in australia, we still have hunting and target shooting. people still owned guns in australia. it is just that they do not own assault weapons, and they have to qualify. they have to proceed through a more stringent process to qualify. amy: was there any campaign launch, like you are a wimp if you need a semiautomatic weapon to take down and animal? ms. peters: in fact, absolutely we had interesting ally spirit one was that australia's olympic shooters who did very well and the atlantic olympics, they handed in their semiautomatics, and they said that we support the new gumballs laws. an organization of professional shooters in australia, like the original crocodile dundee, super macho guys employed to clear out feral animals from the national parks, they said, if you need a semi automatic weapon to kill an animal, then you are a city boy who should not be out here with a gun in the first place. , thee knew in australia opinion polls and surveys of gun owners showed that most gun owners supported commonsense gun laws, reasonable restrictions. but it was the gun lobby that alway

in australia, we still have hunting and target shooting. people still owned guns in australia. it is just that they do not own assault weapons, and they have to qualify. they have to proceed through a more stringent process to qualify. amy: was there any campaign launch, like you are a wimp if you need a semiautomatic weapon to take down and animal? ms. peters: in fact, absolutely we had interesting ally spirit one was that australia's olympic shooters who did very well and the atlantic olympics, they handed in their semiautomatics, and they said that we support the new gumballs laws. an organization of professional shooters in australia, like the original crocodile dundee, super macho guys employed to clear out feral animals from the national parks, they said, if you need a semi automatic weapon to kill an animal, then you are a city boy who should not be out here with a gun in the first place. , thee knew in australia opinion polls and surveys of gun owners showed that most gun owners sported commonsense gun laws, reasonable restrictions. but it was the gun lobby that always

from melbourne, australia. and louisiana state university. >> reporter: ben simmons grew up in australia. his dad played for sixers coach brett brown in australia. so this is a dream come true. he left australia to go play hoops here in america in high school. he had to talk his mom and dad into it. and boy, did it pay off. the number one overall draft pick out of lsu. he is so versatile. he can do so many different things on the court. i asked him, how nervous he was before getting picked. >> my legs were shaking. i was a bit nervous. but i really enjoyed the experience. >> i don't know how excited sixer fans can possibly be. back in philadelphia we have seen them jumping up and down. we saw them here. allen iverson was their last number one pick 20 years ago. you were born a month later. and you revealed that you had an a.i. poster up on your wall and you had the -- what age could this have been? >> 7 years old. i had the a.i. poster hanging on my door. everybody knew i was a sixers fan. >> in australia? >> d

now their target was australia. they began a systematic seizure that no one knew exactly why. >> after the battle at midway american commanders were in sort of a three-way competition as to what to do. >> describe that friction. >> general nemitz believed. macarthur proposed a relief and also wanted the navy to provide him with a cup of carriers to support that. >> in addition the areaiers, macarthur told king he wanted him to take over the first marine division. he waged a political war against the navy. >> admiral king was adamant that the navy must move onto an offensive. he was equally adamant that no carriers were going to be subjected to the command of general macarthur and he under the politics of it, that by seizing the mission, the navy would dominate the resources and hence the operation in the past tock come. >> macarthur got no carriers but the decision by the joint chiefs of staff was indeed solomonic. they committed the command along the 159th meridian. they would get all islands east. macarthur got ne

if you come here as an actor and you hope to play american -- australia's a long way away. if you don't come up with something that's going to work, they kind of -- you know, they send you home. >> jimmy: they'll send you back, yeah. >> back you go. >> jimmy: and are there words that trip you up as far as the little differences? >> yeah. well, we -- australians have to watch out for the a sounds, the e sounds and the i sounds, which is quite a lot. i mean -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: almost all the vowels? >> yeah. sometimes the u is difficult. the o, not a problem. >> jimmy: and sometimes y. >> sometimes y. [ laughter ] >> so, yeah, that can be difficult. >> jimmy: is that the goal in australia. i don't want you to speak to everyone. is the general goal to come to the united states to become an actor? it seems like we have a lot of hemsworths here. >> there are plenty of people with great careers in australia. you basically get the people over here that can't cut it there. can f you can't put it in australia, your option is get on the plane, learn the accent, otherwise back y

