burma has about 135 ethnic groups. it doesn't recognize rohingya as a legitimate ethnic group it doesn't grant them citizenship. >> rose: why not? a combination of racism, they're darker skin, they're muslim. burma is seen as -- many are seen as immigrants. because of a demockeryization process in burma, the military terrified of losing the democracy is using reason behind that to split the vote and force the choice between burmese nationalism and princebles. she's largely silent. she says i'm a politician. the rohingya are so unpopular in burma it's poison for her to embrace them and she's not. it's ultimately not her fault. the fault lies with the burmese government but she's making it easy to persecute by failing to speak up for the rohingya. >> rose: what would be the consequence of her speaking up or is she so large she could speak up without consequence? >> i think she fears she would lose votes when the elections come but would force the burmese government to protect the rohingya, to stop the violence against th

when it comes to pressuring the government in burma the president did that when he traveled to burma and talked about the need for the burmese government to respect the rights and citizens to respect the rights of all the citizens of burma and particularly, to prevent violence between carried out against religious and ethnic minorities in that country and he acknowledged that is a basic responsibility of the central government and expected them to do more to prevent the persecution of the religious and ethnic minorities of the country. i think that is a strong message to the people and government of that country. as it relates to the sanctions we might have on the country let me follow up. >> is there a concern that persecution continues? >> we continue to be concerned about the human rights situation as it relates to the rohingya in burma. that is a message we have communicated consistently in public and in private to the burmese government. george, did you catch that game last night? the indians? they are going to have to reform the instant replay process. the royals got robbed on

it's unfortunately the burma navy is unaccountable and essentially has not been called to respond to these kind of abuses by the navy against the moken people. >> some of the persecution has been state sponsored. some came from unscrupulous people including the burmese navy, the myanmar navy. who should protect them if they are nomads and don't belong to a state. >> they should be gip citizenship. in burma they are eligible for citizenship, but the government doesn't take the steps to ensure they be given i.d. cards allowing them to go from place to place. in thailand it's difficult. they are not given citizenship and they are suffering, being deprived of access to services and facing eviction from lands

guest: there are fires in burma.here is economic interests, but unless they get the humanitarian situation properly dealt with, the the -- the economics and politics will not work. it's very striking. we worked in myanmar in the last 25 years in the state where the rohingya are, both in camps and in villages. and we've also resettled rohingya into the united states since 2007. on both sides, the consistent message is, until all the parts of burmese myanmar society are treated properly we will never have the political stability to allow for the economic resources of that country to be to properly deployed. just -- kenneth: in a sense, yes. there is since the gradual opening of burma is a buddhist extremism, which is two words you don't tend to put together. military has used these extremist to try to split the pro-democracy vote. we have seen an intensification of violence against rohingya. it's a good way to change the subject from military malpractice and miss rule to this very unpopular minority. charlie: what do y

-burma economic ties and military-to-military relations.further, an erosion of congressional confidence in burma's reform efforts would also make it more difficult for the executive branch to include burma in the generalized system of preference program or to enhance political military relations. so these are some of the most pressing challenges and opportunities awaiting burma in 2015. i noted many of them in my discussion with burma's parliamentary speaker. i would close by making it clear that we in the united states will be watching intently to see what happens in burma in the coming months and that we're prepared to continue doing what we can to encourage more positive change in that country. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: mr. president i've watched over the last decade senator mcconnell focusing attention on burma. its remarkable the good he's done for that country. his vigilance in watching literally every move that government has made has been good for that country and i think good f

you are going to start us off in burma. tell us. flo: front page news in china. you can read about it in "china data -- china daily. xi jinping, welcomes her her first official visit in china. her visit boosts the bonds of neighbors. her visit helps more channels of given occasion and cements mutual trust between burma and china. molly: that vision is getting -- that visit is getting attention outside china. flo: it is surprising the pro-democracy activists would get such a warm welcome. we can take a look at an article in "time," saying she got red carpet treatment. she is a pro-democracy activist. what is going on behind the scenes here? there is an interesting piece in "the wall street journal" that says the fact that china is engaging with this pro-democracy icon is truth of a shift in foreign policy to a more nuanced foreign policy to better protect china's interest abroad. keep in mind, the general election is scheduled in burma for the end of the year, either october or november. no date has been set yet. there is a chance that sue kyi could be elected. fr

