for years, the remote city of about 1 million was a quiet backwater, ignored by international investors, even after mongolia became a democracy in 1990. but that has now changed. the mongolian economy posted over 6% growth last year, and is forecast is to expand by 10% this year. the country's vast deposit of raw materials are driving the upswing. many mongolians are not benefiting from the boom. more than 1/3 are living in poverty, but they hope to benefit in coming years. huge deposits of copper and coal are located in sparsely populated expanse out that the capital appeared international mining conglomerates have been lining up to extract those resources, including german companies. they are also interested in a rare earth metals, which are essential to the high-tech industry -- they are also interested in rare earth metals. >> flood waters from the worst flooding in thailand in decades are making their way to bangkok. flood waters have burst through barriers around a town just north of bangkok. people forced from their homes trying to save what they can. residents are stocking up on

and in van, the largest city in reports come in from remote villages from the iranian border. turkey sits atop several major fault lines but a quake this strong hasn't been felt in over a decade. in 1999, two magnitude seven quakes in northwestern turkey killed 18,000 people. tonight, the frantic search and rescue effort is ongoing and will continue throughout the night. >>> back to this country now, and your voice, your vote. the hot button issue of abortion. with the gop candidates scrambling to paint their opponents as flip-floppers. here's abc's david kerley now. >>> reporter: the gloves are off, with republicans accusing each other of changing positions just for a conservative audience. it all started when herman cain was asked about abortion. >> it ultimately gets down to a choice that that family or that mother has to make. not me as president. not some politician. not a bureaucrat. it gets down to that family. >> reporter: that doesn't play with christian conservatives. and rick perry pounced this weekend. >> it is a liberal canard to say i am personally pro-life, but

we have a shortage in the city urban world remote, we have to shine a spotlight there, so we have to behave in some very different ways. not just admire the problem, fix it. secondly, as you know, we're working very hard to fix the no child left behind law. that law is fundamentally broken, it led to a narrowing of the curriculum, led to a focus on "filling the bubble" test. we want to make sure students have a well-rounded education, we're gonna make sure it's not just memorization but teaching critical thinking skills. we've had many, many states raise standards, we have many states working in the next generation assessments, we have a long way to go. but because of the leadership in the state level, these things are actually starting to go in the right direction. >> very good, i'd like to take advantage of this, professor reimers, what can you do to modernize education? what are we doing wrong in the united states? we're not number one, we should be because of the power and the money that we spend. what can we do to improve? >> i think that it's true. it's an enormous challenge in

survivors of the city. and our russian man who says he spent seventeen days on a remote island in icy waters and was hailed as workers over robinson crusoe now seems to be a fraud we'll tell you how it happened. along the disputed serbia kosovo border ethnics. protesters clashed with nato led peacekeepers who were trying to dismantle their barricades k. four troops resorted to tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the crowd were armed transport vehicles moved in to remove the roadblocks dozens or a cryer treatment for gas inhalation some had other injuries served set up roadblocks in july when close of our customs and police began to install their own border controls talks failed to reach an agreement not a removal of the barricades despite a deadline being extended twice serbian political analyst alexander pavitra claims the serbs in northern coast of made concessions to grow for a peaceful solution to the crisis but were still attacked by peacekeepers. they're not going to stop now that's for sure it's ju

him back home from nearby kandahar city when the truck hit an explosive device investigators believe the blast was remotely detonated in the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar as increased since nato handed over security to local forces all rights in just a few minutes we lift the lid on the ancient chinese culture of wisdom first though the business with korea. how unwelcome to business good to have you with me our top story this hour russia and china are close to a gas deal that's been on the cards for many months with both sides going over the price now to discuss the issue i'm joined by examining the roles of chief economist for russia and the c.i.s. at h.s.b.c. bank thank you alexander for coming to the program so what's been the stumbling block well you see it's indeed a prize disputes that the best more of my knowledge of the distance was about one hundred. talls bill also it could be me those of fries that's rational obviously wanted to high prices cheney is obviously wanted low prices for russia but the key benchmark of course is on gas prices that we

