Announcer translator japans diet is not a subcontractor of the u. S. Congress. Edano said as a state representative, abes remarks are inappropriate. Japan Innovation Party leader eda says the Prime Minister is neglecting the public and the head of the Japanese Communist Party secretariat says abe is disregarding japans independence and sovereignty. The government and ruling parties hope to begin deliberations on related bills in the lower house Plenary Session scheduled for may 21st. They must first obtain cabinet approval and set up a special committee in the chamber. The japanese government decided on a 40year safety limit for Nuclear Reactors following the accident in march twaechb. But officials at Kansai Electric Power Company want to continue running two of its oldest reactors for an additional 20 years. After careful inspections were completed, they decided to seek approval. The utility is the first to file an application with the Nuclear Regulation authority for an operating ex
Asking Global Leaders to push for a World Without Nuclear Weapons. Hopes of finding survivors from last saturdays earthquake in nepal have received a boost after two people were pulled from the rubble. But the news still remains grim. More than 6300 people have been confirmed killed. Thousands of others were injured. A massive effort is under way to get aid to the most seriously affected areas but many people are still living under difficult conditions. Heres more. Reporter rescue teams have been working frantically to reach survivors trapped under collapsed buildings. Crews from the u. S. And nepal pulled a teenage boy from underneath a destroyed sevenstory hotel on thursday. Translator when i went down the stairs, i became crushed under the rubble. I heard someone come to help me and felt the jolt. Reporter elsewhere, searches from norway rescued a 24yearold woman. U. N. Officials say more than two and a half Million People are living in make shift tents. The hardest hit area is the
Of defense robert gates my staff and i learned that it was nearly impossible to get Accurate Information to questions such as much money did you spend and how many people do you have. Secretary robert gates in 2011. A cspan democrat on twitter asks, is there some a slide on which the dod can begin a comprehensive accounting . How would they audit this behemoth, 40 of the federal budget . Guest that is an enormous problem. When you have a baseline, you have to have a starting place. The records are so screwed up, they do not have that. Most of these systems have existed for years and years and had data put into them manually, people putting in long alphanumeric strings of code, and of course people made typos and that means the data disappears or is erroneous. There is no way of knowing where the Defense Department is today. One way they are trying to get around this, they were supposed to do a big audit after 2014, a big chunk of the pentagons accounts, and they are scaling it back to
World before it melts away, we speak to a photographer and shining light on some of the coldest places on earth. Well, a fivemonth standoff over of grand stands disputed president ial election ended over no deal over who should rule. The two candidates who allege Election Fraud cannot agree on what a new unity government looks like and we will be live in kabul in a moment but first we get a look at how we even got to this point with Stephanie Becker in this report. Reporter a frenzied campaign, before anyone knew just how complicated it would all turn out. Enter Abdullah Abdullah president ial candidate number one. And president ial candidate number two ghani and said they were the best choice to replace karzai and then afghans came out to elect their future leader and Abdullah Abdullah won by a narrow margin and had to go to a runoff and it happened in june and this time ghani took the lead. What we are concerned about is once again continued fraud. Reporter ghani agrees to a recount
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday. Im lester holt. And im jenna wolfe. Investigators in colorado spent the last week looking for the person who abducted and killed 10yearold jessica ridgeway. Now theres potentially a new clue that could bring them closer. Theyre hoping that this cross provides them with new information in the case. Were going to get more on this potential important piece of evidence in just a moment. Then it looks like a scene from an action movie. Thieves making off with paintings by picasso, monet, matisse, but this is a reallife heist. Investigators are hoping this Surveillance Video helps them nab them. Weve also seen videos of people swimming with dolphins. Ever thought about going swimming with a tiger . This is a new attraction at a zoo in florida. Some people say its thrilling. Call of the wild. Others say its sending the wrong message. I for one i thought cats didnt like water. Who came up with where was sitting around i know what i havent