right there was asia times correspondent pascoe by live from the us sharing his thoughts on that the president when. right an update on the latest results these are the preliminary figures as we have them barack obama has a three hundred three electoral college votes and mitt romney currently stands adds a two hundred and six of course we will keep you updated on these latest figures as they come and stay with our d'ivoire election coverage will be bringing you the latest results expert analysis and international reaction with our correspondents on standby across the globe more news from our after this break. the six america votes for its next president. the wielders the u.s. drive to. get the news the mainstream missives with places like. the u.s. election. dot com. which is slow often enough and knows that to ride a horse you've got to catch it first. for him it's a daily routine that your software's of course are on the island of a horn at the heart of. his life on an isolated farm is about blue sky green grass and his horses were there sometimes he gets lonely here but horses hav

about has been keeping an eye on the key players in america's military and intelligence as the asia times roving correspondent left with thoughts you've got about it pepper you going to you well you know you really who has done over this all the media who how much damage really has this scandal dealt with first of all as to whether. well it's a bedroom farce not harps back to the nineteenth century or the late eighteenth and france in fact the problem is spread through is a national hero the problem is the second problem is that pharaoh is a national hero but he's basically a killer if you want to know who but thrills is in cinematic service you go to captain willard francis ford coppola's i walk up ruffled feathers no one gives billing telex warrior the problem so have parents the problems in iraq with his initial surge in iraq and then enough going to stop when he applied iraq was going to go last this was going to the second these are two major leaders but they were sold us public opinion by betrayal himself which was an extremely evil man here batches of running in two thousand and tw

very favorable reviews in "the wall street journal," the weekly standard, publishers weekly, the asia times and in the south korea price. the reason is very simple. melanie kirkpatrick offers both a deeply moving, yet highly analytic account of experiences and north koreans who risk everything to escape the world's worst tyranny. in addition she talks about the incredibly dedicated christian missionaries and korean americans who help them in their fight to freedom. those of us who work in the policy world in washington sometimes risk becoming so a related to the news that in a sense our senses are doled amid no longer recognize the human consequences of tyranny and various public policies. this book, "escape from north korea" come as the perfect antidote to that phenomenon. melanie does an absolutely masterful job introducing us to some absolutely extraordinary individuals. tim chavan, the first pianist at the symphony who escaped to china, is arrested three times before he finally makes it to freedom all because he simply wanted the freedom to play the music of this choice. she gives us th

asia. there have been many times in the course of the last 30 years where sort of rumors of american demise and decline have animated the strategic thinking of asia. each time countries have bet on that they have bet wrong, and they've lost a lot of money. and that's going to happen again because the fundamentals of american economic performance are there. i believe personally there is this bipartisan commitment, and i see very clearly, for instance, in the institutions that will drive the asian pacific century, our diplomatic corps, our business community, our navy and our air force a recognition that this is where the challenges are. and there is a really exciting, fervent of ideas and bubbling up of initiatives, people to people, you name it, that are taking place across the realm. and there's nothing like success to make people want to remain engaged. we have spent a lot, and we have, um, lost a lot in some of these other places. our investmentsing in asia -- investments in asia generally have paid off remarkably even when we have not been fundamentally successful in the early sort of e

oh, you're so welcome. >>> today we're asking whether a credit explosion in asia is a ticking time bombspark the next financial crisis. a new reportposi tcts just that. you can respond to that or anything else you've heard on the program. >> a huge amount of business in asia. hcht hsbc is setting aside another 800 billion which brings up to the total $1.5 billion they're now setting aside to county anti- money laundering claims. $1.5 billion in potential fines is not an insignificant amount for anybody. profits a little lower than expected. third quarter pretax profit $3.5 billion, weaker than the consensus this morning, as well. although they're continuing to make good progress in all areas, but stock down 1.3%. a chunk of change, $1.5 billion. >> that's for sure. you're watching worldwide exchange. if you're just tuning in, these are your headlines. the latest polls show president obama and mitt romney neck and neck with just one day to go before the election. nearly 2 million people are still without power in the tri-state area as the region braces for a nor'easter mid week. and shar

