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. >> the president's asian tour wrapped up in japan. >>> news4 is just getting started. we're staying on top of the arrest of jackson johnson, the county executive in prince george's county and his wife. >>> kanye west tweakshis decision about whether or not he'll perform on the "today" show. >>> also the little my disappeared from school almost six months ago now, we'll ok into the latest on the investigation and at the parents are saying now. >>> a woman is kidnapped, thrown in the trunk of her car. hear her 911 call to police as she ge escued. >> i feel it is so unjust that this little animal, that he was born in such a horrific thing. it is like his trh, how i felt. >> this maryland's woman's dog's ashes re lost along the >>> breaking news from north carolina where police say remains were found feared to be that of the missing 10ear-old girl. zahra baker was report missing on october 9th. since then investigators have been searching areas near her home in cal we will county. on wednesday theyncovered a bone near a creek bank. police say dna evidence show it does belo

. >> qwan will become oakland's first female mayor and first asian chief executive. >> bad news for you. if you hate 70 degree weather in mid-november, sunny days, boy, you're just gonna have a hard time. >> you're gonna have to move out of the state. that's the only answer for you while the rest of us enjoy. check in with mike. >> good morning to you. we've made it to friday. let's take a look how the weather's not going to change much today. either 1 degree cooler in concord, redwood city, santa rosa, the same as yesterday in oakland and san jose and 1 degree warmer in san francisco. days keep getting shorter. 10 hours 13 minutes of sunshine. we are cool this morning, even cooler than yesterday. at 8:00 under a sunny sky we're still in the 30s in santa rosa, napa, fairfield, livermore, morgan hill. the rest of us in the 40s until you get to san francisco about 51. by noon look how rapidly we warm. low to mid-60s throughout the bay into the south bay and mid-60s it looks like for the east and north bay valleys. by 4:00 we've reached our highs for the day but it's still pretty warm with

we also know that ensuring asian pacific sovereign and corporate bonds debt has increased. the cost for south korean government debt has increased by something like 15 basis points. they are heading for the biggest rise since may of this year. and the south korean has fallen. we will see if they will implement any measures to put a lid on the fall. they will go to the safe havens. >> you are watching bbc world news. still to come images capture the moment an explosion ripped that you a coal mine in new zealand. 29 miners are still missing. >> the israeli parliament passed a bill setting new conditions for any withdrawal from occupied territories. it requires a two-thirds majority before any land in the golan heights or east jerusalem could be creeded to syrians or palestinians. if it fails to get the majority it must be put to a national referendum t. is condemned by the palestinian government. the e.u. envoy to haiti says sunday's elections must go ahead despite the epidemic of cholera. four of 19 candidates appealed for it to be delayed to tackle the disease but the envoy

the book is about africans and asians. but there's plenty of that if somebody wants to read af little -- you know, i was also in some very bad shelling in somalia, but just to be -- wheny we hear these statistics, ilia mean, somalia, for example, is the most dangerous place on earth for journalists.us the reality is that statistic means local journalists.a everywhere i went i worked with local people, and it's those people who end up paying the price should i do somethingu wrong. >> host: what's the takeaway on this book?t what do you want people to take away on this book? >> guest: i really want people t to take away the idea that it is this clash within that we have to pay attention to.t i want them to take a little ho air out of this overlyy simplified narrative because itf does no one any good, and that kind of martial rhetoric can actually lead to people dying. >> host: eliza griswold, "tenth parallel." first-time guest on booktv. thank you for being with us here in miami. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> host: j

and colleague the population here at sacramento high is overwhelmingly hispanic, african american and asian. >> it helps us round ourselves to why we became doctors in the first place. here we are at critical stages of these young people lives and we're able to make a huge impact on them. so if we're able to teach them some of the things that they need to do in order to become healthy they won't be the 50 year old coming into my clinic with diabetes who has to have their leg amputated. >> reporter: u.c. davis also sends its residents to work in community health care clinics like communicare here in sacramento where 85% of the patients live below the federal poverty level. nearly three quarters of the 22,000 people seen here each year are also either uninsured or on medicaid. dr. david katz is medical director. >> most of the medical care that's practiced in the united states is not practiced in that academic university medical center and so the importance is to give residents the experience of being out in the community and seeing that family practice out in the community can be intellectua

a rally for asian markets. japan's nikkei gained a fraction hitting a five-month closing high, while hong kong's hang seng ended down a fraction. wall street ends the week after major gains. yesterday, the dow shot up 173 and the nasdaq added 38. president obama says the early success of gm's public stock offering shows the $50 billion taxpayer-backed rescue program is paying off. general motors stock began trading yesterday when the administration stepped in to save gm there were many critics. the public offering reduced the government's stake in the auto giant from 61% to about 36%. >>> a bill to extend jobless benefits to some two million long-term out of work americans failed in the house yesterday. the current extension enacted this summer runs out december 1st. speaker nancy pe lows says she will introduce the measure shortly. >>> the senate passed a measure delaying a massive cut in medicare payments to doctors, threatening not to take new medicare patients if the cut goes through. the 23% cut is schedul

