joining us is frank smith out of seoul frank tell us more about this mandatory military service in south korea how long has it been in place well they started mandatory military service here conscription back and 957 that's just screen years or 4 years after their korean war ended it was based actually on a 948 law and it starts out with about 5 weeks of basic training or boot camp and recruits can either enter the army the room corps the navy or the air force the terms of service the length of service berries a little bit if you enter the 'd navy or the air force you have to do a month or 2 longer. and presumably it's in place because of the threat from north korea what are those months of training like are some soldiers actually patrolling the border between north and south korea for example. well military service in south korea is generally considered in 2 different ways it's blurry and it's also stressful if you're deployed near the d.m.z. the demilitarized zone it's the heavily most heavily fortified border in the world there are something like 700000 troops just on the other side o

joining us is frank smith out of seoul frank tell us more about this mandatory military service in south korea how long has it been in place well they started mandatory military service here conscription back a 957 that's just screen years or 4 years after their korean war ended it was actually on a 948 law and it starts out with about 5 weeks of basic training or boot camp in recruits can either enter the army the marine corps the navy or the air force the terms of service the length of service berries a little bit if you enter the 'd navy or the air force you have to do a month or 2 longer. and presumably it's in place because of the threat from north korea what are those months of training like are some soldiers actually patrolling the border between north and south korea for example. well military service in south korea is generally considered in 2 different ways it's blurring and it's also stressful if you're deployed to the d.m.z. the demilitarized zone it's the heavily most heavily fortified border in the world there are something like 700000 troops just on the other side of that

joining us is frank smith out of seoul frank tell us more about this mandatory military service in south korea how long has it been in place well they started mandatory military service here conscription back and 957 that's just screen years or 4 years after their korean war ended it was based actually on a 948 law and it starts out with about 5 weeks of basic training or boot camp and recruits can either enter the army the room corps the navy or the air force the terms of service the length of service berries a little bit if you enter the 'd navy or the air force you have to do a month or 2 longer and presumably it's in place because of the threat from north korea what are those months of training like are some soldiers actually patrolling the border between north and south korea for example. well military service in south korea is generally considered in 2 different ways it's blurry and it's also stressful if you're deployed near the d.m.z. the demilitarized zone it's the heavily most heavily fortified border in the world there are something like 700000 north korean troops just on the

smith and seoul thank you and now a brief look at some of the other business stories making headlines the silver screen is making a cautious return in india after months of shutdown despite the country's virus case the surging past 7000000 the home of bollywood is partially reopening some cinemas us restrictions are eased strict social distancing. will apply though singapore and hong kong will set up a travel bubble as the 2 cities move to reestablish overseas travelling and lift the quarantine hurdle for visitors from overseas under the scheme travelers would need to get negative coded 19 test results and travel on specific flights only to see men's health and ears has launched a rapid coronavirus and to test kit in europe rising infection numbers have sparked growing demand the test is said to be able to deliver a result in just 15 minutes. argentina has been hit hard by cove 19 both in terms of deaths and case numbers and its existing economic woes have been compounded by the end but there are still some cause for optimism but the easing of restrictions allowing some businesses to

smith reports for. south korean boy band b.t.s. reigns supreme over billboard charts as their fans their army fawn over their good looks and slick moves but as they move through their twenties an ominous obligation approaches a minimum one and a half years mandatory military service reality of p.t.s. is famous doing public relations informing other countries about south korea they should be exempted from military service because they promote south korean culture there are many other men in south korea so why are they trying to take as which plays such an important role for the country. she spent 21 months in the army in warns of a declining population in the ongoing threat of north korea. we can only maintain national security when we have a strong military defense if such preferential treatment increases the number of people entering the military will decrease the military will be shaken and it will be a threat to national security. south korea's national assembly has tabled a bill that would offer cer

frank? >> azenith smith live for us tonight. thank you. >>> today, san francisco became the first bay area county to move into the least restrictive yellow tier on the state's blueprint for reopening. starting next tuesday, health officials say nonessential offices will be able to open at 25% capacity, and officials say if infection rates keep moving in the right direction? restaurants, movie theaters, and museums would be allowed to have up to 50% capacity in 2 weeks. >> our cases are dropping. just to give you a sense of that, a few months ago, our case rate was as high as 130 new cases a day. now we're down to about 30 on average, so that's very good news. >> those low positivity numbers , even as the county is testing as many as 5000 people a day. the hospitalization rate is also low with just 25 people currently in the hospital. >>> to at 11:00, a state court of appeals in san francisco today took the unprecedented step of ordering some 1500 inmates, about half of the and fates at san quentin, to be transferred or released

