asia times correspondent have asked about talking to us from bangkok that. have his held a referendum on whether russian should become the country's second official language authorities claim it threatens national integrity despite russians making up a third of the population and as an axiom fifty reports this fight is just the first step to ending decades long discrimination. valente from a lot of the russian minority says his country's government has gone too far having lived in lot of all his life it was only recently that he managed to exchange a temporary residence permit to a full passport but now this father of three faces another hurdle for his family this time and that his children and their education. in the russian school schools sixty percent of the lessons must be taught in latvian language but excuse me chemistry biology and physics it's difficult to get even a new ruling which. does create a lot of problems for the students at the moment and of course it lowers their results it was the threat that these schools where at least some lessons are

resolution is being discussed in the security council you know action is needed there in the country asia times correspondent pepe escobar tells r t v a large crackdown in homes coincides suspiciously with the u.n. vote and he thinks neither when the arab league are seeking to overthrow the assad regime. the timing of this alleged massacre in the hold so more than two hundred people killed just as the when is gathering to vote a result lucian more or less establishing what the arab league says is a road map for peace and syria is very suspect well coming back to what this resolution is all about it's an ally as between nato basically led by washington london and paris and this six person go from the gulf cooperation council dara genda from the beginning for months now is reaching change in syria no matter what they knew that they couldn't never get the un that security council resolution authorizing a no fly zone over syria for a number of reasons first of all because that did assad regime is not so bold bardi its own population would mix so this has nothing to do with the syrian peace process

is a lot more to the story and for that i want to go now to pay escobar a corp correspondent for asia times that day as secretary of state hillary clinton calls what's happening in syria a travesty and is pointing to the situation in the city of horns in which reportedly more than two hundred people were killed as a reason for immediate involvement what do you have to say this. look i would start paraphrasing susan rice i would say that the international community is the real one not made two and six a person go monitors in the g.c.c. is this guy just it by the travesty of repeated u.s. vetoes in there do un women ever the topic of israel comes so israel's u.s. can veto any scene regarding your zero zero zero zero can keep but killing men and women and children palestine but obviously russia and china they cannot block a reason lucian that imposes regina change in syria so let's have this straight in our minds so very important this is a much much bigger picture it's not only syria related to us and they took their g.c.c. the persian gulf one accuser russia and china this is about who is go

muster pieces of the democracy or mediocrities like cover and suckers you refer to that was asia times correspondent pepe escobar talking to us from bangkok . latvia set to decide whether russian should become the country's second official language authorities claim a threatens national integrity despite russians making up a third of the population and as alexander reports this referendum is just the first step to ending decades long discrimination. lady from russian minority says his country's government has gone too far having lived in lot of his life it was only recently that he managed to exchange a temporary residence permit to a passport but now this father of three faces another hurdle for his family this time and that his children and their education was a pass through legislation that school schools sixty percent of the lessons must be taught in latin language but excuse me chemistry biology and physics it's difficult to get it even in your own language and it does create a lot of problems for the students at the moment and of course it. is their results it was the threat that

security council it's hard to verify their figures some opposition groups put it around fifty asia times correspondent pepe escobar doubts the timing of these reports was a coincidence. the timing of this alleged massacre in the holds more than two hundred people killed just as the when is gathering to vote a result lucia more or less establishing what the arab league says is a road map for peace and syria is very suspect well coming back to what this resolution is all about it so now alliance between nato basically led by washington on loan down in paris and this six person go for one or two gulf cooperation council their agenda from the beginning for months now is reaching change in syria no matter what they knew that they couldn't never get the you win the security council resolution authorizing a no fly zone over syria for number of reasons first of all because that did assad regime is not so bold bardi its own population with makes so this has nothing to do with the syrian peace process and all syrians themselves began being very explicit look we don't trust this big sigh old counci

document was drawn up by saudi arabia and catherine supported by a number of western powers but asia times correspondent pepe escobar says i'm like libya syria is unlikely to fall under western influence even through force. well this stakes in syria are so much higher compared to libya because this is that that iraq it's. a direct clash between the u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china on the one in on the other side much more than it was in libya in libya russia and china and even that the other brics and germany as well they said ok maybe this is not the red line yet so let's give them the benefit of the doubt i mean the french and the brits and the americans the country was destroy syria you cannot do that because first of all they're going to have to fight the real army even if they're not very competent but they are battle hardened there's been two wars in the middle east the syrian army it's a smaller country there's more population you cannot simply landings asian is out of the question because they don't go all over the place the repercussions to turkey to jordan to iraq t

