi has the leadership, the minority leader position locked up and it is interesting. she spoke to npr about her interpretation of exactly what the election meant and her role in the losses of seats for democrats. >> we did not lose the election because of me. the reason they had to try to take me down is because i have been effective in meeting special interests in washington, dc. i'm also the most significant attractor of support for the democrats so i'm not looking back on this. they asked me to run. i'm running. and, again, our members understand they made me a target because i'm effective. >> she is in part correct. republicans ran massive ads with her face plastered all over but no one raises more money than democrats. she is a money making machine for democrats. to get rid of

there are territorial disputes over islands in the south china sea that japan believes is theirs, china believes is theirs. add to that the rising nuclear power of noefrk and their refusal to go along with the six-party talks. japan very anxious. the president has bilateral meetings with the president there when he gets up this morning. >> thank you for the update. >>> lawmakers on capitol hill are lining up, fighting back against proposals to slash the national debt by raising the social security age. slices and dices pork projects. check out where things stand with the national debt. $13.7 trillion dollars and counting. the numbers rolling so fast you can barely keep track. the committee came up with ideas that offend leaders in both parties. a few lawmakers are defending at least the work. mark udall is one of them. he is is a colorado senator. senator udall, good to see you. i got an e-mail from your office praising the work the panel has accomplished. there are a lot of controversial ideas. how do you move forward on these ideas that might end up being politically unpopular. >> con

that's what the chinese are doing in the south china sea they are having serious exercises, saying wehave much more of a presence around the world than we've had in the past. it's a relationship to manage. >> greta: why done they help us more and north korea if they want to be such a huge influence? one of the view countries, seeming -- >> they do periodic. within the last year or so for a period of time they will shut off the energy and let the north koreans know they have that capacity. they could do it tomorrow, they could take the lights out. they don't do it for a couple of reasons. one, they will say, the policy of noninterfere . the chinese have always had that. we use that term noninterfere they say when we are there getting them to do things, you are interfering with local politics. north korea is a problem to the west, to japan. china and japan have friendly relations but there's a lot of tension particularly in the east china sea a lot of territorial disputes. china recently cut off some of the rare minerals to japan just to let 'em know. but, korea is a problem to japan. n

the setting sun." that was written in 1969, south china sea. day, i am honored to introduce one of the veterans of the memorial represents -- a woman who joined the army as a student nurse in 1969, and his brother's life was as brief as the setting sun. he had been killed in vietnam in 1966. three years later, she received her orders to study nursing at walter reed mont -- walter reed army medical center. she graduated in 1973, at which time she was commissioned into the army nurse corps, and went on to serve for 23 years. currently an employee of the health care organization, she is dedicated to the quality care and safety of patients, just as she had been in her career as an army nurse. today, she lives in the montana, and works for the joint commission as a nurse serve there. please welcome lieutenant colonel connie schultz. [applause] >> general barry mccaffrey, air vice marshal kym osley, honored guests, friends, and most importantly, veterans, although i have visited this memorial many times in the past, my attention is normally to the nam

the freelance security not sure balancing. i want to ask you about china, both in the glass half-empty and the glass half full way. first, you know, immediately can you give us your on the south china seas in the korean peninsula and where the pla is and where the relationship can get to be. and then, looking down the road more intended as a gimmick class gets more than half full way? in terms of the provision of global public goods, looking down the road is free ceilinged communication, something for a time immemorial, the united states needs to provide or could we imagine that said just as sustainable international order, which after all is safe lyrical evolution in china and elsewhere goes in the good direction, could that be a shared global public goods sunday? >> thank you. and thanks for the question. i've got an opportunity to see the pla navy of all of from a fairly unique live since the early 90s as a result of some assignments that ipod, opportunities that i have had to visit with the pla, to spend time with my counterpart and the pla name. and what is happening in china and the pla navy, in particular, is not unusual. this has happened throughout history as the nation's econo

about the pla, the kind of claims that china has been making about south china sea and others, they have been remarkably consistent in terms of their rhetoric. i think what changed, obviously, is is the power that china has today. >> right. >> to make similar claims in 1972 was not going to have the same impact as you do now with the second largest economy in the world. and when president obama visited china in the joint communique, there was a reference to south asia. a lot of my asian friends feel very, very angry, how can the two country, america and china, get together and discuss issues related to south asia? and a communique from nixon making making exactly the same points. so the reference point has changed. and so i'm not sure how much the rhetoric has changed or is it the perception of the power and the power itself, obviously, have changed. and i think this was a new reality, t a new reality that both sides -- it's a new reality that both sides have to come to some sort of a consensus about how to deal with. it is, it is tough. >> it is. we're virtually out of time, but i want

