myanmar's economy, once considered the gem of south-east asia is regaining its lustre. profits have doubled in the last two years. >> when the new government took over it opened the country and the market. more tourists are coming into myanmar. tourists were able to bring more money and spend more. >> since a government took obvious, it introduced a wave of political, social and economic reforms. encouraged by the move western country suspended sanctions. foreign investment has been pouring in since. even though the world bank named myanmar as one of the worst places in the world to do business, citing a lack of transparency, it is seen as one with enormous potential. >> people want an instant reaction. it's a step by step process. give them a chance. >> mindful of a need to attract foreign vestment, the government introduced tax breaks, land leases and promised to draft new laws. >> the world bank forecast myanmar's economic growth for this year and the next. it's worried about inflation. with the country being one of the poorest in east asia, the rising cost of living

and they don't escalate. >> we'll talk more about this budding relationship or reintroduction to east asia on the part of the united states. the pivot to asia, this is the "inside story." here is more. >> beneath the fluorescentsun in a former meat packing plant is the latest trim in farming. they call it "vertical farming." these fields grow on floors on at industrial park and farmer john adel and his staff agrees user. >> my shipping proceed did you say 1500, 2,000 miles to get are. >> the plant of the indoor -- as the indoor formers call it doesn't grow corn or soybeans but mustard, high end micro greens on the plates of white-napkin restaurants. these fish supply the vert liser that number issues the every sunday night join us for exclusive, revealing and >> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. it's been more than a month since typhoon haiyan slammed into the philippines. we want to turn our discussion over to the relief efforts and the millions of filipinos displaced by the storm. with us is john, director of the world food program, and gareth with save the children. early

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and they don't escalate. >> we'll talk more about this budding relationship or reintroduction to east asia on the part of the united states. the pivot to asia, this is the "inside story." >> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. we're continuing our conversation now on united states strategic interests in the asia pacific. secretary of state john kerry is in the philippines shoring up alliances with asia. camille, earlier in this still young century one of the biggest concerns the united states had about the philippines was the muslim separatist movement in the south. just recently the country signed a peace treaty, how is that part of the relationship going, and is something that secretary kerry will be asking a lot of questions about? >> we are also expecting secretary kerry will address this because it is a security issue, and it is still ongoing. there are al-qaeda link militants there in the south, and we're expecting the united states to step up. but in the past years they've been supportive of this, and they've been training with our military and improving their capabiliti

about the defense strategy in the middle east and in asia. should the united states slowly decrease its commitments in the middle east as people have suggested and then at the same time, enhanced or increased its commitments in asia as part of the so-called pivot? >> i'm a firm believer that our, that in the rebalance, meaning that, as question have relatively more bandwidth available coming out of two long ground wars in the middle east and south asia, we need to pay more attention to the asia-pacific because it is the region that will most affect our prosperity and our security long term but that does not mean we take our eye off the ball in the middle east. it does not mean we abandon our partners and allies there. the united states has long been a power that has been able to walk and chew gum taint. we still have -- at the same time. we still have vital interests in the middle east even as our own energy picture at home changes. we need to maintain our forces there for deterrents, for crisis response, for building capacity of our partners

some will go to the situation in east asia is listening. kosmina tree is and is rising and expanding times. you need to constantly politics for the resurgent some more time in prison. in the country his internet for one film for ranchers very important to see a peaceful and stable environment and development in asia especially in east asia. just let the principles of the chinese leader's support. let's get to meet women situation. the mutual benefit guaranty regional stability and world peace and is often conflicts with dio i have been out till bangladesh hundreds of riot police had been employed down the strains of the capital dhaka to play a large rally cars for it by the opposition the anti government protesters have been demanding that prime minister shaikh puffin and canceling elections slated for again you if it's got tons to eat swear i must as a kid in the early hours of sunday was most private the toll is being kept indoors. no major incident of violence has so far been the point that the opposition insists that his sin and must be

