many people in east asia consider the eel to be delicacy. in june, the conservation group put it on the species list. they are raised until they are mature enough to eat. delegates from japanese, china, south korea and taiwan are taking part in the conference. it is time to discuss the framework for eel resources. japanese representatives are proposing the farmers reduce the fish by 30%. other delegates are considering similar restrictions. participants are discussing thousand set reduction targets for each area. >>> u.s. military commanders have expanded offensive of the group of the islamic state. they launch fresh air strikes in iraq. including one near baghdad. officials with the u.s. central command said pilots bombed targets on sunday near the northwestern town of sinjar. they were fighting iraqi forces southwest of baghdad. president obama said last week he was broadening the campaign to destroy the militant group. he said the strategy is beyond protects u.s. citizens. the president said the u.s. will deploy 75 additional service memb

the revision is meant to reflect the shifting security situation in east asia. that includes north korea's nuclear and missile development. authorities in pyongyang launched ballistic missiles into the sea of japan in march, june, and july this year. this was another reason why prime minister abe announced a fundamental change to a decades-old policy. his cabinet approved a reinterpretation of the constitution, allowing japan to exercise its right to collective self-defense. that means it could defend a closely related country under attack. >> translator: with this decision, japan could strengthen its deterrence and contribute to international peace and stability. and also ensure japan's security. >> reporter: but abe needs to amend more than ten domestic laws to make the change a reality. so he's creating a new cabinet post devoted to that job. 58% of people who responded to nhk's latest survey said the prime minister and his cabinet have not fully explained the issue of the right to collective self-defense. the new ministers will be expected to convince the ja

because it looks like that some of the long range models are setting its sights for portions of east asialet me give you the perspective right now. this system has thankfully not touched japan. it will continue to move toward the north and east, now down here toward the mariana islands, it's going to moving down the north and west and down the road it may become a problem for us toward the weekend. currently moving to the west 20 kilometers an hour, gusts up to 90, a tropical storm that will move toward the islands and expect to strengthen into a seve severe tropical storm on wednesday and thursday. the trajectory for this is for this to move toward the north and west, a lot of the model are setting its sights for the smaller western islands of japan. we will be looking for this as we go through the rest of week. into china, we'll look for another frontal boundary. shanghai you'll be seeing some rain on tuesday. pleasant weather continuing in japan, tokyo with a high of 28 degrees for our tuesday. i did want to shift a little further west into india. we have been continuing to monitor thi

. >>> fishery officials in east asia are dealing with a problem in their oceans. they're seeing the japanese eel come under threat. now they're sitting down face to face to see that the species doesn't go extinct. nhk world's tomoko kamata has the story. >> reporter: eel has long been part of the traditional japanese diet. in the 19th century, the fishing industry started farming the fish to meet high domestic demand. fishermen catch young eels at sea and then farmers raise them until they are lar be sold as food. chinese and taiwanese crews also fish for young eels and export most of their catch to japan. but the annual catch has been unstable. last year the amount japanese farmers could secure was 50% that of a decade earlier. that was a record low and motivated officials to take measures. experts say the decline was caused by overfishing, loss of habitat and changes in ocean currents. the switzerland-based international union for conservation of nature listed the species of facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. >> it is my sincere hope that we will

these siberian flight corridor, which provides the shortest route from europe to destinations in east asia. airlines such as lufthansa will be particularly hurts, because they operate dozens of such flights. however, the russian airlines are afoot. it is just as well because it receives $400 million a year in royalties, with international airlines hate for using the russian-siberian airspace. it comes at a very unfortunate moments for our of floats, which is facing a slump in sales doing -- due to the deteriorating economic situation. and of course the european union could retaliate by preventing russia from using european airspace, which could be a death sentence. >> so perhaps a continuation of the trade war we have seen going there. thank you so much for the inside. >> with the back and forth over sanctions and possible counter sanctions between the west and russia continuing, ukrainian president petro poroshenko visited the flashpoint town of mariupol, which we saw earlier. simon, before we came on air, there was a report from the kremlin saying that russian and ukrainian leaders spoke