this is australia. just 12 days after the grisly attack and the public outcry it launched, australia's government responded by announcing a bipartisan deal to enact gun control measures. totally amazing, gun loving country. the pact included agreements with state and local governments. since the laws were passed -- now 20 years ago -- there has not been a mass shooting in australia and overall gun violence has decreased by 50%. we're joined by rebecca peters, an international arms control advocate and part of the international network on small arms. led the campaign to reform australia's gun laws after the port arthur massacre. welcome back to democracy now! explain what happened in april 1996. >> we had had a campaign for about 10 years at that time to reform the gun laws, which were weak in some states in a was a patchwork across the country, as it is in the u.s. in april 1996, this tragedy occurred with 35 people killed. at that moment, our prime minister said, this is the time after all of this prov

angie: australia is seeing some pressure. they've tried to cool off the markets are little bit when it comes to foreign ownership. everybody knows what they're talking about. >> they have. they have done that with some success. the difference with australia is that there is the ability to create a lot more supplied than there is in hong kong or singapore. going back to singapore, the residential market is still weak. i feel we may have just turned the corner on the commercial markets. there have been a few big sales recently. i could see rents firming there. if there isially nothing and pipeline, current supply will go up and value as demand goes up. what about japan? demand for the residential market, anything property, even previously you cruise the link cusas and options -- yet >> policy rates are hugely important in terms of real estate or it that's what were living with, a lower for longer global environment. at the same time, we have not gotten rid of inflation. no interest rates, no yields, no inflation, people had tow

australia, up by a third of 1%. gains from gold players. that shows you how much there is in terms of risk off sentiment. investors flocked to that safe haven gold price. zealand closed today, also korea for a public holiday. hong kong will be close later in the week, so an abbreviated week for investors in this region. the yen did have a pullback in early trade, but we are seeing it near those highs. weakness coming through out of the aussie dollar ahead of the rate decision tomorrow, down .5%. all of this in response to that payroll number. the china-u.s. dialogue about to get underway with an opening speech from the president. jack lew saying china is moving in the right direction on the yuan, but needs to improve its communication skills. tom mackenzie is at the dialogue this morning. what do we expect? it is good timing because the opening ceremony has just got underway. we are expecting the opening remarks in a few seconds. lew about hisjack priorities for these talks and the u.s. perspective, and he talked about the reform agenda and

why should it be different for australia here? is that the real and just rate, if you have a policy rate significantly higher than where inflation is tracking, that causes real pressure on the economy in that there is less demand for loan demand to invest some of that capital in the economy, so the issue is those real inflation rates as you see the headline inflation rate dropping well below where the policy rates are, that creates its own brakes on the economy, so that is the real concern there. and australia, that is a growing concern as well despite the fact that we have not seen a noticeable uptick in inflation. it's the way central banks need to manage their policy rates with regards to an inflation targeting framework. are they comfortable with where the aussie dollar is at the moment? ahead, hopefully we will be getting trade data out of china as well, which normally has a profound impact on where your currency is going. >> that's right. seen asie dollar has massive jump over the past 24 hours in the wake of that statement.

