>> that's correct. >> explain malaysia. what is it, 15 million people? >> malaysia is much smaller than indonesia. >> ind done indonesia has a coue hundred million. >> that's right. >> why not the intermarriage between the malay and the chinese? >> one mor important factor is religion. malay majority in malaysia and the indonesian majority in indonesia are principally muslim and the chinese are not, and so one professor friend of mine from singapore was joking but he said it's the pork factor, that muslims don't eat pork and chinese eat pork all the time and, therefore, it's impossible to get along. he was just being facetious, but i think that religion certainly has played a role. and an interesting example is thailand, where this is the southeast asian country where there has been the most assimilation and even intermarriage, and i think that most people agree that one of the factors is the fact that the tai are buddhist and not muslim, and this has made the assimilation easier. >> have you been to that part of the world? >> yes. >> did you ever meet t

. >> and in world news, malaysia is experiencing devastating flooding. >> into one of the people of beener thousand people and australia. the military is air and supplies and damages. damages are estimated at over $1 billion. >> and with our current futurecast, and our future tracker. a very chilly morning tomorrow. 33 and santa rosa, at 7:00 a.m. as to make our way into the afternoon by noon. temperatures will be warming up into the low 50s. by 3:00 p.m. we are looking at low mid '50s in the north bay. and were in the south bay. warmer in the south bay. this is a picture we've not seen with lake tahoe or heavenly cam. you can see clear skies with cold conditions of the next couple of days. with calm condititions and the same thing on tuesday with increasing cloud coverage. we could potentially be looking for a storm this weekend but right now it is out of the forecast. slim if any chance. here is what we can expect this week. mild, and temperatures only and in the weekend, increasing cloud coverage, and we are increasing our rainfall forecast as we get closer will keep you posted. >> th

visitors from thailand, singapore and malaysia were also the highest on record. japan's governments still failed to meet its target of 10 million visitors. tensions caused by a maritime spat between the trawler and vessel. the strong yen is also blamed for its failure to reach its target. >>> hello again and welcome back to your world weather update. across japan today, we are still seeing lots of very cold air coming in from the north. that is also bringing in plenty of snowfall to the western flank of the country. again today here, areas -- localized areas are looking to pick up to 40 to 77 meters of snowfall, additional snowfall, on all we've seen so far. lots more snow headed your way. some areas could be looking at the blowing snow as well. do stay on the watch for that. next door, towards that, the korean peninsula, northeastern china staying dry today. however, we are looking at precipitation. a lot of cold rain and snow spreading across central and southern sections of china, even in towards shanghai looking at the chances of sleet today. temperatures wil

hijacked ships, the gulf of aden and africa's coastline, and in the waters between indonesia and malaysia. the pirates have attacked cargo and container ships and also oil tankers. upon receipt presents a major problem to shipping because without -- piracy represents a major problem to shipping because without safe routes, international trade is in danger. >> 95% of the world's goods are transported by ship. germany has the largest amount of vessels. but with the dramatic increase in the number of sailors taking hostage, shipping companies are finding it harder to find crews to sell these routes. the captain of 1 ship has so far escaped a pirate attack, but some of his colleagues were not asortunate. >>q this capt. has been a sailor for more than 40 years. though he has never experienced hijacking, he is familiar with the feelings of fear and helplessness when his colleagues are involved, like in october, 2010, when the ship was hijacked by pirates. then, as in the latest incident, the crew members barricaded themselves in it panic room. the pirates were not able to reach them and the cre

and south korea last year and plans to engage in talks with other countries, including malaysia. >>> nec is in talks with lenovo over a possible tie-up in personal computers to enhance its market standing. sources say the japanese electronics firm and the chinese computermaker are considering setting up a joint venture this year to consolidate their development and production. they would also share materials to cut costs. nec plans to keep its brand even if the two sides agree to go ahead with the deal. sources say lenovo aims to expand its operations in japan through a partnership. the beijing-based computer maker boosted his presence in the global industry six years ago by buying the personal computer division of u.s. computer giant ibm. but in the japanese market it has lagged behind domesticmakers. meanwhile, nec is looking to raise its profitability. the firm has kept the top market share in japan for many years. but intense competition from u.s. and taiwanese makers has led to lower profit margins. >>> theflt of carbon credits by hackers has forced the eu to suspend its trading