were escorting him about home from nearby kandahar city when the truck hit the explosive device investigators believe the blast was remotely detonated and the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar has increased since nato had over control to local security forces. all right in just a few minutes here on our t.v. we lift the lid on chinese wisdom and first they will look at the business with a korean. welcome to our business of it as our thanks for watching russia and china are close to a gas deal as there are cards for many months were both sides hanging over the price of talking to the chinese media prime minister putin explained how a solution to the impasse has been found it was in russian and chinese companies will find in me should benefit your solution we will have the needs of children or children or is a word of opportunities and reserves a very big unable to meet the demands of our children needs friends. temba countries agreed on a new deal to the supply of almost seventy billion cubic meters of gas over thirty years however they still haven't managed to sign a f

were escorting him back home from nearby kandahar city when the truck hit the explosive device investigators believe the blast was remotely detonated and the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar has increased since nato handed over control to local security forces were right in just a few minutes here in. chinese wisdom but first though a look at the business as i promised with. welcome to our business of it as our thanks for watching russia and china are close to a gas deal has been on the cards for many months with both sides haggling over the price of talking to the chinese media prime minister putin explained how a solution to the impasse has been found there are russian and chinese companies will find immediately beneficial solution we're aware of the needs of children or china as a way of opportunities raises a very big unable to meet the demands of a chinese friends. temba the countries agreed on the new deal to the supply of almost seventy billion cubic meters of gas over thirty years however they still haven't managed to sign a final agreement says the price is

them into remote areas like the peck canyon, a notorious dangerous smuggling corridor 14 miles north of the fence. >> the terrain is rough. it's not drivable by vehicle, it's not drivable by atv. the violence in that area is very high. >> much of peck canyon looks more like afghanistan that the united states. >> there are numerous caves throughout these canyons and mountains. it's very extreme terrain. you can't get here to deploy except by air. >> yet it's this rugged landscape that the cartels wage wore against each other on american soil. >> you have the mules packing the drugs and they are armed, and then you've not the people who are going to rip them up. >> it's been called smugglers paradise, the area is a hotspot for armed cartel rip crews. >> rip crews are specifically aiming at ripping off drug loads from their competitors. they are the most dangerous kind of criminals one can encounter on the boarder. most of them have former military backgrounds from the mexican army and sign up with the drug traffickers just to do these kinds of remote area tactical operations. >> they d

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. >> and the border patrol says agents have found 14 tons of marijuana in a remote california check point saying ate rested a truck driver near salton city about 60 miles north of mexican border. the marijuana found inside wooden crates packaged in 1100 bundles. the agency says it's one of the largest hauls ever and one of the highway check points. >> now politics and new jersey governor chris christie, there are reports that christie is likely to make a decision about whether to jump into the race for the republican nomination within days. and before he makes up his mind he's being confronted by questions about his weight. dan harris reports. >> i struggled with my weight for a good part of my life. i'm sure many of you have. >> governor christie has been dealing with questions about his ample waist line. but now he's flirting with a presidential run, the issue is exploding. >> bring it fat boy. >> david letterman has been hitting christie so hard... he felt compelled to apologize thursday night not to christie personally. >> the translates to kids in school getting bullied well that whe

despite the drop in rating, moody's reported italy the risk of default remains remote. >>> new york city and the state attorney general are suing bank of mork mellon for fraud claiming they acquired nearly $2 billion from the city's police, fire and teachers funds over the course of a decade. >>> victims of bernie madoff getting their first checks today. the man in charge of recovering the funds an estimated $312 million will be distributed to investors representing less than 5 cents on the dollar, but irving piccard says more money will eventually be returned. >>> and apple unveiling the new iphone 4-s. it's faster, a new feature allowing user to ask the phone questions and get answers. it goes on sale in nine days at sprint, verizon and at&t stores. >>> "american morning" will be back right after the break. ♪ a refrigerator has never been hacked. an online virus has never attacked a corkboard. ♪ give your customers the added feeling of security a printed statement or receipt provides... ...with mail. it's good for your business. ♪ and even better for your customers. ♪ for safe

when the truck hit an explosive device investigators believe the blast was remotely detonated in the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar is increased since nato handed over security to local forces all right so you know just a few minutes we lift the lid on the ancient chinese culture of wisdom first though the business with korea. and welcome to business good to have you with me our top story this hour russia and china are close to a gas deal that's been on the cards for many nonce with both sides having over the price now to discuss the issue i'm joined examine the roles of chief economist for russia and the c.i.s. at h.s.b.c. bank thank you alexander for coming to the program so what's been the stumbling block well you see it since you do a prize districts that are the best or of what all it should be is to also about one hundred. tolls go on fossil could be commuters or price threshold obviously pointed to higher prices just curious obviously but that's more prices but for russia the key benchmark of course is our best prices that we show russia supplies tha

