kazakhstan won its independence.ntled, and those who worked there returned to russia. but the closing of the polygon and a stop to nuclear testing were not the end of the story. a0 years of experimentation with deadly nuclear weapons is thought to have affected some 650,000 people. doctors like talgat muldagaliev are still working to address the health impact of an unprecedented scale of contamination. kazakh doctors have identified zones of varying levels of contamination around the polygon. now, worrying signs of radiation—linked conditions are cropping up in places much further from the test area than previously expected. areas that had been considered safe. today, dr muldagaliev has come to see a new patient, a 55—year—old from a village 250 kilometres from the polygon. the patient has had a sudden and sharp rise in blood pressure, putting him at risk of a heart attack. despite the suddenness of the symptoms and his relatively young age, he is not responding to treatment, possible signs of a heart condition cause

and a number of those people were in kazakhstan. a number of those people were in ukraine. a number were in belarus. and all of them -- i'd like to see at some point maybe tom blanton and the archives are going to do that, sort of an honor roll of the people who were out there in the field that implemented it. but that's the way it came about. i remember in february or march after we passed the legislation bill perry, david hamburg and i and ash carter and dick lugar went and traveled to each of those countries and talked to the leaders there about what was coming, what they could expect and why it was important to their own countries to fully cooperate. so it was -- the implementation as well as the legislation itself. and it wasn't easy but it had to be done on a bipartisan basis and it was -- and the analysis that was furnished was absolutely key. >> senator lugar, share with us, when you joined sam at that famous luncheon and decided to back this, what made it so urgent? what did you see? >> well, i was a student of the subject and i had observed sam's work and admired

the kazakhstan ministry of defense said the incident was part of a training and combat mission. how would you feel, doug, if you are riding on the beltway and a chopper lands and a somebody caps on your window? [laughter] doug: it is a a little unusual. i hope it did not disrupt anybody's lives. check your pulse, make sure it is slow. moree may have a couple flurries, bringing very strong air, getting unstable a few feet off the ground. another hour or two of that, and the sky can clear up your what is not going to change anytime soon is the cold air and the gusty wind for the rest of the afternoon. on skyline right now drive. these guys are nice and sunny there, but sums bus across the viewing area, -- some spots across the viewing area, packets of flurries are developing. clouds are common in this windy situation. these are the field-like temperatures. it feels like the middle of february for a chance. 19 degrees in winchester, 25 in baltimore, and 30 degrees in fredericksburg. on doppler radar, we see a few more areas of light showers or snow flurries moving rapidly from nort

>> the world has been relying heavily on supply from kazakhstan, which currently accounts for around 40% of the world's mined uranium. since 2011 they undertook a very expansion program, which saw quadrupling of their program between 2011 and 2016. it now accounts for 20% of production and it's very concentrated. you have a very focused supply of uranium in a country with significant sovereign risk. >> you point out that chinese utilities hold about 40% of the utilities as well. it's concentrated with where it is and who has it. >> exactly. if you remove china's inventory levels, the rest of the nuclear fleet around the world has inventories of less than three years on hand. >> why the risk in terms of the supply chain? a political thing? what happens -- russia is also a big holder. if the political risk environment heats up that has an impact on the flows? >> correct. you have a significant political risk, sovereign risk. you have a significant technical risk on the supply. bringing on uranium mines takes upwards of eight years. there's a lot of future demand of uranium unaccounted

this is kazakhstan. he runs over to the truck driver to ask for directions. kid you not. you would think the sophisticated piece of equipment would have ways to get you where you need to go. no. a truck driver on the side of the road in kazakhstan helped the pilot get where he needed to go. michelle: no g.p.s.? insane. jonathan: maybe he doesn't know how to read the g.p.s. michelle: weird. good stuff. a deer in road island -- a deer in rhode island lost its footing. a woman called for help and a crew was able to ride a canoe to the deer location and after a bit of a struggle they helped the deer get out. jonathan: coming up next for us, a murdered teen in virginia and the growing investigation. the new charges in the safe and the police chief's graphic description of the crime. kevin: i'm kevin lewis in rockville. the man labeled today the most selfish person on earth. alison: new at 5:00, the impact of a day without imgrants on the business community. we'll take a closer look at what the bottom line could be when i join you back here at 5:00. oh, how was the open house?

