asia's demographic challenges and the infrastructure needs or the asean association of southeast asia nations, financial integration and analysis of factors behind the capital flows. so, among these i found that the asean financial integration chapter is particularly popular among the region's policymakers because it includes the lessons learned from europe or, you know, something went well and something went not so well and what are the things we should be looking at when you're going ahead with the financial integration. so, this is the kind of thing that the policy advice is behind what we intend to provide in this book. so, this is the 300-page book. it's reasonably thick and lots of regressions and model, so this is the more academic book. but then we editors tried our best to make it easy to read, so it has a conclusion -- i mean, the topics or main key takeaways of the chapter at the outset of each chapters and those are the conclusion at the end of the chapter, so you can just read it, these short phrases if you're sort of time pressured. but having said that, imf -- at the imf we are

asia. china's national weather service says temperatures in the south and south-west will continue to drop. >> reporter: the whole of china in the grip of these arctic light conditions from temperatures of minus 40 in the far north in the country down to just above freezing here on the south china coast and all sorts of weather in between. the main city there was a flurry of snow yesterday. the first time according to one newspaper that has happened since 1929. further north in shanghai temperatures there still stubburnly low. this blaflt of polar air that we are seeing in south korea off the coast, having the heaviest snow fall in decades. also heavy fall in japan with some parts of japan expecting monday up to 70 centimeters >>> in taiwan of 57 people have died in unusually cold weather there. most of those who died were elderly people where the majority of homes do not have central heating. in vietnam farmers are saying animals are dying from the cold and crops are being affected. there is heavy snow and ice making the roads impossible. heavy snow in central and western japan disrupts tr

asia's demographic challenges and the infrastructure needs or the asean association of southeast asia nations. financial integration. and analysis of factors behind the capital flows. so among these i found that the asean financial integration chapter is particularly popular among the region's policymakers because it has includes the lessons learned of europe, you know, something went well, something went not so well and then what are the things we should be looking at when you're going ahead with a financial integration. this is the thing the policy advice is behind our work. we intend to provide in this book. so this is the 300-page book. it's reasonably thick and lots of regression and model so this is the more academic book but then we editors tried our best to make it easy to read so it has a conclusion that -- i mean, the topics or main key takeaways of the chapter at the outset of each chapters and also conclusion at the end of each chapter so you can just read it, this short places if you're sort of time pressured. but having said that, imf, at the imf we are not in the publishing bus

he's the current head of the association of southeast asia nation whosz members are becoming more vocalut china's assertiveness in the south china sea. marking the first trip by an iranian president in the first 16 years. he's also scheduled to meet with french president hollande and pope francis. >>> they released video of air strikes but did not specify when they took place. they say a thumb ber of isis fighters were killed in the strikes. the u.n. announcing in venezuela along with 14 other countries would have their voting rights temporarily revoked due to unpaid membership dues. venezuela's currently on the security council and that's your cnbc news update at this hour. back over to you guys. >> thank you very much. >>> shares coming in with earnings better than expected. that's not exactly helping the u.s. home builder's stock this morning under pressure. more than 4 1/2%. the building sector as a whole continues to struggle. the sector is down. joining us by phone to discuss it, steven east who's ranked number one by ins stusal investors. steve stephen, thanks for calling in. is

because we are well aware that several members of the asia-pacific nations are not entirely comfortable with the inclusion of china at this forum this year. on the contrary, minister chen. we need china in this discussion, given that much of the framework is about counterfeit issues. we, uh... we want to see some progress there. it's a little warm today, it's quite pleasant. it's warm to me. and i usually run cool. in metaphors? what? if that is the case, mr. vice president, then let me remind you from the head. please don't say that. the fish rots from the head. please. just as the top part of the fish rots... (retching) (people gasping) (groans) i'm so sorry. we need a medic on the green... there's something wrong. (groans) matt (to billy joel's " longest time" ): we haven't done that in the longest time (snapping fingers along) once i thought that our free trade was gone ooh-ooh-ooh now i know that commerce must go on ah, ah, ah so grab your iphone but promise that it's not a clone and we won't see one for the longest time whoa, oh, oh, oh, yeah for the longest time, time for the lon

asia pacific than china. in addition to china's 1.4 billion, there are 625 million people living in the nations of southeast asia alone. not to speak of 127 million in japan, itself the world's third-largest national economy. 50 million in south korea. and of course 1.7 billion in the indian subcontinent. there is so much to offer in this region. china is vitally important. it is the largest economy in the region, by a long way, and there is much to gained from strengthened china-u.s. cooperation. progress on an effective global response to climate change could not have been achieved without president see and obama. the lasting resolution to the threat from north korea passes through beijing as well as washington. the united states, china, australia, all the nations, agree that the world has benefited mightily from china's rise. we all agree that the biggest risk to that continued peaceful rise is conflict and the disruption and instability that would bring. so central is the asia pacific to the world economy, to global stability, that the preservation of the international order and the peace that it brings has

