. >>> since 1998, cambodia has enjoyed strong economic growth. garment industry has been a driving force behind the economic boom with clothing manufactured here comprising 80% of exports. two years ago, we reported on the rapid increase in foreign factories and the cambodians who work at them. loaded trucks take workers to their factories. at the time, cambodia was experiencing further change with the monetary economy reaching rural parts. demands for higher wages began to emerge and labor strikes started occurring. >> most strikes were small, though, and usually ended in talks with the factory owners. the southwest of pnom penh, a place where citizens and authorities clashed violently on january 3rd, 2014. striking workers seeking better wages joined forces with demonstrators opposing the government. authorities cracked down. four people died and almost 40 were injured. veng sreng boulevard is currently being widened in order to give access to large trucks. >> the strikes intensified to a point where people were wounded or even lost their lives

how cambodia is trying to keep its wildlife safe from poachers. the second richest country in the world fails to provide a roof over the heads of some two and a half million children who are homeless in america. latest figures show the economy is picking up again. still new york alone has some 20,000 people living only in the shadowns of its skyscrapers. never have so few been so rich and so many so poor. we meet a family that knows what it's like to be simply a number in a negative statistic. >> lisa picks up her youngest children from school. it's a cold new york winter day. lisa does what most parents do to try to create a stable daily routine, a warm nest. but she doesn't have a nest. for the past three years, lisa, her husband and four of their eight children are homeless. they're living in a shelter here in the bronx, but often they sit outside, in a public space on a six-lane street. lisa is deaf, but she's able to speak. >> we lost our house because the landlord, he just left. he couldn't afford to fix up the house, and he just left. i don

this was the cambodia amendment. this was to cut off support for cambodia, i'm fuzzy on the dates. it would have been 1973, yeah. that was a key juncture. the larger picture was that watergate, we couldn't deliver the votes that needed -- to hold on -- to prevent these cutoffs. whether tactically we did some wrong things, i do not know. the bottom line was that the president had lost all power by then. and his ability to block things, his ability to use the carrots and sticks the presidents have to deal with the congress was gone. and of course, the deal that henry had cut for peace settlement, it was also dependent on a strong president because it was dependent on a threat to resume bombing if they violated the truce. and they did the south grid of course i 1974 -- and invade the south. of course, i 1974, it was handed to them on a silver platter. >> how would you compare and contrast the two white houses you worked in? john lehman: they are to very do for people. nixon was very much involved in the details of national security , defense, foreign policy, and reagan was not. reagan

took the troops out of cambodia. in the fall, i became desperate. i was working in every way possible. i could go into a lot of activities i was doing -- all of which seemed more relevant than the pentagon papers. i thought the pentagon papers, might as well throw them into the pot, too, and get them out. for what it's worth, maybe it will have some effect in discrediting the war. that was especially true after the laos invasion. i approached senator mathias. i approached senator mcgovern in the spring after having given up on fulbright. i did give them to neil sheehan with no expectation that the times would put them out. he did not tell me they were working on them for reasons that are not clear to me entirely. he chose not to tell me that the times was moving ahead very rapidly though it took him several months as they sought to get it in order. during that time, i continued to see mccloskey in hopes he would put them out, senator mathias. i tried out senator gaylord nelson. mcgovern and mccloskey and matthias wer

but in places like cambodia where she visited today, the challenges remain enormous. here's nbc's ian williams. >> reporter: she greeted michelle obama with the likes of cambodia's leader with the lucky ones. only 20% nationally make it through high school, and just a quarter of them are girls. at this school outside siem reap, she met girls who have stuck with school and shared their hopes and ambitions. >> when i was young i always imagine becoming a medical doctor. >> reporter: mrs. obama said she was proud and moved by what she heard. >> we need your input. >> reporter: but keeping girls at school, the aim of the let girls learn initiative, is an enormous challenge here especially in rural areas where girls come under family pressure to marry young and stay home. for ten years lori's been trying to change that supporting primary schools with the aim at getting kids, particularly girls, hooked on education from an early age. the aim here is not only to provide practical things like books and uniforms, but also to make school fun because in that way they hope the ki

