livid now, karl traced the fax to a hotel in malaysia in the south pacific.tered there, an american named dennis standefer. >> i never anticipated he would do something like that. you know, he was trying to destroy everything i worked for my whole life, my reputation, my job. >> reporter: this was all no surprise to diver kirk shaffer who worked with standefer and had also allegedly given him money. that kind of fax, kirk says, is an old dennis trick. >> one of dennis' favorite terminology was called the nasty-gram. what would happen is that anybody that started to stir up any trouble or any pressure, of course, they were automatically the enemy. and that's where the nasty-grams went. >> reporter: when karl told other investors about this fax, he learned the same thing had happened to one of them, too. george rombach had once complained to standefer about not getting any return on his investment. and soon, rombach says, investigators from the navy got a fax from standefer. that one accused george of smuggling naval artifacts. >> the first time after that comm

other governments including malaysia and germany also made contributions. >> this items are going to be of big relief to the victims. this solidarity is very much appreciated. >> the head of u.n. relief operations called on the international community to provide almost $29 million more assistance in order to step up the response to the humanitarian emergency. turning now to cambodia. the country has reached a milestone along its long journey of recovery. after decades of war and turmoil, cambodia's legal system was left in tatters. but now, at last, the country is established a new civil code that will be an important pillar to support its long-term economic development. nhk world's toshiyuki terazawa reports from phnom penh. >> reporter: wednesday was historic for cambodia, as the country enacted its new civil code. the process took 12 years and was supported by experts from japan. >> translator: the announcement of the official enactment of this civil code will show all sectors, both public and private. >> the government of japan has been providing cooperation to protect the rights

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hours ago new years came to the cities of crowded out skin concealed along with china singapore malaysia and the philippines as two thousand and twelve continued to march across siberia it reached such cities as homesick and noble cbs its residents celebrating along with thailand and vietnam next midnight reached the cities of yet fifteen of berg and peons just an hour before muscovites celebrated the beginning of two thousand and twelve. and thousands were angry at the results of. russia's a parliamentary election results but this year's new year elections will take place in the race for russia's top job is on let's discuss it now with our karen the current chair hello karen and well happy new year to you first of all and will the new year also brings in new elections to russia tell us more about that. that's right happy new year to everybody very interesting first to say a very fond and very regulated new years here on red square everybody laughing yelling fireworks going off but more importantly with the protests this year in december amidst many many claims of ballot box stuffing tha

still look at a little bit more moisture for areas like vietnam then across areas to the south, malaysia and indonesia will be looking at more showers. for the philippines, the northeast monsoon continues to move in bringing in a little bit more moisture, it is mostly heaviest towards the north right now. and we are starting to see heavy rain amounts being reported here. looks like you'll see more especially along this eastern side of the country and even across mindanao, showers not out of the question today. grounds are very saturated. you want to be on the watch for that. tuesday eehighs look like this. 's' highs look like this.s highs look like this. 22 in taipei. expecting to get up to 11 in shanghai. now over towards the americas, the midsection here looking at the clouds. we do have active systems in place that has been bringing snow to the southwest. then on the southern side of this areas like texas, then into the lower mississippi valley, we're talking about heavier rains. that is now on the move. looks like rain will be spreading in towards the midwest as well as right along t

they include delegates from japan, malaysia, and china. for the next three days, they will exchange ideas on how the international community can work together to pull down cyberattacks. they organized this fallout. japan is happy to host it. it being the victim of a number of cyberattacks in 2011. hackers accessed the computer network of the lower house. cybercriminals have also targeted a major defense contractor to operate a nuclear power plant. the japanese government is launching a five-year project to track attacks. and figure out defense strategies. china says it is compiling reports and e-mails so it can strengthen its cyber security. >> reporter: representatives from each country were given presentation during the fallout. the hope is sharing cyber difference ideas which saves them time and money as they continue to confront online threats. daisuke azuma, nhk world, tokyo. >> each will give a presentation during the foouault. as they continue the strength. daisuke azuma, nhk world, tokyo. >> we have updates to tell you about on the