the us the us and abroad as us vice president joe biden store to store in east asia tour in tokyo after which you will stop in beijing and seoul to emphasize washington today to asia. the talk in a dreamlike the delayed appointment of two government officials and it belongs gridlock at the national assembly. rio will start working level meetings on whether to join a us led asia pacific trade pact that would lead to forty percent of the world's economy. they sever second year in korea life from seoul and keep them from when they do so much for joining us. we begin with the president's confirmation of three key government posts today which went through despite the lack of the national assembly's blasting the president talking head pushed ahead with the appointments to maintain stability in state affairs as all elementary businesses come to an effective holt from a boycott by the opposition party the presidential office correspondence was into surface. health and welfare minister please don't kill prosecutor general keen to attack a cheese stick on a term high tech and have benefits to pla

>> well, a, in particular in east asia they give a great central to education, they attract great peopleo the teaching profession. they attract the most talented teachers and the most challenging classrooms, the u.s. has great difficulties with. and every student believes that they are the owners of their success, that their investment in learning effort is going to make a difference, not talent, the amount of lessons i think all over the world we can learn from east asia and see high performing systems in europe, when you look at can -- very impressive in some of the provinces there. >> and you see them taking actions that have -- you have seen the shift from the last time that these results? >> absolutely. shanghai did really good last time but they are doing a lot better now. it is not only the relative position that we have seen, but also the pace of change, at the bottom of the list you can see a country like brazil rising from the bottom, turkey, mexico, there is a lot of improvement, out of 65 countries, 40 have seen some improvement in one of the three subjects. >> the u.s. has a

and that japan had a perfect right to dissent its interests in east asia and that included its presence in china and someone, and that they were surrounded by western powers who didn't want japan to have its moment in the sun. and so they were driven by economic boycotts and that kind of thing. they had no more choice. they had to do it. and then, of course, we can also talk about that, the americans -- this is the myth again, the americans forced their hand spent right. the abcd encirclement is a somewhat classic explanation for many of the regions. i think kaiser germany world war i, they complained about encirclement very much. i think that was very much on the japanese might as well. the fact that the wartime government made use of that narrative, told you, gave a speech on the day of the pearl harbor attack that japan was reluctantly going -- [inaudible] >> who was a prime minister. japan entered the war, reluctantly, despite all the nation's past efforts of trying to achieve peace in east asia. it went hand in hand with this larger regional agencies, the concept that japanese were

reluctantly despite all the nation's past efforts of trying to achieve peace in east asia. it went hand and hand the cause of the japan nieces were taken by the sort of the -- effect abused. but was quite useful at the time as well. and useful to make them believe themselves they were fight forking the right cause too. i think the marriage was quite strong. who would really want to die for the war? you want to believe that and, if you were ordinary citizens with our much -- [inaudible] information about the china role or about japanese imperialism, i don't think it's hard to imagine how apeopling that narrative might have been. >> it had a kernel of truth to it. it's true, unlike nazi germany, japan was fighting the war against other imperial power. and george was one person who actually criticized the u.s. diplomacy in retrospect and said they should have recognized japanese interests more than they did it was a little late in the game, and but you cannot -- one sort of can understand why it was felt they had their rights and empire just as the europeans had their empire.

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impact the relationship with china and japan, as we try to work for peace and cooperation in north-east asia. >> south korea's president discussed the plans with u.s. vice president joe biden. the u.s. state department declared itself on the same page as seoul. an extended zone will have nothing to do with maritime jurisdiction. >> south korea no longer wanted to extent the zone. one part of the east china sea has three overlapping zones. the coming days could allow for talks on how to managing a complex state of affairs and could set the stage for what no one wants, an accidental conflict in increasingly contested skies. >> this is the first time south korea adjusted the air defense zone since the u.s. set it up during the korean war in 1951. >> defense secretary chuck hagel is due to meet pakistan's prime minister. the first visit in nearly four years to pakistan. he'll meet the newly appointed army chief. >> a team of u.n. inspectors has arrived in iran, the first time they've had access to an iranian nuclear facilities in two years. they agreed to roll back their enrichment of uranium th