china remains the number one investor in burma. since the lifting of sanctions in 2011, european and american money has flooded in, too. in the run up to this visit aung san suu kyi has come under pressure to highlight human rights issues. notably the case of the jailed nobel prize winner. the burmese politician could evoke his case during the visit. something that beijing is standing firm on. they say his sentence is not up for debate. >> there is no reason to back them on a verdict that has been made by chinese judicial authorities. lydia: this comes ahead of a general election in brumaurma where the national league is expected to make civic and gains. >>-- significant gains. >> you are never too old to learn. this is true for 102-year-old in germany. for her, it is a victory over the nazis who barred her from taking her final exams. >> she does not want to get any breaks. when hamburg university medical center offered to give her the phd the nazis banned her from getting, she had one condition -- should be treated like any other

but the main area where they live will increasingly be opened by development as burma opens up.are beautiful pristine undead man ocean and -- andaman beaches and ocean eyed by resort developers around the region. i expect the moken will come under pressure from development, and need to have status and protection so that they can maintain their lifestyle and be able to continue the way they have for literally hundreds of years. >> they are unique. that is a word thrown around very easily. they are unique in the way they live. when it comes to their children. some are - kids apparently have underwater visioning something that is different to what the rest of us have. can they possibly continue to survive. as their numbers have dwindled, and there are few of them. >> we believe that they can. if they are afforded the necessary space. i think for the children they can be educated. there is a university in thailand that had an innovative education project for moken children teaching thailand children about moken history. there's ways to proceed, but we need commitment from the govern

we know they've lived in myanmar, burma, for decades or centuries, some of them.hey have all different history. and if you do accept that any country has the power to decide a section of its population it doesn't want what, sort of precedent do you create on this world. i think it is the problem of myanmar and it will be complicated and have to be helped but they cannot be helped if they don't change the narrative and the language about these people. >> this is a question that was e-mailed into us. myanmar is now a hot spot for international tourism. this is bringing in desperately needed development, hard currency and revenue to the country. why not hit them in the pocket book and launch an international call for a tourism boycott until the persecution of the rohingyas is fully ended and they are accepted into the full fabric of the country as vital, valued and contributing members of the burmese society and once this happens we hope tourists will flood into the country again. so what about that? some kind of tourism campaign like that? does that make any sense?

we know they've lived in myanmar, burma, for decades or centuries, some of them. they have all different history. and if you do accept that any country has the power to decide a section of its population it doesn't want what, sort of precedent do you create on this world. i think it is the problem of myanmar and it will be complicated and have to be helped but they cannot be helped if they don't change the narrative and the language about these people. >> this is a question that was e-mailed into us. myanmar is now a hot spot for international tourism. this is bringing in desperately needed development, hard currency and retch to the country. why not hit them in the pocket book and launch an international call for a tourism boycott until the persecution of the row hengas is fully ended and they are accepted into the full fabric of the country as vital, valued and contributing members of the burm he's society and once this happens we hope tourists will flood into the country again. so what about that? some kind of tourism campaign like that? does that make any sens

highly relevant experience as regional security officer for the american embassies in egypt japan and burma and his employment with the director of security for the security programs deputy assistant secretary for countermeasures and a senior advisor gives him the expertise and fortitude to head the agencies responsible for both improving the operation conditions for u.s. diplomatic mitionz and for adjusting the benefits according to foreign missions in our missions abroad -- if our missions abroad face mistreatment. mr. smith is a trofn b proven leader with extensive management experience and skills, and i am confident that he will be an excellent director of the office of foreign missions. mr. president, let me also point out -- and i know that our committee has been very, very busy. we have been able to successfully steer towards enactment of the bill to review the iranian nuclear agreement for congressional review. we recently were able to report out on a 19-0 vote the state department authorization. and i must tell you there is not a day goes by that our committee is not doing some wor

