>>sager: indonesia is a democratic and economic success story. but do you think it is still overlooked though? >>baswedan: we democratised, de centralised from one of the most centralised government to one of the most de centralised today. and the economy was hit badly by the crisis. so three things happening: recovering,decentralisation and democratisation. but now ten years after the reforms started, indonesia started to look at the international world and trying to put itself somewhere in the map, indonesia is peaceful, religious, democracy and friendly to the world. >>sager: we have seen peaceful elections and president yudhoyono re elected. what are the key challenges in the second term? >>baswedan: short term, is infrastructure, because that would guarantee the expansion of the economy. number twois decentralisation of the market, ensuring there are quite a few engines of growth across the country. three is education, ensuring that the young indonesians, many of them, are educated three is education, ensuring that the young indonesians, man

indonesia was a dutch colony until after world war two. then there were several authoritarian regimes until 1998, when there was a big shift to democracy. recently, there have been some terrorist attacks. but, in general, the new freedoms have led to a surge in religious observance and moderate politics that oppose extremism. fred de sam lazaro reports from jakarta. >> reporter: jakarta looks like any other modern asian capital, but here, alongside the glittering office towers, you'll also find imposing houses of worship. at the istiqlal mosque recently, about 10,000 worshipers gathered for friday noon prayer. it's part of a religious revival that's been taking place alongside a booming economy in recent decades. it is visible in mosques-and in malls. at this crowded shopping center, the most popular garment seems to be the head scarf. >> i'm here because islam tells women to wear the scarf. >> reporter: this 40-year-old accountant began covering her hair three years ago. >> i feel ashamed, because i should have been wearing it since i was

>>we believe in indonesia that islam is more modern,ore moderate. pele who wear the plain drs, it's not ouray. >> ( tralated ): it will look strange if indonesian woman wore that ki of plain clothes, especially noways. theprobably think you are a terrorist's wife. >> reporter: sp owner, saleswoman, and ctomer told us there'so contradiction between isl and fashion, that the notionf a plainly dressed, ful covered woman is foreign. shopping re was nur inani, who was buyinfor customers in her own clothing buness in the island of sumatra. >mostly they are looking for clothes this long andhis long, which ibasically covering the bu and the arms. i ok for the dress first,d then i will fd the matching scarfthe color, the style. >> reporter: terroristncidents asi, indonesia is enjoying a period of stabilityarely seen in its independent histor indonesia are free to choose their gornment, and they are ee to pursue religion, and they've made it cleain elections that they want to pursue eacseparately, that is, to kp religion out of vernment. for "religi & ethics

brazil, russia, india, china, and indonesia. why indonesia? >> well, i think we are the largest country in southeast asia, and we have been growing at around 6% up to the time of the crisis. even last year we grew at 6.1%. this year we are projecting growth at around 4.5% which is the third highest growth in 2009 out of all economies and we have weathered the crisis well. we've continued our reforms, and we are a thriving democracy. >> obviously, the thriving democracy gets a lot of attention here in the u.s. with big business. but the other thing that as of course you are well aware gets a lot of coverage is some of the instability and obviously terrorist attacks, bombings at the marriott and the ritz-carlton in the central business district in jakarta. nine people killed, 50 wounded. earlier there had been the ba b attacks just a couple years ago. is this just a part of how business is in indonesia? >> i think you should see the progress we have made. the democracy means there's stability and continuity in the policy, and we've been very, ve

. >> a double disaster, hundreds are killed or trapped by a massive earthquake in indonesia. in the south pacific, a tsunami does the damage. the un and dumps the deputy en voy to afghanistan. welcome to bbc world news. looking back at the great leap forward, china marks 60 years since the revolution. new discoveries about the most nasty emperor of rome. the asia-pacific region has been battered by a tsunami and an earthquake. a series of natural disasters in no more than 24 hours. huge ocean waves samoa on tuesday. hundrethen a quake hit the indon island of sumatra. officials say up to 200 people have been killed. it is thought that thousands are still trapped under rubble. we have this report from indonesia. >> chaos and panic as frightened residents rushed out of their homes after a devastating earthquake hit off the coast of sumatra. the powerful tremors caused dozens of buildings to collapse. officials say many homes, schools, hospitals and hotels have been effected. thousands of people could be trapped under these instructors. the indonesian vice president warns that th