wrapping things up with a look at east asia. u notice a lot of cloud cover over the korean peninsula, already 100 millimeters of rainfall has fallen in this area, and that is continuing to spread toward the east. so western japan, and hokkaido into northern japan you'll be seeing the rain falling as we go throughout thursday, and then eventually by the weekend in the kanto plains you'll be seeing the rainfall as the front pushing toward the east. you'll see the rain in seoul. also back toward the west the monsoonal front continues to be a big problem. chongqing a high of 24. here's your extended outlook. >>> and that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. gene otani will bring you the latest at the top of the hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world. >> you are watching france 24. time now for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines this hour. barack obama is in estonia. he is giving a firm show of support for nato's newest members in the face of russia's growing pressure on ukra

that is a rhetorical strain that a variety of more authoritarian rulers, through east asia and i just don't buy it. i just do not buy it and to buy it and to say oh gosh they are asians and the asian way is not so much to have a voice and stick up for yourself and govern yourself, is to be herded like cattle and be led by strong men is repugnant to me, it is repugnant to me as an asian man as an american and as a human to think that. does that mean american-style democracy can and should be exported in an untouched and undiluted way and can be translated to any other country? the last ten years tell us the answer to that. no. we cannot and should not pretend that is the case. our form and version of democratic practice is not necessarily perfection itself. but i think the idea of rule of law matter ring is something that can be seated even in the context like that that prevails in china today. >> most of us at the world affairs council event, citizens of the world, if you were to have a world citizen university how would it be different from your current citizen university? >> another

we wrap things up with a look at east asia. i want to direct your attention down toward the philippines. you can see here the cluster of cloud cover. this is a low-pressure system, but there's just enough juice down here to where this may become more of a tropical development. we'll be keeping an eye out on that. toward the north into japan, we have a stationary front that's formed. we had a very nice day on sunday. now we're switching over into that rainy situation. it's going to stay like this as we go to tuesday. i think we'll start to dry out gradually by wednesday. back toward the west into china, we have a couple low-pressure systems bringing a lot of rainfall. look out for some downpour possibilities. eventually that will spread toward the east, bringing some rain yet get to japan later on in the week. temperatures anywhere from 28 in seoul to 27 in tokyo. shanghai, you'll be dealing with some rain on tuesday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> visit our website for feature stori

now, in other areas of east asia, we do have high pressure moving over the korean peninsula, giving some sunny skies over there. meanwhile, down toward the philippines, we have a couple of low-pressure systems that are continuing to dump a lot of rainfall. one of those lows expected to convert into a tropical depression as we go you tloo the next several hours. this is something we'll be looking out for because the system, whether it becomes intense or not, the says still expected to move slowly toward the north, bringing even more moisture for western japan going through the next few days. so tokyo, you'll be seeing some rainfall coming up on saturday with a high of 30. 30 in seoul. a little bit drier in shanghai and down into hong kong looking at the chance for rain saturday. when it comes to hurricane norbert near mexico, you see the system continuing to spin. because of its proximity, we do have warnings posted for the coast. definitely make sure you keep an eye out on this. it is expected to weaken into next week because of the colder waters that it will be traveling over. now, we a

only is it close to the phil but also with the continual heavy rainfall that has been reported in east asia, it could be the next problemmaker as we continue to track that. meanwhile the northern portion of japan seeing a low pressure system that's causing instability, heavy rainfall at times, and also some water spouts reported from this particular low. and then now the instability also moving in to the central portions of japan, and so we are seeing cloud cover and some possible downpours as we go throughout the next couple of days. 25 in tokyo. 27 in seoul. and again, seeing some rain for southern china, as we go throughout thursda also keeping an eye on odile. this is pumping moisture into the u.s. desert southwest. yes it is weakening but still causing flash flooding concerns and i think we're going to continue to monitor that while we also watch out for a new tropical storm polo that's further south, already tropical storm watches posted nearby. this system will intensify into a hurricane very soon, and then it will be something we'll have to also monitor closely because of the rainfa

the most powerful rebel group in south-east asia have condemned the fighters in syria and iraq, vowing to stop a spread of the islamic state fighters. the islamic liberation front is seen as vital to stop the influence of the islamic state in the southern philippines. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: many believe as long as there's no cross training between the islamic state and members of the group, not much is expected to change in terms of influence, and how they operate in the region. if there are people who are feeling marginalised and feel that their grievances are not addressed in the normal politics in a peaceful way, they could be radicalized. that's why the moro islamic liberation front said the peaceful process of theirs is the best inoculation against islamic state. >> reporter: min din ou has been plagued by armed rebellion. filipinos have a history of taking part in conflict in the middle east. >> there's no known evidence of any interaction between the islamic state and armed troops. authorities admit they need to be vigilant. one never nose what sort of seeds should be pla

