the philippine american symphony orchestra is the first outside of the philippines. with faso now firmly established, people around the world with recognize and appreciate music played by the symphony orchestrate today, members from the bay area are here. please welcome fasl. ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪

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navy for 20 years and leaves behind a wife, seven year-old daughter in the philippines. in oakland kron 4 news. >> kron 4 spoke with kaiser where he worked there released a statement, " we extend our heartfelt sympathies to the employee's family and friends, and we're providing support to the employes at the oakland medical. " federal >> help may soon be on the way to help oakland deal with the recent rash of violence as kron 4 to join thursday oakland police chief is reaching out to several federal agencies for assistance. kron 4 christine conley found out what that help will mean for oakland residents. >> the oakland police department plans to draw federal agencies to town with a today violent summit. they say it's in the works now set for late august and will bring in agencies like the fbi, dea and atf. the u.s. attorney's office said the first time it will meet with community leaders to discuss what's needed here the second day with only with the police department to hammer out the details. the oakland police department said this doesn't mean he'll see agents patroll

navy for 20 years, and he leaves a daughter, and a wife in the philippines. haaziq madyun >> kaiser permanente a report released this statement that we extend our hearts, 70's to the family, friends and we're providing support to the employes at the oakland police facility. >> and with phony assets from greg's list, a 1996 lexus was advertised for $2100. . >> this is neptune court, a small, quiet, dead end street in a vallejo housing district. in the past two weeks, two people have fake craigslist add and both times, there were lured to neptune court this is a dead end street and both of these on either side are also dead end. it is very quiet. you can see there is not a lot of traffic. also, there are several empty- foreclosure homes. there is a moving truck. and right were these attacks happened. on july 7th, a 57 year-old concord man came to this block and there were given this address. however, this does not have a car for sale. when they knocked on the door, jill cook said their mistake and and when they left. they were attacked by two men. >> he asked i

. >> governor swzenegger nominate the first philippine woman to appellate court. she is the next chief justice. she would give the state preme court a female majority for the first time in its history. 50-year-old sacramento native is a graduate of u.c. davis school ofaw and a republican. if approved by voters in november, she would replace ron george. >> they are threatening to shut down efforts to bp well. thad allen the weather could force crews to abandon the watch over the experiment tell that has been bottling up the well. scientists have be examining cameras for days trying to determine if that cap is displacing pressure and causing leaks under ground. >> n.t.s.b. is investigating an incident that left 30 peoe injured after severe turbulence hit a jetliner. the flight originated out of dulles near washinon, d.c. and was heed to los angeles. it was diverted to denver where it landed safely last night. many of e injured were treated for minor injuries and released from the hospital. >> the plane dropped properly, 20, 30 feet. i saw two people hit the ceiling.

but there were two larger earthquakes near the philippines. a 7.2 and an aftershock. no word of injury or damage with those. >>> a big cooldown is in our forecast. i'll have details on that in a few minutes. "meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? >>> lured by fake ads on craigslist, two men were robbed in vallejo. both robberies happened in the same block. >> reporter: this is neptune's court. a small, quiet, dead-end street in a housing development in vallejo. in the past two weeks, two people have responded to fake craigslist ads for cars for sale and have been attacked and robbed. both times, the men were lured here to neptune's court. not only is this a dead-end street but both of the streets on either si

. >> governor swarzenegger nominated the first philippine woman to appellate court. she is the next chief justice. she would give the state supreme court a female majority for the first time in its history. 50-year-old sacramento native is a graduate of u.c. davis school of law and a republican. if approved by voters in november, she would replace ron george. >> they are threatening to shut down efforts to bp well. thad allen the weather could force crews to abandon the watch over the experiment tell that has been bottling up the well. scientists have been examining cameras for days trying to determine if that cap is displacing pressure and causing leaks under ground. >> n.t.s.b. is investigating an incident that left 30 people injured after severe turbulence hit a jetliner. the flight originated out of dulles near washington, d.c. and was headed to los angeles. it was diverted to denver where it landed safely last night. many of the injured were treated for minor injuries and released from the hospital. >> the plane dropped properly, 20, 30 feet. i saw two people hi