staying with syria, the country's opposition mulling over whether they will attend peace talks in kazakhstan this week. the senior relevant -- senior leaders said -- and because moscow hasn't abided by its promises to stop such violations being committed. on saturday the kazakh government has invited both the syrian government and the rebels for their meeting kicking off on wednesday. further you in peace talks are set to resume in geneva on february 23. time now for a spin through some of the days world news. killed in has been the e french alps after an avalanche that swept through the resort. the bodies of a 49-year-old ski instructor, a 48 year old father , and 15-year-old son, and have been retrieved from the site. other members of their party may have been buried by the snow, but those reports have proven to be false. a ruling petey democratic party. losing a referendum on constitutional reform. they seem to retake the rain monday. in the group have had an in parliamentary elections. in taiwan,n, a trip out to seeee seseasonal cherry blossssom in e center of the country has ended in tr

an unmanned russian cargo ship took off from kazakhstan expected to arrive in two days.another load of supplies should arrive today carried by a spacex supply ship. >> by supplies you mean vodka, i hope. >> they hope. >> they hope. >>> now for a look at morning road c ground, roads will be wet in the northwest with snow in the western mountains. drivers may also find puddles in the dakotas and northern minnesota and also the southeast. but watch out for flooding in south florida today. >>> if you're flying, airport delays are most likely in miami. >>> well, missouri born army veteran is now accused of being an isis sympathizer. robert hester jr. was picked up as part of an fbi sting. >> prosecutors say he wanted to take part in an attack that was ten types worse than the boston marathon bombing. here's abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: the fbi claims robert hester jr. is a would-be terrorist planning a bombing sca spree ten times bigger than the boston marathon attack. >> not robert. he is a loving father. >> reporter: the mission of a u.s. citizen with a brief stint in

let's go to kazakhstan, shall we? a military helicopter landing on a road that would seem to be desolate. siberian road, and gets out of the helicopter, go to the truck that's been pulled over and asks for directions, hopefully he got to the destination. >> chef, are you concerned that there's an archrival, another wanna-be truck out there after you? >> no concern at all, no concern at all, we are only concerned with doing better what we did yesterday. serving people with heart, passion, and fearlessly, anything trying to do anything outside the way, we don't care, we're going to serve you, anyway. >> i'm on the hunt to find people shooting at our friend chef's food truck thursday night while they had customers in line and employees were serving them those delicious fried hoagies we enjoyed onset. >> right here. right here. >> two, three inches over someone's head, man. could have done damage. come and get the zogie. >> no one was hurt, and chef was not at the food truck at the time it happened. he was at home and dri

but that is exactly what happened here in kazakhstan. a helicopter pilot got lost in heavy snow so he set down on a highway, jumped out and talked to a startled struck driver who is like -- a startled truck drive i who is like hey, what is going on here? but i guess he got what he needed because he went to the helicopter and tack off. i wonder how the conversation went. go three lights up, left at the starbucks. jonathan: this is not a plane. this is a helicopter. just follow the roads if you are lost. doug: the visibility didn't lack good there. jonathan: no. imagine an attack helicopter landing in front of you? whoa. michelle: frightening. doug: indeed. we have a cold night. a warmer day tomorrow and then we have a warming trind that will last quite a while. drill down to details. we start with the time lapse with the view from great falls, virginia, at 32 and clear skies now. cloudy through the morning and the midday. snow flurries, the snowshowers move through the area and it cleared out. now we are waiting for the winds to diminish.