southern areas of cue shoe, as well as flooding, landslides all of them very high risk over areas of east asia. across the americas, heavy rain and wind warnings in place for eastern parts of canada such as newfoundland and nova scotia. but that's going to move away as we go into tuesday. what will be left behind is cooler temperatures for most of eastern canada as well as eastern parts of u.s. so we may see some snowfall in the northern areas. now across the opposite side of the u.s., if you remember, deadly floods occurred in the four corners region last week, and still rain is falling heavily so flash flood warnings and watches are widely posted in the eastern parts or i should say western parts of texas, as well as the southern half of mexico. and new mexico, i should say. and out towards the north after days of dry weather finally a heavy rainmaker will be on its way to affect the pacific northwest, as well as british columbia. temperatures are going down to 25 degrees in portland. you saw 34 degrees on your saturday. so a little change in store for you. the cooler temperatures for you in

what about east asia?kelihood there. ♪ >> good morning, "bloomberg surveillance" it moves the currency market, breaking news, the european sentinel enter sanctions into force tomorrow. -- say no intersections into force tomorrow. the russian ruble boost a new to news -- moves weakness. a number of ways to mention the ruble. ian bremmer with us. this was a surprise. aren't we worn out with sanctions? can sanctions work at this point? >> i'm worn out, because they're not working. that is different from us. europeans, surly the leadership on a disease sanctions -- certainly, the leadership wanted to see sections. with the cease-fire holding, albeit tenuously, several european states and, wait a second, we want to see how we can get away from the sanctions. >> in the financial times, receiving less natural gas from russia. will we begin to see russia use hydrocarbons as a russi weapons against sanctions? >> in november, you start needing the gas that comes from russia through ukraine to just about everybody. i

british embassy and this is true for what japan knows about europe i mean i lived a long time in east asia i was correspondent there and was eastern asia knows about western europe they get through english language channels the same is true all of what happens in eastern europe we get this through edits is dead most of the time have made up their minds about it because mainstream media are not scold mainstream for nothing so this is what and how you agree with everyone who says this is so so so this is such a sort of stage because karl let me let me go let me go to nearly i'm going to go to neil in london yes you good yeah you know neal the last time we did a recording of cross talk we did a program on ukraine and i left the studio in my producers said c.n.n. and the rest of the world says russia is invaded ukraine and i said what. well the dead make any sense to me it all does make it and so i you know i went up to my office i went to my office and i just did a quick review where you thought and i said will someone check the russian wires for me i mean has russia invaded ukraine completel

actually only three years since oceana had been at war with east asia and alliance with asia. but officially the change of partners had never happened. oceana was at war with eurasian. there are, oceana had always been at war with eurasia. this administration seems to have no sense of past or future. all of those familiar with the terrible human carnage inflicted by the civil towbar syria pray for its end. but the goal of our action in isis should not be to end it by supporting assad. the enemy of my enemy is not always my friend. and sometimes the goal is the destruction of the enemy who poses an imminent threat to our national security, not the enabler of yet another enemy of america. it should also be clear that any action we take against isis should in no way be contingent on political reconciliation between sunnies and shiites in baghdad. this administration has often become distracted by the hope to achieve this reconciliation but the sad truth is the sunnies and shiites have been illinois gauged in a sectarian civil war since 632a.d. it is the height of hubris, the heig

and a senior associate from south-east asia at the woodrow wilson center. this comes at a pivotal time on international matters. what is at stake? >> what is at stake is prime minister narendra modi and president obama have an excellent opportunity to take a relationship that is at a good footing and reenergyize the relationship, taking it forward. what will be key and discussed in the next few days is you'll have both signalling that the economic relationship will drive the bilateral relationship forward. you will not get a large announcement. but both will repriororities. >> from a counter perspective, how important is this relationship? >> it's critical. despite differences and disagreements, india and the united states sees similarly when it comes to terrorism and what to do about it, particularly in south asia, i think with u.s. forces, with most u.s. forces withdrawing from afghanistan this year, there'll be strategic space that will open up and allow the united states to focus on getting the matter on track. that will include security cooperation. >>