lots of tropical activity down in southeastern asia from the philippines through indonesia up into indo-china and even up into southwestern china as well. some of these areas picked up more than 100 millimeters of rain in the last 24 hours. flooding and landslides are not out of the question. but looking a whole lot better for central areas of china, especially along the yangtze river, where they have been dealing with ongoing flooding and landslide problems. let's take a look at your temperatures, then. very, very hot conditions in parts of china. 37 degrees in chongqing. 34 in shanghai. and reaching 36 in beijing. but tokyo's going to be 34. slightly cooler than yesterday. but many areas are going to be exceeding 30 degrees today. let's head to europe. we have a new system that's moving into the british isles. it's going to be the case of occasional rain for scotland. quite breezy near the center of the storm, as well. but much calmer with brighter spells down in england. that system is going to take a similar path as the last system. so bringing rain to southern norway and into central are

citizens in the other woman is from the philippines. both are being held in jail tonight each on $1 million bail and right now san francisco police say they are facing the women's bank accounts and trying to find out if any money was sent overseas. reporting live, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the driver of the submit truck lost control today and the driver said he was delivering a load of concrete and hit a tree and a power pole before coming to rest. the driver suffered minor injuries and pg&e said 1500 customers lost power until 145 this afternoon. >>> ac transit says it is considering a new that could affect thousands of bus writer is a. they are facing a $56 million deficit and says it needs union workers to improve contract concessions in negotiations stalled last month they imposed a controversial new contract on the drivers and members of the union objects to the new work rules and shift changes and says the contract was imposed about 150 to 200 employees have been calling in sick every day. >> it could be a result of

navy for 20 years and he's behind a wife, seven year- old daughter in the philippines. in oakland kron 4 news. >> >> >> is are permitted to release the statement they say " we extend our heartfelt sympathies to the employee's family and friends, and we're providing support to the employees at the oakland medical. ". the oakland police department could be getting federal help to deal with the recent rash of violence has kron 4 to do on thursday oakland police chief is they're reaching out to several federal agencies for assistance losing 80 officers. christine conley fought with that will mean for oakland residents. >> the oakland police department plans to draw federal agencies to town with a today violent summit. officials say it's in the works now set for late august it will bring and agencies like the fbi, dea, atf. the u.s. attorney's office said the first day officials will meet with community leaders to discuss what's needed. if the second day amid the with the police department to hammer out the details. if the oakland police department said this doesn't mean you

navy with a wife and daughter in the philippines. >>> also in oakland, investigators are looking into armed robbery at a desert and tea shop. they say two masked men robbed nine customers at mr. green bubble just before 11:00 last night taking their purses wallets and electronics and took money from the cash register and no one was hurt. >>> fire crews tackling a one alarm fire say they std across a marijuana growing facility. they were called to an apartment building around 5:15 and they say they were coming from the first floor and quickly spread. a spokesman said they had a tough time getting through the building because it was filled with debris but once they reached the top floor, they found dozens of marijuana plants. >> the third floor had two rooms that made extra room in there and both rooms had plants at different stages, and in full bloom with buds. you could smell it from the street. >> no one was hurt. the cause is still under investigation. fire officials say they're ruling out electrical problem. oakland police are investigating whether the pot farm was legal. >>> polic

the philippines has been hit by a major 7.3 magnitude earthquake. it struck wonder kilometers southwest of the city. -- 700 kilometers south of the city. it had yardy been rocked by the initial quake measuring 6.9. all of europe's major banks have passed the test is designed to check if they could survive a crisis. the seven small regional banks in spain, germany, and greece failed. critics argue the test were not tough enough. >> europe's banks have been widely viewed as a link. the 91 biggest have been giving a health take. would they be lowered to half mast in respect for legions of banks on their deathbed? in practice, only seven have failed the test. the edit 85 are in the pink. as for the seven who flunked it, they could be a small regional outlets. >> the top of the system had the capital ratios above 60%. it is smaller institutions. they are very small. they have been less capitalized. >> house of bear were the tests imposed on banks? thanks estimated the losses they generated, it to be trivial recession compared to what happened a year ago.