we are counting down to the open in australia and japan. futures in australia looking like this, a slightly higher open. economists are expecting the rba to keep interest rates at 1.75%. , whereet over to japan the latest gdp numbers come out on wednesday. futures trading in chicago pointing to a lower open. 6.72, it is pretty strong against the u.s. dollar ahead of brexit. .wo markets to tell you about u.s. treasury secretary jack lew says china is moving in the right direction on the yuan, but needs to improve its monetary policy communication. he spoke to bloomberg in beijing where talks are due to start later today. tom mackenzie is there for us. what exactly did jack lew say? good morning. the u.s. and chinese side will be meeting in a few hours on the outskirts of beijing. it was a wide ranging interview with jacob lew. we talked about the currency issues, market access for u.s. companies coming into china, the reform agenda as well and communication. we delved into a lot of these issues. reform agenda was top four jacob lew in his co

trade and retail numbers out of australia. a busy, busy half hour to come. ♪ get ready for the rio olympic games by switching to xfinity x1. show me gymnastics. x1 lets you search by sport, watch nbc's highlights and catch every live event on your tv with nbc sports live extra. i'm getting ready. are you? x1 will change the way you experience nbcuniversal's coverage of the rio olympic games. call or go online today to switch to x1. a look at our top stories, asia-pacific stocks on course for a second day of declines ahead of the opec meeting and a monthly u.s. jobs report. the decision to postpone april scheduled sales tax rise, and whether that decision will herald a turnaround for shares. oils trading at $49 a barrel. opec delegates discussing it cap today in vienna. a deal would signify unity, but won't affect production. softbank, alibaba paying 74 dollars is share to buy back its own stock. it will be sending $400 million in shares to the alibaba partnership, and $500 million each to two state investment firms. news out

coming down to the opens in australia, japan, and korea. futures in australia pointing to a lower open as well. at 74ssie dollar holding u.s. cents, this after jumping to ave or week i -- four-week high. numbers are home due out, so we will be keeping watch to that. let's get to japan. futures trading in chicago pointing to a higher open, a stronger yen, 107.29, but we are expecting first-quarter growth takers out of japan later this hour. analysts are expecting a slight transition upwards. we will have that breaking news when it comes out this hour. but it was the s&p 500 index hitting a 10 month high, with commodities assisted by crude, settling above $50 a barrel. the dollar weakened to a one-month low on the prospect of gradual fed rate hikes. bloombergs su keenan is tracking all the action in new york. the s&p 500 took aim at an all-time high, came close, within 1%, but pullback in the final hour of trading, that's where we see a lot of the games fade as of late. producers andrgy airline operators offset slumping bankshares. theks whic

no trading inket, australia, a public holiday for the queen's birthday. morning,tory this president obama says a massacre at a gay nightclub in florida is an attack on all americans. it is being investigated as an act of terrorism. by a lone 53 wounded gunman in the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. we have yvonne man with the latest on this. asnne: the attack happened 300 people were dancing and drinking. people described chaos and horror with dozens dead and injured as survivors rush to escape. ae assault was followed by three-hour standoff with people trapped inside becoming hostages. teams form thelt ves tosetting off explosio distract the gun man. >> we are dealing with something that is unimaginable. ask for a state of emergency. we are also issuing a state of emergency for the city of orlando so we can bring additional resources to bear to deal with the aftermath. the killer has been identified as a 29-year-old u.s. citizen born in new york to afghan parents. it is believed he was armed with an assault rifle and hand gun. he made a phone call be

this is the picture of those gold players in australia. noble group had fallen quite significantly in singapore. -- it will seize coverage of the stock -- cease coverage of the stock. we have seen the yuan retreat to its lowest level since 2014. down for tense of 1% -- down 1%.-tenths of angie: we will have a special report later in the program. disappointing jobs data out of chance of a the rate hike in the next month on the table? ♪ >> these are the stories making headlines around the world. the pound has fallen after the most recent full suggest more britain's favor leaving the european union. a survey found 45% of those would choose to leave. another poll had a majority in favor of a so-called brexit. .he race has tightened government might have a bigger problem than slowing growth. the nation's jobless rate maybe three times initial estimates. tripled tot has 12.9%. the world biggest -- has raised prices on most of its delivery to asia and the u.s. saudi arabia has said -- crude is valued at 60%. news.s bloomberg banks are set to de