a few years ago we went to vietnam and cambodia.ed a village and saw a child suffering high fevers and chills. i did research and learnt that malaria was the cause of that child's suffering. at that moment i realised that malaria is not a problem that affects some small portion of the population, 300 to 400 million cases of malaria are diagnosed. i figured if we deal with a large problem there must be a solution effective for somebody. i decided to be that somebody. based on experiences abroad i came up with a research idea and with the help of a doctor at the research institute i came up with research that i submitted to the science fair. it was great. i was in an environment full of people willing to help me out. i want to work in a laboratory in the future. finding problems that i'm passionate about, if i work hard i can try to find a solution. >> i think this is an excellent example of how getting involved early in middle school and high school can contribute to some amazing advances in science. you don't have to have a universi

. >>> first lady michelle obama is in cambodia today, the final leg of her three-day trip to asia and completed her stint with a visit to kyoto. u.s. ambassador caroline kennedy was also there. they watched college students perform. while in cambodia she plans to address that country's poor human rights record. >>> even the supreme court justices can't escape the selfie craze. >> have you seen this folks? this is just fantastic. congresswoman nancy pelosi snapped a selfie with the justices. sonia sotomayor, alana kagan, you see them all smiles but justice ruth bader ginsburg is not really thrilled about this whole selfie thing possibly. this is a supreme selfie generating a lot of buzz and, yes, of course, a lot of people are talking about that look on ginsburg's face. wasn't she just not ready. >> i'm with rbg. she's just not into that selfie thing. >> there you have it. talk about that buzzkill. another one to tell you about here, a change coming to some bottles of alcohol. >>> the survival story that no one can believe despite no pulse for nearly two hours a toddler is alive. he is

while in cambodia she plans to address that country's poor human rights record. >>> even the supreme court justices can't escape the self-ty craze. >> this is fantastic. nancy pelosi snapped a selfie with the justices. justice ruth bader ginsburg isn't happy about this. this is a supreme selfie generating a lot of buzz and, yes, of course a lot of people are talking about that look on her face. wasn't she just not ready. >> i don't think she was into the selfie thing. >> there you have it. >>> talk about that buzzkill. another one to tell you about here a change coming to some bottles of alcohol. >>> the survival story that no one can believe despite no pulse for nearly two hours. a toddler is baffling his doctors and parents. >>> harrowing rescue. a skier gets buried in feet of snow. his friends rushing to the rescue no time to spare. >>> and just in time for spring mortgage rates are remaining very low. the next few months going to be making up the peak home buying season but the fed has already signaled that interest rates will rise later this year. right now with a 30-year fixed

he spent 20 years in cambodia snapping pictures of stone carvings at an ancient temple and he's hopingges ensure the site is never forgotten. >> a massive face carved in stone dating from the days of the khmer empire in the late 12th century. there are 259 faces like this in the angkor ruins, each with a different expression. photographer baku saito is the first person to create a photographic record of all these faces. he began working on the project over 20 years ago. >> translator: they're carved into ordinary stone, but their expressions feel so human. no matter how many times i come here i never feel as though i'm seeing the same faces. >> in the early 1990s cambodia was starting to emerge from its long, civil war. its historic sites had been left abandoned and many were falling into ruin. saito was captivated by the carvings, concerned by their poor condition he joined a japanese government team set up to preserve the site. this marked the start of his photographic project. the faces, each about five meters high, are carved into the four sides of numerous towers in the angkor rui

