let's be begin with east asia. the most frigid air is still blanketing much of the northern sections. yesterday in seoul, the high was only minus nine degrees. that is ten degrees lower than average. meanwhile, the western side of japan has been dealing with tons of heavy snow. the peak is over, however, we are still expecting more snow throughout today. an additional 50 centimeters is possible in miyagi prefecture over the next 24 hours. ongoing snow could raise the risk of avalanches and create traffic disturbances. as we pull back, a high pressure system is bringing dry conditions to much of china as well as the korean peninsula. light showers in southeastern china are diminishing, but redevelop starting saturday. today's highs are looking like this. very cold temperatures in seoul. 7 degrees in tokyo. temperatures will get back to normal starting saturday. that is good news. moving on to the americas. a winter storm is creating blizzard conditions through much of the central rockies. eastern colorado is experie

ackerman, the ranking member on the subcommittee on middle east and south asia. >> thank you. welcome, madam secretary. always great to have you here. it's exceptional to me that sometimes you can't win for winning. and even with the unprecedented victories that you and the administration have had in foreign policy area, some people continue to look at it, i guess i would call it the goldilocks game with the three bears. it is always too hot or it is always too cold. i think you got it just right. i think instead of goldilocks you're more like the guy on the ed sullivan show. he used to be up there with the 12 bowling pins juggling them at the same time, bouncing basketballs up and down over his knees and had the sticks with the plates on top and twirling in the air and nothing ever falls to the ground. nonetheless, you seem to have everything pretty much together. i don't want to jinx it, with all of the unprecedented problems in the world that we're facing all at the same time. and i just want to thank you and congratulate you and the administration. three areas, north korea

let's begin with east asia. thundershowers will raise the risk of flooding and land slides. it will be a great concern in the central country because the major earthquake hit this area on monday. meanwhile, a wintry mix will linger in southern china and snowshowers will linger in the interior areas. heavy snow across japan. an additional 20 centimeters is expected widely and 60 centimeters into saturday morning. more than 80 fatalities have been reported. ongoing snow could raise the risk of avalanches. it is a different story for the pacific side. it will stay largely dry. highs will be rising through 8 degrees in tokyo. still cooler than average. 3 in beijing with sunshine and 8 degrees in chengeng. heading over to the americas. a series of low pressure systems will produce stormy conditions in british columbia and the pacific northwest into friday. down to the south, rain in texas and oklahoma will move toward the east. the deep south will start to see thundershowers on friday. and up to the north, a line of snowshowers will move to the south and effect the great lakes ar

china is a driving force in south east asia's railway boom. beijing plans to build additional railway lines for its neighbors in the south to increase economic cooperation. the conductor is excited about the progress. before, he says, he could only drive 3 or 4 kilometers per hour; 20 at the most. now he's going 30. possible some day to take the train all the way from singapore to scotland. but that's still a way off. cambodia's railway system, which has long symbolized the country's poverty, is now a symbol of hope. >> we use all forms of travel to see how you, our viewers live. and today we pay a visit to the ramirezes in guatemala. >> hello, come in. i'll show you my living room. this is where we live, it's a little shabby, but that's how it is. this area is for my wife and me. this is my son deldy. a computer is important for kids these days. here he can practice. the school requires it as well. for me this picture represents the love in the family. take my heart and carry it in yours. that goes for me and my son and the whole family. >> w

or east asia or that they will be stolen, obtained in some way by nongovernment groups, some of whom have, as we saw through 9/11, willingness to die in support of their goals. so the obama objective has been to bring the russians and chinese more closely aligned with our view that we've got to stop that threat. in order to do that, we need to have persuasive arguments and tangible measures we've taken which will be in their interest. so we wanted very much to do a variety of things so they would support sanctions against iran, which we've had trouble getting them to support. the chinese case as well, there have been issues with them. more cooperation in the united front against north korea, which has also been a challenge. but improving relations with russia has been at least at the table in how we sought to deploy -- proposed to deploy the weapons systems and radar's associated capabilities. yet we're still struggling with that. it's not resolved. with china, they are also making a somewhat similar argument, that they have a smaller force. although their actual force is actual