anywhere in asia, that the rebalance was not to crowd out china or to contain china or in anyway inflicted any damage, economic, security damage to china, it was to engage china as well as all the nations in the pacific, and asia. we all know that the united states has been a pacific power for more than a century, clearly a pacific power. in fact, the entire western hemisphere from north to south borders of the pacific. so our interests are very clear. china's interests are very clear. now, how we managed to those differences like the east china sea, south china sea, which really developed and came to a head during the time i was there, i think are the more defined, critical examples of managing through a very difficult set of circumstances. and i think what we've seen in the markets and it will probably get to some of us so i will hold any particular, i have on this, but the reflection of what's happened in china's markets the last week and how that has reflected on everyone's markets, consequences, reactions come and to think if we needed any other reminder, clearly remind us of begin something that my predecessors have all mentioned, the interconnectedness of our interests in china'

evan was a white house advisor on asia and senior director of the national security council. >> reporter: what do you think will be the biggest security risk in the world in 2016? how will it affect japan? >> security concerns that i'm worried about in 2016 are issues like cross relations following the upcoming election in taiwan. continued instability in the south china sea as many different players seek to position themselves to advance their maritime claims. and their maritime rights. and then the issue of north korea. i think we should watch the korean peninsula very closely. all three of those issues touch directly on japanese security interest and the interest of the u.s.-japan alliance. >> reporter: china seems to be insisting that the china and the u.s. are the two great powers vying for control of the asia pacific region. what do you think about that? >> i spent six years in the white house. i know how president obama and his top foreign policy advisors think about the asia pacific. china's a big power in the u.s. but the u.s. does not buy into the concept that the u.s. and chin

nations today. more children in africa and asia have accused european soldiers and united nations peace keepers of sexualiel elizondo has more on the problem one senior official is calling rampant. >> reporter: embroiled in scandal once again. a total of six new allegations have surfaced of sexual misconduct against children by foreign peace keeping troops in the central african republic. the incidents are alleged to have taken place in the capitol at a camp for displaced people in 2014. four teenage girls between the ages of 14 and 16 say they were sexually assaulted by european union peace keepers. three said the abusers were from a georgian contention. troubles allegations were also against french troops, the youngest victim, a 7-year-old girl said she was sexually abused in exchange for a battle of water and a bag of cookies. >> these are of course extremely serious allegations, and it is crucial these cases are thoroughly investigated. we are heartened at the initial response we have received from the countries concerned as well as from the european union which is that they take these allegations ve

ds which initiative to empower children of incarcerated parents of all different nations and so i've been in africa, asia, dubai, the middle east, all over to tell them, you are also amazing. it is okay to have a parent in prison and still love them. 90% of the children that i interviewed said, you know, i want a life long relationship with my parent. i love my mom. it kills me that my sister speaks about her in this way. but i live here. and so this is where i want to be. i tell the children to accept their story and accept their narrative. a lot of the children that i interviewed who were white children were empowered because they talked about their stories often. in their rooms on book shelves there were books that talked about parental incarceration. and therefore that's why i created a book that allowed some of the children to be of the same complexion and to educate them. those children felt empowered because they were able to say when i'm 18 and i'm graduating, my dad will be home from prison. it was like they were able to map out their lives. and so i worked with children and with families to hel

have all mentioned the inner connectedness of our interests and china's interests and all of the nations of asia pacific. so to sum it up, my time at the defense department was a time of really more, i think, continued engagement as our military-to-military leaders have done, as i did in the six trips i took. in fact, i took those at my initiative to do more and more of that, develop partnerships, relationships. and also, a time of more and more -- i wouldn't say conflict. i would say difference -- differences that i think are going to continue to grow out, as china expands, their economic growth which they have been on this rocket ship the last 20 years have not been able to be sustained. cannot be sustained. but we surely want to stable china and secure china and it's in our interests. all of that was bubbling at the time i was there. but overall, i think it was a time of management of the relationship. >> just a short follow-up, before i go on to my next question, which is, the rebalance is designed to engage the chinese, is designed to strengthen our alliances with our traditional allies. th

thailand and australia but research shows that it is far widespread and present in many nations in southeast asiasub-sahara africa and south america. coauthor of the report and head of microbiology at the o oxford in bangkok. tell us about this new disease. what have you found out about it? >> yes, this is the first work that we used the monitoring to predict where the bacteria is present worldwide. for that we estimate the incident an abroad, with this we now know it is which had spread in thailand and the tropical countries. we estimate that it is an early part in 79 countries in the world. >> and why does it seem to be moving so quickly? how is it passed on and what do you think can be done to stop it? >> yes, i think actually this is widely in our world already. but it has never been diagnosed properly. we need to improve the diagnosis and treatment that can--the bacteria needs to be diagnosed by culture in the hospital, but that, however, in developing countries-- >> we're going to have to leave it there. because we've got pictures coming to us from syria. these aren't live pictures but it's