security council asia times correspondent pepe escobar questions the accuracy of those reports on down to the timing was a coincidence. the timing of this alleged massacre in the holds of more than two hundred people killed just as the u.n. is cadre to vote a result lucian more or less establishing what the arab league says is a roadmap for peace and syria is very suspect well coming back to what this resolution is all about it's an ally as between nato basically led by washington london and paris and this six person gulf monarchies of the gulf cooperation council their agenda from the beginning for months now days reaching change in syria no matter what they knew that they can never get the win that security council resolution authorizing imho fly zone over syria for number of reasons first of all because it did assad regime is not so bold bardi its own but with vision with me so this is not something to do with the syrian peace process and all and not only. developing countries i don't think it's now up but from russia and china with the syrians themselves big having things ballistic

government and discuss a route map for peace but between ourselves between syria it's not happening asia times correspondent pepe escobar with his thoughts on the events in syria. around two hundred thousand people came out to the moscow streets on saturday for a day of protests the largest in the capital so far one group was demanding fair elections others rallying to support the current leadership our correspondent pierre all over reports on both. well saturday was a day of demonstrations here in the russian capital we saw a march and a rally by opposition supporters a large group of them meeting in the center of the city and marching here to block my a square which block my has really become the central focus point for opposition protesters here in moscow this is the second time that opposition protesters have taken to pull last night a square far fewer the this time than last but of course the the weather a big deciding factor in not cripplingly mode temperatures here in the russian capital in fact the organizers of the protest here shortened the events that were going to be happening just

the fans as we speak right now and you are in asia times correspondent carries to see how they are covering this story over there . well look at that island he's very very close to china as well they have they are very close they have a very close u.s. allies also states of course but don't forget that the ruling elite here in thailand is seen will die basically this doesn't mean there is a fifth column here in thailand or you need to nizo or in the philippines or in malaysia for that matter chinese know but this means that the giselle says stage especially is very closely degraded which china is their problems for instance assaults china sea problems between china philippines china vietnam do sit down discuss it at their old east asian table that's what it this way so interference from the u.s. is a very very tricky matter and if the pentagon wants to militarize the relationship the pivot is going to be more on the military level this is going to be really really tricky with the new aging leadership even with she which is war you know amenable guy compared to which intel but it's going to

a draft resolution on syria continue to pile up on russia and china the us among the most vocal asia times correspondent ask abbas says that criticism is unjustified given that washington repeatedly blocks un resolutions condemning israel i would start paraphrasing susan rice i would say that the international community is the real one not made two and six of course and go monitors in the g.c.c. is this just it by the travesty of the repeated u.s. vetoes in a deal un women ever the topic of israel cups so israel us can veto any c. regarding your zero zero zero zero can keep but killing men and women and children palestine but always leave russia and china they cannot block a result lucian that he poses regina change in syria so what are you going to see from now want is a radicalization and that's already happening so this means. the rebels in syria the free syrian army will keep being armed and weaponized by not only got there in saudi arabia which is already happening for months not but specially by the united states the resolution is not blaming effect on armed insurrection that's what

humanitarian corridors in syria which some fear could open the door to foreign intervention but asia times correspondent says it's already under way. there is already a foreign military intervention going on don't forget that nato they have a command and control center in the heart type province so the turk very close to the third to syrian border this is a conduit for intelligence going back and forth across borders weapons or force and these weapons are trying then spies' again by the gulf cooperation tells especially to the saudis but specially to the qataris who are actively involved with the intelligence as well and with money it's of the same trainers on the ground plus they have another conduit through the lebanese border the syrian national council for instance they are supported that actually by nicholas sarkozy and david cameron by the turkish government and by the qataris and there's also the free syrian army which heaver that i would see normally by analysts in europe see that it's not the end it's not an army it's a bunch of the realist infiltrated by people feel. that we've s

