>>> cambodia is considered very chinese friendly. with its chinese population reportedly exceeding 1 million. >>> in the capital of phnom penh is the world's largest chinese school. enrollment totals 16,000 from kindergarten to high school. the school was originally founded for immigrant chinese to learn their native language cambodian parents have been allowing them to learn chinese. chinese signs can be seen around town. >>> chinese companies dominate cambodia's garment industry. this episode follows the growing influence of the chinese community in cambodia. >>> this man migrated to cambodia 16 years ago, he serves as a consultant for chinese companies here. today was the mid item harvest festival. a major chinese seasonal event. parties organized by chinese residents were held all over town. he attended a party for people from his home the venue was a chinese restaurant owned by one of them. he mostly gives consultation to clients about b2b problems and relying on his network of acquaintance acquaintances to several hundred emplo

>>> cambodia is considered very chinese friendly. with its chinese population reportedly excding 1 million. >>> in the capital of phnom penh is the world's largest chinese school. enrollment totals 16,000 from kindergarten to high school. the school was originally founded for immigrant chinese to learn their native language cambodian parents have been allowing them to learn chinese. chinese signs can be seen around town. >>> chinese companies dominate cambodia's garment industry. this episode follows the growing influence of the chinese community in cambodia. >>> this man migrated to cambodia 16 years ago, he serves as a consultant for chinese companies here. today was the mid item harvest festival. a major chinese seasonal event. parties organized by chinese residents were held all over town. he attended a party for people from his home the venue was a chinese restaurant owned by one of them. he mostly gives consultation to clients about b2b problems and relying on his network of acquaintance acquaintances to several hundred employe

eight months in cambodia. i went to laos briefly. i flew from cabo to hanoi. my original plan was to fly into delhi, take a bus through northern india and nepal and go across china in two hanoi. the border crossing is difficult and less you set it up in advance. i flew to hanoi, and then took buses all the way down into ho chi minh city, and then from ho chi minh city into cambodia. brian: why did you spend eight months in cambodia? mr. gruber: at the end of the trip, i wanted to write the book and i was tired and wanted to be by the beach. i went to the cambodian coast and went to a beach and rented a bungalow and started writing a yoga centerund there and lived in a yoga center for two months a block from the beach, which was a great experience. it was good for me to live in one of the places that i wrote about and learn more about it. before i returned home, i wanted to get a good part of the book written and really enjoy the cambodian coast and enjoy cambodian culture and a get some consulting gigs from th

brian: why did you spend eight months in cambodia? mr.ruber: at the end of the trip, i wanted to write the book and i was tired and wanted to be by the beach. i went to the cambodian coast and went to a beach and rented a bungalow and started writing had a yoga center there and lived in a yoga center for two months a block from the beach, which was a great experience. it was good for me to live in one of the places that i wrote about and learn more about it. before i returned home, i wanted to get a good part of the book written and really enjoy the cambodian coast and enjoy cambodian culture and a get some consulting gigs from the fall on and so i stayed there a while. brian: consulting what? mr. gruber: i met someone running a newspaper there, a former new york times bureau chief. he needed someone to poke around his newsroom. i came and worked with him for three months. completed the trip, i did some volunteer work at an orphanage outside. who workedng fellow for the european journalism center some months later, an italian fellow. we k

is visitingt cambodia and singapore. we are talking to his trade secretary. ♪ is 10:29 a.m.ng kong, 1129 in tokyo. 39,000ia's economy added 100 jobs in november, more than double forecasts. the growth was led by full-time positions with a higher participation rate, signaling a healthy labor market and validates the prediction that hiring would improve in the coming months after mixed messages's on the ground and suggests policymakers will extend the interest rate pause. swell as agest banks recent surge feel speculation that shares have gone too far too fast. the election of donald trump lit attracted and over trac buyers. they see the rebound as overdone. the bank spent 2016 as japan's worst-performing stock. the fugitive accused of stealing data from 100 million customers from companies including j.p. morgan has arrived in the u.s. from russia. the u.s. attorney's office says he landed wednesday afternoon in new york. his return was secured after seven months of negotiations between washington and moscow. it comes at a time of heightened tensions and accusations of hacking