we're traveling across the largest mainland nation in southeast asia. confines of the tourist triangle. areas permissible for travel. whole sectors of this country, much of it in fact, are off limits. simply put, there is shit going on that they do not want you to see. a low-intensity conflict with the ethnic kachin tribe would be one of them. a wave of persecution and death in the thu kine state. the country may be opening up at its center, but all along the edges it's waging a desperate war to hang on to the status quo. needless to say, the status quo is not good. >> all right. bagan, here we come. ♪ >> a thousand years ago bagan was the capital for a long line of ama kings. it's the sort of place where the old coexists with the even older. as elsewhere in this part of the world, in many of the buddhist temples here far older animist spirit-based beliefs co-exist with more recent buddhism. and in myanmar, worship of the gnats is wietspread. gnats as i understand it, are more like greek gods, former humans, demigods, spirits, often with very human qual

we have run you through the mood in crude and some of the matching nations in asia -- machinations inavid inglis, when we last checked in, we saw we were down on the shanghai. david: we do have two stories on the market. shanghai, that is doing its own thing. that dances to its own tune anyway. the rest of asia, on its way up. the overall sense i get is there is more risk appetite. a lot of these vicious moves in the past seven days have pushed some of these valuations to attractive levels, but not everyone is convinced that the moment. volumes are fairly flat. you had a few things come in. fairly good trade numbers out of china. the key take away is that trade activity picked up. exports increased on a yuan basis, and a weak currency was helping things along, which was confirmed by the customs bureau. the second thing was a fairly stable or unchanged fixing for dollar-yuan. let me show you the spread between the onshore and offshore rates, very narrow again. whether you like it or not, the pboc, through intervention, managing to impose some sort of discipline in the market, and what

asia-pacific trade pact. the president will address the nation tonight at nine. you can see it right here on abc columbia. >>> crysty: the candidates vying to be the next commander in chief are set to take the stage once again. the next republican presidential debate is thursday in north charleston. fox business network, which will broadcast the debates, said seven candidates will be on stage for the main debate. carson, senators ted cruz and marco rubio, governors chris christie and john kasich and former governor jeb bush. and invited to the undercard debate are senator rand paul, carly fiorina, former r vernor mike huckabee and former senator rick santorum. >>> crysty: for lawmakers back here at home it's a busy day across the street from us at the state house. today is the start of a new legislative session. >> rochelle: the last time lawmakers met in columbia, democrats and many republicans united to bring down the confederate flag that flew outside the statehouse for 50 years. lawmakers say they hope that unity continues. senate members worked last month pr

asia-pacific band china. the 1.4 billion, there are people living in the nations of southeast asia alone, not to speak of 127 llion in japan. the third largest national economy. 50 million in south korea and 1.7 billion in the indian subcontinent. there is so much to offer in the region. china is vitally important. it is the largest economy in the region. by a long way. gained fromh to be strengthened china cooperation. progress on ineffective global response to china -- to climate change would not have been achieved without them seeing eye to eye, nor could a settlement with iran on its nuclear program. the road to any lasting resolution of the threat to north korea passes through beijing as well as washington. the united states, china, on all the world hasgree benefited mightily from the rise. toall agree the biggest risk that is conflict. and the disruption that would bring. post central is the asia-pacific to the world economy, global stability, but the preservation of international order and the peace it brings has been a consistent and central objective of the united states and australia. -- chinases pr

as we pivot to east asia, we see beijing feeding nationalism and embraced the projected value and influence across east asia and the south china sea. the cutting edge of this process is free warfares. peter navarro has emphasized china's free warfares so let me talk more. it combines psychological, media and bogus law to form a dynamic three dimensional war fighting process. it uses false histories, bogus law, and intimidation to create the force. if the object of war is to acquire and influence china's through warfare and war by other means. approved in 2003, the free warfares refliects china's strategic culture. it uses the three warfares to do the same thing it did today it did years ago. warfa fare. these days, china's war fares are used to counter u.s. power projection as part of china's broader military strategy or anti-access area denial in the south china sea. a point fully well developed in peter navarro's book. the u.s. depends upon access to the maritime comments and japan to anchor its position in asia. the free war fare is the mechanisms china uses to structure the campaign env