for more on the situation in syria we cannot talk to pepe escobar asia times correspondent he joins us from bangkok while the e.u. is calling for creating one humanitarian corridors in syria how close are we to a foreign military intervention well there is already a foreign military intervention going on don't forget that nato they have a command and control center in the heart type province so the turkey very close to the third syrian border we've reported about this months ago this is a conduit for intelligence going back and forth across borders weapons of course and these weapons are financed basically by the just to see the doc operation kelso especially the saudis but specially the qataris who are actually actively involved with intelligence as well and with monitors and trainers on the ground plus they have another totally to the lebanese border there are two routes that go one one route goes through the suburbs of damascus and the other one goes to homes. so this has been going on for at least three or four months it started around october november last year so therefore they t

has been among the most vocal critics of the verse or chinese double veto asia times correspondent pepe escobar says washington is being very selective in the decision that pushes for the middle east i would start paraphrasing susan rice i would say that the international community is the real one not made two and the six a person go monitors in the g.c.c. is this just it by the travesty of the repeated u.s. vetoes in the d. un women ever the topic of israel comes to israel u.s. can veto any c. regarding your zero zero zero zero can keep the killing of men and women and children palestine but always leave russia and china they cannot block a reason lucian that imposes regina change in syria so what are you going to see from no one is a radicalization and that's already happening so this means. the rebels in syria the free syrian army will keep being armed and weaponized by not only got there in saudi arabia which is already happening for months not but specially by the united states the resolution is not blaming infect unarmed rection that's what can you imagine if you have a mid-size c

an unmanned drone is displayed for the first time from asia. military officials exchanged information with representatives of aircraft manufacturers. india and other asian countries are buying more planes among china's build-up of territorial disputes in the china sea. also on display is lockheed martin's f-35 stealth fighter under development. the united states has increased importance on its military strategy in the asia-pacific region, and is urging the countries there to introduce the >>> china's defense minister met self defense officers in beijing. he expressed hope that defense exchanges can be deepened with japan. the delegation of ten japanese officers is visiting china until the 23rd. they told chinese minister they want to increase defense exchanges with china this year. 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral ties. he said there are various issues the two countries need to work onto strengthen their relationship, but problems will be gradually solved by building up mutual trust. bilateral relations became s

an unmanned drone is displayed for the first time from asia. military officials from the region are sharing information with representatives of aircraft manufacturers. india and other asian countries are buying more fighter planes in reaction to china's military buildup and territorial disputes in the south china sea. lockheed martin's f-35 stealth fighter is still under development but that plane, too, is on show. u.s. military leaders shifted military resources toward the asia pacific. they're urging countries in the region to introduce the jet. >>> china's defense minister says he hopes china and japan can cooperate on more defense exchanges. a groupf officers met in beijing from japan's self-defense force. the delegation of ten japanese officers is visiting china over the next week. they want to increase the number of exchanges with china this year. 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the normalization of ties between the countries. there are various issues the two need to work on to strengthen their relationship. but he said problems will b

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asia are seeing intense conditions. sayaka mori joins us for the weather forecast. >> time for the weather update. let's be begin with east asia. the most frigid air is still blanketing much of the northern sections. yesterday in seoul, the high was only minus nine degrees. that is ten degrees lower than average. meanwhile, the western side of japan has been dealing with tons of heavy snow. the peak is over, however, we are still expecting more snow throughout today. an additional 50 centimeters is possible in miyagi prefecture over the next 24 hours. ongoing snow could raise the risk of avalanches and create traffic disturbances. as we pull back, a high pressure system is bringing dry conditions to much of china as well as the korean peninsula. light showers in southeastern china are diminishing, but redevelop starting saturday. today's highs are looking like this. very cold temperatures in seoul. 7 degrees in tokyo. temperatures will get back to normal starting saturday. that is good news. moving on to the americas. a winter storm is creating blizzard conditions through much of the central rockie

but the interesting thing having lived over there in china for the last two years, been in asia four different times, there's an underlying reservoir of good will for whatever reason. it's based on history. whether it was still well during those years the building of hospitals and schools, pre-world war 2, our assistance during and after the japanese invasion. they like americans. i traveled to virtually all the provinces. people have a reservoir of good will towards americans. we don't realize that sometimes. we do well, people to people. americans do well in china. chinese people do well here in the united states. i get that can't be said for everybody. but we do well on a person-to- person basis. >> rose: we do well in terms of people who want to come here. the idea of wanting to come to the united states. the lines at visa offices around the world even among people who have serious policy differences is a long line. >> it's true. >> rose: they all want to come here. >> that's true. under 20,000 students now. they just overtook india as the number one nation. >> rose: including the vice president

