joining us now, mike holland. besides running his investment firm, holland and company, he's been a director of the china fund since its start nearly 20 years ago, and he's also a director of the taiwan fund, both trade here at the new york stock exchange. hi, mike. >> hi, susie. >> susie: despite this impressive clothe,-- growth, there's already talk about china's economy slowing down. i know you go back and forth to china regularly and talk to businesses there. are you seeing any signs of a slowdown? >> yes, and it's much to be desired, susie. the country's stimulus program worked really, really well. they institutesed theirs at the same time the u.s. instituted its stimulus program. theirs caused a growth in the economy that up until this most recent quarter was going about 12% a year. as you said, for a country that is now the second largest gdp in the world, this is no longer a tiny emerging country, economically. so the answer is yes, they wanted to slow down. they have had some speculation in real estate. t

>> yeah. >> reporter: hollander hid in an office as the gunman, 34-year-old omar thornton, continued his rampage. >> he's still shooting. i hear guns out there. >> he used to work there? >> yeah, till i just fired him. >> today? >> today. he's in the parking lot chasing people. >> he's in the parking lot chasing people. >> reporter: his wife, susan hollander, is still stunned. >> it's just shocking. it's still shocking. it's unbelievable. >> reporter: it would be the deadliest workplace shooting in connecticut state history. nine dead, including the shooter. >> i can't believe the guy is gone. >> reporter: police say during a disciplinary hearing tuesday morning, thornton watched surveillance video that showed him stealing from a company truck. then thornton was escorted out of the office, stopping only to grab his lunch box that police say had two 9 millimeter handguns hidden inside. joanne hannah claims her daughter dated thornton for eight years and thornton told her daughter he'd complained to his supervisors about being racially harassed at work. both the teamsters union and the

. >> reporter: peter used to grew tulips in holland, but sees this as a greater calling. since 1994, he's been developing these water boxes, as he calls them. they cool at night, pull moisture from the air, and use it to irrigate young plants and trees of all kinds. it's the same process you see here when cold liquid in the glass condenses water from the outside air. >> actually what people forget is that all the water that's with us traveled through the air. >> reporter: there is a scientific name for this. biomimicry. it imitates nature. in this case, the surface of a lotus leaf. were you skeptical of this? >> at first i was. but once i thought about it for five minutes, i was intrigued. >> reporter: matt manages the

. >> hollander and another expert on the journey john paul said tell cnn for an exclusive purview of their findings jury to usf scientists said they found toxic levels of oil and dispersants and affecting marine organisms just 40 mi. south of the panama city. the organisms called phytoplankton and other microscopic bacteria ocean near the foundation of the food chain. >> which feeds and fuel the ecology of the ocean. if those guys are in trouble and the ocean is in trouble. so >> our federal government scientists have downplayed the impact of microscopic oil making its way up the food chain. this is what the head of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration said earlier this month >> the fish will degrade the oil and process said naturally. it doesn't bio accumulate it's not a situation where we need to be concerned about that. over time it will be broken down >> usf scientists tell cnn that is a short-sighted view of the danger. officials haven't responded to these latest scientific findings. the >> the 10 day mission in the gulf of mexico was a rocky voyage the scientists

holland decriminalize marijuana in the 1970's. according to the minister of health of holland, he said that they only have half of the marijuana consumption for adults and teenagers as we do in the united states. half of the marijuana consumption in our country as yours, but for adults and teenagers, and he would explain why. you know what he said? we succeeded in making pot boring. there is a message there. we glamorize it by making it illegal. if you glamorize it just like the portugal experience, we will probably eventually reduce the drug usage down to where it is now, or maybe not. you know, if you had a loved one and you only had two choices. one is to have that loved one abuse alcohol or to have that loved one abuse cannabis, which would you prefer? which is less harmful? yes, cannabis can be dangerous. it is less dangerous than alcohol. today, by our laws, we are forcing people up the drug ladder. what do i mean by that? if you have reason to believe that you are going to be drug tested, this is a friday night and you are

they want to or not because when they had referenda on the all constitution lost them in france and holland the only country that voted for the ones that you know so much of the e.u. budget they didn't want to risk leaving so in my view we're living in a completely illegally constituted state in britain the const the constitution of europe on the lisbon treaty is illegal and this is a very day. injuries road to go. talk to me about their legal integration taking place in e.u. particularly about the european arrest warrants european arrest warrant is the first part of the process whereby we are integrating our legal systems with those of the european union and of course what you got to remember is that the anglo-saxon common law model adopted by the united states and canada and us and countries around the world is completely different from the continental napoleonic system now under our system you have to be charged with a specific offense but police have to gather the evidence before you're arrested goes to a trial we have high abuse corpus all these things that we take for granted on the c

they want to or not because when they had referenda on the old constitution lost them in france and holland the only country that voted for the ones that you know so much of the e.u. budget they didn't want to risk leaving so my view were living in a completely illegally constituted state in britain the constant the constitution of europe on the lisbon treaty is illegal and this is a very dangerous road to gold. one of your former colleagues has accused the coalition that you belong to in the european union of harboring extremist views what you keep doing to make sure that these don't have a place in the twenty first century in the group that we sit in the freedom democracy and in the previous one that we've seen independence democracy grow it's part of our constitution that we have a very simple constitution which says that we are a non-racist nonsectarian the organization so that's covered i mean you're sick we're sitting in a group purely for procedural purposes the only thing that you know it's that group is a belief that the whole system has gone too far we would draw lists of the peop

more news today in holland says once again flared up the full these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations are old today.