. >> reporter: as president obama winds down his asian trip, he's looking for ways to work with the incoming republican members of congress. >> we have a chance to advance the interests, not of republicans or democrats, but of the american people. to put our country on the path of fiscal discipline and responsibility that will lead to a brighter economic future for all. >> reporter: the president was to eliminate earmarks, those pork projects lawmakers piggybacked into bigger bills. and this past week, a presidential commission released radical suggestions for raising revenue, and slashing the deficit. that includes a cut in the home mortgage tax deduction. republicans say they're ready to make some tough decisions. >> we're also tracking down every last rule and road block rigged to keep government spending binge on autopilot. if we're ever going to change the status quo, we need to make it easier to cut spending and harder to increase it. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi is about to lose her title. but she wants to leave the democratic minority with the same management team. she bro

on his ten-day asian trip, president obama backed a permanent seat for india on the u.n. security council. the government of israel announced it's moving forward with plans to build nearly 1,300 new apartments in disputed east jerusalem. and the presidential commission investigating the b.p. gulf oil spill found overall the company did not sacrifice safety to cut costs. and to hari sreenivasan in our newsroom for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: on this week's political checklist, david chalian and judy talk about the reaction at the white house and on capitol hill to g.o.p. gains in last week's midterm election. we have more on the attacks on journalists in moscow. we asked experts about the state of press freedoms in russia. plus, paul solman weighs the pros and cons of the fed's recent moves to boost the economy. that's on his making sense page. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> woodruff: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are m

he also told reporters he has thoroughly enjoyed his first return visit to the asian nation as president. >> my sisters have indonesian, my mother lived and worked here for a long time. the sights and the sounds and the memories all feel very familiar. >> here's a live picture of president obama right now. he's going to be delivering a speech that will praise indonesia as a positive example for the muslim world. a thriving democracy that respects diversity. >> another alarming snapshot of the state of american healthcare. a knew study out of ucla finds more americans are turning to health insurance plans with low premiums and high deductibles in order to save money. doctors worry consumers may skip routine care lie colon -- . >> governor arnold schwarzenegger sails no one cares if you smoke a joint. he made those comments while appearing on nbc's tonight show. he talked about his recent signing of a law that lowers the penalty of poe testing up too an ounce of marijuana. the governor's no one cares comment comes less than a week after california voters rejected proposition 19 which would

take a look at the final product, complete with asian chile paste, brussel sprouts, different and definitely delicious. >> i'm trying to avoid that because i go to the restaurant located in the city center. >> reporter: you have to travel all the way to bar bads osto find the roots of this side dish where trevor is from. >> it's great but i enjoy mine and hopefully everyone else can too. >> reporter: he combines heavy cream, eggs, salt, pepper, paprika, lots of cheese and what is your secret ingredient? >> can't tell. [laughter] >> reporter: ketchup is acidic and you need a little acid according to hoyt. pop it in the oven about 30 minutes. >> keep it simple, tasty and the flavor is really nice. >> reporter: it's a table at hoyt's house and his restaurant. >> hey i'm gail gan from true here to make pumpkin muffins. >> reporter: getting her twin girls involved in baking is one of gail's greatest pleasure. and this must be so easy even 6-year-olds can make it. an award winning chef, she introduces her with oil, sugar, molasses, eggs, butter milk and pumpkin pure a. >> so that's the star of the

the president's asian tour took him this evening to south korea for a major summit on world economic problems. the gathering of 20 nations formally convenes tomorrow. mr. obama arrived in seoul after a strikingly personal address to more than 6,000 university students in jakarta, indonesia. he spent four years there as a child, and he began today by saying, "indonesia is a part of me..." >> i first came to this country when my mother married an indonesian named lolo soetoro. and as a young boy i was... as a young boy i was coming to a different world. but the people of indonesia quickly made me feel at home. and while my stepfather, like most indonesians, was raised a muslim, he firmly believed that all religions were worthy of respect. >> sreenivasan: the president then renewed his call again for a new era of u.s. engagement with the muslim world. >> but we also know that i went to cairo last june, and i called for a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world-- one that creates a path for us to move beyond our differences. i said then, and i will repeat now

