asia pacific region does have that dynamic economy. it has the aca has the top of the world's population and is bound to um down to the command and u s attention also. so i think the love of the balance was more appropriate of appropriate term especially as the us was pulling out of iraq and afghanistan. having said that that day what i believe that i live in a confusion of both that within asia pacific with specific region and outside because that way and then the wait. when it first came out the we will come at it as that package so that we need to step up political military commitment to the nation however as the acid content of the mamas fisher began then and it's starting to shift to more about what to a greater focus on the trade and economy. so i think the whole region is kind of not sure that no one specifically is that we balanced package that might include what would be what you see in terms of any concrete evidence of the rebalancing then again if we if we did the wood to that too on the slide but in the last three years wha

traffic in the world because if so world has an economic geographic organizing principle it is the asia-pacific with two of the three largest economies. china and japan and south korea gets all of their goods, energy, cargo from the south china agassi. is the asia persian gulf. but where it is only important for all real or energy the south china sea is important for energy transport for an oil and natural gas under the seabed and also for all the commercial cargo traffic. >> you already said a couple of provocative things you compare the central -- the china sea with the disputes over borders and in nationalism led to the tuberose catastrophic wars in the history of civilization. are you worried as nations conflict over control? >> the south china sea and the east china sea are both complex will not lead to the world war i style cataclysms. it was about tanks, trenches , the things like that and they went on for years and tell it involved 70 million soldiers and innocent civilians. south china sea is to postmodernism in the sense warships, nuclear submarines , a fifth generation fighter jets,

the united states has an advantage in the asia-pacific.we fought half of world war ii there, one theater of world war ii. we fought two great wars there, korea and vietnam. we have been essentially a colonial power in the philippines from 1899 right up to the early decades of the 20th century with a strong relationship with the philippines ever since. so there's a tremendous institutional basis for area expertise and friendships with the asia-pacific that we don't have quite with other parts of the world. >> okay. a few more questions. right here in the second row. and begin placing a name and where you're from. go ahead and stand up. >> thank you for the opportunity to my name is janine, i'm a vietnamese-american. i'd like to first make a few verification and then ask a question. >> if we can just be as brief as possible, but to go ahead. >> yes. >> ask a question. >> it's okay. >> oon a vietnamese-american. eichinger and 75. before then, the vietnamese in the south font with the u.s. and the whole world to fight against the communists. s

he said he welcomes the fact that united states is attaching importance to the asia pacific region makes a discovery that could contain seemed to take in all competitions. japan has traditionally maintained that japan is a mind to collective self defense. but the constitution to allow the country to exercise it take a one japanese player this is his fourth visit to the asia pacific region in all honesty as he said one of the reasons for that this is east of initial us on to this country's commitment to that the man he agreed that thirty cents will continue to work together in the field of security and defence including the hero for the national defense cooperation and guidelines he greeted us with timber on columbus visit to japan this month would also help strengthen the alliance countless tourists from japan and australia will press on with efforts to forge an economic partnership agreement on sunday after they were unable to conclude a deal that people are staying. that could come to the institution of the russian and australian children instead. andrew brown. the final balance in tok

there's a challenge in the asia-pacific rebalance successfully. we want to get the individual pieces right. the third piece of this is the one that i tried to comment on. our japanese and korean and filipino officials and the reason going to wonder if we are still dependable. you have heard most of us say that we don't necessarily see a reason why the united states should not be dependable. we think he then states treaty commitments are firm in the asia-pacific. it is a valid question and i am confident that it is on people's minds. is this indicative of a potentially retrenching and less engaged united states that is not going to be as dependable in east asia. our asian allies should not have that worry. it is worth talking through and recognizing. mr. obama will have that question posted to him next week more than once. >> to build on what mike is saying, the united states is a global power. it is uniquely a global power. one of the ways in which our world is interconnected is through the medium of global power because of what happened and how w