we joined the east asia summit. we signed the treaty of amity and cooperation. we began the lower m eer ma eee initiatives to. we have the major trade agreement with korea. we came to the aid of our good ally japan after their disasters. we're having this opening to burma. we are actively involved in what is going on in the asia pacific because we think it is very much in america's interest to be so. and that includes being able to project both civilian and military power. and as we looked at where we had forces operating we saw some gaps and that's what the president addressed on his recent trip to australia. we think that there is a great deal for america to gain by, you know, being very much involved in and supporting the incredible growth of the region. so that's what we're positioned to do. >> thank you. i just returned several weeks ago, maybe a month ago from india. and we had an excellent trip and one of the things that was remarkable was seeing the activity out in the villages and seeing the cooking and seeing the pollution by the way they cook and i kn

let's begin with east asia. a large high pressure system is dominating much of china, bringing dry conditions. but snowshowers will remain in the inland sections throughout today. and across southern china, it's mostly dry at the moment. but showers will develop in the next 24 hours. and across japan, cold air continues to sweep in to the country, bringing sea-effect snow on the western side. we are expecting an additional 60 centimeters in northern japan, and 70 in niigata prefecture. and winds are picking up. so that is causing blowing snow conditions. the risk of avalanches and falling snow are extremely high here. as for the rest of the area, snow in western portions will remain into -- throughout today, an additional 40 centimeters are possible. but that will ease over the course of today. so that's good news. as for the tokyo area, it will stay largely dry and highs will be rising to 7 degrees. but still 3 degrees lower than the average. in seoul, remainin below the freezing mark, minus 1 degrees expected.

let's begin with east asia. we have a long frontal lane from china up to southern japan that's bringing widespread rain. as it moves eastward, the whole of japan will be affected by today. and the pacific side, will see the heaviest rain, about 100 to 150 millimeters are possible in the next 24 hours. thunderstorms and gusty winds are expected as well. back behind it, a light snow in the northern korean peninsula and northeastern china will gradually diminish today. down toward southeast asia, it's going to be a dry day for you in the indochina peninsula. as for the philippines, the northern sections including manila are experiencing dry conditions, but it looks like we'll continue to see rain throughout today. today's high looking like this. 31 degrees in manila. 22 in hong kong. a cold wave is blanketing mongolia and china lowering temperatures. winds are going to pick up in eastern china. moving on to the americas, it's mostly dry, but there are a few spots that have been dealing with wet weather. the souther

let's begin with east asia. the coldest air of the season is blanketing much of the northern sections. yesterday in seoul, the high was only minus 9 degrees, which is more than 10 degrees lower than average, and in tokyo, the morning low dipped sub zero. as we have been reporting, heavy snow has been pounding the western side of japan. the peak is over. western portions will see on and off snow showers. additional 50 centimeters expected in the next 24 hours. on-going snow could raise risk of avalanche and create further traffic disturbances. as we pull back, a high pressure system is in control, bringing dry conditions to much of china and the korean peninsula. light showers in southeastern corner of china are gradually easing, that will redevelop starting saturday. today's highs look like this. expecting 15 degrees in tie pay, light showers, 5 in shanghai, to the north, lots of cold temperatures. minus 3 in seoul, 7 in koch -- tokyo. moving on to the americas, a winter storm is producing blizzard conditions to

india enjoys strong cultural historical, people to people and economic links to east asia and i frequently hear that the east ward neighbors see merit in india's contributions to regional peace and prosperity. in the coming years i hope our two countries can deep enour cooperation throughout asia, not based on any common threats, but on the bed rock of shared interests and values. one area that is showing signs of promise, especially on economic cooperation is the india/pakistan relationship. i'm encouraged that pakistan granted them the most favored nation status, and they are continuing dialog on a host of issues and i hope that both countries with seize the moment to break with the perilous and somewhat stereo typed politics of the past. there's no doubt that even as india moves forward, and even as we celebrate the pluses that i just enumerated, it's clear that india will have to continue to address its own complex domestic challenges, including building their own infrastructure and dealing with booming energy demand and dealing with some restrictive trade and energy practices and a gl