burma's persecutions had -- have led thousands to flee to overloaded boats.any are rightly bothered by the united nations poor track record in protecting these people. young muslim girls can fake that they are finding safe haven but end up being trafficked. being sexually exploited. being led into a lifetime of misery. united nations peacekeeping, either way, despite many shortcomings, has managed to protect innocent civilians and minorities in recent years. the mission in the democratic republic of congo, and itself the sudan have saved lives. the committee wants to continue working with the ambassador to see that these missions are appropriately supported and we hope that something can be done for the people. that is easier if failing missions some decades-old, are closed and the her and a are tackled head-on. you and reform should not be limited to peacekeeping. this summer, when the un's scale of assessments is reviewed, i trust the u.s. delegation will be working to spread the burden and give major donors traders say in management decisions. ambassador p

elsewhere, religious minorities are under attack, unable to claim citizenship in burma or elsewhere, many have called the rohingyas the most persecuted minority in the world. burma's persecution has led thousands to desperately flee to overloaded boats, many are rightly bothered by the united nation's poor track record of protecting rohingyas. muslim girls can think they are finding safe haven, but end up being trafficked, being sexually exploited and being led into a lifetime of misery. united nations peacekeeping, by the way, despite many short comings has managed to protect innocent civilians and minorities in recent years the missions in the democratic republic of congo and mali and south sudan have saved lives. the committee wants to continue working with the ambassador to see that these missions are appropriately supported and we hope that something can be done for the rohingya people, and that's easier if failing missions some decades old are closed and the horrendous sexual abuses are tackled head-on. u.n. reform shouldn't be limited to peacekeeping. this summer when the u.n.

invigorate our relations with korea, japan, vietnam, thailand, singapore, and change the formula in burma. we had a pretty good track record on all of those. with respect to vietnam, i started going back to vietnam in 1991. i have participated very strongly in the evolution of our relationship with their present government. it was pretty much a stalinist regime in when i first went 1991, back. they were kind of the little brother of the soviet regime. they were being subsidized by the soviet regime. when the soviets went down, they needed alternatives. that is one of the reasons that they started opening up. i was an enthusiastic and vigorous participant in bringing vietnam into the international community in a positive way, and also addressing the issues of overseas vietnamese. 2 million of them, including my wife, reside in the united states. mr. scully: you have written that vietnam has really shaped u.s. foreign-policy over the last 50 years. former senator webb: a lot of people have expected me to make that simple parallel. i have resisted that. i know that vietnam is kind of like a

>>mark: it is conducting a today a black line in burma this commentary about 50 mi. east of san jose decorating this perimeter of a plot of land that will be used for fire turning clashes only about 5 a. of corn to be burned this week is happening a judge of the greenwich, part of mount hamilton road this is set to go on from a 10 to clean firefighter said that it is slowing down as of last night and had grown to about 1,500 a. and is 60 percent contained expired a week ago and forced about half of to your report in writing and is an extremely hot the good news is that the school of this week so that will help about 240 people in the area have been told to evacuate or be ready to evacuate in case of the flames. anhing. ywhere. ytime. anne.spad the deliousasteyou knownd le. hehey's isine, urs, r cholatspreads. let's mobile. same plan. new phone. or a new plan. and a just in case. add a new line. or three. and unlimited talk and text for unlimited tweens. take a carrier store detour at target and upgrade to a shiny new everything. now when you purchase one of these aff

drive times is what looks like a 10 minutes on the one on one estimate away from pots of getting into burma gained so far this morning and then switching over to 280 we're checking out highway 92 to 85 its a 23 minute commute however four branches, commack. >>darya: 30 to your man was shot and killed just a short time ago happen in the area the emergency crews showed up in that to come to the hospital but he died the victim's name has not been released and no word on any suspects so we're at the scene in vallejo and we have no information as soon as you can four in. >>james: a suicide car security forces all this was happening while lawmakers and side for conducting business if this is video of the scene after the explosion beforetime were held up and signable bill and those under construction there was a run by afghan forces and the have all been killed with is the latest come from a part of the world breaking news of a nylon for some officers searching for two convicted killers boasted from prison in new york state announcing an area of franklin county new york ballot into towns near the

