and its capitol, chengdu.g skyline, it hasn't lost its deep culinary roots and traditions. >> man: heart. >> anthony: and i figured if i'm going back to sichuan i should bring a friend. someone unused to the, how shall i say, level of heat commonly found in the food here. someone who's never been to china before and is unused to its ways. i'm talking, of course, about chef eric ripert, of such three-star michelin restaurants as new york's le bernardin. so, welcome to china, eric. >> eric: thank you. >> anthony: first time to the mainland? >> eric: yes, and i'm very surprised already about, uh, what i see in the city here. i was expecting, like, uh, kind of a gigantic chinatown that we have in new york. >> anthony: that's some racist shit right there, i'm telling you. >> eric: no, very surprising the streets, they're very clean, just, it almost looks like a european city. >> anthony: except for the air. the air quality, i mean, maybe you've noticed that haze -- >> eric: yeah, it's like a -- >> anthony: that's n

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the three-year-old cub landed in chengdu yesterday morning after a 16-hour flight from dulles. after a 30-day incubation period - bao bao will join a panda breeding program. coming up - protesters taking to the streets and surrounding cars in california. the confrontation involving an off-duty officer that sparked it all. plus - furious and feisty. lawmakers facing frustrated constitents, demanding answers. the town hall fury overnight. yeah. we love low prices. no bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. my giant. extended bonus buys only at my giant.nt. at 5:xx time for a check on the toss to eileen - april/ may-like temperatures through saturday - shower/thunderstorm risk saturday afternoon (noon to 5pm) - back to winter sunday (49, feels like 30s) today: partly sunny. unseasonably warm. isolated pm shower, mainly west of d.c. highs: 71-76 winds: s 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 49-55 winds: s 5 mph friday: partly cloudy. may-like temperatures. highs: 72-77 winds: sse 5-15 mph coming

bao and her trainer and a veterinarian began the 16 hour journey to chengdu among the panda express. let's not forget the supply of snacks, 55 pounds of bamboo, five pounds of apples, two pounds of sweet potatoes. bao bao will prepare to enter the panda breeding program in china two years from now. even in these political times, bao bao is an enduring symbol of china's use of panda diplomacy hoping they will produce better relations between nations. bringing today's broadcast to a close. you can find out more on our website. from others here -- from all of us here, thank you for watching. please, tune in tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs, and aruba tourism authority. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, coup

the american—born panda boarded a one—way flight to chengdu, china, where the 3—year—old will eventually

the panda, called chee yee, lives at the chengdu base of giant panda breeding in southwest china's sichuans could be reaching its conclusion. in a few hours time a constitutional court will hold its final hearing on president park's impeachment. ms park is accused of allowing a close friend to profit from her connections with the presidency. thousands of south koreans took part in rival protests in seoul on saturday over the impeachment of president park. our correspondent in seoul, steve evans explains what to expect today. what we are not expecting is president park to appear. she has told the court through her lawyers she will not appear in person for today's final session hearings. we expect a decision in a months time. she said this is not important. she has said consistently she wants to help the enquiry. she denies any wrongdoing, but she is very keen to help. but when push comes to shove today, she is not going to appear. this thing, sharanjit, is a sign. let us strip it back a bit. there is a criminal investigation into the companies alleged to have given money. and president park

the panda, called chee yee, lives at the chengdu base of giant panda breeding in south—west china's sichuane in the united nations general assembly, after failing to pay its annual fee. the pacific nation needs to pay the un at least $180,000 to regain voting rights. the government of papua new guinea is currently struggling with a debt crisis, with electricity recently cut off to its national parliament. eric tlozek is abc australia's correspondent in the country. he told me more about the government's financial problems. well, it comes at a very bad time for papua new guinea, which is going to host the apec leaders summit next year, the asia—pacific economic to operation for and at a time when papua new guinea is trying to be seen as a regional leader in terms of its political stability, in terms of its political stability, in terms of its political stability, in terms of its economic growth, but u nfortu nately of its economic growth, but unfortunately it is being blamed now internally on an administrative error and a change in the process in how the department of foreign affa i rs how t

her 16 hour journey. .he will live in chengdu the next stop for her is a 30 day quarantine.tinue to update you with live pictures as we get them in from china. all right. well, in the day ahead, the 2017 conservative political action conference kicks off today. john gonzalez has more on what we can expect this week. johnny? are: good morning boy, you right. a lot has changed since last year. being held at the gaylord hotel here is the national harbor. for the first time in nine years, a sitting u.s. president will be speaking at this conference. it is the annual conservative political action conference. some heavy hitters from the political world, sharing strategies. including a discussion on brexit and w . president trump attended in the past, but missed it last year. he is scheduled to speak shortly after 10:00 on friday morning. will bece and ted cruz on stage this year. they will be focusing on the u.s. constitution. it will be very telling to see if the gop has truly warmed up to trump. he pulled out from speaking the day before last year, announcing instead that he wou

the plane carrying her arrived in chengdu. she will be in quarantine for 30 days before entering a breeding program. alison: everybody here is still sad. missing bao bao. weather wise nothing to be sad about. it was cooler yesterday. we stayed close to 60 in washington. that felt warmer. tomorrow is in the 70's. get you started to tell you what we expect for the several days. this is a time lapse from nationals park. view this morning at 62 degrees there. as we went through the day, the skies stayed partly to mostly cloudy. every now and then would pop up and blue would come out and we'll stay with this tonight. with the warmer temperatures moving in, the form across the area tonight and for tomorrow morning's rush hour. get you up to date with the drought situation. we are classified in a moderate area. the drought index tomorrow is updated so we see if it is the same or expands. we are deficient in rainfall. over eight inches below average for six months. we need a long soaking rain to make a dent in that. we may see showers

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the american—born panda boarded a one—way flight to chengdu, china, where the 3—year—old will eventuallynda breeding program. that's all from me now, stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. for decades, many have assumed that the only way there will be peace in the middle east is when the palestinians have their own state. but president trump has made it clear that america is no longer wedded to the idea. "two states, one state, i can live with either one," he said. my guest is tzipi livni, the joint leader of the zionist union movement in the israeli parliament, and a former foreign minister. she has said that the only way to achieve peace is to have two states for two peoples. but why is that? could one state wherejews, muslims, and christians live live peacefully, tzipi livni, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. hello sarah. why do you think the only way to achieve peace is two states for two peoples? the conflict is a national conflict between two national movements, one is zionism, which acted for many years in order to