. >> a double disaster, hundreds are killed or trapped by a massive earthquake in indonesia. a tsunami does the damage in the south pacific. the wind dumps its american deputy envoy to afghanistan. -- the u.n. dumps its american deputy envoy. china marks years since the revolution. new discoveries about rom's nastiest emperor. -- rome's nastiest emperor. hello. the asia-pacific region has been hit by tsunami and earthquake. there has been a series of natural disasters in no more than 24 hours. 100 were dead after a tsunami. then, an earthquake hit the island of sinatra. it is not that thousands are trapped under the rubble. -- is nthought that thousands are trapped. >> thousands run out of their homes in panic after a devastating earthquake. the powerful tremors caused buildings to collapse. many homes, schools, hospitals have been effected. thousands of people could be trapped under these structures. the indonesian vicepresident warned that the death toll in this tragedy is likely to rise. the closest and largest town near the epicenter is the capital of sumatra. it is home

there is a tsunami watch going on for indonesia, malaysia and samoa. this all happened after a tsunami hit samoa and american samoa and killed 80 people. an earthquake triggered three separate tsunami waves that left villages under water. people are desperate to find out anything they can about home. >> i'm hurt, you know. i'm hurt for them because they're my people. and this is especially for the older folks, my children. >> now, here is a map so you can get a better idea of the area we're talking about here. people on the islands said the tsunami was so strong, it twisted concrete beams and mangled cars. some people on the island could be without electricity for up to a month. look at this. the pictures are devastating. >>> well, the president's health care plan has taken a major hit. they opposed the idea of government-run health insurance in the plan. they said the only way to get it through is maybe to drop that provision. >>> there are two more hurdles coming possibly today. they are going to beef up the language preventing illegal immigrants to

. >> a double disaster, hundreds are killed orrapped by a massive ethquake in indonesia. the soh pacific, a tsunami does the damag the un andumps the deputy e voy to afghanistan. welce to bbcworld news. loking back at thereat leap forward, china marks ears since the revolution. new discovers about the most nasty emror of rome. the asia-pacific region h been batter by a tsunami and an rthquake. a sees of natural dasters in no more than 24 hou. huge ocea waves samoa on tuesday. hundrethen a quake hit the indon island of sumatra. officials s upo 200 people have been killed. it is thoughthat thousands are still trapped under rubble. we have this report from indonesia. >> chaos and panic as frighten redentsushed out of their homes after a devastating earthake hit off theoast of sumatra. the powerf tremors caused doze of buildings to llapse. officials saymany homes, schools, hospitals and hotels ve been effected. thousands of people cld be traed under these instruors. e indonesianice president warns that theeath tolls likely to rise the closest and largest town near the epicent

mientras anto en indonesia otro poderoso terremoto tiene sumido a la población en la desesperación, y fue la misma falma que mató a miles en el 2004. >>> la mayor parte ocurren en el cinturón de fuego, más de 32 mil kilómetros, y área de inestabilidad, y no tiene que estar una falla relacionada con la otra, y a veces hay periodos más activos. >>> y sin lugar a dudas estamos en un periodo así, y la txndfomr y geogafia se convinaran, el tiro de terremoto fue el que provoca este tsunami, se cree que aumente el número de muertos en samoa y en indonesia. muchas gracias. y también tembró la tierra sudamérica, se gistró 100 millas al noroeste de la paz, no se informó de daños. >>> la casa blanca fue sede de txndfobdekph@áánoticiero univis@ vicepresidente, y a los máximos jefes militares y el propósito es restaurar la lucha en afganistán. >>> el presidente está buscando una nueva estrategia, este fue el primero de una de varias reunion reuniones, entre los presentes la secretaria de estado, el director de la cia, y el presidente biden. ayer el presidente reiteró su meta.

. >> indonesia's president described as a victory the reported deaths of noordin mohamed top, southeast asia's most wanted militant. it is not the first time he's been claimed killed. fingerprint evidence confirms that. the report now from jakarta. >> in a packed police briefing in jakarta, the head of the police force proudly announced that after years of hunting they had finally gotten their man. >> we have found identical points in the fingerprints. when compared with our records of the person we wanted to capture, we had identified him as noordin mohamed top. >> he is known as the most wanted man in southeast asia. he is believed to have masterminded attacks on two luxury hotels in july. police have been looking for him for several years, but so far he has deluded them. indonesia up's president says his debt along with the death of another militant in 2005 is a significant victory for the country. >> i am hoping, i believe, that we could reach a certain mass of areas that are threatening indonesia. >> the death of top is a huge coup for the anti-terror unit. his death is a big blow