. >>> well, if laughter is the best medicine, seniors in the philippines must be in good health. laughter yoga combines yoga techniques and giggling and is said to awaken the senses, strengthening the immune system and mind. now laughter yoga is being used in jail as well with both inmates and guards using the bonding sessions to ease inmate anxiety and also build harmony in the prisons. >>> well, if you thought bowling wasn't cool, think again. with temperatures at an all-time high yesterday in tokyo, locals young and old headed to the heart of the business district to try their hand at ice bowling. the perfect prescription for 100-degree heat, a bowling ball made of ice, a 16-foot bowling lane, of course, made of ice, and smashing pins all made of ice. so if ice bowling couldn't cool you off, how about lying on top of a glacier? that's what some locals in russia did. dressed in bathing suits and trunks, they tried to escape 90-degree temperatures that continue to grip parts of russia by enjoying the cool year-round 40-degree temperature of the blue glaciers, which is a unique a

a typhoon as it the philippines hard you can see the pictures the high winds pounding rain this is flooded parts of the capital city of the law. it's toppled power lines killed at least 26 people and 30 people are missing. most of the fishermen. delilah is without power in the schools and government officials had to close today the storm later headed out to the south china sea and expected to make landfall later this week in china. riding in northern island it continues police being fired at now. there's been a third night of trouble in belfast cars being set on fire. no officers have been hit by gunfire at last report that more than 80 of them have been injured while struggling with protesters some of them very young. the trouble began with a string of annual protestant marches which sometimes intrude into catholic neighborhoods and inflame tensions. leaders are pleading with the crowds to stop before someone is killed. >> to we'll father's in and southern california that caused evacuation's are closer to being fully contained. one of the fire started near a neighborhood in ventura county

. >> the recently-elected president of the philippines has pledged a new era of clean government. he criticized the former leader lauria arroyo. -- gloria arroyo. toxic particles in the air of moscow are said to be several times above normal levels. people have been warned to stay indoors. now to the revelations about the war in afghanistan. the number of civilian deaths has fueled public anger, and 52 people have been killed in a rocket attack last week. we have this report on how the killing of innocent -- innocent civilians is undermined the war effort. >> these mountains have known little more than more of it last 30 years. the author that time, soldiers -- a third of that time, it has been soldiers from the u.s. coalition. they have not meant to kill civilians, but it sometimes happens. this woman's husband, a car mechanic, was shot by u.s. soldiers. he thought that they were thieves. his death will bring the poverty to his family. >> what can i say about the americans? it made me a widow in my five children orphans. -- and my five children orphans. >> this is one of the toug

mean -- i -- -- pakistani born american spoke of a plot. 12 were crushed to death in a typhoon in the philippines. one was electrocuted. singapore's economy has grown by a staggering 18% this year, almost double the chinese rate. the figures have been driven by the recovery in financial services in the opening of two super casinos for tourists. now, was the abducted by the cia or did he defect? for awhile at least? there is plenty of mystery surrounding the iranian nuclear scientist shahram amiri. he says he will reveal full board feet -- full details of what he calls his ordeal once he is in the iranian capital. our correspondent has this report. >> from inside this building in washington, which houses the iranian interests section of the pakistan embassy, shahram amiri is now on his way back to tehran, according to tehran authorities. there are no direct flights. he is expected to arrive home early thursday. but the nuclear scientist leaves behind an unresolved mystery over what has happened to him during the past 14 months. he has given conflicting versions of how he disappeared and arrived in

does or says to those people who followed the law, who have been waitg ten years, to 20 years in the philippines to come here, in africa to come here, in mexico to come here, and what does it say to them if we say you were the saps and those that broke the law came here are frankly going to be treated differently? and i'm not sayinghat's the answer, but i say we also have to understand what fairness, what justice means to those who did follow the law. thank you very much. >> gentleman yields back. i understand that miss jackson lee is prepared for her questions and will be recognized for five minutes. >> madam chair, thank you so very much for this very important hearing. i could not acknowledge the clergy here today without acknowledging in my hometown of houston, reverend clements of the national baptist convention and bishop kyles among many others who have led a very potent and important convening of souls who have supported and understood the eics and the humanitarianism of real comprehensive immigration reform. and i'm humbled by the sincerity of my colleague from california, and i believe

