told you we were going to pull out of bangladesh. and in fact, we haven't pulled out of bangladesh. >> reporter: the ceo said his company continues to use the factories in question in bangladesh because that's the only way to improve conditions. and he said his inspectors found nothing substandard at the factory before the fire that killed 29 people. >> first, we didn't believe the factory was substandard. >> reporter: they locked the gate. the photos were taken afterwards. >> there were six exits. >> reporter: did your inspectors see any of that? >> not when we were there? >> reporter: seeing that, what do you say. >> tragic. >> it's tragic. >> reporter: hill fig intercompany contributed $27,500 for the families of the fire victims in. widow received just over $10,000. >> i cannot provide for my son. if he wants to eat, i can not provide it. >> $10,000 in bangladesh means a lot of money. >> reporter: it doesn't mean a thing to you? >> it's a very little to us. >> reporter: may pledge the tragic fire to make a difference. >> i think

. >> i did make a mistake telling you that i imagined we could be pulling out of bangladesh and thatnot true. >> reporter: what is true is that they rely on the bangladesh factories which continues to offer the cheapest labor in the world. today in a landmark agreement, hilfiger and his partner announced they will put up $2 million for a fire inspector in bangladesh and support safety standards, something they refused to do before our investigation. gap is considering a similar agreement. no one should have to die making clothes. >> hilfiger put up $2 million. >> to make sure those places are not fire traps. >> thank you so much, brian. for more, tune in tonight to "nightline." >>> coming up, a kind of ghost story. can you hemd solve it? mysterious sounds keeping a town awake in the night. one viewer sent us a video saying this is what it sounds like. see how the carrots i grow make that new stouffer's steam meal so tasty. actually, the milk from my farm makes it so creamy, right dad. ah, but my carrots have that crunch. it's my milk in the rich sauce coating the chicken and the past

>> reporter: in places like bangladesh and south asia, where 500 people died in garment factory fires. a little over a year ago, 29 people were killed a at this victory, which manufactures for hilfiger and many others. workers were trapped in upper floors. some jumped to their deaths. labor groups say that exits for locked to prevent theft. at the time, there were big promises of changes yet abc news found that the company that owned the factory continues to make clothes for hilfiger, gap and kohl's. >> when it comes to putting their money where their mouth is, they don't do it. >> reporter: when he found hilfiger backstage in new york, he falsely claimed his company had pulled out of the bangladesh because of the bad conditions. >> we will never manufacture clothes in those factories again. and security guards were told to escort us off the premises. >> get your hands off the gear. >> reporter: within days we got an apology from hilfiger and the

. >> i did make a mistake in telling you that i would imagine we'd be pulling out of all of bangladesh when, in fact, that wasn't true. >> reporter: what is true is hilfiger's company and others rely heavily on the bangladesh factories which continue to offer the cheapest garment labor in the world. in a landmark agreement, hilfiger and his parent company philips van heusen announced they'd pay up to $2 million for an independent fire inspector in bangladesh to enforce new, strict, binding safety standards. something they had refused to do before. gap said it, too, is negotiating a similar agreement. at long last, say workers rights advocates, given the deaths of almost 500 people in garment factory fires in the last five years in bangladesh. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> brian ross again getting results. good to see. >>> all right. well, my beloved new orleans saints are basically a team without a coach this morning because of those penalties stemming from the bounty program in which defensive players were paid to injure opponents. head coach sean payton has been suspended for th

. >> when we found him, he first falsely claimed that his company had pulled out of bangladesh because of the bad conditions. >> we will never manufacture clothes in those factories ever again. >> then he was escorted off the premises. >> but within days, we got an apology from hilfig and real story. >> i did make a mistake that telling you, i would imagine pulling out of all of bangladesh which isn't true. >> what is true that his company and many other american manufacturers rely heavily on bangladesh factories where the average wage is about 22 cents an hour. today in a landmark agreement, filfiger and his company announced they would pay for an independent fire inspector to enforce strict safety standards something they refused to do before our investigation pledging to spend $1-2 million to make it happen. the gap is trying to negotiate a similar agreement. the bottom line is, no one should have to die making clothes for americans. >>> this morning, safeway is taking a stand what many people are called pink slime. the company cited considerable consumer concerns they will no longe