we are seeing stocks generally lower across the asia-pacific today following that slump on wall street on friday. the nasdaq index with tech shares leading the decline, below the 4000 level, and it filtered through today. we have seen some volatility here. japan, swinging between gains and losses. across the region, declines for the hong kong hang seng, the shanghai composite, as well. across the region, as southeast asia continues to trade, modest moves to the upside in jakarta as well as singapore today. a lot of corporate movement and a lot of action in the commodity space. this news regarding the ukraine and emergency meeting of the security council, it is filtering through to commodity markets. we are seeing palladium surging the most since 2011. that is because russia is the biggest producer. there are supply concerns. russia and ukraine having an impact on many global markets today. russia and the united states have clash at the u.n. at the anest security council held emergency session. moscow's investor says the west and kiev are behind the instability, while the u.s. says russ

player inevery major the put a -- any asia-pacific region would have something similar.ut it, we would be disadvantaged somewhat. there just certain export credits regular commercial banks are not going to engage in and that leaves a huge hole in the market for somebody. if we are not there on the competition would pick it up and that would not be a good news story. >> the main beneficiaries are bowling, kellogg put -- had a pillar, and general motors. the tea party says this is an example of corporate welfare. do these companies really need government support? >> of course they don't always need government support. they are competing against other companies abroad receiving export credits and subsidies that give them a distinct advantage in the marketplace. i am one who is in favor of phasing out all corporate subsidies. i think that's not a good thing longer-term but we have to recognize we are in a very competitive world and you unilaterally disarm. these things are nice to talk about it get you good applause line that a town hall meeting, but we are in a hypercompeti

take a closer look at the week ahead with our next guest who joins us live from tokyo. .e is in asia-pacificconomist good to see you in tokyo. what is most important for you in the week ahead in asia? >> well, the two speeches by janet yellen will shed more light on this six-month promise that yellen delivered before the congress. this is the most important thing to watch. yieldthen, the ten-year in the u.s. has really retreated . we are now at a very low level compared to what on average we had this year. this is of course due to the equity market situation. rights, it isof waiting for some remarks from miss yellen, which might come this week. some of a reminder that the asian economies here still need a lot more work to be done fundamentally? you know, it's a very weird market situation. weird -- theg equity market correction was probably overdue -- all these words by the fed, and with the economic situation in the u.s. affirming up, although gradually, we still have a very low yield that the federal government is paying on its securities. ourselves,ave to ask where is the u.s. in the econ

region will see stable growth this year will advance as it is these asia pacific in long update released today that the region's e coli in the colony is posted by a recovery in developed countries and marcus morris response to the fence to be tapering so stop developing east asia will grow by seven point one percent is he a largely on change from two thousand thirteen the vocalists as as result is danger remains the post is growing region in the boat despite the slowdown from the average growth rate of eight percent from two thousand ninety pound fourteen in china where this will ease slightly to seven point six percent this year from seven point seven percent in two thousand sitting. excluding china the developing country in the region will grow by one percent slightly down from one point two percent last year. people's daily citizen consumer price inflation in the country they have picked up the mulch of generally did a nice he's limited room for prices to increase the net the state owned newspapers as well prizes which have a big influence on overall process goes. we have continued th

so obama is the asia pacific tour will not include china but that doesn't mean chinese policies in the region would be on the agenda. cctv is white house correspondent justice stone reports from washington when china and the united states established a new major country relationship in the summer of twenty thirteen it raised questions for japan and the republic of korea as both countries have defense treaties with the united states basketball japan increased its defense budget by nearly three percent japanese prime minister shinzo hyundai has made clear his long term goal of overturning the country's pacifist constitution. will examine the report by the committee of the building of the legal infrastructure of the security and how we approach the right to collective self defense for the collective security the republican korea are well aware that the u s defense budget is shrinking and are projected cuts the navy says it will be forced to moth ball six destroyers and retired aircraft carrier by us officials say the purpose of us president barack obama visit to japan and the republic of

adding drag overall in the asia-pacific.y negative cues coming out of wall street as well as her that slightly worse than expected nonfarm payrolls report. seeing a decline sparked by the nikkei 225. of course, the selloff on wall street is still filtering through. and the selloff of tech shares on friday on the nasdaq. let's check out the hang seng index, down less than half of 1%. here is down for a. second day casino shares of macau moving today. property developers also in the mix you see nearly a 4% drop for new world development. it is not all bad news. you have property developers gaining. quickly checking in on what we are seeing elsewhere across the region, a mixed portrait today, the jakarta composite starting the session higher by just about .7% of one percent. . the philippines modestly higher today. the negate 225 down by 1.3%. the yen has been inactive today. that is having an impact been one of the movers is daiichi sankyo. that is lifting that she sankyo. it has been a persistent challenge for the japanese we