. >>> and a major earthquake hit the southern philippines less than an hour ago. they say the magnitude was 7.4. so far, no reports of damages or injuries. a tsunami warning has not been issues yet. >>> and a minor earthquake struck the "bay area today." the 3.2 quake hit about 2:30 this amp. epicenter was three miles west of daily city at a depth of 4.2 miles. some people as far away as sacramento reported feeling the quake. no report of damages or injury. >>> it looks like barry bonds perjury trial will not begin until next spring at the earliest. a federal judge attempted to set a trial date this morning and suggested september as the only time her courtroom would be available. the lawyers said that was too early. bonds is accused of lying to a grand jury about alleged steroid use in 2003. prosecutors charge that bonds tested positive for steroids three times between 2000 and 2001. that evidence cannot be used in court because his trainer refused to testify about the results. >> president obama says the economy is making progress but he added, more work needs t

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have evacuated around forty thousand people head of the storm which has already killed dozens in the philippines this month heavy flooding caused by terentia already much . less. but as china suffers from storms and flooding europe is getting prepared for another has it while the current heatwave may be good for holiday makers who can also spot the outbreak of devastating fires the most effective tools used for extinguishing those summer blazes are russian helicopters and the global demand for these choppers is growing rapidly as artie's reflection reports. it's every year hundreds of thousands of have terry's of spanish flies disappear the reason fire and. the combination of the hot dry climate and human negligence often creates an unstoppable force resulting in a national catastrophe. but now we may have man it's match. serving on the front line for many years russian firefighting helicopters are among the best and spain has welcomed their arrival. we chose the thirty two because we know it for a long time ago and we know that this is the best for you copter four five fighting . for the fighti

screaming help, help, help get away from the philippines and a daughter and. he spent 20 years in the navy military. in oakland the police department is asking for federal help to deal with the recent rash of violence and layoffs at deal pd. officials of china's set up a today violence summit in late august but assuming the summit like the atf and dea and the fbi. arresting those agencies for help they would be patrolling the streets in oakland but they could help long-term investigations. things like wiretaps and search warrants. in oakland kron 4 news. in oakland a small restaurant was the victim of a strong arm robbery and thursday night. just before 11:00 p.m. two masked men carrying guns came into the mr. green bubble restaurant demanding cash from the register and the personal belongings of customers. from there they took purses, wallets and electronic devices. if the two men were last seen running from the restaurant after the robbery. oakland police are offering a $10,000 reward for permission leading to their arrest. here in fremont it appears to a lo

the typhoon tortured the philippines causing at least 68 deaths including a fisherman whose boat sank. >>> people in india ran for shelter when an enraged elephant broke free. a spectator threw a football at the elephant. the elephant got angry and started going after people and cars. a veterinarian shot tranquilizers at the he will fanned and then captured it >>> a new $39 million library was held at the 32,000 square foot library which includes a children's area, technology center with 94 computers and a bookstore. construction came in of million dollars under budget. the project was paid for by the city, civic organizations and private donations. >> the old library was unsafe and it was not what our community needed. we came together and built this amazing library. when you come in here, it makes you file. >> people hope that the new library will last 60 years and includes a place for people to eat. >>> and an ion is closing ♪ clear your eyes, and i'll kiss you ♪ >> it took more than four decades to get back to san francisco and when he d paul mccartney settled records. >>> fir

