let's hide into eastern asia. it looks like it will be a very wet weekend for parts of southeast china. a band of rain extending across the southern coast here. back up into indochina as well. it's going to be very wet. we've got the low pressure system here, lots of humid air coming from the south as well. there is potential definitely for flooding and also for landslides. north of that, things are very dry with high pressure in place. that's not necessarily a good thing. drought is affecting many areas of northern china. so we really do want to see the rain coming in here where we have it is across northeastern china and hokkaido. and the korean peninsula seeing a calm weekend. let's look and see what's happening in the northeastern coast of japan. this is key cities. looks like temperatures are going to be fairly good and weatherwise, partly sunny skies. not bad either. fairly good outlook here. temperaturewise for the rest of eastern asia. 30 degrees in beijing. warm day there. 22 in seoul and 25 in tokyo. cle

. >> let's look at eastern asia. high pressure system covering much of japan. we can expect warm sunshine throughout the region. you can see showers working their way across china. that will bring plenty of isolated heavy showers. south korea will stay dry, if not a little bit cloudy. central and shououthern portionf china dry again. temperatures on the hot side again. well into the 30s here. then further south towards southeastern asia we're looking at more showers for taiwan and thunderstorms across the philippines as well as persistent rain in eastern manila. further south we have more persistent rain. as for indochina not much change here as well. plenty of showers in store. pockets of heavy showers pop up in parts of thailand as well as myanmar picking up moisture from the bay of bengal. myanmar looking wet again today. also also for bangladesh and india, a low-pressure system in place and that means more heavy rain over the next couple of days. now, temperaturewise, we've got 32 degrees in bangkok today. 36 in manila with thunderstorms. then warming up to

whether across eastern asia, we see clouds build over northeastern china. this will produce some showers and thunderstorms including beijing, and then some clouds also moving into the korean peninsula as well. it looks like it will stay essentially dry in and around south korea. much of japan is going to be enjoying warm sunshine over the next couple of days. the seasonal rain bands is slowly sagging south, and that is dry skies in the okinawa islands as well. looking unsettled for taiwan again, but we look for dry wlvr and philippines will have more showers. we have widespread rain. other areas have isolated thunderstorms. for indochina as well, pockets of heavy showers showing up here in cambodia, central thailand and looking at plenty of rain elsewhere across the region. we've got 34 degrees in bangkok today, 28 in hong kong. heating up in shanghai, 32 degrees, and then 31 in beijing with thunderstorms. tokyo is going to be quite pleasant at 23 degrees. elsewhere across the region looking pleasant and mild. it looking smild and sunny throughout the wedne

urweheupdate then for eastern asia. still looking a little cloudy ro t north, the northeast in china. lookunttd across the korean peninsula and tho ou s to mo ie northern end of japan. a couple showers to watch r. but elsewhere across the region, looking very sunny and warm de. now, for china, central and southern portions williay ay o low-pressure system star me in from the west bringing significant rain in the comingy okg treiaras upwards of 100 millimeters. that could certainly be enough to cause flooding problems. and that will continue to re fuheea or e weekend. more showers aoss indochina and aloheastern india as well as bangladesh looking at more heavy serehuerorms have been really impacting the region. and it looks like it will remain very, very unsettled over the next couple of days. looking up millimeters here as well. so low-lying areas will be vy vulnerable to flooding and landslides. temperatures look like this today. 33 grs in bangkok. 29 in hong kg. sunny in shanghai, warming up to 34 degrees. ieo. and lo

across eastern asia still looking windy across japan this morning. the remnant low of typhoon songa caused flooding problems in quake-affected regions and continues to bring windy conditions along the east coast of japan here. high wind warnings posted now. we will look at calmer and brighter conditions up toward the north. warm and bright down in the okinawa islands. across china, lots of clouds building over the region across the north central portions toward the northeastern corner here. this low pressure system continues to bring drenching downpours in isolated areas. starting to spread across the korean peninsula. light to medium showers, but nothing on the severe side. just to the west of the philippines we've got an active low pressure system that is, in fact, showing signs of intensifying as it moves slowly over the south china seas. this will bring heavy rain to taiwan as well as persistent rain off the philippines, as well. let's head towards south asia. picking up monsoon rain across indochina peninsula to india as well as bangladesh. we a