. >> this just does not affect latinos, it affects asians, it affects europeans, it affects people from around the world, polish, as tony pregwig talked about, irish. everybody is affected by this. let's pass the dream act that has bipartisan support. so mark kirk, make your first official act an act that will count? illinois' other senator, newly elected mark kirk, is on the record as opposing the dream act and those in attendance say they plan to urge the senator to change his mind? he said he wasn't for it, we feel that this is an important act that he needs to follow and support the dream act because it will benefit not just illinois but thousands of young people across the country. >> reporter: and former illinois governor jim edgar supports the dream act, as do other republicans as well. and so the supporters are saying there is bipartisan support so far but there are still lawmakers who need to be convinced that the dream act is the best legislation so far on the southwest side, robert jordan, wgn news. >> all right bob, thank you. >>> chicago has grand plans for the former site

. >> reporter: returning with disappointing results negotiating with asian allies, the president must now negotiate with a lame duck congress on the expiring tax cuts. >> i don't think there's any room to negotiate on raising taxes, especially on smaller businesses. >> reporter: those the president has long called for letting the tax cuts for the rich expire -- >> we can't afford to borrow another $700 billion to pay for tax cuts for millionaires. >> reporter: there are signs tonight that the white house may give into republican demands and agree to at least a temporary extension for the rich -- >> what if we moved it up $1 million. everyone below $1 million will get a tax cut. >> reporter: it's not just tax cuts. there are calls to ban earmarks, budg lifting the military's don't ask, don't tell policy, and a vote on a missile deal with russia. that was the subject of mr. obama's last meeting in asia with his russian counterpart. the last four days have been packed with meetings, little time for sightseeing. until today. abc's kaichb travers. >> he took a little bit of time to play to

the president went on this big asian trip talking about bringing jobs home. he's in oul, korea at a g-20 summit of world powers, and he went into this thinking he w going to sign a trade deal with south korea today. but that didn't happen. what hapned instead on the other side of the world will bounce right bk hereo the u.s. our own lee cowan is traveling with the president. he too is in seoul tonight. lee, good evening. >>> the backdrop here at the g-20 discussions are getting more tense. on the one hand, you have the inability of t president to secure that free trade deal with korea. and despite increased tensions with china over their currenc manipulation, there doesn't seem to be a lot of movement the either, sparking fears of a trade war. the president began his veterans day wi cheers from u.s. troops commemorating the 60th anniversary of t korean war. but it was a different mood in his meeting with china's president as mr. obama made it clear he thought china wasn't playing by the rules. the white house has complained china is unfairly manipulating curr

in other news, just days after returning from his asian trip, president obama flew to portugal today for a nato summit, this time the president was able to announce two agreements. the allies say they will support his plans for a new missile defense system for europe. nato is also backing the nuclear missile reduction treaty with russia. the president is still pressing the senate to ratify it. but afghanistan dominated today's discussions. the u.s.-led coalition is said to be making military progress and national security correspondent david martin tells us they'll soon have some new fire power to add to their arsenal. >> reporter: the american troop surge is about to pack a bigger wallop. early next year, marines in southern afghanistan will have a company of tanks with which to pursue the taliban. that's only 15 tanks, but retired general jack keane, a confident of general david petraeus, thinks it's just the beginning. >> it may be the lead company of more tanks to follow. >> reporter: the first use of tanks in afghanistan is part of what an aid to petraeus calls squeezing down on

he issued a statement from japan where he is wrapping up his ten-day asian trip with a second of back-to-ba summit meetings. nbc's lee can is traveling with the president and joins us from yokohama. lee? >> reporter: well, lester, that statement came relatively quickli. in short, he calls her a hero of mine and a source of inspiration to all those who work for basic human rights in burma and around the world. the united states welcomes her release but said that we demand all political prisoners be released, not just one. that statement cominga t as the president wraps up his trip to asia, calling it a success. ♪ >> reporter: from an economic perspective, the president says what happens in asia doesn't stay in asia. and he wants american companies to surf the ripple effects back home. >> in today's interconnected world, what happens in japan or china or indonesia also has a direct effect on the lives and fortunes of the american people. that's why i came here. >> reporter: it's his last stop on a four-nation trip. meeting with a group of chief executives today, mr. obama outlined again jus