next on american artifacts, we visit arlington to see the contents with tim frank and caitlin smith. about this memorabilia box, we really have to take you back to 1864 in order to bring you forward to 1915. in 1864 we buried the first in maine.re and then the secretary of war set aside 200 acres to become a national cemetery. by the end of the civil war there were 15,000 confederate soldiers buried here as well as union soldiers. and general john logan established decoration day, she declared may 30 of every year. the idea is that people would placethe graves and flowers. decoration day became a more real day. it became so popular that in 1873, quartermaster general held tory meigs decoration day ceremony and at the time it became a small venue . every year thousands of people would show up to arlington. that 25,000found people showed up to decorate the in 1913, congress authorized this memorial empathy under that we are standing in. and in 1950 as part of the laying of the cornerstone, this memorabilia box was placed by woodrow wilson. he laid the first stone which now brings us to

and caitlin smith. in order to talk about this memorabilia boxed, i have to take you back to 1864 in order to bring you forward to 1915. in 1864 we buried the first

frank? >> azenith smith, live for us tonight. thank you. >>> we were looking at the temperatures out there today. it was cooler and that is how it will look tomorrow. this pattern will bring wet weather tour saturday and it is getting ready to cool down .78 santa rosa, today, cool, 82 and fairfield. the numbers were and the low 90s, yesterday. temperatures have trended down significantly. 67 hayward and 65 oakland. it will be cooler and then tomorrow. 78 was today and santa rosa, it is down to 71. livermore 73 degrees. it is the cooler day tomorrow, thursday. friday, the air quality is not that great but it will improve tomorrow than friday it will approve a lot. that is the hope anyway. as we go into saturday there is a chance of a shower and we will look at that woman look at the 5-day forecast and a bit. >>> brener gavin newsom signed an order to protect wildland and coastal waters over the next 10 years. it is part of the ongoing efforts to protect the agricultural sector. the latest move comes on the heels of another executi

and caitlin smith. in order to talk about this memorabilia boxed, i have to take you back to 1864 in order to bring you forward to 1915. in 1864 we buried the first soldier here. and then the secretary 1864. of war set aside 200 acres to become a national cemetery. by the end of the civil war there were 15,000 union and confederate soldiers buried here and general john logan . established decoration day, she -- which he declared may 30 of every year. the idea that was throughout the country people would visit the graves and place flowers. decoration day became a more -- memorial day. it became so popular that in 1873, quartermaster general montgomery meigs designed decoration day ceremonies. in time that became such a small venue, because every year thousands of people would show up to arlington. one year we found that 25,000 showed up to decorate the graves. 1913 congress authorized this moria -- memorial we are standing in. in 1950 as part of the laying of the cornerstone, this memorabilia box was pla

frank? >> azenith smith live for us tonight. thank you >>> today san francisco moved into the lease restricted yellow tier on the state coupons blueprint for reopening. it is the first bay area county to do so. starting next tuesday, health officials say nonessential offices will be able to open a 25% capacity. authorities also say that if infection rates keep moving in the right direction, restaurants, movie theaters, and museums would be allowed to open up for 50% capacity in 2 weeks. >> our cases are dropping. just to give you a sense of that, a few months ago, our case rate was as high as 130 new cases a day, and now we're down to about 39 average, so that is good news. >> those low positivity numbers, even as the county is testing as many as 5000 people per day. the hospitalization rate is also low with to 25 people currently hospitalized with coronavirus. also on tuesday, indoor climbing gyms can reopen. indoor fitness centers can increase capacity to 25%. personal services can allow for limited removal of face masks for s

the first is mr smith goes to washington, frank capra's 1939 masterpiece starring jimmy stewart as a political novice who battles corruption in the us senate. mr president, i did not say the senator was one of the congressman in the room. i was in that room! got to get something on paper. then there's all the president's men, the true story of how intrepid washington post reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein, played by robert redford and dustin hoffman, uncovered the watergate scandal which led to richard nixon becoming the first—ever us president to resign from office. besides being exceedingly well crafted, each film delivers the same promise of hope to a different generation of americans reeling from trauma. mr smith goes to washington came at the end of the great depression, a decade of poverty and disillusionment in the american system. while all the president's men was a response to a profound loss of faith in american institutions, following both watergate and the vietnam war. the films succeed because they engage with our darker impulses, but still provide uplifting co