all of a sudden you have a new dynamic power and the other is the restoration of east asia were japan isn't a new nation but a consolidated nation and both of those embark on germany, japan, both becoming the largest and most important power in the region and they happen to be on either side of the russian empire so that is the world in which he is born. there are other things going on the road as you eluded to the people get into that world and reshape. before he gets to fight the war with japan he gets up the power. it's not the challenge is to try on the unifying thread between isabella and stalin. the only one i could think of as they is they were all children once. [laughter] how do you deal with the growing up here to. it's not interesting as children or that lesson. >> i think that it's important and in a way i don't begin writing a book until i know how it ends and the poems i know i'm going to be taking my subject and the reader then i go back and i follow all the trails and look for the seeds that will become these flowers of. and the stakes of woodrow wilson they have this strong streak of re

asia-pacific in china. in addition to china's 1.4 billion there1.4 billion there are 625 million people living in the nations of southeast asia alone. the world's largest national economy. 50 million in south korea in 1.7 of the indian subcontinent. so much to offer the china is vitally important, it is the largest economy in the region and there is much to be gained from strengthened china us cooperation as we have seen. progress on an effective global response could not have been achieved without an eye to eye seeing. and of course the road to lasting resolution of the threat from north korea passes through beijing as well as washington. .. >> >> and under the un convention. we look forward in the coming months to the deliberations. in the also look forward to have united states ratified in the u.s. observers the treaty in which to product of american leadership is crucial to resolving many flashpoints. the ratification diminishes american leadership period is most needed. let me conclude with book five. there the independent island and maintained its neutrality and they were met with a sneer. you know, is

percent of the gdp of the planet but a very significant alliance of nations that want to do business by high standards from all of the asia-pacific , the reopening of our embassy and the developing of a plan which offers the opportunity if people want to take it from assigned on dubai saudi arabia and iran and other countries and organizations. for ending the syrian civil war. we also saw major gains on the ground against this organization in syria and iraq by ancaps off by an impressive victory by iraqi forces with coalition supported romani. just this afternoon earlier this morning ii had a videoconference with our commanders as well as secretary ash carter from our ambassadors from turkey and iraq and we discussed the road ahead and securing the mahdi and moving forward and the rest of the campaign for which we have a clear plan and clear expectations. i should also.out that last year was also a good year for democracy and such countries as nigeria, sri lanka, burma, and there were significant elections as well in venezuela, argentina, the central african republic and elsewhere. all of this is not an end unto itself. i

asia pacific than china. in addition to china's 1.4 billion, there are 625 million people living in the nations of southeast asia alone. not to speak of 127 million in japan, itself the world's third-largest national economy. 50 million in south korea. and of course 1.7 billion in the indian subcontinent. there is so much to offer in this region. china is vitally important. it is the largest economy in the region, by a long way, and there is much to be gained from strengthened china-u.s. cooperation as we have seen. progress on an effective global response to climate change could not have been achieved without president see and obama seeing eye to eye. the lasting resolution to the threat from north korea passes through beijing as well as washington. the united states, china, australia, all the nations, agree that the world has benefited mightily from china's rise. we all agree that the biggest risk to that continued peaceful rise is conflict and the disruption and instability that would bring. so central is the asia pacific to the world economy, to global stability, that the preservation of the international or

that the national team is playing in the shanghai composite as one analyst says from our asia reporters. the other interesting dynamic is the shanghai composite is no longer in a there -- bear territory. what we have here is shanghai debt. the overall margin trading falls june. lowest since last shanghai margin debt for the the day in a row is at lowest level since october the ninth, excuse me when bar worth had taken not about 1.3 trillion yuan. a real reduction in the overall leverage. where is the money flowing this morning? fromower gross numbers china are reflecting in the aussie and the kiwi. let's look at the aussie dollar and the kiwi dollar. we are turning it around in terms of these currencies. we have just come back from that negative territory. keep an eye on the japanese yen, it has risen by 2.3% versus the dollar this month. -- the future traders are the most bullish. let us get you up to speed. nejra: china's official growth figures came in below expectations with gdp rising 6.8% for the world's second-largest economy expanded six point 9% annually, it's slowest rate sinc

asia-pacific region, seoul's kospi also opened lower. it's now trading lower by about 1.3%. australia's markets are closed for a national holiday. let's see what's happening with currencies. many traders are buying the yen as a safer asset as they want to avoid risks with the lower prices for oil and stocks. dollar/yen now at 118.07 to 10. now, many are watching what the u.s. federal reserve will say in its statement after the policy meeting on wednesday. investors are waiting for some hints about the pace of rate hikes amid the market turmoil. >>> russia's economy has shrunk for the first time in six years. the contraction follows the slump in the price of oil, which is the country's main export product. the national statistics service released preliminary gdp growth figures on monday. they show that the company shrank 3.7% in 2015, that's from the previous year. this is the first annual decline since 2009, a year after the collapse of lehman brothers. the statistics service said exports from january to november declined 32.1% from the same period in 2014. retail sales dropped 10% year on year due to a rise in consumer prices a