voice at the pentagon on asia-pacific policy prior to that. thrill to have him here. think he is still the only marine in history who was the superintendent at annapolis. for the navy to trust their midshipmen to a marine tells you even more about general allen. thrilled to have him. >> it was called the great experiment. >> najib sharifi is an accomplished afghan who has been a journalist throughout his career. like one of the three presidential candidates, abdullah abdullah, he was trained as a medical doctor. he is also interested in afghanistan's future. he has been an analyst for afghanistan awareness and analysis, the place he now works. we will talk about websites in a moment so you all can learn more from these distinguished gentlemen. he has also worked for the afghanistan research and evaluation unit uncovered afghanistan for a number of media outlets. we would like to cover the elections and also everything that surrounds them and everything going on by way of transition and 2014. this is also the year when isaf will end its mission with uncertainty at pres

we are seeing shares falling across the asia pacific. check out the figures here. you see the regional benchmark right now. modest gain here. but if you look at the individual stock story, it is generally a down day. shares modestly lower in tokyo today as shares get under way. this is what we have. higher by 4/10. the taiwan index trading lower. let's go with singapore right now because we do have the latest g.d.p. figure. those numbers coming in perhaps slightly slowing in terms of economic growth. we did see the monetary authority there maintaining its current stamps in terms of the singapore dollar. watching that today. here are early movers. among those, hong kong up 1.6%. in the downside category. noble group 4/10 of 1%. that's the publisher of course of the straight times newspaper. now, as shares continue to trade in tokyo today we are watching the yen. been a lot of action on the currency front. these are the movers in tokyo. your downside movers sharp nearly 10% drop there for the stock. reports of a possible capital raising plan sending that stock lower.

my threeid that in previous trips to the asia pacific. rebalanced asia pacific was strategy.ain china president obama has made that point very clear, secretary has, i have. as i said in some of my remarks continuation of the relationships, the friendships, the partnerships many yearshad for with many of these countries in asia pacific. the united states has been a power for many years. tremendousresents opportunities the three largest the world are here in asia pacific. states.apan, the united so we're no strangers to this area. my trip here and my invitation came as aan ministers result of the continuation of our relationships, enhancement deepening of those relationships, where can we cooperate more fully. certainly much much yesterday's that, was about humanitarian assistance, .isaster relief i thought the noa administrators presentation was pointed yesterday when she talked about this part of the world being visited by more big natural of thers than any part world and that's going to continue according to our science and according to

the united states is renewing our leadership in the asia pacific and our engagement is rooted in our liances. and that includes the philippines, which is the oldest security treaty alliance that we have in asia. as a vibrant democracy the philippines reflects the desire of citizens in this region to live in freedom and to have their universal rights upheld. as one of the fastest-growing economies in asia the philippines represents new opportunities for the trade and investment that creates jobs in both countries. and given its strategic location, the philippines is a vital partner on issues such as maritime security and freedom of navigation. and let me add that the recent agreement to end the insurgency in the south gives the philippines the historic opportunity to forge a lasting peace here at home with greater security and prosperity for the people of that region. i was proud to welcome president aquino a couple years ago and since then we've worked to deepen our cooperation and to modernize our alliances. our partnership reflects an important filipino concept. bayaniya, the idea t

we see it across the asia pacific where there is increased risk of storm surge and extreme event and whole small island nations may be lost as the sea level rises. >> we're going to take a short break. when we come back we'll talk about adaptation, what it's going to ask for, and from who. >> aljazeera america presents a break through television event borderland... six strangers... >> let's just send them back to mexico >> experience illegal immigration up close and personal. >> it's overwhelming to see this many people that have perished. >> lost lives are re-lived... >> all of these people shouldn't be dead. >> will there differences bring them together, or tear them apart. >> the only way to find out is to see it yourselves. >> which side of the fence are you on? borderland only on al jazeera america >> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. observed impacts from climate change is , on this edition of our program we're discussing the latest report from the united nations called climate change change 2014 impacts, ataptations and vo vulnerability. defining a whole new financ