. >> this is the second light of president obama's asian tour. he is hoping the third time is the charm when visiting indonesia today. >> president bush breaks his silence on tv and in print. do you plan on reading what has to say about his presidency? >> when is the warm-up tony has been warm and -- been promising us coming? [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today in hd. >> good morning. >> i sensed impatience. >> i did not make the rules. i just drive the bus. it is coming. it has been pleasant. >> it is in the 40's right now. it is going to be a day similar to yesterday. we will be in the upper 50's and low 60's this afternoon. there is a bit of a breeze this morning. we are gusting up close to 20 this morning. the forecast for today come up 50's and low 60's this morning with mostly sunny skies. the breeze will stay with us almost exactly like yesterday. you will like the seven-day forecast. >> good m

it is already wednesday in the asian markets and amanda of cnbc is here with us for a look at the impact if at all yet, on these markets. >> you know i was looking a moment ago, brian, at the markets in the region already opened and there's evidence of risk aversion, meaning the markets are down. however, but no means as viciously as we saw the reaction here today in the u.s. and part of the reason for that is, of course, we didn't understand the motivation and we still don't understand the motivation behind these attacks so people, essentially were like, shoot first ask questions later. we saw is u.s. dollar up, the korean yuan down. a typical risk-aversion and we saw the u.s. treasuries rise and u.s.-traded korean shares take falls. today, of course, we're going through the process of trying to find out what happened. and keep in mind, korea has done this before. trying to get attention in the markets and usually the impact in the markets on stocks tends to be short lived. we'll just have to wait and see. >> amanda, thank you very much for that. this happened in a dangerous neighborhoo

asian markets broke a losing streak. japan's nikkei added more than 2%, hitting a five-month high, while hong kong's hang seng also was higher nearly 2%. those gains could fuel wall street today. yesterday, the dow fell 15 points and the nasdaq added 6. >>> up to half the rolls royce engines used on a-380 super jumbo jets need to be replaced. one of the trent 900 engines on a qantas jet blew apart during a flight november 4th. this morning, the qantas chief executive said rolls royce says up to 40 of the engines on 20 planes need to be taken out of service. the planes are flown by qantas, singapore airlines and lufthansa. >>> the labor department says the consumer price index rose two-tenths of a percent last month. gasoline prices accounted for most of that increase but the cost of autos, clothing and hotels fell. >>> applications for home mortgages dropped last week. the mortgage bankers association says overall applications fell 14.4% and applications to refinance fell 16.5%. the decline in mortgage applications follo

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report also found that the scores of black and latino 12th graders lagged behind those of whites and asians. >> there's a long way to go. we've got, first of all, we have to worry about this gap, because even though some kids are performing well, whole groups of kids are not. >> reporter: earlier this month, another report found that just 12% of african-american boys in 4th grade were proficient in math or reading. that compared to 38% of their white counterparts proficient in reading and 44% in math. >> that gap is a big gap and these numbers suggest that number has not changed. >> reporter: and the report suggests that what is needed is more intensive exposure to reading and writing. students who regular wrote long answers to questions about their reading in class scored much higher than those who didn't. also key, experts say, continuing to teach reading well into middle and high school, diane. >> and we just saw in china, they go to school and average 41 more days every year. >> reporter: and it is how you spend that time, because there was an interesting finding in west virginia. stude

the president addresses currency problems with asian nations. why american jobs may be at stake. >>> money wasted on a high-tech border fence. the glitches in a high-tech security wonder. >>> and, flying high. how a paper airplane soared to the heavens. >> we just come up with an idea in the pub and went ahead and did it. >> it's friday, november 12th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, i'm mike marusarz sitting in for vinita nair. >> and i'm rob nelson. good morning, everybody. >>> president obama is trying to put the best face possible on a very disappointing meeting with world economic leaders in south korea. >> the failure of global trade talks could have a widespread impact back here at home. karen traverse is in seoul this morning with more. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob and mike. unless president obama picked up souvenirs in his hotel gift shop, doesn't look like he's going home with anything in hand from this leg of his asian tour. coming into the summit the president hoped to push china to

overseas asian markets edged up in light trading. japan's nikkei added half a percentage. hong kong's hang seng also closed higher. alexis christophorous has other business news. >> reporter: retailers hope you'll hit the stores before you've even had your thanksgiving feast. a growing number of retailers are open today to give consumers a jump-start on their holiday shopping. sears is open for business on this day for the first time in its 124-year history. other stores open for business today include kmart, old navy and toys "r" us. >>> well, traders are thankful for a fresh batch of encouraging economic news. applications for unemployment benefits are at their lowest level in about two years, incomes grew and consumers are spending more, but the housing market is not improving. new home sales fell 8% last month to a near record low. still, stocks managed to climb and the dow rose 151 points. the nasdaq was up 48. >>> in europe, more anger and fear over the debt crisis this week. striking workers shut down much of portugal. ireland proposed its deepest budget cuts in his

. >> reporter: returning with disappointing results negotiating with asian allies, the president must now negotiate with a lame duck congress on those expiring tax cuts. >> i don't think there's any room to negotiate on raising taxes, particularly on smaller businesses. i hope we can get a permanent extension. >> reporter: even though the president has long called for letting the tax cuts for the rich expire -- >> we can't afford to borrow another $700 billion to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. >> reporter: there are signs that the white house may give in to republican demands and agree, at least to a temporary extension for the rich -- or -- >> what if we moved it up to $1 million? everyone below $1 million will get a tax cut but millionaires and billionaires won't. >> reporter: it's not just tax cuts facing the lame duck session. there are calls to ban earmarks, budget items directed to members' districts. lifting the military's don't ask, don't tell policy for gay service members. and a vote on a strategic missile deal with russia. that was the subject of mr. ob