frank. i should introduce him, shouldn't i? there are currently 16,000 vacant apartments in manhattan robert frank is here on the ripple effect this is having >> this is big number of the day, kelly there are 16,000 apartments now for rent in manhattan. that's not just an all-time record but three times the number of just a year ago. all that growing supply and lack of demand has brought the vacancy rate in manhattan to just under 6%, more than twice the usual average. so rents are coming down with effective rent down 11%. landlords offering an average of two months free rent just to lure tenants back to the city. the bottom end is feeling it the most with studio apartments seeing a 14% drop in price those are people in entry level restaurant service jobs. at the high end, luxury also getting hit. since those renters can actually afford to leave the city, luxury prices down 11%. so rentals account for two-thirds of manhattan real estate so all this lost rent al income could start to cascade

the leading opponent, none other than his old p friend al smith >> frank len d. roosevelt, having received more than 2/3 of allle delegates, i proclaim him the nominee of this convention for president of the united states. >> you have nominated me and i know it and i am here to thank you for the honor. pledge myself to a new deal for the american people. >> and back live in the new york constituent assembly chamber. beverly gauge, how did we get from 1928 al smith calling -- f.d.r. calling al smith the happy warrior and nominating him to the 1932 election? >> well, they had been allies before, both coming up through the same new york democratic party. a couple of things happened between 1928 and 1932, some of think -- which are very personal and some of which are on a grand scale. the most important thing that happened is of course that we entered the depression so herbert hoover begins in 1929 as president. he gets stock market crash that year and by 1932 you are really in the deepest, darkest moments of debtpression. that is bad news. but for the democratic nom

you very much let's continue this now with bernard smith who joins us live from godless in armenia said tell us what you're hearing and i'd of showing has done to stop our current. sami earlier this morning the president of nagorno-karabakh current sonia and he was giving a press conference he was asked actually about ganja he was specifically asked about this and he didn't make any comment but that has been showing overnight of stepan archerd the main city in nagorno-karabakh and also of this is a town to the south which a couple of days ago there was about johnny president claimed that they had taken back but they haven't because there is still fighting going on for it they might have taken part of the province rather than the town i am told that this morning it is quiet in step and other parts of nagorno-karabakh so the ceasefire warbling heavily over night but quieter it seems this morning we got a chance on saturdays ago and have a look at step and in that gap in the cease fire was beginning to take effect. stepan acard has taken a battering these last 2 weeks as a buyer john has t

azenith smith has the story. >> reporter: frank, the baby's diagnosis came earlier this month, and siblings are the best match, but he is an only child. now, a call to find a donor, one like him, a filipino descent. >> let me see your teeth. >> she is literally our dream come true. >> reporter: it was love at first sight for father eric eisen, he and his wife tried to have a baby since 2012, and after a hail mary ivf treatment, alexander justin, or aj, their miracle baby, was born in january. >> it was everything we thought it would be. he is beautiful and smart, and playful. >> reporter: last month, the growing boy began turning down bottles, and spitting up food. first diagnosed with pneumonia, but antibiotics did not help. in the e.r., an oncologist told them, aj had leukemia. >> doesn't feel real. until it's your own child, and we are afraid we will lose him. >> reporter: aj has acute myeloid leukemia, especially rare in infants. the cure rate of 65 percent. but we were fearful, crying, and i'm begging his medical team, please save his life. >> reporter: doctors say in order for him to

today he's in the news again for settling a tax investigation by the justice department robert frank joins us with the details. robert >> dom, prosecutors saying robert smith willfully and knowingly violated the law in participationing in a tax evasion scheme but it won't be prosecuted because of his cooperation in a much larger tax fraud case now, smith will pay $139 million in taxes and penalties for his role in an offshore tax scheme by one of his early investors and that person was robert brockman prosecutors say brockman hid $2 billion in income from the irs making his case the largest ever in american history. for smith this all stems from a billion dollar investment that brockman made in 2000 to help smith launch this to equity partners, his private equity firm prosecutors say smith directed profits from the fund into offshore entities in belize and said smith used nominee trustees to hide his control of those entities and he used untaxed income to buy a vacation home in sonoma, california, a ski property in the french alps and to fund his charity. now, the u.s. attorney is sa