i was stationed at 36 evacuation hospital on the south china sea, and i do not in the australians realizedbe so many injured and wounded, the overflow. so we got these australian soldiers into our hospital, and one word out of their mouth and we knew where they were from. i do not care how sick they were, how wounded, or how much morphine they had, they had a sense of humor and they wanted a cold beer. [laughter] and they wanted everyone of us american nurses to go down to the beach and party with them when they got out of the hospital. [laughter] [applause] go australia. they were wonderful young men, and i attended the 1994 dedication of their vietnam memorial, which is really powerful, profound, and beautiful. i found the name barbara black, their only nurse who died as a result of the water, her name is on the wall at their memorial, at in -- who died as a result of her name is on the wall at their memorial, etched in the bronze. we try to remember each of these generations, wartime and peacetime, and comprehend their achievements and appreciate the enormity of their contributions to o

the neighbors of china want to make sure that the seventh fleet remains there, that american troops/marines remain in okinawa, and especially with what is going on with japan and china. asserting that the south china sea is not china's lake is a demonstration that the united states is trying to exercise a strong military role in terms of countering china, but to demonstrate that the united states has strong interest there that other countries in the region have strong interest through our presence in the region to underscore those interests. but the other point is economic. if we will grow -- we heard the panel yesterday talk about weak growth in this country. if we will grow this economy and create jobs, one of the major ways of doing it is to demonstrate that we can work with these other countries to expand markets in the asian region. that is an important part of recovery now and domestic prepared for the next several decades to come. we want to -- and domestic prosperity for the next several decades to come. by going there and participating in the g-20, the aipac conversation in japan, we want to say we have a strong economic role to play in the region by demonstrating that we are working with cou

the growing conflict between north and south korea. china's foreign minister is criticizing a decision by the u.s. to send an aircraft carrier to the yellow sea for naval examiner sizes with the south korean forces. china is apparently worried that its rival could escalate tensions there. all this followed an attack by the north koreans on south korea. >>> and an amazing story of survival in the south pack. what three teens did to survive almost two months at sea. >>> and police had a mess am for riders. >>> and rain could be on the way this weekend. meteorologist steve paulson will tell us when it will arrive and how long it will last. >>> and there you go. you are taking a look at cold temperatures. this is a reminder just how much the needy need our help. the holiday drive is underway at this hour. >>> in san francisco, fire crews had their hands full putting out a fire during the past hour. when firefighters arrived at the apartment building, the unit on the first floor of the two-floor building was engulfed in flames. one person was inside the apartment and got out safely. arson investigators are now at the crime scene to determine the c

at the same time, you can see evidence of china's increasing military buildup, its extension of claims in the yellow sea, the south china sea. its acquisition of blue water naval capabilities. this remains an extraordinarily centralized and highly controlled governmental system, and one that i think is being -- becoming increasingly threatening to american interests. let's take a couple of smaller cases. let's take north korea, for example. here is a state that is essentially a prison camp. it controls everything. it has been sanctioned internationally for decades and yet it possesses a nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that have indeed it -- has intimidated its neighbors. how poor is north korea? from the time of partition in 1945 until today, when both north and south started equally poor. in fact, the north and was better off because it had more of the industrial capacity. until today, we find that the average north korean is four to 6 inches shorter than the south korean. now, this is a society that both during the bush and obama administration's we have been saying, we can help you with the economic b

and get indian warships in the south china sea. secondly, china is starting to make a lot of enemies in places like africa. you know, because of the way it does things, the way, you know, china has this idea you build these big mining operations and hydrocarbon extraction facility can you build roads and boats to them, what hasn't quite figured out is when you do all that you become invested in that countries politics. you just our, become vulnerable to those countries politics, and you become, just like america became, just like big burger king style military bases and the united states and japan and germany and turkey, became kind of focal point of local media is in all those countries in negative ways. the same is starting to happen for a lot of chinese facilities in africa and in other places, and a little less in west central asia and burma. india less though because india is not at this care with china. in terms of power. india is to a great regional power more than it is a great power. [inaudible] >> be careful what you wish