your parents fled cambodia in fear for their lives way back in 1981.y eventually settled in california. you were 1 year old at the time. so you don't have u.s. citizenship but you certainly consider yourself an american, right? >> absolutely. yes. everything about me is american. i have been living here since i was 1. i grew up here, i never left the country, and everything i know in my life is everything american. you know? so to want to deport me to a country that i have never set foot on, i was actually born in a refugee camp in thailand. my parents had to flee the country because of genocide and war, where millions and millions of cambodians died. so bringing me here, i was only 1 and now i'm 36 years old and all i know is america. >> here's the problem that you have. you went to college, right, and you did what so many other college students do, sometimes. you did something really stupid and you were arrested for possessing ecstasy. you actually served some time in jail. tell us about that. >> yes, ma'am. when i was 19 years old, my first year of

with so many families in rural cambodia teetering just above the poverty line, i suspect that most ofe just hoping for a way to help themselves and their families get by. but witnessing it myself, i also come face—to—face with the brutal impact this can have. in september, it was all about these little fellas — fairy penguins. they live on phillip island off the southern coast of australia. we sent christa there to meet them. this penguin parade draws most of the visitors here, and it's not hard to see why. 0h, they're so cute! there are hundreds of them — alljust marching up the beach with their big fat belly like they're late for an appointment! absolutely gorgeous. hello. they even offered me the chance to help, and i was not going to pass up an opportunity to get up close and personal with a penguin. so... 0h! i'll hold onto it. penguin attack. oh, i'm sorry! i'm sorry — we'll be really quick. we've just spotted them. yes. now to botswana in southern africa. rajan was there earlier this year on the trail of rhinos at a sanctuary dedicated to the survival of the species. wow. 0k, w

. >> her paws wer cambodia for meat. now the california k9 is about to get up an running thanks to the help of a virginia business. that story is coming up. jonathan: new at 6:00, music filling the metro. the voice is going viral. abc7 spoke to the singer about her holiday message which was born out of struggle. that is coming up for us at 6:00. alison: real-life grinches dampened christmas for a baltimore family after t were stolen, including a new puppy named peggy. andy got peggy for the two daughters as an early christmas gift. yesterday the thieves broke in stole ipads, keys and other valuables but most importantly, they took peggy. >> we hope that whoever has her, we know that, you know, you love her and she is a sweet dog. but she means a lot to us. i would mean a lot to the family if you would give her back to us. alison: they are offering a reward for anyone who finds the dog. jonathan: can you imagine? alison: awful. jonathan: still ahead for us at 5:00 -- >> mike: i'm mike carter-conneen in alexandria. today m

. >>> cambodia is considered very chinese friendly. with its chinese population reportedly exceeding 1 million.

. >> my mom is from thailand, and my dad is from cambodia. gr from across the seas. >> my mom was from cambodia and my dad is from vietnam. >> and across the world. >> for our culture, for our nation. >> cultures collide for a rose parade with cultures as diverse as those creating them. >> i couldn't thirk of a better way of spending my christmas vacation, building a float. >> alex emigrated from lebanon four years ago and says volunteering on the american armenian float speaks to him. >> we cut the flowers to put them on the float. >> the faces are just as diverse as the flowers that will adorn the 41 floats that will parade down colorado boulevard one week from today. >> it shows the diversity of the entire world, how everything is mixed so perfectly and how all cultures can intertwine in a way that it would be just a perfect mix. >> a blend of cultures sometimes from different countries. and united states is home to everybody. >> similar message come parade day. >> when one works with other nations, there is unity and peace. that's what we

off for were cut meat in cambodia.e has been rescued and today, she has been outfitted with new legs. we've been waiting to see that. prosthetics will make her life so much better and they did it at a fraction of the cost thanks to a fund for needy animals. anchor 1: we are on your side with a consumer alert. is video out of california causing concern for the dangers of e-cigarettes said a man was told he could not smoke after they excluded. it happened on a bus. this is not the first time something like this had happened. experts say the battery is likely to blame in these cases. new developments the woman in charge of the police department drug lab is accused of stealing from it. this is going on in arundel county. they say that she took painkillers and prescription drugs from the drop boxes where people get rid of the unwanted medications. now the dea is there to investigate and is so far police do not believe there has been tampering police do not believe there has been tampering with criminal cases. anchor 2: pres

