aung san suu kyi was sweeping the board. [applause] >> thank you everyone, thank you peter for joining us today. i have many questions and i am going to be mindful of the time because i know you do, too. and i want to make sure that we get as many in as possible. let's begin with the obvious, what everyone wants to hear about, which is leading aung san suu kyi. he did so twice, which is in 2002. she had just been released from house arrest, and most recently, you've met her march 2011. that is a decades spanning between. was there anything that struck you in that time. not that changed about her? secondly, described the meetings in general, how did she feel about the book? >> she was not remotely interested. to my surprise and disappointment, she didn't want to help. i got a copy of the book to her when it was published by the british embassy. she wre a very gracious e-mail thanking me for my efforts. but i think it is part of her remarkably un- egotistical character that she doesn't care that people write books about her an

opposition leader aung san suu kyi spoke out on a bill designed to protect rights of ethnic minorities. the legislation was submitted by ruling party lawmakers. myanmar is said to have around 135 ethnic minority groups fighting continues between the military and ethnic minority militants making it a top political challenge. aung san suu kyi won her seat in april, her party is pursuing its campaign promise of revising the pro-military constitution. the party is expected to back bills proposed by the ruling party if it considers them instrumental in democratizing the country. >>> turning to india, former finance minister is the country's new president. he was sworn in on wednesday after winning last week's election with support from the ruling congress party. he was elected by members of national and state parliament on sunday. he won about 70% of votes beating the opposition party candidate by a large margin. at the inauguration ceremony, he stressed that poor people should be given their share of the wealth brought about by the country's economic growth. nearly half of children aged fi

aung san suu kyi arrived to make her debut on monday. she was absent for the first three days citing exhaustion and other public duties. >> aung san suu kyi listened to proceedings but did not speak at monday's session. deliberations focused on myan r myanmar's infrastructure including airports and roads. their stated goal is to have parliament revise the pro-military constitution. the party may explore the possibility of joining hands with other opposition forces as it occupies less than 10% of the seats in parliament. >>> it was a hot day here in tokyo with highs reaching the upper 20s. robert speta has the weather for here and elsewhere. rob snert. >> gene, a big dome of high pressure is what is causing all this beautiful weather across most of japan. tokyo seeing temperatures into the high 20s. some areas seeing them into the low 30s as well. good news, though it does look like this is going to be persisting going into your tuesday. may see isolated pop-up thunderstorms in the interior of honshu here. the weather will be continuing.

then you look at the other side of burma, aung san suu kyi, who is all about and powering the people and sharing power. >> you make the point in the book that if you oppress women and do not bring them along, the country kind of stalls in its progress. if you open it up to everyone, then you can move forward. you think sometimes it is government that plays the key role, but you make a real nice point of saying corporations play a big role. and you go coca-cola, walmart -- people who make huge commitments to bringing women forward. been a huge commitment. and they are making a commitment not for puerto rico reasons but making them because they realize they are smart -- and not for pr reasons, but making them because they realize they are smart. wal-mart, for example -- this is a multi-billion dollar investment being made. women-owned businesses represent less than 1% of the global supply chain. to multinational corporations. they basically said we are going to double our spending in terms of buying from women-owned businesses. they are the largest. they are the biggest private- sector

in recent years, politicians and heads of state around the world, and in june, aung san suu kyi cameere to address the mp's and peers. there were the years of military rule in burma. she became a symbol of peaceful resistance in the face of oppression. she was introduced by the speaker. >> one woman has now defied a dictatorship of such depravity for two decades. that is why aung san suu kyi, a leader and a stateswoman, is with us here in westminster this afternoon. >> she said burma now had a chance to reestablish democracy. >> thus far, i have only spent a matter of minutes inside the burmese parliament, and i took the oath last month. i must say that i found it rather formal. men are required to wear a formal head gear. there is certainly no heckling. i would wish in times we would reflect the liveliness and informality of westminster. [laughter] i am well aware that more tears have been shared over wishes granted to ban which is denied. it is our own satisfactory equivalent of "prime minister's questions" that we will be able to see the parliamentary democracy has truly come of a

the move would open a burma's will and gas sector to ask companies despite a call by aung san suu kyi companies to boycott the state-run oil company until becomes more open and accountable. human rights groups have criticized the decision saying the u.s. appears to have caved to industry pressure. activists opposed to the controversial gas drilling process known as fracking or hailing an unprecedented direct action that brought a drilling operation in pennsylvania to a temporary halt. dozens of activists with the group earth first blockaded an access road leading to a well in pennsylvania's moshannon state forest, stopping operation in an area targeted for heavy drilling. two activists known as tree sitters hung from trees with anchor ropes strung across the access road. drilling was reportedly suspended for 12 hours at the site before authorities dispersed the protest. activists say it is the first time protesters have shut down a hydrofracking drilling operation in the u.s. hydraulic fracturing involves blasting a mix of sand, water, and chemicals into shale rock to extract gas. opp

pro-democracy and opposition leader aung san suu kyi has called for more rights for indigenous people in myanmar in her first speech to the national parliament elected to the lower house in april the nobel prize winner said the freedoms of ethnic minorities in the country should be protected which are being eroded by decades of civil war suki spent a total of fifteen years under house arrest for her release and twenty two. scientists have been stunned by how much of a green leaves massive ice sheet has melted away it normally shrinks in summer but not this much or this fast ninety seven percent of it's disappeared mostly within a four day period this month in the fastest the largest fall since satellite data collection began thirty years ago now so researchers don't know if it's natural or caused by manmade climate change but say an unusual warm quote dome of air over the country is to blame. and russia needs a higher oil price or else danielle brings us more now from business that's right the russian ruble could plunge another fifteen percent this year if the oil price doesn't grow i

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we're all very proud of aung san suu kyi, winning the nobel prize when she visited europe not long ago in london. i remember watching her on television. she's done so much for her country, and stood up for the people of burma. it is astound. i have not had the privilege of meeting her personally, but i have watched her from afar, and with great admiration and i just -- not only about her but i again thank the senator for his efforts. one can say that the other matters are unrelated, but one could also say that the burma is right along with the agoa bill. there are thousands of african women who have lost their jobs because we have not acted on the agoa bill, and they send to be single moms -- thousands. because they believe -- they can't get orders to sell -- mr. mcconnell: will the senator yield -- mr. baucus: i'll yield after i explain. consequently, jobs in the united states now are in jeopardy because this bill -- the agoa bill has not been extended. now, it is true that the agoa bill does not expire until the end of september. that is true. however, as a practical matter, these wo