. >> president obama is on his way back to washington after ten day asian tour. it wrapped up with pacific rim leaders agreeing to work toward building a free trade zone. he met with dmitry medvedev but one of the top priorities is to get the senate to ratify the nuclear weapons treaty. he made a stop at japan's great buddhist statue. he did a little shopping and picked up bracelets for melea and sasha. >> he set out hopeful with that would create american jobs, but the leaders of other economic powers less agreeable and more critical of u.s. economic policies. madeline albright and lindsay graham asked some perspective during abc's this week. >> they have their own interests. it's a matter of listening to the various ideas. its process and it's clear that america continues to be central to the process. >> i was disappointed with the other nations that would not get behind president obama to change their currency policy. we need a trade agreement with korea. i think you're going to see congress get involved on the currency front. >> a lame duck congress returns t

the asian markets have really started this morning sell-off and they were about stooped in south and north korea after they exchanged artillery fire. there's also an economy rate increase. it is bigger than the 2% rate increase last month. meanwhile the corporate news the bay area at packard say that proffered roche with pershare earnings. >> tech as six wild and another story that we are following today. north and south korea exchanged artillery fire tuesday after the north shelled an island near their disputed sea border, killing at least two south korean marines, setting dozens of buildings ablaze and sending civilians fleeing for shelter. the supreme military command in pyongyang threatened more strikes if the south crossed their maritime border by "even 0.001 millimeter." the united states white house press secretary robert gibbs called on north korea to "halt its belligerent action," and said the u.s. is "firmly committed" to south korea's defense, and to the "maintenance of regional peace and stability." >> and we're just getting this now. from south korea president they're sa

actually, the first lady stopped in germany on her way home from this asian trip and today is meeting with service members and wounded troops at several u.s. military bases in germany. >> thank you kate. 44 degrees on tv hill. it's 5:06. a teen is beaten to death at a college party. >> and an administrator charged with killing a woman's husband and then presiding over his funeral. he was tracked down eight months after the murder. >> more traffic and news when >> welcome back, the time is nine minutes after 5:00 a.m. it's a very nice day today. dropped into the 30's up north and west. 32 in frederick, 29 in york, pennsylvania and 47 at the airport. forecast for today, mostly sunny. beautiful afternoon with a high near 65. when we come back we'll check the seven-day forecast going into the weekend. >> covering the nation this morning, four people are charged with murder in the stomping death of an 18-year-old gahiji tshamba teen at a house party but three of the four claim they are innocent and just watched the deadly beating. officials say tillman died as a result of his heart being l

it is part of his nine-day asian tour. mr obama expressed support for indonesia, which has been hit by a tsunami and a deadly volcano. >> the united states will continue to support the relief efforts anyway that we can. i hope my presence is a reminder that in good times and in bad times the united states stands as a friend with indonesia. >> one of the main goals of the president's tour is to encourage trade between indonesia and the u.s. because of a volcano erupting, the white house has decided to shorten the president's visit and move up the departure for his next stop, south korea. meanwhile, former president george w. bush officially hit the big book tour. he was on the oprah show not long ago. >> absolutely. in his book, "decision points" he talks about mistakes made during his presidency. we have the latest. >> the line started last night, and it's stretched around this dallas bookstore. >> it is great to have him back home. >> they were waiting to hear firsthand from their favorite son who has not had much to say

president obama is back in the white house after the ten-day asian trip, this was the new republican freshmen class in the house is heading to capitol hill. they want both sides to work together but is that what they're going to get? jon karl reads the latest tea leaves from washington. >> reporter: good morning. the congress here said they found a president who said he is ready to work with republicans. talking to reporters on air force one, president obama acknowledged a, quote, obsession with his own policies. >> in that obsessive focus on policy, i neglected some things that matter a lot to people and rootingly so. maintaining a bipartisan tone in washington. >> reporter: now, he facing a republican majority with a different obsession, stopping his policies. they started arrived sunday, washington's largest freshman class in a generation. 109 of them new to congress. 35 of them of them have never before held elected office. >> change the way they run. >> washington is completely lost. >> reporter: to washington, their political amateurs and proud of it. the pizza man. from illino

