and 26 bangkok. spring is the hottest season for you. very hot day in spring in bangkok again. 36 degrees on tuesday. finally, in north america, showers are easing across the northeastern part of the u.s. but very unstable acongress eastern canada. 25 sent meters of snow is likely in southern quebec. but, again, dry weather across the northeastern u.s. and strong northerly winds are creating some lake-effect snow. here are your highs. mild toward the south. meanwhile very chilly in oklahoma city, 8 decrees. across the eastern seaboard, a cool down. 11 in washington d.c. here's your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm kathryn kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

look at the china peninsula, all red, bangkok, 38 degrees. it is the dry season right now but that's still a pretty high figure. tokyo will be feeling the chill at 14 degrees. into the americas, it is still very much like winter up here in earn canada. lake effect snows for you as well monday into tuesday. this weather system bringing wind as well. that means reduced visibility with 30 centimeters of snow coming down this this one will be pushing into the central and southern plains, and it will be bringing you some thunderstorms. on your monday, 19 degrees, that falls to just seven for the high, dallas, texas getting down to about 11 by wednesday. four in chicago, and one in toronto. into europe, now things will be fairly dry for the northern half of the continent, but there is a low moving, bringing hail, thunder, and lightning. no snow towards the north of the continent, down through germany, the low countriecountries, and is no precipitation available. look at these highs, we usually see these as lows at this time of year, four in berlin,

ten degrees in seoul and towards the south bangkok. spring is the hottest season for you. in summer we see monsoonal rain and gray skies. very hot rain. 36 degrees on tuesday. finally in north america showers are easing across the north eastern part of the u.s. but very unstable across eastern canada. additional 25 centimeters of snow is unlikely. again dry weather across the north eastern u.s. but strong winds are creating some lake effect snow across the east coast. towards the south severe weather is ongoing across the southern plains. even tornadoes cannot be ruled out as we head into tuesday. here are your highs. very chilly in oklahoma city. 8 degrees. across the eastern seaboard a cool down once again. 8 degrees in new york city and 11 in washington, d.c. here is the extended forecast. >> that concludes this edition of "newsline." do stay with us. >> lucille clifton grew up in western new york, near buffalo, worked as a government clerk and office assistant. her first book, good times, was rated one of the best books of 1969 by the new york times. lucille clifton, w

we have more from bangkok. they are serious about reform, so serious it has been called a genuine currency of the country. it is all about the authentic taste. that is something the government says is not been preserved abroad. it is creating standard recipes for three of the most popular traditional dishes. food is considered one of the top four global cuisines. the flavor is being distorted outside of the country. we would like to set one standard. science for use that, testing available ingredients in other countries to see what works best as a substitute for the original. there is no doubt the cuisine is a global favor. there are questions around the effort by the government. can they standardize traditional recipes prepared in restaurants from new york to tokyo in insuring it tastes more like st. -- dishes served on the streets of bangkok? he thinks they're taking the wrong approach. >> you have to create the bible of thai cuisine. you as the country should say this is the structure and history. this is ho

." >>> the bangkok international motor show currently taking place is just one example of thailand'sbooming economy. and it's a useful indicator of the positive economic outlook for this year. at the show, it's increasingly clear that more and more young drivers are willing to splash out on luxury vehicles. nhk world's dhra dhirakaosal has more. >> reporter: the ten-day event is one of the largest motor shows in southeast asia. 36 car makers from ten countries are taking part, showcasing their newest models. another segment of the auto industry that has been rapidly booming is the luxury premium sector. despite an import tax over 100% on some of these european vehicles, many are willing to pay up while the going is good. surprisingly, many buy on the spot at the motor show. this german brand sold more than 1,000 cars during less than two weeks of last year's motor show. >> translator: it's my birthday today. i wanted it, and the price is reasonable. so i decided to buy on the spot. >> reporter: the premium car segment is growing rapidly. german premium brands bmw and mercedes benz ar

i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. emerging economic powers still struggling with poverty. citizens still demanding democracy. the push for peace, the shadow of conflict. get news and insight every weekday live from bangkok on nhk "newsline". >>> policymakers at the bank of japan announcing they will enter a new phase of quantitative and qualitative monetary easing. the drastic move is to achieve the target of a 2% consumer price increase within about two years. they made the decision after their first two-day meeting under the new governor haruhiko kuroda. policymakers decided unanimously to double the outstanding monetary base in two years through an asset purchase program. the monetary base is the total cash in banking reserves that the central bank provides to the markets. in more detail, the bank will expand the buying of long-term japanese government bonds and increase the average remaining maturity of the bonds from the current period of less than three years to seven years. it also plans to more than double the purchase of exchange traded funds in two years. that's