first lady michelle obama is in cambodia the the latest spot on her tour.ccording to the u.n. 62 million girls around the world is not are not getting an education. >>> millions of people around the world are starting naruz. customary to read the are are holiday by reading poetry. shia britainzi. >> nasalec was born in 16th century at least according to legend. >> developed over a few decades in the second half of the 14th century. >> for the first time, the fra saccla gallery, is demonstrating its have products of the calligraphy. an art form in itself. >> he did so by landing two existing scripts the nas and the talik. developed large scale nastadidic. sort of intensified developed. who is considered as the most famous cal ig cal ig cligfamous calligraphyers. to be admired amongst the display. chides the cal ig per cal calligrapher. >> widespread problem whind indian educational station. rob matheson explains. >> cheating on a whole different level. these parents fold answers into paper planes and throwing them to their children. pictures inside show stud

in cambodia it's unknown how many died in the killing fields of khmer rouge. it's believed to be more than 2 million, as many as 3 million. the reason, the rwanda genocide. anywhere between 500,000 and a million were killed. all three were considered genocide by the united states. ronald sunni is a professor is the the universally of michigan and a director of the institute for historical studies. good to see you. 44 states in the u.s. recognised the massacres in ar mania. many other countries have, the european parliament has. why has the u.s. government never defined it that way. >> it's an ally of al jazeera, and they felt they needed to maintain the relationship with the turkish state. during the cold war, al jazeera is on the front line. with soviet union, communism. after that was over, it was the iraq war, afghanistan bases in al jazeera from which we could fly, and now it's i.s.i.s. there has been a permanent crisis and al jazeera's particular and peculiar geopolitical setting makes it invaluable to the united states considering the genocide something

a forbidding wilderness lying in the foothills marking the foot of cambodia.t is the first week of june and the air is heavy. until now the enemies have held sway here. a small part of operation hawthorn is over. the men of the 101st will fight no more. but this day the bastions of freedom held, coming from the north. their weapons, not ours, have been silenced. throughout the oppressive days and nights of june of 1966 the operation continued. the screaming eagles repeatedly beat back the troop units. it envelops the army regiment is more than 500 of the communist aggressors are killed. it is the largest single battle of the war for the men of the 101st. bitter struggle to preserve this little asian nation is made better as they strengthen their resolve. at last, the fighting is done. ♪ all the world had heard about the gallant screaming eagles. in recognition of their outstanding victory, the premier of south vietnam. he expressed gratitude to the nation in a way that only they could understand. these were some of the weapons taken from the enemy. in the hand

it is a forbidding wilderness lying in the foothills marking the foot of cambodia.is the first week of june and the air is heavy and humid. until now the enemies have held sway here. 30 miles north of the little town, airborne engineers erect a crude bridge. a few miles beyond lies a special forces camp which has been under siege by the vietcong for a week. supplies are badly needed and must get through. the first begin crossing. near the bridge, the men of the artillery prepare for another firing mission. they have rained shells on the enemy forces attacking the cap. -- camp. each time the schilling starts, the -- shelling starts, the enemy withdraws. when it lives, they regroup. despite airstrikes the viet cong have shown no signs of withdrawing but the artillery fire is having a telling effect. [explosions] the screaming eagles are under fire. the enemy has come to silence the guns. communist fire comes from everywhere. albert the -- out there, the enemy is creeping in. the weighting is agony. -- waiting is agony. then the enemy makes his move. this is it, live o

there were presidents and prime ministers from indonesia, vietnam, myanmar, cambodia and south korea. it's a time for singaporeans to reflect after seven days of mourning. what the future holds is in the hands of a younger generation. >>> tens of thousands of workers from all over italy marched in rome demonstrating against the prime minister's job. trade unions support the center left party. they say the reforms harm workers rights. he took office pledging to end a recession, lasting more than three years. >> guinea's president says new measures will be taken to combat the spread of ebola. lockdown is underway in neighbouring sierra leone. some defied the government's order. we have this story. they came looking for food. when there wasn't enough. fights broke out. this is devil's hall. it's a hot bed for ebola cases. hundreds defied a lock down to gather at a food collection point. >> people are desperate for food. they think they'll not get food because of numbers of people present. it led to panic. >> reporter: many were tape into custody, and -- custody and police struggled to de