comment that when you have a consortium of nations working together can you prevent the horror of world war i that was now unfolding in your -- in europe and asia. >> how does that fit into today's political climate in the united states? tom: everything the roosevelt's fund for his now on the front pages. this idea of religious intolerance is driving the violence in the middle east. free speechon of and expression is underpinning. trying to suppress the rights of people to . in china very recently, they change the laws to make it harder for bloggers and people to comment online. this freedom from want is critical. we have seen a genetic increase in the quality of life across the world. fewer people living in abject poverty today than any other point in u.s. history. you think about freedom from fear, americans right now are being in and dated with inse messages that we are danger. in fact, it is a safer world now than it has ever been that there are these terrorist organizations inflicting terror and the way media updates today, relatively small events take on global significance. if you think about in 1941, more than one million people were ki

asia. the airmen are from the 166th operations and medical squadron. >>> the democratic national convention here in philadelphia now just six months away. today the application process opens to become a delegate to represent the new jersey democratic state committee during that july convention. you have until march to apply online, then the delegation will be selected by june. the dnc convention runs july 25th until the 28th. >>> a new gamble in atlantic city for stockton university. the university got the green light for $17 million of funding for a satellite campus at a different location in a.c. the project is only in the design phase. stockton tried to open after it first bought the casino but ran into legal restrictions. the university in galloway township is in the process of selling that property to developer bart blatstein. >>> coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, a cartoon drawing plenty of criticism. tonight, why law enforcement is not laughing about this artwork. >>> plus, crab fries on campus. it's the first as a restaurant tries something new. >>> plus, a bitter cold night ah

sophomore forward asia wilson earning sec player of the week honors for her play. espnw named her the national player of the week yesterday. she scored 26 points and blocked eight shots in each of carolina's two wins last week. averaged 10 1/2 rebounds. the gamecocks back in action at ole miss thursday. and one final football note for you, citadel named brent today. news at 6:00. >> really cold again tonight. temperatures down into the teens in the coldest spots. look at it tomorrow afternoon, 45. the main rain, yeah, main rain, that comes in on friday and then thank you s much. you've been watching abc columbia news at 6:00. thank you for making us your choice for news. >> keep it right here for "world news tonight" with david muir

which then lead into the open water on the east coast of mall asia and that has really scared not just the regional government here but the national government. people here want answers it's environmental concerns that has led the malaysian government to take this step of suspension in the first instance perhaps leading to a later ban? >> reporter: yes. i think the environmental concerns have been there for many years. it has been mined here for at least three to four years. malaysia is the market leader with australia having stopped its exports to leading countries like china who take on board balks item, and-- bauxite. the problem here is that people feel that it is not being managed properly and that the open-cut mining of bauxite is not only ruining the environment but potentially could ruin the health of people here. long-term studies are yet still to be completed, but it is a very divisive issue. it will give the government and local authorities some respite, it will allow the groups to put on the pressure for a complete ban, but this two-month period is a chance for parties to reassess how they stand. people are making mone

now distinguished professor at the near east and south asia center for strategic studies at the national defense university. our third witness will be jodi vittori. a senior policy advisor at the global witness, at global witness. he has also served in the u.s. military in afghanistan. thank you for that service and in countering corruption in the defense and security sector i know is a big job. so we thank you all for being here. we think this is a very distinguished panel. if you could keep your comments to around five minutes, without objection, your written testimony will be entered

asia. i would hike to start with what kind of year it will be for asean nations. >> the average growth rate is around 5%. the fastest growing nations are cambodia, laos, they would grow over 7%. and then the philippines and vietnam are doing pretty well, too. malaysia is going slowly. maybe a little less than 5%. that's the typical forecast. thailand, still some political turmoil, so people say 3% growth. >> he expecting china's slowdown to influence southeast asian economies but the bigger risks come from within the ten nations. >> even if china's economy is slowing down, still actually that kind of transaction -- i think china slowing down would be limited in terms of manufacturing productivity over there. their own risk is how they can make a sort of career targets for development. i think they have to do that seriously, because that generates the creatability of their own economy too. countries like malaysia are very open to the foreign sector. myanmar, too. myanmar is going to have a new government. we are wondering whether the new government could continue being a decent economic poli

the unusual cold snap is being felt across east asia. 65 deaths are being blamed on the cold weather. >>> u.s. gas prices continue to tumble. the national average is $1.83. that's according to aaa. and it's down 17 cents since christmas. the lowest price in seven years. industry experts say that's because of the low prices of crude. they add that it could change if oil prices start going up consistently again. >>> bay area gas prices are higher than other places in the country. we're paying 70 cents more a gallon. the cheapest local price is in the east bay, $2.54. up in the north and san francisco's average is $2.68. >>> pitchers and catchers report to spring training in less than a month. >> the oakland a's held a fan fest over the weekend. scott reese was there with the new and old faces wearing the green and gold. >> reporter: the field doesn't exactly conjure up images of the dog days of summer. but in the middle of winter, baseball is in the air. >> finally, we don't have to watch all basketball on tv. >> reporter: yes, the a's are back. they enter 2016 with new names, some harder than others to pronounce, new faces, new haircuts.

