i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> emerging 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 every weekday live from bangkok only on nhk world "newsline." >>> japanese scientists have shared more of their findings of what happened with the fukushima daiichi plant. they said that one of the meltdown of the reactors was caused by the tsunami. they released an interim report saying reactor one lost its emergency power because of waves that hit the plant. members of a commission suggested in 2012, the cause had been the earlier earthquake. data that showed up later indicated the arrival of the tsunami coincided with the loss of power. the scientists rejected the suggestion that the earthquake caused the meltdown of the reactor's pipes. they will continue their investigation and interview former commissioners and then release their final report. >>> the u.n. security council has called on north korea to comply with its

back to you. >> david piper live from bangkok. >>> now we'll take to you a live news conference. heather has more on that >> we have the malaysian transport minister here right now to talk about the malaysian flight and mh-17. let's listen in to what he has to say. this is live, coming in. to the families of those who lost their lives, our hearts go out to those who have been affect affected. in recent hours, officials in the u.s. and ukraine have indicated that malaysia airlines flight mh-17 was shot down. it will be contro tra conveniented with international law and malaysia condemns any such action in the strongest possible terms and calls for those responsible to be swiftly brought to justice. the ukraine government will institute investigation into the acti action. >> all right, well that was the malaysian transport minister basically offering his condolences. little difficult to hear right there. we'll break that down and determine more of what they have to say about this. >> some strong words, though. he did say if, in fact, this was a missile that shot this plane down sbi

ian williams is covering the story from bangkok. >> the storm has now been downgraded, but it's still packing a mighty punch, west of the main island of okinawa. the latest reports, we're hearing, suggests the island is riding out the storm reasonably well. they have been well prepared, with the highest alert that the japanese government can issue. it urged up to 600,000 people to leave their homes and take shelter. now they fear this intense rain, this very heavy rain, this heavy wind, and also, of course, the possibility of storm surges. don't forget, as well, that this island hosts the biggest u.s. base in that region. 30,000 u.s. service personnel live there, and that base is on lockdown with the personnel urged to stay at home and some of the aircraft have been flown out. now, the storm is expected to lose some of its strength as it moves north towards the main islands of japan, which it's expected to hit a little bit later this week. ian williams, nbc news, bangkok. >>> thrill ride screams turn into cries for help onboard a popular roller coaster. what the ride slammed into befo

david piper joins us live from bangkok, thailand with how the world is reacting.david. >> good morning, heather, yes. anger and revulsion would best describe the reaction in asia. also shock because it involves the malaysian airlines jet four months after the plane went missing. families of the loved one have been gathering where it was supposed to arrive. the death toll is 398. four infants were on board. they are still contacting relatives but released the manifest on board. the manifest will also be closely looked at to see if any terror suspects were on board. reports suggest as many as 18 children were on the plane. many nationalities were on board including 150 from the netherlands, 43 from malaysia, 23 australiians. it has been reported at least 23 americans. they may be along the 43 people whose nationalities haven't been identified yet. >> they had friends on the plane and they were crying. it was really sad. >> my reks a is nervous. wondering if i don't go in. >> the news of the disasters grabbed the attention of the world newspapers in the u.k. and aust

patchari raksawong in bangkok is following the story. >> joko's opponent prabowo subianto alleges voting fraud and plans to officially challenge the result. the election was the closest in the country's history and has left a deep political rift in its wake. nhk world's fransiska renatta reports from jakarta. >> reporter: the election results were announced tuesday evening. the following morning, this newsstand in jakarta was filled with headlines expressing hope for joko's management of the country. >> translator: i think joko is a good man for the job. ahead in polls in the final phase of the campaign. many politicians, bureaucrats and wealthy families support prabowo. they don't want to lose their vested interests. >> translator: this is a vic for all indo we should forget who came first or who came second. let's unite once again. >> reporter: even if the constitutional court acknowledge fraud, the finding would not overturn the election result. among the challenges when joko takes office in october will be how to resolve the political rift that has only grown wider following the elec

the morning bout arrived in bangkok, the d.e.a. gathered downtown, waiting for word from cops at the airport that the "merchant of death" had landed. >> they call us in the room and they tell us that he's here. >> what was the moment like there? >> it was just unbelievable, because we knew--at that point, you know you're kind of, like, holding on as you climb up the mountain at different points in the investigation. this was one where at that point, i believed, and the other investigators believed, not only are we in the game, he shows up at this meeting, we've got him. he's gonna be arrested. >> bout drove to this hotel and met the two fake arms buyers in a conference room on the 27th floor. here, the d.e.a.'s undercover team told bout they want his weapons to kill americans. >> the comandante and eduardo make it very clear. they said, "we're fighting against the united states." bout responds and says, "look, they're after me too." he said, "but we are together in this. they are my enemy also." eduardo and comandante talk about ho

