booming, and i think the -- white house, administration, certainly recognizes 21st century belongs to asia, and not to europe. and so there is a pivot as we are winding down two wars. president is appropriately going over there so assure them that we remain committed to asia and that all our economic problems don't mean that we're pulling back and that we're going pull back on our military presence. so -- and jobs. this is a all about job creation as well. the president just completed the south korean trade pack. they're trying to put together another free trade pack that would include japan. so this is the future economicically, definitely. >> you can pick any of that up? >> absolutely. i just came from india two days ago, and india half the population is understand the age of 25. and that applies throughout this apec region. these are young countries, compared to europe. of course, you have eu is through alliance, apec is basically a club. it's an economic club. people with shared economic interests. but ultimately what will work for the united states' advantage is china bounded by hard

♪ >>> a renewed commitment to the asia-pacific region. u.s. esident barack obama outlines his new strategy. welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. u.s. president barack obama said the u.s. is turning its attention to the vast potential of the asia-pacific region during a landmark speech to australia's parliament. he stressed the importance of the asia-pacific region as a major part of u.s. foreign policy. obama told his audience -- >> after a decade in which we fought two wars that cost us dearly in blood and treasure, the united states is turning our attention to the vast potential of the asia-pacific region. in just a few weeks, after nearly nine years, the last american troops will leave iraq. and our war there will be over. in afghanistan we've begun a transition, a responsible transition. so afghans can take responsibility for their future and so coalition forces can begin to draw down. >> obama told his audience that his administration plans to refocus on the region now that it's ending its military campaigns in iraq and

to death. i am george thomas. >> and i am wendy griffith. asia bibi is a wife and mother and a christian in jail sentenced to death for blasphemying the prophet mohammed. believers around the world are taking action on her behalf. gary lane traveled to pakistan and brings us this exclusive interview with asia's husband and children. >> 10-year-old e sham and her sister play a popular pakistani board game with their father. one important part of their family game night is missing, their mother, asia bibi. she hasn't played with her daughters for two years. she is confined to a prison cell awaiting possible death. she was arrested in june 2009. she was accused of insulting the prophet mohammed and arrested soon after. a low cool judge found her guilty and sentenced her to death by hanging. cbn news talked to her husband. >> how has this effected your faith? >> i was strong in my faith before this incident. after the incident, i am more encouraged. in my name you will face persecution. people will blame you and curse you. we are facing that. asia ne

pride or is it if you know we have to keep in mind that all russia has the alternative of shipping to asia or europe has no such alternative activity drugs europe's geo political position will only be approved or if it manages to enter a tight partnership with russia in value and at the same time grand session a turkey or that would be a sound strategy again or into the future by the rest of us the world's debate on name. well she's called the release of the u.s. atomic watchdog report on iraq and inappropriate says that the new findings suggest iran's been working on developing nuclear weapons and as credible evidence to prove it we're ready and president mahmoud ahmadinejad's criticised the report and said to run won't stop its peaceful nuclear development this all comes as the russian president warned the militarists rhetoric in the middle east could lead to a catastrophic war in the region russia's voicing strong words against an attack on iran following statements by israel that a strike is more likely than diplomacy the u.s. foreign policy expert bob of slaven from the atlantic counc

to 2,500. obama's asia pacific strategy is winning praise in japan. chief cabinet secretary, osamu fujimura, spoke in tokyo about the u.s. president's announcement. >> translator: i welcome the plan to step up u.s. military capabilities in the asia-pacific region, as it will insure greater security in this area. >> fewer mu >> fujimora indicated the agreement will not involve the realignment of the u.s. bases in japan. >>> let's take a look now at why the united states decided to build up its military ties with australia. american forces in asia are currently stationed in japan and south korea as well as the u.s. territory of guam. china's ballistic missiles have a range of about 3,000 kilometers. now, that means they can reach all three of those places. but australia is out of range. the united states has decided to deploy forces in the country's north. the u.s. military will keep an eye on the south china sea and the western pacific as well as the indian ocean. >>> president obama is now in bali. he's on the indonesian island to attend the east china