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the threats to indonesia by security can't be seen to disappear just as yet. there are still many people and the network believed to be at large and could be capable of carrying out further attacks. >> thank you for joining us. market and financial analysts and -- analysis of 25 minutes but more on the bank bonuses. >> this is all because eu leaders are gathering in brussels as we speak. what they are really trying to do is put pressure on the other g-20 companies. this is a head of the g-20 meeting next week. the man who is leading the charge is the french president, nicolas sarkozy beard and his views on this is that we really must see sick -- caps on banker bonuses. and he feels strongly enough, in fact, it doesn't get his way, he will walk out of next week's conference. but the americans don't see it that way. president obama is not convinced by that. he doesn't want to be over prescriptive on the issue. it will be interesting to see if we get anywhere of. >> the reality is, it is not going to work unless there is an international agreement because banks w

. >>> human rights activists protest a new law in indonesia that would have adulterers stoned to death and lead to the caning of others who drink or gamble. >>> in britain, bringing up baby. with almost a year of paid parental leave. now mom and dad can divide it. >>> and our signature story. a new series, preserving history. we will take to you to the parthenon and greece's effort to regain precious statues it says were illegally taken. >> archaeologically tantamount to murder. >>> from the world's leading reportysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibil key economic challenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. president obama says that while afghanistan is not vietnam, there are dangers in not having clear goals on afghanistan and not having strong support from the american people. but polls show support for the war decreasing. the chairman of the joint chiefs

indonesia's meteorological agency says a powerful earthquake has shaken western indonesia. this is a look at where it happened. the pacific tsunami warning center issued a tsunami alert for indonesia, malaysia, india, as well as thailand. the indonesian agency said the tremor had a magnitude of 7.6. it's epicenter was just off the coast of sumatra. the u.s. geological survey put the strength at 7.9. it's caused fires, damaged homes and bridges near the epicenter of the quake. witnesses tell local tv stations that buildings collapsed in the powerful indonesian earthquake. right now no word on injuries. >>> and the death toll -- we've just been -- this is just in to the -- the president has declared a major disaster for the tsunami-ravaged american samoa. the death toll of the wave in the pacific is expected to grow now. we know 82 people have been killed in samoa and american samoa. villages are flooded out, flattened. authorities say dozens of people are missing cars and people were swept out to sea by the fast-churning water as survivors fled to higher ground where they re

he died in a gunfight during a raid on a hideout in central indonesia. most recently, noordin was tied to the july bombings of the jw marriott and tton hotels in jakarta. he was also implicated in the 2005 bombings in bali that killed more than 200 people on the island resort. >>> we want to return tonight to a story that hasn't gotten much attention lately, the situation in zimbabwe. over the last year, we have reported on the many problems facing that country in southern africa. economic collapse, food shortages, a cholera epidemic and a teachers' strike, just to cite some of the troubles. but in recent months, things have begun to take a turn for the better, under a unity government formed by zimbabwe's political rivals. andrew geoghegan went to the city of bulawayo for the lateline program of australia's abc. >> prime minister morgan tsvangirai chose to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the movement for democratic change in bulawayo, zimbabwe's second largest city. and most here believe he's delivered change. >> we nearly died. we're just moving ske

rst, indonesia. ifill: the international federation of the recross and red crcent is one of the humanitarian agencies diatching aid teams to sumatra. we get a telepho update from bob mckerrow, head othe red cross delegationn jakarta. ry few people see what it's li in daylight. within two hourse'll be able to p planes in the air and do an aerial assessment. but the mage to public buildings is quite extsive. hospitals, clini, schools, universities seem be quite badly maged, and thousands of homes have beedestroyed. people are sll trapped under bble. so it's quite a seous situation. >> ifillso because it's been so dark, you hen't been able to get a rl fix on the number of dead and missin >> reporter: y. the recent figures a about 85 people dead, but nfigures on the number of peop missing. but it's quitelarming. a nuer of people are injured. we're getting reports of hundreds of peopleuite badly injure >> ifill: also gher there's quite a widespread ectrical ackout which must been hindering things, so. rep

the difference between this one and the recent one that happened in samoa or the past one in indonesia has to do with the depth of the earthquake. the with unin indonesia preliminarily is a 7.9 on the magnitude scale but 50 miles deep into the earth. the one in samoa was much more shallow. that's why it created a large wave creating such devastation. we're seeing problems but not necessarily the water and we dealt with the one in 2004. i know it brought back a lot of memories about out this with unis not as bad. we have more coming up on our local weather. we'll send it out to marty in the outback. >> good afternoon, the leaves are falling, the wind is blowing, there is a chill in the air. there will be a couple of showers passing through the afternoon. look at doppler radar after i show you the shocking graphic. that is a frost advisory again. here is doppler radar that become as school glow later on it is bringing shower activity. widely scattered. i don't think this is all we're going to see throughout the afternoon. as we move to dinner and beyond, we'll clear skies out a bit and t