this is the latest seizure of illegal ivory in malaysia, often use as a gateway in the illicit trade. 1.4 million tons were confiscated earlier this month. as long as asian economies continue to grow, the demand for ivory will not decline. >> the tiny pacific island of samoa will miss out on an entire day. they are about to move across the international day clock. when it strikes midnight, samoa will be fast fording to the 31st. samoa announced this division in may and ordered to boost trade ties with its partners. >> we have consulted people a year ago and also presented to parliament the related loss -- laws to make the changeover in our times on. >> presumably, an analysis was done about the benefit of this change. tell us about those benefits. >> well, we have always been short of one working day in the seven day week. when it comes to the contacts with our business partners, the international dateline. we always lose one day a week. the changeover we can have five working days now and therefore we shall be able to continuously conducted this with our business contacts now that we

law-enforcement officials struggle to keep up the smugglers, this is the latest seizure of illegal ivory in malaysia. often used as a gateway to asia in the illicit trade. 1.4 million tons of ivory were confiscated their earlier this month. as long as asian economies continue to grow, the demand for ivory will not decline. >>> the italian prime minister says there are difficult times ahead despite a drop in their borrowing costs two days in a row. italy barred $9 billion on the financial markets at a slightly lower interest rates, but only just below the dangerous threshold of 7%. he said he was encouraged by the results but the market was not open. images of 35 endangered rhinos have been captured at a park in west java, indonesia. cameras were placed in the habitat earlier this year to replace the 30-year-old method of counting rhino footprints. experts estimate only 40-60 of animal still remain in the park. >>> the tiny pacific island of some zero will miss out an entire day next hour because they will move across the international date line. when the clock strikes midnight local time on the 29th

areas across central sections of vietnam and also outer rain bands could be impacting sections of malaysia and indonesia and could be looking at wetter weather to come. as for the philippines for the south, looks like you may see clear spots in areas but there is still the chance of showers. not good news. it could easily further exacerbate the flooding situation here. for northern sections we're looking at a heavy rain possibility later on today. you do want to watch out here as well. elsewhere looking at high pressure area dominating much of china as well as the korean peninsula. as for japan, it's the nornl northwestern flange that will see cold precipitation off the sea of japan. we're talking a lot of snow and thundery episodes could be accompanying the snow. you do want to watch for that. highs on monday, tokyo comes up to 10 degrees with some sunny spells expected. 3 degrees in seoul and up to 11 in shanghai and 21 expected in taipai. you can see this area of precipitation rapidly will be developing into monday and we will be talking about a lot of wintry precipitation, blizzard war

we begin with this item sent by rtm malaysia. the malaysian government says it has busted an international syndicate engaged in ivory smuggling. customs officials seized 15 tons of elephant tusks and suspected ivory handicrafts from port klang, 40 kilometers southwest of kuala lumpur last week. the street value is estimated at $1 million. the initial investigation shows that the banned goods originated in kenya and were bound for cambodia via the southern malaysian state. sri lanka and qatar have agreed to boost economic and cultural cooperation as well as to improve air connections. a deal was signed after sri lankan president raj ja paxon met with the prime minister in columbo on tuesday. he said that private firms from his country are interested in opening superluxury hotels in the capital and other well known tourist sites. >>> an international horticultural exposition has kicked off in the northern thai province on wednesday. 30 countries are participating in the three-month-long event. highlights include agricultural confer