men and women and gay and straight and african-americans and white and asians and pacific islands, all of us together, we are california. that's what our state's about, that's what we said tonight. [ cheering and applause ] and listen, listen, listen. i want to give special thanks to veterans for boxer. who stood with me and were proud of what i've accomplished for our brave men and women who put everything on the line. and we need to bring them back from war. it's time. [ cheering and applause ] >> we need to rebuild america. [ applause ] and, tonight, we all came together, and we have a new governor, jerry brown. [ chanting "jerry" ] >> hi jerry. it's okay, it's okay, i'm not jealous, i love jerry brown. i wanted him to win so badly. listen, listen. i want to thank my beautiful family, my beautiful family, they are here behind me tonight, and they are behind me every single day. in the darkest moment of this campaign and the brightest moments of this campaign, and i want to thank the most incredible campaign manager known to humankind, rose k ape lchinski. where is she? where is rose

the asian shopper is less shy about showing off, too. >> the market is exploding. part of what is happening is an expanding class of consumers in china who are able to spend more money and consume more goods, and if you play china forward over the next five years, we expect china will be the third largest market for luxury goods. >> reporter: reports show that the rebound in luxury sales is dictated by those stores owned and managed by the brands themself, such as hermes. heres sales increased by 23%, whether it's handbags, shoes, or wallets, those increased by 16% and beating out the leader of the luxury sector, which is apparel. it is not just women making cash registers ring. >> our men's business has increased significantly, and in the last 12 months has outpaced the growth in the women's category. >> reporter: when you bras through the top dollar shops, you may be hard-pressed to find a sale sign. >> no question you have seen less promotions. in the first half of the year, our gros margins increased 600 basis points. >> reporter: vurof course, this very small

penn will serve as a point person to artist in asian and pacific islander communities. he was first appointed for that spot last year. >> gretchen: all right. those are your headlines. let's go live to steve in dallas with president george w. bush for the ground breaking of his presidential central. >> good morning to everyone and mr. president. >> welcome to dallas, texas. >> thank you very much. the big d. and it's a big day for you. we're right now live on the campus of smu, southern methodist. give us a tour of the george w. bush presidential center, you're going to be breaking the ground later today. >> the center will house a museum and archive and an institute. it will be focused on transformative policy and i tell people it's politics, but not through with policy. this is where laura and i will spend a lot of the rest of our life working to spread freedom and worry about kids in school. >> that's probably important. you've been working on the book for a couple of years, since you left office. now you need something to do. >> yeah. that and plus i'm passionate ab

video and so far they've released this, a taliban leader is asking for aid from gulf and southwestern asian countries. and one clip, not available to the public yet, includes an 8th grade boy being used as a homicide bomber. training and recruiting videos from the taliban are common. now, the president is on board air force one while it refuelses in anchorage, after returning from the ten day tour in asia and in 40 minutes will leave for the white house, he was in japan for the summit and made a visit to the great buddha statue and he went to indonesia and south korea where he failed to reach an agreement on free trade. "fox news alert," new pictures of the british couple set free overnight by somali pirates. they had been held hostage more than a year, paul and rachel chandler are meeting with the prime minister of somalia in mogadishu and moments are expected to fly into kenya before returning home to the u.k., they were captured while yachting in the indian ocean. and voters approved a measure to legalize the use of medical marijuana for people with chronic or debilitating diseases, oppo

. >> asians are very particular about looking white. where as i think, the, in the united states, everybody wants to look tan. >> reporter: lesson number two, don't drive that pink car up to a customer's home. it's okay for dallas. but not in beijing. in another city, another big american brand has spent 20 years working the country and now mcdonald's opens a new location every other day. tim fenton, president of international operations for this region, says american companies that want to succeed here need the three ps. >> patience. persistence and pockets. deep pockets. >> reporter: deep pockets to create infrastructure and learn from mistakes. tell me the biggest mistake you made. >> i would say when we tried to launch rice burger. they didn't buy it. people come to mcdonald's for what we are, they don't want to come to us for rice. so that was a learning we had. >> reporter: the biggest seller turns out to be a crunchy chicken sandwich probably too spicy hot for most american tastes. an alternative french fries -- steamed corn in a

speaking to asian business leaders, president obama said the u.s. economy can benefit from the growing markets here. >> in today's interconnected world, what happens in japan or china or indonesia, also has a direct effect on the lives and fortunes of the american people. >> reporter: the president continued to press the case for more u.s. exports to asia, reiterating his goal of doubling american goods sold in the region over the next five years. he framed it in the context of his most pressing issue back home. >> for america, this is a jobs strategy because with every $1 billion we sell in exports, 5,000 jobs are supported at home. >> reporter: of his top agenda items, the president will be going home largely empty-handed. no agreements on a long-sought free trade deal with south korea. the president could not convince south korea to open its markets to american cars and beef. no breakthrough on the issue of chinese currency. the white house says china is deliberately undervaluing the yuan. that makes it cheaper to produce goods in china and cheap