not just in burma and myanmar, but areas fall throughout the country. and i know this directly because when i was young and i was living in indonesia, there were times when they were anti-chinese riots. they were very violent and vicious and fact sometimes the chinese indonesians were treated very similarly to how jewish europeans were treated in europe and subject to stereotypes and resentments. the truth of the matter is one of the reasons singapore has been successful is that it has been able to bring together people who may look different but they all think of themselves as part of singapore. that has to be a strength not a weakness, but that requires leadership and government being true to those principles. to their credit, and the intonation government when i was growing up is very good about not discriminating on the basis of religion despite the fact he was 98% muslim. i think that the tolerance or that their faith historically named tanisha as part of what has contributed to progress there. you haven't seen the same sectarian animosity you have

on reinstituting or instituting the metric system and worse comparing us to burma and libya. >> oh, yes: joy? >> for my winner taking a page out of the charles krauthammer playbook and going with the white house hawkeye, big star at the white house this week. and my loser mitch mcconnell typically seen as a master dealmaker on capitol hill but really surprised a lot of people with his handling of the nsa debate. >> that is it for the panel. stay tuned to hear one contender's plan for america. >>> finally tonight as nina mentioned, former rhode island senator and governor, lincoln chafee, entered the presidential race this week. he is the fourth democrat to launch a 2016 campaign. as we told you here on "special report." he chose an interesting platform to set himself apart from the pack which got a lot of response on the late night show. >> all right chaffs. hit us with your hillary-crushing vision for america. >> here's a bold and brace of internationalism. let's join the rest of the world and go metric. only myanmar liberia and the united states aren't metric. >> why would you launch

on reinstituting or instituting the metric system and worse comparing us to burma and libya. >> oh, yeser taking a page out of the charles krauthammer playbook and going with the white house hawkeye, big star at the white house this week. and my loser mitch mcconnell typically seen as a master dealmaker on capitol hill but really surprised a lot of people with his handling of the nsa debate. >> that is it for the panel. stay tuned to hear one contender's plan for america. audible safety beeping audible safety beeping audible safety beeping the nissan rogue with safety shield technologies. the only thing left to fear is you imagination. nissan. innovation that excites. unbelievable! toenail fungus? seriously? smash it with jublia! jublia is a prescription medicine proven to treat toenail fungus. use jublia as instructed by your doctor. look at the footwork! most common side effects include ingrown toenail, application site redness, itching, swelling burning or stinging, blisters, and pain. smash it! make the call and ask your doctor if jublia is right for you. new larger size now availab

earlier today president obama warned myanmar, the country formerly known as burma, that if it wants to a successful democracy, it needs to take its treatment of the rohingya minority serously. we take a closer look tonight at that treatment. lucy watson of independent television news traveled in myanmar's rakhine state, and filed this report. >> reporter: life for the rohingya community is rejection. segregated in myanmar are regarded as illegal immigrants looking for escape. still this woman and family tribe fled to malaysia on a trip with 400 others, a trip that lasted 50 days and were rescued two weeks ago. we got a handful of rice a day and have to sit in the same place for the whole trip, if you moved you got beaten, she said. "the entire crew was so brutal some days i wanted to jump into the sea. i wished i was dead. it was so hard ." she left more than a month ago. "i'm so worried about him, i think he must be dead. i'm terrified for my sister and the future of her children. it's so difficult for them here here." 140,000 are living in camps like these and see their existence lik

