bye-bye. >> and now we're off to the tropics to the small island state of sao tome and principe, a former portuguese colony in the gulf of guinea, , near the equator. our reporter vanessa fischer visited the smaller of the two islands, principe, which is a mere 140 square kilometers in size. unesco declared it a biospsphere reserve in 2012. a lot has chananged since then, especially when it comes to attitudes about plastic waste. ♪ >> "leve, leve" -- "take it easy," as they say in principe. but not when it comes to environmental protection. 24-year-old cileine fernandes has a long hot day ahead of her. >> good morning. i've come for the plastic bottles. it's exchange day today. so how's it going? is everything ready? >> a lot of bottles have piled up in her grandmother's back yard. every couple of months it's time to get rid of them. >> aren't there any more lying around? we've got to collect the whole lot. >> the bottles are valuable because they can be exchanged. >> everybody wants the biosphere bottles. it really motivates the kids more than anything. they collect as many as they can,

week, global 3000 heads to the west coast of africa, where plastic trash poses a challenge for the island state of sao tome and principe. what's the solution? in toronto, artists can rent affordable spaces in expensive city districts. we find out more. but, first, we go to a zambian forest that draws millions of migratory fruit bats every year. they're like precisely choreographed dances -- flocks of birds in motion. but why do wild ducks move in sync when they're disturbed? and just how do birds and fish

week, global 3000 heads to the west coast of africa, where plastic trash poses a challenge for the island stateand principe. what's the solution? in toronto, artists can rent affordable spaces in expensive city districts. we find out more. but, first, we go to a zambian forest that draws millions of migratory fruit bats every year. they're like precisely choreographed dances -- flocks

the island building is not good. mr. tillerson thinks the united states should not allow china to access the artificial islands it has built in the south china sea. that raises a question. how would the united states prevent china from accessing islands it already built and started to militarize. big question in beijing. >> thank you, matt rivers. >>> 28 minutes past the hour. a very unusual moment. director of national intelligence reaching out to calm the president-elect's concerns about leaks to the media to explain. more on james clapper's talk with donald trump next. le f icar that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all ab

there is a subset of his papers that relate to the three mile island incident. that was a state commission. more recently, one of the federal officials in charge of helping to deal with the accident donated a collection of his papers related to his involvement at three mile island. thick thornburgh was in office during the time of the accident. one of the things that came from the commission is the chronology of the events. minute i minute, what was happening starting at 7:02 a.m. on wednesday, march 28. a supervisor notifies the watch officers that the plant has been shut down. it continues from there. at 7:12 a.m., they are unable to reach york county and give lancaster a try. they get a call from president carter. he agrees with the evacuation decision. says haroldrter benton will be his personal representative in this incident. the governor had a press conference from the media center. the schools were closed. among the papers we received from a governor thornburgh are telegrams and letters regarding what people thought should be done to deal with this accident. there were s

the one at three mile island. into the could go containment building without having to send humans inside to deal with the meltdown. the rover on display in the state museum was used for training. it's like the one that was used to clean up the reactor at three mile island. harold entenmann's sent by president carter to be part of the response to the accident. his papers included a file of letters and cards from schoolchildren thanking him for his role in that. here are a few examples. these mostly come from an elementary school class in york. one of our favorites is this one, there is a nice flower. the student says i was very scared. we would have been dead. radiation got me upset. some of these cards have nice drawings of the cooling towers. governor thornburgh received this huge letter. this came from sheffield elementary school, prepared on friday may 4, 1979. they shut down all nuclear power plants. had the years, we have researchers come into the state archives to look at these collections. some people come to remind themselves what happened. other people come to study the state government response. records to look at what has happened in th

the largest employer in the state of rhode island, it's a hospital system. and i don't think we're alone. if you go out into rural parts of the united states, in many cases the biggest employer in the county or several counties is the health care, it's the hospital, it's the hospital system, and when they no longer can make their books balance, they're going to have to start closing down operations, laying people off. that's what's going to happen. this is not far-fetched because we've seen it before. we've seen struggling hospitals, struggling under emergency room uncompensated care. we have seen all of these things happen before. and repealing the a.c.a. would lead to a combination of all these factors, skyrocketing premiums, the loss of federal funding for health care in states which would have a ripple effect throughout the economy. if rhode island or any other state has to step in and partially make up for the loss of medicaid funds or any other aspect of this program, where are they taking it from? education, infrastructure, public safety, they'll suffe