we're taking a look at eastern asia first of all. we have a low pressure system moving across northeastern china. this is going to be bringing plenty of showers. most of it is going to be light showers, but a couple of thunderstorms to watch out for. parts of mongolia also will be seeing some heavy snow. now over the next couple of days, a system will make its way eastward into the korean peninsula southeast into russia turning things quite wet and cloudy in the coming days. meanwhile, southern chiepal be contending with more showers picking up that moisture off the south china sea. this has been an ongoing story, so flooding risks will be pretty high out here. as for the philippines, we have a tropical low showing signs of developing here. heavy rain expected in the coming days across central and southern portions, accompanied by strong winds. as well that system not in a hurry to go anywhere. it will be really dampening the region over the coming days. temperatures look like this. 37 in manila today. 26 in taipei. warming up to 31.

we're taking a look at eastern asia first of all. it does remain dry for much of china as well as the korean peninsula, but there is that low pressure system coming in from mongolia. that's going to bring some showers to northeastern china on wednesday. still looking quite unsettled in the southeastern corner as well. some heavy showers associated with this seasonal rain, but that's going to be pushing out today. but it will remain quite unsettled across places like parts of taiwan, especially in south will contend with drenching downpours in the days to come. looking at a scattering of showers, again, for indochina, more intense as we head into wednesday and for the philippines as well, especially in central and southern portions. you're going to be contending with rain and thunderstorms. taking a look at your temperatures. 36 degrees many manila today. 23 in taipei. it stays hot in beijing, 29 degrees. seoul, 23 with sunny spells. now, across swra p croscross ja unstable conditions today. we have on and off showers in the okinawa i

across eastern asia, still looking quite windy across japan this morning. the remnant low of typhoon sanga brought heavy downpours in northern japan causing flooding problems in quake affected regions and also continues to bring windy conditions along the east coast of japan here. high wave warnings have been posted just now. but we are going to be looking at much calmer and brighter conditions, especially up toward the north. good spells of sunshine here and warm and bright down in the okinawa islands as well. looking gloomy in the west. across china, lots of clouds building over the region across the north-central portions up toward the northeastern corner here. we have this lingering low pressure system that continues to bring drenching downpours in isolated areas. couple thunderstorms to watch out for as well and starting to spread across the korean peninsula. we'll see light to moderate showers across central portions of the country as well, but nothing on the severe side. to the west of the philippines, we have an active low pressure system that is in

in eastern asia we will see a lot of wet weather. the focus down here towards the south, in fact. tropical depression is just here east of the philippines. it's going to move north. keeping the rain really coming down on the eastern and central locations actually also of the philippines. flooding is definitely going to be very high risk over the weekend. very unstable through indochina as well. we're going to be seeing a lot of rain coming into eastern and southern locations. basically north of this rain things are going to be feeling considerably cooler. temperatures dropping by maybe five to six degrees. south of it, we're basically in the 30s. even up to about 35 degrees. i think that's you in chongqing. heading to the north, coming into japan, fairly wet in hachinohe and miyako over the weekend. tohoku into the mid 20s. on sunday. the lows are not too bad either. getting into double figures across many locations. taking a look into north america now. moving into the pacific northwest, snow on the mountains, heavy rain at the coas

time to see what the weekend has in store weatherwise across eastern asia. well, we do have a new system. this is going to be a tropical depression just east down here. it's not quite impacting the philippines directly, but what it is doing is pulling in a lot of moisture. so we will see continued downpours and thunderstorms across much of the philippines over the weekend. we're expecting to see this system moving up to the north and the west, strengthening as it goes. definitely one to keep an eye on. at the moment, mostly dry conditions across japan. starting to see storms up the north. fairly stormy for the sea of japan side of the country and the showers will make their way over towards the pacific side, as well, but it should be fairly light. in behind that, high pressure is going to be taking control of parts of the northern china, as well as mongolia. the korean peninsula, too. we should see rising temperatures into next week. we see a lot of moisture coming down here into southern portions of china. it is good news. we've had very dry and very hot co