many consider it a celebration of malaysia's multiculturalism. >>> hi there. time again for an update on the world's weather. dry skies are going to dominate much of eastern asia this weekend. strong high pressure in place over china. you will notice that it's going to be very cold. now, northern locations, northern china up into mongolia as well, just a frigid blast of arctic air is going to be coming down, bringing those temperatures down below average. japan will also be dealing with continued snow for the western coast and up into northern locations. friday into saturday gets a little bit weaker, but by saturday night it will become intense again. you need to watch out for avalanches when you have all that snow just continuing to, you know, accumulate, especially since it's been snowing like this for about a month. so do watch for that. down towards the south, the philippines continuing to see rain moving through. mostly showers, not quite as heavy as it was, but it will continue to rain and the wind will also be pretty intense into the weekend. here are y

the international maritime bureau, which has a piracy reporting center in malaysia said tuesday a total of 445 attacks were reported in 2010. the watch dog said the scope and activities of the somali pirates is expanding year by year and has reached the coast of mozambique. the bureau attributes the expansion partly to the fact that somali pirates useijacked ships as fueling bases for further attacks. the captured crews are forced to operate the ships. it says a japanese vessel hijacked last october is one such ship. the international community including japan has been sending patrol vessels to secure safety in the area. the report says piracy in the gulf of aden has been cut by more than half since 2009 because of this effort. >>> hello and welcome back to your world weather update. we take a look at conditions across asia. in the southeast in and around the philippines looking at very active clouds developing. rain has just been going on here for quite some time now. looks like once again today too we will be seeing the tropical showers and thundershowers in northern areas he pegsly l

every day for malaysia a staple just chilled in. those while those who say tales to first think about it while it was a good sort of artistic and journalistic future but most of the violence there to see what i could have been like since i think that god came down from heaven and stopped. in the house at thirty amen a shot of mormon in a frame. makes the pill easier to swallow. everybody loves come. the latest news and the week's top stories are russian led investigation concludes pilot error was mostly to blame for the plane crash that killed the polish president last year but war still calls the internationally backed findings incomplete and it's launched its own probe. russia and the u.k. look to the north as oil giants rosneft and b.p. c.e.o. a multi-billion dollar deal to extract. together the two companies have swapped shares of what they are calling a groundbreaking historic venture of. russian lawmakers approve a key nuclear arms reduction deal with washington they'll ratify before the end of the month after counterbalancing

(cheersnd applause) (cheers and applause) we are grateful for petite patricia malaysia who wrestled away the killer's ammunition and undoubtedly saved some lives. (cheers and applause) and we are grateful for the doctors and nurses and first responders who work wonders to heal those who'd been hurt. we are grateful to them. (cheers and applause) these men and women remind us that heroism is found not only on the fields of battle, they remind us that heroism does not require special training or physical strength. heroism is here in the hearts of so many of our fellow citizens all around us just waiting to be summoned as it was on saturday morning. their actions, their selflessness poses a challenge to each of us. it raises the question of what beyond prayers and expressions of concern is required of us going forward. how can we honor the fallen? how can we be true to their memory? you see, when a tragedy like this strikes it is part of our nature to demand explanations, to try to impose some order on the chaos and make sense out of that which seems senseless. already we've seen the nation

suspension;''s letter was in august and he left and is in malaysia. this is an interesting story that people were sitting there explaining this is what happened and look at me -- looking me in the eye. i am hearing chronology that does not make sense. if you send it to me, i have my notes and the people i talked to and maybe we can make sense out of it. i would commend you not to be taking to the bank those paper notes that are floating up there. >> we are happy to double check and make sure they are accurate. >> if you would. >> thank you. commissioner green. >> your impression. is the schedule for the increased afghan national security forces realistic from your perspective i am looking at the requirements >. >> it is a lot of work to get done, so we are looking at ho government furnished materials, anything we can do to be able to do it faster to standard and that is part and parcel why we seaddled up this team. i cannot tell you for sure. >> 400 folks is a lot to billet . if it gets to that. did any of your contractors recommend significant effici