. >> when we found him, he first falsely claimed that his company had pulled out of bangladesh becausef the bad conditions. >> we will never manufacture clothes in those factories ever again. >> then he was escorted off the premises. >> but within days, we got an apology from hilfig and real story. >> i did make a mistake that telling you, i would imagine pulling out of all of bangladesh which isn't true. >> what is true that his company and many other american manufacturers rely heavily on bangladesh factories where the average wage is about 22 cents an hour. today in a landmark agreement, filfiger and his company announced they would pay for an independent fire inspector to enforce strict safety standards something they refused to do before our investigation pledging to spend $1-2 million to make it happen. the gap is trying to negotiate a similar agreement. the bottom line is, no one should have to die making clothes for americans. >>> this morning, safeway is taking a stand what many people are called pink slime. the company cited considerable consumer concerns they will no longer

recently we helped finance aircraft, for example, to bangladesh. the good thing about bangladesh is it's not going to be a boeing fleet. the average age of the aircraft was 30 years old. so now we probably have the oldest aircraft in the world, no longer bangladesh. banks are not lighting up four, five, or six deep to lend bangladesh airlines to buy aircraft. if we're not there, they would probably buy airbus. so i think the question is if we're not there, but the others are still there. airbus was in the question advertise. air bus said, we'll provide financing. we let the airline, in that case which is owned by the government, make a decision. do they prefer the airbus product or the boeing product? they can do it on the product attributes, not because they get like 0% financing from one place and no financing from somebody else. >> the other day i was in california, northern california, driving along between san francisco and going down to santa clair ra, i looked over, all of a sudden there's this big, beautiful building, a bunch of them. acros

>> reporter: in places like bangladesh in south asia where 500 workers have died in the last five years from garment factory fires. a little over a year ago, 29 people were killed at this factory which manufactures for hilfiger and many others. workers were trapped in upper floors. some jumped to their deaths. some exits had been blocked to prevent theft. at the time there were promises of big changes, yet abc news found that the company that owned this factory continues to make clothes for hilfiger as well as gap and kohl's. when we found hilfiger backstage, he at first falsely claimed his company had already pulled out of bangladesh because of the bad conditions. >> we will never manufacture clothes in -- ever again. >> reporter: within days, we got an apology from hilfiger and the real story about his company's presence in bangladesh. >> i did make a mistake in telling you that i would imagine we'd be pulling out of all of bangladesh when in fact, that wasn't true. >> reporter: what is true is hilfiger's company and others rely heavily on the bangladesh factories which continue to of

. >> i did make a mistake in telling you that i would imagine we'd be pulling out of all of bangladesh when in fact, that wasn't true. >> reporter: what is true is hilfiger's company and others rely heavily on the bangladesh factories which continue t to offer the cheapest garment labor in the world. in a landmark agreement, hilfiger and his parent company philips van heusen announced they'd pay up to $2 million for an independent fire inspector in bangladesh to enforce new strict, binding safety standards. something they had refused to do before. gap said it, too, is negotiating a similar agreement. at long last say workers rights advocates, given the deaths of almost 500 people in garment factory fires in the last five years in bangladesh. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> brian ross again getting results. good to see. >>> all right. well, my beloved new orleans saints are basically a team without a coach this morning because of those penalties stemming from the bounty program in which defensive players were paid to injure opponents. the head coach sean payton has been suspended for