patchari raksawong in bangkok has more on this story. patchari, good evening. >> good evening, gene. the prime minister is now going over the calendar, and deciding on an election date, whenever malaysians go to the polls, analysts expect najib's coalition will have to battle for an increasingly popular opposition. >> translator: this morning, i asked the king's consent to dissolve the 12th parliament as of april 3rd. his majesty gave his approval. >> reporter: najib razak showed a stern expression during his televised address. political analysts say opposition parties will be tough competition in the general election to be held as early as this month. since winning independence from the british empire in 1957, malaysian politics has been dominated by the national front coalition that mainly represents the majority malay people. during the prime minister's term that began in 1981, malaysia began implementing policies that favor malays. the reforms worked to narrow the financial gap between malays and the more prosperous chinese minoritie

river some 60 miles north of bangkok. officials say several cars and motorcycles plunged into the water. investigators say they believed a bridge was in poor condition. italy. mount etna, erupting for the 13th time this year on the island of sicily. spewed from europe's tallest active volcano. scientists say the explosion no threat nearby villages typically deal with showers of ash. china. [shouting] [explosion] >> shepard: dozens of shoulders begin -- soldiers begin blowing up rocks since a deadly earthquake about a week ago. [explosion] >> shepard: magnitude 7.0 quake killed nearly 200 people and triggered landslides. officials say those rocks threatened the workings of a local hydro power station. and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> shepard: i'm shepard

i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> emergent economic powers still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy. the threat of violence, the push for peace, the shadow of conflict. get news and insight on south and southeast asia only on nhk "newsline." >>> the world health organization says there's no evidence that the new strain of bird flu is spreading easily among people in china, but the organization's top official in the country says the w.h.o. will keep a close watch on the virus' possible genetic mutations. >> we have not seen easy and sustained person-to-person transmission. this is the situation for which we are most vigilant. >> more than half of the patients infected with the h7n9 virus were found to have had no contact with birds, but he says the virus could mutate in a way that allows it to spread easily among people. a team of experts from the w.h.o., the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention and china's health authority has been visiting patients in hospitals in beijing and shanghai. they're trying to identify the source an

passenger. >> as you can see, the traffic in bangkok is terrible.kelights, lots of traffic jams, lots of people trying to change lanes with no real success. >> this scooter says, you know what? >> taking the sidewalk. >> sidewalk, nice. >> things get a little bit alarming just as he passes this giant pile of motorcycles parked on the side of the road. a woman with a small child in her arms comes out a bit startled by the guy and you will notice lots of scooters parked on the sidewalk and makes me think lots of them drive on the sidewalks. >> if i am the passenger, i am giving him a bigger tip. >> you say i want the jason bourne slow speed chase and he is getting him where he needs to go. >>> great news. if you are a fan of the 2012 movie pitch perfect, there will be a sequel coming out in 2015. ana kendrick performed this in the movie. ♪ >> now, many people are talking about this video that ana kendrick, one of the lovely stars of pitch perfect came out with to the cubs song when i am gone. she is working in a diner and goes out to the restaurant an

max they're talking about traffic jams on the sidewalks outside shops gold bullion shops in bangkok they're seeing that in india they're seeing it three hour four hour waits in australia but that's our show our show is seen globally and the idea of keeping gold suppressed is local it's local to the west keynesian money printing propaganda wars but globally people understand people globally our show is global they buy gold. so well where they to me where these concepts meet where the psychological war with the belief in in paper and the mighty nests of paper meets in japan which is over in asia of course where everybody else is consuming consuming and buying japanese see gold as hedge against stocks and yet so we know that the gold price and yen had an all time high right before the price crashed and a lot of people are now lining up seven hour long waits outside gold bullion shops in ginza and a lot of them are doing it because banks pay no interest on their deposits they're also a fearing war but some japanese also harbor fears that the expansionary monetary and fiscal policies kno

maxa talking about traffic jams on the sidewalks outside shops gold bullion shops in bangkok they're seeing that in india they're seeing it three hour four hour waits in australia but that's our show our show is seen globally and the idea of keeping gold suppressed is local it's local to the west keynesian money printing propaganda wars but globally people understand people globally our show is global they buy gold. so well where they to me where these concepts meet where the psychological war with the belief in in paper and the mighty nests of paper meets in japan which is over in asia of course where everybody else is consuming consuming and buying japanese see gold as hedge against stocks and yet so we know that the gold price neon had an all time high right before the price crashed and a lot of people are now lining up seven hour long waits outside gold bullion shops in ginza and a lot of them are doing it because banks pay no interest on their deposits they're also a fearing war but some japanese also harbor fears that the expansionary monetary and fiscal policies known as a ban