i first met him in 2004 when he presided in bangkok. who knew him say he was a hard core scientist with the heart of an activist, who worked tirelessly to get affordable aids drugs for hiv positive patients living in poor countries. one small example of his work. he was the one that argued if coca-cola could get refrigerated beverages to places all over africa, then we should be able to do the same with refrigerated hiv medications. >> it's going to be a huge impact, both on people who worked closely with him, people in his lab, and on the society as a whole. it's an incredible loss. we are all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight. it's just unbelievable. it's really real yet. >> reporter: the world health organization tells us glen thomas was on board that flight. he worked with us here at cnn during our coverage of the ebowla outbreak. he was planning his 50th birthday celebration. his life and so many others cut tragically short. >> and dr. sanjay gupta joins me live from the cnn center

here across the eastern continent of asia, likely to see thunderstorms in manila as well as bangkok. now, let's move over to the americas where we have a little tornado touchdown reported here in south carolina. the system still in green and is likely to bring rough weather across the atlantic. a very slow moving system. the tail end will continue to pound into the gulf states on friday. northern and central plains, looking at severe thunderstorms. the monsoonal flow is very active. we want the precipitation no, relief in sight. fresno at 36 degrees. and also, portland reaching 33. so extreme heat is covering the west. now to central europe we go. cut-off lows are very active. we have a report of one water spout in italy/croatia. the severe weather will continue to pound the locations into the weekend. likely to continue a little bit longer. athens at 36. the heat is here and lisbon at 34 degrees. pamplona, you will see on and off showers. hopefully it won't be affecting this festival. take a look at this video. many people in pamplona, spain, enjoyed the running of the bulls on thur

we are live in bangkok. this is a very dangerous storm still. >> reporter: it is. it has been downgraded slightly but it's packing a mighty punch with sustained wind of over 110 miles per hour. gusting to up to 150 miles per hour. it is now at the most intense. as the center of the storm passes around 70 to 100 miles from the main island. now we hear by nhk, the japanese broadcaster that eight people have been confirmed injured. none of them seriously. some 600,000 people have been urged to take shelter from the storm, from the fierce rains, the threat of storm surge. of course, don't forget that okinawa is home to the biggest american base in the pacific. more than 30,000 service personnel in that base, right now, on lock down. >> all right. ian williams. thank you. >>> today president obama is expected to officially submit his request to congress for $2 billion to step up border security. this comes in response to the influx in underage immigrants crossing into the united states. i'm live with tray pots with more. >> what can we expect? >> we can expect that the

over the last 48 hours before the flight, there were many long haul flights from singapore, from bangkokfrom malaysia that were all going off this route and around this area. the question that really needs to be asked is to the authorities. why, when they knew that the capable of the separatists to bring planes down has had in recent days, why they didn't realize having reached that level of capability they didn't close ukrainian air space. to put it

over the last 48 hours before the flight, there were many long haul flights from singapore, from bangkok, from malaysia that were all going off this route and around this area. the question that really needs to be asked is to the authorities. why, when they knew that the capable of the separatists to bring planes down has had in recent days, why they didn't realize having reached that level of capability they didn't close ukrainian air space. to put it bluntly, it was put to me by one chief exec of an airline. to blame the airline for flying the route is a bit like blaming the car for being on the road when the road is open. the question you need to ask is why was the road open? >> the search for answers into the investigation continues. alex is an avenuation consultant and a rm toer pilot himself with more than 30 years in the industry. would you fly over ukraine? >>el with, not today, obviously. >> would you have done it before the crash? >> well, if my airline had produced a flight plan which took us over there, presumably, yes. one would wonder if the wisdom of it, certainly. the air

over the last 48 hours before the flight, there were many long haul flights from singapore, from bangkok malaysia, that were all going over this route and around this area. on the question needs to be asked. when they new the capabilities, why they didn't realize having reached that level of capability, they didn't close the ukrainian air space. to put it bluntly, it was put to me by one chief exec of an airline. to blame the airline for flying the route is a bit like blaming the car for being on the road when the road is open. the question you need to ask is why was the road open? >> and we spoke with our mill analyst. lieutenant colonel rick francona who had details on who is responsible. the ukrainian state security, crossing back into russia. they say it happened within 12 hours of the flight being shut down. they say this is proof the russians were involved. what's your assessment? >> well, first of all, one can be a little suspecting of that coming right when you need it. assuming that the tape is valid, it shows me whoever was in charge of shooting that missile wanted to get that