they are going to malaysia and singapore and then to the south pacific, the solomon islands, and one area that last had a visit when the queen and the duke of edinburgh went there 30 years ago. they were carried ashore by islanders sitting in canoes. the queens seemed to warm to it, and falling behind in his canoe was his duty, in his admirals uniform. william and kate can expect something similar. prince harry will be expecting something similar, too, going to the bahamas and elsewhere, his first official visit representing the queen. it will have been 115 years since britain has witnessed a diamond jubilee, and that is in 1987 for queen victoria. more than one century later, britain will have the opportunity to express its feelings for another long lived queen. the program for next year will be carefully paced, but the palace says it is the express wish of the queen to visit as much of the country as she can. bbc news, at buckingham palace. >> you have been watching this from the bbc. i am in singapore. >> and i am in london. a quick reminder of our main news. u.s. president barack

still look at a little bit more moisture for areas like vietnam then across areas to the south, malaysia and indonesia will be looking at more showers. for the philippines, the northeast monsoon continues to move in bringing in a little bit more moisture, it is mostly heaviest towards the north right now. and we are starting to see heavy rain amounts being reported here. looks like you'll see more especially along this eastern side of the country and even across mindanao, showers not out of the question today. grounds are very saturated. you want to be on the watch for that. tuesday highs look like this. ' highs look like this highs lo. 22 in taipei. expecting to get up to 11 in shanghai. now over towards the americas, the midsection here looking at the clouds. we do have active systems in place that has been bringing snow to the southwest. then on the southern side of this areas like texas, then into the lower mississippi valley, we're talking about heavier rains. that is now on the move. looks like rain will be spreading in towards the midwest as well as right along the mississippi val

but that's still far less than nearby countries like thailand and malaysia, where card holders make uput 80%. financial institutions in vietnam think the market still has a lot of potential. they tried to expand their credit card business. this bank chairman says credit cards will continue to spread. >> it is easier to get in touch with the bank, so all of these will make the business develop faster. >> reporter: vietnam middle class have embraced credit cards as disposable income rises. and with the economy set to keep on expanding, the boom may be sustained for years to come. nhk world, hanoi. >> that will wrap up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >> thanks, patchari. >>> mei shoji is up next with weather. >> hi there. let's take a look at your weather conditions, starting off with asia. are we going to be having a white christmas here in japan? northern japan will be having white christmas. this low pressure system will be disturbing much of the northern half, the sea of japan side and blowing snow could be possible, which could be very dangerous for driving condition

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hours ago new year's came to the cities of clouds and outspend concealed along with china singapore malaysia and the philippines as two thousand and twelve continued to march across siberia it reached such cities as homesick and noble cbs its residents celebrating along with thailand and vietnam next to midnight reached the cities of yet cut fifteen of.

the five denominations have enhanced security features and include elements of malaysia's national treasures, culture and heritage. the 20 ringgit bill is being reintroduced. the central bank is reissuing three seshl bank notes to mark the occasion. >>> iranians celebrated the longest night of the year on wednesday. on yaoga night family and friends get together to enjoy eating pomegranates, watermelons and nuts, they listen to ancient tales and read poems and recite versions of the koran. other ways to mark the winter solstice include lighting bonfires and performing acts of charity. mai shoji is up next with weather. >>> time to check out our weather. let's start to talk about japan, what's going to be happening for our holiday weekend. we have a very potent weather pattern here just along the western seaboard, especially in the western half of japan and northern japan. we're going to be seeing a lot of precipitation. this could descend down towards northern kyushu. you may be seeing blowing snow dow down in the south. pacific side looking very dry. we're talking about snowfall that could

i can talk about china indonesia malaysia vietnam after experimenting with punishment and move out of that today we are one of the biggest unknown adoption program in asia in china because they realize that by creating space for rough suspect. making sure that the arm of the tram program could be put in place so that it's on terra he could be made available first then we harbor people coming and people over objection by thank you thank you very much for she running out of time so just to just to remind you very much my guest today was. the big executive director of the un aids and u.n. secretary general and that's it for now for months. we'll be back with you and so then stay on our team and take thank you thank you richard. led mission free the cretaceous three per store charges three the arrangement three per the stereotype three per the old city block canceling mineola for your media projects and free media oh god our tetons tom. plays .