live for us in bangkok. look at these pictures, it is extraordinary.ou can see clearly the extent of the destruction. , ashose images coming from you mentioned, a town where we saw that violence break out between march 20 and march 22. a started really with seemingly harmless fight between a small group of muslims and a small group of buddhist and spread in the days after that to completely engulfed the town. those areas you can see on the satellite images released by human rights watch are according to them the muslim neighborhoods. those people have gone, forced to flee the town. there are some refugee camps that have been set up on the outskirts of town. getting access to those areas has been and media difficult. ascertaining how many people have fled those areas is difficult. what according to human rights watch they around 12,000 people have been forced from their homes. that is in the area that saw the worst of the fighting. in the days after that it did spread to other towns around the country. >> we hear the government has set up an emergency c

as for temperatures for east asia, a little bit cooler than what we saw on tuesday in bangkok request high of 36 degrees. towards the north a cool arab plas is blanketing, lowering temperatures. 14 degrees in beijing and single digits for new seoul. in north america there's a variety of weather happening. where you see winter like conditions across the west, severe weather in the south and midsummer conditions in the east. heavy snow is persisting in the northwest. we are seeing strong twinds as well. 30 centimeters is likely in some place us with strong winds visibility could drop down near zero. so driving is going to be dangerous. and in the south there is a risk of severe weather e we're atalking about the rixs of severe thunderstorms, large hail and damaging tornados. and it looks like a nasty weather their spread to the mississippi valley as well as the mid atlantic region as we head into wednesday. and the record challenging temperatures across the east. look at this, 30 degrees in washington, d.c. more than 10 degrees higher than average. finally, in europe then, thick clouds

maxa talking about traffic jams on the sidewalks outside shops gold bullion shops in bangkok they're seeing that in india they're seeing it three our four hour waits in australia but that's our show our show is seen globally and the idea of keeping gold suppressed is local it's local to the west keynesian money printing propaganda wars but globally people understand people globally our show is global they buy gold. so well where they to me where these concepts meet where the psychological war with the belief in in paper and the mighty nests of paper meets in japan which is over in asia of course where everybody else is consuming consuming and buying japanese see gold as hedge against stocks and yet so we know that the gold price and yen had an all time high right before the price crashed and a lot of people are now lighting up seven hour long waits outside gold bullion shops and ginza and a lot of them are doing it because banks pay no interest on their deposits they're also a fearing war but some japanese also harbor fears that the expansionary monetary and fiscal policies known as

baking hot day across bangkok. 38 degrees. but towards the north, cooler than average, in beijing 13 degrees. that's four degrees colder than what we saw on monday. okay. north america. we have winter storm warnings and advisories widely posted for the northern and central parts of the u.s. central parts of, excuse me, the rockies and the plains. and as you can see, the isobars are very close to each other. very fierce winds are blowing. so that's why we have blizzard warnings posted for parts of colorado as well as utah. they may receive up to 50 centimeters of snow. we could see freezing rain as well as ice pellets on the central plains on tuesday. but until then we have a risk of severe weather, severe thunderstorms, damage being wind and tornados here towards the south, dry, warm, so very windy. so we have the risk of fire weather posted for parts of texas into arizona. and we're going to be seeing very cool temperatures across central portions of the u.s. look at this, denver, your high on monday was 19 degrees. but on tu

scorching hot in bangkok. 36 degrees and towards the north cooler than average in seoul as well as tokyo. severe weather is occurring in parts of western continent. gusts of 85 kilometers in southern germany. temperatures are in the double digits. spring has finally arrived in parts of europe. here is the extended forecast. and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. maybe you have some energy- saving appliances, like an energy star-rated washer and dryer. but what about your tv? chances are it's on more than your washer, dryer, and kitchen appliances combined. did you know that if half of us in the u.s. replaced our regular tvs with an energy star model, the change would be like shutting down a power plant? you can find the energy star on everything from standard to high def to the largest flat-screen your heart desires. ow that makes sense.