if you come here as an actor and you hope to play american -- australia's a long way away. if you don't come up with something that's going to work, they kind of -- you know, they send you home. >> jimmy: they'll send you back, yeah. >> back you go. >> jimmy: and are there words that trip you up as far as the little differences? >> yeah. well, we -- australians have to watch out for the a sounds, the e sounds and the i sounds, which is quite a lot. i mean -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: almost all the vowels? >> yeah. sometimes the u is difficult. the o, not a problem. >> jimmy: and sometimes y. >> sometimes y. [ laughter ] >> so, yeah, that can be difficult. >> jimmy: is that the goal in australia. i don't want you to speak to everyone. is the general goal to come to the united states to become an actor? it seems like we have a lot of hemsworths here. >> there are plenty of people with great careers in australia. you basically get the people over here that can't cut it there. can f you can't put it in australia, your option is get on the plane, learn the accent, otherwise back y

weakness in australia. down .2%. just want to do a quick check on the aussie dollar as we await these dollars coming through out of china. leaving rates on hold yesterday and the yen continuing to strength playing into the equity market. through 107, 106.76, rish. rishaad: we have a survey, bloomberg survey expecting more signs of stability but perhaps indications of weakness. >> still waiting for the numbers to cross. a little bit delayed today. but you're wait. we're going to see maybe a return to a little bit more weakness. is that the right way to put it? march there was an abher ration. abheration. numbers are often disported because of the holiday when so many factories in china are closed and then they reopen and numbers go up and numbers go down. this may expected to fall 4%. that is the consensus estimate from economists surveyed by bloomberg in april it was down 1.8%. we're expecting at least two months in a row now of falling exports after that march abher ration. if you flip the page, this is why it might

you could say the same about australia into the national elections this weekend. some in australia betting against history, saying this election rally after the event is not going to happen given how high valuations have been. do you agree? chris: i wouldn't say the australian political situation isn't in disarray certainly not what we are seeing in the u.k. i suspect we will see the status quote being maintained,. this gap is too hard to get states back. we might see a hung parliament, but valuations are pretty lucky, like they are around the world. --pretty lofty, like they are around the world. we know the story about what is happening in fixed income at the moment. the australian 10 year yield trading nicely below 2%. that is making these yields play attractively, especially when you see volatility in the markets down 21%. if that continues in earnest, and volatility, continues to fall driven by central banking actions, the yield in australia could certainly come back in vogue based on the trading mentality rather than a valuation perspective. >> thank you so

australia is closed for a public holiday. that is the state of play on monday.y -- dreary angie: china's economy studied died thish -- stea month. retail sales climbed 10%. how should we read these numbers? >> good morning. we are seeing stabilization. what we are not saying in china's economy is -- not seeing in china's economy is momentum. ok.il sales are holding up private companies are not spending. you take it all together and you say, china's economy is not getting any worse. the fact that it is not getting any better despite all of the worrying sign. failure to get momentum with the problems they have to deal with. when you take them all together, it is quite a fragile makes. -- fragile mix. hade: it seems overcapacity an impact on fixed assets as well. >> the private companies do not have the confidence to spend money, to invest. they are worried about falling profits. the government has to step in and spend the money. going forward, if this trend continues, the government will have to fill the gap left by the private

the australia had an immediate connection with innings isers coach brett brown because he coached his dad. here's sound from our new forward, last night. >> it feels amazing, honestly. you know, i think my legs were shaking when i was on stage. you know, anything you want to do, you can do, honestly. i have been want to go do that since i was five, six, seven and i finally come to that. >> reporter: to doubt about that. he is now the third player in franchise history to be chosen in a first round overall, of course, joining some elite greats, doug collins in 96, mr. ai himself. back to you lauren. >> that is what i was about to say, dave, number one overall pick allen iverson was drafted, to the nba finals, of course. iverson had some advice for the teams new member. >> better get ready, and give everything you got, play every game like it is your last and they will love to you death. that is all they want. >> of course, fans are all ready to see what the 6-foot ten simmons will bring to the court. >> he is number one. twenty years after allen iverson. perfect guy. >> i'm glad that he