asia. it's historic because it will mark the first time a sitting president visited burma, also known as myanmar. phil neville previews the trip. >> reporter: president obama is traveling to southeast asia hoping to expand relations with countries in the region. this is his fifth strip to -- trip to asia in four years and centers around a visit to burma. the country's in the process of transitioning from decades of authoritarian rule to a democratic system. secretary of state hillary clinton said burma is a prime example of a formerly militaristic regime changing its ways. >> the cost of economic sanctions and the benefits of rejoining the global economy help spur the government to begin opening up. >> reporter: over the past year, burma introduced sweeping reforms, including holding elections, easing rules and protests, relaxing sensorship and freeing dissidents. the president will meet with the most public figure at her home where she was held under house arrest for more than two decades. >> this is with -- will have very high symbolic significance. under substance itself, it depends on how it

obama's trip to asia, which was supposed to be a calm swan song enabling the outgoing secretary of state to bask over her work in countrys like burma. instead, both spent much of their time intensively dialing up mideast leaders. the president speaking with morsi three times in 24 hours. including aboard air force one on the way home to america. the president tan secretary both been on the phone, nonstop with regional leaders for a number of days. the purpose of her trip is to continue and intensify that engagement now face to face. >> the stakes for the president are enormous on the eaves of a second term. with analysts warping it may be the beginning of a much wider conflict between israel and iran. >> there is rise of al-qaeda and radical islam in the middle east that have taken advantage of the re-lutionnary change sweeping through the region. in the shadows here is the number one national security challenge, iran. >> for stability, the u.s. is relying on shaky morsi, member of the muslim brotherhood. two months after president said egypt is no longer an ally. morsi today but showing leadership. two days a the republican senator lindsey graham threatped to block u.s.

asia. right and every time for tempers to flare here are to a short break but as peter lavelle crashed. in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters in ten centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short to deal with the client's computers already spent three months in this hospital and plans to stay for another four to add the coveted seven santa majors to his stature invented by the famed soviet orthopedic is good for you is that if in the nineteen fifties these frames were initially used to treat fractures in deformities by cutting bones and slowly pulling them apart and therefore stimulating tissue regeneration it was out of was able to receive arms and legs and people who thought they were crippled for life piecing together patients shattered bones and in many cases their shattered lives in the angle when professing result of design his first brain using bicycle parts sixty years later says invention is increasingly being used to help people what eager to fracture their legs to

the meeting is taking place at a slowing time of economic growth in asia. europe is busy addressing its own sovereign debt crisis. the two regions can profit from one another. >> for the first time, we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel for the european debt crisis. i want to convey that to our partners here so that asian investors regain their trust in europe. >> it will chart its own course. >> the german foreign and mr. called for a quick approval of the stalled trade agreement in europe and asia. his appeal was echoed by the chinese prime minister who called for free and fair global trade. >> coming right up, a look at how the city of buenos artistire getting people to swap their cars for bicycles. >> the queen has sworn in the new government. the sarin was broadcast live on television and the internet. the coalition was put together after narrowly beating the social democrats in the election. >> the vatican trial has begun for a computer technician charged with helping the pope's former butler -- former butler steal documents. he could face up to

asia. at the same time to be absolutely accurate, there's no doubt there's a clear preference for obama in e region. how many presidents do you know have spent their childhood in asia. especially like indonesia, how many speak the asian and have a sensitivity that obama has. so i guess the clear preference, too, would be for obama over romney. >> the one country, i mean if you had a survey in which they asked countries whom you'd prefer, i think all the countries were polled. except one that preferred obama, that one country was pakistan, which i assume thinks it will have fewer drone attacks if romney is president, which i think may be a mistaken assumption. one place not polled that would also be possibly true, israel. would you say in israel romney would be preferred to obama? >> it's not that simple. i think they're just as divided. it's absolutely true that the israeli right, i would say large chunk of the center fear president obama and therefore would support romney not because of enthusiasm but because of the very bad relationship between the israeli right and the israeli right-wing