temperatures are as follows, baking hot toward the south. 37 degrees in bangkok. toward the north 17 in beijing and much cooler than seasonal. tokyo 15 degrees. we are in the middle of spring. the most colorful season of the year. i want to show you this video. a field of tulips is in full bloom. some 50,000 bulbs are on a 2 kilometer field last december. they bloomed earlier than usual. people will be able to view them for another week if the weather remains cooperative. it seems the dog is enjoying the beautiful scene. we're going be seeing the taste of spring. 12 degrees in berlin and 15 on thursday. here is the extended forecast. >> that is all for this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us.

that's going to ten there for an another couple of days. 35 in manila and bangkok. and 21 on the warmer side here in tokyo. it's going to be about 20 degrees. in north america, the winter storm is weakening, now it's shifting to the great lakes region. we do have another system behind it. it's going to bring another round of really heavy snow. that's going to be in wyoming, focused about 70 centimeters in the next hours. so total accumulation is going to be significant amounts. major travel disruptions across the central rockies regions. the previous storm that hit colorado is now moving to the grt lakes reon as wells tempatur at 6 for ur high. loanges onhe cler side at 18 degrees. boston at 18 with chance of showers on your tuesday night. here's your extended forecast. >>> reminder of our lead story. a white house official says the obama administration is handling an attack in boston as an act of terror. two explosions hit runners just as they were about to cross the finish line. two people were killed. about 100 others wounded. the first explosion knocked back run

as for temperatures for east asia, a little bit cooler than what we saw on tuesday in bangkok request high of 36 degrees. towards the north a cool air blast is blanketing, lowering temperatures. 14 degrees in beijing and single digits in seoul. in north america there's a variety of weather happening. where you see winter like conditions across the west, severe weather in the south and mid-summer-like conditions across the east. heavy snow is persisting in the northwest. we are seeing strong winds as well. 30 centimeters is likely in some places with strong winds visibility could drop down near zero. so driving is going to be very dangerous. and to the south, there is a risk of severe weather. warmer weather to the south and we're talking about the risks of severe thunderstorms, large hail and damaging tornados. and in the southern plains on tuesday. and it looks like a nasty weather will spread to the mississippi valley as well as the mid atlantic region as we head into wednesday. and the record challenging temperatures across the east. look at this, 30 degrees in washington, d.c. mor

i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >> patchari, thanks. >>> efforts are under way in china to tighten domestic regulations. the laws are lax compared to industrialized countries. the japan international cooperation agency is hosting the visit by officials from china's national peoples congress and the ministry of environmental action. the officials are learning about strict controls based on the japanese model. one chinese official said the challenge is to promote economic group and environmental protection at the same time. >> translator: i hope i will be able to learn about it at this program. >> they will learn about municipal governments and study the penalties imposed on businesses that discharge pollutants. they will visit factories with advanced technology and meet with ngos working to protect the environment. the latest euro zone unemployment numbers are out. they show the jobless rate in the currency block remained unchanged at the worst level in february. the european union statistics office reports the jobless rate stood at 12% in the month, the same as the revised rate in

temperatures baking hot towards the south, 37 degrees in bangkok, but 17 in beijing and much cooler in soul, 10 degrees and 15 degrees. but we're in the middle of spring, the most colorful season of the year. i want to show you this video. a field of tulips is in full bloom in this prefecture. a local tourist group started growing tulips years ago in hopes of making them a spring attraction. some 50,000 bulbs were placed on a 2 kilometer field last december. they bloomed one week earlier than usual thanks to the warm weather. if the weather remains coopera e cooperative people will be able to enjoy them another week. it seems the dog is also enjoying the beautiful scene. blooming flowers in the northern half of europe is behind schedule because of the extended winter and finally we will be seeing a taste for spring. lots of double digits, 17 in berlin, 17 in vienna and 15 for paris on thursday. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. .

bangkok, high 37 for you. tokyo, you're going to be getting into the 20s into the week.s low pressure areas push by, it will gradually start to warm back up. let's talk about the americas where things are absolutely hot and sizzling toward the east. very cold into the midwest, into the higher plains. that's because we are seeing this severe weather system develop up just towards the north of it. some heavy snowfall continuing to kick through. you may see 20 to 30 centimeters of snow accompanied by gusty winds, blizzard conditions being seen here. you'll see power outages across portions of minnesota, portions of wisconsin and michigan. minneapolis you've been seeing car slides off the roads because of the freezing rain. then warm air pumps in with the moisture air and all that cold air coming from the north will continue to interact with each other. then talking about the risk of some tornadoes, large hail up to golf ball size which has already been reported but the main threat is these strong storms and straight line winds pushing from west to east and many people are g

