the association of southeast asian nations, we made it clear that no one owns the ocean. reedom of navigation and overflight are critical to the security and prosperity of all nations. i also met with prime ministers of india, australia and japan to discuss shared commitment to a free and open indo pacific. during our visit, the president of the philippines thanked the american people and our armed forces for supporting the recent liberation of murali from isis. .. >> and countering terrorist propaganda and financing. and crucially at both summits and throughout the trip we asked all nations to support our campaign of maximum pressure for north korean denuclearization. and they are responding i cutting trade with north korea, restricting financial ties to the regime and expelling north korean diplomats and workers. over the last two weeks we've made historic strides in reasserting american leadership, restoring american security, and reawakening american confidence. everywhere we went i reaffirm our vision for cooperation between proud, independence and sovereign countries

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conference and finally then heads to the philippines for one more summit this time of the association of southeast asian nations so this trip promises to be something of a diplomatic balancing act for the president on one hand he tries to make america great again on the other he wants to reassure asian allies that they still have u.s. support rich in symbolism the site of the japanese attack on u.s. soil more than seventy years ago is the starting line for donald trump's diplomatic obstacle course across asia. as he paid his respects at powell haba the suspect sort of conflict with north korea may not have been far from his thoughts. in tokyo japan's prime minister courting a deferent trump daughter ivanka enjoying a japanese hospitality ahead of our father's arrival the white house has been laying out its strategy on north korea. in assessing the degree to which were successful in galvanizing other nations to ensure that the leadership there concludes that it has to denuclearize we need some time for that to work some locals know our opera hence our. guys are going on but i do wonder if things will be ok. like

open indo-pacific region finally in the philippines donald trump will attend the association of southeast asian nations summit and meet with philippine president rodriguez today at is so a busy schedule no doubt but what will it bring economically and that is what i wanted to explore with nicholas kessel's from the j.f.k. graduate school for north american studies and first i asked him whether he could tell us a little bit more about donald trump's vision of a free and open indo pacific region. that's where it gets a little tricky because we don't know really what it entails we do know rex tillerson promoted the idea of in the pacific partnership an i.p.p. so to speak to promote the u.s. interests against china balancing china in the in the region we don't know what it entails in terms of content and what we can say is that it really seems that us that the us has lost its strategic focus in the region because t p p would have given me how does it play you mentioned t p p i mean how does it differ from t.p. pay is it just don't the tribes i trained you don't from i mean two things first the state depart

from there trump heads to the philippines for yet another summit this time for the association of southeast asian nations the trip promises to be a diplomatic balancing act for a president who seeking to make america great again while at the same time looking to reassure asian allies of continued u.s. support. since symbolism the sights of the japanese attack on u.s. soil more than seventy years ago is the starting line for donald trump diplomatic obstacle course across asia. as he paid his respects at powell haba the spec sort of conflict with north korea may not be far from his thoughts. in tokyo japan's prime minister courting a death trump doll to revive enjoying japanese hospitality ahead of our father's arrival the white house has been laying out its strategy on north korea. in assessing the degree to which we're successful in galvanizing other nations to ensure that that the leadership there concludes that it has to denuclearize we need some time for that to work and what we can't afford to do is enter into these long drawn out to go she ations that allow north korea to use those negotiations as a

cooperation summit and his final stop will be to the philippines for another summit the association of southeast asian nations i'll also be reading with philippine president laundry go to terror controversy has a company trump what is past trips abroad so will this time be any different. in brussels he pushed his way to the front sharing aside the prime minister of montenegro. and peres who told the french first lady quote you're in such good shape. on diplomatic embarrassing to the u.s. president has faced lots of criticism for his behavior on previous foreign trips visiting asia could pose a bigger challenge japan in particular is a country where a cultural trops are looking at every corner you can smith knows the ropes it's her job to promote japanese culture to americans we don't really like to tell what we're thinking and. it's speak and we try to respect what other people are thinking so. if we don't we want to really a boy the conflict. is also eager to help the sushi chef owns a restaurant in washington d.c. he can offer a lot of good advice with regard to japanese cuisine and the use of chopsticks st

