. >> here is rob mcbride. i see your son has the new miles davis. his friend says, cool.arona gives it a first spin through a pair of 1 1979 jbl speakers. the whole bar says "cool." >> owning it is part of the joy. you want to touch it and read the jacket cover. >> with thousands of vinyl records and cd's this bar is a shrine to physical media. the patrons own many thousands more. cd's lovingly kept at home in a land of tiny apartments not designed to hold them. >> for all of my customers it's the same. fighting with their wives for storage space. >> it's a fight being fought throughout japan. an icon of the 20th century the cd is nevertheless alive and well in 21 still t 21ment 21st c stores. zblrntioclever marketing keeps s buying. >> the japanese will have all kinds of extra like tickets to events and they keep coming with new ideas? >> remember the facts? japan does. many businesses rely on them. japan's newspapers are along the world's largest selling and comics holding their own in an on-line world. but time may be catching up even with the japanese cd. >> with more

rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: everywhere, sign says of the citsof the city getk and the streets coming life. but many offices and shopping malls remain closed while the full extent of damage is assessed. with the peak tourism season just starting, no sign of panic among visitors already here, but there is concern about future bookings. although from the city's mayor, an optimistic prediction that it might adds an adventure bone news to the typical holiday package. >> tourists wants adventure and they want to see what happened. so all of this can be an attraction. >> reporter: for most filipino visitors from the president down, the damaged buildings are more a reminders of their country's susceptibility to natural disaster. >> [inaudible] >> reporter: while neighboring islands have been counting the cost in terms of lives lost the big concern here is the impact of people's livelihoods, in this the commercial heartland of the central philippines and from all of the people of central philippines the same eternal question in times of natural disaster, why us? rob mcbride, al jazerra, the p

rob mcbride is on a neighboring island, but first we go to the epicenter of the quake if bohol. how are rescue efforts going? what's the latest? any hopes of finding more survivors? >> reporter: that is precisely what the biggest worry is for the local government here inner bohol. they say it's becoming increasingly difficult. the chances of finding survivors trapped within the rubble is becoming really slim. she was born in this house. this is where she grew up and built her family with her husband. all of that was destroyed in an instant. >> i don't know what to begin, how to begin. i am thinking and looking at our hou house. i have no mindset yet after this moment. >> reporter: more than 100 people were killed when earthquakes struck the region. the town of carmen and bohol was the epicenter of the 7.2 magnitude quake. rescue operations are underway. the local government says it is not optimistic. the chances of finding survivors trapped in the rubble is becoming slim. it damaged vital infrastructure such as ports, hospitals and public schools. bohol is one of the top tourist

rob mcbride went to tokyo to listen in. >> down at big boy's atsuyo suno has just got the latest tommy davis. first spin through a pair of 1979 jbl speakers. obviously, the whole bar says, cool. >> owning it is part of the joy. you want to touch it, and read the jacket cover. >> with thousands of vinyl records and cds this tiny bar is a shrine to physical media. the patrons own many thousands more. cds lovingly kept at home in a land of tiny apartments not designed to hold them. >> for all my customers it's the same. fighting with their wives for storage space. >> it's a fight being fought throughout japan. an icon of 20th 03, the cd is nevertheless, alive and well in 20th industry music stores. marketing of boys and girls bands in particular keep the kids buying. >> japanese cds, tickets to your events to see your pop idols and they keep coming with new ideas. >> remember the facts? japan does, japan's newspapers are among the world's largest selling along with mango comics holding its own. but time may be catching up with even the japanese cd. >> with more people having smartphones c

rob mcbride is on a neighboring island. >> reporter: here things are gradually returning to normal.ses restarting. in this very important commercial center and last night was the first night for several when there were very few aftershocks. respiration work has now begun on some of the buildings here, especially the older antiquities like the church, the philippines' older church. this building as with others, people are trying to see what can be salvaged what needs to be restored. more immediate relief aid is needed in neighbors islands where there are still communities three days after the quake that are waiting to be reached, waiting for help. there has been some criticism of the authorities on whether they have been quick enough to get the help to these communities. for their part, the authorities say look, these are remote areas in the best of times with the damage from the quiet to infrastructure, roads are out, bridges are down, this is difficult to reach them. and still there are thousands of people, thousands of families living in temporary accommodations, waiting until the

earthquake and people are in tents to arrive since tuesday and more than 160 people have been killed and rob mcbride. >> reporter: things gradually returning to normal and businesses restarting at this very important commercial center and last night was the first night for several when there were very few after shocks and restoration has begun on buildings here and especially the older ones like the church in the philippine's oldest church. on this building as with others, people are trying to see what can be salvaged, what needs to be restored. the more immediate relief aid is needed in the neighboring islands where there are communities three days after the quake that are waiting to be helped and there has been some criticism of the authorities on whether they have been quick enough to get that help to these communities and the authorities say these are remote areas in the best of times with the damage from the quake to infrastructure and roads are out and bridges are down and it's difficult to reach them. still, there are thousands of people, thousands of families on boho living in temporary acco