. >>> bangladesh achieves a lot with very little.he south asian nation has been notching up economic growth of around 6% annually all while about 60% of the rural population lives without electricity, and to improve their lot, some bangladeshis are making their own electricity by reinventing the wheel. nhk world's parvun chowdbury reports. >> reporter: in no electricity village they choose to generate electricity which bicycle. public transportation is virtually non-existent in the village in central bangladesh. with a population around 9,000, bicycles are everywhere. a team of japanese engineering researchers recently wondered whether these bikes could be used to make power. bicycles are cheap and easily obtained. the researchers thought of adopting them as generators. >> translator: we thought it's a good idea because bicycle shops are common even in a small village like this. >> reporter: one day in february, the researchers opened the first ever power generating facility in the village. until then, electricity had not even existe

behind scenes at new york's fashion week to ask tommy hilfiger about a fire at this factory in bangladesht killed 29 workers. hilfiger said his clothes are no longer made there. but later, he called abc news back. >> i did make a mistake in telling you that i would imagine we would be pulling out of all bangladesh, when, in fact, that wasn't true. >> yesterday, hilfiger announced a landmark agreement, putting up as much as $2 million for an independent fire inspector and to support safety standards. something they refused to do before our investigation. brian ross getting news. >>> some devilish behavior has now resulted in the coach of the new orleans saints being suspended for the entire season. sean payton's suspension begins april 1st, when the nfl ruled he did not do enough to stop the saints' bounty program. the former defensive coordinator, gregg williams, was also, indefinitely banned from the league. some unhappy days in the big easy, for sure. >>> mixed reaction to this news. quarterback tim tebow is heading to new york. the broncos traded him to the j-e-t-s, jets, jets, jets, l

he wrote a book called the poverty curve and jeffery sacks wrote the end of poverty in bangladesh a great example, they introduced 35 years ago to do a campaign to get all women and men or boys literate. it was 22% and today it's more than 75 percent if you look at a demographic curve with the population, you can see it's just starting to reach an apex in bangladesh. they're way ahead of india, and pakistan. it's an impact to stabilize the population there. also, um... excuse me. you know having hard cover thing fighting terrorism with education i've learned from islamic scholars. in the koran it's implicitly stated in the holy koran when a young mangos on jiha d and this is a spiritual endeavor to seek knowledge. it could also mean he's going into a group. but he has to get blessings from his mother first and if he doesn't do that it's shameful and disgraceful. after 911 the taliban had a high desertion rate and they were trying to get recruit groups to fight against intervention and coalition and they went in literally impoverished societies because educated women refused to allow they'

know is happening which is more droughts in the horn of africa and more floods in the delta and bangladesh and those types of situations. >> for it's oriented that way and i know my time is up, i would suggest a title change or something. it ends out a different signal when you first hear it and what you are talking about obviously fits if it's described as you said, very much into the agriculture efforts that the senator and others have talked about. i know my time is up and i look forward to talking in more detail. >> senator? >> thank you very much for being here and your efforts on behalf of the country around the world. i know that senator cardin raised the concern about investing in women and the importance of doing that. it's something that secretary clinton is committed to and i happen to support the belief that investing in women is one of the best development strategies if we get the most out of our dollars and the hope is that we are coordinating these programs and making those investments across all of our development efforts. i wonder if you can talk a little bit about how u.s

trend that i spoke to that apple is a part of which is that everything's manufactured in china or bangladesh or wherever it seems these days when it comes to u.s. corporations so my question there is what control do americans have over their economic future when they don't make a whole lot anymore. well it's not just the united states i mean i imagine it's much of western europe we have a disconnect between the cost of production in the united states in western europe and the developing world the united states the western world. has a lot of costs associated with production and manufacturing and the regulations and restrictions for al put that do not exist in the philippines bangladesh vietnam china. or whatever and it's a very hard. to spare ready to overcome because you've got the cost of production that is much lower in the third world and our costs you know simply the only way out of it is to continue to innovate and yet here we have something like the i phone that is really revolutionary as are many of the apple products and you're you're absolutely right they're not being manufactured

if you lived in cambodia or bangladesh they don't have food to eat. they will look at this and tell me that we miss the turn. today, kids are very spoiled. if you feed them they will come to you every morning. the medallion is good and people need a job. if you choose a cab co. -- if you use a driver you allow them to sub-lease. this is in order to avoid the abuse of medallions. they could not least this out, with another driver to make money. this is also good for the public. this zone is very important. you have to learn about the high spot, and we're making money on the chinatown and union square. you have a couple of bus stops and that is all. people don't mind walking three or four blocks. i want to go to sunset -- or to richmond. this is good because the kids are too fat, they gain weight in the e to good. thank you. >> david snyder? >> the is not here? >> >> good evening. >> there were no cards here. i am barry korngold. i am on the taxi advisory council. i came down here even though i know you are not talking about tax the items, but i know in