indonesia gets another big jolt. thousands of miles away another quake releases disaster. >>> powerful testimony from john travolta. what he the told a courtroom about the tragic loss that changed everything. >>> what to do about iran. lickerring questions about the the nuclear program, a dispute in question, a controversial leader. hi, i'm chuck roberts on a wednesday. military pilots are confirming a small airplane has crashed in northern indiana, near muncie. right there in a grove or farm field. two f-16 fighter jets for the indiana national guard scrambled to intercept the plane because the pilot wasn't responding to radio messages and had climbed to 25,000 feet. this flight originated in grand rapids, michigan. the pilot was the only person on board, and there's no word on whether or not he survived. it did crash into this field outside of muncie, which is northwest of indianapolis. overseas millions of people are on edge after two deadly earthquakes thousands of miles apart. the first hit the south pacific. in

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how does that compare, for example, with what happened in indonesia. as tamron was mentioning over commercial break, five years ago when tens of thousands were killed because of the tsunami. >> that was a much stronger earthquake. anywhere between 9.1 and 9.3. the second largest or strongest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. it gives you an idea of just how powerful that particular event was. therefore, how large the waves were and how far-reaching they were when it occurred five years ago in 2004. this one, we're talking about 7.9. which is certainly well below the intensity of the one we saw in 2004. so hopefully the waves will not be as large as they were with the one in 2004. >> john, after the 2004 massive loss of life, we've talked so much about warning systems being put in place. who was prepared and who was not. do we know? some of the reports saying that people were trying to run to higher ground. this happened, we believe, around 7:00 a.m. local time. what is the warning system like there? >> well, as for american samoa, i really can

it was the first in -- first democratic election that indonesia had ever attempted. they had only elected 500 members of parliament. there were 48 different political parties, i remember. it turned out to be a very honest and fair election. and in those 500 members of the parliament had added on to them 200 more people that didn't have an adequate chance to be elected, members of the armed forces and youth groups and womens groups and things of that kind. so it added up to a total of 700 members of the parliament and those 700 voted for the president. five years later, it was very successful though they had to change presidents in between because of various reasons, it takes too long to explain, but then five years later they had another election and the carter center was back there and this time it was a direct election by the people of their president. and then, as you know, that president has now been re-elected. so i would say that indonesia is well on the way to being a permanent and dependable democracy. it still has some very serious problems with isolated ter

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>>hat was radio pl indonesia. a senior manager at a hpital western moa told the bbc about the repor of casuales where is. >> in the main island ere have been report three casuties so far from one of our district hospitals. but there areanyother people inred in the coastal villages. so basically we are sending all r transport and implements to the coastal village to bring l these casualties as well as the injured peopleohe main hospit. >> that wathe manager of t city hospital in westernamoa. we'll ing you more as soon as we can establish more. scue woers in the ilippines are pling yet more bodies from mud and swollen rivers, as ey struggle wh the flooding and landslides that came with typhn. at lea 24 people are known to have died. arly half a million have been driven from their homes. around 380,00are now living in makeshift shelte. from mana, our crespondent repos. >> a coved basket, oof hundreds of makeshift refugee places across manila. he the survors she precious shelter wh th dead. re than 50 people died in t

and in indonesia thousands may be dead after an earthquake leveled hundreds of buildings. abc's carla wohl has the latest. >> reporter: it looks, said one resident, like a bomb went off. debris everywhere in samoa and american samoa. >> imagine the sheer force of that. >> reporter: cars and boats tossed like toys, buildings leveled. >> if you have a building not made outs of concrete bricks it doesn't exist anymore. i'm not saying it's damaged, i'm saying it's not there. >> reporter: at dawn tuesday an 8.3 magnitude earthquake sent a massive tsunami with waves up to 20 feet high into the island. the water rushing a myelinland. more than 100 people were killed. many swept out to sea. >> she lost her kids. she got on a tree branch. >> reporter: in california, members of the samoan community gathered for a special prayer service. many are still waiting for news of their relatives. >> it's very difficult. to think about. >> reporter: military planes loaded with supplies are on their way to the island. the president has declared it a major disaster. >> my deepest sympathies are