if so, she would become the first female asian mayor of a large american city. >> we're 2000 votes ahead of him. we're leading him 51 to 49, but it looks like with 10,000 votes to go, we'll probably hold that lead, and if so, it's a real victory! >> oakland is using a system called ranked choice voting. it's where voters pick their top three choices and a computer algorithm determines the most popular candidate. >>> this morning, president obama is in india to kickoff an important trip to asia, as he arrived with the first lady, the president announcing a $10 billion trade deal expected to help pay for thousands of american jobs. he also spoke in mumbai at the site of the 2008 hotel attacks and visited the home of gandhi. the president is on a 10-day trip to asia where he will visit four different countries. >>> san francisco police have arrested the man they say posed as a utility worker and robbed and killed a woman in her apartment. police picked up gary holland yesterday morning in suit trough heights park. they say he went door to door last week, pretending to check for a gas leak,

president obama is scheduled to visit indonesia on tuesday as part of his asian tour. >>> and finally, joe paterno wins number 400. penn state, the nittany lions, rallied to beat north western 35-21 to give the legendary coach, joe patterknow, another milestone in his very long career. >>> now, for a quick check of the weather. temperatures in the east and south, will have a wintry feel today. highs will range from 48 degrees in newton, massachusetts, outside of boston. to 57 degrees in atlanta. mild to warm temperatures in montana -- from montana all the way to colorado and minnesota. meanwhile, the west coast gets bianna, over to you. bianna, over to you. >> all right, ron. thank you. >>> in connecticut, jurors are deliberating again today to decide the fate of a killer convicted of the grisly murders of three members of the petit family during a home invasion in 2007. mike marusarz has the latest. >> reporter: after day two of deliberations, still no verdict. >> if there ever was a case that cried out for the death penalty, this is it. and i think that a jury's going to agree with

asian markets staged a big rally. japan's nikkei jumped nearly 3%, ending its best week in a year, while hong kong's hang seng was also higher. wall street's focus will be the government's october jobs report. analysts expect the economy added just 60,000 jobs last month. the economy needs 100,000 a month just to keep pace with population growth. 200,000 are needed a month to really put a dent in unemployment rate, which is expected to hold steady at 9.6%. >>> wall street will also get the latest on home sales and consumer credit. stocks surged on thursday to a two-year high after investors bought into the fed's plan to boost the economy. the dow jumped 219 points, while the nasdaq gained 37. >>> toyota profits shifted into high gear, this morning the automaker reported a second quarter profit of more than $1.2 billion, quadruple what it was the same time last year. despite sales slowing down a bit here in the u.s. over lingering safety concerns, sales overseas remain very strong. starbucks sales are really percolatin

nations, especially asian nations, study our politics closely and, frankly, they know the president's in a weakened position and they simply took advantage of it. that's why the president got totally blindsided and there was no trade agreement with south korea as had been expected. but i have to say this: if it was bad over this there this week, it may be worse next week when this current congress comes back for this special session to deal with those extensions of the bush tax cuts. right now, katie, i think the outlook for getting that done is pretty grim. >> couric: all right. bob schieffer. bob, as always, thanks so much. and, by the way, bob's guests on "face the nation" this sunday include republican senator elect rand paul and democrat senator chuck schumer. now to a serious and growing problem for the u.s. military: : combat stress. nearly 70,000 americans who served in iraq or afghanistan have been diagnosed with p.t.s.d., post-traumatic stress disorder. many more may suffer from it but are just too reluctant to come forward. our chief investigative correspondent armen keteyi

then he emerged as a young asian man. border officials are calling it unbelievable case of concealment. >> it appears there has been an upset in the oakland mayor's race. officials released first results of rank choice voting today showing gene kwon has 50% of the vote. and on election night remember perata was in the lead with 35% h in ranked choice system officials count up voters skpekd third choices until one candidate reaches at least 50%. the result s are still subject to change here. keep in mind because a large number of absentee and pro visional ballots are still left to count. >> alameda county judge blocked he limitation of funds for a child care program. the this women remain until parents can be screened to see if they qualify for aid. the governor caught the $256 million from that welfare to work program. the money subsidizes care for 55,000 children whose parents went through the program. democratic legislatures announced this morning they've advanced $40 million to help pay for the program through january.