this wasn't planned but it was interesting the president and hillary clinton were in asia at the time that all this began happening because for some time now there has been an attempted pivot towards foreign policy away from the middle east and asia. as gaza shows that's still the world's hot spot and we have to be there. i do think, though, that there's going to be more pressure. the u.s. is not going to say quite this is your problem to the region, but there is going to be more pressure for egypt to get involved. we don't quite know what kind of a leader president morsi is yet. we're all watching and learning. egypt will have to be an important part of the solution. the door between egypt and gaza was pretty much shut during the mubarak era. despite morsi being a member of the muslim brotherhood. it's still pretty closed. egypt has 80 mill enpeople, many whom are are poor, i think they're probably on the fence about wanting to take responsibility for another 1.6, 1.8 people in gaza although i think both the u.s. and israel would like them to play a bigger role. >> before we let you

asia to convince authorities to bust illegal sweatshops. what are some of the things that didn't work out? what have you learned? >> probably the lowest moment ever was the first timehen we met children who we had freed before who were back in slavery. to see that some of those same kids would end up back in the same grinding back-breaking desperate poverty, there is nothing that makes your heart fall more than that. >> reporter: turned out, kids he freed were pulled back into slavery. so kielburger decided to attack the roots of servitude, poverty and illiteracy. today, "free the children" is a $30 million a year charity in 45 countries, building schools and clean water projects. it has two million volunteering -- it has two million volunteers, nearly all under the age of 18. [ chanting ] >> reporter: nine times a year, kielburger gathers as many as 20,000 kids at celebrations that he calls "we day." if you are under a certain age, craig kielburger is a rock star. >> "free the children" today is the world's largest network of children helping children. so what that means in practice is, we inspire kids. our bet we're making is if you give kids the inspiration and

another writer's retreat in sheritan, wyoming, so i spent time out there and we workshoped this in san francisco, we have done readings at the asia society in new york. each time we did a workshop, each time we did a reading, it moved the piece forward. i think in large part it has to do with working with cary pearloff, the director, but she is also an excellent dramator. she worked closely with me in terms of the writing of the material so as we went along, we were able to shape the piece as well as figure out how to stage it. it's an interesting piece in that i wrote it with a number of small themes and the choice is you either present it like a doll house, or rear view window where you have kind of a cut out and you kind of jump from one room to another, or -- and this was my preference -- to develop some kind of cinematic approach to allow for there to be a fluidity in all these separate scenes. so cary and the scenic designic, donna eastman, as well as the lighting designer jim ingles developed this idea of a turn table which would turn and allow the audience to see primary locations but see beyond that through the set secon

it says it hopes to boost sales by nearly three times across southeast asia in four years. honda motor plans to boost production capacity at its two u.s. plants next year. it says its factory in mexico now under construction should be ready for operation in 2014. the automakers say china remains an important market for them but they also need to quickly cultivate new demand outside china. >>> top officials in south korea are trying to stay a few moves ahead of the reclusive and unpredictable neighbor. they want to stop north korean authorities from possibly launching a long-range missile, and so they've turned to china for help because it has a strong influence over the north. south korea's chief negotiator on north korea's nuclear development is visiting beijing. lim sung-nam will meet with senior chinese officials inwuding wu dawei. he's the chair of the six-party talks on north's nuclear program. >> translator: we will discuss the latest situation on the korean peninsula. i hope to build closer ties with china. >> lim's visit comes nearly a week after an american satelli

asia. there have been many times in the course of the last 30 years for rivers of america and tonight in decline had animated the strategic thinking of asia. each time countries have been on that comment a bit wrong and lost a lot of money. that's going to happen again because the fundamentals of american economic performance that they are. i believe personally there is this bipartisan commitment and may see very clearly, for instance, in the institutions that will check the asian pacific century, our diplomatic corps, our business community, our navy and air force, a recognition that this is where the challenges are and there is a really exciting ferment of ideas and bubbling up of initiatives, people to people, you name it, the tape lace across the realm and there's nothing like success to make people want to remain engaged. we spent a lot and we've lost a lot in some of these other places. our investments in a shed generally have paid off remarkably, even when we have not been fundamentally successful in the evaluation stage. that is likely to continue into the future. >> a quick comment on t