he is believed to be indonesia's heaviest baby ever. doctors say the baby's extreme weight was the result of receiving excessive glucose from his mother during pregnancy. guinness cites the world record in the u.s. in 1879, weighing 23.7 pounds. >> guess what. he's dating and driving a car already. >> he's too big for that right there. >> eyewitness sports is next. >>> this is mark viviano. the experts say the ravens are a shoo-in to win. but they're taking the cleveland browns seriously. we'll hear from coach harbaugh. and they take on the monster boys at dover. that's ahead when eyewitness news continues. >>> well, i imagine, it's a lot better to play the browns in baltimore than in cleveland. >> they eventually have to go to cleveland to play them. but first time through, this saturday way it's going to be. ravens say they expect a fight when the cleveland browns come on sunday. today, the browns were fighting themselves. after their practice today. the rookie threw a punch at his teammate in the locker room. the punch didn't connect

. >>> in world news -- indonesia's most wanted man is dead. killed in an overnight raid. he's the leader of al-qaeda in southeast asia. he's been blamed for a series of deadly tourist attacks and terrorist attacks that have been going on in indonesia since 2003 including of course the hotel boomings in the capital of jakarta in july. he's been on the run now for nine years. >>> after claiming it was being smeared the community group acorn orders an independent internal investigation following those undercover videos showing employees giving advice. that amounts to tax fraud. acorn employees in several different cities including ours are seen on tape advising a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute to lie about the woman's profession. acorn's chief executive said the group will name an independent auditor and investigator to examine all systems and processes. >>> dc serial sniper john allen muhammad is scheduled to be put to death in november. a virginia judge set muhammad's date with death for november 10th. he was convicted as you probably know of killing dean meyers, o

authorities who have spent seven years chasing one of the world's most-wanted men finally got him in indonesia. justice correspondent bob orr has that story. >> reporter: noordin top was a mystical and deadly terrorist. >> america, australia... >> reporter: who targeted western tourists during a seven-year campaign of bombings in southeast asia. he was an explosives expert, the operational kingpin of al qaeda's most lethal affiliate. indonesian police say the terrorist mastermind, long known for his uncanny ability to escape capture, was finally killed today in a police shoot-out. and they released this graphic death photo and proudly displayed fingerprint evidence as proof of his demise. >> this is a big get for the indonesians who have been hunting him for some time and i think a real blow to terrorist networks there who have lost a charismatic leader. >> reporter: counter-terrorism officials say noordin's finger prints were on virtually every terrorist attack in southeast asia since 2002. bombings of ballly nightclubs that year killed 202. bombs in jakarta targeted the marriott hotel in 200

powerful earthquake, magnitude 7.6, has struck off indonesia's sumatra island. unclear if there were casualties at this point. high rise buildings in singapore, about 275 miles to the northeast, were shaking. office buildings also shook in the malaysian capital. hundreds of homes and buildings have been damaged. we're monitoring the situation. we will be updating you on this -- it sounds like we're talking about yesterday but it's another earthquake in a different part of the world, not american samoa this time. >> still trying to get to the bottom of what caused the financial crisis. chairman of the oversight committee will hold a hearing today on the role that credit ratings agencies played in the meltdown. before that, he's talking to us. squawk box will be right back. >>> news on cit. what do you think, david? the latest is that rescue they were talking about yesterday, is that -- >> we're back sort of at that moment of drama with cit in the next couple of days. >> yeah. >> steering committee, bond holders has been actively negotiating with the company in te

margaret conley, indonesia. >> vintage scooters huge in asia. i was in taiwan last year where my parents are originally from. it's interesting, you ride down the streets, they have entire families on these scooters, kids and all. it's like a clown car scooter. around. >> i'm sure there's quite a bit of balancing on getting all these people on one scooter at

first in indonesia. we just got the first injury reports. at least 13 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a buildingolla after the earthquake hit, which happened around 6:00 a.m. eastern time. it had a magnitude of 7.. state-run media reports hundreds of buildings were destroyed including houses, shopping centers and mosques. the underwater quake triggered a tsunami about a foot high. officials say that threat is over now. that quake comes just one day after a tsunami hit samoa and tonga killing more than 100 people. american samoa is in american territory in the south pacific. a powerful quake yesterday around 1:00 in the afternoon triggered three separate tsunami waves and flattened entire villages and left them under water. president obama sending c ining condolences. >> i'm hurt, you know. i'm hurt for them because they are my people. especially for the older folks. those, you know, and the children. they're helpless. >> this morning, the coast guard set out to take fema members to american samoa. the team includes debris a