. >> it's been a long dog for liberty rescued from a cambodia slaughter how house. >> it's easy to underan it has not been long since she was tortured and her front legs cut off. >> the team at animal ortho care has been making a new set of legs for liberty. >> it fits in there. a foreign place with foreign devices on her legs. >> liberty is one of many dogs rescued by animal hope and wellness foundation based out of california. >> the group exposing the grew some reality of the asian dog meat market. >> i have shed so many tears over here. >> today it's about hope and those first few steps. >> i'm so flipping excited. i said, all i want for christmas is for liberty to have her leggings. -- legs. >> it should take her a few weeks to adjust, restore her faith in humanity. >> she's a fighter. you can tell it in her eyes and the way she's walking herself again. >> we couldn't fit all of this amazing video in one store so if you want to see more of her first day head to our website at wusa9.com. in sterling, virginia janice park, wusa 9. >> you see her prosthetics are red, white and blue. as s

. >> ♪ i-d-e-a, ideas ♪ ♪ narrator: sopheap pich is one of cambodia's most exciting and internationallysts. his signature rattan and bamboo sculptures are shaping the southeast asian contemporary art world. >> he is so clear about his process and his reason for being an artist.

. >> reporter: as a child, jenny suffered the atrocities of the khmer rouge in cambodia.other was executed. jenny escaped with her older sister, hiding from soldiers under dead bodies and scrounging for food. >> she would pick up leaf and eat it first to make sure that --that it's okay. and then she'll then she will, um, give it to me. >> reporter: her family's immigration to the u.s. in 1984 gave her a second chance at life. >> joy to the world the lord is come ♪[ music ] >> reporter: today jenny is an insurance broker, wife and mother of three. >> i made that! >> reporter: she lives to give as volunteer tom explains. >> i think she recognizes how important it is to be here in america and to pass on her joy of being free giving back to the community. >> reporter: she inspires volunteers like annette. >> you're never going to meet another person as giving as what jenny is. >> you're going to do one more song. ♪[ music ] >> joy to the world the savior reigns ♪ >> reporter: so for generously giving her time and talents to her community, this week's jefferson award in the ba

i think cambodia is also a good example of a positive story. there are still so many issues and lots of things to work on, especially in the orphan tourism area which is linked to trafficking, but through engagement by ngos, international justice mission, state department engagement on training, it has taken many years, but the prevalence of specifically traveled tracking for sexual exploitation has decreased dramatically. this is also happening in places like the philippines. unfortunately, for every happy story there is a negative counterpart. as an example, in the philippines, some of my ngo colleagues have described, as they have some success in closing down brothels, because they are engaged with physical brothels. their work has improved, they rescuearned how to children, explore what's going on, and rescue. but as they have had success there, more of the trafficking, even in places like the philippines, has moved online. now they are faced with a whole other challenge, which we have here with back page, etc. our challenges here on traffi

the peninsula and this system will continue to catch rainfall in the south of thailand, as well as cambodia. have 27 degrees. 0 degrees in taipei and minus 7 for the high and also beijing 7 degrees. haze will develop on your saturday. now, let's go to north america. a plume of moisture is causing a lot of heavy rainfall in california and also ice across most of the pacific northwest. now, let's go to some video from portland. a major snow storm hit central oregon on wednesday bringing frigid temperatures to the area. the storm caused traffic accidents and forced the closure of some streets and highways, which trapped thousands of drivers in gridlock during rush hour. schools, government offices and other facilities were closed as the storm moved in. no immediate reports of storm-related injuries. now, the heavy snowmaker is pushing towards the east. bringing more heavy snowfall across the northern rockies and along this cold front there is a chance for torrential rainfall, especilyly in california. looks like flash flood warnings are in place i manany places of the state. and as we go intot

