people but myanmar people say this is where they have come from and reporters have not been able to approach this boat. there were reporters that tried over the weekend and turned back by navy and not able to approach and some were questioned for several hours and had to delete what they had on their memory card and pictures, videos were all deleted. the myanmar government is saying these people are from bangladesh and we have no confirmation that is where they are from but myanmar government is saying that is where they want to return them to. >> reporting live for us and florence thank you so much. a cruise ship with 458 people capsized in china, at least five people are confirmed dead and rescuers say they heard people cringly for help from inside the ship. most passengers are elderly tourists and chinese state media says the captain and chief engineer managed to get out and detained for questioning and the eastern star sank in the yangtze river in the province in china's south and rob mcbride has an update from hong kong. >> reporter: this accident will raise concerns about marine safety on chew that rivers there was an earlier accident on the river in january when a tu

some came from unscrupulous people including the burmese navy, the myanmar navy. who should protect them if they are nomads and don't belong to a state. >> they should be gip citizenship. in burma they are eligible for citizenship, but the government doesn't take the steps to ensure they be given i.d. cards allowing them to go from place to place. in thailand it's difficult. they are not given citizenship and they are suffering, being deprived of access to services and facing eviction from lands

navy will escort them to bangladesh. it says the migrants do not want to go to myanmar. it is unclear where they are from. >> we are learning the accidental shipment of life anthrax was more widespread than first reported. scientists thought they were shipping inactive strains for research. the pentagon now says the number of labs that received live samples has grown to at least 28. that's across 12 states and the district of columbia. samples were sent to three labs in canada, australia and south korea. the head of the transportation security administration has been reassigned after a report on security lapses at airports. undercover federal agents sneaked mock gangs knives and explosives past the check points on many occasions. john henry smith has more on what the department of homeland security is doing to fix this. >> good morning. i'm going to quote startling numbers in just a moment, numbers that abc news is reporting that came as investigators rerelated what challenges they put to gate agents. >> homeland security secretary has removed acting t.s.a. head and repl

laura: days after it was found in the bay of bengal, myanmar's navy is a bringing migrants for identity checks. most of them are a muslim minority. our south asia correspondent reports from southern bangladesh near the porter. where most of the rohingya are from. >> officially, these people don't exist. they have no rights, no formal status. every day, up to 100 more anger -- 100 more rohingya refugees make the journey. she arrived days ago. >> we have to crawl to the barb wire fences. my son was hurt. we only made it by the grace of god. >> like most of the rohingya refugees she says she had no choice but to leave myanmar, where her family has been for generations. >> the local people beat up my son, took our cows and goats demanded money, and said they would kill us if we didn't leave. we don't have any money. i thought we were going to die. >> they do have a little school but life is hard for the refugees. >> we have nothing. we live as scavengers. and to melt. we don't have any peace, just suffering. -- we live as scavengers. hand to mouth. we don't have any peace, just suffering. >

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. >>> myanmar's navy is escorting hundreds of migrants found drifting off the coast in a crowded boatthe town in rakhine state. rakhine is where most of the persecuted rohingya minority live. it's not clear if the migrants on the boat are row hip ga. the navel commanders say they won't take action until they have identified the 727 people on board. they were found stranded in a converted fishing boat five days ago. floorflorence looi has more. >> reporter: over last few days we have heard from various state-level official that his the boat crammed with 727 people will be moved to rakhine state. now, on we understand morning we got confirmation from the rakhine state spokesman that this boat will be moved to to northern rakhine state very close to the border with bangladesh. it's also where the government is keeping another group of boat people found in myanmar waters on the 22 *pd of may. about 10 days ago. now, the government says this smaller group. most are from bang los angeles deck we don't note identities of the 727 people found on friday. now, when we spoke to the government sp

. ♪ ♪ >>> myanmar's navy is escorting a boat crammed with 272 migrants to neighboring bang los bangladeshey remember found inside a converted fishing boat drifting four days ago crossing over to floor en looi who is joining us to tell us more about the situation and the migrants, florence. >> reporter: right. we are receiving actually conflicting reports now. the reuters news agency is saying the navy escorting the boat bang to bangladesh waters after giving the people on board food water and medicine. now, but a few minutes ago i just spoke to the presidential spokesman also the minister of information here and he says they will be brought to a yet undisclosed location, he's not saying whether it's going to be at sea aura lands but said they will be brought to what he called a safe location before they are sent back to bangladesh. now, the common thread is that, however, that. [ inaudible ] they are saying these people are saying that they want to return from bang losbangladesh, they are from bangladesh. the one thing though, is that this entire -- this entire incident has been handle wi

