zhou is the mediator in charge of this case.o prove that doctors acted negligently, documenting symptoms and treatment are necessary. she advises the family to ask to hospital to disclose its medical reports. she plans to meet with hospital staff after all the necessary documents are obtained by the deceased patient's family. the mediation committee is funded by the local government with 22 mediators currently working for the xuhui district. all are medical experts who used to work on the front lines of medicine and experience d lawyers. there are they're a crack team with an abundance of knowledge and skill. people who couldn't afford to file lawsuits in the past can now get free legal advice. she became a mediator three years ago. she previously worked as a nurse for over 30 years and was in charge of handling complaints at her hospital for the last five years before her retirement. she has dealt with hundreds of cases as a mediator, but there is one particular case that still haunts her. in november 2011, she and her colleagu

none is so high up as zhou. it is a tricky case. party wants to portray transparency as it did with each other but in that case, it backfired. he was defined on the stand. the party does not want to reveal to much on how corrupt the top leaders may be. rish? >> steve, thanks for that. we have to take a break. the great divide. asian economies hit the brakes. details are coming up. ♪ >> i am david english. these are your headlines. but atback some gains, an eight year high for the dollar index. they u.s. economy added 321,000 new jobs topping every single forecast from 100 economists. , there's little evidence so far that wages are growing as fast. japan is a different story for the economy. it shrank by more -- much more than economists had expected. revisedaccording to the or final numbers out of the japanese government. --iant revising its course indiana is revising its course. november trade data and we're looking at forecast from analysts and expected to see another huge surplus of 44 billion u.s. dollars. the fourth month that

heidi zhou-castro joins us -- options.di zhou-castro joins us, and how do people end up in shelters? >> these shelters are mostly church run so close to the border, and this this case of the shelter i just visit id it signatures on the banks of the rio grande, just southwest of the united states. the shelter was a launching point of many central american migrants many teenagers who had traveled hundreds of miles alone, on foot, on buses and trains to escape poverty and felonies their ownandviolence in their own home countries. but today that is not the case, the sense of anticipation is missing, it's more ever a purgatory. they can go no further north thanks to border security and national guard troops. serge this is the sign of success of increased border security keeping migrants out but when you see people continues showing up at the shelters tony it is the sign of desperation that continues to drive people from their homes. >> the people showing up at the shelters like the one you are now, what can you tell us about so

zhou was expelled from the party earlier this month. president xi jinping has been waging a campaign that reached the upper echelons of chinese politics. >>> the massive landslide in indonesia earlier this month has forced 2,000 people to live in temporary shelters. the national disaster agency has ended its search for the missing after getting the consent of their families. still, the heavy, intermittent rains are continuing. racing fears of another mudslide. the mudslide hit a mountainous area of the banjarnegara district in central java on december 12th. the mud buried more than 100 homes. the agency says that 95 people died, 13 others remain missing. the agency pledged to support the survivors and said that relocating the evacuees will be a major challenge. it estimates that around half of indonesia's 250 million people live in areas prone to landslides. the landslides usually strike during the annual rainy season between november and march. >>> meteorologists in japan say 2014 is on track to be the hottest globally on record. and t

zhou was in charge of internal security and was the leader of the so-called oil industry faction. another senior politician link jihua is also under investigation on suspicion of committing a serious disciplinary violation. he was a former president hu jintao's close aide. he had reportedly made up a group from his home province and ask asked zhou to cover a scandal involving his son. >>> google's e-mail service gmail has been frozen in mainland schiena. internet analysts suggest possible blocking by the government. users say they have been unable to send or receive e-mails through the service since friday. singapore-based spokesman for google told reuters news agency there's nothing wrong on its end. china's foreign ministry spokesperson said she did not know about gmail being blocked. she did not mention any involvement by the government. officials in china have been cautious about the spread of critical opinion through the internet. the government has maintained tight controls and has blocked twitter and facebook. >>> north korea -- north korean media are urging people to pledg

zhou is accused of accepting bribes and leaking state secrets.e is the most senior figure to be brought down in president xi jinping's drive against corruption. foreign ministers from around 50 osce countries attended a two-day meeting in basel, switzerland. the ongoing conflict in ukraine was high on the agenda. >> the russian foreign minister slams the west for blaming russia for the crisis in eastern ukraine. tensions in the region remain high, despite thursday's agreement on a cease-fire, which is due to begin next week. >> our correspondent has been covering the osce for more than a decade. we asked him if it was true that the conference and basil did not provide any breakthrough between the west and russia. >> there was no consensus among members of state street. 57 of them to issue a joint declaration on crane -- ukraine, which they wanted to do. that is not stop to speaker from criticizing the actions of ru ssia. it is a platform for russia to defend its actions. we just heard the u.s. ambassador talk about destructive and illegal actions