i remember the institute of the luxury tax in rhode island, we are the ocean state. boat building are crucial to rhode island's manufacturing base. it was aimed to raise money from rich people and it was a lot of -- the little people who sold boats that lost their jobs. we used to be sort of a destination for boat building and manufacturing and that all went away. people started buying used boats or moving different places. i think watching things like that happen on an economic front and how it affects job creation really got me going. and then from social perspective, i grew up really believing in a pro-life, profamily agenda. and i think the republican party conservative values much more fit my personality. host: brothers and sisters, one of each? what do they think about what their brother is doing? mr. spicer: there are different parts of it. i think they are very proud of me. and what i have done and where i'm going to work. sometimes they disagree on a particular issue or something i said or something that is in the republican party platform or whatever. so the

the state of indiana received 20 votes for vice president. blunt mr. president, -- senator blunt: mr. president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of rhode island seems to be in regular form and authentic and it appears therefrom that hillary clinton from the state of new york received four votes for president and tim kaine from the state of virginia received four votes for vice president. mr. harper: mr. president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of south carolina seems to be in regular form and authentic and it appears therefrom that donald j. trump of the state of new york received nine votes for president and michael r. pence of the state of indiana received nine votes for vice president. vice president biden: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i object to the votes for south carolina because -- vice president biden: as the chair has previously ruled, here is no debate in the joint session. debate -- suspend. as the chair has previously ruled, the senators is required to be signed on as well. is there objection? ms. jackson lee: mr. president, i have it in writing and now

for more than 20 years, cubans who've fled the communist island for the united states have been grantedain without a visa. it's become known as wet—foot—dry—foot but now the white house has announced it's to end. the decision comes after 0bama administration reinstated diplomatic ties with cuba 18 months ago. from cuba, will grant reports. for decades, washington's policy towards cuba was based on two things, the carrot and the stick. the stick is the us economic embargo which can only be lifted by congress. the carrot, however, was the tantalising wet foot, dry foot policy, a measure which allowed cubans who made it on to us soil the right to stay without a visa. tens of thousands of cubans made the journey every year, with many risking their lives in the florida straits inflatable rafts or unseaworthy vessels. since it was introduced, the cuban government has blamed the measure for the brain drain on the island. when president 0bama reinstated diplomatic ties with cuba and visited the country last year, we can safely say the castro government would have urged him in no uncertain terms

court to uphold a denial of voting rights to american citizens in my home district of the united states virgin islands, and the citizens and residents of the american island territories. the opinion was authored by the same justice who wrote plessy v. ferguson. march marked 100 years that my district has been a part of this country, but our service dates back to its very founding, through the virge islander and founding father, lerks hamilton. he would be, i think, very upset to find out that people from the island of which he came could not vote for their president and commander in chief. even though the virgin islands and the territories have the highest rates of military service in the united states and have exponentially higher rates of casualty per capita in any of the wars, in the wars of in afghanistan and iraq. we, we believe, have earned the right to take part in this democracy. in another example, last year, a federal appeals court decisively struck down a north carolina voter identification law and noted its provisions deliberately target african-americans with almost surgical precision. th

chinese sending a bomber to go to the island in one of the disputed areas in the south china seas to do flyovers of artificial island that they built. the united states now as we listen to what is being discussed in these committee confirmation hearings, they have got to be stopped. >> there has been increased activity by the nuclear capable bombers of china. flying over the spratleys in the east china sea, and the u.s. navy is nowhere to be seen. lou: that may be about to change. >> i hope so and i think we'll. >> with that change will come some better judgment on the part of the chinese. up next. president-elect trump wants congress to repeal and replace obamacare, essentially simultaneously. >> we are going to have a healthcare that is far less expensive and far better. it will be repealed and replaced. it will be essentially simultaneously. >> amongst the questions now, will congress fall in line? can they readjust their sense of time to a new kind of leader in president trump or are they going to be sort of stuck with the old let's wait and see and see how long we can make it take. betsy mccoy joins us next to answer all of that. when a cold cal

