you grew up in southern india. tell me about your upbringing.masree: i grew up in a small town in southern india. it is probably a big town now. my father was a lawyer. my mom was a math major but stayed home to take care of us. i was always interested in math and science growing up. curious,ay i was a troublemaking, precocious child. i would do experiments at home. i would drive my mom crazy. one time, i wanted to see what would happen if you melted plastic. dish only lit a plastic fire. i am terrified now to think i did this. it like being a young girl interested in studying stem in india? was there a is tension between boys and girls? padmasree: not so much in education, but in engineering. science was different from engineering. there was not much, i would say, encouragement -- there were not many women engineers. there were a lot of women and girls studying science. so i wanted to be a physicist. i joined my undergrad degree, started as a physics major, and switched after one year to engineering. that was unusual. i have to give my father c

we found them in the rural heart land of southern india, in the state of tamal nadu. >> the main issue when we talk about trafficking, we can call it as a bonded labor, it all start because they have to pay an amount to get the job. >> sindu used to work for a subcontractor in kuwait. now she advocates on behalf of migrant laborers. over the last eight years she's interviewed hundreds of contract workers in iraq and afghanistan. >> that will make you work anywhere. doesn't matter it's a war zone, doesn't matter if you are going given good food or conditions. men are ready to sacrifice. >> a village of several thousand people,en several hours from the closest airport. locals estimate that 70 to 80% of the men have worked in afghanistan. >> you may get 500 rupees a month. the agents promise you to get $800 a month. i would consider moving there to get a job. >> we went to a tea shop and word spread we were looking for people who had worked on bases. it turned out this man serving tea, had worked in afghanistan, for supreme , working for nato. >> whether they made it to afghanistan or not

this is bangalore in southern india, where a barrier to keep the sewage out broke, and thousands of fish washed up on the banks. activists said local authorities ignored earlier pleas to repair it. it's not the first time bangalore's lakes have illustrated the high levels of pollution present under the surface. last year, a toxic froth spilled onto some of the city's streets due to extreme levels of pollution in another lake. coming up on wavy news 10 - drought in 50 years. now the united nations is stepping in. then at five-thirty - former governor bob mcdonnell faces an uncertain future -- and possible time in prison -- when his case goes to the supreme court. what we can expect now that there are only 8 justices presiding over the case. i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends said i should get fios because it's the fastest... i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. (man) we're out of 2%. i wonder what else could be better around here? (man) i heard that. now get our best offer ever. super fast 100 meg internet, plus tv & phone fo

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is trending. 3 this video is from a festival in southern india. an elephant 3 broke free from its 3 thether .. and went on a rampage... in a parking lot. it toppled cars motorbikes and rickshaws. thankfully, no one was hurt. >> someone is on the elephant and probably scared to death. >> anchor: there's not much you can do when they get wound up like this. you have to just stand back and hope nobody gets hurt. >> maybe he's cleaning up. elephant. >> wow. that is scary. >> luckily, no one got hurt. >> yes, they. >> the rhode island basketball just a little too early. take a look at this. . >> time still on the clock and this is division 3 championship, burville thought they won the game in a closing seconds and the player tosses the ball in the air hoping to kill off the clock, but their opponent, caught the ball, called a timeout with one favor. >> hard to see what is going on. >> we're looking for layup. >> right after this. >> can't be celebrating like that. got to pay attention. >> like that runner in oregon, cheering the crowd and passed on the

. >> this video coming out of southern india. that elephant on a rampage attacking as many as 27 cars. the elephant was initially tethered to something but managed to break free. thankfully nobody got hurt. coming up on fox 35 news tonight, a crime alert. >> daytona beach police have arrested a man who was >> already we've won five major states and it looks like we could win six or seven or eight or nine. >> all right, right now supertuesday in the race for the white house donald trump's big wins and some possible trouble for marco rubio. >>> a crime alert tonight a suspected gunman behind bars accused of murder. we'll tell you what police say started this deadly confrontation. >> new at 11:00, history in space. the nasa astronaut now on his way home. >> announcer: right now on fox 35 news at 11:00. >> supertuesday donald trump claiming the most states for the g.o.p. tonight and there are still a few more states to go. >> hillary clinton in the meantime taking most of the states on the democratic side. clinton trump, marco rubio

york times" posted on their website a story about a prayerful vigil going on in a village in southern india the chance some saw it as the likelihood that today you and i would be talking about a 49-year-old indian-american federal judge named sri srinivasan, who had been confirmed to the federal bench 97-0 by the u.s. senate. a lot of people woke up this morning still believing that it would be sri srinivasan to fill this vacancy. why do you think the obama white house, after a thorough vetting of not only both of these men, but more federal judges than that, has gone with garland over srinivasan? >> well, i think that's an excellent question. and it does seem pretty clear based on what we have been told, that it was down to those two that the president decided, was deciding on. the obvious factor for mr mr. srinivasan was he was confirmed unanimously and only a few years ago. it would be hard for many senators who voted for him then to say now he's unacceptable. what the senators would say is we have always treated supreme court nominations differently. i think it's what we have been talki