we begin with this item set by rtm malaysia.he malaysian government says it has busted an international syndicate engaged in ivory smuggling. customs officials seized 15 tons of elephant tusks and suspected ivory handicrafts from port clang. the street value of the products is estimated at $1 million. the initial investigation shows that the banned goods originated in kenya and were bound for cambodia via the southern malaysian state of jahur. >>> sri lanka and qatar have agreed to boost economic and cultural cooperation, as well as to improve air connections. a deal was signed after sri lankan president met the visiting qatari prime minister in colombo on tuesday. the qatari prime minister said that private firms from his country are interested in opening super luxury hotels in the capital and other well-known tourist sites. >>> an international hort kult ral exposition kicked off in the northern thai province of cheng mai. highlights of the expo include agricultural conferences and plant contests. the organizers expect at leas

then three hours ago he scanned the cities across their skin concealed along with china singapore malaysia the philippines as twenty twelve continued to march across siberia and reached cities such as skin to novosibirsk its residents are celebrating along with thailand and vietnam and a little while ago midnight crept even closer to the russian capital it reached the city's if you're caught between a bird and the chelyabinsk russia is that western most point of the baltic city of kaliningrad was the last one to celebrate in this country the rival of the new year and now let's check out a report by and he said now in on the events that shaped twenty up two thousand and eleven could easily go down as the most eventful year in years the killing of bin ladin after a decade long manhunt in libya's gadhafi after months of nato bombing and the death of north korea's kim jong il don't even begin to illustrate twenty eleven. time shows the protester as person of the year and although there were different slogans signs and demands of solutions twenty eleven will ultimately be remembered as the year

hours ago actually new year's came to the cities of crimes they are stand along with china singapore malaysia and philippines and two thousand and twelve continue to march across siberia it reached such cities as novosibirsk its residents celebrating along with thailand and vietnam and just over two hours ago as midnight hour crept closer to the russian capital it reached the city's if you cut city to bergen chelyabinsk russia's westernmost point in the baltic city of when dr was the last one to celebrate the. year just a bit ago. and now to the events that shaped two thousand and eleven and are expected to dominate the new year as well russia saw the your close amid protests with demonstrations over the results of russia's parliamentary elections the people returned to the polls in march to vote for the country's next president parties karen. explains what's behind the protests in russia for two decades. i have been near to everybody very interesting first to say a very fond and very regulated new years here on red square everybody laughing yelling fireworks going off but more importantly wi

ago new year's came to the cities of crowds may all it's going to zele along with china singapore malaysia and philippines as two thousand and twelve continued to march across siberia it reached such cities as the no sibierski its residents are celebrating along with thailand and vietnam and just over two hours ago as midnight hour crept closer to the russian capital it reached the cities of bergen chelyabinsk russia's western most point the baltic city of kaliningrad has celebrated the rival of the new year will at the top of this hour and that's the news for now stay with me for a recap of the headlines and lots more to come and a happy new year to you again from all of us here in moscow. wealthy british scientists on. market. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy. for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. to clean ghost town. squandered money. and. what is no. more new sixty square kilometers of. station and those who are still surprisingly in line and finding are just. getting bad out here. but not saying hardly any birds squ

. >> we're visiting from malasy -- malaysia and my girls have never seen snow. >> and for skiers, big bear has tons. storms have bypassed just the sierra. don't give up on this snow season yet. the climate center says that the -- [ loss of audio ]. >> we apologize for that. she's reporting live this, is one of the driest decembers in years. and now, where the snow pack stands and if there is snow in the forecast. >> we might get lucky. and the last amount of snow is november 6th. so this is what it looked like this afternoon. the looks are going. there are skiers out there z no natural snow. look how dry it is. there is some stats for you. driest percent of normal for this state is well below only 24% this time of the year. there is 22% in the lake tahoe area and i want to show you this. compared to this time last year, one year ago we're at 206% of normal. and we've got a long way to go. it's going to be dry this weekend but maybe next week will be doing that. >> and let's hope so. >> and helping one of their own. still to come, early christmas presents for a surfer that survived a s