in other words, what i am saying to you is the poor white person from malaysia may be entitled to and from the action remedies just as a poor african-american or hispanic person >> host: one of the things people understand about the speech and a beautiful analogy in terms of, or a before of catching lightning in a bottle with this speech. now and riverdale he comes up there and you've already gotten this beach together but part of the time, not all of the time, so it's finished in everything but -- >> guest: no, no, we did not work on the speech as a finished entity. what we did work on these ideas. contant, and even things considered language that might be appropriate to express the idea. but ultimately, i sometimes read things and it says clarence jones, co-author of the i have a dream speech. every speech that stanley levenson and clarence johnson and i didn't trust for martin luther king jr. the were not our speeches, the rot clarence jones speeches. the material which i am pleased to have contributed for the draft material for him to refer to and including his final preparation i

i've spoke tone people in the crowd from england, malaysia, canada, and they all say the atmosphere ist standing, everyone is so friendly. everyone is in a really great mood. it's a wonderful party. you want to be here. at 11:00 p.m. eastern anderson cooper and kathy griffin. right now a special "larry king live." enjoy. >>> chairman of the board is our guest. this is "larry king live" in washington. we'll be right back with frank sinatra after this. >> first, there was a mistake. he's my hero. i was in new york. hard to get. doesn't do interviews. once you got him, one of the great interviews. >> a good question can open up doors in my mind that i would never think of discussing with anybody. >> i don't mind questions that border on maybe a difficult way to answer because i try to fight my way out of it. >> it's hard for the first two minutes to interview someone you're a real admirer of. then it gets right down into it, who, what, where, when, why. >> if everybody were really legends, there would be no normal people in the world. everybody would be a legend. >> you know you've got be

hijacked ships, the gulf of aden and africa's coastline, and in the waters between indonesia and malaysia. the pirates have attacked cargo and container ships and also oil tankers. upon receipt presents a major problem to shipping because without -- piracy represents a major problem to shipping because without safe routes, international trade is in danger. >> 95% of the world's goods are transported by ship. germany has the largest amount of vessels. but with the dramatic increase in the number of sailors taking hostage, shipping companies are finding it harder to find crews to sell these routes. the captain of 1 ship has so far escaped a pirate attack, but some of his colleagues were not as fortunate. >> this capt. has been a sailor for more than 40 years. though he has never experienced hijacking, he is familiar with the feelings of fear and helplessness when his colleagues are involved, like in october, 2010, when the ship was hijacked by pirates. then, as in the latest incident, the crew members barricaded themselves in it panic room. the pirates were not able to reach them and the cr

let me just say a few words about the south china v., which indonesia, the non, the philippines, malaysia all porter and he sent. they all have conflicting claims to each other because the south china sea is rich in oil, rich in natural gas. it remained a way to indian ocean and the greater islamic world in one direction and it's the gateway to coastal china to south korea and japan and all the trades, you know, and consumer goods. you know, preponderance of global -- global consumer goods, oil and natural gas transit in the south sea. china just is not claims against the other nations in the south china sea, china feels the south china sea as a core interest, which it hopes to dominate. think of the south china sea as china's caribbean. in geographical terms, the south china sea is what is called a marginal fee. that is it is partly enclosed, partly open to the ocean, same as the caribbean and. a chinese official said to me, when i mention that china considers it a core national interests and this is counter to what the united states and its allies in all the other countries in the area

. >>> swarms of genetically modified mosquitoes have been released into the wild in malaysia to combat a potentially deadly virus. it's the first of its kind experiment in asia to combat a disease. about 6,000 insects have been infected in hopes of shrinking the populationful right now there's no vaccine or treatment for the virus. >>> a high speed chase ended in a horrifying crash. take a look at this video east of los angeles. show it again. a local television helicopter crew captured the dramatic scene. the chp says the driver refused to pull over for a minor traffic violation. he then crashed into another car while racing down the freeway. now he was arrested. the condition of the other driver is not known. >>> well, central heating may be making you fat. that's according to a new study by the journal obesity reviews. the study's authors say since so much of our time is spent in heated houses, offices and cars we no longer burn as many calories to warm our bodies. scientists say it's an increasing problem developed across the world where average indoor temperatures are constantly r