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asia. again, these pictures are just coming in. first time a sitting u.s. president visited the pacific rim. long ruled by a repressive military regime. and you can better believe there's a bit of controversy with this one. cnn's dan loathian traveling with the president. joining us now. so dan, how is the president responding to criticism over this visit? >> reporter: well, you know, obviously the president pushing back on this criticism saying that, you know, if you were to wait around for this country to have a perfect democracy, you might end up waiting a long time. so to that end, the president will be arriving here and as you pointed out and will be meeting with two important figures in this country on this long road to democracy. first of all, the newly elected president and the nobel prize winning opposition leader who was free from house arrest to run for parliament. but this is a very delicate balance here. not only for the people in this country but also for the u.s. involvement in this process. because as i pointed out, there is a lot of concern

time zones. the west coast cycle and asia. so every time you went out, you were going head to head with the competition. it was fiercely competitive that way, and it was a win or lose situation. right away you won or you lost. you knew by your play reports, what your editors told you back in new york how you did. and if you took a bad picture, you were able to make up for it very quickly, because in the next cycle, you could then be with the a.p., and i was with u.p.i. when you move on to the newspapers, i was a new england corpte before "the new york times." so it was more feature oar yented and working with writers. now when you get to the news magazines, it's much more of a high stakes game in terms of being international and you're shooting color film and your covers are very, very important to the magazine, how good they look, or the inside color lead on a news story. but the problem with magazine photography is you can wait weeks to get pub lirbled. and if you have a bad picture, it lives with you all week on the news sta

asia. there have been many times in the course of the last 30 years where there are rumors of america and the rise and decline have animated the strategic thinking of asia. each time countries have bet on that, the have that wrong and have lost a lot of money. that will happen again. the fundamentals of american economic performances are there. i personally believe there is this bipartisan commitment. i see very clearly in the institutions that will drive the asian-pacific century. our navy, our air force, there is a recognition of were the challenges are. there is a really exciting ideas and a bubbling up of initiatives. you name it. it is taking place across the realm. there is nothing like success to make people want to remain engage. we have spent a lot. we have lost all locked in some of these other places. -- we have lost a lot in some of these other places. even when we have not been fundamentally successful in the violation stage -- valuation i think that will continue in the future. >> i agree with him. adding our challenge is within -- i think our challenge is within our own society

they've met several times before, but this is the first time they've gathered in asia. the japanese government hosted the conference to help broaden the base of international support for sanctions against syria. >> translator: the international community has been asking the syrian government to end the violence. but the assad regime is continuing the fight, ignoring the sacrifices of its people. we need to unify our efforts and put pressure on the syrian government. >> reporter: delegates are trying to do just that. they're working to strengthen existing sanctions by creating a larger coalition and improving coordination between participating countries. >> the sanctions has been very effective. the regime lots its revenues in terms of oil expenditures. unfortunately, some other sectors and some exports to elsewhere are enough to deliver to this regime a few hundred millions, and that is enough to guarantee the continuation of this killing machine. >> reporter: the conflict in syria began as anti-government protests in march last year, but it slowly grew into a civil war

the white house had to be behind the change of talking points on benghazi and the timing of president obama's southeast asia amounts to a rather old washington ploy. regulated to be joined now by thretired commander of u.s. pacific, always great to have you with us. let's turn first to the talking points come it seems no one after general petraeus made it clear there were changes in the talking points. the testimony before congress has been surveyed. mike rogers says it has to be the white house because everybody else is testified that they didn't. do you agree? >> i agree. i'm sure the white house were present if and the national security agency counsel had his marching orders. >> for his part says part of the confusion here, primarily, i believe, it is safe to say between the testimony he gave to congress three days after september 11 and what he said over the past few days to congress represents what happens when you try to avoid tipping off terrorists. do you buy that? >> according to congressman ki king, it certainly indicated that petraeus lied in his first testimony. lou: produce pretty straightfors

european leadersg economic and political ties, but they spent a lot of time talking about territorial disputes in the region. the 9th asia europe meeting summit brought together leaders and cabinet ministers from 49 countries, including three new members, bangladesh, norway, and switzerland. he said he hoped the summit would help solve various problems faced by asia and europe amid the global financial crisis. e.u. president calls for an expansion of trade to deepen economic ties. >> our interdependence is greater than ever. european union is firmly committed to its responsibilities as a strong world actor and strong partner for asia. >> on the second day, the leaders discussed regional issues. japan's prime minister, yoshihiko noda, told asian and european leaders that bilateral disputes should be settled according to established law. his remark is seen as a way of countering china's claim of sovereignty over the senkaku islands in the east china sea. the philippine president appealed for cooperation in resolving territorial disputes. he said the philippines has consistently called for peaceful solutions under internati

