To stop i. S. I. L. s advances. The head of the Intelligence Community acknowledged that they underestimated had been taking place in syria. We predicted and watched it. Thousands of demonstrators on the streets of hong kong defying calls to disperse. Police are trying to break up the demonstrators. I. S. I. S. And hamas are branches of the same poisonous year. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said. That the greatest threat to world peace would be a nuclear iran. Toxic gas and ash forcing rescue efforts in japan to halt. The c. D. C. Is investigating whether a rare virus affecting chin is connected to paralysis showing poliolike symptoms. I was scared. I could feel myself not being able to stay away. We begin with president obama conceding the u. S. Did not see i. S. I. L. Coming. I think our head of the Intelligence Community, jim clapper, acknowledged that they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. But intelligence officials warned of the danger for more than a
Guidance that has led us down a path where we now have 5 million folks with security clearances and access to the nations most Sensitive Information and facilities. Would you like to think about it, brian . Go ahead. I do not mean to interrupt. I just wanted to clarify we are very sensitive to what you say about that number. As a 5 million number that you are referring to covers both people with security clearances as well as people eligible for access. And being sensitive to that number as you mentioned 5 million of anything is a lot. Is. Spin and because of that, recently and speak of the devil as you mentioned, on halloween, the dni signed an executive correspondence going out to all of the Government Agencies stating that they need to they are required to go through their clearance list and validate the numbers and come back to the people that are being decreased from the clearances and get back with us with that information. When will they get back to you . They were given 90 days
Reins by filling the ldps top positions. Masahiko komura and Shigeru Ishiba retained their posts. Consumer Affairs Minister seiko noda as head of the partys general council. And Sanae Takaichi will change her focus from Public Relations to become the policy chief. Cabinet ministers are falling into place. He selected longtime ally Fumio Kishida as foreign minister. He served as minister in charge of okinawa and the northern territories. Analysts say that he chose him for his experience. The new foreign minister will have to deal with the relocation of the futenma air station in okinawa. Abe is pressuring the bank of japan again to swiftly join his government and put an end to deflation. He says its only natural for the government to get involved in shaping Monetary Policy noting that conventional steps have failed to pull japan out of the drawnout price downturn. Abe made his call with officials of the Japan Business federation or keidanren on tuesday. Translator soon after we form a n
More yen selling. The u. S. Dollar is rising further against the japanese currency on the Foreign Exchange market. The dollar has risen to the 85yen level for the first time in 20 months. Investors are selling yen on the tokyo Foreign Exchange on speculation policy makers at the bank of japan will agree to an inflation target proposed by the incoming administration. The new Prime Minister shinzo abe will take up office later in the day. Analysts say the b. O. J. Will likely further boost its monetary easing measures. The dollar is currently trading at 85. 2631 yen. Ai uchida joins us now from the business desk for more on that. So ai, investors have been trading the dollaryen quite dramatically over the last several weeks. Thats right, catherine. Just a month and a half ago that pair was trading in the mid 79yen range. Almost six whole yen weaker in just six weeks. A dramatic move indeed. So going forward, what can we expect . Well, we spoke to disaburo nezo for his outlook. He is a Se
We have renewed our positions concerning the Peace Process and also in addressing all of the issues foremost among which are the issue of the border, jerusalem settlements, security and the release of palestinian prisoners. We have also asserted that the Peace Process is the shortest and most effective way to achieving stability in the region. The question is the key of Peace Security in the middle east region and it cannot be implemented except with the full israeli withdraw and the establishment of a palestinian state with full sovereignty with jerusalem as its capitol. We would also like to stress the arab commitment to a lasting peace. There is no doubt that there are difficulties and obstacles facing us and the Israeli Government should therefore stop all settlement activities and should also give the peace efforts a chance to succeed so in order to reach a lasting settlement. We also warn against the repercussions of continued israeli practices that would hinder such progress. Th