angie lee, grew up in berkeley and college professional having gone to sf state and doing asian american sfudz in bachelor's degree and at usf for public affairs and will do a lot of research in getting that going and she's also going to use this paper that she's writing for us as her corner stone paper for her graduation. i know i'm going to get a great paper because she's going to get a great grade at school. i'm very excited to of have angie with us today. she'll put out the first draft which we'll put out for review and after a normal process to get reviewed and take back for public comment and anything on that review. she'll get us through that first draft is what my anticipation is from her which is probably the end of april timeframe. >> great, welcome. as your first time being in lafco, but great to have you here. >> i hope we don't have to vote on a grade. >> no luckily we don't have to deal with the grading process. that will be from her professors. cory cook, gets to do the grading on that. finally while it's not on my official update, march will begin our budget season for us

singapore says goodbye to leak lee kuan yew. i'm angieing to you live from our asian headquarters. we are wrapping up the month. two days to go till the end of march. we have australia. it is extending losses this morning, 1.21% down. aussie dollar trading lower. japan is just opening. 225 -- nikkei 235 is opening higher. against the19.25 u.s. dollar. it shows that japanese manufacturers are starting the year on a down note. in korea, just getting underway as well. it is gaining right now. korean won is also weakening --ngside the data needs japanese yen. over to china now, central bank governor saying that the growth in the world's second-largest economy has slowed a little bit too much for his liking. the overall message and the chinese president as well, is that china has the tools to deal with it. they spoke at a forum for asia over the weekend. christine has more from beijing. he always has his own session of the forum. this is his 13th year. he said china's growth rate has fallen a little bit too much for his liking. he did warn of

lee kuan yew, who lived and breathed singapore. all of his life. angie has arrived at the international space station. they will spend 342 days in at the iss, about twice as long as normal. it is nasa's first attempt as a rough -- as a year experience. kelly's identical twin, mark, will complete the same experiment on earth to see how their bodies compare. back down here on earth [laughter] john yvonne, david and our guest, khiem do. a part of the world all eyes are on and that is your. alexis tsipras and all of the decision-makers. -- and that is euro. trying to get to a deal. do you think they will reach one? khiem do: it is like kicking the can down the road for as long as they can. the position of the two groups are very far apart. angie: john, what do you think? [laughter] john: another two years or more. it is going to be another two years. they cannot let greece bail. -- fail. ar -- far more serious. spain and portugal would do the same. that is the problem. you are between a rock and a very hard place. khiem do: they are not in a strong position

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angie: mourners respect their respects to the founding father of singapore. these are pictures from the general hospital where lee kuan yew died at shortly after 3:00 this morning. the father of the nation, cigna pours longtime leader, has died at 91. singapore totook global success. disciplined and harmonious, cigna port is the only asian nation with three aaa ratings. "elcome to "first up. coming to you live from hong kong, i am yvonne man. singapore's founding father has died, aged 91. he has been in hospital since february, suffering from severe pneumonia. his condition deteriorated overnight. has haslinda amin joins us live. he was a political giant. haslinda: a political giant indeed. he is credited for changing the fortunes of singapore. here would people have just woken up to the news. of the death was announced this morning just after 4:00. beial media beginning to filled with reaction to the death. #rememberinglky. his passing will be difficult to digest for many singaporeans, despite his having been in hospital for the past few weeks in critical condition for several days. there has been a sense of ant

lee reports. guilty over insubstituting religion. their offense using an image of buddha with headphones for an on line flier to promote drinks at the bar. it was withdrawn shortly and angie issues. but the men have been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. >> pretty disappointed actually. >> the accuse redirect examination quickly whisks away. the mother of one of the defendants directs her anger at one of the monks. the action was brought again the three men after some monks complained about the flier. >> i want to talk about our religion. it is someone insults religion should we accept it? is it right. >> human rights grouped accused the authoritying of bows to pressure from radical groups. there are some who point to this verdict as an example of the rising influence of a group of hard line buddhists morks. and the concern is that these views are allowed to gain more prominence it could deepen the religious conflict. since 2012, violence related to religious tensions particularly between buddhists and muslims has killed more than 200 people, and displaced tens of thousands more. last year, a group of monks proposed a set of laws which they say aimed to protect race and

angie's list announced that they are cancelling a $40 million head headquarter expansion in indianapolis. today afscme announced they are moving their october 2014 women's conference out of indianapolis, indiana. all bad news. president lee sanders called it a direct result of the discriminatory law. tim cook said religious freedom laws go against the very principle our nation was founded on. governor pence, what are you doing? later this week indiana will host the final four in yips indianapolis. the ncaa is involved. they said they are concerned about indiana's law. charles barkley, he is slamming the religious freedom law. in a state, he called discrimination in any form unacceptable and he went on to say as long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state i strongly big events such as the final four and the super bowl should not be held in those state's cities. outrage over this law has gotten the attention of other states. georgia, you see they were working on passing something very similar working on their own religious freedom bill but they have had to table the legislation. just today indiana legislators have stepped forward and said they will work to clarify the law. my question tonight is what the hell does tha