actually it was only four years since oceana had been at war with east asia and a alliance with east asia. but officially change of partners had never happened. they were at war with oceana and there are had always been at war with asia. the enemy of the moment, and any past or future agreement with him was impossible. this administration seems to have no sense of past or future. all of those familiar with the terrible human carnage inflicted by the civil yar in syria pray for its end. but the goal of our action in isis should not be to end it by supporting assad. the enemy of my enemy is not always my friend. and sometimes the goal is the destruction of the enemy who poses an imminent threat to our national security, not the enabler of yet another enemy of america. it should also are cleared that any action we take against isis should in no way be contingent on political reconciliation between sunnis and shiites in baghdad. this administration has often become distracted by the hope to achieve this reconciliation but the sad truth is the sunnis and shiites have been engaged in a sect

how do we come to terms with a rising power in east asia when we are the status quo power, when we need to have a good relationship with this country both for economic reasons and national security reasons. the greatest threat, greatest challenge. >> thank you for coming. >> always great to be here. >> back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ you >> terry gilliam is here. he has been called one of the cinematic fabulists of our time. he is a director responsible for movies such as "brazil" and "12 monkeys." his new project is set in a futuristic london and follows a computer genius that is given a project to discover the meaning of life. here's the trailer of "the zero theorem." >> how is it hanging? >> sorry. >> we prefer not to be touched. >> you seem tense. you are a tough nut to crack. i do not mean in the pejorative sense. >> what seems to be the problem here? >> we are dying. >> we are not. >> he is not. >> zero theorem. all very hush-hush. >> give him to me. >> the zero theorem is unprovable. >> i have a friend who might be able to help. >> you are a brilliant guy locked up all alone. s

beijing, only to soothe fears of people in hong kong and the west as china moves to impose its will on east asia and push the u.s. out. it is showing it will brutally crush any dissent within its own borders and bully others. to america, hong kong demonstration should not be seen as another domestic dispute in china. it should be seen as a warning of a conflict to come. mike dal, what could that conflict be and what should we be worried about. >> i wish i had written that because it is exactly right. we're turning our cheek too many times to the increasing assertive, progress of chinese power through the region and it is aggressive actions against neighbors as well as some of its own people. the conflict that is going to come, when beijing sizes up the obama administration or the, you know, even japan and other countries and says, you know in and stop us. we can do what we want. they're paper tigers and they have a lot of hot air. they will press on these islands. they will press on having control through the maritime spaces that most of the world's trade goes through. meanwhile, back at home, t

that has been the case with the east asia rainey season as the frontal boundary sets up this time ofand stalls out and has gone on for quite some time here. at this point, we'll see additional falls heading into the weekend. i don't think it will be as hev as places to the south. specifically the philippines where the rain has already started to fall. 55 kilometer per hour winds. it's a troppingal depression. before it makes landfall around sunday afternoon, a typhoon with 140 kilometer per hour winds. you are going to get into the rain. look at the cone. if it shifts further to the south, we have to involve the capital here with some heavy rain but also gusty winds, as well. we'll watch. at this point, errol barnett, the main threat will be flooding from this next storm. >> ivan cabrera, thank you very much. appreciate the update. >>> now, as scotland ponders cutting ties with the uk, businesses straddling both sides of the board remember speaking out warning voters a yes vote for independence would cause so much confusion it would put the economy at risk. on thursday, rbs, klyce da

i did my own pivot to east asia and was like moving from darkness into light.er] where they could create a once rare for the last 20 years or so they simply begun to solve them and it was so refreshing. so i can understand understand very well the administration's desire to pivot. but i think we can see no matter how much we may try to live the middle east the middle east will not leave us unfortunately. and in the role that is critical for american security and critical for energy security and the in the entire world no matter how much natural gas the united states produces we've are still dependent on the world economy that is critically dependent on present goal. one of those sad facts of life. one of the few pleasures of dealing with the middle east as the head of policy planning with the regular visits i got from ms that are of israel in wonderful man named sam lewis who i got to know during that time. sam was always a voice of calm and balance in the area where so many of the issues were loaded with tension that was kind of an understatement. not just in