over the last 48 hours before the flight, there were many long haul flights from singapore, from bangkokysia that were all going over this route and around this area. the question that really needs to be asked is to the authorities. why when they knew that the capability of the separatists to bring planes down in recent days, why they didn't realize having reached that level of capability, they didn't close ukraine in air space. to put it bluntly, it was put to me by one chief exec of an airline. to blame the airline for flying the route is a bit like blaming the car for being on the road when the road is open. the question you need to ask, is why was the road open? >> richard quest in new york. thank you so much. thank you for joining me today. i'm fredricka whitfield. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> cnn is live -- >> then thursday happened. a second plane disappearing from radar. this time no mystery about what happened. flight 17 was crossing high above a war zone when it was blown out of the sky. sudden death from a missile that people on the plane could never have seen com

i met him in 2004 when he presided over the international aids conference in bangkok. those who knew him said he was a hard-core scientist with the heart of an activist who worked to get medication for those living in poor countries. one example of his work. he argued if coca-cola could gret get refrigerators beverages to africa we should be able to do the same with hiv medications. >> it will be a huge impact on people who worked closely with him, people in his lab and on the society as a whole. it's an incredible loss. we're all bracing yourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight. it's just unbelievable. it's not really real yet. >> the world health organization tells cnn their spokesman, glenn thomas was on board that doomed flight. he most recently worked with us on cnn during the coverage of the ebola outbreak in new guinea. a friend says he was a wonderful man doing great work in the world and planning his 50th birthday celebration. his life and so many others cut tragically short. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. >>> still to come af

here's nbc's ian williams in bangkok. >> the typhoon has been downgraded, but it has sustained winds of more than 110 miles per hour, and gusts of around 150 miles per hour. it is now at its most intense as it passes around 270 to 100 miles to the west of the main island of okinawa. now, some 600,000 people have been urged to take shelter from the intense rains from the winds, from the danger of storm surges. this, japan's highest level of warning as they make when the typhoons come through. machining the residents of the island, don't forget, are 30,000 american service personnel. it's the biggest base in the pacific region. the base is on lockdown. nhk, the japanese broadcaster, says that so far eight people have been injured. thankfully, none of them seriously, richard. >> nbc's ian williams. thank you so much. the very latest for us. >>> today president obama is expected to officially request $2 million from congress to step up border security. this comes in response to the influx of underaged, undocumented immigrants crossing into the united states. the white house is pressuring

nearly # 0 passenger -- 80 passengers were on their way from singapore and bangkok. >>> australian officials say it's too dangerous to enter. it forced a team of dutch and australian police officers to postpone a trip to the crash site. officers were going to collect evidence and recover remains yesterday, but ukrainian armed forces launched a major onslaught against pro-russian separatists in the area in an effort to gain control of the crash site. >>> today, governor brun will -- brown will meet with religious and rip lomatic leaders to talk about immigration reform. this picture was taken shortly after the governor arrived in mexico city yesterday. he originally was headed to mexico to work on business opportunities and to talk about climate change. later today, he will host a delegation of some of california's top businesses and political leaders. his economic trade mission may lead to changes in the way california and mexico do business. last year there were more than $60 billion in goods and services coming back and forth across the border. >>> 4:51, replacing the handshake, something

be given to the international aviation experts once they arrive here in donetsk now take a look at bangkok the sequence of events in the lead up to the catastrophe malaysia airlines flight seventeen took off from amsterdam on thursday at twelve fifteen pm local time bound for kuala lumpur. or malaysia for twenty one kiev time it disappeared from radar coverage over ukraine and lost all radio contact within an hour the crash site was located and it became clear that no one had survived by eight in the evening in both kiev and anti-government troops have denied any involvement into the crash local militia insisted in fact they had no weapons even capable of shooting down an airliner and both sides started to trade accusations relatives of the victims were informed overnight in the process of identifying the bodies began local residents have been recalling the horror of that day. you solution a little caught i heard terrible noise i went out first and then my has been well the woman fell to the ground right after i ran out at first my husband thought it was me. i was in shock i couldn't go fu