. >>> a dog rescued in cambodia is now in northern virginia being fitted with new prosthetic legs.cover when he saw a man beat the dog and chop off her front paws. he is documenting the horrors of the asian dog meat industry in hopes of bringing a stop to it. >> it's not only eating the dogs that is hard to stomach, but the belief if they abuse or are cruel to the animal first it makes the meat test better. >> he took the dog to a vet in california. he is now healthy, and a company called bionic pets in sterling, virginia, is fitting the legs, and they >>> what have you got? >> yeah, great toss. >> take over. >> sunshine tomorrow. first full day of winter. 54, feeling breezy and cooler than 54. christmas eve day, showers and rain, and nice on sunday, christmas, and look at that, monday, we will be tickling 60. >> are you shedding any tears there's no snow in the works? >> a little. >> you can still go golf. >> that's true, and that's not a bad thing. >> you will be fine, and you will be fine as well. colbert is up next. we will see you back here tomorrow. ♪ ♪ ♪ how else do you thin

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. >> ♪ i-d-e-a, ideas ♪ ♪ sopheap pich is one of cambodia's most exciting and internationally recognizedan and bamboo sculptures have shaped the contemporary art world. >> he is so clear about his process and his reason for being an artist.

. >> in cambodia because that's what they do, of course. not in cleveland. kennedy: do countries just try and gross each other out? >> i would go there thinking is this a practical joke? times you get the feeling, is that guy going to drink that? i'm waiting for the punch line. this ways they do. if a culture is going to have me in share be the family be the friends, the food and the drinks, i'm going to drink it. kennedy: i love that you brought some of the finall final -- of e final libations. >> this is called as you iian schnapps. i had to climb a 300-year-old tree to get it. kennedy: like a spider monkey you worked your way up the tree? >> and they extract the pine tar. they mix in a lot of sugar. you might be doing more than smelling that. i can hear it. by the way, they are going to know -- that's against the rules. kennedy: what else do we have? >> this is tobacco liquor. it's not just co-what co-, it's a special tobacco it's a louisiana favorite. brand-new. was illegal. she is sniffing it again. i guess if they don't see it, it doesn't happen. it's

the world knew and respected john from columbus to cambodia to washington to beijing. senator, heng a loved his constituents and his colleagues. you can feel his love for his .ountry and his state are especially, he felt and his you grandchildren. do was see john and andy walked together. that is what it was supposed to be like. i said that the day we -- i said it is different. everyone knows i love jill more than she loves me. i think you loved him just as much. the last time we were together when jill and i had and he and john over to the vice presidents residence, i was looking at the picture this morning. we were walking out to the gate. and the words of the poet christopher marlowe came to mind and i had to rewrite this on the way to the plane. christopher marlowe said, come with me and be my love and all the pleasures we shall prove. together, you and john proved all the pleasures. you not only had a magical love affair, the other thing about you, you were partners. you the weight and responsibility with enormous humility. toense of duty that defined as the great

that once the soviet union collapsed and once help people stop poverty in cuba and chang cuba and cambodiaareas i have tried socialism. also once they saw how china and vietnam prospered by opening up their markets. >> the evidence is clear. socialism fails, and yet, here in america, people, people clamor for more of it. >> this election, many, many voters said they felt the burn and wanted socialism sanders style, free stuff, government control of banks, housing, wages, but america has its own track record of government taking control of things and making them worse. politician said government should be in charge of taking care of veterans. what happened? >> one va facility after another let veterans languish on waiting lists waiting for care. >> 1000 veterans may have died because of malpractice. >> people to get better care under government, it was rationed and people died waiting for care. politician said government must run public school. but government run schools are lousy. we spend more on education the most any other country and yet student performance is below average. now, presi

the world knew and respected john from columbus to cambodia to washington to beijing.senator, he loved his constituents and his colleagues. you can feel his love for his country and his state. but most especially, he felt love for you and his grandchildren. all you had to do was see john and andy walked together. you knew that is what it was supposed to be like. i said that the day we -- i said it is different. everyone knows i love jill more than she loves me. [laughter] i think you loved him just as much. the last time we were together when jill and i had and he and john over to the vice presidents residence, i was looking at the picture this morning. we were walking out to the gate. and the words of the poet christopher marlowe came to mind and i had to rewrite this on the way to the plane. christopher marlowe said, come with me and be my love and all the pleasures we shall prove. together, you and john proved all the pleasures. you not only had a magical love affair, the other thing about you, you were partners. you the weight and responsibility with enormous humil

