the very name, burma, refers actually to only one of these groups.ommon, however, is a thanaka, a face paint and sun bloc made from tree bark that mavs many of their faces. it's ubiquitous here is, at first jarring to see it quickly becomes something you get used to and take for granted. yangon's gravitational pull broken, and with darkness falling, the train picks up speed. at times terrifyingly so. >> if this thing is going to derail at some point. they have lost how many wheels yesterday on this one train? so truly, it's about being in the right car. the one that keeps its wheels. >> derailments or rail splits as they are referred to here a somewhat more besign sounding than rolling off into the rice paddies, which are not uncommon. one can't help wondering what the engineer and conductor are thinking as the train speeds heedlessly on faster and faster. >> all right. it must be like 40, 50 miles per hour at this point. >> i wonder if anyone has ever flown right out of their seat out the window. >> small people, sure. >> you don't want to be like h

the very name, burma, refers actually to only one of these groups.o have in common, however, is a thanaka, a sunscreen from tree bark that masks many of their faces. at first jarring to see, it quickly becomes something you get used to and take for granted. yangon's gravitational pull broken, and with darkness falling, the train picks up speed. at times terrifyingly so. >> if this thing is going to be derail at some point. they have lost how many wheels into the rice paddies, which are not uncommon. one can't help wondering what the engineer and conductor are thinking as the train speeds heedlessly on faster and faster. >> all right. it must be like 40, 50 miles per hour at this point. >> i wonder if anyone has ever flown out of their seat out the window. you don't want to be holding a lab dog. >> or baby or anything. >> yeah, try -- in the bathroom and find yourself launched straight up into the ceiling, bringing to a rude conclusion what was already a omnidirectional experience. >> cruising now, very relaxing. >> what kind of beer did you have? ♪ ♪

burma, now myanmar, where orwell once served as a colonial policeman, where he first had grown to despisehe apparatus of a colonial state, became more orwellian than imagined, in a nation where even having an opinion could be dangerous. >> i am very honored to be here at this university and to be the first president of the united states of america to visit your country. >> morning in yangon, to nearly everyone's surprise, there have been some huge changes in recent months. >> difficult time in transition is when we think that success is -- >> nobel prize-winning democracy champion, aung san suu kyi, after 15 years in house arrest, was released and is now taking an active role in politics. just as the door is opening, my crew and i are among the first to record what has been unseen for decades by most of the world. meanwhile, this southeast asian country of 80 million people is collectively holding its breath, waiting to see what's next, and will this loosening of government grip last. of course, morning in yangon has always been about tea. it's black indian-style tea, usually with a thick

and we've helped expand the space for civil society in countries from honduras to tunisia to burma. and standing together, we can do even more. and finally we're increasing our support to society groups across the board. we're going to increase our emergency interest to embattled ngos. we'll do to match groups with the donors and funding that they need. and in the coming months our treasury department will finalize regulation so it's even easier and less costly for your foundations to make grants overseas. [ applause ] we'll increase our legal assistance and technical support to those pushing back against onerous laws and regulations. we'll help more governments truly partner with civil society. we'll continue to stand up for free and open internet to individuals can access information and make up their own minds about the issues their countries confront. and through our programs to engage young leaders around the world, we're helping to build the next generation of civil society leaders. our message to those young people is simple -- america stands with you. we stand with educators

rally the pub with around like absolutely no other -- whether it is egypt or tunisia or russia or burma. is what causes, over all other issues, popular protest in favor of democracy, rule of law, and accountable government. it struck us when the obama administration also -- focusing on corruption -- was one of the most effective ways to counter human rights abuses of democratic regimes. for a number of reasons. number one, there is no excuse for corruption in any political culture or society. everyone claims to be against it. there are regimes that do have excuses for arresting journalists or shutting on the internet are doing a lot of nolanterrible things, but excuseuse -- no one can people. opposition tends to be a unifying factor among the populations dictators tried to divide. whether you are the sunni or shia in bahrain, this is something that brings you together. northernou are nigerian or southern nigerian, this brings you together. nationalist, liberals and russia , they are all offended by the corruption of the putin government. the worldople around recognize international acti

unique distinction of having been the summer capital of india and surprisingly, it was the capital of burmato the rest of the world by a narrow mountain path and they rule, approximately a fifth of the human race for eight months every year. in today's context it would almost seem bizarre. >> mulligatawny soup. a classic example of what we think of as indian food in the west but not at all. this was originally a soup made by indian chefs to accommodate british tastes, is that correct? >> it was something what you would call halfway between a regular daal, a lentil, which you would eat, and a broth. glace chops. mutton glace chops. basically, meat cooked in its own fat. it's a misnomer. this meat is not actually mutton. it is chevron. >> here, back before the rail line, it would be a difficult trip. >> yes. >> but once they were up and running, i mean, there were many servants to look after your every need. you had a fireplace, a hearth in every room. >> and people on the regular payroll whose only job was to shoo monkeys off the grounds. >> wow. >> you would be carried around in palanquins