speaking to reporters in tokyo, she mentioned nations such as malaysia and cambodia that repatriate illegal immigrants to china. she said handing them over to the chinese authorities could result in their being persecuted. >>> two passenger trains collided in thailand, home to many of the country's tourist sites. more than 50 people were injured, including foreigners. this is the third train crash in the same week following two other deadly collisions. the trains collided thursday. the state railway of thailand says 52 people were injured, including one american and five koreans. the crash occurred when an eight carriage train slowed down and was rear ended by a six carriage train. authorities say the driver of the second train did not notice that the first had decreased its speed. this is the third train related collision in the space of a week. on tuesday, a passenger train collided with a truck during heavy rains killing seven people. in a separate incident thursday, a pickup truck driver was killed when his vehicle crashed into a passing train. >>> a blast struck a bus carrying police o

and i am so excited to kick this effort off with a trip later this month to japan and cambodia. i'll be starting with a visit with mrs. akie abe, the wife of japan's prime minister, who also shares our passion for girls' education and is eager to partner with us in this work. i'll also be meeting with our ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy, who just happens to be the daughter of the president who started the peace corps. and in cambodia, i'll be meeting with peace corps volunteers and visiting a school where community-driven solutions are changing girls' lives. but while the focus of this work is international, i just want to be clear that for me, let girls learn isn't just about improving girls' education abroad. it's also about reminding our young people of the hunger they should be feeling for their own education here at home. you see, through let girls learn, i hope that more of our girls -- and our boys -- here in the u.s. will learn about the sacrifices girls worldwide are making to get their education -- how they're pushing forward in the face of poverty and violence,

that there's no expected changes to the first lady's movements while she's there in tokyo and in cambodiarwards. >> michelle kosinski working that beat for us today, thank you for that. let us know if there are any changes at all. >>> we are also awaiting possibly more information about these threats against ambassador kennedy. in just a few minutes, the state department has a plan to hold a news briefing and of course there is the issue in tunisia as well, given no americans dead or injured in that, the state department has a keen interest in that part of the region. so we are going to keep you abreast of that. and we'll go live to it right away. >>> also coming up next, another story, this is a tough one, a mentally ill man shot and killed by the police. in his hand, a screwdriver. you are going to see the video for yourself and you will be able to judge for yourself if it was justified. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing tech

first lady, michelle obama is headed to asia to promoted case for girls she will travel to japan and cambodia for her let girls learn initiative. it supports education of girls in schools all around the world. >>> new information is coming to light about an official portrait of former president bill clinton, the pennsylvania artist says he painted a shadow of monica lewinsky in the background from the official portrait of william, jefferson clinton. >> want to thank nelson shanks. >> i painted the painting and i'm proud of the painting the painting one of 55 clinton portraits that are rotated includes a reference to the xantdal that almost brought clinton down. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> and it was monica lewinsky's blue dress. >> the dress doesn't appear in the painting just the shadow symbolic of a shadow across the administration the president never saw the shadow when he posed and the artist nelson shanks says he added it later in his philadelphia studio. >> it's meant to be subtle and so subtle the clintons were unaware of it until now. the national portrait g

prime ministers of cambodia myanmar and vietnam. malaysia and other partners - tony abbott from australia, the australian prime minister. and china's vice president. a who's who was here. it's time now to reflect for the people of singapore as to the direction future politicians take them >>> victims of flooding in chile's northern desert region began digging out her home and business. two days leaving 10 dead, 90 missing. the worse hit around the capital santiago >>> mayors and parliamentarians are being selected. it's believed that the president will face defeat daniel schweimler in la paz tells us why. >> reporter: this is election campaigning - at least for some of bolivia indigenous community, making up half of the population. this man is standing as governor for la paz. trying to wrest control from the opposition and quotes a struggle against the administration. >> they made us live in two bolivias, one was abandoned and the other had all the privileges. now we have to integrate. this is bolivia's first indigenous president. i