. >>> well, swarms of genetically modified mosquitoes have been released into the wild in malaysia to combat a potentially deadly virus. it is the first of its kind experiment in asia to combat dan agree fever. they've been engineered so their offspring quickly die. researchers are hoping to prevent the fear from shrinking the mosquito population. right now there's no vaccine or treatment for that virus. >>> well, a high speed chase ended in a horrifying crash east of los angeles. a local television helicopter crew captured the dramatic scene. take a look. the chp says the driver refused to pull over for a minor traffic violation, then crashed into another car while racing down the freeway. the chp then arrested him. the condition of the other driver is not known. >>> time now 5:52. we're getting a sneak peek now at "american idol" as season ten heads into milwaukee and nashville looking for new talent. ♪ [ music ] all right. milwaukee's home to season 8 "american idol" finalist danny who came in third place. you can watch "american idol" right here on ktvu channel 2 tomorrow night be

let me say a few words about the south china sea which indonesia, the philippines, malaysia all border in a sense. they all have conflicting claims against each other because the south china sea is rich in oil and petrol gas. it is the main gateway to the indian ocean and the greater islamic world in one direction and the gateway to coastal china, south corey and japan and the trade and consumer goods. a preponderance of global consumer goods, oil and natural gas transit the south china sea. china doesn't just have claims against these other nations in the south china sea. china feels the south china sea is core interest which it hopes to dominate. think of the south china sea as china's caribbean. in geographical terms the south china sea is called the marginal see. it is partly enclosed, partly open to the ocean. same as the caribbean is a. a chinese official said to me when i mentioned china considers core national interest and this is counter to what the united states and its allies and all the other countries in the area see it. chinese official said to me you americans in the nin

. @ >> and world news, malaysia has world wide--bay area wide flooding.an the government is offering cash to people and businesses effected the military is air lifting supplies for the worst areas. the damage is estimated at over $1 billion. >> a 7.1 earthquake to the area of chile last night. so far, no major damage. people panicked, ran out into the streets, and previously, they have had very bad earthquakes causing billions of dollars in damage. >> and the last one was an eight + are earthquake. >> mayor jerry brow governor jen and angovernor jerry hougbrown his entire inauguration can be viewed www.kron4.com mere jerry brown, his entire inauguration can be viewed www.kron4.com catch 'em before the fresh toasted tour leaves town. subway big hot pastrami. crank up the flavor at subway. >> >> new details about the san bruno gas line explosion with federal investigators are putting a lot of pressure on pg&e. and listing seven constituents that the monitor-there were being required. to monitor all of these lines and the pressure gauges. >> and as i mention

if ge makes a washing machine with plastics that are initially made in malaysia and circuit boards produced in taiwan and some cloth that was sourced from cambodia with initially having been grown in texas, but then gets assembled partly in a plant in southern china and then shipped to a plant in northern china via hong kong which is a chinese export to hong kong and then an export to china, and then sent to the united states, where was that thing made? by a company who shares trade on the new york stock exchange. if there's a phone and you have the same thing, it's sent to the united states for a company that is incorporated in canada who shares trade on the new york stock exchange. the national trade statistics do a bad job in capturing that reality. they do a bad job of capturing capital emotion. you can see this more as a system. i want to do a brief thought experiment and talk quickly partly for effect. the numbers i'll give are not actual, but they are representative. one of the only sources of growth from about 2003 until 2008 that wall street investment banks saw other than mortgage

the only successful counter insurgency in modern times is malaysia and it's up to the model the americans point to. what they did it to the malaria is they took half a million chinese who were the source of the rebels and moved them into the concentration camps. so that works. you can take millions of pashtu in to the concentration camps or bomb the hell out of them, but you have to be genocidal to do that and the americans are not that brutal. so there is no way to cross the population. now it's easy for the american point of view. it was urban, modern, it had rhodes, the city of baghdad, the population center is reflect. you can control the population. the secretary is about protecting people. it's about controlling them so they will obey you. in afghanistan the russians had the cities in the 1980's. the head couple and other cities, but they never had the countryside which the mujahideen control. likewise today the americans to have the cities but the taliban are a rural insurgency and the are in the villages. and you have thousands and thousands of allegis. take marshall for simple. m