they can put a navy in the south china sea, and they are building up a very big one, but it is no match for the united states navy. host: i would like to dig in a little bit more on the non-state threat from, for example, islamic terrorism. you write, "terrorists willing to commit suicide are another propition entirely to the can destroy ports and trade towers with conventional means and can inflict untold damage if the acquired nuclear material for a so-called dirty bomb. in their time, roads and to risk could be controlled in moscow and -- roads and terrorists could be controlled in moscow and beijing." guest: it is the hardest kind of got to deal with, -- hardest kind of threat to deal with, people willing to give up their lives to kill others. you can walk into any real red station with explosives strapped- any railroad station with explosives strapped to you, and the technology has reached the point where they can cause enormous damage. you don't even need to clear weapons. but when you have people willing to do this, who bought such hatred in this regard for lives, it is -- who ha

happening at a moment when china has, over the last six months, rather aggressively-- as one indian cabinet minister put it to me-- begun to assert its claims to the whole south china sea, basically. both control over sea lanes and mineral deposits and oil reserves there. and china's done that in a way that's involved intercepting vietnamese fishing boats. it's done in the ways of... we know one of the chinese officials boats approached an area what where japan thought it controlled. japan arrested the captain, china then went and banned the export of all these critical materials to japan in retaliation until japan gave it up. so what's basically happened in asia over the last six months is that china has really been flexing its muscles. after years, charlie, in which people said, "oh, china has so outfox it had americans, it's been so smart about its soft power and what not." the result of this is basically all of the southeast asian nations have suddenly looked at the united states and said "would you guys mind coming out for a visit? secretary clinton, president obama, please stop here." and that's really the context, the strategic context now. i think a lot of the

i was stationed at 36 evacuation hospital on the south china sea, and i do not in the australians realized so many injured and wounded, the overflow. so we got these australian soldiers into our hospital, and one word out of their mouth and we knew where they were from. i do not care how sick they were, how wounded, or how much morphine they had, they had a sense of humor and they wanted a cold beer. [laughter] and they wanted everyone of us american nurses to go down to the beach and party with them when they got out of the hospital. [laughter] [applause] go australia. they were wonderful young men, and i attended the 1994 dedication of their vietnam memorial, which is really powerful, profound, and beautiful. i found the name barbara black, their only nurse who died as a result of the water, her name is on the wall at their memorial, at in -- who died as a result of her name is on the wall at their memorial, etched in the bronze. we try to remember each of these generations, wartime and peacetime, and comprehend their achievements and appreciate the enormity of their contributions to our

but now you have air bases in tibet where fighter jets include india and indian warships in the south china seathere's first that. secondly, china is making enemies in places like africa because, you know, of the way it does things, the way -- you know, china has this idea that you build big mining operations, and hydrocarbon extraction facilities and build railroads and roads to there, but they haven't figured out when you do that, you become invested in that country's politics. you just are. you become full necial to those -- vulnerable to the politics, and you become just like americans became -- just like big burger king, big war style military basis of the united states in japan and germany and turkey became focal points of local medias in those countries in a negative way. the same is happening to a lot of chinese facilities in africa and other plays, and you can include a little bit of central asia. the burmese regime is terrified of becoming a satellite of china, but doesn't know what to do about it. india because india is not at the scale that china is in terms of power. india is still

at the same time, you can see evidence of china's increasing military buildup, its extension of claims in the yellow sea, the south china sea. its acquisition of blue water naval capabilities. this remains an extraordinarily centralized and highly controlled governmental system, and one that i think is being -- becoming increasingly threatening to american interests. let's take a couple of smaller cases. let's take north korea, for example. here is a state that is essentially a prison camp. it controls everything. it has been sanctioned internationally for decades and yet it possesses a nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that have indeed it -- has intimidated its neighbors. how poor is north korea? from the time of partition in 1945 until today, when both north and south started equally poor. in fact, the north and was better off because it had more of the industrial capacity. until today, we find that the average north korean is four to 6 inches shorter than the south korean. now, this is a society that both during the bush and obama administration's we have been saying, we can help you with the economic b

