. >> china is watching the united states' strategic shift closely. >> the united states has turned >> translator: the development of ties has taken into consideration the other countries in the region, as well as peace and stability. >> the united states has turned to australia to help put pressure on china. australian prime minister, julia gillard is allowing about 250 u.s. marines to be stationed in her country starting next year. that number will eventually rise 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

this is something the united states has indicated it would like to bring up. china said it does not want to do that in this forum. it would not be an appropriate time to do so. >> immediately preceding the summit was another summit. no u.s. president had ever been to that. barack obama arrived there. is china upset that america is trying to muscle in on its territory? >> and the signs are clear that the united states is really trying to make more of its presence felt in this part of the world. it is being seen as an attempt by the u.s. to counter the growing influence of china in asia. china has been talk on the list in terms of into regional trade. this is one of the fastest- growing regions in the world. if you look at the guest list of some of the leaders who are coming, india, china, indonesia, russia. the united states is feeling this is where the action will be for the next couple of decades. this is where it wants its foreign policy to be as well. >> thank you very much. 30 years after she drowned in mysterious circumstances, police in california have r

the washington national baseball team in the united states has been kidnapped by gunmen in venezuela. he is a catcher for the major league team and was back, during the american off season. does a venezuelan government has says it is pursuing the kidnappers. >> in baseball -- such is the case with wilson ramos, a rookie catcher with the washington nationals. he returned to venezuela and during the off season and was due to play for his venezuelan team. however, on wednesday, a group of armed men kidnapped him from outside his parents' home just east of the city of valencia. there are believed to be thousands of kidnappings a year in venezuela. most underreported. more than 24 hours after he was taken, there is still no word. the government has promised to do everything in its power to find a player. >> we have not had any communication with the kidnappers. what we did have was a very important find earlier this morning. we found the vehicle we presume the criminals use to commit their crimes. >> the u.s. major league and the washington nationals have issued a joint statement expressin

know i think it's wonderful for the smaller independent oil and gas companies of the united states that production has come back to onshore they'll certainly see higher production and higher profits but that doesn't mean that the united states on a net basis is going to go through a significant supply growth period over the next decade say out to two thousand and twenty now here's a straight up about economics question for you what's true. or for the us to develop alternative energy or to continue inventing other countries like somalia yemen libya iraq sudan or supporting these countries to get oil let's taper the current fall foreign policy or develop the technological alternative sources this is a fairly easy question i mean just to put that in context america built out its highway system for will work to one fourteen dollar oil we're now trying to run that system and repair that system and maintain that system on one hundred dollars oil it's very an economical and from an energy standpoint it might even be an energy sink and other words the amount of resources first putting into that system maybe m

we are one of the most cost- effective national security institutions that the united states has. we cost less than a week on a fighter jet. we reach key audiences that cannot be reached any other way. the united states has no diplomatic relationship with that country. there is no exchanges. there is no dispute -- diplomacy. what there is is voice of america broadcast. our satirical show reaches to our knowledge more than 50 million i wrought dance. it is the most popular show in iran on television. it even tried to jam up broadcasts and making it less easy to see. it is wildly popular. our other news broadcasts are providing a very useful service. it is our one way americans are reaching the iran and people. it is frankly a very cost- effective and very much needed. >> you mentioned the iranians. i want to show a little bit from their appearance on the daily show. >> i had to have the freedom i wanted to have inside my home. i want to go out. i had to let all of the time. this kind of lifestyle that i had and lots of people my generation have right now inside of iran per cost of a

no other country in the world has the experience the united states has in that. >> you will go to nigeria and show them how to do this? >> we show them how we do it. we take the approach that you are smart. we will show you our practices and how we manage different functions. you can take the experiences and apply them to your circumstances. they will be different. they can take what works for them and take advantage of our experience. quick to set examples of good and bad. can you give us a bad -- >> you said examples of good and bad. can you give us a bad example? >> in the late 1990's, everybody was fascinated with california. we would insist that we would show the california model but also the other models in the united states as well. as time went on, the approach of showing different models was associated with the california energy crisis. >> do you think we will see a serious contribution in your lifetime? >> we are getting there on a niche basis. there are a couple of issues we have to be realistic about. we have built up this current infrastructure over 100 years. it is in place.