think there's any evidence to support that i mean the simple analogy is to look at cannabis use in holland where it's at all intents and purposes available through regulated bodies and kind of its use amongst young people in holland is lower than among young people in the u.k. but i want to disco on to talk about something else about about really following through the strong prohibition policies i mean even if we could catch say the thirty forty biggest kingpins in the world to people to margin for one moment the drugs would cease to exist and the places would be immediately taken by less experienced younger potentially more violent people because the amounts of money the reward this were so enormous and so significant that people are always going to be replaced and the idea that somehow measuring use of drugs is an indicator is really not very useful sort of the pond i mean the harm the drugs cause is a much useful indicator and we tell you if you had say in the u.k. if you had five million people who smokes a little bit of cannabis a line occur every three months would that be as bad as

on this sunday evening, young peoplefrom germmyjapan and holland are among the visitors to wanaka's lighthouse church a. local missionary hosts a barbecue for the backpackers. offer of free food and fellowship is enough to draw a small crowd from the local inns. >> people are really different here. really friendly. >> you are a buddhist but hope to hearing about jesus? >> i am not good at buddhism, buddhist. i am interested about every way of thiing. >> that is what i like here in new zealan the hiking, the walking trips. >> would you say you are a believer in jesus? >> i am not a big belier. it is also that i am, that i don't believe. >> you are seeking. you are experimenting, you are searching? >> i think there is much more. >> jesus said go into all the world and preach the gospel. what do you do if the world is comeing to you? christians here in wanaka, new zealand say it is a good problem to have. >> it has been somethinwe really love, the fact that we don't have to go all over the world. they are drawn to us, to this beautiful town. >> acts 1:8, start in jerusalem and don't stop until yo

done in denmark, england, holland and germany for 25 years or more. they don't have the regulatory liability conscious levels we have. >> but we are not going to get anymore parks few more park. remember that. there's a lot of space but we have to get creative with it. >> uh-huh. dpw has alot of underutilized parcels that are too small to be parks. you have to initiate a street parks program and talk to liz and she will help you about what's possible. what springs to mind is shotwell avenue in the mission. jane started a nonprofit called plant sf. they it quality of life issues on their street. they have a 24 foot sidewalk great for parking your cars. that's what people did on shotwell in the evenings for the purposes of prostitution. people would park perpendicular. the neighborhood became a parking lot for prostitution and there was dumping and drug use and it was driving people crazy. she figured out we will make lemonade. the kicker was in the floods of 2002 in the mission and she woke up in backed up sewage. twin peeks down the hill backed to the

the car industry in holland. he is accused of breaking into military computers. his family has attempted to block the extradition. they have failed. both parties may review an extradition arrangement. the home office will not comment on this case but they have said that the government is committed to reviewing the extradition arrangements. nothing will be completed before the hearing in just over two weeks. poachers not feeding the medicine market, they are worth more than their weight in gold. now, poaching of rhinos for their horns has escalated. at least one had a 50 have been killed this year, many in private game reserve. -- at least one letter 50 have been killed this year -- 150 have been killed this year. johannesburg has just had its last adult poached. >> this is the last rhino to live on this game reserve. she is the latest victim of the increasingly successful poachers. >> we lost to the pool in june and then in january this year, we lost two in one day, then this one yesterday. >> this must be devastating. >> yes. this is very bad. >> they are target

cradle of the russian fleet at the end of the seventeenth century peter the great and shipbuilders from holland the first russian vessels here during a five year period over one hundred boats and here they were built in the landlocked lake here they could go anywhere decades later the town safin and when does fire and all the ships built by piece the great will last except one it was the boat titled fortune. and imprison the boat is kept in the local easy in which was established in eighteen zero three now over the six here we have a what's that for us after all they were never ever used as a great training. for the future of the russian fleet and this here is called baltic it means a small boat built by peter the great himself and the emperor all that it's been preserved for the future generations to see. across through museums want to stay out of the citizen and enjoy some life here several actors dress up as historical figures such as peter and catherine the great and reenact various scenes from russian history it's a fun entertaining and educational half an hour that all ages will enjoy. ra

we'll ask mike holland, director of the china fund, if that growth is sustainable. also tomorrow, we'll get a read on employment with the latest weekly jobless claims and quarterly results from retailers j.crew and zale. >> susie: wal-mart wants the u.s. supreme court to block what could be the largest sex- discrimination case ever. more than a million women are involved in the class action suit. they claim wal-mart pays female workers less than men, and gives women fewer promotions. the discount giant wants the cases tried separately, not as a class. the high court is expected to decide later this year whether it will hear the case. >> tom: expect congested roadways, full flights and crowded trains if you're traveling this labor day weekend. a.a.a. says about 34.5 million people will spend the holiday away from home. that's 10% more than last year. the cost of getting away is getting higher too. airfare, car rental and gas prices are all up. experts say even though unemployment still weighs on many americans, most folks just want one last hurrah before summer ends.