here we are in kazakhstan. you see this guy pull up in his mercedes.walks around to the back of the truck and is tinkering around in the wee hours of the morning. oh, the other thing, the keys are inside the car, the car is still running. and there you see this man walk right around like nothing. >> i'm just going to go ahead and get in here. >> it's a rainy night, probably cold. wow, look, i just found myself a ride. >> hops in the car, closes the door and -- >> that is bold. the dude is right there. and there's this guy sweeping the parking lot. and if you had your keys in the car -- >> i never do it because of something like that. >> once the car was on its way, he starts chasing after the car and calls the police. they were able to capture the guy in the car the next day. and he could be facing jail time. >>> well, these guys in brazil targeted an old couple when they tried to steal about $300 worth of equipment from them. and while the people in the neighborhood just weren't having it, so what do they do? tie him up and pop him in that car until p

. >>> right now our friend bao bao is flying over russia and kazakhstan. this is a live look at her route on flightaware.com. at this rate looks like she'll arrive in china almost two hours early, about 4:00 a.m. our time. when she lands, bao bao will begin a new phase of her life. the three and a half-year-old panda is joining china's giant panda breeding program. the hope is that she'll have >> this is what we want for her. we want her to go back to china and hopefully have cubs of her own and we'll know our job here -- we've done what we wanted to do. >> bao bao is only the second surviving panda cub born at the national zoo in 45 years. her escort was all but royal today. chopper 4 flying overhead as she was transported to dulles international airport where she caught a plane decorated in her honor. she took about 70 pounds of luggage, most of it food. >> she's going to be full when she lands. >>> next at 11:00, nbc 4 responds after a local woman gets a $7,000 water bill and learns she'll get shut off if she doesn't pay up. >>> changes coming already t

overnight this unmanned russian cargo ship successfully launched from kazakhstan with supplies for theional space station. visuals were double checking engines prior to takeoff after a failed launch that crashed after seven minutes. it was concluded the failure caused bay third stage engine malfunction. >>> leading the news this morning, u.s. officials tell "the washington post" the islamic state is using weaponized drones against soldiers leading to fears against future use against civilian. they have recovered drones belonging to the terror group and they have been modified to carry bombs. isis claims they have already killed dozens of soldier. the pentagon is taking the threat seriously and coalition forces are working on countermeasures against the aircraft. >>> student loan debt just keeps on climbing in this country and stands at a whopping 1.3 trillion. new data from the federal reserve shows student loans made up the second highest percentage of household debt at the end of 2016, behind only mortgages. and many borrowers are struggling to pay them on time. about 11% of loans we

trade zones and commercial infrastructure along the way, like in khorgos, along the border with kazakhstand, lastly, here in south—east asia, china is funding a railway and port project in malaysia, dams in myanmar, and a high—speed bullet train in indonesia, singapore, and thailand. so, let's get to it. the two big questions really are, is it going to take off? and is china's big plan really as in official and benign as its supporters like to say it is? well, we've got a great panel of expertsjoining us for this discussion today. peter chan is professor at the university of malaya's institute of china studies. jonathan woetzel is director of the mckinsey global institute and instrumental in building mckinsey‘s china practice since 1985. and nina yang is ascendas—singbridge's ceo for sustainable urban development with more than 25 years of urban planning and building development. thank you all forjoining us for this discussion on the one belt one road initiative. to begin with, it is a massive project, as we havejust been talking about. jonathan, if you look at historically where many asia

programme. 96 satellites, as you said, already belong to the united states. 0thers belong to israel, kazakhstanhic satellites as a cartographic satellite which is capable, we understand, of taking very high resolution images. and we are being told this is specifically aimed at india's long—standing rivals pakistan and china. so yes, it was a very significant mission notjust in terms of what it achieved but also in terms of what is on board. the space race in asia is really hotting up. i know china and japan have outlined bold plans. south korea also looking to get in on the act. that's right, mike. india and china are at the moment firmly in the lead when it comes to the asian countries. interestingly enough, india has a low—cost programme but has already increased its budget this year by 23% and it has announced it is planning new missions to venus, and also a second missions to venus, and also a second mission to mars. it had a very successful mission a few years ago, and it is also looking at a manned mission. china is already had a map front, it has set an astronaut out into space so a very