welcome to chiang mai province, tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far awaymark on the food. >> here's the local hootch. lao khao. >> and if you're eating here, chances are, you're also drinking. >> compared to the stuff we had this morning, this is substantially more harsh, i would say. and less fragrant. >> the village of mae wang. in this place it's called hin tang. how did you find this place? we're in the middle of nowhere. >> it's a very popular place. >> a restaurant showcasing one of the distinguishing elements of northern thai cuisine, the heavy use of animal protein. >> you see the local people, they're lining up. here in northern thailand, pig reigns supreme. most of the stuff we're eating here is made out of pig. >> what did you order? >> grilled pig tail. >> that sounds superb. >> yep. then we ordered some sai oua, northern thai herbal pork sausage. >> oh, yeah, i'm on that. >> brain. some pig's brain. >> yeah. i'm not a big brain fan. a custardy sort of texture, coupled with this sort of nutty taste. frankly, i would sooner grab a big handful of

we managed mines in china and india and burma and australia and russia. i doesn't know where all.including the united states and canada. so that during the first seven years of this century, i went around the world seven times with my entire family. >> well it must have been good to get home then after one of those long trips in those days. >> always a thrill to come back to america. >> this is the place where freedom really lived. >> did you not practice engineering in russia during the czarist days? >> yes, sir, we had very large operations which we managed in russia. one of them was at a place in the urals. we had over 100,000 men. and a very successful operation. the main interest in it was that it was a complicated chemical and met lurj cal operation that eventually the bolsheviks want able to operate it when they seized it because they locked up all the brains from the staff. so it was closed down for 15 years or more and all of those people put out of a job. >> during your experience in russia, how did you get along with the russian people. >> we got along extremely well be

welcome to chiang mai province, tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away on the food. >> here's the local hootch. lao khao. >> and if you're eating here, chances are, you're also drinking. >> compared to the stuff we had this morning, this is substantially more harsh, i would say. and less fragrant. >> the village of mae wang. this place it's called hin tang. how did you find this place? we're in the middle of nowhere. >> it's a very popular place. >> a restaurant showcasing one of the distinguishing elements of northern thai cuisine, the heavy use of animal protein. >> you see the local people, they're lining up. here in northern thailand, pig reigns supreme. most of the stuff we're eating here is made out of pig. >> what did you order? >> grilled pig tail. >> that sounds superb. >> yep. then we ordered some sai oua, northern thai herbal pork sausage. >> oh, yeah, i'm on that. >> brain. some pig's brain. >> yeah. i'm not a big brain fan. a custardy sort of texture, coupled with this sort of nutty taste. frankly, i would sooner grab a big handful of nut sa

traveling to areas that were off bounds, out of bounds for travelers, myanmar and what used to be called burmaso on the schedule. and, again,olutely, i have been in myanmar for many years, but i decided we had to build our own ship, and we have a ship that we built that will be launched in november, which will go all of the lay-up the waterway, and will be able to give you an comparable sites of everything, plus the luxury of really a first-class ship. addition to the luxury aspect of this kind of travel, is this also suited for potential investors who want to check out different areas of the world but want to do so knowing that they are being given a certain level of comfort? >> well, many people want to travel to these unusual places, but what they also want is comfort and an assurance of safety, and i have been to every place myself. we have the brand of abercrombie and kent on it. also, we can introduce them to keep people, should they wish to study that aspect on the trip. we have been speaking earlier about president obama's speech to speak about the middle east and u.s. involvement ther

one of the sisters -- think about this -- in 1905 went to burma as a missionary, medical missionary.o very interesting. but what's interesting is when he gets to the war and you read these letters around the decision to go to war or not, and he is under enormous strain. his lover does not want to go to war. he knows that if he votes for war, that ohio is filled with german-americans who are mostly republicans. and it could be his political suicide. he decides to do so anyway. but he also at one point in these letters talks about how he silently goes over to pray before the senate is open. they always have the chaplain of the senate come out and pray. and he during that time went over to try to get guidance. he did pray but he did not wear religion on his sleeve, but he clearly felt it very deeply. >> so you don't detect any great sense of guilt in these letters. >> oh, there's a sense of guilt. >> well disguised. >> no. you know, he was good friends with -- this is one of the odd things of this. this is a very complex story. jim phillips was a good friend of his, carrie's husband. an