at last met in bangkok a little more than a year ago.his is where, for example, species can be put into various appendices and the elephants were in appendix one which basically meant no trade. the concern is where sales have been allowed on a one-off basis that the sales that allow for the laundering of ivory and other products. there is been confusion. is it legal or illegal? >> does your organization want to destroy all ivory so that there is no market and therefore no trade, therefore no demand? >> there's a lot of symbolism and i was happy to attend with patrick the ivory crush in denver. i don't think it's feasible. this is a government-possessed product. there is such a volume in it. tanzania has still refused to destroy the stockpile of ivory which is worth around roughly $50 million. it's a very difficult decision to be made in a developing economy. it's much different to crush ivory here in this country and sort of start the fashion for someone like china, france, or other countries that possess stockpiles of ivory. for develop

over the last 48 hours before the flight, there were many long haul flights from singapore, from bangkokom malaysia that were all going over this route around this area. the question that really needs to be asked is to the authorities. why when they knew that the capability of the separatists to bring planes down and had in recent days, why they didn't realize having reached that level of capabilitcapability, tt close ukraine air space? to blame the airline for flying the route is a bit like blaming the car for being on the road when the road is open. the question you need to ask is why was the road open. >> okay. more on just why that air route was open in the first place. we have an aviation security expert. good to speak with you, again. as richard put it, why was that road open? why were commercial airlines allowed to fly over this part of eastern ukraine? >> it's a perfect system. when we look at it internationally, the parties responsible for the aircraft, airlines themselves, secondarily and most importantly, it's national aviation authorities, they work together with regional int

a couple years in bangkok, several years in cairo. 20 years overseas, not one problem.aceful hometown. >> while byron's voice broke a few times during his account, the sergeant was surprised how calm and matter of fact he was for most of the interview. >> you would think after such a horrific event, shooting and killing two people that broke into your house that you would be very emotional, maybe crying at times. i didn't notice any of that from byron smith. he just maintained his composure, which was rather odd. >> much stranger still is byron's account of what happened after he shot nick. haile entered the house and byron fired again. >> it jammed. the trigger clicked and she laughed at me. i just pulled out the .22 and shot her. if you try to shoot somebody and they laugh at you, you go again. >> was haile really laughing? to the sergeant, it seemed like a bizarre detail. then byron told them this. >> i thought she was dead and it turned out she wasn't. so i did a good, clean finishing shot. >> he shot haile six times in all. and with that, the investigators came to

david piper from bangkok with more. david? >> reporter: yes, jenna. the grim task of searching that crash site in the ukraine is continuing at this hour. there continues to be claims and counterclaims over who brought that plane down. it is now been confirmed that 289 passengers and crew were onboard the malaysian airlines jet which was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. ukrainian government claims rebels shot it down while they say government forces did it. investigators from across the world are now heading to the ukraine to examine the wreckage. and families across the world are mourning the loss of their loved ones. there have been floral tribute at the entrance to the airport in memory of the airport of victims of air malaysian airlines. one card read, the world is in shock this should have never happened. malaysian airlines didn't mention any americans amongst the passengers. four passengers nationalities still need to be verified though. there were 80 children on the flight. it is also been revealed an australian woman, irene barros, lost f

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but they were in bangkok a little more than a year ago and this is where for example species can be putvarious appendices and the elephants were for a long time in appendix one which meant no trade basically. and the concern is that where sales have been allowed by cytase on a one off basis that those fail allow for the laundering of ivory and other products because there's confusion in the market places legal off or illegal ivory. >> rose: does your country want to destroy all the ivory so there's no market and no trade and therefore no demand. >> there's a lot of symbolism in doing so and i was very happy for patrick to attend the ivory convention but i don't think that's feasible. this is a government-obsessed product. and there's such a value in it, tanzania has so far refused -- worth $50 million. it's a very difficult decision to be made and it's doubling up the economy. it's much different to crush ivory here in this country and sort of start the fashion of it for someone like china or france or other countries that possess ivory. but for countries the value is huge there. it's a

i met him in 2004 in bangkok. those who knew him say he was a hard core scientists with the heart of an activist who worked tirelessly to get affordable aids drugs for hiv positive patients living poor countries. one small example of his work, he argued if coca-cola could get refrigerated beverages to places all over africa, we should be able to do the same with refrigerated hiv medications. >> people in his lab and on the society as a whole, it's an incredible loss. we're all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight, it's just unbelievable. it's not really real yet. >> reporter: the world health organization tells cnn the spokesman glen thomas was on the flight. he most recently worked with us during the coverage of the ebola outbreak in guinea. a friend says he was a wonderful man doing great work in the world and was also planning his 50th birthday celebration. his life and so many others cut tragically short. >> so, so sad. well, the conference will go on as scheduled