. >> reporter: both her parents were farmworkers, her mother in the philippines, her father on sugar cane plantations in hawaii. childrenned law degrees -- she earned law dr. from sacramento and uc davis and is married and has two daughters. a three-person legal panel must approve and then voters must do so on the ballot in november. on a personal note, one profile of her said she had a hard time finding a job out of law school, so she supported herself by working as a blackjack dealer in reno. in sacramento i'm simon perez, cbs5. says that's not enough to make >>> complicated routines and strenuous workouts, why one court says that is not enough to make cheerleading a sport. >>> some south bay parents trying to save their kids' school programs, what weeks of fundraising has netted them and what they were able to salvage. >>> and the terminator takes a shot at the road warrior, what governor schwarzenegger had to say about mel gibson's recent tirade. >> we're calling it the summer doldrums because some areas were a good 10 degrees below average. now the neighborhoods that were warm 1

waited around forty thousand people the head of the store which how to where they killed dozens in the philippines this month heavy fall the group behind to raid in china will before. this. b.p. says they're wrong no signs of leakage from its ruptured oil well in the gulf of mexico after the latest attempt to hit three valley. they've been shown to stopping the flow for the first time since april however engine is all still searching for undiscovered leaks america's worst environmental disaster has seen around seven hundred million beaches of oil spill into the ocean can it get a business update now with cutting the many can. hello and welcome to business good to have you with us russia has passed a long awaited law on insider trading the new rules are intended to define illegal trading and what sort of punishment should be handed out to those who cross the line i do question our ports. in the film wall street's by oliver stone gordon gekko makes billions by insider trading but the character that told the world greed is good gets his comeuppance of the long arm of the whole finally gets his hands

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., trying to make life better for his family in the philippines. investigators say the 53-year-old was returning from work at kaiser when someone shot him around 1:30. it happened outside of his home on east 15th avenue. neighbors say they're understandably worried. >> knowing someone die add cross street means a bullet could have came into my house. this puts me, my family into danger. i don't know. i just don't feel save here, anymore. >> what is scary is that it's similar to one last sunday when a virginia man in town for a job interview was shot and killed. police believe that case involved gang members and that robbery was motive. investigators want to talk to two people seen in this surveillance video taken just before the shooting. >> another black eye for san francisco's embattled crime lab. an official says a $140,000 machine that could be used to eliminate the last dna back dog sat idle for six years. tonight explaining why this isn't being used. >> there is two of them. found out this afternoon the police department had two of the very e

he sent most of his paycheck to his wife and daughter in the philippines. mariano spent 20 years in the u.s. navy and served in the persian war before retiring from the service. >> he's a very quiet and nice guy. all i know is just go to work, home, work, home. >> reporter: those who knew mariano say they can't think of a reason why anyone would want to kill him. the shooting comes five days after another shooting in downtown oakland. there does not appear to be any connection between that shooting and this morning's. >> there's no evidence, no witnesses suggesting this case could be suggested. on the first case, there was a robbery that went bad. >> reporter: the city is offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest in this morning's shooting. police are asking anyone with any information to please give them a call. reporting live in oakland, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> an investigation is on the way this evening into the cause of a large fire early this morning that seriously damaged a house under construction in the oakland

the storm is already being blamed for the death of 39 people in the philippines where it left a path of destruction. it is expected to continue the northwest path over the weekend headed toward southwest china and northern vietnam. >>> we know the names of all four fishmen involved in the tragic accident. the men died after the boat capsized in the frigid waters on wednesday with. 62-year-old henry's body was pulled from the water that day, as was the body of 67-year-old melvin cox, the body of 65-year- old ronald washed ashore yesterday morning and 62-year- old jack taylor is still missing and presumed dead. >>> three of the men are from the city of river bank. >>> time now is 7:23. san francisco is showing off a $6 million upgrade to one downtown neighborhood. the mayor helped celebrate the completion of the great streets project yesterday. it includes for trees, cafe seating, new trash bin, wider sidewalks and bike lanes and more curb cubs for the disabled. one bicirclist says he feels safer everyday. >> there's no longer potholes. it is clear where the bikes are supposed to go. c