our place in the world at a time where people were questioning it and to help to make an opening in burma and across so many miles breathe new life into old partnerships and gave meaning to every corner of the globe. colin powell, revered still, by everyone i've met in the state department and outside of it who is retired. legendary stories told of the secretary who picked up the phone to tap the talent. a man who knew war so well that he valued diplomacy so much more. whose exhaustive personal engagement after the 9-11 attacks was essential in uniting a coalition of allies. madeleine albright continues to inspire american diplomats wherever they serve. james baker, a tough texas poker player, and deal maker extraordinaire, which i can attest to because he negotiated the debate rules for george w. bush and me. we're still talking to each other. [laughter] >> that's diplomacy. actually my campaign folks were caught in a squabble with the bush folks, which is not unusual, and jim baker and vernon jordan got together and had a great lunch and perhaps a martini, it took them a half hour, the

russia, china, burma, this is the thing that causes -- with all other issues, popular protest in favor of democracy, rule of law and accountable government. and i think it has struck us in the obama administration also as one of the most focusing on the corruption. it's a nexus to abuse and power as one of the most effective ways to effectively counter human rights abuses and undemocratic regimes for a number of reasons. number one, there's no excuse for corruption in any political cupttur or society. everyone claims to be against -- there are regimes who do have excuses for arresting journalists or shutting down the internet or doing a lot of other terrible things. but no one can excuse eevement that's number one. number two, opposition to corruption has to be a unifying factor amongst the very populations the dictators try to divide. so whether you're sunni or shia in bahrain or iraq, this is something that brings them together. whether northern nigeria or southern nigeria this brings you together. national lists, liberals in russia, they all are connected by corruption of the govern

see christian militia groups or buddhist terrorists killing muslims by the hundreds in places lime burma the places of people killing in the name of islam. >> maybe in the united states anyway was 9/11 and it was the 1993 bombing -- >> to be honest with you you're more likely as an american to be killed by lax gun laws and a shooter who walks into a movie theatre or a an institution. we have not seen a terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11 for 13 years now and we should be attributing that to the partnership with american muslims and with law enforcement and others. >> do you think could that partnership be better? >> absolutely i mean i think the partnership could be better if law enforcement wasn't conducting unwarranted surveillance of u muslims, and i think law enforcement needs to look at what that looks like and bring law enforcement back. >> is there something that the muslim community should do that it's not doing now to help that partnership that you described? >> if you look at a lot of the failed plots, coming forward to law enforcement most often coming from the immediate fam

and to help to make an opening in burma and across so many miles breathe new life into old partnerships and gave meaning in every corner of the globe to the notion of personal diplomacy. colin powell, revered, still, by everyone i have met in the state department and outside of it is retired. legendary stories told of a secretary who picked up the phone to the talent not just of undersecretaries and assistant secretary is but desk officers and line officers and a man who knew war so well that he valued diplomacy so much more. who's exhaustive personal engagement after the 9/11 attacks was absolutely essential uniting a coalition of allies and partners to wage war on terror. madeleine albright, whose purpose and passion ending blood shed and brutality in kosovo and bosnia and working to heal old wounds in northern ireland, to this day, epitomizes moral leadership and continues to inspire american diplomats wherever they serve. james baker, a tough, texas poker player and deal-maker extraordinaire which i can attest to because he negotiated with vernon jordan the debate rules for george w

burma perhaps easier, but in india, this sort of zeal that's al-qaeda, the puritanical deal isn't necessarilyoing to appeal to that market. when one considers it's the largest muslim market outside the middle east, it makes sense they got target the area. i.s. has recruited from there and al zawahiri is trying to appeal to the leadership to get them involved. >> fighters from the islamic state group in northern iraq have kidnapped at least 15 men. the abductions happened in a soon any village 65 kilometers west of kirkuk. fighters stole 15 vehicles. the i.s. group members fought with armed tribesman in the same village on tuesday. >> iraqi forces push toward the strategically important city of tikrit. the town was captured by islamic state fighters in june. these amateur pictures were shot on tuesday. sunni rebels claim it's the aftermath of an attack on government soldiers. some promise a brutal revenge against the i.s. group. >> we will marsh and seek revenge. no country, no army will stop us. revenge, i say revenge, revenge, we can seek revenge with the soon any tribes. i said revenge. blo