it is believed to have crashed into the southern india ocean. there is a scathing new assessment of what led up to the water crisis in flint, mif began >>> this was a report commissioned by the governor himself. as john hen ee smith tells us, the report blames the governor and administration for what followed >> reporter: it was a mixture of ignorance, incompetency >> translation: arrogance by many decision makers. >> reporter: one of the co chairs of the task force summed up what it found was behind the water crisis in flint. >> no-one asked the question what will happen if we don't have corrosion control treatment in place >> reporter: the governor himself set up the task force >> we started an independent group to go and look at this issue. to go dig into it >> reporter: in the final report he has hit hard. he says the state has fundamentally accountable. that contradicts what governor snyder said that federal and local government officials bear equal responsibility >> automatic accountability for executive branch decisions obviously rest-- a

. >> host incarceration india face a southern death against australia. the winner will play the west indies in the last four. india possibly the slight favorite having beaten the u.s.a.yes 3-0 in a series earlier this year. . >> we can focus on the positive things that we did there in australia. but as i said, we cannot take anything for granted. it's a quarterfinal for us. we all know that. and it is very important to stay in the moment. stay focused on what we have to do. it's very important to remember, it's not so much that we're beaten them so we can go out and do it again. it's why we did it is what we need to focus on. >> australia's win also on the verge of a semifinal place. they handed ireland their fourth and final defeat in the competition. shooting three wickets for australia as they restricted the irish 91-7 in 20 over. in reply they scored 43 as australia reached the target with plenty of time to spare. now barcelona have opened up their stadium to their fans wishing to leave tributes to johan cruyff. he won the spanish title with barcelona

india. where to china go? southern tibet. the biggest issue is the actual water. china controls the water supply. the entire southeast asia. building dams and doing all sorts of things, making the river run dry. you have india and china, 40 pes population water constrained. so those are the flash points. i will walk you through the pathways to piece. there are three that we cannot depend on. they are the ones that i think we are depending on now because the neo- isolationist argument, just walked back. john mesh armor talked eloquently about how attractive that is ideology but was real about why it should not be done, the strategic reasons, economic reasons, that is the most vibrant area that, 50 percent of the population michael green points off correctly pacific ocean is not a barrier. there is a reason why they are forward based. and just continental ballistic missile goes off in north korea or china, is attracting stations in japan and asia and elsewhere. so feel isolationism will be attractive to american people had to deal with afghanistan, iraq, syria, but w

southern neighbor. tunisia closes its border with libya after an attack kills at least 53 people. plus. >> reporter: i'm in an illegal mine in north-east india where the mine owner is still using children to extract coal >>> turkey has made a bold proposal to tackle the refugee crisis in europe. ankara is offering to take refugees stranded in greece in return for more money and its fast-tracking to become a member of the e.u. it was put forward in a summit in brussels. >> reporter: finally at the end of a long day and night the break through they had hoped for. the european union has reached an agreement with turkey that they believe marks the beginning of the end of europe's refugee crisis. >> this is game changer. the days of irregular migration to europe are over. our objective is to discourage illegal immigration to prevent human smugglers, to help people who want to come to europe through encouraging legal migration. >> reporter: the agreement means in future turkey will take back all those making the perilous and illegal journey across the aegean sea to greece. for every syrian refugee returned one syrian refugee from camps in turkey w

southern areas of china, you do have the bprecipitation, foggy in the morning hours. taipei, back towards the north, minus 12, definitely still chillily out there. iran, pakistan, towards northern india, we have low pressure, the whole entire trough which had been lingering here. developing, picking up moisture, thursday and friday, this is going to bring a threat of flash flooding. thunderstorms across northern india, new delhi, thunderstorms in the forecast, high of 30, while back into pakistan, looking at those partly cloudy skies before the low works its way in by friday as well. farther towards west once again, we'll see what's going on here, to the british isles, southwest towards london, winds of 80 to 90 kilometers, gusts over 100 per kilometer, continuing to push through before it dives towards the southeast on thursday, rolls off there. bringing that wet precipitation across parts of france. north, we could see some snow across the foothills of scotland. temperatures, definitely cooling off. london with a high of 8. similar conditions into paris, thunderstorms expected, while moscow, you are above the freezing point. high of 5. we have some rain fall expected out there. let