scott anderson grew up in east asia and his father worked in agriculture as an advisor for the american government and he is a novelist and war correspondent in the places that he has corresponded from include sudan and northern ireland and i went online to see a list of places that the state department that you shouldn't go. and those are the places you shouldn't go. [laughter] >> the movie triage with colin farrell is based upon his novel and richard gere and his story was based on his work in bosnia. but what you don't know and what you won't read is that he is part owner of the half king bar. he owns that with sebastian jan, it's in chelsea on 23rd and 10th, which is the hottest area of new york and asked him i asked him how long ago he opened it and he said 14 years. like my grandfather used to say, it is much better to be lucky than smart. [laughter] >> i would like to introduce our first speaker, ari shavit. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. it is really a pleasure to be here and it was worth writing the book and i have been several times in florida and from the momen

east asia is on the rise. shanghai performed the best. singapore, hong kong, south korea scored high. the education secretary said the u.s. results are a picture of stagnation. the test was given to 15-year-old's. >> 16% of the population live with disabilities. for children, learning can be difficult if they can't see, hear or speak. some schools are using new technology to help them learn. we visited a school in new york that specialises in educating thing with severe disability. >> children come to henry advice cardy school from all over new york. chris is on his way to earning a high school diploma. >> it taught me a lot since i came here. telling me there are no limits. >> this confidence is in large part thanks to technology like this. >> do you remember how to do that? >> no. >> it's helping 180 students with severe disabilities here, who might otherwise not be able to study. >> i know what i want. i don't let anyone stop me. >> 20-year-old chelsea cannot speak through her mouth. this tool let's her communicate which using her eyes

take a look at rest of east asia as far as monday, tuesday, and wednesday. the holiday forecast here, seoul, snow showers there with zero only for your high by wednesday. let's see what's going on in the americas. high pressure dominating much of the eastern seaboard. snow showers there in southern canada, northern portions of the plains, five to ten centimeters, nothing too significant. big significance is coming from the south. this is going to pull in some moisture out of the gulf of mexico and we're going to be seeing widespread rain showers along the eastern seaboards. that's going to move up and be a rain and snow maker. the bigger topic, though, stay on the topic of the new year's celebrations, a lot of people like to get out and about for the new year, but january 1st, big blast of arctic air and temperatures will be reflecting that. look at that, chicago, minus 12 only for your high. minus 8 on tuesday. new york just getting up to right around the freezing mark. you do want to bundle up. if you're in los angeles, totally different story if you. i wa

tensions rising in east asia where south korea has declared its own air defense zone. >>> south africa begins its farewell to legendary freedom fighter nelson mandela with a day of prayer and reflection. >>> and brace yourself. scenes like this are happening across the country today. >>> increasing tensions in asia, south korea has declared an expanded air defense zone that overlaps with once announced last month by china. it includes a strategic area disputed by the two countries. al jazeera's terry faucet reports. >> it may be about lines in the air but extend over land and sea. this is what south korea called the submerged rocky reef with a scientific research station and under the very obvious de facto control. the strategic waters and rocks are claimed by beijing and seoul as part of their exclusive economic zones. now south korea has asserted its rights in the air above. >> translator: the new korean air space defense identification zone has been modified to be in line with the country's flight information region, which does not overlap with neighboring countries. this modified z

they argue the security environment in east asia is becoming more severe. north korea's missile and nuclear programs pose a threat to japan, and china is becoming more active in the region. >> there are critics who have disagreed with abe for launching the national security council. why is that? >> well, some critics say the nsc will help the abe administration strengthen security ties with the u.s. they worry this could put japan at risk of getting involved in the real conflict or war. some say there should be certain measures for people to check what leaders talk about and decide in the council. the abe administration responded by adopting a resolution allowing records of nsc meetings to be kept in a way that does not compromise national security. however, those records could be kept confidential under the secrecy bill the prime minister is trying to pass. if that's the case, it would take some time to check what's going on behind the scenes. >> how would the opposition lawmakers change things if they could? >> well, some official lawmakers say the nsc ma