western australia introduced a controversial shark kill after several similar attacks. the taliban has killed an american journalist working for npr in afghanistan. the network said that david and -- hishis translator were killed in an attack. he becomes the first american journalist not serving with the military to be killed in afghanistan. kellye: hillary clinton has won the democratic primary in puerto rico. clinton needs just 28 more delegates to secure the nomination. while clinton is confident she will become the nominee this week, sanders is not ready to quit. >> we are going to win if the turnout is very large. we have a chance to turn big. >> after saying, everything i can to unify the democratic party, and i expect senator sanders to do the same. kellye: republican leaders are distancing themselves from donald trump's comments about the mexican heritage of a federal judge. overseeingthe judge a fraud lawsuit against him cannot be fair because of his border policy. >> you feel he would not be able to treat you fairly? >> that would be possible. absolutely. >> t

australia closed for the queen's

alison: police in australia identified a body in australia as that of a 20-year-old student from clifton, virginia. he was last seen june 6 jumping off of rocks into a storm swell. ackerman is the fourth person to die in recent storms along australia's east coast. leon: closer to home now here. nancy reagan national park could soon sit next to reagan national airport. bill in the house would rename it after the late first lady who died in march. it's a popular place to watch the planes take off and land. alison: a quick note about the area, there was a mineral oil spill at roaches run in february? well, tomorrow, the virginia department of the environmental quality will run a dye tracer test with dominion to determine how the spill took place. if you are in the area and you see the water and it looks odd, don't be alarmed. it's just that test. leon: in this case if you see something, don't say something. the only time! coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- the lessons of phase one to get ready for phase two. we look down the track at what is next for metro. alison: we have clouds out there

, so we used to eat a lot of sushi in australia. so now we come back and we miss, but this is fantastic. >> translator: indians' tastes have been changing rapidly since people have access to new information. we considered the growing interest in japanese food a business opportunity. >> reporter: this man specializes in ramen noodles. he opened a new restaurant last july in southern india. the biggest challenge was to come up with a menu that suits vegetarians, who were said to account for one-third of india's population. he uses stir-fried vegetables such as carrots and onions. simmering them for a long time to create a thickly textured soup. this is the product of his five months of trial and error. he calls it veggie ramen. it costs about $8 a bowl. i'm vegetarian and this was the first time i'm going to have vegetarian japanese-style ramen. it's very yummy. i really like the flavors. they're very well balanced. and i've never had something like this before, so it's very nice. when the shop opened, about 20% of customers were indi

look at australia in 1996, the laws in australia changed drastically after the port arthur shooting, that was a brutal shooting of young school children there in australia and many people point to australia as a model of gun laws moving forward. in background checks in 2015, 23 million people have background checks outstanding trying to get guns. that's the highest on record. this is now taking place online. we're seeing some major advocacy. this is what 50 dead people look like on a house in los angeles. this was sent by chat michael in los angeles. since i've been doing this live shot. on average 87 people a day die from gun violence. that's one every 17 minutes. today alone there have been 32 shootings, at least 12 people have been killed, 16 have been wounded, at least four of the shootings have taken place since you started anchoring at 4:00 p.m. today. >> cal, back several paynes ago, you wrote 88/10 088/100. that's 88 weapons per 100 people for the u.s. >> exactly. as we go through here, switzerland is about 45 per 100. number ten sweden is at about 26. >> surprises on that li