amy: president trump was in manila for the opening of a summit of the association of southeast asian nations or asean. the regional body is facing criticism for failing to address the crisis in burma where the united nations has accused the burma ofobama of -- waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the rohingya muslims. burmese leader and nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu kyi spoke in manila but did not mention the crisis. aung san suu kyi was once a critic of asean's policy of non-interference. in 1999, when she was fighting for democracy in burma, she wrote -- "this policy of non-interference is just an excuse for not helping. in this day anand age,e, you cat avoid interference in the matters of other countries." um, hey, guys, do you think you could just-- our traditional rotisserie, and take a look inside. - looks boring, actually. because of the situations, because people don't deserve it. we do things peacefully with the desire to fill the country and without any desire to hurt anyone. amy: the catalan leaders were jailed by spain after the catalan government declared inde

he met with the president of the philippines at the summit titled the association of southeast asian nations. human rights groups accuse the philippine president of overseeing a bloody drug war killing thousands of drug dealers and drug users. outside the summit protesters burned signs depicting the president at times clashing with police. >> will he or won't he, former vice president joe biden has a lot of people asking if he's running for president in 2020. you can bet that question will be asked when he stops by the late show with stephen colbert. he also talks about his cross country tour and the current state of affairs in washington. you can watch the interview tonight at 11:35 right after eyewitness news. >>> and still ahead tonight, joe biden told oprah winfrey he regrets not being the president. so can regrets ever be a good thing and what biden's decision not to run could teach you about your own life. nicole brewer has that story coming up. >> residents want an afr hours nightclub shut down. an argument outside the "a" lounge and social club turned deadly over the weekend when one

he met with the president of the philippines at the summit titled the association of southeast asian nations. human rights groups accuse the philippine president of overseeing a bloody drug war killing thousands of drug dealers and drug users. outside the summit protesters burned signs depicting the president at times clashing with police. >> will he or won't he, former vice president joe biden has a lot of people asking if he's running for president in 2020. you can bet that question will be asked when he stops by the late show with stephen colbert. he also talks about his cross country tour and the current state of affairs in washington. you can watch the interview tonight at 11:35 right after eyewitness news. >>> and still ahead tonight, joe biden told oprah winfrey he regrets not being the president. so can regrets ever be a good thing and what biden's decision not to run could teach you about your own life. nicole brewer has that story coming up. >> residents want an afr hours nightclub shut down. an argument outside the "a" lounge and social club turned deadly over the weekend when one

the region tensions on the korean peninsula are expected to top the agenda at the association of southeast asian nations meeting in manila twenty one heads of state as well as the u.n. secretary general are attending the opening ceremony a territorial dispute in the south china sea will also dominate the bride is in manila for us rob twelve day long tour through asia so far has been dominated by north korea is that's what he's going to be talking about during these talks. it will still be very high on the u.s. . yes. he finds a very receptive audience and has expressed its. continuing program north korea one very important. in fact according to a diplomatic spat with north korea over the assassination of. brother around. and it is true that interesting. nations do actually have diplomatic ties with north korea they can in theory bring pressure to bear they do exert some influence having said that china is also here at this very important the ring they will be a tempering influence they of course take a very different approach on how to deal with north korea than the americans do and there's been a lot o

amy: president trump was in manila for the opening of a summit of the association of southeast asian nations or asean. the regional body is facing criticism for failing to address the crisis in burma where the united nations has accused the burma ofobama of -- waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the rohingya muslims. burmese leader and nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu kyi spoke in manila but did not mention the crisis. aung san suu kyi was once a critic of asean's policy of non-interference. in 1999, when she was fighting for democracy in burma, she wrote -- "this policy of non-interference is just an excuse for not helping. in this day anand age,e, you cat avoid interference in the matters of other countries." in other news from asia, the u.s. and north korea openly traded insults over the weekend. north korea described trump as a warmonger and an old lunatic. trump responded on twitter by writing -- "why would kim jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when i would never call him 'short and fat?'" former cia director john brennan and james clapper, the former director of n

they're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the association of southeast asian nations. more meetings are planned for tomorrow. >>> well, neighbors absoluted veterans today at the annual shiloher mayk field prepared. "taps" was played at veterans square monument as people reflected on sacrifices made. as part of today's ceremony, toiletries were collected for homeless vets. >>> earlier this morning in montgomery county, veterans were invited to have breakfast at the north penn vfw. before breakfast, everyone stood for the pledge of allegiance and eggs, bacon and potatoes were served up. >>> the delaware blue hens are closer to getting some major renovations on their studio. two major donations were just announced and that puts the university of delaware's program within -- it would include a new state of the art athletic center. once construction starts, it could take anywhere from 18 to 24 months to complete. the stadium has not had any upgrades in the past 45 years. >>> up next at 6:00, girl power. how a woman who broke bearers in the nfl gave back to local girls on th