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. >> it's no accident that pelican bay is isolated hundreds of miles from the state's major cities. >> we fight an unending battle to keep the communication from our security housing unit inmates, particularly our gangsters, from getting back out to the street. and out of our 1,100 inmates, over 800 have been validated as gang remembers or-- members or associates. >> pelican bay is the toughest prison in the california prison system. the first time we sent a "lockup" crew was weeks after they suffered their worst gang riot in history. and there was still tension in the air as the crew walked through the gates. >> the riot fought primarily between black and hispanic inmates lasted a little over 30 minutes. one inmate was killed and dozens of others were stabbed or beaten. when we returned five years later, the tension was still palpable. >> one of the interesting things about pelican bay is there really seemed to be two systems of rules, the prison administration and then the rules of the gangs. and there's this constant tension between the two. it's like a modern day sparta. they have

they're usually located in remote areas far from cities for security reasons. so we're on these busy warsaw streets and we turn and these massive blue doors open up and we enter into this facility. and when we were inside and i was standing on prison grounds, i would look up and see apartment buildings surrounding us, businesses. >> the prison was built in 1904. it used to be called the place of no return. between world war ii and the fall of communism in 1989, it housed a countless number. freedom fighters, many of whom were tortured and killed in mass executions. the monument on the prison wall honors the victims. >> there are probably over 1,000 people who had been tortured and executed at this prison during the various regimes. there were annul of staff members who made comments to me who said they had seen ghosts there, they had felt ghosts there, that there is a weight of what has transpired at that particular prison. >> today the prison houses inmates because of their crimes instead of their beliefs. it is a maximum security prison with more than 900 inm

what are the problems? >> hi, ali, this is a remote part of turkey. ercis, where i am, i've just been visited by the interior minister, saying 169 people died here, 95 in the sort of regional main city of van, which is about 100 kilometers away from me. they do expect the death toll to rise. but interestingly he said it wasn't rising as fast as they had feared. there are supplies coming into the area, there is food, a little bit of food. they are trying very hard to rebuild the electricity supplies to get water flowing again. but that hasn't happened yet. he said the biggest problem is actually getting tents and accommodation for people. but that this evening, the red crescent would be distributing 7,000 tents that will hopefully be able to give some kind of shelter to all the people made homeless tonight. ali? >> the issue of course continues to be the temperature. whether there's rain in the forecast author those who did survive, getting the tents will be helpful. but it's going to be cold. >> it is extremely cold at night. and many of the people he

a cat 2 hurricane jova, really slamming the main port city in mexico. the good news, it will not affect the united states. way over here, remote 218, the big board, the dow jones industrial average up about almost 120 points. lots of green arrows today. we'll keep track of this and many more stories. now back to jenna. >> thanks, gregg. new york city mayor michael bloomberg is talking a little bit about these wall street protests. those protesters camping out in the financial district can stay as long as they obey the law, according to the mayor. yesterday we have video here of demonstrators hitting the road, taking the picket lines up town to the posh homes of new york city titans. the marry minding the protesters that those people bring money and jobs. boston are continuing demonstrations there despite arrest of 141 people so far. the group, occupy boston, saying they plan to extend protests into the winter. hope they have a coat. it gets pretty cold that time of year. meanwhile the politics of these protests is the wise to for democrats to a line the

obviously members of the city administration are on the board of directors. it is really that entity, in collusion with the nonprofit, sfjazz was accused of fraudulent activities, which is in our mind extremely remote. supervisor chu: and the folks on the body currently would be? >> currently, fred blackwell, executive director of the redevelopment agency, myself, nadia, brian from the capital planning program, and jennifer from the office of workforce development. supervisor chu: thank you. are there any members of the public who wish to speak on number 12? >> hello peter i am executive operating director at sfjazz. i want to respond to the comments regarding the outreach to the western addition, fillmore, and the jazz heritage area. we have been listening to and have been taking action on the request to reach out further and more closely to those areas. we held a community organization roundtable in may of this year. we invited members of community organizations in to talk about what they might want and what they might seek from the sfjazz and to see how we