they can put a navy in the south china sea, and they are building up a very big one, but it is no match for the united states navy. host: i would like to dig in a little bit more on the non-state threat from, for example, islamic terrorism. you write, "terrorists willing to commit suicide are another proposition entirely to the can destroy ports and trade towers with conventional means and can inflict untold damage if the acquired nuclear material for a so-called dirty bomb. in their time, roads and to risk could be controlled in moscow and -- roads and terrorists could be controlled in moscow and beijing." guest: it is the hardest kind of got to deal with, -- hardest kind of threat to deal with, people willing to give up their lives to kill others. you can walk into any real red station with explosives strapped -- any railroad station with explosives strapped to you, and the technology has reached the point where they can cause enormous damage. you don't even need to clear weapons. but when you have people willing to do this, who bought such hatred in this regard for lives, it is -- wh

to understand our common objectives and achievements particularly on sensitive issues like the south china sea. as well as the need to address issues beyond the military dimension and increased ability to talk to different perspectives and differences on the human rights and the law and i'm happy to be able to welcome the chinese delegation for our human rights dialogue year in washington a few months past and it's important that we continue to be able to address our differences and whether it is about the condition of political dissidents or above question of openness and opportunities for freedom of expression and religion and chinese society. so these are big challenges. how do we sustain our traditional relationships with our allies to 21st century relationships and also deal with these new e emerging powers. as i said, perhaps more than any other part of the world the nation's state does still remain the core of the center of activity and the way in which we need to build efforts to meet these challenges. but that alone i think is going to be insufficient and why we have focused on this t

at the same time, you can see evidence of china's increasing military buildup, its extension of claims in the yellow sea, the south china sea. its acquisition of blue water naval capabilities. this remainsn extraordinarily centralized and highly controlled governmental system, and one that i think is being -- becoming increasingly threatening to american interests. let's take a couple of smaller cases. let's take north korea, for example. he is a state that is essentially a prison camp. it controls everything. it has been sanctioned internationally for decades and yet it ssesses a nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that have indeed it -- has intimidated its neighbors. how poor is north korea? from the time of partition in 1945 until today, when both north and south started equally poor. in fact, the north and was better off because it had more of the industrial capacity. until today, we find that the average north korean is four to 6 inches shorter than the south korean. now, this is a society that both during the bush a obama administration's we have been saying, we can help you with the economic bettermen

at the same time, you can see evidence of china's increasing military buildup, its extension of claims in the yellow sea, the south china sea. its acquisition of blue water naval capabilities. this remains an extraordinarily centralized and highly controlled governmental system, and one that i think is being -- becoming increasingly threatening to american interests. let's take a couplof smaller cases. let's take north korea, for example. here is a state that is essentially a prison camp. it controls everything. it has been sanctioned internationally for decades and yet it possesses a nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that have indeed it -- has intimidated its neighbors. how poor is north korea? from the time of partition in 1945 until today, when both north and soutstarted eqlly poor. in fact, the north and was better off because it had more of the industrial capacity. until today, we find that the average north korean is four to 6 inches shorter than the south korean. now, this is society that both during the bush and obama administration's we have been saying, we can help you with the economic bettermen

allow ways to understand our common objectives and achievements particularly on issues like the south china sea as well as the need to address issues beyond the military dimension and increased importance of our ability to talk through perspectives and differences on human rights and the rule of law. i was happy to be able to welcome the chinese delegation for our human rights dialogue here to washington a few months past, and it's important to continue to be able to address our differences candidly whether it's about the condition of political disdense or the border question of openness and the opportunities for the freedom of expression and religion in china's society. these are big challenges. how do we sustain our traditional relationships with our allies and build them to make them 21st century? our relationships, and dealing with the new emerging powers. in east asia, the nation state remains the core of the center of activity and the way in which we need to build up our efforts to meet these challenges, but that alone, i think, is going to be insufficient which is why we focused on the t

the same time while building up their fleet for the right to control large oceaareas like the entire south china sea. their naval forces are beginning to routine patrol around the world's most vital sea lanes and communication lanes. between 1987 and 2009 while the u.s. submarine force was cut in half, china's navy commissioned 31 new attack submarines. their new model diesel substance are nearly undetectable by u.s. and allied forces and they are deploying a new missile that can take out a u.s. aircraft carrier at 900 miles away. nevertheless, in february of 2009, "the new york times" reported that admiral keating offered the u.s. navy to assist china to learn how to operate its own aircraft carriers. boy, that's going to make the world safer. we are going to teach them how to run their aircraft carriers. noting a senior chinese military officer proclaimed that once the chinese get their aircraft carriers that the united states can claim hawaii east and china will take hawaii west and the indian ocean. then, you will not have to need to patrol the western pacific any more, end of quote, he said. ho