i sit in the perseverance of men and women in burma who are striving to build a democracy against the these citizens remind us of why civil society so essential. when people are free to speak their minds and hold their leaders accountable, governments are more responsive and more effective. when entrepreneurs are free to create and develop new ideas, economies are more innovative and attract more trade and investment and ultimately become more prosperous. win communities, including minorities, fre a free to live d play and love as they choose, when nations uphold the rights of older people, including perhaps especially women, and girls, then those countries are more likely to thrive. if you want strong successful countries, you need strong, vibrant civil society. when citizens are free to organize and work together across borders, to make our communities healthier, our environment cleaner, and our world safer, that's when real change comes. we see this in the spirit of the new commitments you are making here at cgi to help the people of west africa in the fight against ebola. we've al

last 30 days, we have seen the creation or the announcement of al qaeda in india and bangladesh and burma and other parts of the world. so we have not struck al qaeda in a way -- we are going to have to continue to fight and continued to strike them. we have got to destroy them just like the president has been talking about destroying isil. isil is not an isolated terrorist group, but they are the most vicious of the terrorist groups that are out there. as we have seen exhibited on tv over the last several months, particularly the last several weeks, they are committed to a caliphate in the middle east part of the world that now stretches from syria into iraq. they want to stretch that into jordan and lebanon and into gaza. if we do not eliminate their capability by destroying them and killing those individuals, they may have the capability to do that. that is why it is so important that we use the only thing they recognize and understand, deadly force, to counteract them and destroy them. with effect to what the -- with respect to what the president said last night, we have been in conve

. >> burma. the family was rather devout. much kind of moral -- him being bothered personally by the morality of some of these actions. how would you assess -- not to assess his soul but is there any kind of -- it seemed like there were no kind of dark nights of the soul or hand ringing or how did i do that? is that present at all? what's your take on that. >> you know it's interesting it is. the families can speak to that but his mother became a 7th day adventist when two of her children died suddenly. she became very religious this is one of the reasons these people are in medicine. so they have a real strain of aventism in their family that comes from the mother. warren, however, was old enough that he had really been raised a baptist and really didn't himself become an adventist. everyone else in the family did. one of his sisters went to berma was a medical missionary. very interesting. what's interesting is when he gets to the war and you read these letters around the decision to go to war or not. he is under enormous s

in 2009, he went to burma, the first american leader to visit that country in ten years. though the trip was criticized in the pro-democracy movement, subsequently relations wereen the two countries resumed. webb graduated from the naval 1968.y in when he returned from vietnam, he got a law degree from georgetown. webb was a staffer on the house veterans affairs committee anore being appointed assistant secretary of defense and then secretary of the navy. in addition to his public varied, webb has had a career as a journalist, winning an emmy for his coverage in beirut in 1983. he wrote the original story and of thecutive producer film rules of engagement. webb's books include a history the scots, irish culture, a novel set in the vietnam war, i heard my country calling, a memoir of his early life, published this year. webb has been to the national press club on several previous occasions. welcomere very happy to him back to the national press club. [applause] >> thank you very much. i appreciate all of you coming today to be with us. noticed -- i should point out here, a

then a subcommittee hearing on tariff threats in europe and later president and ceo larry burma talking about the pharmacy stores mission and health care market as a whole. .. >>> the provisional agenda for this meeting is the situation concerning iraq. the agenda is adopted. it

last 30 days, we have seen the creation or the announcement of al qaeda in india and bangladesh and burma and other parts of the world. struck al qaeda are going to have to continue to fight and continued to strike them. destroy them just like the president has been talking about destroying isil. isil is not an isolated terrorist group, but they are the most vicious of the terrorist groups that are out there. tvwe have seen exhibited on over the last several months, particularly the last several weeks, they are committed to a caliphate in the middle east part of the world that now stretches from syria into iraq. they want to stretch that into jordan and lebanon and into gaza. if we do not eliminate their capability by destroying them and killing those individuals, they may have the capability to do that. that is why it is so important that we use the only thing they recognize and understand, deadly force, to counteract them and destroy them. with effect to what the president said last night, we have been in conversation -- they have called me over the last several days, couple weeks, rega

>> yes, as a partner in an international engineering firm, we managed mines in china and india and burma and australia and russia. i doesn't know where all. including the united states and canada. so that during the first seven years of this century, i went around the world seven times with my entire family. >> well it must have been good to get home, then, after one of those long trips in those days. >> always a thrill to come back to america. >> this is the place where freedom really lived. >> did you not practice engineering in russia during the czarist days? >> yes, sir, we had very large operations which we managed in russia. one of them was at a place in the urals. we had over 100,000 men. and a very successful operation. the main interest in it was that it was a complicated chemical and metallurgical operation that eventually the bolsheviks want able to operate it when they seized it because they locked up all the brains from the staff. so it was closed down for 15 years or more and all of those people put out of a job. >> during your experience in russia, how did you get along wi

