will change in nature professor to frank chair of the east asian economy and society at the university of vienna thanks very much in the few times on nothing you could hear from. by the way the more stories for it r t v dot com indeed you can see that interview once again if you log on here's a taste of what else is online right now americans consume the see their speech rhythms blinking rate some breathing patterns under cia scrutiny as the latest scheme to track terrorists comes under fire. from one of saddam hussein's brawls bought tickets is going under the hammer that's one of his famous statue of course you can find out what happened after it was torn down. at r.t. dot com. the expanded eurozone bailout fund has been given the final go ahead slovakia's parliament has approved the four hundred forty billion euro facility after tuesday's vote against it saw the country's ruling coalition collapse increased cash will go to struggling nations such as greece that's exactly as ground to a halt as workers walked out of a forty eight hour strike to protest against the government's austerity polici

let's now talk to professor frank he's chair of the east asian economy and society at the university of vienna thanks very much indeed for being with us here on r.t. president obama has hailed the free trade agreement with south korea a major win for american workers and businesses but what about those in south korea will they benefit well i think in general it's always a good. industrialized nations to have a free trade deal because it will eliminate artificially created. trade which has short and long term benefits. in south korea the problem is. that so far the state has relied on the particular model of economic development with a strong state probably in two years because of the tariffs were part of it so it was not reducing the options it has for intervening. on the other hand it will help korea to foster closer ties with the united states and most importantly it will help south korea to fight its growing trade dependency on china and i think this is sort of the mood political reason for having concluded. agree let's talk about this controversial naval base south korea is denying it's be

of the crews say they're going to work hard to restore the power. they want residents to be patient. in vienna, i'm shamari stone, back to you. >> thank you. >>> the university put out alerts that the tornado was going to hit the university of virginia and warned people to seek shelter but no warning was issued for college park. accuweather alerted to rotation in the storm. they issued the alert as a precaution. neither doug cameron nor the weather service saw that rotation and they point out that rotation does not mean a rotor nay doe is on the ground. >> a reported tornado touchdown blew the roof off of an historic home there. it's not far from the epicenter of an august earthquake in the town of mineral. a 3.02 aftershock hit mineral yesterday. and we learned that a flood warning has been issued for fairfax county until 2:00 a.m. >>> now to a story that's still developing. it began with an amber alert past midnight last night. a mother was found murdered in her home in german town. her son, 11 years old, hasn't been found. the police traced the mother's car to charlotte, north carolina where the boy's stepfather was arrested. still no sign of the boy. and

of marshall into vienna, normal getting to the beltway. normal travel times on the beltway at the american legion bridge and along 270. here is the beltway at universityer loop from college park headed for 270. mass transit on normal service. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:51. sweets might be cheaper by thanksgiving. >> news of the apple iphone, to spread should be good news for the company, but maybe not. to explain, linda bell is at bloomberg headquarters in new york. good morning. >> good morning. it was not good news for investors. apple stocks closed lower yesterday. analysts say that's propose a plan to offer the iphone may cut its operating margins by nearly half. that if enough people activate the new phone. one analyst at barclays says it might cause spread $150 more than a typical smartphone. overall it's good that spread has the iphone, but in the short term the wireless carrier will take a hit. sprint plans to update investors later this week on the financial impact of the iphone. if you don't like the new debit card fees at bank of america close your account. that is what some senate democrats are saying including a north carolina, repr

vienna, and on to the beltway. green light on 95 in maryland and virginia. good between washington and baltimore. we will take you to a picture of traffic on the beltway at universitylevard and colesville road. moving nicely. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:12. it is not even the end of october, but there is no falling in parts of new england's. >> look at this video of heavy snowflakes falling in central massachusetts. some locals say they are not ready for another round of winter yet. canour region is getting ready for winter. this is video in foresthill where the tortoises county department of public works is holding a snow and ice control dry run. workers will history and look for any potential problems. already that time of year. >>> coming up who winning the smartphone fight. and why in a halloween must have will cost a little more. >> lady liberty celebrates a milestone >>> the brother and sister accused of killing the d.c. pizza shop owner will be sentenced in superior court. shanika robinson and leon robinson stabbed 44-year-old shahabuddin rana and sat him on fire. >>> michael jackson's doctor is expected to explain what he thinks happened the day the ki