. >> world news hundreds of people in malaysia are homeless because of widespread flooding, look at these pictures several orders near thailand border have overflowed for the second time. were than a dozen schools have canceled glasses until the waters recede. just when it seemed australia's lead prices started to ease new storm warnings have been issued. worst possible news for bubo was battling to save their homes. >> many homes are abandoned, their owners forced to evacuate some come register in a hard to quit. like these people, there coming year or higher than the greens. speaking ago boys coming and coming up here. >> as though river when there will cost $67 to repair. the same spirit is alive with the local fish and chips shop. they built a dam around the comer earth, sam by caustic. people love their first it's working. >> i think it's a good idea. the reason 9.2 m today tomorrow maybe 9.4. iran's of bradykinin after the center of town it's like this all the way. most of these houses are now deserted, some are refusing to go. with the car is high and dry, but apart from family som

we have deepened our partner with india, vietnam, malaysia, singapore, and new zealand.are working to ratify a free trade agreement with south career,, -- south korea, and hep create new americans companies and support new jobs here at home. those goals will be front and center when we host the asia pacific economic cooperation forum in hawaii later this year. we will work to strengthen in the asia pacific, including signing the aseon treaty, and increasing engagement in the pacific island form. a more robust and coherent regional architecture in asia benefits all of us, especially the united states and china. it helps ensure that every nation and point of view is heard, and reinforces the system of rules and responsibility from protecting intellectual property to freedom of navigation that form the basis of a just, international order. in these multilateral settings, responsible behavior is rewarded with ledge -- legitimacy and respect. we can work together to hold account to those who have counterproductive actions towards peace and prosperity. our regional engagement

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he quit and went to malaysia. so, i mean, you know, this is kind of an interesting story that people were sitting there exlaining this is what happened, this is what happened, and looking me in the eye that were firsthand experienced. so i'm hearing chronologies that don't make sense. if you'd send it to me, then i've got my notes and the people we've talked to, and maybe we could make sense out of it. >> sure. >> i would commend you not to be taking to the bank those paper notes that are floating up there. >> with those aren't paper notes, those are our records. again, we're happy to double check to mix sure they're accurate. >> if you would, please. are you good? >> yes, thank you very much. >> thank you, clark. we're at commissioner green. >> general dorko, your impression, is the schedule for the increase in afghan national security forces realistic from your perspective in looking at the future construction requirements? building requirements? >> sir, i guess if you're asking me is it doable in the rough time

suspension;''s letter was in august and he left and is in malaysia. this is an interesting story that people were sitting there explaining this is what happened and look at me -- looking me in the eye. i am hearing chronology that does not make sense. if you send it to me, i have my notes and the people i talked to and maybe we can make sense out of it. i would commend you not to be taking to the bank those paper notes that are floating up there. >> we are happy to double check and make sure they are accurate. >> if you would. >> thank you. commissioner green. >> your impression. is the schedule for the increased afghan national security forces realistic from your perspective i am looking at the requirements >. >> it is a lot of work to get done, so we are looking at ho government furnished materials, anything we can do to be able to do it faster to standard and that is part and parcel why we seaddled up this team. i cannot tell you for sure. >> 400 folks is a lot to billet . if it gets to that. did any of your contractors recommend significant effici

we are working with a group of eight other countries including australia, chile, malaysia, peru, vietnam's, and the goal is to begin to craft what we hope will be the most broadly legalizing trade agreement which the strongest as intellectual property right provisions of any trade agreement that has ever been negotiated, and hopefully that becomes the architecture for trade in this dynamic region. we have had five rounds already. we are moving at an extraordinarily fast pace because our goal is to see his weekend not be substantially complete by the time president obama holds a meeting of those 21 members of the apec community and honolulu, hawaii, this fall. we are beginning to focus especially on the needs of how we can better incorporate small- to-medium-sized businesses in our trade policy. finally, i want to talk about our hosting of the asia-pacific economic cooperative forum. this is a broad framework of the 21 economies that i spoke of them reside in the southeast asia region. the united states will host that forum in honolulu this year. since it will give us an opportunity to take

