Electric fans. Officials are trying to set up stations to distribute water and dairy products. They are urging people to stay indoors. Weather forecasters predict that the heat may last for a week. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe has instructed cabinet ministers to ensure they met in tokyo and issued a joint statement. In the statement the statement says the two countries will start talks towards signen an agreement on the transfer of defense equipment and technology. It will be the first time for japan to engage in such talks with an asean member. Translator Prime Minister and i agreed to strengthen our cooperation on a wide range of international issues. We will elevate the relationship between our countries to the level of a strategic partnership. We believe that the relationship between malaysia and japan will grow steadily advance in many, many new areas, including defense, cooperation, maritime cooperation. The leaders also confirmed the importance of maritime disputes being s
Electric fans. Officials are trying to set up stations to distribute water and dairy products. They are urging people to stay indoors. Weather forecasters predict that the heat may last for a week. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe has instructed cabinet ministers to ensure they met in tokyo and issued a joint statement. In the statement the statement says the two countries will start talks towards signen an agreement on the transfer of defense equipment and technology. It will be the first time for japan to engage in such talks with an asean member. Translator Prime Minister and i agreed to strengthen our cooperation on a wide range of international issues. We will elevate the relationship between our countries to the level of a strategic partnership. We believe that the relationship between malaysia and japan will grow steadily advance in many, many new areas, including defense, cooperation, maritime cooperation. The leaders also confirmed the importance of maritime disputes being s
Theatres this weekend. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im morgan radford. The Obama Administration is preparing to announce on sunday that it has met its deadline to improve healthcare. Gov. Today is the Obama Administrations selfimposed deadline to have its healthcare. Gov web site up and running for the majority of americans. It was shut down late friday for overnight repairs, and the goal was to handle 50,000 users all at once and to reduce errors. Whether it can handle the capacity wont be put to the test. The latest setback for the Affordable Care act involves Small Businesses, which were supposed to use their own online marketplace to figure out the best health plans for employees. That wont happen for another year. Instead, its a fullcourt press to make sure healthcare. Gov, the website for individuals, is working. This week in california, the president stood firm. Im willing to fix any problems there are. Im not going to abandon people to make sure theres Health Insurance in thi
Indian coastline. Good to have you with us. In washington, focus shifted to the impasse. The talks came after Senate Democrats rejected a republican bill to temporarily raise the debt limit and fund the governmental. Afterwards, senator harry reid spoke about his history with Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell and how that might impact steps going forward. Senator mcconnell and i have been in this body a long time, weve done things in the body together, i know him, he knows me, we dont agree on everything, and that is probably an understaple, but we were whirps together. Togetherwhips together, we revamped government together as whips. If we have political sciernts out there now, this is a class case of what Political Science is all about. We have had too little sitting down trying to work out problems. Thats what were doing now. What seems to be a pattern here, day 12 ended with a lot of call and very little action. John terrett are reports from capitol hill. It was a very are pro
Cyclone phailin slams into the indian peninsula. How long troops will stay in afghanistan good to have you with us. In washington president obama met with Senate Democrats today to try to reach an agreement over the shutdown and debt ceiling. Meantime it is no, no and no from the white house, congress and the senate. John terrett joining us from washington. Were waiting to hear a yes john. What more can you tell us about president obamas meeting with the Democratic Congress caucus . No no and no. The meeting was in the oval office and present at the meeting were apart from the president of the United States himself, harry reid, Dick Durbin Charles schumeer they put a lid on the day which means the president wont be speaking about it either. We have heard a resume that the meeting went rather well, a state of the union really, so the president could be on the same page as everybody in the Democratic Party in the senate and the reason for that is they had had a meeting earlier in the day