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that said to be honored by the cup you were spiced preston joe biden is trying to keep a dispute in east asia from getting worse. he held a meeting in tokyo with prime minister shinzo law back where he shared ideas on how to deal with china's newly declared air defense identification zone. to know that we confirm that japan and the united states will not tolerate china's attempt to unilaterally change the status quo. we also agreed that our countries will continue to work closely together to deal with the matter based on the strong japan us alliance the united states has an interest and lauren lauren intentions this vital region as i believe all the countries in north east asian share that same in touch with us. this underscores the need for crisis management mechanisms and effective channels of communication between china and japan to reduce the risk of escalation. i'll be raising these concerns with great specificity directly when i meet with chinese leadership. vice president biden is on a six nation tour that will take them from tokyo to be djing and then on to saul the trip was planned b

the focus of the u s vice president joe biden's recent trip to east asia other senior officials in the obama administration say they won't allow china to unilaterally change the status quo. a problem adding that the chinese born a week of course before and that crap ton of baking instructions into town. i can really carry commanders the flu b fifty two ballets thirty eight bac two days beijing's reaction. so on the meaning of life owned by the fifty two auntie kim green tea on a nuclear weapon it's very sensitive to impress. also on the news on you it's off to china. what these two meanings. tokyo the fifth tunisia. buying option. oh flight that's it no one seems interested in reading this just gets kicked out of hand. japanese and us officials agree that building effective communication with china is urgent to avoid mistakes or any speculations that's all i know kyra said dialog between japan and china is difficult for is the time being because of their difference is resisting pack islands. he he he loved eating the soup. in the time to bone up on roll off on tuesdays to an external f

vice president joe biden has just arrived in seoul on this thursday evening at the last leg of this east asia to biden is slated to meet with president aka name on friday and is hoping to ease tensions in a region that has been rattled by diplomatic route over air defense doubts on sunday has been. the yellow be the last stop for us vice president joe biden at the back step is to be nice and four up north is a chat. biden will meet with president bought it a m friday to discuss rates to handle a time that's new here and i didn't get the kitchen down and up and ongoing effort to be the right to collective self effects the surprise announcement of an expanded air defense known as escalating military tensions among its neighbors as it overlaps with those of korea and japan. washington has said it is not recognized as and the stench was to be every night i did when he met chinese president. she didn't hate him. aj. source this day still a lot and are finalizing consultation on expanding her to get eric and fell. and that the new plant will get balanced bali discussions with biden. fight this trip

east. they are in asia. the u.s. has to get that right. we need a good relationship with china. >> it is not just china though. it is the countries surrounding china. >> the single achievement for obama is tpp, not iran. iran is big, but tpp is big. >> explain that. >> the trade deal, the largest in more than a decade. it would involve 40% of the world's economy. it would create liberalization and competitive business in this massive space. it would be like the wto. they would feel the need to improve the standards. >> john kerry has things going on three fronts. iran, syria, israel. what is the response to him? dealing with netanyahu. >> the response is he is a smart guy. >> and he seems to be operated without an agenda for himself other than success. he is not looking to run for president. >> i think that -- she is certainly not happy with him and what is the abandonment of the pivot and lack of resources being deployed in asia. >> secretary clinton is not happy with secretary kerry. >> i think that is clear. that is where we are right n