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policy to rebalance toward the asia pacific region as it contributes positively to the peace and cooperation i firmly believe that president obama's asia trip demonstrate his strong commitment toward his policy of rebalancing toward the region and his pledge to implemented the commitment. as the un security council member, south korea stands side by side with the u.s. to stand by any issues undermining. they work together in asia africa and poverty fightings. we'll gather our wisdom to tackle new challenges. another important pillar of our alliance is practical cooperation and economic social and culture sectors. this topic has continued so far and will continue. together with the u.s. our mutual defense treaty have become major lynch pin of our alliance. we plan to expand mutual beneficial cooperation based on fta. we share the view that followed by fta between the two countries, tpp will enable both of our countries to expand our cooperation in the future. we will closely coordinate with each other regarding korea's participation in ttp. regarding the issue of the energy, scientists from t

they tell me that the tour has been successful in reinforcing america's unshakable ties with the asia-pacific region. but there were some shortcomings, too. u.s. and japanese leaders had hoped to reach a deal on the trans-pacific partnership free trade talks, during obama's visit. but hours of discussion turned to agreement. a joint statement released at the end of obama's visit only said some progress had been made. obama also left malaysia empty-handed on trade. prime minister razak said malaysia was far from being ready to sign any deal due to internal sensitivities. obama's visit resulted in some gains with its allies on security issues. but there is more work to be done for all parties concerned when it comes to trade. nhk world, manila. >>> pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine are showing no sign of ending their use of violence, despite renewed pressure from the united states and the european union. in the largest eastern city of done ez k pro-russian militants wielding metal clubs attacked people rallying in support of ukrainian unity. some demonstrators were injured. they also s

you want to show to defend science remains strong and is contributing to peace and stability in asia pacific the house was tiny seed that can seat up or ship to the east tennessee to park up the opening contest. i then scored cold eyed the japanese government thinking. it all depends territory in terms of history and international the chinese military is expanding its reach in the first tennessee too the effect of the current state of things i really feel we must. that is undetermined. restraint mitre and spice and in asia which could otherwise go unchecked. then there's north korea. all glory to god and are pushing ahead to the new clear to me so different. it threatened to carry out an underground nuclear test the builder used to making the bomb on to climb from his country will continue to benefit from the protection afforded by britain and the security key this is the most scenic and the fact that the theme was covered in deep end of the crash the time out of the few cacti don't hide it and i'd like to tell the world with president obama. we will not tolerate any attempt to use that for

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they said on sunday the ttp is an ambitious attempt to create a huge economic sounding the asia pacific region. a good deal when i'm down to the reading japan's interests. it is the most important product for the next century analysis of initiation signing the final stages and will become even tougher. she added that japan will continue to pursue a favorable outcome. in sentencing the guilty and are suspected to have killed at least fourteen people into one attacks both aunties beneath the rebels wanted to stop the fine weeklong the general election. six people died when a bomb tore through a vehicle carrying soldiers in the central state of texas sky. an hour and the economic costs and upon scanning election officials seven people died in that attack. don't tease and remove the left wing extremist group the colonists on tv india not least for the expansion is insidious and carried out several attacks on police stations essential released in india the city one to protect the rights of co finance eight hundred and ten million people eligible to those in the nineties that led to the terms

after leaving tokyo the us is committed to standing with its allies in the asia pacific region as tensions rise in the east china sea and in the south china sea. the territorial disputes with the ageing and causes comes amid signs that the ageing is becoming increasingly aggressive suddenly in terms of its naval maneuvers supper the same time as a very difficult balancing act to carry off while he is a particularly in japan. he needs to reassure to come to the us cents with its ministers territorial disputes with china. he also needs to avoid doing or saying anything. that aggravates tensions between china and the us but the minute we had a lot about the us commitment to hold the asia pacific away from europe in the middle east news will be obama's towns it demonstrates is japanese and south korea on this. it is more than an aspiration but that the us will cause diplomatic economic and even a cause of the ministry engagement at the forefront if necessary. dysentery thank you very much for thinking they're from tokyo. big up on news in britain this tuesday this change at the top at manchest