in developing nations - the children more than doubled between 19-90 and almost half of live in asia - and twenty-five percent in africa. the w-h-o calls the numbers alarming - saying the obesity epidemic has the potential to reverse many around the world. congressional budget office people than expected are insurance as part of the affordable care act. numbers released today show 13 million people are likely to purchase down by about 8 million from estimates early last year. the budget office says fewer unsubsidized customers are buying through the state exchanges -- which offer coverage to those who don't have insurance through their employer. one week from today.... voters in iowa will make their voices heard in the first caucuses of the presidential campaign season. g-o-p frontrunner donald trump... sharing some tough words - for his closest rival - senator ted cruz. we can't have a guy who stands in the middle of the senate floor and every job, right. you have to make deals. you have to get along. that's the purpose of what our founders created. and ted cannot get along with any

spent millions of dollars on national campaigns to tighten gun laws and reform immigration. >> lauren: yeah. let's get you caught up on global market action overnight. in asias. nikkei almost 1%. hang sen one and a third and the kospi up three quarters of 1%. >> nicole: let's see the trading action in europe right now. we just saw the ftse turn into negative territory. we only saw slight gains. they've been back and forth. the cac higher and the dax up 8. it's not even one tenths of one percent. >> lauren: right here in the u.s., s&p down 3 and nasdaq down 9 and a half. >> nicole: so much has correspondence lace to oil itself. now 31.39, barrel is down 2 and a half percent after a couple of days to the upside. gold 11.03-ounce. >> lauren: ceo jack dorsey revamping company. dorsey tweeting last night that med ahead, kevin, alex, head of engineering and hr skip will all leave the company. dorsey addressing what he called inaccurate press rumors. he praised the four executives and he said he was sad to announce departures. twitter stock is down about 50% since dorsey's return to the company last year and is trading below ipo price. >> nicole: this may be a mer

released a statement which says safeguarding peace and stability in northeast asia is in everyone's best interest. the united nationskou council is holding an emergency meeting. >> the president surrounded by the family of victims, he blasted the lack of gun control progress. he's taking executive action calling for more extensive background checks, increased mental health treatment and improved gun safety technology. >> in germany, police report dozens of women were sexually assaulted and robbed during a new year's eve celebration. an investigation is underway. germany's justice minister cautions against linking the assaults to the immigration issue. >> back to the top story. north korea's surprise nuclear test. an assistant professor is joining us now over the phone to discuss this test implications. thanks for your time. what do you make of this claim from north korea? do you think it's true? >> well, there seems to be little debate they conducted a nuclear test. experts are trying to fathom if it was a hydrogen bomb, as they claim, or not. but it was not an earthquake, and it was a significant blow. so there was

asia. but then you move on from there commander cole national defense university had a very interesting talk with him about mind warfare. china allegedly has largest inventory of mines in the world and that's your grandfather's mine. right. so toshi walked me through how a mine on the bottom of the ocean and east china sea or the south china sea can let 100 ships go by. and then pick up the acoustic or magnet signature of a vietnamese submarine and carrier and 70 miles per hour through the water, it's a mission kill. all right. these are serious capability les. applicant in the islands and taiwan scenario. of course o there's this submarines that come back again to a very interesting parallel between imperial japan and rise in china. restoration, japan, brings in a british and the french basically to krampleg krnch out what, they warships. most in the warships in early year were produced by british and french and then they learned how to do it and produced it in their own shipyard. comien is doing the same thing. their submarines right now are running with german air indpiewns propulsion sys

country expressed this opinion to me, when i was traveling in asia, as a private citizen, he said, when you are trying to assist another nation defend its freedom, u.s. policy should be to help them fight the war but not to fight the war for them. well, in accordance with this wise counsel, i laid down in guam three principles as guidelines for future american policy toward asia. first, the united states will keep all of its treaty commitments. second, we shall provide a shield if a nuclear power threatens the freedom of a nation allied with us or of a nation whose survival we consider vital to our security. third, in cases involving other types of aggression, we shall furnish military and economic assistance when requested in accordance with our treaty commitments, but we shall look to the nation directly threatened to assume the primary responsibility of providing the manpower for its defense. after i announce this policy, i found that the leaders of the philippines, thailand, vietnam, south korea, other nations which might be threatened with communist direction welcomed this new direction in american foreign policy. the de