apple sold out preorders for the device last weekend, but already stores in parts of asia have seen some lines. but this time around those lines are smaller. in fact several apple stores in new york city are going to be closed today for obvious reasons and the power outages from hurricane sandy could stop them from opening for another couple of days. we'll have to wait and see. microsoft is reportedly working with its asian suppliers to test its own smartphone design but it is unclear if the device will go into mass production. elsewhere, reports say that the phone's screen is between 4 and 5 inches. the iphone 5 has a 4 inch screen while the samsung galaxy s-iii measures four inches. payroll is front and center. back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll check back with you a little later on. >>> turning now to decision 2012 and, yes, as we're saying only four days left before the presidential election. president obama and governor romney out on the road again today making a mad dash across the electoral maps seeking those big, important swing state votes. we get the latest from nbc's tracie potts. >> repor

asia. >>> and just in time for veterans day, this weekend, a new, bigger than usual base exchange store opened in bethesda on the campus of the national military medical hospital. fox's john hanrahan was there for the opening. >> reporter: a guy gigantic line of people assembled outside a new store in bethesda saturday, and when the ribbon was cut, the shoppers streamed into the newest naval exchange store in the world. many military posts offer retail stores, but the one now open on the campus of the walter reed national medical center in bethesda is different. >> there was a store here. it was about 40,000 square feet. this one's 150,000 square feet. so the entire previous store fit in our back room storage. >> reporter: the new navy exchange is designed differently, with many extra wide aisles to more easily accommodate wounded warriors. this on-post store features a food court and on its opening day, subway spokesman jared took a turn behind the counter. >> good enough to eat! >> reporter: it was clear from his speed, jared has made these subs before. among the other celebrities on hand fo

president was to canada now this time around he went to asia what does this tell us do you think about the the course of u.s. foreign policy. i believe that united states on their obama's second term is going to try to increase its briston some trait tice in the asia pacific region and the recently. in rangoon india about before going to an association also southeast asian nations so we need a do more on the nineteenth income bolivia piece because william the they want to promote. democracy can reform seemed burma a nian market at the same time i believe they want to also say perhaps in cornish the government you're right that if they continue we fear we farm sitting in the political arena us whether it's in the trade or read into it they buy the benefits that we've seen creased trade with the united states and more investment by u.s. companies and i believe you can see the point that we have to consider that as they are going through these costs that these fields so that that the country so the us in our region the it over the south china sea china is going to try to lead to talks to

. >> mysterious because unlike a lot of the cultures in the mideast, asia, europe, we had less time tovered later. we've only since the mid 70s or so been able to start reading their hieroglyphics. >>> the end of the maya calendar will end on the winter solstice in 2012. >> there are a number of reasons why the maya have come to center stage the granddaddy of all maya calcifications, all maya cycles the 5125 year cycle will overturn. >> the last creation cycle began 3114 bc and will end on 12/21/12 or what the maya refer to as the 13th bactoon linked to the odometer of a car. >> there's a difference between your automobile and its odometer and the maya odometer. when the automobile goes over, your car is one step closer to the junkyard. interesting that if you look at a wide sampling of these messages on the internet, you will find that we're either in on december 21st, 2012, either in for a big blow-up or a big bliss-out. the blow-up is the end of the world. as far as the bliss-out is concerned, i think these theories are weirder they are based on the second coming of christ. i think

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you say, field trips from ecuador, indonesia, farmers from scandinavia, germany, asia, pakistan, india, and if they have time they take classes with us. and we have become one of the prototypes in the world of normal farming. these teenagers, children and adults, they take this back to their own homes. so, they feel a sense of personal empowerment. it is good for the neighborhood, but it's a small world. every part of the world is part of our neighborhood also. not just young school kids, preschoolers. they come in and they have a [speaker not understood] and they take off with it. and the parents think they can't do it. oh, you're too little, you're too sweet. but they're strong and they're learning. it's an asset not only to the neighborhood, but the rest of the city. the kids from bayview, the mission, pacific heights, the local french school, the wealthy kid. let's keep it. i've been in construction and i know how much [speaker not understood]. the parking lot would do. >> thank you. >>> [speaker not understood] the farm for us. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is william pickle. i'm the executiv