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biden has arrived in japan and will soon step into a dispute that's generating plenty of friction in east asia will be meeting the leaders in tokyo beijing and seoul to talk about china's newly established arab defense identification zone. biden will sit down on tuesday with japanese prime minister shinzo lafayette ave has called the zone very dangerous. chinese defence ministry officials announced last month they set up the cell. it covers a large part of the east china sea and includes islands the japanese controlled but the chinese and taiwanese plane. my dad will have to try to forgive the chicken the vice president will meet on wednesday with pressing she's in pain and other chinese leaders. analysts say biden is starting his six day he shouldn't or in japan to highlight the decades old u s japan alliance and to court in a response to china will travel to south korea later this week. us leaders responded quickly to china's move with both words and actions. top officials criticize the chinese for trying to change the status quo in the asia pacific. and military commander said b fifty two b

they argued the security environment in east asia is becoming more severe. north korea's missile and nuclear programs pose a threat to japan and china is becoming more active in the region some critics say that didn't seem to help the under eye the demonstration of strength and security ties with the us they worry that this could not get a good time. trees are getting involved in the real conflict or war some say yes to these subdivisions of people to check what's leaders talk about and decide in the cost the other administration responded by adopting a resolution allowing the course of nsc meetings to be kept in a way that does not compromise national security. however those records could be kept confidential. and though the secrecy. mr is trying to pass. some of you so moment to say that they may see many don't work effectively with out my highest intelligence and information gathering service. they propose setting up our special agency. much like the cit us. and my sixteen cricket. the result of the end of this change will not opt for now. there will cont

japan's revival of communism these east coast and the pastry campaign message into the big teams sour east asia to united nations and the international community have asked tony condemn machines all of these actions according to japan's gg press the us the government has canceled a planned telephone conversation between its defence secretary chuck hegel and the japanese defense minister. it's the nori on the data report says the cancellation may be a response to the shinzo of a controversy in the colts as scheduled on friday morning with a goal on a dare of what abbas for us co operation to reduce okinawa prefecture is burden of hosting many u s military bases. now while japanese right wing politicians on providing regional tension by paying tribute to the war criminals in the us occur the shrine its allies in world war two gemini has being sincerely reflecting on its clients in the war and living lessons from history. um can i a has more locked in a soft launch in nineteen seventy. during his trip to call aunt janet and feel the need to act now before the monument to victims of the holocaust t

is important but so is the maintenance and he's instability in the north and to create us japan east asia pacific retail policy. but it's not just an art does not want to break its ties with china. a new fear for your copy yet does not seem an option for now. there hasn't been a sufficient reduction in the security threats in the region and between the two koreas to score the north end its nuclear program. still as a result some game continues to have difficulty with making the strategic decision to change iran. the idea that the common and they constantly proclaims that it was a tight leash and great leader teenage son and dear leader tim duncan's were the north to hold on to its new clear weapons. on sunday at the knees. before your dna and another begins. get the latest line from seoul expert analysis from h's heartbeat with the viewpoint of the covert its global network and why on arrival that. he always on standby south. old taking your overseas was shot has agreed to lend a helping hand to hand strap neighboring ukraine. essentially the only country alps but providing fifteen billio

the sea and the international party is keeping an eye on the region as improve ties between south east asia and southern china at ipa to be increasing opportunities for local trains. the un office on drugs and crime knowing you and otc released its annual southeast asia are consenting on wednesday. the report estimates and me and mine's output of loopy and twenty thirteen to be some times it's seventy tons. a twenty six percent increase over last day. it's also the highest dps its assessments by the un agency and the myanmar government began in two thousand to the country is the wild second largest it can grow up how to of common stock yemen's government has said it wants to eliminate the state's crop production by twenty fourteen. instead it has actually more than doubled and seven on seven hits. the report notes that the money from poppy cultivation is essential for the touch as many as an ethnic minorities who are reading the spirits in securing tea and coffee tea the un agency says the earth and its color and economics in new shoes on even if the pm as a cash call is to be white cops. a