then the new new york times ran a story in 2009 about him and this guy, big donor and that kazakhstan deal and it made it sound impossibly sleazy. the story has since been questioned word discredited but that story really set the template for the coverage that the foundation has done for the last several years. i think he has made some mistakes, and she, she should not have even the speeches to goldman sachs. i think they sought to big of a fortune. they don't need don't need $60 million or hundred million dollars or whatever it is. they made a lots of errors. but, the foundation got a lot of undeserved and unfair bad press two. then she got a lot of undeserved and unfair hits over the course of the campaign. their stories ensure you will remember. it was a judicial watch freedom of information request that found that some donors to the clinton foundation had bought access to the state department. so they did not get it. but there is a story that some of you will remember and maybe september about all lebanese nigerian businessman who they befriended because he gave money to the found

trump was involved in a lawsuit dealing with russia and kazakhstan. before the russia controversy, donald trump claimed to have close business ties to russia and a personal relationship with vladimir putin. >> have you had any dealings with the russians? >> well, i've done a lot of business with the russians. >> they are comys, you know that? >> they are smart and tough and they are not looking so dumb right now, are they? >> i do have a relationship and i can tell you he's very interested in what we're doing here today. he's probably interested in what you and i are saying today. >> since he never released his tax returns, it's hard to know what ties, if any, he has with the russians. and associates of the president were working on a back channel ukraine deal, one that would allow president trump to lift sanctions against russia. the white house says it hasn't had any kind of communication about the proposal. the idea was reportedly hatched by a ukrainian politician who is aligned with the pro-russia opposition movement shaped in part by trump's form

this morning unmanned russian cargo ship is on way to international space station it took off from kazakhstan overnight and came days after nasa successful space lawn. . however that landing was called off. nasa now hopes to span that space x rke space x rocket tomorrow morning. you have to coordinate all those delivery ships. >> and facebook and major league baseball teaming up for the upcoming season. we'll explain. >> live look outside as we head to break this wednesday morning and there is washington monument. weather and traffic on the fives next >> what would it be without a traffic issue out there. disabled vehicle pushed off to the side and emergency light there and you see a lot of lights and re nrerks on the water there too tuck. >> and a lot of those honors you want to give to someone else. >> another warm-up begins that's right hey steve yesterday we did not get out of 50s. here we good. now complaints started we only made it to 5 yesterday we cannot have that and back into the 60s today. cool out there early. we'll take a look at numbers. 30s and 40s across the area and by after

he grew up in kazakhstan. frome disliked kim il-sung the very start and became chief of operations for the korean people's army. his pictures of kim are not attractive. he had some of the problems of hygiene and mental health and other things that characterized it. s favorite person was joseph stalin. modeled himself after stalin in his personal life and political life, as well. the largest challenge that kim to face before 1950 was in fact an insurgency, started by the southern communists, and south korea. in south korea. well, i am not a real believer in powerpoint, for obvious reasons. let me draw a picture for you. the communists in south korea did everything they could to prove that the establishment of an independent south korea -- first of all, by blocking the creation of south korea's r.o.c. government, and attempting to subvert it. kim il-sung at first, knowing he cannot control this movement, did not quite ignore it because he uses south korea as a haven for southern communist rule to flee from the s

kazakhstan. the american invitation was an afterthought.fterthought. >> that is the one sort of motif of russian involvement in the region is now we are back in charge. >> what putin is doing is he is guaranteeing power to populists. he's guaranteeing ergdogan that he will back his regime in turkey. that is a kind of organization now that i think putin is setting up against nato, against the u.s. he is actually saying each of these populists, your homes with -- your home is with the kremlin. >> europeans may not like you . they are raising an eyebrow at what you are doing. it is a human rights issue. >> here nato ally is backing a proxy that you have been in work -- you have been at war with for 40 years. >> here's a question for you -- in the shakeup of the grand gop political shakeup have been playing for the last 40 minutes, the suspicion in circles surrounding donald trump is the great threat strategically might be china. it will be china that steps into the void. if america pulls back, politics like nature abhors a vacuum. there has to