from the bombing of darwin to the liberation of pacific islands, from the rice paddies of southeast asia to a cold korean peninsula, generations of americans have served here, and died here -- so democracies could take root, so economic miracles could lift hundreds of millions to prosperity. americans have bled with you for this progress, and we will not allow it -- we will never allow it to be reversed. here, we see the future. as the world's fastest-growing region -- and home to more than half the global economy -- the asia pacific is critical to achieving my highest priority, and that's creating jobs and opportunity for the american people. with most of the world's nuclear power and some half of humanity, asia will largely define whether the century ahead will be marked by conflict or cooperation, needless suffering or human progress. as president, i have, therefore, made a deliberate and strategic decision -- as a pacific nation, the united states will play a larger and long-term role in shaping this region and its future, by upholding core principles and in close partnership with ou

deploy its missile defense shield in europe so what's this all about all the answer that i spoke to asia times correspondent pepe escobar i asked him to give me his the latest announcement or so thick. forget about reset there was a p.r. coup and the russian leadership has just understood over the best few months that it was a p.r. coup if everything is interlinked what happened in libya what nato were splitting for syria the nato plan to dominate the mediterranean these what used to be some interceptors in czech republic they're now in roumania twenty four interceptors in a huge a radar station in turkey the american version it's that directed against iran which is completely absurd every jew political analyst knows this is directed against russia and this is not the obama administration this is a pentagon program it's part of this so-called full spectrum dominance which is the official pentacle go gotten since at least two thousand and suit so they should have a mechanism to discuss this as adults in the made to russia council they're going to meet each two weeks so let's see after two

♪ >>> welcome to "asia biz forecast," i'm shery ahn. plan to end the european debt crisis finally became a reality last week. after ten hours of overnight negotiations, eu leaders agreed thursday on a comprehensive scheme to write down greek debt and present the crisis from spreading. the plan has three main pillars. first private banks will be asked to write down greek debt by 50%, compared with a 21% cut agreed in july. the european banks will have to raise about $147 billion of extra capital by the end of next june. that will require about 70 banks to raise their core capital ratios to 9% after the write down of sovereign debt to deal with the deal with the current crisis, as well as guard against possible financial shocks in the future. the plan will reinforce the european financial stability facility bailout fund, which will form a special investment vehicle to be funded by private and public investors. this could bolster the fund's war chest to about $1.4 trillion, from the current $623 billion. >> tonight opens the door to an appr

♪ >>> welcome to "asia biz forecast," i'm shery ahn. plan to end the european debt crisis finally became a reality last week. after ten hours of overnight negotiations, eu leaders agreed thursday on a comprehensive scheme to write down greek debt and present the crisis from spreading. the plan has three main pillars. first private banks will be asked to write down greek debt by 50%, compared with a 21% cut agreed in july. the european banks will have to raise about $147 billion of extra capital by the end of next june. that will require about 70 banks to raise their core capital ratios to 9% after the write down of sovereign debt to deal with the deal with the current crisis, as well as guard against possible financial shocks in the future. the plan will reinforce the european financial stability facility bailout fund, which will form a special investment vehicle to be funded by private and public investors. this could bolster the fund's war chest to about $1.4 trillion, from the current $623 billion. >> tonight opens the door to an appr

he affirmed that jobs in the united states was his highest priority and that he looks to the asia pacific region and the growth that is coming here as being a key element in his plan to bring americans back to work. unemployment still stuck at over 9% across the united states. and his third audience, perhaps the most important one, is the asia pacific region, and most notably, china. he says that there is a natural draw down of the united states from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. as that takes place, there will be a shift towards the asian region as the focus for the united states, that even as the united states goes through its budget cuts, its military budget cuts in particular, these will be somewhat quarantined in this region. he said that the asia pacific -- this is the century of the asia pacific, and the united states, he said, was all in. >> hugh riminton there. >>> mr. obama's next step in the asia pacific is to the nation island of bali, where he'll attend the annual summit of asean, the alliance of southeast asian nationed. asean has become a much bigger voice in this regio