isinstead, the jeweler turning to central and east asia. polity and italian heritage is an asset that people will pay extra for. >> they have a high-quality item. ,> they are investing heavily planning on opening 40-50 stores in the next 4-5 years. than is more at stake money. >> we have loved will be due and thinking to sell the company and being the only manager or going to do something else. >> we are joined now by our european editor. a finesse and 80 picture of the italian economy. rich people are old, therefore he looks to asia. >> that's correct. this company is pretty fascinating because it is only three generations old. it is a grand fund. it, hisutive that runs own father died in a car accident. he took over at just the age of 26. it actually has the whole lineup. in control of that whole process, interestingly it is very much made in italy. it is a real hub of goldsmith. >> they are trying to stick to production. other italian companies are tapping into that, made in italy. >> that is an asset abroad, particularly in china. now,

the south east asia are looking back and shared tragedy. nine years until an earthquake shook indonesia and sent a tsunami roaring across the indian air shed more than two hundred and twenty thousand people were killed or went missing stuart's competition series at key points the mini shows that about chasing me and it ends up of smoke right on although isaac southern people will still lives in jail. the needs of a state ceremony on to coming to the umno members of the zest of two pray the way. india wasn't snowing also every s themselves the station to east and africa nine years later and it sure was delicious nuts or raisins people possess the mothers and stressed the importance of making great use is the star is. only one only we need to think about what we are able to do this for a disaster. it's a slow taken adequate measures to cool down. what you see the stars has hit us in countries owe both of us nine years. best of us typhoon to them was in six of them people use of pps in thailand. here is some tissue from the pope of the dummies

you get kids drilled in testing, and that's why the very test centric nations in the far east and east asia the highest scores because they have a test, test, test culture. snoo maybe you disagree that there's a crisis in public school education. >> i do. there is not a crisis. our public schools are doing an incredible job considering that almost 25% of the kids in this country live in dire poverty. >> this is a poverty story, not a testing story? >> absolutely. if we look at child poverty, we're number one in the -- in amongst all the advanced nations. we have the highest level of child poverty. if you look at the scores, the low scores are the scores of the kids in poverty. if we really wanted to raise test scores, we wouldn't be testing more and more and more. we would be raising up the kids who are in poverty. >> i think most agree. i certainly think that most important factor for a student to succeed is the quality of the teacher at the front of that room. that person is so important. >> there's something even more important. >> what? >> it's their home life. study after study has sho

designation of air defense own and north korea on sunday reports from spain that the ethnicity of the east asia tour of the cats eat at seoul's university on friday us vice president joe biden press tv channel exists. i reiterated that the united states does not recognize china as new air defense though which had stirred up controversy as it overlaps with those of any established by korea and japan. we do not drinking. it will have no effect. an american operation just ask my time. zero the president stressed the need for close cooperation between washington and its ally for regional security. calling on soul in tokyo to mend their frail tights. the two neighbors had to be at odds over their differing perceptions of historical issues with kirby and repeatedly calling on japan to apologize for its wartime atrocities. reaching thirty five year old citation for me the entire region with more stable more secure it. if the leading democracy. japan south korea the united states rabid will improve their relationship cooperation point. especially the chilling threats from north korea s new clear ambiti

bilateral summit of world leaders and the five overseas trips to the us china and russia and south east asia and year out. she was successful in securing support for north korea policy for patrick and treats including cabinet member nations said the un security council. her fur seals diplomacy korea stop progress in fta talks with their nations including indonesia vietnam and that was support for korean can be its average error main challenges for president that when it comes to china and japan. china she allowed full announcement of a new air defense and has raised tensions in the region read that still has a result matters that have killed you just tap the stiffness pledged to exercise its collective self defense and at their historical issues all it into a dvd. well speculations are rife about the way this current that runs from the uncle oforth korean leader kim said men are looming questions as to how his dismissal affect the team's bilateral ties with china. john has long played an important role in canyons business with beijing but now there are reports that the north's leadership the