how cambodia is trying to keep its wildlife safe from poachers.e second richest country in the world fails to provide a roof over the heads of some two and a half million children who are homeless in america. latest figures show the economy is picking up again. still new york alone has some

we must join together and think and prevent its reoccurrence in cambodia, or any other country. >> reporter: the khmer rouge seized power 40 years ago. when pol pot's forces toppled the pro-u.s. government. the new regime imposed savage social reforms. the khmer rouge saw all of the citizens and intellectuals as enemies. such people were put into forced labor or slaughtered. the museum began accepting assistance six years ago from two similar facilities in japan including the okinawa prefecture peace memorial museum. okinawa has its share of tragic hit. in the closing days of world war ii, american and japanese troops fought vicious grand battles on the islands. there were more than 200,000 deaths including many civilians. the cambodian staff received hints on staging the exhibit from japanese counterparts. they learned way to edit survivors interview videos, preserve materials, conduct research, and create displays. the current show is the fruit of this collaboration. in the corner of the former prison, visitors can watch videos of survivors' testimony about the brutality that took place h

also considered to be destination markets of illegal wildlife and there are other countries like cambodiamyanmar which are considered to be origin of wildlife. in [ inaudible ] i would say that only recently, the ministries of public security and other agency of the criminal justice system have started to take in some commitment and some bolder actions towards the curbing of wildlife crime. until not long ago, this issue was very much treated within the realm of environmental policies not so much in the -- in the area of security instead. and i must say that recently we have seen some positive changes in -- in the attitude of the government towards this problem. >> now it's an appealing vision. instead of having to do our own household chores and go to work every home could have a robot to do it for us. but as our correspondent reports, it could leave people without a job. >> this is not a story about how one day robots may kill us all. it is a story about how robots may soon take our jobs. this is the home exploring robot butler, and he is here to help us. >> we're putting it in the home

. >> a non-profit group in cambodia has come up with a novel first a solar powered three wield motor bike. it is common in cities and comes at a high environmental cost normally, but not this one. rob mcbride has the story. >> early morning at the organization behind the unique initiative and the coffee makers prepare their load. ready to dispense more than a fresh brew, they also bear a message of hope while helping the environment. the regular customers are already language up by the time the vehicle is open for business. this offers a real employment rather than scavenging in rubbish dump to say feed her children. >> my life is better. before i would have no time to spend with my children. now i have regular hours and we have more food to eat. >> as the sun comes up, so this comes into its own. the solar panel on its roof recharging the batteries that will propel it to its next destination. able to do up to 100 kilometers on one full charge, it is a welcome whiff of innovation in a city choking on its own exhaust. >> no pollution or noise. the electric difference means this vehicl

. >> cambodia's government is accused of failing to protect workers in clothing factories. many are women who make clothes. they are often forced to work overtime and face discrimination if they get pregnant. it says the government isn't enforces labor lawyers and accuses companies of hindering efforts to monitor safety. a lawyer who works for human rights watch which has published this report joins me now from phnom penh. thank you verythank you very much for join us. tell us more about what you found in this report, please. >> one of the things they found in the report as mentioned is forced over time, workers can't refuse overtime work. there is retaliation. a key driver of this problem is the fact that a lot of factories systematically used contract, repeatedly renewing contract and threatens not to renew it if they don't obey factory orders. that's a key part of the systemic use of contract -- this is something that we see repeatedly with france. contractors from france go to them outline their findings and we've got responsibilities. they callle conduct admonishing th

obama will travel to cambodia later today. >>> the british oils are headed to the south. >> prince charlesnd ka nil lawill leave d.c. for kentucky. they'll visit an african-american heritage center in louisville and a number of events focusing on clean air and food literacy and attend an animal charity event at churchill downs. >> you mentioned high tea at the white house, probably a little bourbon on top today. all pomp and circumstance there. >>> the giants offering up something new for fans this season, we'll tell you what it is in a live report coming up next. >>> across the bay a smooth drive for 880 near the coliseum. warriors are playing tonight. so far, folks just trying to get to work. we'll talk about the rest of your day coming up. >>> welcome back on your friday morning. yes, it just rolls off the tongue so nicely. live look outside right now downtown san jose, all lit up this morning, as we track the coming of weekend, some nice weather to come here. coy tower lit up orange for the giants every post season run but tonight it will be yellow. the city will light up the landmark