he was a cia operations officer in east asia division of the national clandestine service from 1969, 2003 when he returned. he's written of the things. under the a pain in the author the founding fathers of american intelligence and black dispatches, both written for the cia, both available to the public on the cia's website. i advise you to check those out. he's written numerous articles for intelligence community publications industry name as well as pseudonym regarding american intelligence activities from 1765 all the way through the end of the civil war including articles about intelligence with the cia studies of intelligence and the association of former intelligence officers journal. he is here to talk about his newest book, "spies, patriots, and traitors: american intelligence in the revolutionary war" i'd like to introduce him now, wherever he may be. there he is. please join me and the international spy museum and welcoming kenneth daigler. [applause] >> thank you. okay. let me start by telling you when you write a book, the person you're supposed to do is have a business

and, i think, the tradition has not been, for example, the strong economies of east asia, china, southorea, to really do a lot here. but i think we need to think of this as a new situation where the entire world has to get together and not just the usual suspects as it were of a few countries in europe and the united states. >> zeke emmanuel thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you, andrea. >>> and we have major breaking news. we have big news out of iran. that is nbc's ann curry. she's just concluded an exclusive interview with iran's president rouhani. much more to come. obviously the timing of this interview. she had the first exclusive interview with him a year ago. and right now, rouhani is supposedly heading to the united states in a few days for the u.n. meetings. it's a critical time regarding isis and the nuclear talks. ling] [ telephone rings ] [ shirley ] edward jones. this is shirley speaking. how may i help you? oh hey, neill, how are you? how was the trip? [ male announcer ] with nearly 7 million investors... [ shirley ] he's right here. hold on one sec. [ male anno

how do we come to terms with a rising power in east asia when we are the status quo power. when we need to have a good relationship with this country both for economic reasons and for national security reasons. greatest threat, greatest challenge. >> rose: thank you for coming. >> it's always great to be here. >> rose: mike morell, back in a moment. stay with us. terry gilliam is here. hes been called one of the great cinematic-- of our time, a director responsible for movies such as braz im-- brazil and 12 monday keerx his new project is set in a futuristic london, following a computer genius who is given a project aimed at discovering the meaning of life. here is the trailer for "the zero theorem". >> how's it hanging. >> sorry. >> all right. >> you seem tense. >> there's very little that brings us joy. >> you're a tough nut to crack. and of course i don't know nut in the pejorative sense. >> what seems to be the problem? >> we are dying. >> no, we're not. >> he is not. >> not, not, not. >> zero theorem. >> i give him two weeks. >> 100%. >> the zero thereem is you know --

we'll have airstrikes to deal with i.s.i.l., and deal with the east asia and south china sea.se are all connected and the president has not in my view articulated a coherent case for how they're connected, how u.s. interests are connected in all these regions and how we have to act to further them. >> woodruff: coming up with a world view, vali nasr, is that what we're talking about here? >> i think coming up with a world view, articulating america's interest in these conflicts, understanding what are the interests of other countries in these conflicts, and also i think communicating that we're not reluctant to events on the ground. you have to assert what does america see in its global leadership and what is essential. i think people are looking for the president, try to articulate this to the american public. if you're not actually trying to change the mindset of the american public, you can see it's not going to translate into effective foreign policy. >> that's my question, david ignatius, how much does the president have to keep in mind the reluctance of the american peop

the development of that kind of civil society, and now need look no farther then other parted of east asia and the arc of democratic development that south korea, or taiwan, or for that matter japan -- japan is a different case -- have taken over these decades. and the republican of china, from 1949 through the mid-'8sod, had plenty of authoritarianism. and they figured out a way to make possible both the practice and the cultivation of these habits of constitutionallively, self-government, i think the key phrase you used, rule of law. by the way, for any of you whoever play with the naturalization ceremony, if you ever go take the actual u.s. citizenship exam, there are all kinds of questions that, who is the first president, and how many stars in the flag, and so on and so forth, but there are a couple of ringer questions in there that you're like, wow, i'm not sure that most native-born americans could answer this. one of the questions on the u.s. citizenship exam is what is the rule of law? we could spend the next couple hours here trying to get to an answer on what is the rule of law?