i am just back from the president's trip to asia. it really was a landmark trip where we were engaged in a fundamental strategic reorientation and rebalancing of our global policy. we were able to really execute on each and every element of it, the diplomatic, economic, and the security side. i would love to talk about that at some point. it was really a terrific trip. thank you for your introduction and her friendship and your leadership and your years of distinguished public service, as well thanks for inviting me to your event today. before i get into my speech, want to reflect for a minute or so on the role of places like brookings. from the perspective of a policy maker. this sentiment i want to express is one of personal appreciation. it is absolutely critical, it is an essential relationship between policy-makers and those to provide fresh, pragmatic, effective intellectual capital. it is very easy with the press of business to get on a certain policy path and not have the kind of fresh thinking that is necessary. the work that

to the weekend in terms of weather. what can we find? well in eastern asiawe are going to be seeing some wet weather moving through eastern portions of china, coming into the korean peninsula and also western japan. now this is the low here in the east china sea. that's actually going to be delivering a fair whack in terms of the rainfall. parts of kyushu and okinawa looking for about 100, to 120 kilometers of rain and it will be accompanied by some gusty winds as well in places. this weaker low towards the north will be bringing showers into hokkaido. but it's not going to be quite as intense. now in behind that we're looking fairly dry across the north, certainly mongolia looking under a strong high pressure there. but we will see showers continuing in and around the chongqing area. let's look to the south now, we have a few things going on. a new low pressure here in the south china sea is going keep the rain coming into eastern indochina. down in towards the south as well. but much of the north and west looking quite dry now. and then as for the philippi

the work away, if you take the machines away and they did, they took the machines to south america, to asia. if you take the work away you take something out of all of them. so while you hate the fact that it killed so many people, so many people died young and gasping from brown lung but you hate all that, you also hate to see that full taken out of their hands. there ain't no perfect world and there is no perfect solution. i just know that it is missed. it is badly missed. >> host: what prompted you to write this book? >> guest: i promised these folks that i wouldn't write it. a lot of the folks i bumped into in my home town are had written a newspaper story about it a long time ago when it shut down. and the lot of these folks in my home town, these older folks had helped me on previous books and i promised them that if i ever could i would write them their own book. one old fellow in particular named homer barnwell when to work in the bill. his mom and dad worked themselves to death in the mill. they went to work in the mill after world war ii and after walking across europe he looked a

to. the week's top stories here on asia pacific specific. to the region. working on a free trade could revolutionize relations with. the russian and american presidents hold talks on the sidelines of the apec summit in hawaii to focus missile defense and russia's future. we'll bring you all the latest from honolulu just ahead in the program. rewriting history for a new government being formed being replaced. seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon but tell. us. what the headlines of today this week you're watching the weekly with me. the creation of a free trade talks at the.

you know what what more can be done to both increase trade generally with with asia but also to x. to exploit or to ride what is obviously you know the world's fastest biggest economy versus growing biggest economy in the world at the moment. well we need to create favorable conditions for everyone to work through the sort of the my belief that the hospital knew there was no investment is a mutual process under what they had one party should be open to accommodate investment and greed of magnets to protect them but on the other hand it's about the investors desire to invest oftentimes investors avoid them in the countries where the investment climate is a verbal but on the other hand they go to the interesting word their arms problem smugglers investment climate so there is no direct correlation but generally investments come to places where they are welcoming the good so our goal is to make sure that you know russia and this particular region to create such investment climate would have us in the gas pipeline gas and oil pipeline that we've we've heard a lot about for many many ye

. >> today president obama began a nine-day trip to the asia- pacific region with a weakened -- weekend economic conference and a light. he stopped in hawaii to speak to troops aboard the uss carl vinson. where he gave his weekly address. he honored veterans for their service and sacrifice and called on businesses to hire veterans and their spouses. he also discussed legislation passed this week -- that gives tax credits to businesses that hire veterans. then you will hear from joe heck who gives the republican address parity talked about the legislation now goes through this chamber and his experience during an appointment to iraq. >> i'm speaking to you from the bridge of the aircraft carrier uss carl vinson in san diego. this is one of the biggest ships in the navy, and on friday it was home to one of the most unique college basketball games i've ever seen. it also gave members of our military and our veterans a chance to unwind a little bit, and on this veterans day, i want to take this opportunity to thank all our men and women in uniform for their service and their sacrifice. but