this isn't a river in bangkok. this girl is here, according to witnesses, jumped off of a pier into the river. this man was in the boat that the video was being recorded from and he is holding a life preserver swimming to where she is and he is obviously struggling to stay above water, but he is really struggling to get to her because of the currents. they're too strong. >> so close and you can see how hard they're struggling just to close that gap. >> he throws her the life preserver. she holds on, manages to stay above and look at him. he immediately starts sinking into the water. she fortunately realizes what's happening and immediately starts getting over to the kids and both holding onto the life preserver. >> that was right in the in this case of time. you could see he was going under after she was going under. >> some people online are calling him a hero because of what he did. they were both saved and made it onto the boat. >>> pure luck or a guardian angel? you tell me how this guy did not get more serious

ian williams, nbc news, bangkok. >>> here in washington, the faa said today the furloughs of air traffic controllers have been suspended and air traffic will be back to normal by tomorrow night. furloughs were part of a que sequester and caused widespread delays for travelers this week. kristen welker is at white house with more on how congress engineered a quick fix to the delays. kristen. >> reporter: this entire process shows how quickly congress can act when it really wants to. it took just two days for lawmakers to pass legislation authorizing the faa to use other money in its budget, to end the furloughs and those flight delays. today in his weekly address, the president who has said he will sign the bill, called it a temporary fix, a band-aid that doesn't address the overall budget issues which led to the sequester cuts. he continued to criticize republicans for allowing the sequester to occur at all. now in the republicans' official response today, a republican congressman charged that the faa could have made adjustments to avoid those furloughs. he accused the obama administrati

which was being held at the st mark's cathedral sectarian violence in egypt is nothing new it goes bangkokaids so we have a combination of hardline religious right prison and security forces by the standing by we're actually getting involved themselves many mourners and many others feel that the muslim brotherhood and freedom and justice party government is encouraging an exclusive religious identity the basis of what it means to be an egyptian so this is the second consecutive night going we've seen violence in cairo on saturday the clashes resulted from a protest by the april sixth youth movement which was calling for a new more inclusive government and an opportunity to rewrite the constitution again on a more inclusive basis on saturday countries broke out when police attacked that demonstration supporting take us and rocks once again in downtown cairo. that's all for me constant has not stopped. you know i always try to stay clear of falling into the trap of fake outrage on this program people love to come on t.v. and be angry over this and angry over that just to fill air time but tr

is that is that we that is the hope of the of the world is in the hands of the people killing in bangkok to buy gold on his b.c. barclays and these these what i call financial paper. terrorists is that how close are we now in your thought and what we're seeing is obviously the visible side is the retail side you seeing and in say shit will demand people losing faith in current seas and buying physical where it's crossing the line into the wholesale market and i think that is the key is the wholesale market that is now short in supply and that is that is what we run into very recently three weeks ago when a.b.m. amroth issued that very first written default of an l.b.o. review that further folks because this was a major turning point you just described describe that briefly to give the background there if you will will obviously mention to have a client go in there physical he was refused they must have been having a lot of other requests because a letter came within a day or two to all their clients saying they no longer could settle could receive their billion in cash well that is a maj

banks and the cartel is that the hope of the of the world is in the hands of the people killing in bangkok to buy gold bullion to decimate just b.c. barclays and this these what i call financial paper terrorists is that how close are we now in europe thought and what we're seeing is obviously the visible side is the retail side you seeing and in sexual demand people losing faith in currencies and buying physical whether it's crossing the line is into the wholesale market and i think that is the key is the wholesale market that is now short in supply and that is that is what we ran into very recently three weeks ago when a.b.m. roof issued that very first written default of an l.b.s. over here that for the first because this was a major turning point the just extract describe that briefly to give the background there if you. well we'll obviously i mentioned i had a client the go it went in the. physical he was refused they must have been having a lot of other requests because a letter came out within a day or two to all their client saying they no longer could settle could receive their bil