news 8 talked with steve hollander on the phone tonight. he did not want to go on camera. >> here is what we know now about this deadly shooting. gunfire broke out at hartford distributors in manchester, after 7:30 this morning. manchester police say nine people are dead, including the gunman. the gunman has been identified as omar thornton of emfield. two people were treated at hartford hosp >> very sad story. the latest we're hearing now is some of the victims involved in all this, were people at this plant for something like 30 years. they were on th ♪ skinny, so skinny >>> and welcome back, everybody. we need to send some get well wishes to the queen of soul, aretha franklin, this morning. apparently, she fell and broke some ribs. suffering some serious abdominal pain. we don't have details on how she fell or why. she did have two concerts scheduled here in new york city and brooklyn, coming up in the next few days. she has to cancel them or postpone them until later in the month. she was set to perform at august 11th at a birthday pa

i have a great chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee, chris van holland. we have a solid plan of messaging and mobilizing the grassroots level and management of our campaigns. and we have a 2-1 advantage moneywise. so we feel very confident about where we are. >> pelosi also downplayed complaints about the hyper partisan atmosphere in washington arguing that it's less about politics and more about deep differences in philosophy. >>> a rate increase for cable customers, but we found a way to save you ten bucks a month. >>> plus, coming up, they're cute, cuddly and on a mission. why this event could bring about big changes for pet care here in the bay area. >>> good afternoon on this sunday. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. our mild august days continue. the fog back in san francisco. it's 66 right now. we'll tell you about even more cooling for the week ahead in my seven-day forecast. >>> in case you were wondering, twitter enthusiasts, they can tweet again. the san francisco-based microblogging site was out of service this morning affecting nearly 100

we're also joined by mary holland the m.t.a's parking enforcement agency. she's been with the city since 1979 when she started as a parking patrol officer and assists in the management of day-to-day operations of her division, planning and a ministering work and activity office senior parking patrol officers and officers engaged in parking enforcement and intersection control. last but not least we're joined by deputy or sorry, district attorney paul henderson that will help understand the enforcement related of prosecution of collisions. so, mary, please begin. >> good morning. as julian said i'm mary fo a lo on the security and enforcement division. in ours we have 271 parking patrol officers. 30 field supervisors and three assistant directors and what we do as it relates to pedestrian safety is we enforce parking regulations. those closely related are sidewalk parking, cross walks, bus zones, intersection blockage and to ensure the safety of pedestrians. our goal and our mission in enforcement is to ensure the safe and efficient movement of people and go

holland security has several responsibilities. one is the economic security of this country. economic security as part of national security. we are talking about taking individuals' livelihood away from them by stealing their content and put it on the internet. that is not something the united states government can ignore because one individual or a couple of individuals think we are not going to enforce the criminal law. criminal laws were passed by congress. it is the executive branch's responsibility to enforce them. >> our guest is erik barnett, assistant director of immigration and customs enforcement. also joining us is isaac wolf of scripps howard news service. >> , is the demand for these shows based on a failure by the entertainment industry to provide at a cost-competitive or reasonable price this content? i know a lot of people i talk to who still this content. show -- a site that offered 50 cents signed a show and had everything, i would do that. i am not going to subscribe to hbo just to watch our dry. how much of this is simply a failure by the entertainment ind

there's a backlog of flights taking off from holland, germany and belgium, and hundreds of flights in northern europe are also running late. the system is expected to be back to normal tomorrow. >> tom: some furloughed flight attendants at delta airlines could be getting a call to return to work. in a message to employees, the airline said it has begun recruiting those former workers for its international routes. it especially needs folks with foreign language skills. training is scheduled to start in january, and while it won't say how many people it plans to bring back, delta did say it is asking all 700 flight attendants on voluntary furlough to return. >> tom: investors are so concerned with the return of their money that they're not getting much return on their money. so says tonight's "market monitor." she's cindy sweeting, portfolio manager for the templeton growth fund and world fund. welcome to nightly business report, cindy, nice to see you. >> thanks very much, tom. pleasure to be here. >> tom: the economic expansion is slowing in the u.s. is it prupt investing to focus on

and i just began screamin in holland i just moved past work and believe. after the initial shock the family began to question the army's rush to judgment that living a died of a self-inflicted injury. that's the one with the rifle. dr johnson is a veteran himself who went on to work for the army as a civilian specialist in psychology the nearly three decades but for the past three years he has studied every aspect of his daughter's death. but i am looking for the sketch that the criminal investigators may. their best to showcase in. their closeup of it and love it as some of the blood pattern with his brother joe a former prisons officer with forensics training their spin countless hours analyzing and cross referencing photos reports and the testimony of those in the camp and i when this account they stated that from the time he heard what he deemed to be at the back far or a gun shot he looked in the direction and he saw flames coming from the tip no live d.f.a. see to with just a contract to step. one of the many in consistencies according to dr johnson