, the united states should lock china from entering those islandsying the reclamation of the south china sea by china is akin to russia and crimea. these are inflammatory comments according to beijing, and state media has had a field day already. if acted uponid in the real world, such comments would be disastrous and set a course for a devastating confrontation between china and the united states. then they went on and on and said they are not really worth taking seriously, so why write an article, right? are naÏvetÉ, shortsighted, and unrealistic political fantasies. why write an editorial if the not worth talking about? ok, general james mattis -- rishaad: mad dog, i think it's his nickname. >> we don't want to perpetuate that moniker, but why not ?uestion mar he was less pointed when asked about the south china sea. arenternational waters international waters, and we have to figure out how we deal with holding on to the rules we have made over many years that led to the prosperity for many nations, not just for hours. let's get a third-party per

the voters very soon. and because he want to get all of these people in the state that are already in the union onto team constitution. and because he wants to get north carolina and rhode islando, back into a reunion with the other states. so, and why didn't they do in philadelphia? because they were stupid. they were tired. it happens to small groups of elite. even brilliant people you know of ben franklin, george washington. what a small group of people is not as wise as the american people generally. that is what you believe if you are a small view democrat. i am a small view democrat. i think the wisdom in a broader policy peers of the people in the ratification process were wiser than the 39. who basically were hot and tired. >> fascinating. i hear he's a not stupid but hot and tired they've had enough. bravo for that. [applause] now i understand. madison as they said it is unnecessary or dangerous, unnecessary because the constitution itself was a bill of rights dangerous because people might assume it is the right if it is not written down is not protected. it says that they wanted to get out of town. so madison pivots. >> because of those really good argument that it

the constitution has been ratified. september 17, '87, a year later, september 17, 8811, state of said yes, north carolina, rhode island hasn't yet. george washington takes office as president of the united states, 11 state in the new union. madison is done. the constitution has been ratified, we don't have north carolina and rhode island in the union. we had a bunch of american patriots who voted against the constitution. very closely contested ratification in virginia, in new york, in new hampshire. very closely contested and two states voted it down, north carolina, madison has come to make the system work. it has been ratified on paper. how does he make it work? has to get himself elected to congress so he can begin to implement those things which he has to win the congressional election. in that congressional election he basically has to promise his constituents that he will support a bill of rights because if he doesn't pivot and say i was skeptical of this but i am persuaded it is a good idea he won't get elected to congress which he gets elected to congress on a platform that he will push a bill of rights. he de

the state penitentiary of louisiana, it started out as a slave plantation in the 19th century. then after the civil war it became a convict lease plantation. 18,000 acres, bigger or in area than the islandthe area of manhattan. then after convict leasing was outlawed, the state basically became jealous of the profits of the person that owned that space, it outlawed convict leasing and then turned it into the state penitentiary of louisiana which it is til this day as you and i are here under this beautiful weather in san diego. black men and others are in the same fields that africans slaved in in the 19th century picking various crops right as we speak. so you have that real, symbolic manifestation of what i call neo-slavery in that history of a space like that. one of the main things i want people to take away from the book is the degree to which slavery -- and i'm talking about the pre-1865 variety -- is not some sort of dinosaur age, pre-modern or pre-capitalist system. that slavery, rather than being the exception, a kind of origin original sin that we've now gotten away from, is actually foundational to our current predicaments of police brutality and terrorism, of legal repressio

the united states senate. ♪ former president truman escorted by senator clinton anderson. more members of the united states senate. former senator from rhode islanddore francis green. robert kennedy, who was to be the next attorney general. ted kennedy, another brother of the president to be. members of the united states supreme court arrive on the stands. ♪ mrs. eisenhower and mrs. nixon, followed by mrs. johnson and followed by mrs. kennedy. [applause] ♪ ♪ [applause] [cheers] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> the joint congressional inaugural committee having escorted, now seat the presidential parties on the platform. [applause] [cheers] >> we're here to inaugurate the 35th president of this union of free people. it is my high honor to begin this event by presenting the , with states marine band a song we all cherish, america the beautiful. ♪ >> the crowds remained hushed until the completion of "america the beautiful." ♪ [applause] -- >> will the audience now rise as his eminence, richard kushing, announces the invocation. >> in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost, amen. in this year of our lord, 1961, we ask thee almighty god to en

the natuna islands. the outgoing us secretary of state, john kerry, has visited the place in the mekong delta, where he washe vietnam war in 1969. mr kerry was in vietnam before going to paris as part of his last trip before leaving office. he received the silver star for his actions during the vietnam war, but later became an anti—war campaigner. new zealand's new prime minister says he will continue to champion a major asia—pacific trade deal. bill english has been speaking to the bbc‘s lucy hockings, in one of his first major interviews since taking office. mr english said the trade deal was still alive, despite donald trump's vow to withdraw from the tra ns—pacific partnership on his first day in office. we area we are a small, open economy. trade isa we are a small, open economy. trade is a lifeblood and despite some of the politics around trade we are firm advocates of being an open economy, getting more free trade deals. that is what lifts income is on both ends of the deals. what is the future for tpp? is a dead and the future for tpp? is a dead and the water? well, look to these large, complex agr