she's making history of the first female and first asian to become oakland mayor. >> we're very proud today. >> reporter: voters told us they're ready for new leadership under quan. >> i feel like she's looking to do what's best for oakland. >> oakland needs a new direction, someone who i think knows the city much more. >> reporter: while we were speaking with quan tonight, she received a congratulatory call from the outgoing mayor. >> i will appreciate all the advice she can give me. >> reporter: quan's family told us they plan to host a chinese banquet to celebrate with supporters on friday. >>> here is another close race in the east bay. incumbent jerry mcnerney claimed victory today in the 11th congressional district. he led republican challenger david harmer by almost 2500 votes. about 189,000 ballots still need to be counted. >>> the california attorney general's race also remains tight. new numbers show san francisco district attorney harris is a bit closer now to republican steve cooley. cooley is the los angeles d.a. he has a lead of one tenth of 1%. by comparison, cooley was

she's making history of the first female and first asian to become oakland mayor. >> we're very proud today. >> reporter: voters told us they're ready for new leadership under quan. >> i feel like she's looking to do what's best for oakland. >> oakland needs a new direction, someone who i think knows the city much more. >> reporter: while we were speaking with quan tonight, she received a congratulatory call from the outgoing mayor. >> i will appreciate all the advice she can give me. >> reporter: quan's family told us they plan to host a chinese banquet to celebrate with supporters on friday. >>> here is another close race in the east bay. incumbent jerry mcnerney claimed victory today in the 11th congressional district. he led republican challenger david harmer by almost 2500 votes. about 189,000 ballots still need to be counted. >>> the california attorney general's race also remains tight. new numbers show san francisco district attorney harris is a bit closer now to republican steve cooley. cooley is the los angeles d.a. he has a lead of one tenth of 1%. by comparison, cooley was

san francisco's asian art museum is in financial trouble and could face bankruptcy if it can't work out a deal with its lender by friday. that's according to the san francisco chronicle. the paper say it's unnamed sources who say the museum's problems started when they restructured $20 million worth of loans as a hedge against rising interest rates at that time. but now that interest rates have hit rock bottom, the lending bank says it plans to stop the museum's line of credit. >> the park service plans to scour ocean beach today in hopes of understanding why thousands of jellyfish washed ashore over the weekend. 10,000 of the gel lat news creatures washed up saturday morning. they appear to be moon jellies that don't have much of a sting. they washed back out to sea but people are still advised to wear shoes while walking on the beach. >> a nine-year-old student one of the youngest swimmers to make it from alcatraz to san francisco. he made the treacherous swim with his coach yesterday. he finished in four minutes and would have made it in less time had he not veered slightly off cours

you go into the room, count three black guys, two hispanics, and one asian or go into a room and see people. this approach on why don't you have black people in your company. i think that's more raise itch. it's tiresome. >> host: should americans take seriously his doomsday warnings or is he a showman? you have written several columns in usa today defending glenn beck, how do you feel he faint sized about him getting he headed in india? >> guest: i didn't hear the show, if he said that, that's awful. he shouldn't have said it, and it sounds awful, and sounds dumb, but at the same time, i've learned not to trust every rendition of reality from e-mail. i want to see what he actually said, but taking the e-mailer at his word, that's terrible. in terms of glenn's doomsday stuff, it's not like, you know, we are a member of the same bowling team or anything like that. we're not buddies, but i think what he is doing as a net benefit, and i really admire his ability to communicate with all the re, but i don't agree with everything he says. sometimes he goes overboard. the doomsday stuff, it

the average asian student studies three hours a day. the average american student studies less than one hour. the idea that we're more brilliant that in less than an hour a day we can match someone studying 14 hours a week is crazy. do we want to keep up with our competito competitors? host: our next call. caller: thank you very much. c-span is probably the closest to any tv station can you get. i'm a graduate from 1980. machine technology. and i give you a little of my history. i'm running a 1951 american energy for a world leading valve control process. bp. but, is there any hopehat we can bring back some real trade? i'm not real sure about my fact. 65% of our country is banking. 16% is healthcare. is there any hope for us skilled tradesmiths? thank you. es that's a great question and something i feel deeply about. i was just talking to the head of national manufacturers. german has the lowest unemployment rate in 18 years. germany has worked very hard at manufacturing successfully and exporting around the world. the highest share of

and indonesia, a southeast asian powerhouse, and this whole asia strategy is something that is very important to white house aides. they think it's the wave of the future, if we can increase u.s. exports, they think it will lead directly to jobs at home. >> without further ado, what have you made scott foster eat and test before you will eat the white house file food of the day? >> reporter: now, you know, chuck, i take exception to you saying i would not taste it first, but scott foster did taste this first, and the file food of the day is mie goreng, and that's basically noodles. i tasted them and the whole crew tasted them, and beats the mess soup any day. >> do you have any -- >> reporter: i am eating the food and not reading it. >> you are better off eating and less reading, because the more you know, the less you might eat. >> reporter: sleep would be good. >> sleep is optional. we will check in with you again, anyway. we'll be right back. of business in america. after 25 years in the aviation business, i kind of feel like if you're not having fun at what you do, then you've got the wro