per capita gdp is around $1,700 higher than that of cambodia or myanmar. annual growth is over 8%.march, the japan external trade organization or jetro, made a tour of the country. the group comprised of 30 businessmen, many from small and medium-sized companies. one of their destinations was an industrial park about 30 minutes drive from the capital. the complex opened last august and covered some 110 hectares. it was built as a joint venture between the lao government and taiwanese firms. 35 companies have decided to set up production bases here. >> translator: this property is conveniently located and ideal for shipments to thailand. i'm sure with the launch of economic community, cross-border trade will expand. >> reporter: the group also visited the main city in the country's south. the city is in the prime location to serve asean. it is halfway along the corridor between myanmar to the west and vietnam to the east and a 10-hour drive to bangkok. the businessmen visited a subsidiary of a japanese firm that makes bath-time goods for children. the staff number allows 350, but th

called let the girls learned the first lady michelle president obama will be visiting japan and cambodian about mrs. whitman have value in getting education if they denied education and limited opportunity to lance. president obama-girls are valued more for their bodies that is nudges antiquated or bad strategy is just plain wrong. president obama says more than 60 million bar. or on the world will not attend school and. severable is harassing at the the retired to the boston red sox >>gary: just a quick attack all the cowards bring of someone's daughter passed on from $1 here we go with the giants in the a's today $26 million in renovations we take a look of the new a stadium and mesa oakland ticket over and madison baumgartner the king of more serious this is practice you grew 1 to mark the semen that's too whole raw home runs today. >>gary: pays on the practice game is nine to four in oakland native with a lot of good will the record 20 and 39 was what did him and most certainly it did not help but a few nights ago when they broke the hurdle normally they broke the huddle and the turk

. >>> a nonprofit group in cambodia has come up with a novel first, solar powered three-wheeled motorcommon in cities and come at a high environmental cost but not this one, rob mcbride explains why. >> reporter: early morning at the organization behind the unique initiative and the coffee makers prepare their load. ready to dispense more than a fresh brew they also bear a message of hope while helping the environment. with a regular schedule, the regular customers are already lining up by the time the vehicle is open for business. for employee winn this offers her a real alternative employment other than going through dumps trying to earn enough to feed her five children. >> translator: life is a lot better. before i would have no time to spend with my children. now i have regular hours and there is more food to eat. >> reporter: as the sun comes up, so this comes into its own. the solar panel on the roof recharging the batteries that will propel it to its next destination. able to do up to 100 kilometers on one full charge it is a welcome wiff of innovation in a city choking on its

she heads to cambodia later this week. >>> happy birthday to adam levine of maroon 5 and the voice. 36ere for more news weather and sports. i'm dara brown. thank you for watching "early today." hope you have a good one. >>> right now, san francisco police shoot and kill a suspect who they say tried to run them down in a stolen car. >>> plus five unusual guests in five days. detectives in a normally quiet bay area community trying to figure out how a man's body. >>> and rabid bats and a dog is in quarantine. >> a live look outside this morning on your wednesday at the bay bridge. it is march 18th. and you are watching today today. >>> this is today today. >> i'm sam brock. >> and i'm lawyer

. >>> michelle obama is in cambodia the final lei leg of her three-day trip to asia. she visited a 1,000 year old houses of worship at the temple she watched college students perform and in cambodia she plans to address the country's poor human rights record. back in washington the first lady's husband met with prince charles and his wife in the oval office. president obama whispered to the prince that americans are quite fond of the british royal family. the prince told the president about his visit to mount vernon. >>> let's turn to a famous mansion in hawaii. it now belongs to a friend of president obama. take a look. this is a beach front home. recognize it? it was used in the filming of the 1980s television show "magnum p.i." it was purchased by marty nesbit the head of the barack obama foundation. >> the three-acre property is where the obama family spends for the holidays. there is rumor it maybe intended for the obamas after they leave the white house. the clintons did something similar. they had terry mcawful live purchase their chappaqua home for i think $1.