rob mcbride is in the capital. >> reporter: a second day of protests here, several thousands protesters out overnight in this park despite honored that they should not do so. the organizers say some 20,000 0 demonstrators many from provinces outside across cambodia have turned up call for an overturn of the controversial election of three months ago, today they are taking tear campaign to various e embassies calling for international help. three days of protests have been peaceful. previously these protests have resulted in confrontations with at least one demonstrator being killed and others injured. so far, the demonstrators have been peaceful. and the security forces themselves police have kept a low profile, really giving space to allow people to take to the streets and protest. for their part, the cambodian people's party, the ruling party here, the party of the long-time prime minister, so far they have refused for budge, they have said that the wil election resut stands although talks are planned between the two sides after this demonstration it's difficult to see how they will p

for the latest, we go to rob mcbride. tell us about the president's visit to the quake areas and how is the government there helping the survivors? >> the president has been here today to the city, seeing for hips a lot of the damage. here, most serious damage has been to some of the historic buildings, old churches here, dating back to the time of the colonial spanish period, some of them several hundred years old, buildings which couldn't sustain the kind of shock that we got here yesterday morning. many buildings damaged by the church behind me, the president same to see for himself the damage. there was a mass held here this evening instead of inside the church. it was held outside in a yard. the buildings can't be inhabited until inspectors check the damage and whether the building can be saved. >> the images we're seeing are gripping, but what about the damage to the economy? >> this is the business heartland of central philippines. there has been an awful loft impact on the normal business life of the city. many of

rob mcbride has more from tokyo. ♪ >> reporter: he just got the new miles davis.ys, cool. they give it a first spin through a pair of speakers, obviously the whole bar says cool. >> translator: owning it is part of the joy. you want to touch it and read the jacket cover. >> reporter: with thousands of vinyl records and cds, this tiny bar is a shrine to physical media. the patrons own many thousands more. cds kept at home in a land of tiny apartments not designed to hold them. >> translator: for all of my customers it's the same, fighting with their wives for storage space. >>> an icon of 20th century the cd is alive and well in 21st century music stars. clever marketing in particular keeps the kids buying. >> translator: japanese [ inaudible ] will have all kinds of extras like tickets to events. and they keep coming with new ideas. >> reporter: remember the fax? japan does. many businesses still rely on them. japan's newspapers are among the world's largest selling. but time may be catching up with even the japanese cd. >> translator: with more people having smar

that may be about to change as rob mcbride reports from bangkok. >> for visitors arriving in thailandt is a giant bill bored difficult to miss, and a message to match - don't disrespect booudism. >> paid for by knowing buda, campaigning against offensive uses of buddha. from the tops of toilet seats or advertisements. commercialism can cause offence. >> once we address the issue and people are aware of this campaign, we believe we can make the world listen to us. it is time to speak out. >> if the offenders don't listen to petitions, products are boycotted. with 95% of thailand's population being budist images are synonymous with thai culture. it presents campaigners with more than enough cases of apparents misuse. >> for devout budists, misuses are offensive. none more so than when the image is tattooed on the human body. >> with the approach of peak holiday season, the tattoo parlours of bangkok are gearing up for the rush of travellers. the face of buddha is becoming increasingly popular. tattoo parlour owner sees no problem with that. hindu gods and budist scriptures adorn his bod

rob mcbride, aljazeera, the philippines. >> a dozen or more churches, some centuries old were heavily damaged by that earthquake. >> it seemed the good mood on wall street has already evaporated. we are here with the latest headlines. >> that mood was gone like that, stephanie. wall street likes certainty and traders didn't get that with this deal. the worry is that we'll have to go through this when the deal expires early next year. stock futures are lower at this hour, making yesterday's gains just a memory in a few hours. all three major industries soaring yesterday, the dow gaining 205 points, the nasdaq up 45 points. because of the she nan against in d.c., credit rating agency fitch warned it might downgrade the credit rating. the united states perfect triple-a rating may not last. >> we've been running on continuing resolutions for the last two years. if we bounce from one crisis to another, fitch's hands will be tied, and will have to go to a warning to a downgrade of u.s. debt. >> expect volatility in the markets for a while to come, he says. >> amazon may be dialing into the

rob mick good, a mcbride, al jaa singapore. >> those are stunning buildings, that will do it for thisazerra news. remember, news at the top of every hour. you can always log on as well to aljazerra.com for the latest headlines. thank you very much for watching. do keep it here. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you're in the stream. young adults can make or break the affordable care act. but are they buying in to health care reform? >> looking out -- we have a ton of community engagement on this. everybody oh is curious about obama care. how does this effect the generation. that's what we're going to dive in to. >> we actually have a poll. if you are eligible for the affordable care act.