we had home sales come out of australia today. but the name number investors will be focused on is the china trade exports. having a quick check now, we have seen the nikkei go into negative territory. the nikkei down by 12 points. that is probably a response to the fact that we have seen the yen strength and after the gdp numbers. as expected, downward pressure through australia as it continues to open up. korea holding on to those very solid gains that we saw during tuesday's session. a bit of a mixed picture. for wrappingyou that are for us. wanting a foothold in america, but sparring over steel and aluminum. all allow it would foreign institutions raise $40 billion in the u.s. to be spent in china. saysn stanley and [indiscernible] the fed rate decision more than ever. [indiscernible] the two countries also announced a deal for westinghouse electric to develop india nuclear reactors. .ndia is a growing market modi wants american investment to kickstart a manufacturing boom. david kamman has accused leaders campaign-called brex

these social networking. .hat's been going on australia. australia bank. is this conference in may slipping to three. downuld represent the move from five the previous month. is remains a steady. shanghai, hong kong, at the start of the trading day. fairly crucial trading day. before we look at the opening in china, i will give you an update on what is happening in japan. the dollar yen. theust heard from financier. he says japan is prepared to take action if needed and any action will be in line with agreements with the g7. so nothing out of the ordinary. they dot being said, if step in, not deep doj. if they do step and we will update you. they are still prepared, that is the operative word. that was the low. let me bring up the chart. if we do fall below that session low we saw on monday, it takes us all the way back to 2014. there is your level, right there. we are still trading at fairly strong levels here for the japanese yen. against the u.s. currency's concern. this has to do with risk of version. up?we get the index i want to show our viewers wher

this will save around $300 million for virgin australia over the next three years. after funding growth by barring, they want to be cash flow positive by 2019. allen in sydney. going now to malaysia, the prime minister denying abuse of power as he fights of the collection from the former premier, the lawsuit accusing him of misusing his position and interfering in investigations into the troubled 1mdb fund. tell us a little bit more about this case. >> back in march, the former prime minister filed a lawsuit saying that he had abused power. he filed his statement of defense this week, saying i did not abuse my power and no i did not interfere into 1mdb. ok.aad: what about this sovereign wealth fund? .6.5 billion from 1mdb what is this all about again? come theyhat this expect an agreement signed between the two parties that we saw back in may 2015. they have been saying that 1mdb has defaulted. ok.aad: it seems like this scandal goes on and on. looking like?mage who does this damage the most? fort has been reputational 1mdb and the malaysian government. a does not l

(laughter) >> it was in australia, it was legal there. >> stephen: prostitution was legal in australia? >> it was when i lived there. >> stephen: they made an exception for you. >> it was $20 an hour but it was like 15 years ago. >> stephen: how do you get a job as a receptionist at a brothel? >> it's not hard. but then they wanted me to clean the towels and i quit. >> stephen: why were you in australia if i might ask? >> i was 21 and i had fallen in love with this 43-year-old con-artist. i had given up my rent controlled apartment in new york, this is an hilarious story, and i moved to be with him. we don't have to talk about that. >> stephen: how did that work out? >> no, it did not end well. but -- it's good to get it out of your system in your 20s, you know? >> stephen: you would recommend it to other 20 year olds? it works for me. >> he was a low level con artist. >> stephen: that's not a con artist, that's like a medieval serf. >> no he like lied to me, and made me think he was rich, and i had to get a job, hence the brothel. i get to australia we'd have to take the bus, even on

the miners are up a very strongly in australia. not some of the biggest names, but you have most of the resource stocks looking pretty solid. all trading on the upside this morning and some fairly decent rates of return. the dollar is obviously, a big factor in this. it is interesting, the london market at this stage is one of the few in europe that has been called higher. i wonder if that is affected by the mining stocks. you can get the fair value line on the bloomberg. london is called up about .4%. the cac is down by .3%. the dax look like it will open fairly flat, but london looks like it will open up a little higher. i wonder if there is a commodity affect that will be felt a little later on. , if you believe what you say, you must sleep at the dollar will shrink from here and that will be good for the metals? >> completely. i think it is good for emerging markets and it is good all round. guy: where specifically? >> we have gone very generally, looking at energy related ets. we have looked at mining related ets. i think they