that is it is reported saying that her teeth easing tension in east asia. and he's fast all will be to punt. biden is expected to meet with japanese prime minister seems a lot and will make this. they're expected to talk about chinese hour and defense identification zone and other pcs in the region he will also attend an international conference on women's rights in beijing by to meet with chinese leaders to discuss the eighties and was on it he says. in south korea to visit at the dnc falling in salmon in ordering u s troops to die during the korean war. riley has been taking place in ukraine have to keep the protest is to pay a state government decision not to sign a deal because it ties in with the european union and several people including a you're a news cameraman have a ripple of it being injected clashes between demonstrators and police riot police clashed of this protest is attempting to storm the presidential administration building a security force is a used it and ask functions and the fact remains to push back the crowds else lah protest the st

wouldn't it be great if the middle east could trade with europe, asia, latin america, africa and the united states on a fair basis, and everybody could win. >> thoughtful comments. jane harman. appreciate you joining us on "consider this". for more on the middle east and contentious article if women and men can have it all. i'm joined by anne-marie slaughter, former member of the state department, but now a member of the new american foundation. thanks for joining us. you wrote an article "bringing the iran text back home." you wrote: >> in trying to get the domestic space are both sides saying different things that could sut scuttle the agreement. secretary kerry is saying you have no right to enrichment. but ayatollah khamenei said the agreement. >> a good agreement has something in it for both sides, otherwise they wouldn't agree. otherwise it's a capitulation or a stalemate. they are things that iran is happy with. it can read some of the language in the agreement to say there's an implied right of enrichment. secretary of state john kerry is right in saying there's no recognition

i have the honor of chairing the east asia and pacific subcommittee, and in that capacity we worked to deal with some of the issues in that region, the provisions dealing with health care of our military personnel and many of the other issues, i'm glad to see that the committee did incorporate some of the concerns that have been expressed. two specific amendments that i had noted during the amendment process have been incorporated in the bill before us, one that deals with health care and the other that deals with parity between our civilian work force with the department of defense and our contract work force. i'm -- i appreciate that those two amendments are incorporated into the bill that we have. as many of my colleagues have come to the floor, i'm disappointed, disappointed not -- any bill that comes forward that's a bipartisan bill there are compromises there are always disappointments about not being exactly everything you want. that's understandable. what's bedisappointing is we didn't have -- what's very disappointing is we didn't have a chance. i think there are many other am

growth i think is antithetical to china so if it sees that regional tensions for instance make north east asia less of an investment opportunity if they see somehow that this affects the bottom line in china then i think they'll basically dial it back a bit i mean if they see that for instance as martin said the united states and vietnam have become very close if they see the japan for instance goes beyond its one percent its historic kind of tradition of one percent of g.d.p. for military spending. they're going to possibly say ok look you know this was our our preference but we'll negotiate so i think there is still plenty of room to negotiate with china even if it is pushing for as much as it can get against the united states which it sees as weak economically and perhaps with weak leadership even if it sees opportunity in northeast asia for a variety of geo political and political reasons martin the chinese have this fear of not getting access to the outside world and looking at trade routes i mean what will it take for a compromise because it seems to me that the chinese want to be the he

his visit to south east asia and vietnam simply reinforces that -- u.s.. >> thank you for joining us. let's talk cars in the future of one automaker in particular -- general motors. they officially emerge from the government bailout. the last part of the loan was sold off last week. the ceo is speaking out about 2014 and beyond. some of the topics -- a factory upgrade. the company's first female ceo in a potential dividend. su keenan has the details. ceo covered all topics as he talked about the comeback for the automaker at the national press club. it may have cost the government nearly $10 million but he rejected the idea that the -- that gm should cover those costs. he defended the bailout talking about millions of jobs saved. this conference came after gm announced it is the best thing -- it is investing $1.3 billion to upgrade their back -- their factories. cool -- whory barra will become the next ceo. stork -- itt is a is a stork -- it his historic. she was picked on her hard work and success, not because of her gender. i am proud of the history our