>> andrea, it's a very remote area around the lake area, the lake van area just as you mentioned, not far from the iranian border in southeast turkey. we are her in ercis at the city center, close to it, surrounded by a pocket here of destruction of buildings that have been toppled by that earthquake. to the right an apartment building. over to this area there was an islamic school, where several children were missing, three of them were pulled out today, did not survive, one is still missing at this hour. in another section of this city, near the universe there was a six-story building that housed families as well as students in that building, rescue workers focused their attention most of the day there today because they believed that there were signs that there were people still alive there, and there have been signs, here in ercis as well as 50 to 60 miles away in van of people being rescued as well as others that were also killed, as you mentioned, more than 200, near 270 people that have died. the electricity is out in this city. they are keeping warm by having bon fires and we'

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inner cities can be just has andy capped as remote areas. here, too access denied is opportunity denied. so i welcome the new approach that takes us from scatter-gun and focuses on -- where private investment refuses to go, this means targeting areas where consumers would not otherwise have service, and this is the first time we can really say that about the fund. acting on another long-standing recommendation of the joint board, we for the first time are creating specific funding mechanism to support mobility. this is an historic accomplishment. clearly there are areas, many areas where mobile broadband providers are doing very well in delivering services and profiting handsomely and where support is not needed. but there are a areas that are strangers to reviable voice coverage and where the market will otherwise not go. the mechanism through which we propose to do this, reverse auctions, is i in call for the commission, this is a new species of auction and we will need to be careful how we approach and evaluate it. i hope it will live up

inner cities can be just has andy capped as remote areas. here, too access denied is opportunity denied. so i welcome the new approach that takes us from scatter-gun and focuses on -- where private investment refuses to go, this means targeting areas where consumers would not otherwise have service, and this is the first time we can really say that about the fund. acting on another long-standing recommendation of the joint board, we for the first time are creating specific funding mechanism to support mobility. this is an historic accomplishment. clearly there are areas, many areas where mobile broadband providers are doing very well in delivering services and profiting handsomely and where support is not needed. but there are a areas that are strangers to reviable voice coverage and where the market will otherwise not go. the mechanism through which we propose to do this, reverse auctions, is i in call for the commission, this is a new species of auction and we will need to be careful how we approach and evaluate it. i hope it will live up

are looking for suspects that occurred on the city street. it happened in oakland. the man is in his 60s and he was stabbed several times in the chest and he is expected to survive. at this point police only have a vague description of who attacked him. if you have any information call oakland police. >>> oakland city council will talk about possible new tax money. it will come if oakland voters pass measure isn't next mob. it would place an eye on sending family homes. -- single family homes. 700,000 would be spent on street lighting and tonight's meeting about the money starts 5:30. >> sal, can you help the folks on the east shore? >> i am trying to, road work through berkley, all the lanes are open and a little while ago we had a couple of lanes shut down. let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza, not much of a good drive and on highway 4 there is a little bit of problems through the construction zone. they are clearing an accident with a motorcycle but that's in the final clearing stages. >>> cooler numbers towards the north bay south bay

inner cities can be just as handicap as more remote areas. here opportunity denied is opportunity denied. i base the support largely on the size of carriers and focuses on where broadband refuses to go meaning targeting money for areas where consumers would not otherwise have service, and i believe is the first time we can say that about the fund. acting on another long standing recommendation of the joint board where we are creating specific funding mechanism to support mobility. this is an historic accomplishment. there's areas, many areas where mobile broadband providers do well in delivering services and profiting handsomely and where support is not needed, but there's other areas strangers to coverage where the mark will not go. the mechanisms, reverse auctions is a new tool. while we have considerable experience with spectrum options, this is a new species of auction, and we have to be careful in how we approach and evaluate it. i hope it lives up to the high expectations parties have for it and become a truly efficient way to expand ou