: and americans have a lot of misconceptions about australia. we think it's an incredibly dangerous place where everything-- every sr is that true? >> it's 100% true, yeah. >> stephen: really, as a kid, was it spieders and snakes and that kind of things? >> lot of-- lot of deadly snakes air, few deadly spiders, big sharks, big crocodiles. >> stephen: yeah? >> and, you know, you just got to fight your way through life. ( laughter ) >> stephen: and even if you make it through that your brothers stuff you in a dryer at the end of it. >> exactly. >> stephen: i understand your dad, your dad-- what would he do to water buffalo? i heard this story. i want to make sure i've got this right. >> yeah, my mom and dad, when i was about two years old, we lived on a cattle station in the outback in australia. >> stephen: is that like a ranch? we call that a ranch up here? >> yeah, a little more remote, i think, and a little more dangerous, than a typical ranch. >> stephen: so tougher than an american ranch. okay. >> tougher than an american ranch gli knot you.

no trading in australia. more on the orlando nightclub massacre. we look at the horrified reaction on social media as we count down to market opens in the greater china area. ♪ get ready for the rio olympic games by switching to xfinity x1. show me gymnastics. x1 lets you search by sport, watch nbc's highlights and catch every live event on your tv with nbc sports live extra. i'm getting ready. are you? x1 will change the way you experience nbcuniversal's coverage of the rio olympic games. call or go online today to switch to x1. ♪ a look at our top stories. the gunman who killed 50 people and america's worst mass shooting had been working as a security guard since 2007 omar mateen. omar mateenwas 29 years old, a u.s. citizen born to afghan parents. investigated him twice before and said he declared allegiance to so-called islamic state in a phone call just before the massacre in a gay club in orlando. the presidential candidates have been sparring over the orlando attack, with donald trump it proves he is right on islamic extremism, and hillar

>> new guinea is the second largest island after australia that sits north of australia. and it was a jumping off place for the japanese for invasion of australia to invade it. >> how many troops were under his control? >> in the very early days he had perhaps 5,000. in the end he commands the largest military force the united states has ever assembled for the invasion of the the philippines and then he was to placed in charge of the island of japan for the final onslaught for operation down fall which doesn't happen because we drop atomic bombs. host: is it true he didn't know they were dropping atomic bombs? >> he learns about it by reading "stars and stripes." he was aware that the bomb had been developed. he had been given that information but that it was going to be used and when it was going to be used, all this was kept secret from him. host: would he have used it? >> i think not. i think he was -- i think he felt that the bomb had this tremendous potential to completely undermine and demoralize the japanese. he was more in favor of using it in a demonstration way

now, australia is the best example. australia had, 20 years ago -- i think it was this week -- an horrific, almost like orlando, i think it was 35 people in tasmania killed with an automatic weapon and they banned all automatic weapons and most handguns. (applause) >> stephen: they reduced the number of weapons in the country by about half. >> more than that. if you carry a concealed weapon or pistol in australia, 14 years in prison. (applause) so we can learn from industrial i can't the gun murder rate in 20 years has fallen 72% in australia. in the united states, roughly over the same period of time, the murder rate with guns has fallen 30% and the shootings have fallen 60%. nobody knows that. okay, our gun problem is going why? now, this is the key to solving the gun problem -- why is that there have been mandatory federal sentences handed out to violent offenders including drug gangsters. those mandatory sentences are now under fire from the left. they don't like them. okay. but they took off the streets most of the