the united states has never had a national tourism policy, but that changes the day when the corporation for troubled promotion launches its tourism strategy. the u.s. share of international travel has fallen by one-third since 2000. >> the united states has never had a tourism policy because of this arrogant and brash attitudes. we just thought everyone would come in show up. we saw the decline over the next -- last decade of international visitation, which we call a less -- a lost decade of travel. we tried to create a corporation for travel promotion. >> there you go. >> real catchy. >> let's take a look at the markets. we cannot deny and we cannot kid ourselves, the markets are watching closely what happens in the three political situation. and of course, the 2010 budget. we keep hearing mixed news about this. burlesque only insisting that he has the majority, but also reports that say that the writing is on the wall. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. two-thirds of girls in care homes in northern ireland are at risk of sexual exploitation. findings from a new report, published by

crack down on that area the progress on actually also shares intelligence with the united states the united states has funneled billions of dollars in military aid to this nuclear country and tensions between the two countries have always existed they came to an all time high back in may when the united states performed a unilateral attack that actually alternately killed osama bin laden and after that there were several protests across the country in pakistan men. dani's want to cut ties with the united states the united states hinted that it would perhaps stop funding or sending aid to pakistan and obviously things cooled down after that but if there is a further investigation into this incident and everything proves to be accurate with nato killing twenty five pakistani soldiers it could have huge huge implications for relations between the united states and pakistan and further ripple effects for politics in this region. there unfortunately this isn't the first time pakistani troops have died nato cross border strike can you give us more of the back row. that's right actually not just last year of

that's the first time the united states has passed that number according to the website, usdebtclock.orgour debt has soared 267% in the last 11 years. let's talk about the final days of the reign of regis, his final show with kelly ripa is tomorrow, ending 28 years on daily morning television. yesterday, his friend, david letterman came to pay his respects. >> let me ask you a couple of things about this. here's the cover of "newsweek" magazine. there you are with jerry -- >> jerry. [ applause ] >> how many times has engineer judge put you on his show? oh, i forgot, jerry doesn't have a show. wow. >> look at that. >> here it is, come on, come on, pops, the buffet is open, let's go. come on, it's the early-birdç special. >> can't regis and jerry have some fun together. >> and then bingo tonight, dad. >> thanks, dave. >> and as luck would have it, jerry seinfeld, the man on the cover with regis philbin showed up on letterman last night where they resumed their little feud. >> look at this here. ladies and gentlemen. >> that's me and rege. i heard that irked you a little bit. >> as i was s

who have us signed up to really working on this transpacific plan it's interesting that the united states has been trying to get more countries to join like you mention among them is of course china a major economy that's really making some here over in the united states paranoid that they might lose their sort of main spot is the number one world economy and it's interesting that china so far has has been saying that those u.s. plans are a little too ambitious because one of the mean close. all of that packed in question would include basically a need for speed of companies who are get subsidies from the government to be on the same level really as private companies and since so many industries in china are run by. sort of state and equities it's really a complicated matter for china and would really require a lot of restructuring so this is something that's really for now in the first stages of just includes buying countries for now where a tension between the u.s. and china at the apec forum can only damage america that's according to george cooed the founder of international strategic all

to economy else is on that the climb decline the united states has many troubles at home. this is reflected in in the demonstrations that are taking place in many parts of the united states this is a good way to distract attention away from its own problems the united states is losing its foothold in the middle east through the uprisings and the awakenings and in fact if an attack was really going to take place this would really move public opinion in this region which is so. which is changing so much in favor of iran and against the united states so if the united states doesn't gain anything by this and in fact i think it basically discredits the united states even further because this this on this portrayal of the situation by the corporate media by the united states is something that people can see through that now and you were talking earlier about iran strength in its deterrent capability but we also have to look at. security the importance put on israel's security how threatened does iran feel by all sorts of aggressive rhetoric that's coming its way i don't think tha