burma's persecution has led thousands to desperately flee to overloaded boats. many rightly bothered by the united nations's poor track record protecting rohingas. young rohingya girls end up being trafficked being sexually exploited, being led into a lifetime of misery. united nations peace keeping by the way despite many shortcomings has managed to protect innocent civilians and minorities in recent years, the missions in the democratic republic of congo mali and south sudan have saved lives. the committee wants to continue working with the ambassador to see that these missions are appropriately supported. and we hope something can be done for the rohingeya people. u.n. reform shouldn't be limited to peace keeping. this summer when the u.n.'s scale of assessments is reviewed, i trust the u.s. delegation will be working to spread the burden and give major donors greater say in management decisions. ambassador power you will be wrestling with many critical issues in the coming months. to say you have a difficult and even hostile environment at the u.n. is an und

invigorate our relations with korea japan, vietnam, thailand, singapore, and change the formula in burma. we had a pretty good track record on all of those. with respect to vietnam, i started going back to vietnam in 1991. i participated very strongly in the evolution of our relationship with their present government. it was pretty much a stalinist regime in 91 when i first went back. they were kind of the little brother of the soviet regime. they were being subsidized by the soviet regime. when the soviets went down, they needed alternatives. that is one of the reasons i started going there. i was a participant in bringing vietnam into the international community in a positive way, and also addressing the issues of our overseas the enemies -- overseas vietnamese. mr. scully: you have written that vietnam has really shaped u.s. foreign-policy over the last few years. former senator webb: a lot of people have expected me to make that simple parallel. i have resisted that. i know that vietnam is kind of like a rorschach test. even in my first book which i wrote when i was in law school at

invigorate our relations with korea, japan, vietnam thailand, singapore, and change the formula in burma, and i think we have had a pretty good track record on all of those. with respect to vietnam, i started going back to vietnam in 1991 and i have participated very strongly in the evolution of our relationship with their present government. it was pretty much a stalinist regime when i first went back. they were kind of a little brother of the soviet regime. they were being subsidized by the soviet regime, and when the soviets went down, they needed alternatives, and that was one of the reasons to start opening up but a very enthusiastic and vigorous participant in bringing the annam into the international community in a positive way and also addressing the issues. posts: as you write, vietnam has shaped american foreign-policy. the mistakes in vietnam with regard to iraq and afghanistan and other policy issues. former senator webb: a lot of people have wanted me to make that simple parallel, and i have resisted. i know that vietnam is kind of like a rorschach test with respect to forei

others and i've worked with freedom now for 15 years and worked on gang father lee in vietnam, and in burma, a great organization, on the same day the palestinian center which works with hamas and hezbollah was approved and what are we doing to help them get their accreditation. >> thank you, congressman. i'll try to move quickly through each important issue. freedom now, they are doing work to highlight the plight of political prisoners around the world. i use their work and try to reinforce whatever they are campaigns on and members of congress have teamed up with them and the very sad fact is that then go committee in which members are elected by the regions is stacked with a group of countries who don't themselves tolerate ngos in their own countries. and so it is almost every frustration that one feels about who gets elected to this or that in a u.n. body stems from the same issue is that regions are not taking sufficient responsibility for the integrity of who they are putting forward on behalf of their continent and this is a classic example. but we are not giving up. we're working b

. >> we need greater action to represent all the people in burma. >> mr.aker, i welcome the consideration being placed on tackling pandemics. can my honorable friend set up more details into how the uk search and development fund will heavy prevent infection of people here in the united kingdom? >> really, the discussion was around a couple of things. one, when the pandemic breaks out, we need fast erer action and that is why you need a team of medics to get out there and measure the situation which is why they are ready to go. the second thing is to put money into the development of medicines and vaccines and the other ways of coping with things when they happen. >> what assurance can the prime minister give from the g-7 discussions that any atlantic trade deal is going to be traded in free trade and not on rec latory standard dropped it in the interest of corporate interests. >> what i'd say to the honorable gentleman is i suspect it will be a combination of both those things. and i don't think we should shy away from that. the eu and america writing som