asia-pacific, down 19% in terms of their delivery. issue in terms of how to grow the business. 4.2%.geo down let's cross over to berlin. we have some key meetings for russia and ukraine today. >> talks get underway between the four parties in about an hour. the first thing the u.s. wants to establish is whether russia is serious in terms of wanting to have a diplomatic engagement. thee will be talks about constitution. all parties will agree the constitution can change, but they will not agree to russian demands that if her region wants to secede, it can. >> thank you. we will be watching that meeting closely. we're also watching a lot of stocks off the back of rapport report -- off of the back of a report that european car sales rose. we had janet yellen yesterday. we are watching a couple of corporate and we're watching ukraine and russia. >> you did not leave me much. go back and look at bloomberg.com and look at the bill mcdermott interview. -- thisd the similarity could be what the year 2000 was intact. -- in cap. -- tech. china

in my threethat previous trips to the asia-pacific. the rebalanced asia-pacific was .ot a contain china strategy president obama has made that point very clear. secretary kerry has, i have. as i said in some of my remarks ofe, this was a continuation the relationships, the friendships, the partnerships that we have had for many years with many of these countries in the asia-pacific. the u.s. has been a pacific power for many years. this area represents tremendous opportunities. the three largest economies in the world are here in , china, japan, the united states. we are no strangers to this area. invitation tomy ean ministers came as a result of the continuation of our relationships, enhancement and deepening of the those relationships. we can coordinate and cooperate more fully. certainly much of yesterday's agenda was about that. ,umanitarian assistance disaster relief. aathought the no administrators recitation was particularly poignant, when she talked about this part of the bigd being visited by more natural disasters than any pa

president obama kicked off his eight-day asia tour, arriving in tokyo this morning. the trip is aimed at advancing the pacificns trade pact and reassuring allies that the u.s. will back their security interests. crowley.d by joe welcome to bottom line. promiseddent last year that the united states would rebalance its policy toward asia. what type of assurances does washington need to give asia at this time when the russia-ukraine crisis leftism of our friends and allies questioning our commitment? >> the president's trip is a statement. taking the time to meet with our allies in the pacific. the pacific shift is an important one. it's the right thing to do. economically, that is where our future will lie as well. i think the president's trip is the right time. especially something going on like this with the ukraine and russia. >> the president began his trip in asia -- the significance of that given china's growing influence in the region -- he's showing a united front with the japanese prime and mr.. does he risk grading tensions with china? >> it's no secret that the niceties and japan have a close working

it had strict limits on immigration from countries in the asia-pacific, for example, and that what we're doing was looking down on those countries and wanted to change that. he said at the time to the speaker that there was no bill before the congress that was more worthy of passage based on a decency and its equity then this immigration bill. president johnson, having the signing ceremony on liberty island, something we have come to expect. let's start there. in terms of the notion of immigration as a civil rights. a lot of people agree with, other people may have a harder time with that. let's start there. how do you size of immigration? is it a civil rights? ation? is it a civil right? is it an economic issue? let's start with governor barbour, a guest to our state. >> thank you, for me 1965 happened to be the year i graduated from high school, and so i'm glad you didn't ask me to comment on the policy that we had there. [laughter] but look, in our country we have always been a country of immigrants. my great-grandfather came here from ireland, and we http://upload.youtube.com/clos_0

markets,g a nylon the asia-pacific market seeing a bit of a selloff following the decline on wall street. japan has been our most active market today. they are on a lunch break today. hong kong seeing a decline of about one point hi percent today on some of the tech shares and gamy stocks. we will be -- gaming stocks. we will be tracking those across asia. we see shares in jakarta contained -- continuing again and a similar story in vietnam today. the malaysian ringgit climbing today. rebels in india are making some -- rebels in libya are making some surprising moves. >> as elections kickoff and india, what better way than to launch all this off with a big deal as well. a $4 billion deal as far as generic drugs industry goes. it was a headache for one investor group. so we have another company who is prepared to take on that headache. the discount taking place perhaps because of it. >> last week, ranbaxy rose 26%. today, the ag sankyo which bought it back in 2008 is one of the for -- one of the few gainers on the naked 225, up 4.5%. so that is clearly a market thumbs-up on this deal. the