you can -- you can help save, like, little 5-year-olds girls from brothels in cambodia. you can sponsor families that have been rescued from slavery and how -- it's a serious, serious subject. cyber trafficking. so many different things, were you always say, look at the the problems and say, what can i do? you know what? you can. it's ijm.org and will you have a very merry holiday. >> you're right. you're right. and mine is a coat. [ laughter ] no. i've got to tell you this. so you know, this is from our friends from little big town. >> yes. >> karen has a faux fur. >> look at jo jo. >> contrasted trim coat designed by karen from little big town. $60 from macy's. wear it with -- what did you say to wear it with? >> jeans and a t-shirt. very funky. >> and that's our jo jo doing what she does. >> doing what she does best. >> anyway, $60 and it's beautiful and fun for the holidays. >> she sent me a blazer, velvet, but it was a little more expensive, but we couldn't show >> temperature may have dropped but it was hot, hot, hot in hollywood this weekend. >> and we're getting

the world knew and respected john from columbus to cambodia to washington to beijing.ved being a senator, he loved his constituents and his colleagues. you can feel his love for his country and his state. but most especially, he felt love for you and his grandchildren. all you had to do was see john and andy walked together. you knew that is what it was supposed to be like. i said that the day we -- i said it is different. everyone knows i love jill more than she loves me. [laughter] i think you loved him just as much. the last time we were together when jill and i had and he and john over to the vice presidents residence, i was looking at the picture this morning. we were walking out to the gate. and the words of the poet christopher marlowe came to mind and i had to rewrite this on the way to the plane. christopher marlowe said, come with me and be my love and all the pleasures we shall prove. together, you and john proved all the pleasures. you not only had a magical love affair, the other thing about you, you were partners. you the weight and responsibility with en

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you can help save 5-year-old girls from brussels and cambodia. get this gift catalog, you slavery. >> wow. >> serious. cyber traffic. you say look at the problems in the world, i can't do anything about that. you can. it's ijm.org and you will have a very merry holiday. >> and mine is a coat. i will tell you this, this is from our friends from little big town. >> yes. karen. >> karen has this faux fur contrast trim coat designed by karen from little big town. 60 bucks from macy's. what did you say to wear it with? >> jeans and a t-shirt, very funky. >> that's our jojo doing what she does. >> doing what she does best. >> $60, it's fun and beautiful for the holidays. >> she sent 2001 me that was a little more expensive, a beautiful line. >> it's hot hot hot in holliday in "today's" buzz after this. >> looking good. ♪ just fifteen minutes and a little imagination are all you need to make holiday magic. chex party mix. it's what the holidays are made of. hi hey you look good. thank you, i feel good. it all starts with eating righ

that once the soviet union collapsed and once help people stop poverty in cuba and chang cuba and cambodiahave tried socialism. also once they saw how china and vietnam prospered by opening up their markets. >> the evidence is clear. socialism fails, and yet, here in america, people, people clamor for more of it. >> this election, many, many voters said they felt the burn and wanted socialism sanders style, free stuff, government control of banks, housing, wages, but america has its own track record of government taking control of things and making them worse. politician said government should be in charge of taking care of veterans. what happened? >> one va facility after another let veterans languish on waiting lists waiting for care. >> 1000 veterans may have died because of malpractice. >> people to get better care under government, it was rationed and people died waiting for care. politician said government must run public school. but government run schools are lousy. we spend more on education the most any other country and yet student performance is below average. now, president-ele