will make some progress on trade, but we have to remember that these asean meetings, association of southeast asian nationsd then the east asian summit, nothing ever really he occurs there, but the important point is trump showing up. because that shows that the united states is committed to the region. and when trump indicated he wasn't going to the east asian summit, there really was concern throughout the region and it's very good that the president changed his mind to extend his trip by a day. so this is just that woody allen assertion, you know, half of life is showing up. that is true of this stop in manila 37. >> and i want to ask you, do you think he made any inroads with north korea when he was dealing with china? will he do anything to stop north korea from pursuing their nuclear missiles? >> with a very good summit starts in both japan and south korea, i think he did make progress with our friends. with china, president trump tweeted that xi jinping will put on more sanctions. i don't know if that will be the case or not. i don't think he really pushed the chinese significantly. but this is goin

you'll attend the asia-pacific economic cooperation meeting in hanoi and later the association of southeast asian nation summit in the philippines.

that's the association of southeast asian nations. 's meeting the controversial leader, rodrigo duterte, whose drug war has claimed thousands of lives. 0ur correspondent, howard johnston, is in manila, where around 1,000 protesters were earlier demonstrating against the president's visit. well, for more on this visit, steve herman is white house bureau chief for voice of america news and he's in manila at the press centre. thank you forjoining us again here on bbc news. i wasjust thank you forjoining us again here on bbc news. i was just talking about the protests. i know you are a bit away from them, but could do it and the context? yes. -- could you explain. this is the second straight day they have been out on the streets. they tried to reach the us embassy yesterday and will try to get over to where the asean conference is today. they will try to continue tomorrow. in some part, it is being directed at president donald trump of the united states, calling him a war monger. the philippines of course has a tradition of robust democrac

president rodrigo duterte and other leaders to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the association of southeast asian nationsduterte has come under intense criticism from human rights advocates for overseeing a violent drug crackdown. in the past president trump has praised duterte's handling of his nation's drug problems. ( marty ) coming up... veterans face many challenges returning home. how one vet used his skills to excel in the tech world. live look outside... san francisco international airport. we honor our veterans with parades and memorials and even sales. but vets face many other challenges once they come home. including unemployment, p-t-s-d, and depression. but this veteran's day weekend kron four's vicki liviakis introduces us to one young veteran - who says all vets want is a chance. for any soldier lucky enough to come home from the battlegrounds of iraq and afghanistan, it's a relief to take off the uniform.deano i like that i don't have to wear camouflage every day. colonel deano roberts served seven tours of duty. i'm never shy to tell folks that i've served for so long. today, he's switch

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those demonstrations were held as president trump met with world leaders at the association of southeast asian nations summit. among the president's meetings, a controversial one with the summit's host, philippine president rodrigo dueterte. he tells reporters mr. trump has praised his strategy of killing thousands of drug users and dealers. the white house says human rights vis-a-vis the drug war did come up briefly during the meeting, but mr. trump ignored questions about that. >> we've had a great relationship. this has been very successful. >> reporter: earlier in the date president trump met with his counterparts from japan and australia. he said the focus of their meeting was the same as the focus of the entire trip which he said he will expound on wednesday at the white house. >> it will be a very complete statement as to trade, north korea, a lot of other things. >> reporter: steven portnoy, cbs news with the president in manila. >>> coming up, a bay area soccer club pulled off the field, the poison sprayed on the grass that forced them to cancel their tournament. >> plus gracing the cover, co

president trump is now in the philippines to attend the asean summit — that's the association of southeast asian nationsader rodrigo duterte, whose drug war has claimed thousands of lives. leisha santorelli is in singapore. tell us about today in manila. sally, donald trump is on the final leg of his asian tour and he met with the philippine president for about a0 minutes. according to reports, the issue of human rights was only touched upon, which will disappoint activists who have been calling for president trump to take a tough line over the philippine war on drugs. the president is clearly focusing on boosting trade and business ties and is said to have discussed our bilateral trade deal with the philippines. apparently he asked the philippine president by american cars face higher tariffs than japanese cars american cars face higher tariffs thanjapanese cars being imported into the philippines. it is all about putting america first. he stressed that he is looking for fair and reciprocal trade relationships in the region, so now he is pushing towards more bilateral trade deals versus big multilatera