. >>> president obama heads to asia today. at he hopes to bring become from the long awaited trip. >>> get your bids ready. popular -- get your bibs ready. 3q you disgust me. prove it. enough's enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding, guaranteed. d-con. get out. >>> welcome back. all airports on time as we head towards the west into the midwest even east coast all major airports on time. if you are leaving coolest weather around the great lakes spilling into the east coast 49 new york, 48 chicago, 49 minneapolis. 49 seattle. miami, dallas and phoenix in the 70s. abc7news.com where you can find our flight tracker at the bottom. i >>> 4:48. president obama is taking part in veterans day observances in washington and san diego today. later he will leave for a nine day-venture with summits in hawaii and indonesia. the administration views the asia pacific region as a rising voice in world economic and political affairs. president obama will travel across more than 10,000 miles to explain to people how th

hurts russians pride and we have to keep in mind that while russia has the alternative of shipping to asia europe has no such alternative and europe's geo political position will only improve if it manages to enter a tiny hard to ship with russia on and at the same time grant only u.s. session to turkey that would be a sound strategy aimed into the future the rest is yesterday's debate a loss and is dead but if and guess then if russia does decide to go east could that mean the gas shortfall for europe does vitter snake no that will not happen russia was an exceptionally reliable supplier during soviet times so no one has to worry about that junction i will say again that you're a canard. is incredibly important for russia to keep it a budget balance among other things therefore we're not talking about dependence here but a codependency to go with her plans to lay an electricity route alongside the nord stream project could germany and europe in in your opinion be interested in importing electricity from russia if i sniffed i've not heard about such plans you want to have long since been r

you know what what more can be done to both increase trade generally with with asia but also to to explore it will survive what is obviously you know the world's fastest biggest economy versus growing biggest economy in the world at the moment. when those of us normal well we need to create favorable conditions for everyone to work the sort of the i believe that the muslim and the russian past must is a mutual process on the other hand by partition to be open to accommodate it best when we map needs to protect them but on the other hand it's a balance meter vastest desire to invest oftentimes investors avoid on countries where the investment climate is a problem favorable but on the other hand they go to the interesting word their arms problems more than the last mechanic so there is no direct relation can really investment come to places where they are welcoming of them so our goal is to make sure that you know russia and this particular region to create such investment climate where this is really the gas pipeline gas and oil pipeline that we've we've heard a lot about for many many year

it will mean that we are postured to better respond together along with our r other partners in the asia pacific to any regional contingency including the provision of humanitarian assistance and dealing with natural disasters. in addition to discussing this global force posture review by the united states. and these new initiatives in our alliance, the president of the united states and i have had an opportunity to reflect on a number of other issues, to reflect on circumstances in the global economy. to reflect on a clean energy future for our nations and for our planet. to reflect on the forthcoming east asia summit, president obama will proceed from australia to that summit in indonesia, where he spent time growing up. we've had a comprehensive discussion, a very much welcome president obama to australia. i think he's already seen that the welcome he's getting from australi australians, including australian school children is a warm one. i know it's going to be sustained during tonight's events and the events of tomorrow. president obama, over to you. >> good day, everybody. and than

i'm going to turn my attention to asia. gwen: he was standing in australia or other places but each message was toward china? >> yes, it was a specific message in australia we're going to move some marines down there. over five years, 2,500 marines. not a huge contingent but it sends a message to china that is jivets is aware of what it's doing to the vietnamese and others. gwen: one thing we know for sure when you're running to be commander in chief it helps to already be commander in chief. now we turn to capitol hill, where the once secretive supercommittee created to come up with a bipartisan deficit cutting agreement is now beginning to negotiate in public on issues of taxes, spending and a looming deadline. lori knows as much about this as anyone what's real and what's not. what's happening tonight? >> there is nothing. [laughter] harry reid levitt. the place was deserted when i left. gwen: so much for deadlines. >> tomorrow's first meeting is a conference call so. these deadlines aren't even -- the sense of urgency we