. >> myanmar's navy, most of the migrants are rohingya migrants that myanmar's government refuses to acknowledge about migrants are leaving the country myanmar says, to find owner employment not toen invoice to avoid persecution. >> people in thailand's government realize that, the boats of most of the rohingyas floating off the coast of thailand has but the human rights issue on the world's mind more than anything before. antitrafficing people have told me that on previous years they have been no more than talking shops. the keynote address of the president suggests this issue was taken more seriously. he is keen to point out this issue is one of his dwoft's top three priorities, and officials are handing out the amendments to are thailand's anti antitrafficking laws. and much more serious prosecution on those convicted of human trafficking. 140 people were successfully prosecuted last year, a number lower than the previous year, a suggestion that things are getting worse in thailand. unless they have a practical result they're not worth that many. >>> not the home the three iranian

some came from unscrupulous people including the burmese navy, the myanmar navy.hould protect them if they are nomads and don't belong to a state. >> they should be gip citizenship. in burma they are eligible for citizenship, but the government doesn't take the steps to ensure they be given i.d. cards allowing them to go from place to place. in thailand it's difficult. they are not given citizenship and they are suffering, being deprived of access to services and facing eviction from lands where they lived for generations. >> do they want to become a part of myanmar or thailand. the report is titled stateless at sea. they live out there. most really aren't identified with either of those countries, they have their own language. >> well they have traditionally moved back and forth. and i think that the importance is that they be given a status be recognised as an indigenous people with rights. i think that given their brothers, they'd prefer to remain at sea. but the main area where they live will increasingly be opened by development as burma opens up. they are be

a few weeks ago there were media reports of myanmar navy intercepted a ship of 600 refugees off the shore then day secretly offloaded all of rohingya refugees in myanmar there were 300 and 400 or offloaded in secrecy than the navy escorted their remaining to bangladesh. when they arrived they could prove there are no refugees from myanmar on the ship and gave credence to the assertion that they were not from myanmar but they don't use the word to six they did not even acknowledge that they exist. but that doesn't hold water because and for me because i spoke to several people that were on that ship including one woman that was desperate to escape with her four children how men had boarded the ship at night or read them to get off the boat. roll over 100,000 rohingya have taken to the seas in a desperate attempt that is indisputable but though woman with the four children told me she would do it again if she could despite three months of misery while she waited in the bay of ben mccall. because the traffickers will not leave until they are filled to the brim so that is when it is a horribl

there were 300 to 400 rohingya refugees, they were off loaded in secrecy back in myanmar and then the ship -- the navy escorted the remaining refugees to bangladesh, the migrant workers. and when they arrived they proved to the international community, hey, look, there are no refugees from myanmar on the ship, you know. and they gave credence to the assertion they are bengali, not from myanmar and they don't use the word rohingya, they don't acknowledge it exists. they were praised by the state department and the u.n. for the rescue. however, it didn't -- it doesn't really hold water because for me, because i met and spoke to several people who were on that ship, including one rohingya woman who was desperate to escape with her four children. who told us how men boarded the ship at night and ordered everyone from sitway to get off the boat and the rohingya were brought to shore. really, the fact is i mean, well over 1,000 rohingya have taken to the seas in a desperate attempt to escape their hopeless lives in myanmar. that's indisputable. and the woman with the four children told me she would do it ag

. >>> hundreds of migrants found drifting in a crowded boat off the coast of myanmar have been escorted by navy vessels, commanders in myanmar say they will not take action until the identities of 727 people are verified. they were found in a converted fishing boat in the andaman sea four days ago. >> let's get more from florence louie. bring us up to date on the latest on what the government plans to do with the migrants. . >> for the last few days we have researched from officials that the fishing boat crammed with 775 people will be brought to rakind state. and we had confirmation that the boat will be brought to mondor in the north, close to bangladesh. they'll be given food, medicines, water, wherever they need. beyond that we don't know more. we know that mongdor is where the government is keeping another group of people about 200 found 10 days ago. the government said the 200 are from bangladesh but we don't know the identity of the 727 people found on friday. as far as we know no international aid agencies have had access to them. reporters trying to get near the boat were blocked by na

. >>> hundreds of migrants off the coast of myanmar have been escorted by navy vessels, commanders in myanmar say they will not take action until the identities of 727 people are verified. they were found in a converted fishing boat in the anna man sea four days ago. >> let's get more from florence louie. bring us up to date on the latest on what the government plans to do with the migrants. >> right for the past few days we heard from owe fcials that the boat will be brought to the state. we may get conformation that the boat will be brought to a town in northern states close to the bangladesh border and where the government is holding another group of boat people found about 10 days ago, a group of 200 people. now, the myanmar government said most of the people on board the boat of 200 are from bangladesh. we don't know the identities of the people the 727 people found last friday. and as far as we know no international aid agencies have been given access to the people. we don't know the continue that they are in. we know reporters try to get to them. they were turned away by the na