let's start with the philippine star which reports the association of southeast asian nations, the useedom of navigation in the south china sea. it also reports president duterte considered it a "personal and official insult" that canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau had discussed extra—judicial killings in an informal meeting with him. the state—run newspaper the china daily says beijing has assured leaders at the asean summit of safe navigation in the south china sea. premier li keqiang said as the largest country in the south china sea and a major user of its sea lanes, he wants peace. the japan times reports us commerce secretary wilbur ross has urged japanese automakers to reduce exports. he says he wants to make it "more attractive" forjapanese companies to engage in production in the us. this, of course, is to try to cut the trade deficit. we are getting reports from the reuters news agency. the loud explosions have been heard in the capital of zimbabwe, harare. soldiers are reported to have taken over the national broadcaster, zpbc. there are reports armoured vehicles have be

that is the association of southeast asian nations. oversial leader rodrigo duterte, whose drug war has claimed thousands of lives. earlier, leaders gathered for a gala dinner in manila and signed a number of trade agreements with hong kong. the bbc‘s howard johnson joins us from manila. howerd, i believe row protesters near to where you are, is that right? but what there are protesters. yes, about 1000 protesters. yes, about 1000 protesters left from this area about 20 minutes ago. they have a large effigy of donald trump which they are expecting to burn later today, somewhere near are expecting to burn later today, somewhere near to are expecting to burn later today, somewhere near to where the summit is taking place. it is important to remember this is a small left—wing group, it is mainly made up of peasa nts group, it is mainly made up of peasants and urban poor, and they are protesting against globalisation and lack of distribution of wealth but it's important to remember the vast majority of filipinos have a good relationship wit

open window pacific region and finally in the philippines trump will attend to the association of southeast asian nations summit and he will meet with the philippine president or audrey good to tara to so a busy schedule but what will it bring economically and that is what i wanted to explore with nicholas kessel's from the j.f.k. graduate school for north american studies now first i asked him whether he could tell us a little bit more about donald trump's vision of a free and open india pacific region. that's where it gets a little tricky because we don't know really what it entails we do know rex tillerson promoted the idea of into position partnership an i.p.p. so to speak to promote the u.s. interests against china balancing china and the in the region we don't know what it entails in terms of content and what we can say is that it really seems that us that the us has lost its strategic focus in the region because t p p would have given me how does it play you mentioned t p p i mean how does it differ from t.p. pay is it just don't trump i trained you donald trump i mean two things first the state d

the korean peninsula tensions are expected to be topic number one on the association of southeast asian nations meeting in manila well leaders are arriving right about now for the opening ceremony. twenty one heads of state as well as the united nations secretary general are expected to attend that a hinge or refugee crisis is also expected to dominate the group's genda morocco's king mohammed the sixth has arrived in qatar to discuss the latest developments in the gulf political crisis the king was greeted by the emir in hama dattani this is king muhammad's first visit to qatar since the beginning of the ongoing gulf crisis with saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt have cut diplomatic ties with qatar coming up next a world. you know. most of. the men was the same and. had. looking a bit of lynn and then listen with any moment as well as this madonna thought of a career. the same minute most of the lead over this and other day is infamy and this was not a small boy and a lot of show we had of us were dissimilar. having. said all that and more of that from such a hundred a lot of the other men from

two men met in the capital manila on the sidelines of the asean summit — that's the association of southeast asian nationsid the subject was briefly raised. a gang of thieves have targeted apple's flagship store on regent's street in central london. the gang stole tens of thousands of pounds worth of iphones, ipads and apple watches in the robbery that took place in the early hours this mornings. ten suspects on mopeds are reported to have smashed their way into the store, threatening a security guard with a hammer as he tried to stop the gang. the church of england has issued guidelines to its primary schools, suggesting that any child should be free to wear a tutu, tiara or superhero cloak when playing, without expectation or comment. the archbishop of canterburyjustin welby — who's written a foreword to the new advice — said sexual orientation should never be grounds for bullying or prejudice. here's our religious affairs correspondent martin bashir. the church of england educates a million pupils in almost 5000 schools and first issued guidance on homophobic bullying three years ago. today's announcem

ties with the united states but now more than a year later and as chairman of the association of southeast asian nations critics a deterrent is now singing a different tune. you know when you're the one you know. he promised to pursue an independent foreign policy veering away from the u.s. while building closer relations with china and russia those who want supported him now say deter the strong man image isn't quite what it. really shows the kind of relationship there is between him and trump but with the philippines and the united states it's a new york colonial relations all of many is for a truly independent foreign policy independent from the dictates of the united states of america it's donald trump's first trip to the philippines since he took office security experts say top of his agenda are the growing tensions in the korean peninsula will also be meeting with leaders of as he and member states all our diplomatic ties with north korea but have unanimously condemned pyongyang's nuclear weapons program over the weekend three uis aircraft carriers carried out joint exercises off the east coast of