the small island nation hopes to to the unitedrts states.s follows the reopening of diplomatic relations and the easing of some trade restrictions under the obama administration. but they are starting small. the first product heading north is charcoal. this week, donald trump also announced the suspension of u.s. visas for citizens from several middle eastern and north african countries. among them, iran. the move is likely that the u.s. tourism sector as josh reports. reporter: some u.s. businesses say they are already suffering from the new and ministrations inward focused policy, including proposed resuspension plans. president trump's executive sign an executive order temporarily blocking visas from anyone from syria, iraq, iran, libya, sudan, and yemen. travel agents in the iranian american neighborhood of westwood mla say reservations of dropped off in expectation of the orders being signed. >> i can understand his concern because the entering of terrorists or something from those countries, but iran actually, because of our niche , we

the islands, sometimes drawing chinese warning. tonight a government run chinese newspaper is warning of a possible war with the u.s. over the manmade islands. it's spurred by this comment from secretary of statetillerson at his confirmation hearings. >> we are going to have to send china a clear signal that first the island building stops and second, your access to those islands is also not going to be allowed. >> the chinese newspaper says, quote, unless washington plans to wage a large scale war in the south china sea, trying to block access would be foolish. tillerson had better bone up on nuclear power strategies if he wants to force a big nuclear power to withdraw from its own territories. pentagon officials tonight are calling on china to reduce tensions. how could the u.s. deny china access to those islands? >> if the u.s. wanted to deny access, how would they do it? >> presumably you start, you would want to start with a naval blockade. cuba missile crisis in the modern era. this is a lot of space to cover. i would assume you're talking about blocking access to the seven islands they're trying to occupy out of these dozens. you would have to deal with their air capability. this is not

the united nations considered the island state to be part of china, but relations between the two are signs of strain. droppedor's's profit matching analyst estimates. the financial well-being may be linked to donald trump -- president trump making special interest. chief executive march field says it has been a positive -- mark fields says it has been a positive outlook. mark: in europe and china we will consider -- continue the positive performance. we expect europe to be down a bit based on the weakening of the sterling because of brexit. mark: johnson & johnson is making a $30 billion acquisition . they agreed to buy a swiss drugmaker. johnson & johnson will become a leader in medicines treating a rare type of high blood pressure. vonnie: time now for our provideg take were we context on background -- and background on issues of interest. morepresident trump's aggressive stance on china, taiwan is testing beijing's tolerance. >> taiwan has a constitution, and army, and an elected government, yet the united nations does not recognize it. china considers the island one of its provin

the coming weeks. that's larger than the state of rhode island. itn's tom clarke has more. >> reporter: it's a huge crack running through the expanse of ice on the edge of western antarctica. these images taken by nasa show how long and deep the rift on the larsen c ice shelf really is. it threatens to separate a chunk of ice the size of norfolk from the antarctic peninsula, and soon. the crack spread to here by 2010. since then, it has gradually crept along the ice. but in the last month, it's lengthened by more than 11 miles. just 12 miles of ice now keep it from floating away. >> so the iceberg is hanging on by a thin strip of ice. and we think that in the next few weeks, that it might well break off. >> reporter: professor david vaughn knows only too well what happens when icebergs begin to break off in the antarctic. he leads a team of scientists that have been monitoring the peninsula for nearly three decades. >> it's already floating, so it has no immediate impact on sea level rise. but, if, because the iceberg is taken away, then the glaci

then pennsylvania was not one of the first states to abolish the death penalty, but some of the states in the midwest -- michigan followed by wisconsin and also rhode island -- in the 1840s and 1850s, these states were the first jurisdictions in the english-speaking world to abolish the death penalty. and they remain abolitionist to this day. so people who see the united states as an outlier with regard to the death penalty, we're an outlier in both senses. we were one of the first places in which abolitionism took root in the mid 19th century, but also we remain today one of the really the only western democracy that still has the death penalty. even after the civil war, however, we did not see these regional disparities dissipate. in fact, in the south there was great fear of the freed black population, the fear that they might engage in violence against their former masters, in particular be paranoia that freed black men might rape white women. and there was what one historian calls an orgy of violence in the south, a period of lynching. and and these extra-judicial ec cushions were -- executions were such a strong force that in the period at which the