so if they were planning to do something in malaysia or bangkok or singapore or any of the southeast asian countries that were mentioned en most had probably failed and most probably they were repeated again because the sullivans failed a they had to repeat it again with the "cole". so we had many other options on the table and we asked everyone in the community and the intelligence community... >> rose: including the c.i.a.. >> absolutely. including our sister agency, as we call it, the agency. and unfortunately everybody said we don't know, we don't know anything about this. >> rose: and was that the truth? >> no, it wasn't. >> rose: this was crucial. >> yes. we found out ten days to the day september 12, ten days to the day that some people in the agency at least knew that at least two terrorists who attended that meeting in southeast asia they knew that they had visas to come to the united states and they were... they were in san diego and this information was not passed until to us, at least, until september 12. >> rose: did this come out in the 9/11 commission report? >> yes. >

it is not unlike what it is in united states, singapore, malaysia so that's not any quality that matters but the inequality that matters in china is the urban rural one. the urban rural income inequalities through in half, the highest in the world. that is a source of tension between what is happening in the countryside, cities, and how you deal with this. i will say the third issue has to do with what i will call the social protection programs in china. are they going to be strong enough if we have a collapse and social protection in china are not as strong as they should be. if you have a collapse just ask what is going to increase the tension over resources, access to resource. and the answer is it will because revenue to everyone, and income and a buddy, incomes collapse you'll have some problems, everyone. any quality will increase or not? not? it on who will be hit most by the. will can't have social programs that can do with this? i think the programs are in a state of development and there are some vulnerabilities there. >> thank you. pieter? >> specifically on the question of so

. >>> an engagement in malaysia is touching millions worldwide and gaining endorsements. >> tim postedroposal to awe dree online. ♪ >> tim says she had no idea what was happening and wasn't aware of the cameras. he used poster cards and stood outside the restaurant where he was outside. celebs are in a heart warming way say it's a heart warming way to wrap up the year. the video has gone viral. at least 4 million people have viewed it. >>> a rot of relationships are in the news right now. co-stars in a new movie are heating things up. a lesson in how not to find out your spouse is divorcing you. >> there's a way to do it and a way not to. >>> in beyonce in labor? time tr hould headlines with georgia alfredas. let's start with beyonce. we are hearing she could deliver before the new year. >> it's about time for her to deliver. people at new york's roosevelt hospital say a vip slepty booked the maternity ward. this is new york, it could be anybody. this is about the time she is supposed to give birth. it's possible. >>> michael jordan got engaged and winona judd is getting married. >> th

. >> right now i live in virginia, and i come from malaysia. i have been playing the violin for 13 years. >> how old are you now? >> 17 years old. >> you are still in high school, and studying at julia art school. >> did you go to high school here? >> yes. >> where? >> northern virginia christian academy. >> were you playing the violin when you were there? well, obviously you were. >> yes. >> and you studying at a community college as well. tell us what you are doing this weekend. you will be performing where? >> a radio show where they feature young classical musicians, and it will air at 6:00 on sunday evening. >> will we get a little taste of your music? >> yes. >> all right. let's hear it. >>what are you going to play? >> the fourt movement from bau. ♪ >>> wow, fantastic, and beautiful. congratulations on the honor of being able to play on the radio. when was that? >> sunday, 6:00. >> what are you planning to do in the future? >> i plan to do a double major in music and neuro science and bring the two field together to treat people. >> and