castro. >> in part three of our series heidi zhou castro goes back to see what has changed.an catch that coming up at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. for undocumented immigrants in california the new year will bring a chance to become legal drivers. the state will only require them to take a standard test and promises it won't report them to federal immigration officials. we have more now from los angeles. >> living and working in southern california's cities it's difficult to get by without a car. but drivers among the estimated 2 million undocumented immigrants in california are often wary of getting a driver's license for fear of showing up on government radar and risk being deported when living in the u.s. illegally. >> when asked to show proof of immigration status that they're here legally once they don't have that they'll drive and not necessarily knowing the rules of the road, what to do at a stop light, who gets the right of way at a turn. >> now a new state law allows undocumented residents to get a license after taking the standard driving test. it includes a guarantee th

heidi zhou-castro has the report. >> as judge lien byrne dawns her robe, she is prepared for the decision she is about to make, where a child sleeps at night and his immediate safety is in her hands. >> these could be the decisions you make, what if i get it wrong? >> in the seven years of handling child protective cases judge byrne is haunted by those she got wrong. 11 month old arian came before the judge and the judge decided she should stay with an aunt. >> at that moment with the information i was provided i made the best decision i could make. >> reporter: within a year the child was dead. a man visiting the home had crushed her skull. >> it is your worst nightmare that a child under my watch would die. now, if i'd made a different decision, would the same result happen? i don't know. i don't know. >> what the judges here do know is that they have insufficient time to hear cps cases. three judges are assigned to the cases in travis county texas. in three years their annual caseload has swelled from 1600 to 6,000 due in part to a booming population. >> let me call the 8:30 docket. >>

heidi zhou castro joins us live now with part two of her on the border series. heidi heidi?rter: hi, david. these family units continue to cross the border at record numbers in the texas rio grand valley. there is an average of 108 of these families apprehended each day. and the detention centers still remain so full that the government processes these families and then release them as they wait for a deportation hearing. it's the same scene repeated twice daily since the peak of the immigration crisis. a homeland security bus pulls into the public terminal in texas, an officer steps aside, and a stream of families mostly single mothers with their children pours out. they are orderly, nervous, and most of all exhausted. some have been on the road for more than 20 days. how was your trip here? very, very tiring? six of these families are from guatemala, another six from honduras, and nine from el salvador. i asked them why make this journey now. they said one thing has not changed in their home countries, too little opportunity, too much violence. linda lived in massachusetts

these families would have to contract a human smuggler. >> heidi zhou castro reporting from dallas. you. >>> coming up tomorrow we will take you to texas and the fierce debate over whether illegal crossings have really dropped. and if so what is behind it. >>> gmail has been down for many years in china since friday. other google services have been blocked in china since june. anti-cent forship advocates say china's great firewall is to blame. >> reporter: i think it's important to point out that gmail was already blocked in china. getting in to the main page and signing in has already been a problem. so the latest develop has to do with the work around many people in china have done to access their gmail account. what china has done is effectively closed the major loophole for gmail users in china now. and we have to put this into the greater context of what has been happening on the internet. we saw this with the sony film the interview, and now we see this latest move by china. and yeah we know that china has gone after google in the last few years. the greater problem might be i

heidi zhou castro joins us now. what is happening to these families as they're stopped? >> four out of these families are from central america. and the detention centers down south are still so full that these families are processed and then released into the community with an order to appear before an immigration judge at a later date. twice daily in texas a homeland security bus pulls up to the public bus terminal, and a treatment of families, mostly single mothers with their families pour out. they're anxious fearful and tired. many of these women had been on the road for 20 days from central america with their children in tow. at a nearby church. run shelter these women and children are offered food, clothing a warm shower and volunteers there say that they have staff at the shelter night and day since the summer, and to them the immigration crisis is not over. >> obviously as, see, we are getting refugees in, in large numbers. over the last two weeks our numbers have doubled. we're seeing upwards of 110 sometimes more than that a day. and they're predicted to contin