>>darya: 31 dead and dozens of missing after a pact ferry capsized in a river in southern bangladesh. >>darya: san francisco teachers are planning a rally tonight at the board of education to protest the more than 500 layoff notices sent out to teachers last month. they are also protesting the with the layoffs were distributed. schools in low-income areas worst fear from layoffs but some say that teachers outside of those low income areas deserve the same protection. in contra costa county, 91 teachers will get king slips after the mt. diablo school district approved preliminary layoff notices at a meeting last night. >>mark: here is a live look from san francisco, traffic is starting to build onto 101 southbound. soft look! here she comes! ♪ she'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes... ♪ ♪ when she comes. ♪ it'll be spinning new chrome wheels when it comes. ♪ ♪ when it comes. ♪ custom spoiler, race grade pistons, ♪ ♪ gt35 turbo charger. ♪ and they'll all know that it's kevin's awesome car. ♪ bought em! ( clears throat ) sorry. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. robert >>

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people were killed today when a ferry packed with about 200 people capsized in a river in southern bangladesh35 people were rescued, but about 150 other passengers are missing. the best beach in the u.s. is in saint peterpetersburg florida. it was praised for its sug sugary-white sand. it includes five in florida, two in hawaii and surprisingly only one in california. and a beach near the coast of australia has been closed due to a massive shark feeding frenzy. video from the helicopter shows about 50 sharks attacking a large school of tuna close to shore. >>> and, now, here's an early look at how wall street will kick off today. the dow opens at 12,959. the s&p was up a fraction, but the nasdaq lost four. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei added 9 points. >>> as investors look ahead to today's said meetings, a lot of them sat on the sidelines yesterday. it was the lightest trading day of the year on the new york stock exchange and the nasdaq. energy, utility and consumer staple stock push blue chips higher. j.p. morgan chase was among banks that suffered ahe

th he struggled to live their lives in bangladesh, thla pisn. ♪ here in thailand, there are an estimated0,000 displaced rohingya. at this mosque in western ngk,o pray. ong them is abu karian. he left myanmar 31 years ago with no legal protection, he keeps a low profile with his family in the busy city. in myanmar he claims he was persecuted, forced to work and beaten by the military. feinfohis li, fled to thailand. >> translator: at least five villagers were gunned down by the military in front of me because they became too weak to cay in. after my escape the military tore down my village where 2,000 people lived. i don't ow what haened to everyone. >> reporter: the hardship 't end, when kariam went to thailand. he sls fdocre living, but he said he's routinely arrested and he's also worried about his two children who have no legal access to education. aung san suu kyi is a beacon of hope for karian. he said she's the only pso who can improve his situation. he and other displaced ringya have often demonstrated in support of aung san suu kyi, especially calling for her freedom during years

people were killed today when a ferry packed with about # 00 people capsized in a river in southern bangladesh after colliding with another boat. 35 were rescued but another 150 other passengers are still missing. >>> the best beach in the u.s. is in st. petersburg, florida. this according to a new website survey. the st. pete beach was praised for its sugary white sand. the new list includes five in florida, two in hawaii and surprisingly only one in california. >>> speaking of beaches, on the coast near perth, australia, one beach has been closed due to a massive shark feeding frenzy. video from a helicopter shows 50 sharks attacking a large school of tuna very close to shore. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. dow opens at 12 now, 12,959. nasdaq lost 4. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei added 9 points. in hong kong, the hang seng rose 205. >>> as investors looked to head to today's fed meeting, a lot of them sat on the sidelines yesterday. it was the lightest trading day on the year on the new york stock exchange and