test-firing this bomb a provocation like the other nations in the region but also went as far as to say it was an unsafe unwise action and that it could destabilize asia pacific region. so that's some pretty strong rhetoric coming out from an ally. what's interesting seeing is china's behind the united nations security council resolution and has been in the past but it's interesting if china does anything more on a bilateral level directly with north korea that is something we haven't seen as overt over the last couple of test firings, top-of-the-line. >> scott heidler, thank you. >>> experts are casting doubts on north korea's claim to have tested its first ever hydrogen bomb they are not doubting pyongyang's nuclear power and ambitions. al jazeera's courtney kealy reports. >> after a north korean news anchor announced the testing of a hydrogen warhead. nuclear weapon possessing powerful socialist north korea the great workers party of north korea. but worldwide expressed doubts about the her mit kingdom's grandiose claims. >> the characteristics of the seismic signals detected from this event are very similar to the characteristics of the seismic si

creating the united nations, that only when you have a consortium of countries working together can you prevent the kind of horror that was experienced in world war i and was now unfolding in asia and europe. >> flashforward 75 years to 2016. how do you think that concept of the four freedoms speech fits into today's world? >> it's quite extraordinary. almost all of it is relevant today. it's on the front pages of the newspapers and leads our television shows. the idea of religious in tolerances driving much of what we see in the middle east. the idea of freedom and we see in is what these governments trying to express their people. in china, they just change the laws to make it even harder for bloggers and people to comment on line. freedom from want is critical. we have seen a dramatic increase in quality of life across the world. there are fewer people living in abject poverty today than at any point in human history, so there has been progress made in that. but if you think about freedom from fear, americans are being in it dated with messages of danger. withct -- inundated messages of danger, messages of fear. that it has world ever been, in fact. but now relatively small

ds which initiative to empower children of incarcerated parents of all different nations and so i've been in africa, asia, dubai, the middle east, all over to tell them, you are also amazing. it is okay to have a parent in prison and still love them. 90% of the children that i interviewed said, you know, i want a life long relationship with my parent. i love my mom. it kills me that my sister speaks about her in this way. but i live here. and so this is where i want to be. i tell the children to accept their story and accept their narrative. a lot of the children that i interviewed who were white children were empowered because they talked about their stories often. in their rooms on book shelves there were books that talked about parental incarceration. and therefore that's why i created a book that allowed some of the children to be of the same complexion and to educate them. those children felt empowered because they were able to say when i'm 18 and i'm graduating, my dad will be home from prison. it was like they were able to map out their lives. and so i worked with children and with families to hel

asia. look at let's have a the events in the last 24 hours. the united nations security council will take action against north korea after it said it conducted a new nuclear test. kim jong-un said it wasn't h-bomb, although some countries doubt it has the technology. what do we know? >> we have just learned in the last couple of minutes that south korea has partially banned .ntry into north korea north korea we know has a history of exaggerating its technological prowess, and experts say the yield and size of this 5.1 magnitude earthquake unlikely it was a hard judge and bomb. the strength of tremors were similar, if not down, compared to the atomic bomb test from the north conducted in 2006, 2009, 2013. regardless, the international community pledged a stern response. they deemed the test a clear violation of security council resolutions, but they are also running out of options to rein in kim jong-un's nuclear ambitions. that makes china's role in all of this crucial. for china toest rein in its uncooperative ally and biggest trading partner. -- united nations

asia was actually a hide gen bomb. the u.s. is skeptical. in north korea, people cheered as the news anchor announced the nation detonated a hide gen bomb.they will work on measures in response. >> that could mean more sanctions for that nation. >>> happening today, congressional republicans will hold a ceremony celebrating an achievement. they say they have been working towards since 2010 passing a repeal of obamacare and sending it to the president's desk. it would also de-fund plant parenthood. president obama promised to veto the bill. lawmakers don't have enough to override the veto. but the gop sees it as a symbolic victory. >>> mayor jim kenney says something has to change with the annual new year's mumer's parade. this year it drew controversy. critics say some acts like this one where marches were captured, dressed as tacos. another that gender the parody transition of caitlin jen rer shedding a negative light on the annual parade. >> you can't pick on trans people, you can't pick on gay people, you can't pick on immigrants. it's not funny. >> there definitely has to be a level of accountability built in. they haven't been able

nation. this is therefore very real. my government takes it very seriously >>> a cold snap has swept across east asia killing at least 85 people in taiwan and causing major disruption. temperatures in northern china have dropped to minus 40. there is travel chaos in japan after a cold front dumped heavy snow across the country. snow storms and plummeting temperatures are making life's miserable for survivors of the earthquake in nepal last year. >> reporter: here the weather is unpredictable. this tented village is near what was the epicenter of the earthquake that took the lives of around 9,000 people last april. the entire village of laprak had to be moved one thousand metres up hill onto this plot of government land. it was a red certificate status. meaning it was in danger of being swept away by land slides. snow storms over the last two weeks have brought biting cold and made the lives of obviously aengers miserable. -- villagers. this woman worries about her five month old daughter. >> translation: i can't sleep at night because my feet get really cold. some nights i have to keep massaging my feet to keep them war