and then the japanese came in, and when the americans left, finally, in 1975 we got involved with cambodian the matter of a few decades the entire population will be those without any war experience, and that's a great thing. >> anthony: and what are we eating today? >> tao: well, we are going to have a bánh cun. >> anthony: and that means? >> tao: rice roll. very thin. >> anthony: like a crepe, uh -- >> tao: yes, it's like a crepe. and inside ground minced pork and wood ear mushroom. >> anthony: ah. >> tao: you dip it in and then you go. >> anthony: mm. oh, that's very good. everything we do internationally, someone refers back to the vietnam experience. >> tao: mm-hmm. >> anthony: you know? "let's not do that again." or -- >> tao: "let's not repeat vietnam." >> anthony: but i find it interesting that the people who had, perhaps, the most painful experience were among the first to reach out. i think the john mccain story is particularly interesting because here's a guy who had an atrocious experience here in prison and yet he has been among the most vocal supporters of normalizing relatio

but the world knew and respected john from columbus to cambodia to washington to beijing. he loved being a senator. he loved his constituents and his colleagues. he loved his staff, many of whom are here today, and boy, did they love him back. and you could feel his love for his country and for his state and for the marine corps. he was kind of partial to nasa. most especially, we felt his love for you annie, david and lynn and his grandchildren. all you had to do, as i said, was see john and annie just walk together. just the way they looked at each other and you knew. that's what it's supposed to be like. i said that to annie today before we came in and she said that's like you and jill. i said, no, it's different. everybody knows i love jill more than she loves me. i think you loved him just as much. the last time we were together when jill and i had annie and john over to the vice president's residence i was looking at the picture this morning, annie, of you guys walking down the steps, walking out to the gate and jill and i behind you. and the words of the poet christ

from columbus to cambodia, from washington to beijing. he loved being a senator.e loved his constituents and his colleagues. he loved his staff, many of whom are here today, and boy, do they love him back. and you can feel his love for his country and state and for the marine corps. he even was kind of partial to nasa. most especially, he had love for you, annie, and dave and lynne and his grandchildren. all of you, all you had to do, as i said, was see john and annie just walk together. just the way they looked at each other. and you knew that's what it's supposed to be like. i said that to annie today before we came in. she said, that's like you and jill. i said, no, it's different. everybody knows i love jill more than she loves me. [ laughter ] i think you loved him just as much. the last time we were together when jill and i had -- had annie and john over to the vice president's residence was -- i was looking at the picture this morning of you guys walking down the steps, walking out to the gate, and jill and i behind you. and the words of the poet christophe

the world knew and respected john from columbus to cambodia to washington to beijing.g a senator, he loved his constituents and his colleagues. you can feel his love for his country and his state. but most especially, he felt love for you and his grandchildren. all you had to do was see john and andy walked together. you knew that is what it was supposed to be like. i said that the day we -- i said it is different. everyone knows i love jill more than she loves me. [laughter] i think you loved him just as much. the last time we were together when jill and i had and he and john over to the vice presidents residence, i was looking at the picture this morning. we were walking out to the gate. and the words of the poet christopher marlowe came to mind and i had to rewrite this on the way to the plane. christopher marlowe said, come with me and be my love and all the pleasures we shall prove. together, you and john proved all the pleasures. you not only had a magical love affair, the other thing about you, you were partners. you the weight and responsibility with enormous h

that three million people vietnam seriess people died and no idea the war was fought in laos and cambodia and more people died in those countries.ies. so i felt it was important for me to become a scholar and a write her two could tell these kinds of stories in fiction and nonfiction because so much more needed to bev said, and even after the sympathizer came out e-mail would say, we had vietname n

when washington escalated the war into cambodia, we bombed the capitol. >> a bomb exploded early thisning in the pentagon. >> it was trying to exact a small price for these policy decisions that were so unjust. >> much of the pentagon is a public area with visitors and tourists roaming through the halls, but security was tighter today than yesterday. >> the '70s is a first great era of mass air travel. at this time, there was virtually no security at airports. you could literally walk through the terminal, sometimes even onto the plane, without anyone checking your bags or your person. >> one of the reasons for the rise of contemporary international terrorism was the development of modern jet air transportation. these were nationally labeled containers of potential hostages at 35,000 feet. >> good evening. the middle east conflict boiled over today with four airplane hijackings, including one that was aborted at london's heathrow airport. >> today palestinian commandos took over a british airliner, the fourth successful hijacking in as many days. the jetliner was forced to land at the