heidheidi zhou castro, this should give the courts a little more time to consider this question. >> that's right, the question is whether scott panetti is legally competent. his attorney said that his illness changes and he's sicker than before. >> scott panetti will live mother day. the fifth circuit court of appeals will stay the execution pending further order of the court to allow us to fully consider the late arriving and complex legal issues. >> he was hospitalized more than a dozen times. then in 1992 he shot and killed his wife's parents. >> he did so believing that this was a fight between good and evil, and in killing them he was getting rid of the devil. >> but that defense never made it into evidence because panetti was allowed to represent himself as trial. he dressed as a cowboy, and tried to subpoena god and jfk and told an alter ego named sergeant was responsible for the murders. >> he has the strongest form of schizophrenia that i've ever seen. >> reporter: he said that panetti did not have an understanding of his punishment. >> in my opinion he did not understand why he w

zhou is the highest level official taken down in this country in more than three decades. remarkable. >> experts are divided on the real motive behind president ping's campaign. some say it's a guys to eliminate his rivals. some say campaign is genuine, that the party is so corrupt the very survival is at stake. in beijing. >>> outgoing u.s. defense secretary chuck hagle is in afghanistan. his unannounced visit came a day after president barack obama nominated ashton carter to succeed him. hagle says he wants to discuss the security situation with afghan president and chief executive officer abdullah abdullah. >>> charles stratford joins us now from the afghan capitol, cable. so what's hailing's message to afghanistan's rulers there? >> as you say, sami, as we are expecting a press conference bechuck hagle, we understand he is going to be meet can president ghani and chief executive officer abdullah to discuss the security arrangements at the end of this year. we understand there will be potentially some formal announcement for the end of the u.s. combat mission. now, this

heidi zhou-castro has more. >> reporter: hey john yes. it was this morning that a conservative appeals court granted the stay giving the judges more time to consider whether panetti is legally competent to be executed. his last mental elevation was in 2007 at which point the doctors found he was competent. but he's even more are ill today. >> 56-year-old scott panetti, in a two judge opinion, the court of appeals says it is staying the execution to allow it to consider the legal questions at issue. panetti an honorably discharged navy vet. hospitalized more than a dozen times then in 1992 he shot and killed his wife's parents. >> he did so believing that this was a fight between good and evil and in killing them he was getting rid of the devil. >> but that defense never made it into evidence because panetti was allowed to defend himself, dressed like a cowboy, said sarge was responsible for the murders. >> he has one of the most severe forms of schizophrenia that i've ever seen. >> a doctor was hired to assess his competency in 2007. did

and they don't get much hire than zhou. ordinary people are still coming to terms with it all. >> ping is wonderful. we can now expect a better life. >> this is a milestone in china's anti-corruption campaign. showing the highest level official being taken down in three decades. it is remarkable. >> experts are divided on the real motive of the president's campaign. some say it's a guise to get rid of his rivals, but now his very survival is at stake. >> there has been protests across the united states. two grand juries decided not to indict two white police officers who killed two black men. protesters are putting a spotlight on alleged police misconduct and a change to the system. >>> flying water to the maldese in mali. we have this update. >> if on every street corner there are hundreds of people lining up to get either three liters of drinking water, or here to try to get water for cooking and cleaning. now most people we have spoken to they say they're getting enough water. earlier there were problems. there are fight

zhou had been a key rival to xi.k in this country, congress has voted to block suspected nazi war criminals from getting social security benefits. the senate approved the bill last night, and sent it to the president. that followed an associated press investigation that found dozens of nazi suspects collected millions of dollars in benefits since 1979, under a legal loophole. nasa took a big first step today toward a potential mission to mars. it was the first, unmanned test flight for the orion capsule, and it went off without a hitch. the spacecraft blasted off atop a delta-four rocket just after dawn, from cape canaveral, and it reached a peak altitude of 3,600 miles. about four-and-a-half hours later, orion made a bulls-eye splashdown, 630 miles southwest of san diego. >> it's hard to have a better day than today, it was a lot of fun, very exciting, each part of the mission. of course, part of the reasons it's exciting is it's a difficult mission, it's a tough environment to fly through, tough objectives that we

abuserties saying zhou his power to help friends make profit and accepted "huge bribes personally and family." allegedly had an adulterous relationships and allegedly again traded favors and money for sex. those are the salacious details. statelegations he leaked secrets is the most significant because it means formal charges would allow for a closed-door trial. the criminal code in china dictates that a suspect cannot be tried publicly if they case involves state secrets. as a former member of the standing committee in the previous administration, he was one of nine powerful man -- men and the spying apparatus 80 could spill a lot of dirt on others. do comeely if they down, it will be a closed-door. another trial was public and he was defiant and much of what he said because the party was reported. that is unlikely to happen this time. >> all right. joining us live from beijing. inll to come, china's growth 2015. what to expect, coming up. ♪ >> a quick check of the markets around the region. to tokyo. up. japan releasing the estimates of third-quarter gdp, a are contraction and then