. -- and the kazakhstan deal, and it made it sounds impossibly sleazy. the story has since been in questions or discredited. ann's that story really set the template for the covers of the clinton foundation has gone for the last several years, ever since. i think he has made some mistakes and she should not have given the speeches to goldman sachs. i think they saw too big a fortune. they just don't need 60,000,000 dollars million dollars or hundred million dollars or whatever it is. they made a lot of errors. but the foundation got a lot of undeserved and unfair bad press and then she got a lot of undeserved and unfair hits over the course of the campaign. there were stories that i'm sure you will remember. some there is a judicial watch freedom of information request that found that some donors to the clinton foundation had sought access to the state department. they didn't get it, there's there's a story that some of you will remember and maybe september about a lebanese, nigerian businessman who they befriended because he gave money to the foundation

kazakhstan second.ands. >> reporter: the naernd started the trend when a dutch comedy show -- >> dear mr. president. >> reporter: created a video introducing the netherlands to president trump -- >> we totally understand it's going to be america first. but can we just say tnetherland second. >> reporter: they followed. extolling their attributes. switzerland. >> the sexiest country in europe. look at those mountains. we're not flat like this netherlands. >> reporter: many of the videos feature trump impersonators like greg shapiro. >> his eyes are never fully open and his mouth is never fully closed. >> reporter: organizers set up a website. who wants to be second? has this ever happened before? late-night comedy shows unite in a global comedy campaign. a german host seemed to be one of the ringleaders. >> when the whole world is standing up to make fun of you -- >> reporter: the german video mocked trump and germany's own history. >> germany hosted two world wars in the last 100 years. they were the be

exceeds even kazakhstan. matt: caroline hyde at the mobile world congress in barcelona.resident donald trump's budget plans will be unveiled when he uses his first speech to congress later tonight. he will spend big on infrastructure. we have gotten nothing more substantial than that. expanding the defense budget by 10% according to his advisors. mark cudmore joins us from singapore without how this is affecting the markets. the dow jones has its 12 consecutive world records. what do you make of that? >> that is long equity, short treasury come along dollar. some of those have been trimmed though it does not. as you mentioned. number could is still answering this with a lot of hope. it will deliver something they can claim to. you have been worried for a couple of months because of donald trump's behavior before and after he came to the white house. when are you going to be right? a great question. there are two different things going on. he is thomas delivering the policies that the market was originally hoping for. going intoot of cash the election and you are seeing a

this is the the kazakhstan skier taras pimenov — looks good so far... epic face plan to fail. into the woods at the left... this is at the skiing world championships at st moritz, with pimenov finishing 50th out of 51. he didn't even finish last, there was an israeli skier who finished sist. was an israeli skier who finished 51st. how can you finish worse than that! i am sure you could show them. laughter the independent police complaints commission says there is "evidence" that "a large number of documents were shredded" in may 2014 relating to a metropolitan police unit that investigates domestic extremism and disorder. with me is our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. this is only emerging in the last hour or so. what details are emerging, what do we know? going back a few years, you will remember that in march 2014 the government set up an inquiry inquiry into undercover policing and that was in response to concerns about the way some units used undercover officers, how they were behaving. there were allegations that undercover officers had had relationships with peop

the proposed venue for forthcoming peace talks, kazakhstan, reflects russia's authority over this later attempt to broker named to the war. war.oker and and to the putin is widely thought to have facilitated the participation of turkey. these are some of the most important u.s. partners in the fight against the islamic. -- the islamic state. the question now becomes what sort of deal will put an attempt -- putin attempt to make with the u.s. over syria? what domestic political implications for president trump? ,ith the u.s. have to accept for example, a russian role in eastern europe or the annexation of crimea? sanctions.s. rollback against russia imposed by the obama administration? will the removal of those sanctions and directly benefit the secretary of state rex tillerson ahead of exxon mobil. will the senate confirm tillerson before or after the u.s. commits to joining russia in peace talks before they return to geneva? will senate republicans ultimately go along with morsi to challenge trump's cooperation with putin? how far will democrats go to undermine the new president by ass