if you do get anybody on the phone, you know, they're in the philippines or some place. i just -- i just -- i just think that historians when they write about us are going to say we allowed these corporations to become the government. and we, the people, thought we still had a say, but really don't. and that's -- >> larry: when we come back. >> -- a pretty sad statement. i hate to make it. >> larry: when we come back, we'll get a tweet on this question of bp. try new zegerid otc. it's the first 24-hour treatment with two active ingredients: prescription-strength medicine plus a protective ingredient so it's effectively absorbed. for 24-hour relief, try dual-ingredient zegerid otc. >> larry: we got calls for you, might l. first, what are your thoughts about tony hayward, the ceo, stepping away with $900,000 a year in pensions and stock options worth millions? >> so what's new? i mean, that's -- that's what they do. that's why every time you fill up at bp you'll help contribute to his pension fund. and now here comes the fan mail from the independent gas station owners who

if you do get anybody on the phone, you know, they're in the philippines or some place. i just -- i just -- i just think that historians, when they write about us, are going to say we allowed these corporations to become the government. and we, the people, thought we still had a say, but really don't. and that's -- >> larry: when we come back -- >> -- a pretty sad statement. i hate to make it. >> larry: when we come back, we'll get a tweet on this question of bp. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to work with kids. i'm going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i'm going to start a band. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done growing. thanks, mom. i just want to get my car back. [ female announcer ] together we can discover the best of what's next at aarp.org. >> larry: we got calls for you, michael. first, what are your thoughts about tony hayward, the ceo, stepping away with $900,000 a year in pensions and stock options worth millions? >> so what's new? i mean, that's -- that's what they do. that's why every time you fill up at bp you'll help

the governor nominated a philippine owe 50-year-old state appellate judge tani cantill-sakauye. she would succeed chief justice ronald george stepping down in january. her colleagues reacted with excitement to the news. >> and it was inspiring, frankly. because she is such a remarkable injureist, such a remarkable person. and she has been such a joy to work with. >>> cantil must be confirmed by the state commission on judicial appointments and then her nomination go before voters on the november ballot. >>> a prominent california church group have proposed holding individual interviews about faith with the two state's candidates for governor. an opportunity for jerry brown and meg whitman to tell their personal stories. so why did it take whitman months to say no? our political editor randy shandobil has a report you will see only on 2. >> reporter: it is called the faith forum here at the christian center. >> we are going to build the stage right here. >> reporter: lawrence simon with the monastery non-profit group first invited democrat jerry brown and republican meg whitman t

her mother in the philippines, her father on sugar cane plantation in hawaii. cantil-sakauye is married to a sacramento police officer and has two daughters. >> i really expect her to be one of the best chief justices ever in the history of the state of california. >> reporter: a three-person legal panel must first approve cantil-sakauye and voters must do so on the ballot in november. on a personal note, one profile of her said she had a hard time finding a job out of law school so she supported herself by working as a blackjack deal nerine no n sacramento, simon perez, cbs 5 -- as a blackjack dealer in sacramento's. simon perez cbs 5. >>> plenty of anti-government sentiment in the country much of it against out of control spending. hard to argue with anyone who feels that way in the city of bell, california in los angeles county. population, as of the last census, 36,664. not exactly a big city. but it sure provides some big salaries. residents there just learned their city manager earns close to $800,000 a year. that according to the "los angeles times" make

we have 20 locations in haiti, we have several in southeast asia-- cambodia, thailand, the philippines, a couple... one in trinidad, honduras, and then the rest are in africa. >> pelley: in haiti, global orphan was already caring for more than 2,000 children before the quake. now, they were taking on more. we met 13-year-old renise in the camp. rescue workers had picked her up from the quake-ravaged streets. it's hard to believe but the quake was, to her, a blessing-- it ended a nightmare of a childhood. months before the quake, renise was raped and became pregnant. but there was more. she was also the victim of something almost unimaginable in this day and time. renise had been given away as a child to become a household slave for another family. >> renise ( translated ): there were moments when i would just stop and cry. i cried because they made me work like a donkey. their daughter never picked up one bucket when i was there, not once. >> pelley: they didn't treat you like their daughter? >> renise ( translated ): not at all. i used to sleep on the floor. >> pelley: the daughter sl