suspension;''s letter was in august and he left and is in malaysia. this is an interesting story that people were sitting there explaining this is what happed and look at me -- looking me in the eye. i am hearing chronology that does not make sense. if you send it to me, i have my notes and the people i talked to and maybe we can make sense out of it. i would commend you not to be taking to the bank those paper notes that are floating up ther >> we are happy to double check and make sure they are accurate. >>f you would. >> thank you. commissioner green. >> your impression. is the schedule for the increased afghan national security forces realistic from your perspective i am looking at the requirements >. >> it is a lot of work to get done, so we are looking at ho government furnished materials, anything we can do to be able to do it faster to standard and that is part and parcel why we seaddled up this team. i cannot tell you for sure. >> 400 folks is a lot to billet . if it gets to that. did any of your contractors recommend significant efficiencies

we have deepen their partnerships with india and indonesia, vietnam, malaysia, singapore, and new zealand. we're taking steps to ensure that our defense posture reflects the complex and evolving strategic environment in the region. and we're working to ratify a free-trade agreement with south korea and pursuing a regional agreement through the trans pacific partnership to help create new opportunities for american companies and support new jobs here at home. those goals will be front and center when we host the asia- pacific economic cooperation forum in hawaii later this year. we have also worked to strengthen regional architecture in the asia-pacific, including signing deossie on treaty of amity and cooperation. and attending the east asia summit for the first time and increasing basement in the pacific island 4 am. a more robust and -- island forum. a more robust and cohesive region benefits all of the spirit it in shows that -- it ensures that every nation and point of view is heard. it reinforces the rules and responsibilities from protecting intellectual property to freedom of navig

and we have deepened our partnerships in indonesia, vietnam, malaysia, and singapore and new zealand. and we are working to ratify a free-trade agreement with south korea and pursuing a regional agreement with the trans-pacific partnership to help create new opportunities for american companies and to support new jobs here at home. those goals will be front and center when we host the asia- pacific economic cooperation forum in hawaii later this year. we have also worked to strengthen regional architecture in the asia-pacific, including signing viva la crv of -- assigning the aussie on treaty. regional architecture in asia benefits all of us, especially the united states and china. insurers that every nation and point of view is heard and it reinforces a system of rules and/or responsibilities -- roles and responsibilities in a just and international order. in these multilateral settings, responsible behavior is rewarded with legitimacy and respect and we can work together to hold accountable those who take counterproductive actions to peace, stability, and prosperity. our regional en

this is shorthand for india, south africa, malaysia, singapore, brazil, this is a change, 500 year changenything here. republicans, the neocons particularly, it's taking the american view of the power of positive thinking to a ridiculous extreme. john, if you talk about decline, we're in decline. that seems to be kagan's argument. it's the talking about decline that's the problem. well, if we don't decline, won't our decline speed along? isn't that what happens to people in decline, sir? no, no, no, it's positive thinking that we need. no, what we need is grown up thinking. what we need is grown up thinking. and we need to say -- so did mr. kagan. bitter tears. the british were in decline from 1815, and london was the best place in the world. they were the greatest power in the world. you cannot manage it if you don't go back to president eisenhower. there were limits and these were things that were vital and do with other people and in a perfect world it would be nice if they were solved. we're not going to do anything. we have to think that way. the foreign policy establishment is in ca

we are working with a group of eight other countries including australia, chile, malaysia, peru, vietnam's, and the goal is to begin to craft what we hope will be the most broadly legalizing trade agreement which the strongest as intellectual property right provisions of any trade agreement that has ever been negotiated, and hopefully that becomes the architecture for trade in this dynamic region. we have had five rounds already. we are moving at an extraordinarily fast pace because our goal is to see his weekend not be substantially complete by the time president obama holds a meeting of those 21 members of the apec community and honolulu, hawaii, this fall. we are beginning to focus especially on the needs of how we can better incorporate small- to-medium-sized businesses in our trade policy. finally, i want to talk about our hosting of the asia-pacific economic cooperative forum. this is a broad framework of the 21 economies that i spoke of them reside in the southeast asia region. the united states will host that forum in honolulu this year. since it will give us an opportunity to take