he has been implicated in every major terror attack in indonesia since 2002. another suicide bombing in somolia was carried are out by terrorists driving cars with united nations logos. the shabob terrorist group said it hit the main base of african union peacekeepers in retaliation for monday's killing of one of its leaders by u.s. navy seals. at least 16 people died in kabul, afghanistan today in a suicide car bombing ailed at an italian military convoy. the bomber rammed his car into two of the vehicles. the taliban has claimed responsibility. meantime, defense secretary robert gates is urging patients back here at home in deciding whether to send more u.s. troops to afghanistan. one of those brave soldiers who served in afghanistan and paid the ultimate price there was hon r honored today at the white house. correspondent james rosen has the story of a true american hero. >> i have made peace with god by telling my family i loved them. >> the last words of jarrett c. monte, the native of massachusetts 0 upon whom president obama conveyed the medal of honor

a tsunami a-- in indonesia. a tsunami warning was reported but now it has expired. details has they come around. >> a ring of fire. that's the most earthquake activity zone. >> and nonetheless, rather unusual to see two earthquakes within that period. >> very. >> we will get more information on the one in indonesia later. meanwhile, here at home. >> very quiet. may see the sunshine but a mostly cloudy day. scattered showers on the forecast as well. warmer than we were at this hour yesterday. the cloud cover is a blanket this morning. satellite radar. you will notice the gray on the map. that's cloud cover. in a moment, we will look at radar. light sprinkles starting to break out to the east of washington and to the central and eastern sections of pennsylvania. scattered showers in the forecast in addition to the cloud cover and the cool temperatures. here's the focast and i will be back in a few minutes with more details. yesterday 60s. day before 80. it will feel fall like. >> n the 40s by saturday. >> just a joke. don't say that. >> terrifying julie wright, we don

an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck in western indonesia this morning. that's according to the u.s. geological survey. it may have triggered a tsunami but there are no reports of waves now. we will keep you posted on that. yesterday a tsunami killed at least 77 people in samoa and american samoa. some of first video here we have gotten in from that region. devastating as you can see. seven people are dead in tonga and many others are missing and feared dead right now. three separate tsunami waves hit a powerful earthquake yesterday. people on the island say that the entire villages have been flattened or cut off in the disaster. >>> michael vick now calls himself an animal rights advocate and is warning people to stay away from dogfighting. here is rafer weigel with this story. >> good morning. vick was addressing a small crowd at a washington, d.c., church. one of the city's poorest neighborhoods. he said dogfighting is, quote, point sxlst he doesn't know why he ricksed his lucrative career over it. the appearance was sponsored by the humane society as

. >>> in indonesia, people saying whoa, this newborn baby is thought to be the heaviest born baby ever there. it -- he weighed 19.2 pounds. the baby's extreme weight is a result of receiveing glucose from his diabetic mother. >>> meteorologist tim williams will be back with the first- warning forecast. >> we're talking, this is heidi. she has a brother and they're almost twins. she came to the maryland spca from another shelter. they've been handed around for a little bit and she's five years old. it's time for her to have a nice home. she's a beagle mix and about this chill out. the yellow scarf. mr. basement sponsoring the animals. >> that's a good dog. >> that's the number of the maryland animal shelter. tim williams has details on weather. >>> good afternoon, we're talking about temperatures cool this afternoon, 67 degrees right now. 58%, winds coming out from the northeast at 10 miles per hour at the airport. across the state, temperatures ranging from 58 in oakland to 70. 67 in elkton. we're starting to see more and more peeks of sun coming through the region. we have 65 in westm

a deadly magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern padang, indonesia. and many feared a tsunami would follow. onent d. -- but it didn't. hundreds, possibly thousands of people were believed to be trapped. it also triggered landslides and sparked fires. the indonesian earthquake came less than 24 hours after a bigger quake a few thousand miles away caused a tsunami that flatten said villages in samoa and american samoa. that's a string of islands between hawaii and australia. many people living there were swept out to sea. this woman tells the story of a mother who tried to grab her young children. >> it was too late. the wait came. she lost her kids -- she only managed to grab onto the tree branch [ crying ] >> reporter: with tens of thousands needing help. president obama declared a major disaster for american samoa, a u.s. territory, with 65,000 residents. >> and fema, the federal emergency management agency is working closely with emergency responders on the ground. and the coast guard is helping to provide immediate help to those in need. >> reporte