national zoo. so today zookeepers are putting the finishing trouble on the asia trail for thousands to come see the cub. if you are going, give yourself plenty of time. be patient. lines are expected to be very long. in fact you can't even get in line after 2:00 p.m. go early. leon: maybe take an umbrella. doug: i still remember when bei bei was a stick of butter. we shared it on the news yesterday. alison: isn't that amazing? doug: grown up fast. alison: exactly. doug: the best people about people in line early in the morning it may be cloudy. 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning but the rain will be finished by then. good news. good shape. start coverage on friday evening. live look at the national harbor. brightly lit up. skies getting dark now. if it's clear out it would be brighter. the daylight hours are stretching out a little bit as we get to the middle of january here. 48 degrees in the reagan national airport. 48 in cumberland. 45 degrees reported in winchester and martinsburg. 46 in manassas. 48 in the nation's capitol. here comes the rain. we have been tracking it all day long. getting closer no

federal offices, government offices in the nation's capital were closed all day monday. freezing conditions also in east asiathere they've killed at least 65 people. we understand in taiwan caused major disruption in so many places. in northern china temperatures there minus 40. and in south korea, thousands of holiday makers were left stranded. you can see why the flights were cancelled. japan, cold front dumped snow right away across the country. one farmer described how he was worried, that his crop was ruined. >> translator: i have worry that all the tea trees are closed, first snow in almost 100 years. >> rapidly plummeting temperatures, are making conditions improbable, in nepal. intoinsubina shrestha reports fm lapraq. >> etch center of the earthquake that took the lives of around 9,000 people last april. the entire village had to be moved 1,000 meters uphill onto this plot of government land, surveyors gave it a red certificate, meaning it was in danger of being swept away by landslides. but in the last few weeks, snow storms have made conditions unbearable. >> translator: i can't sleep at night, my

first was in the pentagon i had to go to their national academy of sciences and speak to young officers coming up, there were papers saying time for asia to take care of asian ands for the united states to get out. i asked the question, do you really want that to take place? if we were to get out now, who replaces us? is it going to be you? is it going to be japan? is it going to be india? who replaces a stabilizing force we have been and will continue to be. we have to persuade them we're taking modest steps to make sure their power is fully integrated into the international regime and not seen as the united states trying to in any way to prodescribe, constrict, inhibit their growth, which is inev vitt ibl. >> bill perry, anything no add. >> i would associate with with what my cloegs have said on the issue. we have had almost 50 years of peace in the asia pacific region which is historically unusual. and that 50 year of peace, two comments. first of all a key contributor the american military force in the region. secondly, that 50 years of police has more than anything, china to have economic growth. so in a way which may seem insane

nations don't tackle their emissions. we're always talking about china with pollution but now there is southeast asia.ou for joining us. ahead, live in mumbai to preview the third quarter as the for infosys indian tech giant gets set to report ahead of the market opening. will be back in two minutes. ♪ sherry: let's get a look at the markets trading here in the asia-pacific. across the board we are plunges as south korea is falling 1.3%. korean currency is at a five-year low. the japanese and nikkei is also down at more than three and half percent. the japanese stocks failed to sustain that rebound that we saw yesterday with the currency. the moment. down 1.8%. we see stocks just falling across the board. club and shanghai investment club also links to america's roosevelt family has found a way to navigate the market. stephen: it is easy to see the rise of modern china. in previous centuries east-west business thrived. even today one of america's most recognizable. the private club the house of roosevelt's run by the great-grandson of the 26th president of the united states theodore roosevelt. he and

asia. after the addresssthe president's cabinet members will go on a tour around the country to promote his plans. compliant change on our nation's economic growth. >>> they're hoping to change last month's outcome on the game coming up. we look ahead at some of our chances. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. the bruissd and battered pittsburgh steelers full of grit and medal and brawn with a 39 year old quarterback making his first start in a long time coming on. it's a rematch from december 20. brock osweiler had a first half to remember. three touchdown passes. the broncos had a 27-10 lead then remember the wheels came off the wagon. big bee in the second half. broncos got nothing. zone for steelers. barrett. they can't wait to get back especially when the steelers rub it in your face. forward to it. they celebrate -- every time they do something they celebrate so much. it makes me so mad is dancing around they do. they do it to the worst extreme. they're probably the worst team in the nfl for celebrating. >> it's always feels good to get a rematch. who else did we lost the playoffs against in reds? >> the broncos go back t