hanabusa: i rise today in support of h.r. 4495, the asia-pacific region priority act. this is -- this was filed last night, introduced by cookman "forbes" of virginia and myself. the timing of this bill is when the president left his left -- last stop on his trip to the pivot of the asia pacific. also this is the result of five months of hearings, round tables and meetings which congressman "forbes" and i conducted. this is truly a bipartisan effort in that it is in line with the president's commitment to my part of the world. the foift asia pacific is not just for security but also for prosperity or economic growth, along with what is very important, relationships. the president has said that the 21st century will be defined by asia pacific whether we live in cooperation or in conflict. i believe it will be in cooperation. i ask my colleagues to support our efforts on this truly bipartisan measure for the definition of the 21st century and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada seek recogni

so i want to ask you about asia-pacific region. you know, by some estimates 80% of all the new economic growth in the world will occur in the asia-pacific region. we want to be as americans where those new customers are at. the trans-pacific partnership is really a 23st century -- 21st century trade agreement unlike others this the past and, i think, will have tremendous value. so what's your strategy? i know the goal has been to complete that by the end of the year. you know, what do you see -- what is your strategy toward that end? what are some of the challenges that you face in trying to close that out in a timely way? >> well, thank you, and thank you for your support and for the support of my team, congressman braidty. brady. as you said, tpp and this region so critically important to our economy here. right now there are 500 million middle class consumers in asia-pacific region. that number is expected to grow to 2.7 billion between now and 2030. and the question is, who's going to serve that market? >> yeah. >> are they goi

will become hopefully the base of the time agreement in the tpp agreement with our friends in the asia pacificegion. so that is the key part of the why we are involved in the markets that are in great size for all countries. in the pacific region, there's always offense and defensive issues at any trade table, as you know, and all countries have both offensive positions and defensive positions with each other. those are contains within the spirit and the meaning of our agreement. >> good to talk to you. >> thank you. >> that brings us to the end of this edition of inside story, thank you for being with us, in washington, i'm ray swarez. >> on "america tonight." was it murder? amid the grief, new charges the captain wasn't just negligent. but murderous. in his decision to leave the children to their watery grave. >>> also tonight: >> if i were to take you to talk to somebody -- >> a rational approach to the irrational.

it's a cornerstone of peace and prosperity in the asia pacific region. n espouses the principal of proactive contribution to peace, and the yates is moving forward -- united states is moving forward with its policy of pivoting to the asian pacific, we mutually appreciated and welcomed each other's policies. having done so, between barak and myself, we were able to confirm that the japan-u.s. alliance would play a leading role in ensuring peace and prosperity of the asian pacific. this is what i wanted to communicate with you with regards to security, and the review of the japan, u.s. betweens cooperation guidelines, wide ranging cooperation would be promoted. we agreed on the point. with regard to the realignment of u.s. force, including the transfer of marines and relocation of the air station, we would make a steady process on this front. we reaffirmed the resolve on both sides to make this traps pir. >> governor, has requested termination of the operation in five years or less, with regard to this and other requests by the governor. i explain this to b

you recently added to your asia pacific positions, correct? >> correct. what we're seeing there is, you know, if you're buying earnings, right, and you're looking at express and price earnings ratio, you're looking at about a 25% discount to the s&p 500 to invest in asia pacific. that looks like a pretty good valuation for us. despite the fact we're big investors in what we believe of the middle america theme, you can't ignore valuations, so it look like we needed to add to that area. >> if you had to deploy cash globally, first of all, would you, and second of all, is there appear area of the glob that looks perhaps safer than others, and ripe for the picking? >> you always want a bit of a foothold internationally, but if i look at non-u.s. international investments, for some time, based on the relative performance generally of both of developed countries, the relative performance tells me you want a low exposure to international, you want a high exposure to the u.s. if you sort of pick that apart a bit and look generally at emerging versus say developed