this is in malaysia at a zoo and a gibbon escape. this thing is angry and it's attacking a small child. >> oh. >> it quickly turns scary and the girl starts screaming. >> we saw this video on my metro tv from columbia, south carolina. this 5-year-old girl was bit on the ankle. but another visitor to the zoo, a 3-year-old boy was violently attacked. this gibbon took a chunk out of the boy's leg. and the boy is in the hospital in critical condition and they're trying to figure out a way that his leg will not have to be amputated. he also suffered some facial injuries. in the attack. now they're not exactly shoe hour the gibbon escaped. this thing is 33 pounds. but it's got to be really, really strong. now gibbons, which are apes, are apparently very territorial. and i also read that they don't necessarily attack unless they are provoked or feel threatened. and you can imagine the situation like this. that this thing out of its cage probably did feel a little threatened by all the visitors to the zoo. >> i don't think people realize how

one of the biggest trips will take will and kate will visit malaysia.ingapore, the solomon islands. the excursion is queen elision beth -- elizabeth's 60th rule. >>> mark steines has the latest from hollywood. >>> coming up on entertainment tonight, sylvester stallone scored his biggest box office hit in 26 years with the expendable sale. no big surprise that supply sleigh is back. and we are the first to show you the famous faces he's added to the team. >> reporter: stallone, that schizo leader, in this high- octane leader, fly sly is out for revenge. and he told nancy he's got company. >> some very important action icon show up and save me from certain doom. and then we go together and kick everybody. >> reporter: arnold schwarzenegger returns as the rival from the first expendables. >> this to my friend. >> he tweeted this pic of his first. >> willis has the money for hiring the mercenaries but for the first time, he is expecting a child. >> i could have put you in the deepest, darkest hole, but i kept you out because i knew that one day would come w

he wrapped up australia and moved on to malaysia.eople who live along the mississippi river are helping santa find his way. it is a christmas eve tradition to light bonfires along the levee between baton rouge and new orleans. this year the fire department is building bonfires to match the theme of monster trucks. >>> for many people hanging mistletoe from a doorway at home is a holiday tradition. but this year, it seems the wild green plant is in short supply. it's all because of the drought in texas. when the plant usually grows with the bend and for those who do manage to locate mistletoe it could run for as much as $25 but that could be worth it. >> all right. time is 8:25. santa is headed our way, clear skies, won't have any trouble finding us. rosemary, maybe dressed in layers? >> yes. dry and you cannot escape the cold this morning no matter where you're at! the valley of course seeing the coldest conditions, but all of us sitting near freezing. take a look at the shades of white, meaning sitting in the 20s and you can see it'

. >> we are actually visiting from malaysia and my girls have never seen snow.>reporter: they still haven' haven't. it was actually just a patch of ice. kids could hardly kick up any. but for skiers and snowboarders who really need some snow for christmas, this has tons. storms bypassed just the sierr sierra. don't give up on the snow season up here just yet prediction center says the chances for above normal precipitation improves. in january and february. near south lake tahoe, abc 7 news. >>> all right spencer christian is off. lee is here and whether a difference a year makes. this time last year we were way above normal. >> 2 06 percent of normal last year and this year today we are only seeing 22 percent. >> far behind. >> we are but only take as few storms to come in and we can make that up just like that. hopefully that will happen. won't happen this weekend. >> eventually. >> eventually you are right. all right. outside we go. live look. high definition east bay cam. beautiful shot at the bay bridge there. the wind howling earlier in the da day. down sl

an aquarium in malaysia let santa take a dip into one of its big tanks just days before the big occasion. he even has a santa suit on. scuba santa saw 80 parents and kids. organizers hope the show will help increase awareness to protect marine animals. santa is very busy this time of year. >>> it's almost time for norad to start tracking santa claus as he flies around the world with all those christmas gifts. the norad santa.org website will update santa's location starting christmas eve. this year, guess what! it also has free apps available for itunes and android. norad has been tracking santa every year since 1958. now it has an app. we're "progressing." >>> mystery solved. we now know the cause behind the second power outage at candlestick park. and collecting your garbage bags just got more expensive. the rate hike for one bay area city. >>> dozens of people are waking this up morning newly homeless after a huge fire in san francisco yesterday. we'll check in on how they're doing coming up. >>> if you are flying to a holiday destination today, you are not alone. today is sfo airport