. >> kavt heidi zhou-castro reporting from dallas. >>> george h bush has returned home. he was cleared, admitted a week ago after having breathing problems. a spokesperson said the nine-year-old is grateful for doctors, and nurses for their care. >> coming up same-sex marriage is legal in 35 states. in washington d.c. - what the new year could mean for new legislation. plus outrage over the nut rage case on korean airlines led to the arrest of an embarrassed south korean executive. only on al jazeera america >>> in russia protesters took to the streets after a vladimir putin critic was arrested. he was picked up by an anti-government rally, breaking a sentence of house arrest to attend the demonstration, critics say the conviction was political pay back. his brother was convicted of 3.5 years, of fraud and embezzle >>> a north korean veteran that threw a tant trump over macadamia nuts is di guesting the consequences. she was taken into kust and harry fawcett was at the courthouse. >> it's familiar if unwelcome. another round in relation to a bag of nuts served. she shout

. >> heidi zhou castro in huntsville, texas, thank you. >>> takata refused to issue a nationwide recall for airbags. lisa stark joins us from washington with more on this. >> reporter: well, tony, takata airbags have been blamed for four deaths in the united states, and dozens of injuries. now there have been millions recalled nationwide over the past several years, but this latest recall only involves a couple of different states. takata was asked to make it nationwide by the government, the company refocused and got an earful on capitol hill. >> we have deeply sorry about each case. >> reporter: lawmakers were angry over takata's refusal laid out in a letter. takata wrote: >> it is happening more, and how many have to died before you make it a nationwide airline. >> takata said that it's limited to a few high humidity areas such as florida. that's where cory burdick's airbag exploded, sending a metal shard into his eye. >> it sounded like a shotgun, and my right side went pitch back. >> burdick is now blind in his right eye. at first they graye agreed to a limited recall. but after tw

heidi zhou castro join us in dallas with a series on the border.ow many migrants are making this particular journey on foot in order to avoid getting caught? >> well, tony, it's very hard to put an accurate number on that. but the best current estimate is that more than 100 people were passing through this desert terrain each day. now in texas, a corridor of human smuggling where in the last six years more than 900 bodies have been recovered. and where more people die each day. it's been four months since our last visit to brooks county. in that time 20 more bodies have appeared in the desert. they are the remains of migrants killed by exhaustion and thirst but none of the bodies are the one we seek. >> julio's father calls here regularly to see if there has been any progress. >> every friday he calls to tell me how many fridays its bin sips his son has disappeared. >> it was back in august when we joined the two full-time volunteers of the south texas human rights center to look for a 20-year-old man who had disappeared the month before. another m

heidi zhou castro joins us from huntsville action, texas, with more. >> there is always a last-minute rush in texas for people trying to prevent executions. the state performance more executi executions than any other state, but what makes this stand out is the ground swell behind him. they say the execution will violate international law, but the visit evangelical leaders from around the country said that this execution should be halted. yet his execution is less than 24 hours away. >> panetti, an honorbly discharged naval veteran was diagnosed as a schizophrenic at age 20. medication did not work. he was hospitalized more than a dozen times. then in 1992 he shot and killed his wife's parents. >> he did so believing this was a fight between good and evil, and in killing them he was getting rid of the devil. >> reporter: panetti insisted on representing himself at trial. >> scott wore a cowboy outfit with a purple necker chef. he tucked his jeans in his cowboys and waved a cowboy bible and spoke obsessively about cowboys and broncos. >> panetti tried to subpoena god, john f. kennedy,

plans to extradite zhou to face charges for similar crimes here. >>> a new turn in the case of the alameda man who says he killed his sick wife to end her suffering. 72-year-old jerry canfield was supposed to be in court today in oakland. canfield's wife had several illnesses and had even tried to overdose on sleeping pills. but that didn't work. he then shot and killed her in october. canfield's attorney says he is going to try to make a plea deal. >> i look forward to sitting down with the district attorney and tea. ing to reach a just resolution in the case as soon as we can. >> the case supposed to go before a judge next month unless there's a plea agreement. canfield and his wife were together for almost 40 years. >>> daly city police are asking for the public's help in tracking down the driver who hit and killed a pedestrian last night. 78-year-old jose roselle was run over near the intersection of highway 35 and westridge avenue. police tell us the victim was in a well lit crosswalk when he was hit. >> we definitely know from speaking with the witness that the drive was aware that h