china has committed aggressive maritime acts against southeast asian countries including japan, the philippines, taiwan, malaysia and especially the people of vietnam. china claims that ocean territory includes many islands and extends into much of the south china sea. if we were to look at the map of these south china sea, we'd see that china is here, vietnam is here, the philippines is here and malaysia is located here and china, being the farthest away from the islands as well as these islands, claims to have dominion over all of them. these claims, along with their aggressive presence, have caused tensions between the people of southeast asia and china to grow. the conflicts in the south china sea is hindering free navigation of these waters. which could negatively affect commercial interests and regional security. this would directly effect the livelihood of peaceful people in these nations. the time has come for the united states to take a strong stance against china's harassment before these actions escalate into hostile confrontations. china's hostile relationship has been reported and

does or says to those people who followed the law, who have been waiting ten years, to 20 years in the philippines to come here, in africa to come here, in mexico to come here, and what does it say to them if we say you were the saps and those that broke the law came here are frankly going to be treated differently? and i'm not saying that's the answer, but i say we also have to understand what fairness, what justice means to those who did follow the law. thank you very much. >> gentleman yields back. i understand that miss jackson lee is prepared for her questions and will be recognized for five minutes. >> madam chair, thank you so very much for this very important hearing. i could not acknowledge the clergy here today without acknowledging in my hometown of houston, reverend clements of the national baptist convention and bishop kyles among many others who have led a very potent and important convening of souls who have supported and understood the ethics and the humanitarianism of real comprehensive immigration reform. and i'm humbled by the sincerity of my colleague from california, and i bel

he had traveled to the philippines, a known child sex tourism destination, as well as germany and france, to receive his passport. he was recently indicted with a possession of child pornography and for attempting to have sex with a 2-year-old little girl. several of the registered sex offenders used their passports to travel to known child sex tourism destinations including mexico, the philippines and the caribbean islands. the victims of several of these offenders ranges from ages of 7 to 11 years old. mr. speaker, the i.l.o. estimates that will about 1.8 million children are victims of commercial sexual exploitation around the world each year. the g.a.o.'s report confirms that american sex offenders are a significant part of this outrage. according to the immigration and customs enforcement, i.c.e., each year about 10,000 sex offenders covered by the bill before us travel internationally. we have information and the technology at our disposal to determine what constitutes a high-risk registered sex offender and ensure that appropriate government officials are noticed in a timely fashi

a counselor in the philippines is teaching laughter yoga to fight stress and loneliness. his clients include inmates, senior citizens, professionals, and the counselor says laughter promotes a healthier mind set and even if you're faking it. he believes fake laughter and real laughter have the same positive effects on the brain. and if i went around laughing like that, i might be considered an inmate. and they might want to lock me up somewhere. >> you can't watch the video without cracking up even if they are faking it. >> and that guy is laughing all the way to the bank, i'm sure. >>> we will take it. a good way to start off your saturday morning and we're glad you started off your "weekend early edition" with us. and our next newscast is at 5:30. thanks for joining us. have a great day, everyone. ♪ [ horns honking ] ♪ [ male announcer ] come into an at&t store and experience tv like you've never seen before. ♪ for a limited time, get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months with dvr included.

i particularly remember as a young boy, world war ii, my dad served in the philippines. i remember the excitement of when he returned home after the war and there was a chain link fence that separated us from the plane, my dad got off the plane, he was carrying a little baby that was getting off the plane at the same time and my mom, very enthusiastic young laidy, started to climb that chain link fence. she wanted to see her cookie, as she referred to my dad. you know, that same scene was happening all across america. and it's happened many times since as young men and and young women have return -- men and young women have returned home. they have shouldered a burden that subsequent generations have not been forced to share. our entire nation mobile iced to fight a war -- mobilized to fight a war of national survival. men and women of all races and cedes put aside their differences -- creeds put aside their differences and rallied around our national colors, turning our depression woes into industrial and military might. these were americans of incredible courage and de