for the exhibitors hoping to expand business in east asia, they feel it is a good opportunity to make contact with buyers from mainland china. >> translator: my main purpose is to find cooperation opportunities with some brands from hong kong or from europe, south korea or japan. >> reporter: the trade organizer aims to raise hong kong's reputation as the center for fashion design while the mainland stays as a production center. >> if we can attract international brands into hong kong, we can have some kind of cooperation to join this big house, design house, to train our designers and make them more mature. >> reporter: international customers and brands are helping hong kong gain an edge on becoming a major city for fashion. jaymee ng, nhk world, hong kong. >>> government forces in syria renewed their attacks on the city of homs. demonstrators there have been at the forefront of wide spread protests against president bashar al-assad. government troops seem intent on crushing the movement. human right activists report that more than 150 people were killed in syria in the past two day

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battles in the un security council regarding basically what's going on in the middle east the south east west asia syria and iran and soon there are going to be more debates about northern africa and again the rest of the middle east so there is a will i say since entering the u.s. and nato on one side inside the security council and the bric the two major brics countries russia and china on the other side so this is going to be really really have you within the next few years there's no question about it i know that you are sorry i know that you are in. the fans as we speak right now and you are in asia times correspondent carries to see how they are covering this story over there . well look at that island he's very very close to china as well they have they are very close they have a very close u.s. allies also states of course but don't forget that the ruling elite here in thailand is seen will die basically this doesn't mean there is a fifth column here in thailand or you need to nizo or in the philippines or in malaysia for that matter chinese know but this means that the giselle says stage

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from reports is planning to expand in south east asia as you can see there now down over that dimitri can call from the investment research tells us what to look out for the rest of the day trading. i think we'll see. relatively illiquid trading we'll see. the investors looking for interesting ideas for we had a couple of headlines. by young. where couple of headlines on the advertising market i think people will be focusing on the interest or i like young looks and my little interesting but overall i think we'll see a lot of pre-positioning for the election i don't expect this position to be very aggressive if people will be carrying a lot of page people we are looking for ways to trim exposure in the less liquid names. going to see how the currency rates are getting on you go live on the screen right now the euro is slightly hard against the dollar despite concerns the rising oil prices could deal with the blow to the fragile eurozone economy and the ruble is mixed against the main currency is it stronger versus the dollar on a bit lower to the. freedman from u.b.s. says keeping mon

killed four people and raised fears of a wider conflict rigor frock an expert on north korea and east asia at vienna university things it won't take much to light the touch paper. north korea has issued to state such statements in the postes and look at these for just statements but you never know till you can play with fire safely for a while and the until you create some kind of a big blast sunday school you don't want to i'm really concerned because we have a new leader in north korea kim jong il with whom we have no experience whatsoever with whom we have a chance to actually open some new avenues for cooperation and for resolving all those pressing issues that we have on the table of about two hundred thousand south korean troops about in two thousand american troops in this one exercise alone on the north korean side we have over one million soldiers it's a state that is on the constant state of emergency on high alert is a state that is in possession of nuclear weapons although we don't know exactly how many and in walked in which quality they owe there but this is definitely a very

ruediger frank who's an expert on north korea and east asia at the university joins us now live it's not the first time south korea has held such drills is it and the north routinely declares it a threat to its security is there in your opinion any reason to believe these exercises are a danger to the north. well to begin with that's not the first time but these are definitely the longest lasting such exercises ever used they used to be around one week or ten days in two thousand and three and twenty eleven last year they were expanded to one month and now in twenty twelfth's the first time that we see it two months the period for the key resolve and fully legal exercises and i'm wondering what type of signal does this supposed to be sending to north korea. ques interest in north korea has threatened to launch a powerful attack to strike against south korea and prevent that considering it has nuclear weapons could this conceivably turn into a nuclear conflict well the risk of course is always there although we must say that north korea has issued state such statements in the past and