signed up to really start working on this pact a transpacific plan it's interesting that the united states has been trying to get more countries to join like you mentioned among them is of course china a major economy that's really making some here over in the united states paranoid that they might lose their sort of main spot is the number one world economy and it's interesting that china so far has been saying that the those u.s. plans are a little too ambitious because one of the main clause of the pact in question would include basically a need for state owned companies who are get subsidies from the government to be on the same level really as private companies and since so many industries in china are run by. sort of state and equities it's really a complicated man. for china and would require a lot of restructuring so this is something that's really for now in the first stages and just includes nine countries for now thanks very much indeed on from this year's apec summit in hawaii and a little later we hope to get reaction from the states concerning the apec summit and its conclusions

we'll take a look in a few minutes. >> the united states has a new soldier in the war on terror. this guy. elmo taking a trip to pakistan to fight extremism? and guess what, it's all on the taxpayers' dime. and he has no tongue. "fox & friends" starts right now.

second, the united states has always invested in infrastructure.anal to the beginning of the 19th century, this country has always built through public private partnership to bask in novels, roads, highways, superhighways and airports in the world. and these elements at the country's infrastructure formed the framework for a vigorous commercial activity. third, especially since world war ii, the united states has invested heavily in research and development to push outward the frontiers of knowledge and develop innovation that can be used commercially to bring to market new products, new services and thereby sustain american economic growth. the fourth part of the formula is in immigration. for most of our history, not all of it, but most of it we have had an immigration policy that attract good, welcomed and retained what we call high i.q. risk takes, people able to discover new things and start new businesses that have contributed enormously to america's success. fifth and finally, we've always driven to have initially have had an appropriate reg

now, the president of the united states barack obama has arrived here in bali, and on saturday he'll attend the east asia summit, a first for a u.s. president. on friday asean leaders will hold separate meetings with each of their counterparts from china, japan and the united states. they'll likely discuss disputed islands in the south china sea claimed by some asean members as well as china. join us again tomorrow for an update on those delicate discussions reporting from bali. >>> ai joins us for the latest in business news. italy's new prime minister is under enormous pressure to turn things around, and he made his first policy speech. >> yes, he did. all eyes were on that policy speech foto see what he would. he told parliament he will carry out austerity measures and reforms saying these will lead to economic growth for the country. monti made his first policy speech on thursday. he pointed out three pillars the government needs to focus on in order to reduce public debt. their fiscal rigor, economic growth and social equality. monti expressed his resolve to cut the debt saying

have nuclear weapons i mean the united states policy towards iran strongly influences it towards attaining a nuclear deterrent through the map of iran the united states has waged two aggressive unnecessary wars on iran's east and west coast they constantly flood the persian gulf to iran south with thousands of navy warships they fund with money in weapons you know dozens of client states around to run. and and during the bush administration and into the obama sharif in the united states has been waging a covert war of cyberterrorism commercial sabotage and targeted assassinations of iranian nuclear scientists there's a name for that it's called international terrorism so in this context in this environment we should be surprised that iran might be getting information and needs to protect itself to run of course this country although the report politically motivated bigot said the watchdog director general bias towards the west do they have a point do you think. absolutely the mohamed el baradei the previous director general of the i stepped down in two thousand and nine and the u.s. especially in more quiet circles like we found out from wiki leaks relea

that's a good question i mean the united states has the absolute power to stop an israeli attack because all the attacks are done with u.s. weapons and we provided them with the f. sixteen s that would be used for that to carry the bombs and the f. fifteen s that provide hearsay or so if the united states were to say. you can't attack we're we shut down your planes without any more spare parts the attack would not happen so it's clearly israel a being with the authority of the united states if it does attack iran it whatever the united states might say for public consumption they didn't live there and sylvania the founding editor of the news blog this can't be happening thank you for your time. thank you for having me. spain is shifting right to attempt to balance the books the country's conservatives have won a landslide victory in a general election they now have to tackle record unemployment of over twenty percent and find a way out from underneath a growing debt but as has been hearing the spanish don't hold much hope that the new crew will bring any change this is what the spaniards