if in the complexity of this which was waged inside south vietnam and also across south east asia and also in the larger context of the cold war, summarizing his campaign seemsgy in one word fraught with imprecision at best and prepare occasion at worst. that the united states failed in vietnam does not necessarily prove that wes moreland implemented a flawed strategy. think you can have a good strategy and still lose a war. these campaign plans in the overarching military strategy of i thinkey are based, they included an inclusive set of concepts that focused on combating and the feeding an enemy. we cannot forget this is war. the story of vietnam is a political war as it is a military war. this is where i would like to end up this evening. policymakers were asking too much of their military strategists. in the end vietnam was a civil war among vietnamese. the foundation on which american forces waged to struggle involving the construction of an effective host government and the destruction of a committed communist nationalist enemy proved too fragile. officers found that nationbuild

they are focused all over the world, east, south asia, 99%, china, india, southwest asia 22%, middle east 17%, latin america, 53%, and in africa 7%. you know,e one of the more ill illogical aspect is how many of the kids come here, gain the imeimmense knowledge, take it bk home in part of the immigration policy. let's dig deep. are we this close, in my mind saying that certain americans door dumb, lazy or can't be reached, best thing is to give them an artificially high income, and we're lowering the hard -- bringing in hard working small, and eager foreigners, is that the real-real deal, i think the answer is a resounds yes, and it makes me sick to think of it. we have two millennials joining us right now. amy, you have a very impressive resume. at-this-point some might say you are like a young american out liar, not what we have here what would you say? isay. >> thank you for calling me young. you know, i would say particularly regarding we're talking about international college students, i think one thing that has been lost here is we're not looking at it as americans being dumb or

. >> the exhibit includes biographies of these men and women being held in the middle east, africa, asiand there is edward snowden, wanted for leaking classified u.s. government documents, some consider him a patriot, others a traitor. here visitors are being asked to write free addressed post cards to exiles and people ai deems prisoner a eers of conscience. san francisco museum of modern art's chad carver says ai walks a fine line. >> there is a huge debate in the art world now about who ai weiwei is in the sense that there is folks in the art world concerned he's too much of an activist and not enough of an artist. >> there is no doubt that ai benefits by being both. his activism has given him stardom that few other artists enjoy. his art work is in high demand and a staff of dozens implements his ideas. but will ai's work affect change? >> art done well has the ability to communicate viscerally issues that -- or to snake its way into us through beauty or through the way we view it that a straight demonstration or poster would never achieve. >> how will you respond? will you write a p

we are talking to investors across east asia.s a common theme in food is a big problem, but a big opportunity to hopefully make things a little bit better for people, and it is time to do it fast, and we think we are doing that. >> all right, josh, thank you so much. not bad to have good pricing at your back. ceo of hampton creek foods. and the yankees' derek jeter face of a nice size tax bill. why? because of all the stuff people have been giving him. he has to pay taxes on it. plus, library is trying to get back in the game. we will see if the new smartphone is the answer to all of its problems. ♪ >> today's bloomberg big number is $16,000, how much new york yankee star derek jeter will have to pay in taxes for all those gifts he received on his farewell tour. among the presence, a kayak, golf clubs come a sense of wine, of cowboy pair boots. the kayak costs $6,000. he has made $12 million this year alone, which means that 16 that thousand dollar tax bill -- $16,000im about tax bill will cost them about two innings of work. fir

dedicated to art from the muslim world is opening in toronto, canada, featuring work from the middle east, south asia and the middle east and beyond. daniel lack took a look. [ ♪ music ] >> reporter: dimly lit to preserve ancient colours and objects, the galleries span 1400 years of history. the holy corans from before the 10th century alongside hand drawn medical steps. tales of faith, and society are told. >> objects tell a story, telling a story from where they are, who made them. who ordered them, what material. it's a window to a world, and that world tells you a lot about the civilisation and cultures that produces that art. >> these miniatures from peshia, irnedia and central asia show startling detail, almost abstract in a mix. calligraphy and painting, they challenge what many think of as islamic art. the idea is to connect the works with contemporary muslim artists will be featured. >> we want people to realise that the arts are not something from the past. it's something that is living, breathing in today. >> every aspect of the museum is supposed to compliment and enhance what is on displ

to re-engage in east asia. in 2009 he went to burma, becoming the first american leader to visit that country in 10 years. though the trip was criticized by some in the prodemocracy movement, subsequently relations between the two countries were resumed. webb graduated from the naval academy in 1968. when he returned from vietnam, goat a law degree from georgetown. he was a staffer on the house veterans affairs committee before being appointed as assistant secretary of defense and then secretary of the navy. in addition to his public service, webb has had a very -- vary idea career as a journalist, winning an emmy for his pbs coverage of the u.s. marines in beirut in 1983. he wrote the original story and was executive producer of the film "rules of engagement." webb's books include a history of the scots-irish culture, a novel set in the vietnam war and "i heard my country calling," a memoir of his early life published earlier this year. he's been to the national press club on several previous occasions and we