asia pacific region.he united states say pacific power and we are here to stay. >> turning our attention to the asia pacific region, until the arab spring erupted in the middle east and syria divulged into a bloody civil war and iran's nuclear ambitions became too pressing to ignore. now the latest distraction from the pivot to yash is russia. vice president joe biden arrived in kiev today to announce new economic assistance. meet with officials from the ukraine's interim government and to de-escalate the situation in eastern ukraine. over the weekend more deadly fighting broke out in that region of the country kill agent least three. and despite week eggs of denial from russian officials the state department now has evidence that at least some of the gunmen in eastern ukraine are in fact russian military and intelligence forces. new photographs show the very same special forces who fought in crimea and georgia in 2008 are now responsible for taking over government buildings in eastern ukraine. according

will become hopefully the base of the time agreement in the tpp agreement with our friends in the asia pacificegion. so that is the key part of the why we are involved in the markets that are in great size for all countries. in the pacific region, there's always offense and defensive issues at any trade table, as you know, and all countries have both offensive positions and defensive positions with each other. those are contains within the spirit and the meaning of our agreement. >> good to talk to you. >> thank you. >> that brings us to the end of this edition of inside story, thank you for being with us, in washington, i'm ray swarez. >> we're driving to a crime scene in a suburb outside of columbia, south carolina... we've come because more women are killed by men here than any other state in the country... around 10:30 in the morning, a family of four, including two children, weou

in blood and treasure, the united states is turning our attention to the vast potential of the asia pacific region. our new focus on this region reflects a fundamental truth. the united states has been and always will be a pacific nation. >> now with his other major foreign policy efforts in trouble, the plan to restore relationships with european allies following the iraq war hit a major speed bumps with the revelations by edward snowden, the peace process is languishing, and the white house believes that asia is one of its most successful relationships but it's not in great shape either. and tomorrow the president leads on a four-nation trip aimed at restoring confidence, visiting japan, south malaysia and the philippines, a trip that is in many ways a make-up visit from octob october, one he was forced to cancel because of the government shutdown. and china has flexed its muscle in the south. the u.s. and japan have been engaged in negotiations over how to resolve their trade differences in this big 12-nation transpacific partnership agreement the united states is trying to strike, which

the rebalance to asia pacific is one that has evolved over time that president obama initiated about three years ago. when you look at the realities of this region of the world, the greatest number, in fact, the three largest economies in the world are in asia pacific. and you go right down the inventory of metrics, this is, this is going to be and is now a hugely important part of the world. not that other parts of the world are not important. but a country, united states is always reassessing their deployment -- >> to get the latest report on the situation in fort hood. obviously, we're following it closely. the situation is fluid now. my national security team is in connection with not only the military but the fbi to make sure everybody is secure and i want to just assure all of us that we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. you know, any shooting is troubling. obviously, this reopens the pain of what happened at fort hood five years ago. we know these families, we know their incredible service to our country and the sacrifices that they make. obviously, our

will become hopefully the base of the time agreement in the tpp agreement with our friends in the asia pacific region. so that is the key part of the why we are involved in the markets that are in great size for all countries. in the pacific region, there's always offense and defensive issues at any trade table, as you know, and all countries have both offensive positions and defensive positions with each other. those are contains within the spirit and the meaning of our agreement. >> good to talk to you. >> thank you. >> that brings us to the end of this edition of inside story, thank you for being with us, in washington, i'm ray swarez. >> good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton, let's get you caught up on the top stories of this hour. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is resigning. president obama will nominate her replacement friday morning. sylvia mathews burwell, director of office of management and budget. >> a fiery crash in northern california killed at least nine, 100 miles north of sacramento. 35 have been sent to area hospitals. a fed

will become hopefully the base of the time agreement in the tpp agreement with our friends in the asia pacific region. so that is the key part of the why we are involved in the markets that are in great size for all countries. in the pacific region, there's always offense and defensive issues at any trade table, as you know, and all countries have both offensive positions and defensive positions with each other. those are contains within the spirit and the meaning of our agreement. >> good to talk to you. >> thank you. >> that brings us to the end of this edition of inside story, thank you for being with us, in washington, i'm ray swarez. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. changes at the white as kathleen sebelius steps down, following the botched rollout of obamacare. >>> a tragic ending for california high school students. >>> and the pope asking for forgovness for what he says the church allowed to happen. ♪