there were 300 to 400 row henna refugees they were off loaded in secrecy back in myanmar and then the ship -- the navy escorted the remaining refugees to bangladesh, the migrant workers. and when they arrived they proved to the international community, hey, look, there are no refugees from myanmar on the ship, you know. and they gave credence to the assertion they are bengali not from myanmar and they don't use the word row henga, they don't acknowledge it exists. they were praised by the state department and the u.n. for the rescue. however, it didn't -- it doesn't really hold water because for me, because i met and spoke to several people who were on that ship including one row henna woman who was desperate to escape with her four children who told us how men boarded the ship and ordered everyone from sitway to get off the boat and the row henna were brought to shore. well over 100,000 row hepga have taken to the seas in a hopeless attempt to escape myanmar. and the woman with the four children told me she would do it again if she could. despite of three months of misery while she waited it out in t

we are getting from myanmar and the navy there is escorting a boat with 727 abandoned migrants to bangladeshihis is according to the myanmar government spokesman who once again has said that the may have is a escorting a boat with 727 abandoned migrants. they are on their way to the bangladeshi quarters, more on that story a little later on al jazerra. >>> moving to what is happening in iraq, isil has killed 87 people in two separate attacks on the army as well as the police. meanwhile, the iraqi air force has launched air strikes against isil. and some of the areas targeted include anbar and others. the defense ministry says it has inflicted heavy losses on the armed group. well, at the same time, paris hosting a high-level ministerial meeting after the recent territory gained by us ill. imran kahn joining us live from baghdad to tell us what expect to happen in paris imran and what the authorities -- what their message is going to be to their allies in paris. >> reporter: well, what we are being told is that the paris meeting will focus real on two things firstly the effectiveness of the ac

myanmar government is handling this matter. we do know that reporters who tried to reach the boat speak to the people there, and see what kind of conditions they were in were turned back by the navyis also comes days after there was a regional meeting in bangkok where one of the purposes was to tackle the root cause of the migrant and refugee crisis in southeast asia. myanmar is seen as one of the problems because of the way it treats the rohingya an ethnic minority the government doesn't recognize. they are discriminated against and that's why so many are getting on boats to leave the country. but the myanmar government says it is not the problem, because these people are not from here anyway and refuses to recognize that it is its policies driving tens of thousands of people to leave the country. >>> still to come here on the news hour crowding to get what yemenis are now calling white gold. after two months of war, water is a rare necessity. >>> plus -- >> i'm andy gallagher in florida, north america's older city and we'll be showing you how rising sea levels are threatening its very existence. >>> and we'll have all your sport coming up. ♪ >>> an egyptian court has delayed an

. >>> hundreds of migrants found drifting in their boat off of the coast of myanmar have been escorted by the military. navymanders say they won't be taking further action until the identities of the boat people were a verified. they were found four days ago. florence looi has more. >> reporter: the myanmar government hasn't revealed a lot of information about what it plans to do with the 727 people found on board a boat in its waters on friday. the minister of information said they would be taken to an undisclosed location. they will be held there until all of their identities have been verified. but he told us earlier that they would be taken to bangladesh suggesting that the verification exercise has already been completed. so there is a lot of confusion surrounding this matter and a lack of transparency in the way the myanmar government is handling this matter. we do know that reporters who tried to reach the boat and speak to the people were turned back by navy boats. cameramen and photographers had to delete what they had on their memory cards. this comes days after there was a regional meeting in ban

hundreds of migrants found drifting in their crowded boat off the coast of myanmar are being escorted to an undisclosed location, navys in myanmar say they won't be taking further action that is all until the identity of the 727 boat people are verified and more than 400 passengers missing in china after the river cruiser sank and five confirmed dead and 14 rescued so far and eastern star carrying 458 mostly elderly tourists in johning river in hubei province and efforts to come back i.s.i.l. are being discussed ahead of the meeting and criticized the coalition saying they are not doing enough for the advance and we will speak to the author joining us from doha and with i.s.i.l. making gains as you know do you expect there to be a strategy? what do we hear coming out of paris? >> so far the evidence is that not much is going to change. i mean i think the meeting in paris is going to discuss the failures that have qui clearly been quite clearly been made in iraq in particular. and i think a lot of focus will be made on bolstering up security forces in iraq. in attempt at least to wage concerns about the rising role of