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. >>> yesterday we told you of the story of the big baby born in indonesia. >> we got a lot of comments about him on our facebook page. now we know his name. we'll reveal it ahead this hour. holly. >> holly is live at the capitol home show. thanks, tony. she'll introduce us to hell's kitchen star chef lou petrossa. >>> there has been a big find in southeast asia. researchers have discovered 163 new species over the course of a year. take a look. one is he gecko but it looks like a leopard. it has large orange and brown cat-like eyes and leopard spots down the length of its yellowish brown body. and this is a big mouthed frog. that's on old joke. it has fangs and eats birds. very strange. allison has pets, nothing like that, i hope. >> a big mouthed frog? >> yes. >> all right. >>> looking for a loveable edition to your home, and not that creature. head to prince george's county this weekend for the humane society's adoption event and sandra joins us to talk about that and she's brought the cutest example of a loveable guy that needs a home. good to see you. >> this is uno. and she's only

of muslims in jordan and indonesia express confidence in bin laden to do the right thing when it comes to world affairs n pakistan, the figure stands at just 18%. back in 2003, that number was almost double at 34%. a routine coast guard training exercise in the potomac river today just minutes from here caused a security scare throughout washington. what really happened and why wasn't anyone notified of this drill? national correspondent catherine herridge has the details. >> no, i am not issuing apology! >> the coast guard chief of staff said his fleet was not to blame for a morning of chaos on the banks of the potomac river in washington. as as as a 9/11 ceremony was concluding at the pentagon, a coast guard exercise was moving ahead. with reports by the national media of a suspicious boat and shots fired, all within a two-mile radius of the pentagon and the white house, d.c. police and federal agents swarmed the area. as a he precaution, the f.a.a. put flights at nearby reagan national airport on hold. not the white house, not home hand security, not the secret service, nor the f.b.

. >>> a baby in indonesia is getting some worldwide attention because he came into the world at just over, 19 pounds. he has drawn curious clouds at the hospital since he is believed to be the largest baby born in that country. a doctor at the hospital said the baby is healthy, as you can imagine has a strong appetite. that mom better start buying formula now. >> they put him in a king size bed right after being born. >> giver that kid a football contract. take a look at temperatures now, we are in the 60s. 57 oakland, 59 over in eastern woods. 62 now, the dewpoint still pretty low. temperatures probably dropping to about 54. east winds now off the ocean, and that will continue to bring in and moisten up the atmosphere over the next 12 to 24 hours. a low pressure sitting some where over southern. [ indescernible ] kwra -- southern indiana and it's going to continue spreading clouds. it is going to become one big batch of rain, probably getting here sometime between three o 3:00 and 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. it'll continue to get wetter, as we get winds off the ocean, it will continue

>>> lo que no pudo comentar de este individuo de indonesia porque hay un pleito, pero fuentes allegradas me dijeron que no fue amante, y es un tema que no se pudo tocar. >>> la criticaron mucho por consumar un amor prohibido. >>> y muchos la compararon con el diablo, cómo se sintió ella de verse ninguna situación tan difícil, cómo ella sobre pasó este momento? >>> de todo esto hablamos esta noche, porque sobre todo que la gente comprenda que ella también llevaba su batalla interna. ella también tuvo que lidiar, y dijo que no quería enamorarse, sucedió, también con su familia los problemas que tuvo, aquí vemos videos que salieron después, hablamos de ese día(m- la playa, si ellos lo sabían, si se dieron cuenta. ella fue muy sincera, y por primera vez van a escuchar todo en su palabra. >>> vamos a escuchar un adelanto. h@tbh[dfmnwkpáprimer i@ >>> cuandoáprimer impacto (m-ft él pensaba más. >>> han dicho que eres la personificación del demonio, la mujer que lo hizo sah@ de su camino, cómo responden a eso? m >>> me imagino que habla de todo. gracias teresa. >>>. >>> grac

we have assisted in indonesia. but we need to make sure that they also had good jobs, productive agriculture, opportunities to study in the u.s., and american students having the opportunity to go to their country. host: next phone call on the democratic line. macon, georgia . caller: you keep saying you we have no responsibility to abide health care -- to provide health care. please do not hang up on me yet. google and several of our internet services went over to iraq and put broadband all over there so that our businesses could work there. now you are forcing us to live under your belief of christian rule and tell us how we are going to lift. we are not going to provide abortions, we can do this, we cannot do that. you all run to the courts to get laws on this, and the democrats do not do that. guest: i do not know what your point was. i think you are operating under a lot of misinformation. we provide a very generous health care to poor people in medicaid, to everyone on medicare. the system needs to be reforme

