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Welcome to newsline. Its tuesday, december 11th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. The president tried to calm public anger by giving him wide powers. He rejected the call to scrap the referendum on saturday. They called for large scale demonstration on tuesday. Morsis islamist supporters have been besieging a tv station critical of the president. They continue their protest sitin outside the building. Observers in cairo say pro and antimorsi demonstrators are likely to clash once again. Concerns are rising the military may interfere in the event of any confrontation. Shouting slogans and holding up signs. Kyoto professor Shinya Yamanaka has collected his medal for this years nobel prize in physiology and medicine. For their work with stem cells that can be programmed to become cells in a human body. Shefed his medal in a ceremony hall. Yamanaka was introduced as someone who has provided the world with an invaluable method of developing therapies. Swedens King Carl Gustov xvi awarded hi
Levels of a radioactive substance. Smog has disrupted transportation in northeastern china and forced some schools to shut down. Rescue workers have resumed their search for missing people on izu oshima in south tokyo. 28 people were killed and 18 went missing last week after torrential rains from typhoon wipha triggered floods and a major landslide. Now the islanders are preparing for not one, but two additional storms. Nhk worlds suzuki reports. Reporter authorities on izu oshima have issued advisories in effect since saturday, due to heavy rain. Translator we havent bathed in two days. We want to change our clothes. Reporter about 1,200 rescuers have resumed their search for the missing from last weeks landslide. They include police officers, firefighters and selfdefense force units. The islanders have no time to relax. A typhoon and a severe Tropical Storm are approaching japan, meaning they have to prepare for another evacuation. Some are busy piling up sandbags to protect their h
House Speaker John Boehner made the short trip up pennsylvania avenue to the white house thursday to talk to president obama about the fiscal cliff. The tax hikes and spending cuts set to kick in january 1st. They met for nearly an hour. Both sides describe the discussion as frank. I think Speaker Boehner has a contentious caucus. The president wants to pretend that spending isnt a problem. Thats why we dont have an agreement. President obama insists on raising taxes on the top 2 of earners, but even he recognizes thats a tough sell. The idea of not raising taxes has become sort of a religion for a lot of members of the republican party. Speaker boehner accuses the president of dragging out negotiations. Unfortunately the white house is so unserious about cutting spending that it appears willing to slowwalk any agreement and walk our economy right up to the fiscal cliff. Here on capitol hill Speaker Boehner joined many of his colleagues in taking a long weekend off, frustrating those w
Workers have died over the past month. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama made another foray outside washington today, trying to build public support for a fiscal cliff agreement. It came a day after he resumed talking with the top house republican, and as a yearend deadline moved even closer. The president took his Public Campaign for a deficit deal on his terms to the daimler diesel plant in redford michigan. If congress doesnt act soon meaning in the next few weeks, s