prior to serving in the obama administration secretary burma served as president of the walmart foundation in arkansas where she led efforts to fight hunger in america and empower women around the world. before joining the foundation in 2012 she was president of the global development program at the bill and ellen gates foundation in seattle, washington where she's been ten years working on some of the world's most pressing challenges. vaccinations to my children's health, agriculture and development. she also served as the foundation's first chief operating officer's. during the clinton administration's secretary burr was served as tepid the director of omb, deputy chief to the president. chief of staff to the secretary of the treasury and staff director of the national economic council. prior to joining the clinton administration's secretary -- secretary burwell worked for mckinsey and company to a serving on the boards of the council on client relations, university of washington medical center among other organizations. secretary received an a.b. from harvard university the second gener

where i basely decided i snuck into burma and decided i'll just do really dangerous stuff and it willy intense stories and they'll put me on the air. i'll be able to be a reporter. >> listen, now, we are able to do work that we are as passionate about. it all works out in the end. >> i'm so happy that you're here at cnn. >> thanks so much. >> sugar daddies, sugar babies, the premier episode, this sunday, september 28th. 10:00 p.m. that does it for us. cnn tonight starts now. >>> good evening. this is cnn tonight. i'm don lemon. >> today, u.s. officials were blind sided by iraq's new prime minister warning of an imminent attack by isis on subway systems in new york and paris. it got particularly awkward when federal and new york officials declared it's not true. >> and that's not all. a stark warning from the fbi director. he is not confident that air strikes against the group have disrupted its plans to attack the u.s. >> forget

in 2009 he went to burma, the first american leader to visit that country in ten years. though the trip was criticized by some in the pro democracy movement, subsequently, relations between the two countries were resumed. webb graduated from the naval academy in 1968. when he returned from vietnam, he got a lot of grief from georgetown. webb was a staffer on the house veterans affairs committee before being appointed as assistant secretary of defense and then secretary of the navy. in addition to his public service, webb has had a varied career as a journalist. winning an emmy for his pbs coverage for the marines. he wrote the original story and was executive producer of the film "rules of engagement." his books include a history of the scotch irish culture and i heard my country calling, a memoir of his early life published this year. webb has been to the national press club on several previous occasions and we are very happy to welcome him back to the national press club. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i appreciate all of you coming today to be with us. i have no

in 2009 he went to burma, the first american leader to visit that country in ten years. though the trip was criticized by some, subsequently, relations between the two countries were resumed. webb graduated from the navial academy in 1968. when he returned from vietnam, he got a lot of grief from georgetown. webb was a staffer on the house veterans affairs committee before being appointed as assistant secretary of defense and then secretary of the navy. in addition to his public service, webb has had a varied career as a journalist. he wrote the original story and was executive producer of the film "rules of engagement." his books include a history of the scotch irish culture and i heard my country calling, a memoir of his early life published this year. webb has been to the national press club on several previous occasions and where he happy to welcome him back to the national press club. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i appreciate all of you coming today to be with us. i have noticed -- i should point out here at the outset that jerry has enough questions, i thin

and to help to make an opening in burma and across so many miles breathe new life into old partnerships and gave meaning in every corner of the globe to the notion of personal diplomacy. colin powell, revered, still, by everyone i have met in the state department and outside of it is retired. legendary stories told of a secretary who picked up the phone to the talent not just of undersecretaries and assistant secretary is but desk officers and line officers and a man who knew war so well that he valued diplomacy so much more. who's exhaustive personal engagement after the 9/11 attacks was absolutely essential uniting a coalition of allies and partners to wage war on terror. mad din albright, whose purpose and passion ending blood shed and brutality in kosovo and bosnia and working to heal old wounds in northern ireland, to this day, epitomizes moral leadership and continues to inspire american diplomats wherever they serve. james baker, a tough, texas poker player and deal-maker extraordinaire which i can attest to because he negotiated with vernon jordan the debate rules for george w.

prior to serving in the obama administration secretary burma served as president of the walmart foundation in arkansas where she led efforts to fight hunger in america and empower women around the world. before joining the foundation in 2012 she was president of the global development program at the bill and ellen gates foundation in seattle, washington where she's been ten years working on some of the world's most pressing challenges. vaccinations to my children's health, agriculture and development. she also served as the foundation's first chief operating officer's. during the clinton administration's secretary burr was served as tepid the director of omb, deputy chief to the president. chief of staff to the secretary of the treasury and staff director of the national economic council. prior to joining the clinton administration's secretary -- secretary burwell worked for mckinsey and company to a serving on the boards of the council on client relations, university of washington medical center among other organizations. secretary received an a.b. from harvard university the second gener