on 92 from the nimitz freeway all the way up to 101 and no. 01 would work to stem the sale and into burmarnate for you there is a configuration and auto 1018 university ave backing of track all week. >>robin winston: this is the southbound ride back up all the way in to read what city is going to be a 27 minute trip just to get from san carlo out to 37 in sunnyvale is enough to travel in opposite direction gonna talk about the milk is crawling out of mountain view all the right to the configuration at embarcadero this is the commute or consider using 280 to get between the sock and the peninsula that was a lot time. >>darya: a british actor christopher reeve has died he died on sunday he first became famous as a horror actor portraying count dracula and some feel striking sign and another he showed his silicide again as james bond's nemesis and the man with the golden gun that also played a and the lore of the rings in that movie and the trilogy and in star wars in the prequels he was. 93 years was >>darya: coming up more weather and traffic to get you going all the stars the morning as t

problem is coming and we need greater action by the burmese government to represent all the people in burma. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i welcome the consideration being placed on tackling pandemics. can my right honorable friend set up more details on how the u.k. research and development fund will help prevent pandemics and prevent infection of people here in the united kingdom. >> well really the discussion was around a couple of things. one is when a pandemic breaks out, we need faster action. that's why you need a crack team of epidemiologists medics to get out there and measure the situation, which is what britain stands ready to do. but the second thing is to put money into medicine, development of medicines and vaccines so that we have better ways of coping with these things when they happen. >> what assurance can the prime minister give us following the g-7 discussions that any transatlantic trade deal is going to be based on genuine free trade and not on regulatory standardization drafted in the interest of big vested kompt interests? >> what i'd say to the honorable

but when you're in china or you're in burma or you're in hawaii for two weeks with the president, there's of time to talk informally with people who are your sources. and it was on one of these trips where a very high up person told me before the end of the year. so we had -- we sort of knew -- we worked, focused on that. all this time we weren't doing any stories about it. this was all groundworth work. we didn't do an occasional piece how allen gross was and what his physical condition was. in general we weren't doing stories every day on it. i was going about my other work. then we actually nailed down the week it was going to happen. when i nailed down the week it was going to happen from a source not at the white house, i went to the white house. and i said look, i'm about to report this. is that going to -- this was an interesting question for you guys to talk about as students about how, you know, my colleagues as well. we went to the white house and i said this is what i have. i know it's going to happen this week before he goes on his vacation, if i report this is that going to j

like burma and johns hopkins this morning. the geopolitical threat has not been a concern for the markets trading near highs. when you hear things like this, do you think investors will get impacted? dagen: it is a lack of leadership. we have a president of the united states and "the wall street journal" goes into this in an editorial. i says to control of mosul two years ago. two americans beheaded last summer. you have the kurds say they don't have enough wiping. you have lack of training of iraqi forces. what are we doing? is it a slip of the time or not? and why the reticence? you are not going to recruit allies to help with the fight. you will not help the fight in iraq with that kind of attitude. maria: that is the sentiment. what are we doing? >> the fact we are working on the iran treaty. with the secretary of the treasury commenting on the iran nuclear policy at a conference the other day getting heckled that we have obama commenting about the dollar so they are both outside their round of scale their round and skill

were up-rooted by violence and persecution most escaping conflicts in syria iraq south sudan ukraine burma and afghanistan. there are more and more protracted crises, and the result is an increase in humanitarian needs. the worldwide displacement from wars conflicts and persecution in 2014 was the highest level recorded and accelerating fast to 60 million last year from 52.1 million in 2013, a dramatic increase from the 37.5 million a decade ago. we're on course to over double the number of refugees worldwide. the increase since 2013 was the highest ever seen in a single year. syria is still the world's largest producer of internally displaced persons at 7.6 million, and refugees at 4 million. the 60 million i previously mentioned can be broken down at 20 million refugees, 38 million internally dplaised persons and 1.8 million asylum seekers. the magnitude of the syrian disaster is perhaps the most shocking. after four years of conflict, the situation is increasingly desperate for both the refugees in host countries like jordan, lebanon, dur can turkey and northern iraq. 4 million people h