the boy scouts of america national capital area council representing state flags and territories as those states and territories entered the union. representing washington, d.c., american samoa, guam, northern mariana islandsna, and hawaii. ♪ >> and following the boy scouts of america, the united states merchant marine academy staff element with the merchant marine academy band following close behind. ♪ ♪ ♪ following the merchant marine academy band come out the merchant academy color guard. they are privileged among the nations five federal academies to be the only institution authorized to carry a battle standard as part of its color guard. following the color guard is the united states urgent marine academy -- merchant marine academy. >> this is the first troupe philadelphia city calvary. they have served in every major american conflict from the revolution to the global war on terror. each rank marks a battle in which this historic unit has followed. the units men are cavalry scouts assigned to the first squadron, 104th squadron and the army national guard, and this is the oldest company -sized military unit in continuous service to the republic. and now, ladies and gentlemen, bringing our 58th inaugur

the area in decades. >> a blainville beaked whale washed up in island state park in ocean county over the weekend. not clear how long the whale has been dead. the marine stranding center said this type of whale spends most of its life at extreme depth so it's usually hard to observe. >>> almost 5:30. things get different on the roads. >> let's check in with "first alert" traffic reporter jessica boyington. jess. >> we're watching girard avenue. no problems. southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. that is 13 minutes. average speed of 60. the southbound side here, all of that moving not so well. typically we have to wait for the next hour or so. out in douglas township, there's a crash, detour around the scene there. one of the most early morning crashes we've had so far. over in new jersey, north and southbound, no problems with the same drive time in those directions there at five minutes. headed northbound headed from 55 up towards the waltman bridge. speeds in the 60s. transit is doing okay. the area bridges in the clear. back in about ten minutes with more updates. >>> it'

island. rather we want the u.s. military to show strike capability against china to deter. that's the basic strategic mission sharing between japan and the united states. first line of -- first island chain, introduction to that, u.s. may ask japan do you have the capability? yes. our size of the navy is larger than the size of the u.s. pacific fleet. or the size of the air force number of fighter is larger than the u.s. air force fighters combined. and those robust navy protect navy and protect the air force are conducting defensive role in our region. can but one thing lacking is the strike capability under the japanese constitution. that's what we want. if this happens perhaps china will hesitate. and the last thing is please think about that. geography and geopolitics. whatever the chinese navy and the air force, they have in the future, they are still contained in the south china sea and east china sea. especially in the south china sea. that's something like the thermos. thermos we'll be able to keep the very hot tea or cold on the rocks with the bottle, right? and the south china sea is the internal container. and the line connecting taiwan, ph

the islands. sometimes drawing chinese warnings. >> this is the china area. please go away quickly. >> now a newspaper is warning over a possible war with the united states. it's spurred by the comment of rex tillerson. >> we're going to have to send china a clear sick nal that first the island building stops and second, your access to the islands is also not going to be allowed. >> the chinese paper says quote until washington plans to wage a large scale war in the china sea, trying to block their access would be foolish and tillerson better bone up on nuclear power strategies. pentagon officials are call on china to reduce tensions. how could the u.s. deny china access to those islands. >> you would want to start with a naval brigade. i would assume you're talking about blocking access to the seven islands that china occupies here out of the dozens. you'd also have to deal with their air capabilities. china has four different air strips built on the islands, hangar space for a full regiment of fighter aircraft. that's an awful lot of capability. and this not without cost. are anti-missile systems. >> analysts are worried about escalation. >> the biggest

when he was the chairman of the committee, is the difference between investing in the united states and the cayman islandsthe possibility of avoiding u.s. taxes. your clients, you made a very clear that you pay your taxes. i will accept your word on that. but the entities that you are helping and that you were making money from, you were helping them avoid u.s. taxes. otherwise, they could have invested here. mr. mnuchin: let mansion the first part of your question, which i will tell you -- -- i assure you that these forms were very complicated. mysaid to the best of knowledge this is true. when i certified those forms, i thought it was correct. perhaps it was a mistake in the committee information early. i should have waited until i 278 and the ethics office. it was not just a fountain of your office. menendez: it does not tist torocket scien list all positions. i listed the entity. the fact that i didn't list that i was a director, i was not intending to hide anything. in regards to my $100 million in real estate, my lawyer, who is quite sophisticated in this stuff and has done this for many nominees be