howard johnson there in manila. you're watching newsday on the bbc.et the hong kong actor anthony wong as he searches for his long—lost rich father. —— british father. also on the programme: shaping popular culture with classic films: we pay tribute to film director lewis gilbert, who's died aged 97. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruelest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of these swarms have been ten miles long. this is the las

howard johnson reporting from manila in the philippines.tment complex is on fire. us media is reporting that at least 100 firefighters are at the scene. the building in pico rivera, in southern california, appears to be a multi—storey building, and the fire seems to have spread lengthways, affecting multiple apartments. the fire was first reported in the attic. it quickly engulfed the first and second floors, and a portion of the roof has collapsed. firefighters have been standing on the roof of an adjoining building in an effort to battle the blaze. smoke could be seen 20 miles away in hollywood. the fire department says the building has been evacuated and that one patient has been transported to a local hospital. there's no word on other casualties yet. of course, we will keep you posted. it's a lunar new year tradition — parents giving children red envelopes containing ‘lucky money'. it's meant to express good wishes for the year ahead and provide a nest egg for the future. but whose money is it? this week, a young chinese woman went to

howard johnson reporting from manila in the philippines.ition, parents giving children red envelopes containing lucky money. while it is meant to express good wishes for the year ahead and revive a aspect for the future, but whose money is it? this week a young chinese woman went to court and force the parents to pay $9,000 in university fees, a sum she believes is covered by her lucky money. to tell us more about this, i am joined by a reporterfor the los tell us more about this, i am joined by a reporter for the los angeles times covering asian—american issues. shejoins us now. thank you so issues. shejoins us now. thank you so much tojoining us on newsday. in your view, who should be holding the money? should it be the kids or their parents? i think a lot of people will say both. the kids get a portion because it is their gift and the parents, who provide all the other necessities during the year, wa nt to other necessities during the year, want to have something else. you are vietnamese and during your time when you were a kid and when

i spoke to our philippines correspondent, howard johnson, a short time ago, and asked him about the circumstancessecution of a 39—year—old british paedophile by the name of allan collins last year. please successfully prosecuted him. he was jailed for 18 years for sexual abuse of more than 46 children. what we saw was that he paid around 45,000 us dollars to a couple of women here in the philippines to perform live, to get the children to perform live sex a cts the children to perform live sex acts on skype while he watched and recorded them back on the uk. the chief investigator hine that investigation flew over to the philippines last week to secure a west warns —— arrest warrants... but howard, we know it's notjust alan collins because according to the national bureau of investigations. ten more foreign nationals will be involved in this paedophile ring. yes. what we've heard. the children taken into yes. what we've heard. the children ta ken into custody yes. what we've heard. the children taken into custody by social welfare workers, they've begun to hear stories about more foreign nationals

our philippines correspondent howard johnson has been onboard the carl vinson for a closer look. of the largest aircraft carriers, and why did today and why have the media been invited on? quite simple, a pr exercise to show they are present in the south china sea, the disputed waters where we have seen china tilting up sandbanks and reefs into artificial island. they have been installing military hardware, they have laid runways and they have even used a coastguard to defend their islands. that has unsettled countries like america, uk and australia who believe in free passage of these waters. in other reasons why the americans here is because they want to win support from the philippines in recent years we have seen the country has pivoted away from america geopolitically and we have seen president rodrigo duterte saying harsh words about america and trying to improve ties with china to increase aid funding and investment in the country. in fa ct, and investment in the country. in fact, in the last month, we have seen fact, in the last month, we have seen china and the philippin

. >> when i met the entire cast, i think we went to a howard johnson to have our first table read, andeeing the family trickle in was just so exciting. >> she started it. >> okay, we know who started it. >> it was the first time i got this feeling, even though i was young, i just felt like, oh, we have something big here. >> they certainly did have something big here. a cast member who would later go on to become academy award-winner george clooney. >> we used to play basketball together. you know, he's that cute and charming and someone you want to pal around with in real life. >> george clooney was, you know, just the manager at a factory on a show and was a small character, and we all felt like he was magical and he was a great guy. >> all right, listen up, everybody. i got an important announcement to make. >> you're a woman trapped in a man's body? >> on-set, the cast finds chemistry and comedy, but behind the scenes, there is drama, lots of it. the show that will soon return for its tenth season was once in real danger of never making it through the first. >> they knew they had s

jason johnson, at the root, annie lynn ski for "the boston globe" and howard fineman contributor to nbcs.com. is the nra a bad brand in the suburbs. >> yes, it is. whether or not that's going to having enough of an impact by the time we get to november, we don't know. it depends if there's another school shooting, how much a candidate is taking and it depends on whether or not a democrat is willing to stake their claim on this guy or this woman takes money from the nra. >> annie? >> for the time being, it's a bad brand. but the nra knows how to play the winning game. it's always in the spotlight for a week, maybe two weeks. but three months from now, you know, are we going to be talking about this? my guess is short of another shooting is past is prologue, we will not be. >> howard, are you hopeful or believe it has legs? >> first of all, we've all gone to school in parkland. by which i mean it's been a civics lesson for everybody and a continuing lesson. and the fact that it was articulate high school kids running down the hall. >> all of them. >> the fact that it was in a suburb that

johnson that was not whites,that poor african-americans, hispanics had started in the race to make, they had handicaps. so he delivered a famous speech at howard university in 90's is high where he coined the term affirmative action. are startingpeople a 100 yard race at the 50-yard line, and others are starting at the 100-yard line, to use his analogy. he meant by that soft affirmative action, commitment to not discriminate by federal -- agencies, programs, and businesses. affirmative action can you have a life of its own. by the 1960's, there are those who are arguing for hiring coaches, arguing that -- quote is, arguing that ethic of a gender makeup -- makeup of the workforce should reflect the makeup of the community in which it resided. created another problem, a dynamic, because the women's movement in this country, the civil rights movement in this country, was based historically value, treat everyone the same, equally. so when hard affirmative action came around, it created a terrific dilemma. the whole idea of a home in of action was anathema to conservatives, but it also conflicted liberals as well. so -- and all these issues -- inte

johnson that that was not enough, that poor whites, african-americans, hispanics had started the race too late and they had too many handicaps. so he delivered the famous speech at howard university in 1965 which he coined the term affirmative-action. he said we've got some people, some people are starting a 100-yard race consists of people are starting the 100-yard race at the 50-yard line. others are starting at the 100-yard line, to use his analogy. he meant by that soft affirmative action, commitment to not discriminate by federal agencies, programs and by businesses. but affirmative action came to have a life of its own, and by the end of the 1960s there were those who are arguing for hiring quotas, arguing that workplace, ethnic and gender makeup of workplace, of workforce to reflect the makeup of a community in which it was in. so you had hard, well, this created an of the problem, dynamic, because the women's movement in this country, the civil rights movement in this country was based historically on equity value, treating everyone the same, treating everyone equal. when so-called hard affirmative action came around, it created horrific delimiter. obviously th