. >> reporter: as a child, jenny suffered the atrocities of the khmer rouge in cambodia.s executed. jenny escaped with her older sister, hiding from soldiers under dead bodies and scrounging for food. >> she would pick up leaf and eat it first to make sure that -- that it's okay. and then she'll then she will, um, give it to me. >> reporter: her family's immigration to the u.s. in 1984 gave her a second chance at life. >> joy to the world the lord is come ♪ >> reporter: today jenny is an insurance broker, wife and mother of three. >> i made that! >> reporter: she lives to give as volunteer tom explains. >> i think she recognizes how important it is to be here in america and to pass on her joy of being free giving back to the community. >> reporter: she inspires volunteers like annette. >> you're never going to meet another person as giving as what jenny is. >> you're going to do one more song. ♪[ music ] >> joy to the world ♪ >> reporter: so for generously giving her time and talents to her community, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to jenny chea-vaing. >

that 3 million people vietnamese people died and have no idea that the war was fought in laos and cambodiaand three million more miami died in those countries. so i felt it was important for know become a scholar and a writer who could tell these kind of stories in fiction and nonfiction because so much more needed to be said, and even after the sympathizer came out people would say to me, we had these neighbors and we had no idea that some of these things had happened to them. so even 40 years later this work still needs to be done. and its connects to a larger sense i have about what writing can do. i never would have become a writer simply to be a writer for writing's sake. became a writer and scholar because i believe justice and i believe that story-telling and talking about stories as a scholar and critic can be acts of justice because one way we commit injustice anywhere, this country elsewhere, is by erasing people from stories and by using stores to shape a very self-serving narrative about our country and our culture, whatever that happens to be. so then it becomes an act of just

that's because they were cut off in a cambodia meat factory. she was rescuedd. >> it's the most hoard thing. >> mark which i think -- or ried thing. >> mark ching was under cover when a man beat this dog and chopped off her feet. >> how did you wind up with her? >> when we left a bunch of dogs were unconscious. we asked if we could try the meat and that's how regot -- we got her. >> here's her leg. >> this morning they traveled from california to bionic pets in sterling, virginia where derek's team makes prosthetics for all kinds of animals, turtles, horses and even elephants. >> we are on the happy side of things. >> liberty is one of hundreds of dogs that mark has rescued. he founded t hope and wellness foundation and is documenting the horrors inside the asian dog meat industry trying to put a stop to it. >> it's not only the eating of the dogs that's heart to stomach but it's the belief that if they abuse or are cruel to the animal first that makes the meat taste better. >> he said dogs feet are often cut off to make soup. those animals usu

questioning the secrecy of the deal and rush to bring them here when they were offered asylum in cambodia and elsewhere. president-elect trump, who has been a critic of the administration's refugee policy, talked about this very subject last night during his thank you rally in ohio. >> just so you understand, people are pouring in from regions of the middle east. we have no idea who they are, where they come from, what they're thinking. we're going to stop that dead cold. >> we have one president at at time. the commander in chief sets the policies. the president-elect, donald trump, will set policies once he takes the oath of office. >> schultz said the screening will be rigorous. at least one expert told fox news today, there's a reason that australia rejected them and the u.s. should follow suit. >> president obama is bringing more and more refugees who are going to be -- it's beyond comprehension why president obama wants to bring australia's unwanted so quickly and under these circumstances. >> reporter: the state department is saying that they are interested in this circumstance on

united states under republican and democratic administrations, whether it was the nazi holocaust, or cambodia, or congo or darfur, or rwanda, with the exception of perhaps bosnia and kosovo, america's track record on humanitarian interventions is pretty poor. so, it's not a defense of the obama policy. it's just a sobering piece of perspective on how hard this is, and how unwilling the u.s. has been to intercede. >> and of course, this is about more than just assad. there's about russia's influence. that leads us to rex tillerson, the president-elect's pick for secretary of state. where are you on rex tillerson? >> you know, i worked for half a dozen rs and ds, this isn't a political comment. but how consequential and effective the secretary of state is depends on three things and i think in large part the analysts have missed this in the current debate. one is the relationship with the president. you don't have a relationship with the president, he doesn't have your back in washington, and when you're negotiating abroad, you might as well hang a closed for the season sign. second is the worl