comes after biden visited with china during the international trip to central asia which happened last august. >>> and time now is 6:52 for a look back at this day in history in 2000. three tornadoes tore across rural southwest georgia and they practically bulldozed dozens of homes leaving behind scattered debris. 20 people killed and more than 100 injured. >>> all right. let's talk about the temperatures this morning. definitely playing a big factor on whether we are seeing the rain or snow out there. right now, into baltimore right around 35 degrees we are seeing the freezing point at frederick and winchester. every where else above freezing in easton 36 and dc close to 40 degrees this morning. we have some dry air. so lots of what you are seeing on the satellite and radar this morning not really reaching the ground around our area. you have to go well to the north and points back towards the south and west to get in some of that snow action. and it looks like it's going to be heading our way pushing off towards the east as we go into the afternoon. but by that time, temperatures will have warmed up. so

time now for your weather update. let's begin with east asia. a large high pressure system is dominating much of china, bringing dry conditions. but snowshowers will remain in the inland sections throughout today. and across southern china, it's mostly dry at the moment. but showers will develop in the next 24 hours. and across japan, cold air continues to sweep in to the country, bringing sea-effect snow on the western side. we are expecting an additional 60 centimeters in northern japan, and 70 in niigata prefecture. and winds are picking up. so that is causing blowing snow conditions. the risk of avalanches and falling snow are extremely high here. as for the rest of the area, snow in western portions will remain into -- throughout today, an additional 40 centimeters are possible. but that will ease over the course of today. so that's good news. as for the tokyo area, it will stay largely dry and highs will be rising to 7 degrees. but still 3 degrees lower than the average. in seoul, remainin below the freezing mark, minus 1 degrees expected.

time. we'll open europe, in asia. we'll open in south america. all at the same time.an actually communicate with each other. so, someone in africa can actually have a conversation with someone in belgium at the same time about the same show. and normally, that's been very difficult to do because of time zones, et cetera, et cetera. >> jimmy: so, it will be actually on in the middle of the night in some of the countries? >> well, no, not at the same hour. within the same three days -- >> jimmy: guillermo, will you get us some paper and pens because we have to figure this out. well, the show is not anywhere near as confusing like this conversation. it's very good to see you back on tv. kiefer sutherland, everyone. wednesday at 9:00 on fox. we'll be right back with bear grylls. [ cheers and applause ] you think you take off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover. well, it's no

has never, this is probably the first time in the world, especially in asia, that the u.s.ad to deal with a country which is almost equally powerful. so xi jinping will become the next top leader in the next year. so it is very important for the leaders to build relations. >> what about the chinese vice president? what does he hope to achieve? is this only and getting to know you visit? >> for him, this is very much of visit initiated by the u.s. the top leadership of the visit to the united states. it happened in 1979. then hu jintao visited the u.s. the chinese leadership is rather opaque. to deal person to person, understanding that is very important for both parties, it is better for the u.s. >> if the vice president becomes the next leader of china -- is still not confirmed -- how different will he lead china vis-À-vis the current leaders such as hu jintao and wen jiabao? >> that is a hypothetical question, but my educated guess is that he likely will become, for an economic standpoint, he could be more liberal because of his experience. his family suffered during the

natural gas prices are six times higher in asia than they are right here. they are more than three times higher in europe than they are right here. low natural gas prices have been driving the economic recovery of the united states. we have far more natural gas in our country, and it's very low priced than we have oil. and what the republican bill will allow to happen is for this natural gas to be exported around the world and exporting of our natural gas would eliminate our competitive edge by driving prices up by as much as 54%, according to the department of energy. not ensuring that the natural gas stays here in the united states ensures that the majority, the republicans, have imposing a de facto natural gas tax on american agriculture, manufacturing, chemical, steel plastics by allowing our gas to be exported. here's what t. boone pickens says about the idea of exporting american natural gas. here's what he said. "if we do it, we're truly going to go down as america's dumbest generation. it's bad public policy to export natural gas." our natural gas is