to the most recent series of anti-malaria drugs, and these resistant parasites are spreading from cambodia out to other parts of the world. we are seeing the resistant parasites even in africa, which is quite frightening because this is the front-line drug for african countries, and most of the deaths caused by malaria have been in africa. >> host: how effective our nets, sleeping that's especially? >> guest: you know nets are probably the best technology we have against malaria but you need to convince people to use them. and it's hard to convince people living in sweltering heat to put another layer of material between them and what little air they get especially during the summer when it's hot. another problem is that, and this is something that was talked about at the conference yesterday, the mosquitoes, they do what entomologist called refractory behavior. they figure out what's preventing them from getting their blood meal and they change their behavior. so we are seeing in africa where bed nets are being used quite intensely, programs working with villages to make sure that bed net

to tell us to prevent vietnam from invading cambodia because they were doing it on behalf of the russians he found a singapore which was contrary to what he was given in his brief. charlie: yes. lee kuan yew: he found a prosperous, orderly society. everyone owning their own homes and with a job. he said, how did you get there? i said, we educated our people. and look at all these companies americans, japanese, europeans ,, they bring technology and train our people. we learn how to do things. and because we are cheaper after a while we became general managers, managing directors and we learned how to do that. we become suppliers to them. so he said, you made use of capitalism to build a more egalitarian society. everybody owns her home. i will do the same. charlie: and he did. lee kuan yew: he did. he went back and created 12 special economic zones. all the coastal cities. and it succeeded. charlie: he was the greatest menu government, because he understood -- because the results? he change the nation, and therefore -- lee kuan yew: no, he is a member of the old guard. he chased the kmt o

she'll also visit cambodia. >> rescue across the islands including vanuatu. >> next, the efforts to help the cycloneing overcome island. >> france, new zealand and australia, have sent rescue. sent this report from the island of tana. >> the first military aircraft arrived on the island of stana tana, four days after the storm. >> i could bring a range of capabilities with our unit, but if it's not needed on the ground it's a waste of effort. >> the team of engineers fanned out to check roads to check buildings line hospital he and schools. the people with homes destroyed aren't expecting any help. down a track into a storm shredded forest, we came across tom already rebuilding. on sunday his son started building him a new home. >> we can't wait, we have to build after we receive help, after we build this one we'll be moving on to another place. that is how we think we will survive. >> reporter: the ferocity of the storm is clear from the flattened houses and from the metal roofs of others, high in an otherwise stripped-bare tree. one house that survived was a tree house to begin with. t

to tell us to prevent vietnam from invading cambodia because they were doing it on behalf of the russiansthen he found a singapore which was contrary to what he was given in a brief. he found a prosperous, orderly society. everyone owning their own homes and with a job. he said, how did you get there? i said, we educated our people. and americans, japanese europeans ring technology and train our people -- bring technology and train our people. after a while we became general managers. managing directors. and we learned. and we become suppliers to them. so he said, you made use of capitalism to build a more egalitarian society. i will do the same. and he did. he did. he went back and created 12 economic zones. coastal cities. charlie: he was the greatest menu government because he understood -- because the results? lee kuan yew: no, he is a member of the old guard. he chased the kmt out. charlie: he was a victim of the cultural revolution. lee kuan yew: yes. but he was realistic and he knew the system was not working. he knew that they were going to end up down in a deep hole. [laughter] a