south korean marines were also killed. we are getting this news as a u.s. navy aircraft carrier is heading to the east china sea right now. although exercises between the uss george washington and south korean navy were already planned, one defense official says the notifications for the exercises were put on the fast track in light of the attack by north korea. the exercises were announced after a phone call between president obama and president lee in order to send a message that the u.s. is standing by its commitment to south korea security. one retired navy admiral says president obama is trying to keep the situation from escalating. >> having a very ininfluential force that's -- influential force that's available to be there to back you up as a big brother is one way to look at it is one way to calm it down. >> reporter: swedish diplomate says north korea is behaving if a very -- in a very provocative manner. >> at the same time they must regard the psychology and that i think demands that one should not be too harsh because that will only drive them further away. it is probably better with carrots than wi

south korea. four days of joint naval military drills got underway in the yellow sea. the exercise follows recent military engagements between north and south korea. senator john mccain says china needs to take political action to curb north korea's aggressive behavior. >> they could bring a north korean economy to its knees if they wanted to, and i cannot believe that the chinese should in mature fashion, not find it in their interests to restrain north korea. so far they are not. >> alan: china is north korea largest trading partner and is calling for the resumption of the six party talks. north korea says it's not the time to restart the negotiations, which were put on hold in 2008. >>> korean immigrants who call the bay area home are watching closely as tensions escalate in their homeland. many are upset that not enough is being done to stop north koreas aggression. cecelia vega is live in oakland. >> reporter: there are an estimated 150,000 korean americans living here in the bay area, many still have family in their homeland. as tensions on the korean peninsula grow tonight so does their concern for their family's safety. korean immigrants pass the oakland korean d packed

the bailout list? north korea has warned that joint u.s./south korean military exercises in the yellow sea planned for sunday could put the peninsula "on the brink of war." china, the north's sole major ally, also warned against any military activity, repeatingits opposition to the scheduled war games. p'yongyang has been holding its own war drills with in the south korean island it shelved earlier this week. >> south korean soldiers are on high alert, keeping a close watch on their counterparts across the border. on friday, signs of artillery fire on the northern side spread fears of a fresh attack, attackseoul said no rounds landed on territory. south korea had increased troop numbers after its military was criticized for what some called a weak response to the incident. it has also changed its rules of engagement to allow a more forceful response in future. two south korean soldiers and two civilians were killed in the attack. the president has now appointed a successor for the defense minister who resigned on thursday. the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will take over the role. meanwhile, most of the island's residents have fled to the mainla

the u.s. and south korea scheduled exercises in the yellow sea for sunday. the north calls it a provocation. the u.s. is asking china to ease tension and protesting military drills by the south and the u.s. they are concerned the drills are being held too close to chinese shores. it's black friday and bargain hunters are wasting no time checking off the wish list. bob redell is live at santana row best buy in san jose. they opened about an hour ago and how are people feeling? >> it's not as crowded out here this year compared to last year. talking to a san jose police officer over the past few years. he has a good benchmark to judge us on. people are spending money. this guy right here if i can get over here while you are check out, how much are you spend something. >> $6400. >> how much are you saving? how much would you have to save? >> about $3,000. four tvs, a playstation and two wii s. >> do you need all this? >> presents. >> that's a lot of money for christmas. you said you had an employee waiting in line? what cut do they get? >> $20 an hour. >> how many hours? >> he got here at noon. >> you are looking at 17

disputes that dominated the g twenty in south korea russia says that china should be more flexible in its monetary policy but it warns any changes shouldn't be rushed out of the sea the agreements made weren't binding in notes and a solution is no nearer as artie's and he said now a reports from seoul. while the g twenty.

one example in our bilateral meeting was the issue of south china sea and how maritime issues can get resolved in a peaceful fashion i think that is something everybody has an interest in. but there may be a whole poster of other issues like that. in which the summit is probably the ideal venue. regardless of were talking about a pack or east asia summit. or she 20. indonesia will have a seat at the table. united states wants to make sure we are coordinating closely on all of these issues of critical concern. >> thank you mr. president. >> a live press conference the president cutting his trip short and headed to korea he is leaving because of the mound and the deadly irish plume spilling into the air. the death toll totals more than 150 people. mount moriah be spewing ash though it has not had an eruption since friday. in that blast whole villages were smothered people killed by hot gases. it has erupted several times in the past century that volcano has killed some 1400 people. >> back with more of a couple of minutes. and nice look from mount tam camera. it looks good blue skies ou