just opening up, losses accelerating, especially australia, now underwater for the asx 200. asian stocks were up five straight days until this morning. we are giving back some of those bens ahead of what will crucial jobs coming out of the u.s. on friday. that may change things completely as far as the rate outlook concern or it could accelerate the pricing we are seeing, especially across the bond markets. asian stocks on the way down. as promised, bond markets, that is what we are seeing. the big story is south korea, a sharp drop as far as yields are concerned. especially the longer-term debt in south korea. 1.81 is the korean 10 year. we have the release of the latest central bank minutes, which shows one member that a preemptive cut would help the country prepare against external risks. data we got from seoul, korea this morning, inflation flat month on month, exports surprising to the downside, -6%. it's exporting engine has run into a bit of a snag, if you will. , 10 year, -11 basis points at the moment. we are counting down to the open. a lot of the pop yesterday had

this is very common in australia, northern australia. ricky mckenzie says he sees the frills all time. that's what they call them, frills. >> mind your business, that's all. >> that's as "jurassic park" as you get. >> some other animals may look mundane but you come across one of these, you know you're in for some trouble. >> what? what? they didn't do anything to you. >> it also can go -- >> they get pretty ticked off. this woman says she occasionally works across the street and normally a big flock of these guess and they are always pretty aggressive but this particular guy on this particular day was alone. she thought she could make an easy crossing of the street. uh-huh. >> you're not going to intimidate me. ♪ >>> puppies having frisbee problems. >> yeah! >>> a seemingly ordinary day at this barber shop in china took a rather bizarre turned once this happened. as you can see the person who turned up to get their hair cut just lost conscious naes and he was out long enough for a film crew to turn up. there's a police officer. not ex

australia famously has strict gun laws so presumably that kid had a hard time accessing firearms. but he did get himself a knife, he used what he had at hand. less than a month later, canada. i guess the guy didn't have a knife, he did have a car. the isis statement suggested that as an option, right? run him over with your car was one of the things they suggested. in october 2014, an alleged isis sympathizer in canada used his car to run down two canadian soldiers in the street. just outside montreal. he killed one of the soldiers and cur injured another. two days later another alleged isis sympathizer shot and killed another canadian soldier who was guarding a war memorial in canada's capital city, then stormeded into the nearby canadian parliament and shot the place up before he himself was shot and killed. the day after that, october 23rd, 2014, this guy took a run at four new york city police officers near a subway platform in queens. he was armed with a hatchet. he tried to attack these cops with an ax. that was the end of october 2014. the statement had come out in septembe

hasn't had a whole lot of entheusiasm from australia to lsu to philly. >> good morning, finally the one pick in the draft. there is no question, when the nba announces the pick, who it will be. yes, ben simmons, from lsu. will be the pick by the 76ers. not a surprise. sixers still have chance of making a afraid with picks 24 and 26. and i know they like providence guard, chris dunn, who will go at number three, but, the thing we can be assured of, ben simmons, will be the first pick, simmons isn't worried about the criticism. he has heard about what's' doing during his seasons at lsu. >> people that put that out there, they don't know me. no reason to really put it out, it is media, you know, people finds anything to say. >> as to will always happen when you are one of the best guys, they try and bring you down, but, you know, honestly, you know, rough season, we had guys that were hurt, out, but it just wasn't the perfect season that we wanted. >> that's sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. alright guys, we've brought you to this construction trailer to talk about trucks today. which

. >>> we head over to australia for another crime. this guy comes walking up with a plastic bag on his head. up the front of this cafe. goes after the door. when he goes for this joy gigantic plate glass window. just walks off. that's going to cost him $11,000 to repair. >> what's going on here? >> nobody knows. an hour before, this same guy, tried the door, looked around a little bit. went back changed into this ridiculous disguise and smashed up the place. new cafe, they're afraid this might be scaring off new customers. 9 news in australia got a quote from the local police. >> go and get a job. >> get a job, mate. >> other than vandalize other people's property. >>> ladies and gentlemen, lady and gentleman and all of you at home, prepare to be amazed. this video by will christianson will blow your mind. this video is called agent. he's gotten shots of different canyons and coves and lakes. iconic monuments. ♪ >> that lake's gorgeous. >> that's not a lake. will says that was just 3 inches of water laying across the flats in utah.