president was to canada and this time around he's going to asia what does it tell us about the course u.s. foreign policy is expected to take in in the next four years. well indicate emphasis in. america's interests economic trade. rejoin. the way call for a world that would throw well from iraq cross this tulu withdraw from afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen a very interesting well my husband was straight that with his b.c. tool it what i would call for about a tool called me on my bicycle rental. one for the case so bored me a mar to. demonstrate america state's interest in the democratic process leave the one tree i'm not the same time it went to reassure the lead there are so cool mark of the united states once more people cry if you could movement towards the democratic process. i'm sorry to interrupt here it's not a brilliant quality of sound we call that can we leave it from i will get back to your little bit later because it's interesting what you have to say but we're just pause for a moment and we'll get back to a bit later in the meantime thanks a lot. ot a live in mo

we have a time zone where you could trade with asia in the morning, america and the afternoon. the easiest access to the european markets, the largest gold market on earth. we of some of the best universities in the world, and we have here in london one of the world's leading financial centers. we have architect of a modern commuter -- computer and world wide web. last week the rate of new business creation was faster than any other year in our history. we had a trade surplus for the first time in almost 40 years. with technology invest in the u.k. now at a 10-year high, it is not just the old industries growing again, it is the new. with all this and more, i truly believe in this new century, just as of the sentries that came before, our country, britain, can succeed. let me turn to hal. helping britain's sell abroad is of vital part of the answer. -- let me turn to how. our country will only rise if we let our people rise. if we back aspiration of those that want to get on in life, that means sorting out the welfare system and education, because the most powerful na

asia summit can be that forum. we took a look at it. it required a yearly commitment of quite a bit of the president's time to travel to asia for this. as you can imagine, when you're talking about the president's time, there is a debate about whether this is worth the time. we reached the decision in this way. you are either all in or you're not with respect to the strategy. the president, as he said, is all in. you can either look at these institutions and wait for them to protect themselves, or you can participate on the ground and held these institutions to protect themselves and achieve the kind of goals that we as a nation hope will happen. but that was the president's goal. he has a determination to go in, roll up our sleeves and participate on the ground level, to build up the institution in a way that it can be the premier forum in the region for dealing with security and political issues. i think we are on the road to doing that, frankly, and we made a very good start last year in bali. fourth element of our strategy involves pursuing a stable and constructive relationship with china. there are a few diplomatic and economic

>> kielburger: you know, probably the lowest moment ever was the first time in southeast asia, when wehildren who we had freed before who are back in slavery. to see that some of those same kids would end up back in the same grinding, backbreaking, desperate poverty, there is nothing that makes your heart fall more than that. >> pelley: kids he freed were being pulled back into servitude, years later, by centuries-old culture and traditions shaped by poverty and illiteracy. at the point that you saw that your original big idea wasn't working, why didn't you throw in the towel? >> kielburger: there were points where... frankly, where there was a frustration, anger, and maybe a slight desire to throw in the towel, but never a consideration of it seriously. because that first trip i took-- before i sat down with ed bradley and that first "60 minutes" episode that was a turning point in our lives-- that first trip, i made promises to a lot of kids there that, at that time, there was almost nothing that free the children could do in practice. we didn't have schools and projects and offices

asia. i can tell you this, last night cambodia time, the president was on the phone until 2:30 in the morning basically doing shuttle diplomacy first with egyptian president morsi and then netanyahu and then back on the phone with morsi. the reason there, obviously, talking to netanyahu getting a sense of what it would take to prevent him from doing the ground invasion into gaza. the talks with morsi are about, this is the egyptian leader, has the direct contacts with hamas. neither united states or israel has that. the decision to send secretary clinton i'm told by white house aides is neither an acknowledgment things are close neither do they feel things got stuck. they feel heir presence, first in israel and then in ramallah in the west bank, meaning with the palestinian authority, then in cairo could nudge along the process to see if they could get to a point of some sort of negotiated cease-fire. as far as the united states is concerned, what spokesperson said, that begins with hamas stopping the rocket fire into israel and then a longer negotiated settlement, they hope, can be agreed up