to the reports. the latest news on the week's top stories here on our t.v. the key powers of asia and the pacific rim agree to start working on a free trade zone that could revitalize relations the russian and u.s. presidents also use the apec summit for a meeting on the sidelines discuss the various subjects such as a missile defense russia's a membership to the world trade organization. and new governments in the prime minister's out the plight of debt ridden greece and italy both nations race to pull back from the financial abyss will have to approve new austerity measures now to steer clear of bankruptcy and the disaster in the euro zone. plus a u.n. report claims iran might be seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon but tyrol and slams allegations that the u.s. impact smear campaign iranian lawmakers are now reconsidering that country's cooperation with the i.a.e.a. which they are calling disappointing. if you stay with us here and now it's kate with the sports. hello welcome to the sports updates this sunday evening and here's what's coming up . a model too far sebastian vettel c

russians pride and we have to keep in mind that while russia has the alternative of the shipping to asia europe has no such alternative and europe's geopolitical position look only improved if it manages to enter a tiny hard to ship with russia one and at the same time grant all u.s. sanctions a turkey that no that would be a sound strategy aimed into the future the rest is yesterday's debate alice and this vitaphone guess that if russia does decide to go. could that mean a shortfall for your right doesn't exist and if you know what's going on how russia was an exceptionally reliable supplier during soviet times so no one has to worry about that trantor are you going to say again that you're a whole market is incredibly important for russia to keep it logic balance you like other things like this therefore we're not talking about the conduct here but a codependency progress in shipping liquefied natural gas. makes europe less dependent on pipelines can that affect this project well let's go weaken it does it . i mean i think it would have a negative effect on the project because europe l

to. believe. the latest news in the week's top stories on r.t. asia pacific specific at the apec summit the regions keep ellis agreed to start work in a free trade zone that could revolutionize relations. rewriting history in europe new governments being formed by ministers replacing debt ridden greece and italy as both nations race to pull back from the fallen short of it. plus a un report claims iran might be seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon but tehran slams the allegations as a us practice smear campaign. with an attack of the past seven days top stories in the latest developments this is the weekly on. the creation of a landmark free trades. own dominated talks at this year's apec summit which brings together the leaders of asian and pacific rim countries barack obama hosted the get together in hawaii and met up with dmitri medvedev to churn over some pretty hot topics he's honest brings us more now from honolulu the final day of the apec summit to do.

twenty eight thousand dollars a year and it's not getting any better over the past two decades to asia has skyrocketed over four hundred percent this year alone the cost of college shot up over eight percent occupy wall street protesters camped out here and across the nation say this is yet another example of rising inequality with millions shackled to college debt for years and in many cases decades in washington liz wahl r.t. . and it's not only students who've been standing defiant on u.s. streets as part of ongoing anti wall street protests but the movement has attracted thousands of people from all walks of life demanding economic justice and has recently seen a sweeping police crackdown around a hundred protesters arrested nationwide in the last three days profusion of caps in denver officers in riot gear pepper spray and rubber bullets this cursed crowds eyewitnesses a huge police of using force fabricating evidence against. police showed up kind of ready for it you know before the tents were not at all totally arms and achieve and ready for war so to speak and they were moved v

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aircraft are all made in the united kingdom and they all made in europe they go to russia they go to asia they go to south america they go to north america they go all over the place and so that number itself is a sort of typical euros lie the second it's true and it's an even more important one is that if the germans say well you know we don't care we're going to we're going we're just going to screech from the boys of the market we're going to put on carrots they export fifty one billion per around them or six and you're from europe into the u.k. then the other way around we have a very viable industry here we've got we've got a fantastic car industry and if the deutsche marks all through the roof people refuse switching straight out of a mercedes benz b.m.w. or whatever i'm buying jagger's discoveries range rovers and the sams you name it toyotas. babbitt so i think this is the this is. it's a sort of broader pacific threat troops victory manufactured by a combination of the liberal party would be you see on the grounds that neither of those two groups have any experience of the real w