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india enjoys strong cultural, historical, people-to-people and economic links to east asia, and i frequently hear that its eastward neighbors see real merit in india's contributions to regional peace and prosperity. in the coming years, i hope our two countries can deepen our cooperation throughout asia not based on any common threats, but on the bedrock of shared interests and values. one area that is showing signs of promise especially on economic cooperation is the india-pakistan relationship. i'm encouraged that pakistan granted india most favored nation status and that the two nations are continuing their dialogue on a host of issues. and i hope both countries can seize this moment to break with the perilous and somewhat stereotyped politics of the past. there is no doubt that even as india moves forward and be even as we celebrate the pluses that i just enumerated, it is clear that india will also have to continue addressing its own complex domestic challenges. including the challenge of building its own infrastructure, of dealing with booming energy demand, of dealing with some restri

we're going to have to dismantle these bases we're going to have to return back from asia come back from the middle east and south asia and i think we'll have to bring the troops home from europe you were writing and speaking out extensively about the bush era in iraq crusade under the banner of ending terror name in the world do you think that crusade is still on or the idea that we're going to end tyranny in the world is utterly utopian we never are we've had tyrants from time immemorial and what the united states should do in my judgment in its foreign policies is build a defense establishment strong enough to protect our vital interests and our vital allies and when problems arise whether it's in zimbabwe or somewhere else the people there have got to deal with their own problems. there's no doubt about it that throughout history tyrants have arisen and seized power in one place or another and as long as they don't threaten our vital interests or threaten and kill our people the fact that they rule and or misrule certain countries is none of our business while some of bin laden successor said he sup

. >> the official position is that they are very happy to have more members join the east asia summit and america is welcome to join, and russia is welcome to join, and europe is welcome to join as well. and the more the merrier. >> that's the official position. >> the private position probably is wariness. they are watching. they think that there would be people in america who are not quite happy that china is prospering and would like to hinder that process. and they don't -- they will not want to let those people succeed. so i think that there's cooperation, but there's also watchfulness on both sides. >> do you think that barack obama has pursued a successful foreign policy on the part of the world you care about? >> he think he has put a lot of attention on it. and the outcome has been constructive. these are areas -- these are issues which need long-term management. and the most important item to be managed is america's relationship with china. and it hasn't come to blows, although there have been tensions. and that's a positive. >> do you think china will be trusted as the domi

looking fine here in the east continental asia. this increase of rainshowers will then be spreading in central to eastern areas. that's going to be warmer conditions actually. so the temperatures in shanghai will be improving by next monday we may see double digits. and this condition will be spreading towards the korean peninsula and in towards japan by next week. in the philippines still we do have this active low pressure system just in the coast. this will then be traveling towards the north. thundershowers will be predominant in much of the country throughout the weekend. and those conditions will be remaining for the next couple of days. winds are also very strong picking up high waves. so further landslide risks are going to be very crucial for the quake hit region. manila 31 degrees temperaturewise. shanghai at 5. look at tokyo at 8 for this saturday high. let's head over to the americas. the pacific northwest will be seeing some rain and mountain snow. cust gi condition is going to be winding down there. we will see some s

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warm and dry here and looking fine here in the east continental asia and much of the area china especially. this increase of rainshowers will then be spreading in zral to eastern areas. that's going to be warmer conditions actually so the temperatures in shanghai will be improving by next monday we may even see double digits. and this condition will be spreading towards the korean peninsula and in towards japan by next week. in the philippines still we do have this active low pressure system just in the coast. this will be traveling towards the north. thundershowers will be predm nant in much of the country throughout the weekend. the conditions will be remaining for the next couple of days. winds are very strong picking up high waves. further landslide risks are going to be very crucial for the quake hit region. manila 31 degrees temperaturewise. shanghai at 5. we're looking at toeng owe at 8 for saturday. let's now head over to the americas. the pacific northwest will be seeing some rain and mountain snow. gusty condition is going to be winding down there. we will see some snow to accumu