during the life fire military exercises were for simon site on this we have asia expert ryan dawson. sir thanks for taking time to speak with us this drill no live fire was used this time but was it really necessary for seoul to hold these war games at such a sensitive time. you know i can see no advantage for why they would do this so i see this is possibly the president leaving the box last act as president he'll be gone in twenty three days. of course that resulted in four dead south koreans and i don't see how they came commemorate a victory either when the it wasn't it was a horrible international incident and they were lucky that it didn't lead to a larger war before south korean elections are coming up next month there's also some speculation that could be involved but you know if we look at the broader picture here both sides are sort of pointing the finger at one another in your opinion who is a who's actually stirring responsible for stirring attention on the plains. well that's right south korea's elections and japan also has its elections three days after that for the prime minister and so a lot of

. >> mysterious was unlike a lot of the cultures in middle east and asia and europe we had less time to study the maya. discovered later we only recently relatively since the mid 70s or so began starting to read their high row glific language. >> the great maya astronomers to end on the summer solstice in 2012. >> there are a number of reasons why the maya have come to center stage the grand daddy of all mayan cycles the 5,125 year cycle will over turn. >> the last krcreation cycle ben on 2114 bc will come to an end of 1-21-12. the maya calendar is often linked to the odometer of the car clicking off one day at a time in the cyclical success. >> there's a difference between euro dom ster and the maya odom ster. when the automobile odometer comes over your car is one step close tore the junkyard. >> i think it is interesting if you look at a wide sampling of these messages on the internet you will find that we are either in september the -- december the 21st, 2012 we are in for a big blow up or a big bliss out. the blow up is the end of the world. as far as the bliss out is concerned

this trip was the right thing to do and at the right time. >> it's worth noting, michael eric dyson, the president has many connections to southeast i asia, given the fact he grew up in indonesia. "the new york times" had a great story talking about how president obama's paternal grandfather was serving the british army in rangoon in the 1940ss and i don't think we can underestimate the symbolism and import, both someone who is -- i'm half burmese, my mother is a burmese exile, the vision of president obama going over there, but also in terms of his own personal history, the notion his grandfather left there and service to the british army and his grandson would arrive there on the blue and white wings of air force one. >> it underscores the international pedigree of his identity and the way in which the spokes that kind of flair out from the hub of who obama is is quite more remarkable than we give him credit for from the rags to riches story and if only in america can this happen. i think first of all you're being modest because part of the speech you didn't play obama said, the fierce urgency of now. but beyond that -- >> because of m

asia. and following the dow's worse day in a year. and shares in socgen are trading higher as one time costs match good third quarter results. the ceo says why the bank's underlying performance remains healthy. >> when you have a credit which is improving, you have to recognize negative revenues. >> and amid violent protests, draghi warns economic uncertainty is impeding germany as he prepares to oversee the latest rate setting meeting. welcome to "worldwide exchange." european central bank, bank of england, all meeting. ross westgate has been drafted up for that coverage so i'm on my own this morning. well, me and you guys. keep your responses coming to everything on the program. worldwide@cnbc.com, cn@cnbcwex. draghi expects economic activity to remain weak, so what is the likelihood of a rate cut? we'll get a preview from frankfurt. also spain testing investor appetite with the first auction of long term debt in a year and a half. we'll bring you those results as soon as they're out within the hour. and banks, health care and gun stocks all reacting to yesterday's election result in

asia-pacific region during the tenure. we look forward to your insights as you discuss about the future and thank you again to dean carol lancaster, president, and of course, georgetown university for cohosting this timely event. thank you very much. [applause] thank you for helping us to put together the event today. forging consensus u.s.-asia policy for the next administration. my name is victor i'm a professor here and directer of asian studies and what i'd like to do isly start with kurt campbell. who has been the assistant secretary of state for east asian affairs in 2009 for president obama. previously he was the ceo and cofounder of center for new american security and currently served as a group and chairman of the editorial board of the washington quarterly. he was a founder of asia a strategic advisory firm and senior vice president national security policy at csis. an associate professor of public policy and international relations a the the school of government and assistant director for -- dr. campbell has served in several capacity in government include pacific directer on the national security counsel staff, deputy special counsel for nafta and the white house and white house fellow at t

also talk about what you want the elections and the fiscal cliff look like from asia where he does his pondering most of the time and.