i first met him in 2004 when he presided over the international conference in bangkok.hose who knew him said he was a hard-core scientist who worked tiresliless to get affordable aid drugs for hiv positive patients in poor countries. one small example of his work, he was the one who argued if coke-cola could get refrigerated beverages to places all over africa, then we should be able to do the same with refrigerated hiv medications. >> it's going to be a huge impact, both on people who worked closely with hip, people in his lab and on the society as a whole. it's -- it's an incredible loss. we're all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight. it's just -- it's unbelievable. it's not really real yet. >> the world health organization tells cnn their spokesman, glen thomas, was on board that doomed flight. he most recently worked with us here on cnn during our coverage of the ebola outbreak in new guinea. he was also planning his 50th birthday celebration. his life and so many others cut tragically short. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, rep

nearly 80 passengers were on their way from singapore to bangkok. rain caused the train to derail. >>> the site of the malaysian air flights 17 crash in eastern ukraine still too dangerous for investigators to enter. reports of intensifying fighting in that region forced a team of dutch and australian police officers to postpone a planned trip to the crash site. officers had planned to correct evidence and recover remains. yesterday, ukrainian armed forces launched a major onslaught against pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine in an effort to gain control of that crash site. >>> warm weekend came to an abrupt halt for people at the beach in southern california. several people were hurt, one person was killed in a sudden lightning storm. a 20-year-old man died after he was struck by lightning at venice beach. and several other people who were in or near the water were also hurt. the bolt touched down in the middle of the afternoon yesterday at the crowded beach. witnesses say the skies grew dark without warning. >> the loudest clap of thunder i

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you see the market and for bangkok, but i would say for the rest of the week, julia, these markets are not going to be running away in terms of momentum to the upside. we want to see what the fomc says, of course, and that payroll at the end of the week. back to you now. >> and don't forget, earnings, sri, over the u.s. and europe, plenty for investors to think on. thank you so much for that. paul, good morning. >> good morning to you. >> a couple of interesting points in your notes. fund managers have the low elf level of risk since 2012. yet at the same time, you pull out the data from merrill lynch saying private clients now have equity asset allocations at the highest level in nine years. >> yeah. i think this is a continued question about how risk averse people have been and the last time we talked, we talked about the fact that it was one of the most unloved equity rallies that's been taking place. >> it's become slightly less unloved than it was. you listen to the two executives of ubs this morning saying that their clients are still relatively risk averse. i think the point tha

i met him in 2004 in bangkok. was a hard core scientists with the heart of an activist who worked tirelessly to get affordable aids drugs for hiv positive patients living poor countries. one small example of his work, he argued if coca-cola could get refrigerated beverages to places all over africa, we should be able to do the same with refrigerated hiv medications. >> people in his lab and on the society as a whole, it's an incredible loss. we're all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight, it's just unbelievable. it's not really real yet. >> reporter: the world health organization tells cnn the spokesman glen thomas was on the flight. he most recently worked with us during the coverage of the ebola outbreak in guinea. a friend says he was a wonderful man doing great work in the world and was also planning his 50th birthday celebration. his life and so many others cut tragically short. >> dr. sanjay gupta joins me now. beyond the tragedy for friends and family members a

. >> joining us from bangkok, david piper. david, what can you tell us about that?t of anger and sadness over what's happened. also shock because it involved a malaysia airline jet, just four months after flight mh 370 went missing. families lost loved ones on the plane have been gathering in malaysia's main airport for news today. the death toll from the crash is now been increased to 298 after it was realized three infants were on the plane. reports suggest as many as 80 children were on board. it's also being reported at least 23 of the passengers were americans. they may be some of the 45 people whose nationalities haven't been identified yet. malaysia airlines says a it's still contacting relatives, but will then release the full manifest of who was on board. passengers are going on flights in the u.s. say the crash won't affect them getting on planes state side. >> first of all, i don't think i have any choice because i have to travel. secondly, i can't live my life worrying about that for sure. >> i don't think it's going to impact me going anywhere else. any

. >> ian williams in bangkok. thank you. >>> four nato soldiers are among the 16 people killed in a suicide attack in eastern afghanistan. they were from the czech republic. the taliban say they carried out the attack. local officials say the others killed are 10 civilians and two police officers. >>> the israeli military says it has struck at least 50 sites in the hamas/gaza strip. that violence comes following an duck and murder of three israeli taeupblgs and a palestinian teenager. ayman, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. the israeli military is calling it operation protective edge. they struck homes of what they say are palestinian militants belonging to hamas. palestinian militants have fired 80 rockets into southern israeli. it sent hundreds into shelters in the south to seek protection. they have called up 1500 reserve soldiers and deployed them to the south. in a sign there is perhaps a growing escalation between the two sides. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been quoted as