. >>> a powerful earthquake rattled parts of indonesia today. the magnitude is .4 quake near the resort island of bali. seven people were injured. the people running in to the streets for safety. earlier this month, another earthquake trigger add massi i e landslide that killed 65 people and injured hundreds more. >>> government lawyers are trying to stop a controversial book project. on-line search engine google and the authors guild have an agreement. google will scan massive libraries of books and place them on-line. but the justice department says the agreement poses class action, copyright, and antitrust concerns. the justice department wants to see a settlement and it's urging both sides to continue to negotiate. the government said if proper changes are made, the potential could be an important benefit for society. >>> check this out, people living in atlanta suburb are trying to figure out what to do about this massive sink hole. the hole is 25 feet long threatening several homes. it opened up thursday after several days of heavy rain, i

. >>> in indonesia, clouds have been flock to go see a newborn weighing in at 19 pounds, 2 ounzs. the size the likely result of his father having diabetes. she and the child reportedly in pretty good conditions. >>> students at stanford university may catch a case of the blues after a centuries old condition. h1n1 the school nixed the full moon on the quad, where seniors kiss freshman at midnight under the first full moon of autumn. some called it a, quote, recipe for disaster >> and now here's a look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 9,707 after dropping 41 points thursday. the s&p lost 10. nasdaq fell 23 points. in tokyo, the nikkei shot down 278 points. while in hong kong the hang seng dipped 26 points. >>> still a little sore over the fed's plans to start pulling back its stimulus measures. investors were quick to sell after disappointing economic data came out thursday. an unexpected dros in existing home sales reminded wall street the road to recovery is full of potholes. analysts were caught off guard when a report said sales had actually dropped by

you've got an enormous mining facility in indonesia. how is that going? give me the story of economics in indonesia right now. >> it's a great ore body. it has more copper reserves than any mine in the world, and more gold reserves in any mine in the world. the world's largest gold mine, even though gold is a by-product. our team has done great. we've had recent security issues that we are working with the indonesian government to keel with. but our operations are going very well. >> do you see barriers around the world? obviously you've got to work with governments inner to put these projects in the ground and really get the proper production out of them. where are the troublesome governments today? or is that sort of an obvious question? >> it's not just the governments, but speaking for the industry as a whole, these barriers to supply are really significant. it starts out with where the resources are locate. they now tend to be underground. some of them are in challenging places from a community acceptance or environmental standpoint issue. and that's

. >> indonesia's biggest baby is the country's biggest star. the 19.2-pound baby was born monday on c-section. crowds have been flocked to the hospital. the newborn received excessive glucose resulting his extreme weight. he is believed to be indonesia's heaviest but not the world's heaviest. that baby was 22 1/2 pounds. >> to give you a sense of this, my 9-month-old is about 20 pounds. the kid's 19 point whatever. newborn. amazing. >> but he's so cute. >> i know he is. >> want to mench his cheeks. >> yeah. seven-day forecast. rain holding off the afternoon and evening. tomorrow, we'll salva some sunshine by lunchtime. highs tomorrow, mid 70's. same with monday. tuesday, cooler air pushing in. breezy and fall-like for much of next week. tuesday through thursday, upper 60's. >> that does it for "good morning washington saturday." y." chevy silverado. more confidence than ford f-150. better backed than f-150. at a value f-150 can't touch. silverado. from the family of the most dependable, longest lasting full size pickups on the road. just announ

everyone with all that strength, this tsunami was small when compared to the 2004 indonesia tsunami. the earthquakes that triggered that tsunami was ten times stronger. fema has deployed teams already deep in crisis mode with limited electricity and phone service. michelle guillen, wjz news. >>> critical infrastructure is released about some of our area bridges. recent inspections found problems with two heavily traveled bridges, kelly -- >> reporter: our media partner the baltimore sun is reporting that its recent inspections that revealed two major bridges in our area need major work. concerns about the bay bridge infrastructure have grown after a fatal crash killed a bus driver last year. now the route 40 bridge and interstate 95 bridge both going over the river have their own problems. >> i think infrastructure in general. they will ago act on it as quickly as possible. >> the problem isn't here on the road, it's underneath. that's where the maryland transportation authority found advanced deterioration, but they say the road is safe for now. >> it makes me nervous driving over i