seeing heavy rape for myanmar and eastern india, bangladesh, continuing today as well. but light precipitation for indochina and the philippines, looking clear across much of the philippines. just a few scattered thunderstorms. here are the temperatures. 21 in taipei and hong kong. then we cool off to the north. but not too bad. 10 in tokyo, 8 in seoul, 5 degrees for beijing. heading to north america, to the west, you can see the swirling cloud. widespread snow here at the beginning of the day friday. but that's going to start to clear up for you. there is another round coming on its heels by friday night. we are still dealing with storms to the east. you can see a long front, just starting to push over the atlantic. that's going to give you a bit of a break in the severe storms. this will be snow for new england. again, moving out fairly quickly, but it will bring 20 centimeters to novembera scotia. this is going to take its place quickly, there will be the potential for more severe thunderstorms, all of this on your friday. here we go. this is the storm forecast. torn

police in bangladesh say 150 people are missing after a ferry capsized and sank. about 35 ansurvivors have been found. it's believed that the ferry collided with an oil tanker. a u.s. drone has killed five militants in the remote tribal area of pakistan near the afghan border. the attack on the vehicle traveling along the border took place in south waziristan. now all the business. we are looking at the turbine tax. >> euro group ministers will be discussing this today in brussels. the financial transaction tax. george osborn has made it very clear where the u.k. stance. it believes that what this means is the tax would damage vital national interests. it also says brussels has no right to impose taxes on member states. it's estimated that more than 70% of the tax will be paid by firms in the u.k. you could argue he has a point. many other countries in the eurozone ahead with this, especially france. >> china, a bit of a battle going on over resources. >> this is all about rare earth s. these are 17 special minerals escalated from the ground. they are used in fluo

a heavy rain targeting myanmar as well as bangladesh and northeastern india. further toward the south, scattered thunderstorms for the indochina peninsula as well as the philippines, but it shouldn't be anything particularly heaviy. seasonal light thunderstorms. japan will see an area of rain moving from west to east. most of it falling as rain apart from the mountainous regions of central japan. by the time it hits tohoku, it should be changing over the snow. a little chillier towards the north. but not too bad in tokyo. today ten degrees forecast for the high, eight in seoul and five in beijing. eight in shanghai as well, taipei and hong kong both at 21 degrees but a hot day in bangkok. 36 for your high. into north america we go. to the northwest we're seeing a system here starting to dissipate as it moves farther inland, which is certainly good news. this one a windy system bringing snow as well as coastal rain in the last 24 hour. but even as thins settle down here, there's going to be yet another system coming in on its heals friday night. something to ke

language on what was then east bengal created as much as anything, the independent republic of bangladesh. i hope in deciding whether to broadcast in the sindi language, we not try to accommodate the most extreme elements in islamabad, we are broadcasting in urdu and sindi is spoken in pakistan far more. we have a complicated relationship with the pakistani government. we need to research out to the pakistani people. especially those people soth of pakistan where the version of islam is so compatible with american you will varies. i know i'll not be the only person up here to talk about camp liberty and how important it is that we assure the humanitarian safety of everyone who is there, there are elements to how that was set up that makes it look almost like a prison camp. there are reports that the residents have no access to lawyers, no family, no freedom of movement and obviously the iranian government is going to be pressing the iraqis

police in bangladesh say at least 150 are missing after a ferry carrying 200 passengers capsized and sunk. about 35 survivors have been found. it is believed it collided with an oil tank er about 20 miles south of dhaka. >> a shiite moslem has been killed. it he died trying to put out a fire. >> european fire fighting. >> absolutely. we mentioned before that it is down to junk because of the exposure to the greek economy. that was by moodies. .> it is a very small reminding you of the fallout from the swaeuituation as far a greece is concerned. but it passed another hurdle in getting that cash. you said yesterday when will it get the money. we keep talking about the bailout being approved. it has a couple other hurdles. euro mores have to sign up on it tomorrow and day after that the i.m.f. board will vote on their contribution to bailout. then they will get some of the money hopefully the first tranche in a few weeks. >> all of this has been signed off politically they said last night and been going on in brussels, the euro group meeting yesterday and today. today one issue will be