. >> thialand,s of people in bangkok and pulling out water guns and soaking each other. >> it is theter festival and a new year's celebration held in the country . good timing, the weather is scorching and temperature is 104 degrees. germany. and the heavy metal band . blasting the ace of spades . a band with a four-armed drummer and a basist and guitarist. he has to have 78 of them. that's a wrap. on fox trip around the world. >> and a little more than three years since presidents president signed healthcare in law. government agencies scrambling to make sure billions on the programs are ready to time. this is the full roll out of the law begins now. chief washington corsphondant jim angle has more. we'll be open to enrollment. that is a request for additional money on top . tax increases to plement - implement. kathleen cbn said it will arrive on time even though they need more money. >> the president needs more. including 1,000 new i.r.s. to make sure the americans comply. weed need more doctors and not i.r.s. agents. the democrats blame the program on the republicanless. we know

workers at a bangkok zoo giving animals some relief as temperatures top 100 degrees. ice cream for the chimps and the bears while the elephants chow down on blocks of ice and frozen vegetables. workers are spraying water on the animals to prevent heat stroke and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. doctor also tell you getting in shape. seems nothing beat competition and cash. that's according to a study in the money is great moat vartd for hospital workers to lose weight. they lost three times as much when they were come competing against each other in a group. researchers gave groups of five people 500 bucks. anybody who did not meet his or her weight loss goal had to hand over his or her share of the prize to those who did. the folks in charge of the observation deck at one world trade center in lower manhattan are calling it the most significant destination in the world. so we'll bring you a sneak peek of the stunning views 100 floors off the ground. plus a college basketball player who snapped his leg on live tv is up and moving. the lat

paper cartel is that is that the hope of the of the world is in the hands of the people killing in bangkok to buy gold bullion to decimate just b.c. barclays and these these what i call financial paper terrorists is that how close are we now in europe a lot and what we're seeing is obviously the visible side is the retail side you seeing and in say shit will demand people losing faith in currencies and buying physical whether it's crossing the line is into the wholesale market and i think that is the key is the wholesale market that is now short in supply and that is that is what we ran into very recently three weeks ago when a.b.m. or if issued that very first written default of an l.b.s. over here that further folks because this was a major turning point the just extract describe that briefly to give the background there if you will will obviously i mentioned i had a client the go it went in the. physical he was refused they must have been having a lot of other requests because a letter came out within a day or two to all their clients saying they no longer could settle could receive the

in asia, based out of bangkok, we are working from the burmese bordernto nepal. this is a human issue that tohes our soul. here are photos of work from the pediatric ward in the sudanese border. pharmacy and supply room. ande are clinic shots services that are provided. the idea is to intervene at an early phase toaximize the health. ands for their own interest the benefits of their receiving communities. tb screening is a big part of what we do. there is a lot of epidemiological i cities. -- activities. warfield investigations when there outbreaks of cholera due to heavy rains in a drought of malariaepidemi where rains bring in mosquitoes. is is an example of investing in laboratory structure. dadaab's population can be over 300,000. yet it was neglected to some extent by the national government in terms of infrastructure and laboratory capability. cdc invested heavily in turning the above before pictures into after pictures. interventions. i will wrap up by showing our treatment programs. beginning in 1996, we began to use drug administration to treat this popu

. ♪ ♪ one night in bangkok in the jungle, can't be to careful with your company i can feel the devildon't have a choice. >> not lately. >> stephanie: as far as i know i'm going to be back on cnn tomorrow. >> on erin burnett. >> hey now. >> stephanie: yes. i got bumped every day last week, don't -- i don't understand that. but -- the guy i'm on with all the time, whom i love dean obediallah, joining us now. are we back on tomorrow dean? >> i think so. i'm not sure, because obviously things are changing. we were booked all week last week, and every day they were like they are doing the boston marathon bombing coverage, and that is continuing today, but i think by next week it will be back to normal. >> stephanie: i think so and it's really all about us at the end of the day. >> how dare they -- this is why think hate the terrorists even more. >> stephanie: exactly. dean you wrote this great piece called i'm muslim and i hate terrorism. >> it's sample message, but frankly, i just -- i just did a documentary i'm codirecting, and we went to the south with these muslim comedians and did al

i have been involved on the warrant drugs since 1984 when i was at the embassy in bangkok. i spent a lot of time working in the golden triangle. president reagan brought in the cia to help with the war on drugs because he thought it was a threat to our national security, which it is. the amount of money we have spent on them, we are not getting a good return of investment. i am a free market kind of guy. when you see the coast guard go out and capture a boat or a ship that has a couple of tons of cocaine on it and then three or four days later, the price of cocaine does not spike up at all, that tells me there is a sufficient supply getting in no matter what you do. do we need to deal with supply and demand? absolutely, but i think we need to focus more on demand. i got that more for my type frndthat worked with for ur years in thailand. they said, uil you do something about the demand in america,coppola -- in you will not affect things much here. not going tome is stop transporting it, because there's so much profit to be made. until we get a better control of the demand i