nicole partin yon's given quite say frank assessment really of the current situation of this fighting as armenia sees it he acknowledged 1st of all the number of soldiers that are being killed he specifically said we've had many losses and i mourn these and i take all these victims personally and i bow in front of them he said and standing up he we know there's at least 532 soldiers have been killed on from the armenian side azerbaijan doesn't release the numbers of killed on the armenian side released their list of names they also release their dates of birth and most of them on the list. in 20012002 just 18 or 19 years old so very young. and also says that during the last 18 days he says there's been explicitly some retreats in the north and south those were his words and we know that azerbaijan says it's taken some territory and some villages in the land that is no nagorno-karabakh another land occupied by armenia doesn't say that these are strategically significant. victories if you like all repossessions of law. as areas but he admits that that land has gone and he says that now

robert frank has more. >> good morning. robert smith reportedly reaching a settlement with the justice department and the irs after a four year criminal tax probe this agreement would call for smith to pay $140 million in back taxes, fines and penalties. that would be among the largest settlements ever by an american taxpayer to settle an offshore tax investigation. smith is expected to enter into a nonprosecution agreement admitting to liability for taxes owed and for not filing foreign bank account reports now, all of this stems from an offshore entity that was created with a $1 billion investment from houston billionaire robert brockman that was made as a seed investment in vista equity partners in 2000 you now, at issue was whether smith paid taxes on $200 million in profits that he directed to this offshore entity and whether he failed to properly disclose that entity to tax officials smith who is worth more than $5 billion is reportedly cooperating with tax investigators which could lead to further announcements and c

smith was the first moderator of the first debate. we also had people, like frank mcgee who went on to be a , moderator and anchorman. those who were asking questions, also some of them went on to be anchors, most famously walter cronkite and the other was john chancellor. the others, although i have paid a lot of attention in the 1960's, were still new to me. a lot of them were print journalists from the time because they wanted to have a mix between broadcast and print, and some of them were on radio networks that no longer exist, but i would say those four names were the ones who, by that time, and by the later 1960's, they were household names. host: a viewer on twitter says i remember the debates as a young person. kennedy was inspirational. nixon was not. unlike modern times, there was little need to fact check. how times have changed. can you comment on the role of the moderator and how the immediate responded to those debates? guest: sure. it seems to me as people tuned into them or even just washed watched one, they are impre

frank franklin roosevelt has a little bit to say about all of these things, but when he's a candidate, he's being as even keel as all of this is you can possibly be. smith is gunning for this and there's a lot of pushback about that and it's not clear either that smith is huge fan of roosevelt. they had a very, very cooperative relationship, but it's been smith through the elder statesmen with roosevelt, the supportive younger man and it seems that at this moment, smith -- in fact, we should acknowledge, like a lot of people in the united states, in 1932, he views franklin roosevelt kind of as a dilettante, someone who is not willing to come out and take hard stands on issues, he's had a life of leisure. you've got this personal drama playing out at the same time that you've got a political drama playing out in of course we know who wins that in the end in 1932. and it doesn't take very long for smith to begin to attack roosevelt personally as well as politically and i think that it's easier to understand his personal animosity toward roosevelt as it begins to develop. i found it a li

frank small, iii. steven silverman. alexander mcmillan. deny perkins. mary castro. afollow so lee jr. jerome mark specter. john robert hicken. frederick harris. jim shehan. barry downs. mark blume. terrance neil thompson jr. gordon pickering. robert flanders. carlos lamas. juan gilbert dominguez. sara ann staffa. roberta peppitone. jacqueline ross. maria mendoza. william charles edward prince. that's just two pages of names, individuals who have died due to coronavirus. the numbers are obviously absolutely overwhelming, and it's, of course, not just those who have died. it's those who have lost their jobs. it's all those people who have had the illness. eight million people have been diagnosed with covid. who knows what the overall number is, individuals who had it and didn't know it, thought it was something else or people who were asymptomatic. is that number 100 million? is that number 50 million? it's big, and all those individuals now have a preexisting condition. all those individuals now could be discriminated against by an insurance company if the affordable