malaysia has a unique system where nine hereditary state rumors take turns as the country's king for five-year terms. go to our web site for ten more challenging questions. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. stay tuned for "reliable sources." >>> mitt romney was absolutely convinced he didn't need the press, but now that he's fighting for his political life, that suddenly changed. romney has somehow found time this week to talk to "politico," the "washington post," "the new york times," and earlier this morning, "fox news sunday." here, jeff zeller in of the "times" asked whether night is t -- whether newt is too zany to be president? >> zainy is not good for president. it's great for campaign, it's great on talk radio and in the print. it beats -- makes for fun reading. but in terms of a president, we need a leader. >> will this media blitz change the coverage as romney tries to catch gingrich? >>> plus, we'll meet the 22-year-old college student who unearthed a devastating old romney video. it was a risky move when abc hired chris

he told about a secret meeting in malaysia attended by two "cole" bombing conspirators, nawaf al-hazmid khalid al-mihdar. they had been coming in and out of the us on legal visas. they'd trained in american flight schools. they, too, had died on september 11, piloting flight 77 as it crashed into the pentagon. among the 2,977 people murdered on september 11, in the debris of a fallen stairwell under what was once the south tower of the world trade center, they found john o'neill's body. >> next time... >> not one single imminent threat was stopped because of waterboarding. >> ali soufan was an essential weapon in the fbi's war on terror. >> he said, "i want the torture to stop. i give you anything you want to hear." >> now he is speaking out to correspondent martin smith. >> you say it's not just mistakes made, it's lies told, it's cover-ups. >> absolutely. >> a rare interview and a telling history from before 9/11 to today. >> no 9/11? >> the world would be very different. >> "the interrogator." >> explore more about john o'neill and the fbi at our web site, including a rare video int

but there was also wake islands, the philippines, guam, malaysia. were other concentrated attacks that day. and the counteroffensive didn't really come until february 1942. >> right. that's when the first attacked the gilbert and marshal islands. the first naval, the first nautical victory for the united states didn't occur until june of '42, with the classic battle at midway, where we sunk actually four of the aircraft carriers that had been used to attack hawaii on december 7th. so for the americans it was a bit of poetic justice there. we were pretty much utterly defensive in the pacific for many, many months up to june of '42. >> this book is a terrific piece of work, craig. i'm so glad we were able to have you on today. congratulations fon your work. >>> thank you. >> more on the breaking news out of pennsylvania. state officials have filed new criminal charges against former penn state assistant coach, jerry san dusky. the new charges are based on evidence and testimony given by two more alleged victims, identified as victims number nine and t

so if they were planning to do something in malaysia or bangkok or singapore or any of the southeast asian countries that were mentioned en most had probably failed and most probably they were repeated again because the sullivans failed a they had to repeat it again with the "cole". so we had many other options on the table and we asked everyone in the community and the intelligence community... >> rose: including the c.i.a.. >> absolutely. including our sister agency, as we call it, the agency. and unfortunately everybody said we don't know, we don't know anything about this. >> rose: and was that the truth? >> no, it wasn't. >> rose: this was crucial. >> yes. we found out ten days to the day september 12, ten days to the day that some people in the agency at least knew that at least two terrorists who attended that meeting in southeast asia they knew that they had visas to come to the united states and they were... they were in san diego and this information was not passed until to us, at least, until september 12. >> rose: did this come out in the 9/11 commission report? >> yes. >

it is not like what it is in the united states, singapore, and malaysia. the urban and rural -- 3.5%, the highest in the world. that is how you deal with this. the third issue has to deal with the social protection programs in china. are they going to be strong enough? the social protection programs in china are not as strong as they should be. if you have a collapse, you have to ask whether it will increase the tension. the answer is it will. if incomes collapse, you'll have some problems with locality and with everyone. it depends on who will be hit most by that. i think the social programs are in a state of development there. >> thank you. pieter? >> on the question of social unrest becoming more political and in response to it hard landing, it is important to realize there is social unrest in china today. it is rising. how much of that social unrest is political in nature is hard to ascertain. my sense is that most social unrest is focused on local grievances. local pollution programs and things like that. if the rate were to drop to a hard landing sit