her family is from cambodia and he went to the school in prince george's county. >> never problem. school everything. never problem. >> reporter: stephanie ramirez, wusa 9 news. >> and hong young's mother says he is not on medication for mental illness. we know from police she now in the hospital and under police guard and we received this picture showing the weppens police recover said -- weapons police recovered from his home. 10 firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition and all of the guns were legally owned. >> reporter: the parents of hannah graham had their first look at jesse matthew today. he was in court for a pre-trial hearing. peggy fox says theparence locked cri-- the parents locked eyes with the accused killer. >> the first time the parents of hannah graham saw the man accused of murdering their daughter. they were taken to the courtroom away from cameras but inside they did not shy away from looking straight into the eyes of jesse matthew. wearing a gray and white jail suit, shackles and handcuffs jesse matthew was brought into the courthouse for a hearing on the

. >>> first lady michelle obama arrived in cambodia, according to the white house 62 million girls worldwide do not go to school. this is the first time a first lady has visited the small southeast asian nation. we have all heard about helicopter parenting in eastern india, high stakes competition drove parents to new heights literally. >> these parents climb up four floors of an exam center building in behar state throwing answers on paper planes to children. openly changing notes to each other under the noses of supervisors. local reports say the police accept bribes to look the other way. the state education minister denies responsibility, saying it's impossible to prevent cheating without the cooperation of parents. >> there are more than 1.4 million students studying for exams. there are more than 11,000 examination centers in the state. three to four people helping a single student would mean there are a total of six to seven million people hoping students. the responsibility manage such a huge number of people and to conduct a 100% free and fair examination. >> there is a great deal o

around laos lie the deveping economies of thailand, china, vietnam and cambodia.irely mountains covering 70% of the country. much of its western border is defined by the mekong river a tural barrier to trade. the friendship bridge breached that barrier. narrator: somphavan inthavong is in the power business. he was an engineer on the first hydroelectric scheme built here in 1951. to him, these rugged mountains and flowing waters are a pot of gold. laos produces far more electricity than it can use. the surplus, approximately 80% of the power generated is sold to thailand at a profit. the dream is on a grand scale: laos emerging to the world on an electricity-led boom. inthavong: narrator: the hydroelectric business could make enough money to power the improveme ofheconomyand e stanrdf livi herbut laos can't pay for construction of the dams and generators. traditionally, around the world, dam construction took the form of massive public projects-- grand symbols of national development, like egypt's aswan dam. but laos is following a new model-- privatization. woman

cambodia is one of 11 countries the obama administration targeted, aiming to help educate the girls around the world who do not attend school. >>> the father of 7 children killed in brooklyn asked for forgiveness today. the 7 siblings all died when the fire broke out yesterday morning at the home of the family. investigators say a hot plate left malfunctioned, sparking the fire. flamed raced up the second floor. the mother tried to save her children and was badly burned. only she and one daughter escaped. neighbors remember the children as loving and helpful. >> the children were so lovely. whenever it snowed they would clean my walkway without telling me. >> funerals were held today for the children. their bodies will be buried in israel. the father asked to love your children, it is the only thing that counts. >>> authorities identified a victim in a fire that killed two people. one of them is identifies as a 27-year-old, the second victim's name hasn't been released. everyone else was able to evacuate but the damage displaced 30 residents. >>> tomorrow a light rail station will be close

as part of the initiativ she will travel to cambodia to highlight the priority both nations place on girls' education. >>> meanwhile, one of mrs. obama's highest profile initiatives facing a growing backlash. 1,000 nutritionists are on capitol hill pushing back against the school nutrition requirements she's championed. tracie potts has this report on the latest battle to hit lawmakers' plates. >> the lunch professionals descending on capitol hill today have this message for congress that whats on paper new nutrition standards doesn't necessarily translate on the plate. you can see that yourself. pictures have been posted all over twitter with #thanksmichelleobama with food that kids can't identify. on capitol hill they are talking about how difficul to meet these standards given the budgets that they have. goi to cost another $1.2 billion this year to implement these new nutrition standards. the schools want another 35 cents per meal to help do that. they also want some flexibility in implementing the standards. they don't want to see the sodium guidelines. they are having issues to