the south. and china warns against military action near its coast, as u.s. and south korean forces get set for joint naval exercises in the yellow sea. abc's alex marquardt has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy. a rare show of remorse from north korea today. they say the deaths of two civilians in tuesday's attack were regrettable. but the north blamed the south for the deaths, saying the civilians were deployed as human shields around military installations. today, the funeral of two marines killed on tuesday was broadcast live on national television. tomorrow, the u.s. and south korea begin four days of joint military exercises. around ten warships are taking part, including the carrier "george washington." they're staying away from the maritime border with north korea. south korean media says they'll be about 80 miles to the south. north korea has repeatedly blasted the exercises. today, calling them an unpardonable provocation. the question is, will they act on it? jeremy? >> our thanks to alex marquardt. >>> a new survey to be released next week on lifting the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. a pentagon surv

china is calling for a meeting of chief negotiators to resume disarmament talks. south korea has rejected china's call. ships are in position in the yellow sea this morning for a series of drills. the military insists that the drills are routine and that no live fire will be used, but experts say the united states is using some old fashioned gun boat diplomacy to remind north korea that the south has powerful friends. >> this is the kind of thing we do often. it's just frustrating because it's getting us nowhere and meanwhile they're getting ready to build more nuclear weapons. >> north may still use this as a pretext for responding with another conventional act whether another artillery shelling or some other action that's even more provocative. >> north korean leaders say the drills are war games and vow to create a sea of fire if its territory is violated bites south korea or the united states. by the way, this is one of the topics on this morning's "meet the press" coming up following this newscast. >>> tomorrow another painful day for a nevada man who lost his daughter in a dui crash and the family of a homeless man who was bludgeoned t

the korean peninsula. china has strongly urged north and south korea to maintain calm and start a dialogue as soon as possible. asked about a u.s. south korean plan to hold joint military drills in the u.s. sea. they are paying attention to media reports. >> russian foreign minister has called for restraint from north and south korea. to prevent tensions in the region from growing further. at a news conference in moscow on thursday. he denounced tuesday's shelling. he did not announce north korea by name. he said that south korea's partly responsible for the tensions. >> south korea's military drill was conducted with disregard the north's demand for the plan to be cancelled. >> the foreign minister also called for restraint from both countries. >> all necessary means should be used to avoid an escalation of fighting on the korean peninsula. >> japan plans to urge china to support south korea in discussions at the u.n. security council over the shelling by north korea. following tuesday's artillery attack. japan is holding unofficial talks at u.n. headquarters in new york. they plan to raise the issue at the security council. japan a nonpermanent member of the council says it's completely su

. >> as war games play out in the yellow sea, lee is hoping for diplomacy from china and the u.s. but this former south korean marine says war is not the answer. >> there shouldn't be any war. i have gone through that myself, and during the korea war i lost my entire family. >> but at the oaknd la korea united methodist church, many feel differently. >> we will have to spend strong korean region. >> residents have strong words for their native south korean government. many say it has simply not done enough to stop north korea. >> someone said south korea has everything to lose, but north korea has nothing to lose. that doesn't mean that south korea has to be naive or defensive. >> we must stand strong. we have too much to them. >> stand vong even if it means -- stand strong even if it means allout war. >> in oakland, cecilia vega, abc7 news. >>> an oakland pros ut coulder is accusing your muslim bakery to save his family from bankruptcy. recently filed documents wanted to keep bailey from prubling -- publishing an expose about his father's rape of children. he wanted to prevent bailey from publicizing

the south to stop its long planned military drills in the yellow sea. the south refused and fired artillery rounds into disputed waters. the north retaliated by bombarding the small island. the u.n. and chinawith the u.s. and have called for restraint by all parties. tensions remain high though and the militaries in both koreas are in high alert tonight. apparently there were casualties in north korea as well but the secretive government there has not commented. some analysts think the country is making news because they need food and is hampered by international sanctions. >>> on the vernge of being deported to a country where he has no family or ties but dianne feinstein intervened allowing lee to stay in this country. he was held two months for undocumented immigrant but his status is still unclear. >> reporter: it is. dianne feinstein has helped this young man but we don't really know for how long. this is her office right here. he's also hoping that with her help the dream act will finally be passed in congress allowing certain undocumented students who came to this country as minors and have also completed two years of college to avoid deportation. >> i was being treated like a crimi