whenever private feelings, they saved their criticism of imperialism for french indochina where they claim to encounter racism unparalleled in any other part of the world they had gone to. they routinely stated branches of the ymca, the equivalent for grown men of the boy scouts and. they were cheered on by enclaves of indians who constituted the south asian diaspora over much of the globe rather remarkably, consequence of empire and the kind of counterweight to it. a different i ask for and similar manifestations of internationalism supported -- in this collection of circumnavigate ears, international support on the slightly later circus tour of the world. several came from a privilege russian family but that was of no help when he found himself on the losing side in the russian civil war during that country's revolution. as a white russians stranded in china, without a country, so destitute that he made his way to shanghai over when and in a mix of men and women cast off clothing leading shanghai he obtained a passport. the lead of nations began to issue 2 stateless refugees, initi

also heavy moisture pulling in across portions of indochina and rainshowers picking up in the afternoon and evening hours. but the same thing, that high pressure creating stagnant air in northeastern china. why we're seeing the pollution or the high pollution density in air around beijing and smog. if you have respiratory issues, stay inside if you can. high pressure remains in place and it looks like for the remainder of the workweek, it will remain in place. not much of the weather systems kicking up through the air. temperatures expecting to warm up. high of 16. tokyo, 12 for the high on wednesday. the problem with this, higher elevations as temperatures continue to wrap up. we saw heavy snowfall for the weekend. and there is a risk of avalanche. and to the americas on the other hand, temperatures cooling right off. a storm system pushing through. a mixed bag of weather. across the south. dry weather here, bringing the risk of some fire danger. especially there in western texas, just toward north, a low pressure area, also firing up some severe thunderstorms into oklahoma, already se

. >>> the indochina peninsula is famous for its rich biodiversity including fresh water fish but the region's rush to modernize has dented the balance of the natural world in unexpected ways. nhk world reports from the northeastern thailand on a threat to the food chain. >> reporter: still waters in northeastern thailand. at first glance, this man-made lake looks like a fisherman's paradise. >> yes! >> reporter: but these people aren't fishing just for fun. they are trying to catch one of the biggest and most aggressive fresh water fish in southeast asia. look at this giant fish. the length is 70 centimeters and it weighs 5 kilos. this fish causes problems for people in fishing communities. the population of these fish has ballooned in recent years. in this lake alone more than 20 were nabbed during a one-day effort to catch them. it was sponsored by the government to reduce the number of unwanted snakehead fish. >> translator: the problem here is very serious. villagers can't fish what they used to, because of the growing number of snakehead fish. behind the dam, the water doesn't f

we go back into indochina, back into correa, back into supporting the colonial position in the third world. eisenhower continued down. kennedy continued it. there is an argument that planned tofinitely ca withdraw from vietnam. i went to vietnam. i served. it was not like a st. paul in damascus moment where i read woke up and changed, that i did come back terribly bothered, and it took me many years to work out. for the last 30 years of my life, they're completely contrary to the first 35 years of my life. i think coming from the other side to where i am, i have learned a certain dimension of experience and that is why i am doing this. >> finally, what lessons can president obama learn from your tv series on showtime. >> it would be great if you watched it. -- he watched it. the best lesson is compassion. i think he has it. he has a sense of the world. seeing through history, seeing the world through other people's eyes and having empathy for others, roosevelt had it. kennedy had it. kennedy was the first person since world war ii to knowledge the suffering of the russian people. get

i'm glad we had ike in the 1950s to keep us out of indochina. because of the people who have seen war, felt it, been in it, been hurt by it are the very people i want deciding on when and whether we go to another. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead. the time has come. today president obama unveiled his vision for immigration reform. his vision for a nation that gives people the rights they deserve. that's what the election was all about. that's what the president promised in his inaugural address. that's why millions of americans said se on election day. the truth is immigrant rights are civil rights. this is not an issue that should divide us. and the president made that point today. >> it's easy sometimes for the discussion to take on a feeling of us versus them. and when that happens, a lot of folks forget that most of us used to be them. we forget that. [ applause ] >> it's important for us to remember

i had been sphals nated i wrote a long paper on the french and indochina. i think at heart good leaders are problem solvers and my period in joint special operations command for almost five years, my mission was to help tear apart the al-qaeda network, across the region. most violently in iraq but also her eass well. so what i had to do to do my share of the task was to go after that network as efficiently as i could, dismantel it and let other things do their part as we go forward. in iraq we did that for several years and we were remarkably effective, excuse me, we were remarkably lethal, we were, we got up in 2006 to 300 raids a month. ten a night. just extraordinary. but it really wasn't until the other part of emm5 or the mission the counterinsurgency part holding terrain that our operations really started to have their full effect. before that we would do things but we were back. when we had the complementary effort of conventional forces and other government agencies -- >> rose: that includes petraeus and the surge as well as the awakening. >> that's