. >> dozens of people have been killed in a ferry vote accident in southern bangladesh. the ferry sank after it collided with a barge southeast of the capital. survivors say the vessel was overcrowded and sank quickly after the collision. that a cease-fire between israel and palestinian militant groups in the gaza strip has gone into effect and appears to be holding. police in israel said only a small number of rockets had been fired, causing no damage or casualties. the cease-fire comes after four days of violence that left 25 palestinians dead. >> an imam has that following an attack at the belgian capital. police take him into custody after he entered the mosque during prayers. the suspect is believed to be a number of an ultra-conservative movement. >> survey shows most japanese are against restarting the country's nuclear power plants. 57% said they were opposed and 80% said they did not trust government safety measures. almost all of japan's nuclear plants were shut down after last year's earthquake and tsunami that caused a knelt down at the plant in northern japa

the defeat of the pakistani army in december of the same year and the creation of the state of bangladesh. >>> the election of a pro-beijing candidate as hong kong's chief executive met with massive protests on sunday. demonstrators voiced dissatisfaction with the election system. the 1,200 strong election committee picked by beijing elects the chief executive of the semiautonomous territory. >> we did not support this kind of voting system because there are over 7 million of hong kong citizens. >> protesters shouted down with the electoral system amid chaotic scenes outside the convention center in the venue of the limited ballot. >>> it's a sunny but cool morning in tokyo. let's go to rachel ferguson who has the weather picture for here and elsewhere. >> hi, catherine. it is a little bit sunny here in tokyo. that's fine. and in fact, the snow we were seeing yesterday towards the north of japan has cleared out. however, still quite chilly, and lots of places across western and central japan will be waking up to frt. it was a little bit chilly coming in this morning. i could tell you that

new overnight at least 30 people are dead after a ferry capsized in a river in southern bangladesh packedh about 200 people, 35 so far have been rescued from the boat. rescue workers are trying to locate the sunken ferry in a nearby river. >>> egyptian security official say the country is mediated a cease-fire between palestinian militant factions and israel after four days of violence a cease-fire went into effect at 1 this morning after hours of talks palestinians agreed to stop launching rockets and israel agreed to stop targeting militants. palestinian militant groups or israel wouldn't comment. >>> two days of torrential rains caused rivers to burst flooding homes and knock down bridges and blocking the rail line to neighboring peru. about 300 chileans had homes flooded and the farms have been damaged. about 300 people had to be rescued after a passenger train was stranded due to all the mud and debris left by the flood waters that you see in the video. >>> four structures dominated the skyline in the british city for more than 50 years are no more. experts carry out a series of cont

he's done it at the age of 38, achieving the feat in this one-day game against bangladesh. he been stuck in 33 innings, so everyone knew he would eventually reach this unprecedented landmark but still that inevitability doesn't in any way detract from how great he's been over the years and how many years he's been plauing. he's made his debut as a 16-year-old in 1989. he's widely regarded as greatest batsman of cricket's modern era, second possibly to the greatest, don bradman. reminder of our main news, american soldier accused of shooting 16 last sunday has been named by the u.s. defense department as army staff sergeant robert bales. he's now in ft. leavenworth prison. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freemanfoundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for

imposing on what was east bengal created as much as anything the independent republic of bangladesh. i would hope that in deciding whether to broadcast in the sendi language we would hope not to broadcast extreme elements of islamabad. because right now we're broadcasting in urdu and sindhi is spoken by more people in pakistan. we have a complicated relationship with the pakistani government. we need to reach out to the pakistani people particularly those south of pakistan where the vrgs of islersion of islam compatible with american values. i know i won't be the only person up here to talk about camp liberty and how important it is we assure the humanitarian safety of everyone who is there. there are certainly elements to how that camp has been set up that makes it look not -- almost like a prison camp. there are reports that the residents have no access to lawyers. their family no freedom of movement. obviously the iranian government is going to be pressing the iraquis to be as inhumane as possible to the residents of that camp. and i hope that we will be pressing on the osidtr fin