to re-engage in he east asia. in 2009 he went to burma, the first american leader to visit that country in ten years. though the trip was criticized by some, subsequently, relations between the two countries were resumed. webb graduated from the navial academy in 1968. when he returned from vietnam, he got a lot of grief from georgetown. webb was a staffer on the house veterans affairs committee before being appointed as assistant secretary of defense and then secretary of the navy. in addition to his public service, webb has had a varied career as a journalist. he wrote the original story and was executive producer of the film "rules of engagement." his books include a history of the scotch irish culture and i heard my country calling, a memoir of his early life published this year. webb has been to the national press club on several previous occasions and where he happy to welcome him back to the national press club. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i appreciate all of you coming today to be with us. i have

we can be active in asia and the middle east and support our national interests in africa. >> you knowou deal with africa for years, decades as you have. we talk about it as one place. but it is a gigantic continent. there are many, many countries, many different challenges. what's going on in southern africa is not what's going on in eastern africa, western africa. just to get americans to think about it as many different places would be valuable. >> absolutely. i mean, it's kind of like saying, you know, there's problems in ferguson, missouri. therefore, i'm not going to go visit new york city. that would be crazy to an american. but, you know, i've heard of people canceling their trip to ken, yeah a saf farry in kenya because of ebola outbreak thousands of miles on the other side of the continent. there are still problems in africa, absolutely. but most of the continent is actually doing extremely well right now. >> i'm sure, todd, as someone who loves the continent of africa, it must be frustrating to you that the only time it seems like americans think about the country is when th

we worry about that about h5n1, which has been there for south east asia. it could potentially turn out to be a worldwide effort. we're working on a universal flu vaccine which would be effective against all flu strains and we believe we are in a pathway to get there. we would be further along if nih had not been in a circumstance of losing more purchasing power. this takes a lot of time and effort but we have not been able to move at the pace we would really like to. this is a wake-up call about the consequences of having those limitations when there is really a serious risk of worldwide illness. host: how much of your work is focused on preventing illness and how much is focused on treating illnesses? guest: it of course has to be both. vaccines are an incredible contribution to the world. if you look at the way that has prevented countless deaths, from childhood illnesses and such things as influenza, it is worth every penny. the people still get sick. we want to have something to offer them, whatever the illness is. we put a huge amount of effort into t

the first museum dedicated to islamic art in toronto, the newsim features art from the middle east, south asiaeyond. more from toronto. dimly lit to preserve ancient colors and objects, these galleries spent 1400 years of history. holy quoran. consult tour, certainamics and figureans tell of faith and society. >> they tell a story from where they are. who made them, who ordered them, what materials and it's a window to a world and that world tells us about civilizations and cultures that produce that art. >> these miniatures from persia, india and central asia show startling detail, almost abstract a mix of gold leaf and paint. they challenge what many may think of as islamic art. to connect these historical works with contemporary muslim artists who will be featured? >> we want people to realize the arts from the muslim world are not just something from the past. it's something that's living, breathing today. >> every as spect of the museum is supposed to compliment and enhance what's on display. take this staircase made of pure blue lapis stone. it's no exaggeration to say even the building

moneyeals most of the comes from countries in europe, the middle east, and asia, including the oil-producingions of the united air emirates, qatar, and norway. some scholars funded by the think tanks say they're faced -- say they faced pressure to reach conclusions from it to the government financing the research. for more we're joined by one of the article's authors, brooke williams like intruding reporter at "new york times" who cowrote the article. welcome to democracy now! talk about what you found. tens of millions of dollars, as much as $92 million -- and that is the bare minimum -- from foreign governments and foreign-controlled entities to think tanks, mostly in washington, d.c. we also found a window to examine how the think tanks are interacting with the governments. this is something we have done for the first time. think tanks, some of them, have published the list of donors. however, we could never tell what the foreign governments were paying for exactly. usually, not how much money they provided. we used public records from one of the governments and provided a window into how