. >> hundreds of migrants drifting in their crowded boats off the coast of myanmar are being escorted by its navy, but not a bangladesh as earlier reported. they won't be taking further action until the identities of the 727 boat people are verified. they were found on a converted fishing boat in the sea four days ago. let's go live now. do we know what's going to happen to these people? it seems quite difficult to get information out of the myanmar government. >> absolutely, there's not a lot more we know. i spoke to the minister of information, also the presidential spokesman several hours ago and he said they would be taken to an undisclosed location. he didn't want to clarify whether they would still be on a bolt at sea or allowed to disembark. now, he also told us that they would then be held there until the government was ready to transport them to bangladesh, suggesting that a verification exercise of their identities had been completed. we hear that naval commanders are saying that the verification exercise is still on going. there's a lot of confusion and not a lot of clarity surrounding

myanmar has detained journalists trying to reach an island where natives have been held. they insist they signed an agreement not to make the journey again. 727 people were rescued from a boat. the navyenies that they are trying to leave myanmar. rishaad: more cases confirmed of the middle east respiratory syndrome. health organizers meeting to tackle the disease. more than 1100 people have been identified with mers around the world. most of the victims have been in saudi arabia. angie: greece and again failed to reach a deal with creditors. prime minister alexis tsipras is now hoping germany and france will use their influence to help what is described as a constructive conference call. greece's payments totaling nearly $2 billion to the imf this month, the first due at the end of the week. rishaad: let's check on markets. we will bring on mikio kumada. china is making the top story given the pmi coming in. it is basically in stasis when it comes to manufacturing. what did you make of it and where are we with the economy? mikio: the china pmi data, that is one we tend to slightly ignore. it doesn't give you any information. over the past couple of years it has been around 50. meanwh

ifill: in the day's other news, more than 700 migrants made it to shore in myanmar, in an overloaded fishing boat. the country's navy the vessel in, after holding it at sea for days. many onboard were muslim rohingya and some were bangladeshi. police separated the two groups and sent the bangladeshis away in buses. the rohingya were put inside a warehouse. myanmar is largely buddhist and does not recognize the rohingya as citizens. >> woodruff: the corruption scandal that's engulfed soccer rolled on today, with reports the f.b.i. is investigating how world cups were awarded. they came a day after sepp blatter, head of soccer's governing body fifa, announced he's resigning. the russian sports minister insisted today that plans to play the 2018 world cup in his country will go forward. >> ( translated ): blatter is the president of fifa and he has always maintained warm relations with russia. but in general, the decision on hosting the world cup was made by the executive committee of fifa and it is a legal decision, no resignations can affect or change it. >> woodruff: the government of qatar likewise rejected any tal

myanmar has briefly detained journalists trying to reach a remote island where hundreds of migrants are being held. the navyemanded reporters give up their memory cards. 700 people were rescued from a boat in the bay of bengal. says they are all from negative --. blues legend bb king has been laid to rest in his home state of mississippi after a funeral service attended by family, friends, and fans. tributes were read out from stevie wonder and president obama that there would be a killer blue session in heaven tonight. the 82-year-old guitarist died in his sleep. police are carrying out an investigation after two of kings daughters accused his longtime business manager of killing him. rishaad: coming up next, pushing down prices. we will look at how indonesia's central bank is tackling inflation. ♪ rishaad: indonesia is already struggling with asia's highest rate of inflation, and some say the situation could be getting worse. bankers are trying to get inflation down to about 5%. that sometimes means getting their hands dirty. months, sher six has been training this farmers group to grow vegetables more pr

off the coast of their country the navy there says it is escorting a boat carrying more than 700 migrants to a safe location. it is a overlettedded fishing get. myanmar had initially said it would be taken to bangladesh, but now says it will decide what to do with the 727 migrants once they have been identified. let's hear from florence, she is in the biggest city. >> the government hasn't reveal add lot of information about what it plans to do with the 727 people found onboard a boat in it's waters on friday. now the minser said they would be taking to an undisclosed location, but refused to clarify whether they would still be on a boat or allowed to disembark. they will be held there until all the identitied have been verified. suggesting that the verification exercise has already been completed. so there is a lot of confusion surrounding this entire matter, and there's also a lack of transparency many the way the government is handling this matter. now we do know that reports tried to reach the boat and speak to the people there and see what sort of conditions they were in, were turned back. they were questioned, cameraman and photographers had to

navy in the south china sea in that region. upgrade our relationship with japan and south korea militarily and this is why with other countries, like vietnam, like myanmarthat we strengthen the cooperative military and security and economic relationship but at the same time lou, i don't think it makes sense to vey hostile negative relationship with china. let's engage him. let's push him. let's be tough on him. certainly let's not let them into the trans-pacific partnership. i wouldn't do that. my understanding is that hasn't been decided anyway, and there's no agreement yet anyway. lou: not yet. governor, we're so over time but i've got to ask you very quickly for a quick comment on the rising level of violence against americans and the suppression of the violence that is taking place in and throughout mexico, and the continual violence by these drug cartels without comment from this administration. >> well, look, lou, i do think that the administration in mexico they are doing the best they can. we have a very strong drug, military border relationship. it's tough. these cartels are strong, i think the mexican government has taken steps to try and cont