ass to china and all of asia and europe i hope russia never has to make a choice the russian government is evidently pro european but europe cannot keep pushing russia away it hurts russians pride and we have to keep in mind that while russia has the alternative of shipping to asia europe has no such alternative and europe's geopolitical position will only improve if it manages to enter a tiny hard to ship with russia and at the same time grant us sessions of turkey that would be a sound strategy aimed into the future the rest is yesterday's debate and as under is goodbye to forget them if russia does decide to go east could that mean the gas shortfall for europe. you know that low not happen russia was an exceptionally reliable supplier during soviet times so no one has to worry about that junction where you can see again that european market is incredibly important for russia to keep its budget balance in among other things therefore we're not talking about a kind of zero but a codependency. we've heard plans to lay an electricity route alongside the nord stream project could germany

president obama is headed home to washington after what he called a successful trip to asia. in his address, the president said the trip helped cement trade deals that will support 130,000 jobs. president obama added those skills could increase u.s. exports by up to $39 billion by 2014. he is expected at the white house sometime tomorrow morning. now to libya or the son of muammar gaddafi is in the hands of fighters. sources say they captured him overnight after a month after his father was killed. more tonight from istanbul, turkey. >> rebels say they have finally caught saif, the son of muammar gaddafi. he had been hiding in the desert traveling with bedouins. he was in a convoy when he was surrounded by a rebel unit. he surrendered. he had a few thousand dollars with him and was wearing a traditional clothing for been to cover his face. the rebels put him on a plane and flew him to the mountainous town. when it arrives, a russian cargo plane surrounded by a mob. some of the people wanted to kill him on the spot. very similar to the way that his father was killed by crowds o

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and you can invest billions and rake in billions when it comes to asia. this german artist -- german pharmaceutical firm does not sound like it is concerned about the economy. china is at the top of its to-do list. >> they go back a long way. they have been producing their painkiller in shanghai since 1986. bayer tends to grow strongly in the region. the german-based firm plans to invest nearly 2 billion euros in the asian operations in the coming four years. the asian peril is supposed to grow from 20,000 workers to more than -- payroll is supposed to grow from 20,000 workers to more than 30,000. >> we aim to increase sales by more than 60% in asia by the year 2015. this would mean that our sales will be well over 11 billion euros in 2015, at current exchange rates. >> bayer is looking to double sales in china through 2015 and it has said comparable targets for its operations in india and japan -- set comparable targets for its operations in india and japan. >> despite growing uncertainty about the global economic outlook, there are some companies in this

russians pride and we have to keep in mind that while russia has the alternative of the shipping to asia europe has no such alternative and europe's geopolitical position look only improved if it manages to enter a tiny hard to ship with russia on under the same time ground zero us sessions of turkey it would not be a sound strategy aimed into the future to get the rest. yesterday's debate alice and his goodbye to from augusta if russia does decide to go east could that mean a call for europe now there's new you know whether or not happened russia was an exceptionally reliable supplier during soviet times so no one has to worry about that trantor you know you see again that you are at heart it is incredibly important for russia to keep its budget balancing among other things therefore we're not talking about behind us here at the other code and saying good progress in shipping liquefied natural gas. makes europe less dependent on pipelines can that affect this project then let's go we can if they're safe i mean i think it would have a negative effect on the project as europe liquefied ga

hurts russians pride and we have to keep in mind that while russia has the alternative of shipping to asia europe has no such alternative with europe's geopolitical position will only improve if it manages to enter a tidy partnership with russia when under the same time grand sessions of turkey that would be a sound strategy and into the future of the rest. yesterday's debate. you're watching r t on the back to our top story in a few minutes russian gas will start its. western europe right president medvedev and germany's chancellor merkel are among those ready to supply and you're looking at live pictures of it that's event well that said do try to cross over there and listen and to what president dimitri medvedev has to say so. much stuff from young ladies into. the new day which is we have a very symbolic event which we have here and. we can set into operation the first part of the north stream pipeline which is a new page from the partnership between russia and. the i.c.c. peaches which we heard before all bear witness to this. is for the first time coming through the e.u. member state