we're one of the most cost effective national security institutions that the united states has. we're, we cost less than the wig on a fighter jet -- wing on a fighter jet, and we reach key audiences that can't be reached any other way. take iran, for example. the united states has no diplomatic relations with that country, there's no trade, there's no exchanges, there's no diplomacy virtually. what there is is voice of america broadcasts which reach -- for example, our satirical show reaches, to our knowledge, more than 19 million iranians. it's the most popular show in iran on television even though the iranian government tries to jam the satellite broadcasts and makes other efforts to make itless easy to see. it's wildly lahr. our other news broadcasts to iran are also providing a very useful service, and it's one way americans have of reaching the iranian people. so it's, frankly, very cost effective and very much needed. >> host: david ensor, you mentioned the iranian show. we want to show just a little bit from their appearance on the daily show. >> i had to have the freedo

they have him here now it is almost impossible to i think you know he'll ever leave the united states russia has repeatedly criticized boots extradition from thailand to the united states as extreme injustice but as international extradition lawyer douglas mcnabb says under u.s. law it is possible to kidnap people they deem to be a threat. there is u.s. supreme court before. it is ok. to go into a foreign country and in contravention of that foreign countries law kidnap an individual and bring him to the u.s. to stand trial in the u.s. and the fact that that individual was kidnapped in contravention of local law does it is not the body to have the indictment which i see. potentially issues could be right with regard to be appeal i'm not hopeful that those who are going to be successful issues to be given the state of the u.s. supreme court or thorpey with regard to extradition i think or beyond. another foreign national in prison in the u.s. has already served his sentence but his ordeal isn't over. a cuban intelligence officer is released after thirteen years in jail on spying charges but despi

the relationship between kazakhstan and the united states. >> first, the united states, as i said in my opening marks -- my opening remarks, the united states has provided us great support to get rid of nuclear weaponry. the famous program, which was called cooperative threat foredecks -- cooperative threat reduction program look -- worked well here in kazakhstan. frankly speaking, i could tell that this program was a real success in kazakhstan. the old missiles were dismantled, the warheads were removed, and the fuel, the nuclear fuel has been transferred to peaceful purposes. that is a great achievement of many years of cooperation between that united states and kazakhstan. >> people might not know that when the soviet union controlled the area, it was in kazakhstan that they tested all their nuclear weaponry and this was their headquarters. what the president did, even before independence, was to say this must go. >> absolutely. it was a decision made by the president at the beginning of independence. he decided to close the testing site in afghanistan and i tell you this size is quite impressive. it is about 300,000 square kilometers roughl

colombia an organization the united states deems as terrorists now this this trial of victor boot went on for about three weeks but his presence here in the united states has garnered a lot of attention as we've been reporting the u.s. fought very hard to get victor victor boot extradited from thailand to the u.s. over a year ago but that fight was was taking place since mr coote was arrested during a sting operation in thailand in march two thousand and eight. has pled not guilty on all the charges and he still maintains his innocence his attorney albert diane did speak to the press following today's events that took place in court so this is not the end but he still has a chance that we have a chance to will again we can appeal to this judge. that the verdict was rendered against we do the evidence that we can also proceed to the united states court of appeals but we are disappointed that it was ordered now that he's been found guilty on these charges he faces a sentence of anywhere between twenty five years and life in prison george now an investigative journalist who attended the hearings as who was too shocked to react to the news. the case against th

the united states has indicated it may be ready to improve ties with myanmar, and that could include lifting of sanctions, dependent on continued reform, such as release of more political prisoners. now our reporter from nhk's jakarta bureau joins us with analysis. is the asean leader's decision to award myanmar the role of chairman a sign they approve of its progress towards dmokitization? >> yes. most asean nations have been positive about myanmar taking chairmanship from the outside. they postponed a decision taking into consideration a position from the united states and europe. but recently, myanmar has taken steps to promote democracy that enabled asean to give the chairmanship with confidence. there's also a sense of crisis among asean members, they believe myanmar cannot remain alone. they are work to go achieve regional community by 2015. they fear that myanmar could hold back progress towards that goal. with that in mind, asean is now ready to take responsibility for myanmar's democritization. >> how might taking the chairmanship role at asean affect myanmar's internal situ