eventually lost guam, we eventually lost the philippines, the british lost hong kong and singapore and malaysia. well, they went after midway, but we didn't hold midway, and they went after midway again in june of '42, but we were able to hold it again and win that decisive battle. >> i'll be glad to recognize audience questions, so if you want to put a hand up at any time, i'll catch ya, otherwise, we'll coop on going from -- keep on going from up here. i'd like to go oaf a few people -- go over a few people. what about admiral kimmel? >> a true victim. had been recently installed as the head of cinc-pac in the pacific and was unaware, was getting no warnings from washington as was short, the army general who's in charge of the garrison, walter short. but they in the days after pearl harbor, scapegoats were, frankly, needed. and the blame was either going to go forward because there were calls for information, and the media wanted to know how did this happen, how were we caught with our pants down? quite frankly, the blame was either going to go to roosevelt or stimpson and hall in the navy, o

i'm standing on this sky bridge connecting the petronis towers here in kuala lumpur, malaysia. ♪ written it. oh, did we forget to hook mine up? ♪ ♪ i get a good feeling, yeah ♪ oh, sometimes, i get a good feeling ♪ >> i just shook a few hands outside, i'm not sure i should do that. >> you should have washed them. don't put those on our beautiful table. >> sorry. >> one, two, three, go. >> i'm not taking a dog biscuit, no way. i learned that trick from matt lauer. okay. >> let me tell you a great way to keep your potatoes hot while you're waiting. >> i know all about keeping my potatoes hot. >> i make you nervnervous, don'? >> yes you do. look, there's chocolate cake to serve with this. >> oh, no, you're not changing the subject. ♪ now, now, now, come on ♪ now, now, now, come on ♪ you know you make me feel like i'm the only girl in the world ♪ ♪ today i don't want to do anything, i just want to lay in my bed ♪ ♪ you traveling around town with the girl i love and forget you ♪ ♪ just the change in my pocket wasn't enough, as i forget you and forget her, too ♪ ♪ tonight is the night, girl, t

it is not like what it is in the united states, singapore, and malaysia.that is how you deal with this. the third issue has to deal with the social protection programs in china. are they going to be strong enough? the social protection programs in china are not as strong as they should be. if you have a collapse, you have to ask whether it will increase the tension. the answer is it will. if incomes collapse, you'll have some problems with locality and with everyone. it depends on who will be hit most by that. i think the social programs are in a state of development there. >> thank you. pieter? >> on the question of social unrest becoming more political and in response to it hard landing, it is important to realize there is social unrest in china today. it is rising. how much of that social unrest is political in nature is hard to ascertain. my sense is that most social unrest is focused on local grievances. local pollution programs and things like that. if the rate were to drop to a hard landing situation, 5% or so, it is likely that social unrest would

countries which may be more vulnerable, countries like south korea, japan, taiwan, the philippines, malaysia, singapore . they have been expecting to get 30 or 40% increases in exports to china last for five years. so quite export dependant, more so than people realize. so if there is a demand requirements in china, grope is 80 percent down to seven versus six and to have some of these financial problems, it will rican manages, but i see that there is kind of a country, east asia which is, perhaps a larger or not focuses much. that ripple effect is a secondary effect. the totality. going to europe for the eurozone, europe is extremely intrigant important. eurozone, europe is china's largest trading partner, $480 billion a trip last year. europe is china's largest exploit -- export destination, more so than the united states. china gives tremendous priority to europe because, for good, it sees it as a hedge against the united states. so china is very interested in strong europe, and it will try my view to help, although publicly telling other china is quite negative. why the statement coming