people were killed today when a ferry packed with about 200 people capsized in a river in southern bangladesh colliding with another boat. 35 were rescued but another 150 other passengers are still missing. >>> yesterday wisconsin's voter identification law was struck down as unconstitutional and the justice department blocked a voter i.d. law in texas saying it could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of his pan he can voters. >>> the best beach in the u.s. is in st. petersburg, florida. this according to a new website survey. the st. pete beach was praised for its sugary white sand. the new list includes five in florida, two in hawaii and surprisingly only one in california. >>> speaking of beaches, on the coast near perth, australia, one beach has been closed due to a massive shark feeding frenzy. video from a helicopter shows 50 sharks attacking a large school of tuna very close to shore. >> and now here's a first look at how wall street will kick off the day. dow opens at 12,959. nasdaq lost 4. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei added 9 points. in hong

the defeat of the pakistani army in december of the same year and the creation of the state of bangladesh. >>> the election of a pro beijing candidate as hong kong's chief executive met with massive protests on sunday. demonstrators voiced dissatisfaction with the election system. a 1200 strong election committee picked out by beijing elects the chief executive of the semiautonomous territory. >> they did not support this kind of voting system because there are over -- over 5 million of hong kong citizens. >> protesters shouted down with the electoral system, amid chaotic scenes outside a convention center in the area, the venue of the limited ballots. >>> hiro morita is up next with sports. >>> welcome to the sports report. a final game about a week ago determined japan's top rugby team and good coaching played an important part in the outcome. the knights may be wild, but this day belonged to goliath. with the attacking style, they diabete allow their o didn't allow their opponents a single try. they earned the japan rugby championship for the second time in a row. >>> 52-year-old austr

climate and clean air coalition has developed countries like sweden, underdeveloped countries like bangladesh, ghana, canada and we've had a really positive response from countries around the world asking how they can be involved. so we think this is a way to help cut down on about 40% of what the pollutants and the atmosphere are that affect climate change. so we're going to be promoting this issue. it's not as controversial. it's not as far reaching. we still have to deal with the greenhouse gas emissions and try to come to grips with, you know, co2. but it gives us something that people can do. and identify i'll give you a equipment example. we have a global alliance on clean cook stoves. how women cook, about the 2 million of them around the world create receiptpitory illnesses. if we can create a market for a more clean burning cook stove, we would improve house and we would improve the environment statement. so there's a lot of win-win strategies that we're working on here. >> thank you. i also wanted to follow up on the cigar audit report of the police development program. and it revea

. >>> new details about a ferry accident in southern bangladesh. this is what we know right now. at least 30 people have been reported dead and dozens right now are missing. that ferry was packed with 200 people with it capsized in a river after colliding with a cargo boat. but 35 people have been rescued so far. >>> news time 6:25. violence in the gaza right now at least three people reported dead. 40 others wounded after a new round of israeli air strikes. palestinian official say the bombings killed two militantsand a 15-year-old boy. 21 people have been reportedly killed since friday. israel says the air strikes are justified and they are in response to more than 100 rockets attacks coming them from gaza. >>> look at this video this morning. the shark is a feeding frenzy. it's shark week on good morning maryland. this is perth australia where they are feed og and school of tuner. swimmers received reports of the sharks schooling off the coast and they got out and no reports of any injuries. the beach was opened a couple hours later. don't know if anyone would have gone to the

bangladesh for the first time in three decades has enough de vries to feed itself. overall since feed the future was launched, we have seen in the countries and agricultural productivity increase 5.8%, more than eight times the global average of 0.7%. because of a more structured and results oriented focus on nutrition, we see the rate of child stunting go down. it's those types of results that we hope to speak more about and deliver more effectively in a more transparent manner through the overall efforts and through these initiatives. i would like to close by thanking our staff. we have asked our staff to do extraordinary things and very challenging and often dangerous environments. we appreciate your mentioning the issue of how many staff have lost lives or our partners have lost lives. perhaps the most telling moment was at the end of a conference that we held, the first since i have been administrator with our mission director and our leaders around the world. we talked through the reforms and initiatives and the more results-oriented approach. at the end of th