the strongest, unsurprisingly, emerging markets, middle east, asia and pacific. where it's been divvied up. china is the single largest driver of almost a quarter of all of the new passengers, 31% increase going to be coming from china were largely domestic flights. china becoming the second biggest market in terms of domestic flights after the united states. internationally and middle east, that is ready most of them will be coming from. interesting countries really ramping up, ms. beck asked on. eckistan. the governments have realized the value of connecting aviation. africa picking up playing on their geographies. >> day with us because we will bring in john strickland, an siation analyst for jl consulting. paint a picture of the fortunes of the industry just listening to caroline talking about the latest forecast. what's your assessment? >> it's not surprising to her of the massive growth in these emerging markets. we have the old world and the new world. europe and the u.s., the market is in the doldrums and that reflects the wider macroeconomic context and

scott anderson grew up in east asia and his father worked in agriculture as an advisor for the americanrnment and he is a novelist and war correspondent in the places that he has corresponded from include sudan and northern ireland and i went online to see a list of places that the state department that you shouldn't go. and those are the places you shouldn't go. [laughter] >> the movie triage with colin farrell is based upon his novel and richard gere and his story was based on his work in bosnia. but what you don't know and what you won't read is that he is part owner of the half king bar. he owns that with sebastian jan, it's in chelsea on 23rd and 10th, which is the hottest area of new york and asked him i asked him how long ago he opened it and he said 14 years. like my grandfather used to say, it is much better to be lucky than smart. [laughter] >> i would like to introduce our first speaker, ari shavit. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. it is really a pleasure to be here and it was worth writing the book and i have been several times in florida and from the moment i l

increasing tensions in asia over disputed islands in the east china sea.outh korea expanded its air defense zone to overlap with one announced by china. it goes into effect next week >> a cold snap is gripping the nation. self -- several deaths have be have been linked to the weather. >> messy conditions and airport delays. >> hundreds gathered to remember johnnon on the anniversary of his death [ singing ] >> fans met in central park to honour the former beatle. toward marking 33 years since he was shot to death outside his apartment building. people gathered at strawberry field, a favourite spot renamed in memory of him. >> michael is back with sport. nfl games are getting critical. >> there's a handful of games. people are jockeying for important position. there's only four weeks remaining in the schedule. we had teams solidifying play-offs. others are trying to call one out. both scenarios are in play as the philadelphia eels hosted the lions, the eagles entered the game tied with the cowboys. dallas hosted a tie break erg. the lions head up north. the

. >> instead, the jeweler is turning to central and east asia.he idea of italian quality and heritage is an asset that people will pay extra for. italy andlove made in high-quality items. they love their heritage. >> he is investing heavily, planning to open 40-50 stores in the next 4 or 5ears. while other rivals have sold out a larger luxury companies, for this family, there was more at stake than money. >> we really love what we do. managers, going to do something else for us is not on the table at all. >> beautiful jewels. for a recap, let's check in with manus cranny. we have focused on the u.s. budget deal. much of the last two months, people were worried about it. they were saying they were going to hijack what the business was going to do. at least we have one less hurdle to worry about. >> absolutely. i think that sums it up. it is about progress on capitol hill. a message.g to set we are going to come together. i think there are political ramifications. the budgetok at deal, it does not deal with the structural issues. a lot of spending

east? know, when we sell aircraft we're supposed to make margins everywhere. it is nicely balanced as a backlog. we have around 40% in asiamiddle east, the rest in the u.s. and europe. we are much less at risk than 15 years ago when the market was divided to train europe and america. -- nowere was a crisis we only depend on the growth of the world gdp. as long as there is growth we will manage wherever there is for-five percent growth. sidewayss a slight question. materials have come a long way, but material sciences haven't caught up with what you want to do. maybe you're at that point now. in the next 10 years how much improvement are you going to see in material sciences? is it easier to make a prediction about where you will be in 10 years time? >> there will be improvements in both metallic and come positive. if you take composite material, one problem is that it is not conductive, electrically. it will change and it will simplify installation of all electrical systems in an aircraft. our job is to also work together with all the raw material providers to make sure that we will incorporate the best technologies at th