the change means samoa would share the same date and time as australia, new zealand and eastern asia.o date for the switch has been set but the prime minister has suggested december 1st. >>> people living along the coastal communities communities in japan are not getting a break when it comes to flood watt. this video from march 11th shows the devastation in the country. now we're learning the that caused the tsunami was so powerful, it pulled all of japan's lower into the pacific. that's causing many coastal areas to flood at high tide. >>> high level talks between the u.s. and china today at the white house. at -- the annual meetings bring together top officials from both countries representing dozens of government agencies in the areas of trade, finance and foreign policy. >>> 7:20. back here at home, a deadline is approaching for seniors in san francisco to make the switch from paper fast passes to clipper cards. on june 3rd, the cards will replace the paper passes. children who ride muni, they will make the transition as well, but there's more time for them. the switch for them w

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asia. in my mind because you are not an ass or a wise director of the institute of russia essential asian and eastern europe that is so in man and their way which very much are clear about the how to say leading role of russia in central asia i mean i mean. this this kind of leading role that means. how does in the multiple the corporation. who can be more push an operation with each other for for what for multiple benefits for our states in the in a range and so what the china is doing i think that even that the energy cooperation chinese are with. the central asian states we're still helping getting lots of helpful from from your russian for example and all your the chinese are oil pipeline without a russian oil i think. that our your at the pipelines is transforming and that there are also some are from russia. own with the two big. issues were russia insuring. world news the shanghai corporation used to be the shell in fines and the other one used to be a group brit's these two organizations in your opinion are very capable of coping saw the problems of equally corporations were they could only b

all over the developed world; in asia, in japan, korea, china, in be eastern europe, you know, everywhere where people go to universities, girls are doing better. now, how that's going to play out in those various countries, you know, i think it's really going to depend on individual cultures and how they deal with this. but i think that we will be seeing a collapse in fertility in a lot of those countries. as we already have. >> thank you, kay. thank you all for coming. [applause] >> thank you. >> the book is "manning up." [applause] >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. you can also share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the page and selecting the format. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> up next on booktv, a panel from the 2011 los angeles times festival of books titled "history, identity and purpose: california, chicanos and beyond,"

position in the sense of geo yo political transformation from eastern europe in 1990s, now after 2000 and in the middle east in central asia and therefore in the last 20 years there has been a circle of instabity but at the same time in 1990s bosnian crisis, also a crisis, macedonian crisis in balkans and transformation. later transformation in caw care ya, georgian revolution and in central egypt the transformation and now in the middle east. so all these are around turkey. and these regional transformations will be affected global politics like the war in iraq, now libya, et cetera. in economic sense we have an economic transformation and the global economic crisis. and turkey is, again, in such a position as a rising economic power to the... which will be playing an important role in economic architecture. but at a t same time, having an energy secretary and other trait flow, transportation, cultural sense we have a similar significance of turkey in the sense of the multicultural, multiethnic, multireligious confrontations. in certain regions. so what is our role? the future of you are the economy? turkey wants to contr

eastern on c-span2. a new report of the future of pakistan was released by the asia society and u.s. institute of peace. next, remarks from of former pakistan and some -- on a farm -- from a former pakistani sign official. this is two hours. >> i hope you will get a chance to see the rest of the building even though parts of but are in secure areas. i am dead deputy provost of the academy for international conflict management and peace. usip was established by congress in 1984 as an end of the net national institution dedicated to helping prevent, resolve, and manage violent international conflict around the world. the subject of our panel today, pakistan, is something -- is a place where we are thinking about printing and managing violent conflict. like the asia society, hosting the event, we are in non-profit and non-partisan institution. we work in that field, and the classroom, and to research, conferences, public education, and we have many partners and the asia society is one of them. i will not mention all the things that we work with the week at a joint brand project. -- a jo