programs but despite it being seen as a pariah state all ten member countries of the association of southeast asian nations have diplomatic ties with north korea and the united states is expected to put more pressure on countries to take a stronger stand against kim jong un but for their again his asian the most contentious issue a ball is the dispute in the south china sea china and the united states have been disagreeing over policies when it comes to disputed waters claimed by several as the and member states many see it as a fight between giants. in the. u.s. . it's fight the grasshopper. a framework on the code of conduct between china and assay and is expected to lay the ground rules that will guide navigation and exploration in disputed waters but president both their day refuses to use the arbitration ruling warned by the philippines against china at the hague vietnam now finds itself the lone strong voice among countries against china where you have. a situation where the philippines has no clear policy on what to do with the first philippine sea salt issue that this good enough for china because

as world leaders gather enough for the fiftieth meeting of the association of southeast asian nations. and setting new goals how soccer is helping indigenous women in mexico fight back against violence. could have you with we begin with news of a seven point three magnitude earthquake on the iran iraq border in which at least now one hundred twenty nine people have died or thousands of others have also been injured the epicenter was in iran thirty kilometers southwest of the iraqi town of her lab jeff sharlet ballasts reports. quiet sunday night in iraq on a run disrupted by violent shaking. quake was centered on the iraq iran border near the iraqi town of her love and it was severe seven point three in magnitude and only twenty five kilometers deep. it was very strange sadly the glasses dropped off the table the fan was shaking we were so afraid we had to run out of the house because our house was old. the u.s. geological survey immediately issued an orange alert saying deaths and damage should be expected then came the reports of fatalities on the iran side of the border in the town

against the us as world leaders gather in another for the fiftieth meeting of the association of southeast asian nations plus. i had to take some security measures to return back safe and sound the lebanese prime minister says he plans to return home soon as he breaks his silence for the first time since his sudden resignation. and setting new goals how soccer is helping indigenous women in mexico fight back against violence. welcome to the back and we start in the middle east where seven point three magnitude earthquake has struck the iran iraq border more than one hundred forty one people have not been killed and it's estimated as many as a thousand injured rescue teams and aid groups are on their way to the as he said to thirty kilometers southwest of the iraqi town of her lab jeff sharlet ballasts reports. a hospital holmes with the wounded in western iran a seven point three magnitude earthquake shaking it into life i fell from a balcony it was so fast i just more pieces of glass fell on my hand and what injured new arrivals from remote towns swelled the hospital to capacity but i thought of those

they will also attend the asia-pacific economic meeting in vietnam, as well as the association of southeast asian nationsummit in the philippines. means house ways and committee begins its work on a textbook and plan -- a tax monday. monday.lan watch on c-span.org and on c-span, or listen in the freeseas bandwidth -- radio app. >> for the next hour, a book tv exclusive: our cities to her visits portland, maine, to learn more about its unique history and literary life. for six years, we traveled in u.s. cities, bringing the book seem to our viewers. you can much more of her visits at c-span.org/cities tour. -- more of our visits at c-span.org/cities tour. >> these are some of the items that i pulled out to show the , which of our collection documents the exploration and founding of maine from about the 16th century through the modern period.this is a piece from 1565, reportedly one of the first uses of this term in print. is a legendary city, the el dorado of the american northeast. it is claimed to be a viking settlement of riches and gold never to be found, but often sought after, in the true sense in t

as world leaders gather in the middle of the fiftieth meeting of the association of southeast asian nations plus. i had to take some security measures to return back safe and sound the lebanese prime minister says he's coming home as he breaks his silence for the first time since his sudden resignation. spain's prime minister makes his first trip to barcelona since the catalonia vote for the session. welcome to the program we start in the middle east where a seven point three magnitude earthquake has struck on the iran iraq border the death toll is at least one hundred forty one people so far as many as a thousand people have also been injured now the epicenter was in iran thirty kilometers southwest of the iraqi town of her lab which are charlotte ballast possible. quiet sunday night in iraq and iran disrupted by violent shaking. the quake was centered on the iraq iran border merely iraqi town of. and it was severe sivan point three in magnitude and only twenty five kilometers deep. it was very strange some of the gases dropped off the table the fan was shaking we were so afraid we had to