who is a supporter of al qaeda and they were captured in the philippines, they would be subject to enemy combatant determination. do you still agree with that? >> senator, i was speaking there as a legal policy matter representing the position of the obama administration. that's obviously a very different role as the advocate role that i played is also a different role. >> let's just stop there. when you were an advocate, you had no problem advocating that position. >> there are certain parts of that that i -- that i think that we have not addressed in the united states government. so the united states government has argued that the battled ed extends beyond afghanistan and iraq. >> the battlefield and the hearts, the minds and wherever al qaeda may reside. do you believe that is a consistent statement with obama policy? >> senator graham, when i was here before you asked if i agree would the attorney general and i said that it would be bad to disagree with the attorney general given my position. i still agree with the attorney general. >> but you strike me as the kind of person that if

allies in asia, including the republic of korea, the philippines, and out defense cooperative efforts with taiwan, such that japan can play the maximum call it can to preserve the security we all benefit from in asia. >> thank you very much. this is, again, a very extensive area that i will try to answer. japan-a u.s. relations -- 150 years anniversary of the first diplomatic mission. this is very important. two years from now -- a very important -- do you know? 2012? that is 100 years anniversary of cherry blossoms. now, two weeks, march and april in cherryof babsorbed blossoms. people are very unhappy. -- are very happy. we are trying to work on cherry blossoms of 2012, nationwide as well, not only here. there are a lot of opportunities. if i may say, japan-u.s. relations are unique. first, security arrangement, as you know. second, economic relations, as i said. global issues -- for example, reconstruction of iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, number ributed isy contra united states, no. 2 is japan. third, we share democracy, freedom of speech, human-rights. fourth, most important, 80% o

does or says to those people who followed the law, who have been waiting ten years, to 20 yea in the philippines to come here, in africa to come here, in mexico to come here, and what does it say to them if we say you were the saps and those that broke the law came here are frankly going to be treated diffently? and i'm not saying that's the answer, but i say we also have to understand what fairness, what justice means to those who did follothe law. thank you very much. >> gentleman yields back. i understand that miss jackson lee is prepared for her questions and will be recognized for five minutes. >> madam chair, thank you so very much for this very important hearing. i could not acknowledge the clergy here today without acknowledging in my hometown of houston, reverend clements of e national baptist convention and bishop kyles among many others who have led a very potent and important convening of souls who have supported and understood the ethics and the humanitarianism of real comprehensive immigration reform. and i' humbled by the sincerity of my colleague from california, and i believe th

customer care, and all their custor service center, it was a green bay number, but i got seone in the philippines. host: better move on to tony. >> my question is, will congressmen and senators be part of the wealthy that the taxes will be raised on? host: it is for any family making more than $250,000 a year. >> well, if a congress is paid $174,000 eye year, is that all he makes or does he gectstra for being on special committees? host: they don't get extra for special committees. for what each lawmaker makes, you would have to go to some web sites that -- "roll call" i know does a story about the wealthiest lawmakers, etc. caller: i also think we should be drilling more oil here and that way we won't be so dependent on foreign oil. >> who do you think, barbara? should we continue the tax customer? -- tax cuts? >> i think we should not renew the tax cufments i don't think they should have been renud in 2003 with its two wars going on. i don't think the tax cuts help many people in this country. i'm really tired of hearing people say that all of this is about obama, our economy being about obama

customer care, and all their customer service center, it was a green bay number, but i got someone in the philippines. host: better move on to tony. >> my question is, will congressmen and senators be part of the wealthy that the taxes will be raised on? host: it is for any family making more than $250,000 a year. >> well, if a congress is paid $174,000 eye year, is that all he makes or does he gectstra for being on special committees? host: they don't get extra for special committees. for what each lawmaker makes, you would have to go to some web sites that -- "roll call" i know does a story about the wealthiest lawmakers, etc. caller: i also think we should be drilling more oil here and that way we won't be so dependent on foreign oil. >> who do you think, barbara? should we continue the tax customer? -- tax cuts? >> i think we should not renew the tax cufments i don't think they should have been renud in 2003 with its two wars going on. i don't think the tax cuts help many people in this country. i'm really tired of hearing people say that all of this is about obama, our economy being about obama