asia. watch the hearing beginning at 2:30 eastern time. >> now available, the congressional directory, a complete guide to the first session of the congress great new and returning house and senate members with contact information. information on the white house, supreme court justices, and governors. order online. >> at a nato a news conference today in brussels, secretary rasmussen congratulated the u.s. on the killing of osama bin laden and said nato must increased cooperation with pakistan in order to strengthen efforts against terrorism along its border with afghanistan. he talked about the ongoing nato operations in libya. this is 35 minutes. >> september 11 attacks on the united states were at an attack on all. this week, the united states marked a significant success for the security of all allies and the security of the nation's which have joined us in our efforts to combat the scourge of global terrorism. i congratulated president obama and all those involved in the operation against the founder of al qaeda. the man who was directly responsible for the loss of thousands of innocent live

eastern time. up next, our power player of the week. - he volunteered. - we were drafted. - she enlisted. - and off we went to asia. - to europe. - the - to do our duty. - to serve our country. - we were buddies. - shipmates. - best of friends. - i'll never forget his courage. - her dedication. - the way he made you laugh. - and i'll remember him. - remember her. - i'll remember them. always. ♪ >> chris: it's a holiday tradition here that we profile a man who created his own special project to make every day a memorial day for our fallen heroes. once again, he's our power player of the week. >> you are playing it. it's only 24 notes. but it's so meaningful to that family. >> chris: tom day is talking about playing "taps" at the funerals of military veterans. and he should know. [ "taps" he is the founder and president of an organization called bugles across america. all told, how many funerals have you done since you started bugles across america? >> 200,000. >> chris: really? >> in ten years. right. >> chris: it started back in 2000 when congress gave every vet the right to a funeral with military honors. including two uniformed off

change are just six months old, we have seen them play out before - from eastern europe to the americas, from south africa to southeast asiatells us that democracy is not easy. it will be years before these revolutions reach their conclusion, and there will be difficult days along the way. power rarely gives up without a fight - particularly in places where there are divisions of tribe and divisions of sect. we also know that populism can take dangerous turns - from the extremism of those who would use democracy to deny minority rights, to the nationalism that left so many scars on this continent in the 20th century. but make no mistake. what we saw, what we are seeing in tehran, in tunis, in tahrir square, is a longing for the same freedoms that we take for granted here at home. it was a rejection of the notion that people in certain parts of the world don't want to be free, or need to have democracy imposed upon them. it was a rebuke to the worldview of al qaeda, which smothers the rights of individuals, and would thereby subject them to perpetual poverty and violence. let there be no doubt. the united states and united

are just six months old, we have seen them play out before us, from eastern europe to the americas, from south africa, to southeast asia. history tells us that democracy is not easy. it will be years before these revolutions reach their conclusion and there will be difficult days along the way. they never give up without a fight. particularly in places where their divisions of tribes and divisions of sect. we also know it can take dangerous turns from the extremism of those who would use democracy to deny minority rights, to the nationalism that left so many scars on this continent in the 20th century. but make no mistake, what we saw, what we are seeing in tehran, in tunis, in tahrir square is a longing for the same freedoms we take for granted here at home. it was a rejection of the notion that people in certain parts of the world don't want to be free, or need to have democracy imposed upon them, it was a rebuke to the world of al qaeda which smothers the rights of individuals and thereby subject them to perpetual poverty and violence. let there be no doubt the united states and united kingdom stand squarely on the

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eastern. later in the week, the house is expected to attend meetings at the white house to discuss the depth. issue.sbt also today, a discussion on u.s. engagement in southeast asiaeaturing a speech by kurt campbell, assistant secretary of state which is hosted by the strategic -- the center for strategic international studies. that is on cspan 3. remarks from house minority leader steny hoyer are coming up and until then, your phone calls from this morning "washington journal." the front page of the open clay usa today." almost 4 million homes have been lost of foreclosures and a last five years, turning many former homes into rentals. of the 100 marjah cities, some of those were irvine, california, which went to 4% -- we want to get your take on this -- it is owning a home still the american dream? what do you think about housing policy as well? this story is on the front page of the "new york times calls " this morning. it says that the giant -- the desire to own your own home -- the telephone numbers are on your screen. renters, we want to hear from you. is owning a home still the american dream? we will keep reading while we wait yfor your phone calls to com