india, a trade route established some years earlier. when he returned to lisbon, the ship, captained by his uncle made the way to an island off the southern coast of oman where it ran into a violent storm and was apparently dashed against the rocks. all souls on board were lost the fateful day in 1503. the ship's where abuts have remained a mystery for 500 years. but that silver coin, forged in >> that is the "cbs overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others. check back with us a little later for, the morning news, and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm don dahler. >>> this is the greatest honor of my life. >> a choice and now a challenge to the senate. >> i have fulfilled my constitutional duty. now it is time for the senate to do theirs. >> also tonight -- >> hillary! >> the front-runners are tasting victory, but trump has a warning about a challenge to him at the convention. >> i think you would have rits. >> an alleged drug addict working in a hospital may have put 3,000 patients at risk of hepatitis and hiv and, norma at 90. having the time of her life. >> announcer:

india, trade route established some ars earlier. en he returned to lisbon, the ip, captained by his uncle de the way to an island off e southern coast of oman where ran into a violent storm and s apparently dashed against the rocks. fateful day in 1503. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's thursday, march 17th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> supreme court showdown. president obama introduces his nominee to replace antonin scalia but senate republicans vow he'll never make it to the high court. >>> ducking the debate. donald trump says he won't attend the next scheduled showdown and fox news ends up >>> kicking off the future. taking a cue from hollywood, nike unveils self-lacing sneakers. >>> a big league ballplayer chooses family over fortune and walking away from a multimillion dollar deal when he is told to spend less time with his son. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> the nomination of of president obama's nomination of merrick garland. garland is generally respected and chief judge of the influential d.c. court of appea

india, a trade route established some years earlier. when he returned to lisbon, the ship, captained by his uncle made the way to an island off the southernwhere it ran into a violent storm and was apparently dashed against the rocks. all souls on board were lost the fateful day in 1503. the ship's where abuts have remained a mystery for 500 years. but that silver coin, forged in 1499 helps date the wreckage. >> that is the "cbs overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others. check back with us a little later for, the morning news, and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm don captioning funded by cbs >>> it's thursday, march 17th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> supreme court showdown. president obama introduces his nominee to replace antonin scalia but senate republicans vow he'll never make it to the high court. >>> ducking the debate. donald trump says he won't attend the next scheduled showdown and fox news ends up pulling the plug. >>> kicking off the future. taking a cue from hollywood, nike unveils self-lacing sneakers. >>> a big league ballplayer chooses fam

india, a trade route established some years earlier. when he returned to lisbon, the ship, captained by his uncle made the way to an island off the southern coast of oman where it ran into a violent storm and was apparently dashed against the rocks. all souls on board were lost the captioning funded by cbs >>> it's thursday, march 17th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> supreme court showdown. president obama introduces his nominee to replace antonin scalia but senate republicans vow he'll never make it to the high court. >>> ducking the debate. donald trump says he won't attend the next scheduled showdown and fox news ends up pulling the plug.

southern part of the camp known as jungle. they refused to leave their makeshift homes. france wants to move 1000 refugees and migrants from the camp >>> time for the weather. by the standards of india, it is a bit wet there. >> reporter: yes. nasty weather coming through over last couple of days. violent storms actually. if you look here, you can see how the cloud is lined up from the south west to the north-east. wind still coming in from a north-easterly direction. this is what happened when that line of cloud made its way in from the western side. some very gusty winds uprooting trees, destroying around 90% of the orange crop across that central swathe of india. the wetter weather is making it's way further southwards. a chance of showers coming in further north. wet weather making its way into pakistan. tremps in karachih getting up 32. peek aago at 35.5. we will see those easing off. that clan will go through friday. then karachi around 29. so more comfortable. that same area the rain pulling away from the gulf here. the eastern parts. fine and dry and then go on thursday thursday, further north we're looking at temperatures in abu dhabi around 27 degrees. 27 here in doha. we

southern state parkway. little volume in to 110. alternate side meter rules in effect. >>> emily, thank you very much. 6:17 now. breaking news out of india. the three people were killed and dozens injured when part of an overpass collapsed in kolkata. as we show you the pictures, story. we'll bring you update as they come in. >>> police are warning residents about attempted burglaries. dobbs ferry police say two men tried to break into homes fortunately, the men were not successful. they're reminding residents to make sure the doors are locked and avoid leaving anything out in plain sight in their cars. >>> in queens, federal agents make an arrest during a raid at a synthetic marijuana lab. they say it was hidden in a tire shop. agents stormed the tire shop in queens village on tuesday. they found more than 200 kilograms of synthetic marijuana. it had a street value of $200,000. 36-year-old osvaldo vasquez was arrested on a previous warrant for distributing cocaine. >>> tonight, the first of two star studded tribute concerts will be held to remember david bowie. artists like debbie harry, cyndi lauper, ricky lee jones are it follows his