policy to rebalance toward the asia-pacific region as it contributes positively to the regional peace and cooperation. i firmly believe that president obama's asia trip demonstrates his strong commitment toward his policy of rebalancing toward the region and his pledge to implement the commitment. as the u.n. security council member, south korea stands side by side with the u.s. to resolve any major issues undermining peace and stability in the global community. the u.s. and korea are marching together to carry out development cooperative activities in asia, africa, and also poverty fightings. we'll gather our wisdom to tackle new global challenges, such as climate change, energy, nuclear security, cyber security, marine security and et cetera. another important pillar of our alliance is practical cooperation in economic, social and cultural sectors. this topic has continued so far and will continue. together with the u.s./rok mutual defense treaty have become two major linchpins of our alliance. we plan to expand mutual beneficial cooperation based on fta. with the fta both, tt plnk

how to cooperate in the asia pacific. i think now both governments agreed to review the guidelines for the u.s. transpacific corporation. that's one thing they really need to discuss about it. also one of the troubles is japan's history not so much with u.s. or the asian neighbor, china and south korea. that's one thing. president obama is helping south korea outside this visit. u.s. really wanted to -- japan should get along with south korea. i think that big agenda. one of the big agenda between president obama and prime minister abe. >> reporter: it sounds like, thank you very much, there's a lot offish shoo us sti issues o. i suppose one of the hard things for president obama is it's a short trip. four countries in just about five days. in order to get agreement on a trade deal and solidify those alliances. joining me just a moment ago, w a,tanabe from the tokyo foundation. but for now, tim, i'm going to hand back to you in london. >> linda yueh in tokyo, thank you very much in deed. >>> you're watching "gmt." breakin

>> it is great in asia-pacific and china specifically for us.ng and growing so incredibly strong. the products are so well-received by customers. the brand is so well-received. we're doing particularly well across the entire line up but our suvs are up 300% that we introduced. that is a growing part of the industry. so we're kind of hitting a sweet spot at just the right time. it's a great result. we increased guidance as you mentioned. to me we're starting to see a significant contribution we've been talking about for some time coming from that important part of our world. liz: from china and asia-pacific i have to ask about russia in the news today. more pending sanctions. there is such tension over the ukraine issue. troops building up on both sides. you have idled your russian plant. what kind of effect, if meaningful at all, will it have on your numbers? do you have a sense when you would bring those back up to production? >> i think so far what we've seen is call it emerging market effect, that affected many emerging markets around the wor

asia, pacific, china, revenue down 12%. asia-pacific, revenue was five billion.time they reported in fourth quarter, it was down 23%. they still go down there, in europe and middle east, revenue 7.6 billion. first quarter, revenue in the americas 9.6 billion of some of the things they're talking about is their strengths. they had $870 million workforce rebalancing charge against their revenues and profits. of course they had a gross profit 46.7%, up 90 basis points. liz, rich. liz: good to see you. rich: thank you, adam. google earnings out just moments ago. shares are falling more than 6% in after-hours trading. >> these disappointing results following a blowout quarter from yahoo! yesterday. we want to bring in top analyst, david garrity. david, miss on both the top and bottom line. the per click issue. tell me what jumps out at you. >> per click paid issue, up 26% year-over-year price paid per click, thanks to mix was down 9%. what we're running here with google, the fact as you've seen internet users migrate toward mobile devices the other question, then the

spoke threeama years ago about this strategic pivot toward the asia-pacific. but nothing much has happened since. this will be obama's opportunity to show japan, korea, and its other asian allies that the u.s. is really committed to their defense. course, comes amid growing concern about north nuclear weapons program and the increasingly aggressive behavior are the chinese navy, both in the east china sea where it is involved in a territorial dispute with japan, and the south china sea where it is involved in a similar row with the philippines. >> the first lady may have traveled there recently, but barack obama will not be taking a nature to china on this trip. but authorities are -- but the authorities there are said to be monitoring this tour carefully. they have said that the chinese will not be taking much notice of the visit in japan. that is not the case at all. they will be watching closely what he says during his visit, and specifically tomorrow when shinzo abe and obama are expected to issue a joint statement. he has a balancing act to carry off. he