. >>> a truck driver in kazakhstan got a startling request for directions from the pilot of a militaryin the middle of the highway. the pilot can be seen saluting and shaking the driver's hand. he reportedly asked for directions to the nearest town then took off. the country's defense ministry later said it was part of a plan visually determine their location using tactics that included human survey. wow. >> don't see something like that every day. >>> coming up, technology is helping ancient rome come back to life. visitors at historic sites thousands of years old can now use virtual reality headsets to see what they looked like. digital artists use renaissance-era art to re-create the relics. seth doane is inside the ancient underground ruins in rome and how tourists can see what's no longer there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. take a look at this. this space was once above ground. the grand home of emperor nero and considered one of the most magnificent palaces ever built. its name means the golden house. it's hard to imagine that it was once colorful and flooded with lig

are meeting today in kazakhstan's capital to discuss the cease-fire agreement with syria.ll discuss the implementation of the cease-fire and measures needed for a lasting peace in that region. >>> hundreds of people in japan protesting against the resumption of offshore construction work to relocate a u.s. marine base in okinawa. riot police were called in after protesters began a sit-in protest and prevented construction vehicles from entering. >>> queen elizabeth marking her sapphire jubilee today becoming the first british monarch to reign for 65 years. the occasion as you can see there was marked with a 41-gun salute in london. the palace said the 90-year-old queen was spending the day quietly at her estate in eastern england. >>> and if you're a little tired today, understandably so. it was a super bowl for the ages as tom brady won his record fifth championship with a grilling overtime win. fox's telecast drew 48.8 ef rating but the overtime let fox add four more commercials allowing it to bring in an estimated $510 million in ad revenue. and that's the news update.

but nasa did have a success overnight from kazakhstan unmanned russian cargo shipushi began its supplyr. the good with the bad on thisd i story, right? the russian russn rocket will arrive at thehe station on friday.. >>> well we have video evidencec now just how close famous actorr came to hitting jet with hisit small plane. keep an eye osmn this video from tmz. at the top of the screen the o yellowf th plane that's coming n in the middle flying right in ri between the other airplanes this is the botched lapping of o harrison ford at a californiaifr airport last week. week. his approach coming dangerouslyo close to that american airlines 737.73 ford was flying over the planehe which you see right there on tho taxi way at the time.im the incident has prompted an faa investigation.investion. harrison ford famously saying to the tower, was that planela su answer was yes. >> did hane really say that. th. >> he did. >> hmm. and he hit another --ther -- >> he had a little incident on golf course not that long ago. >> okay. >>> other news now. n bao bao has officially landed in cha.a. her fe

but then, kazakhstan skier, taras pimenov, tripped as he left the gate at the skiing world championshipsit again? he finished 20 seconds behind the winner. the key word is that he finished. he got up and carried on? he got back up. he was not last! isn't that just a lesson? he got back up. he was not last! isn't thatjust a lesson? things can go wrong and you can just carry on. we will have that. we will see you later on. thank you. there's still a long way to go before brexit, but last night the message from mps was clear, let the government begin the uk's departure from the european union. 494 members voted in favour of the eu withdrawal bill, and 122 against. one of those to support it was the conservative mp james cleverly, who joins us now from westminster. good morning. so, the bill has passed unamended in the house of commons. it now goes to the lord's. do you think it will be passed there as well? i am pretty confident it will for two reasons. the fact it came from the commons unamended, what we call a clean bill, is a strong signal to the lord's. and the labour lord's, a deciding