we are joined from manila. what difference on the ground, or on - at sea, i should say, really, will this make to the balance of milt - military balance in the south china sea. >> well if it means anything, it means the fortification of defense forces in the western philippines, in the area of the islands. the agreement as clarified, washington will return - the rush of the u.s. base, and increased soldiers rotating around asia. the activists, those against these visits of president obama, those who are opposing what they call u.s. imperialism says the question is sovereignty really. the u.s. bases may have left officially in the '90s, but there is a number of soldiers stationed here. the philippine military admits more than 600 are stationed across the country. not sure what it is, but they help out encounter-terrorism operations, particularly in the southern philippines. the question of sovereignty, during the judicial process, if you remember, a few years ago, five soldiers were convicted of rape after rapin

if headlines are out of manila i would noteour. that the 30 year bond is lower yield and higher bond price. the difference between the tenure in the 30 year yield is getting compressed. it is showing that curve. let's get to the front page. we don't know where to start. giant deal. >> pfizer is proposing to build for 99 billion dollars. they offered this back in january but they rejected it. >> the price moves. let's go to the terminal. here with astrazeneca. you can see the mediocrity for three or four years, going nowhere. this is the pop-up. my question is, is this because of mediocrity at pfizer and astrazeneca? they are showing no sales growth. >> they want to secure a pipeline. they have cash held overseas by pfizer. astrazeneca has no comment. that stock price, you can't ignore it. >> i am thunderstruck by the difference of opinion among analysts. that astrazeneca has a very strong cash flow for the next six years. they have a patent issue. his pfizer look at the next six years? this looks very strong. therein lies the rub.

let's get to peter alexander who is traveling with the president in manila. peter, what do we know about these sanctions? >> well, we just heard from the president, francis, a matter of a few moments ago, the sanctions will go into effect today. they are sanctions focusing on individuals, russian friends of vladimir putin, what they refer to as russian cronies. this is what president obama described as a calibrated effort to change russia's behavior. there are seven european military observers that now accords to the video are being held. they appear to be more prisoners of war than envoys of peace. president obama has a ten year tentative agreement, a basing deal where american military, troops, jets will be able to use filipino bases in this area. it will allow the united states to help in territorial disputes and crises. >> thank you very much. >>> it is monday so lots of sports headlines to bring you and our betty nguyen brings them to us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. i will tell you there are some nba games without a cloud of controversy.

michelle kosinski in manila this morning.hanks for being with us. >>> meanwhile this morning, dozens of people are being held by pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine. they include a group of european observers. they're monitoring the fighting. one has now been released. the others, though, were paraded in front of cameras late sunday, saying they were diplomats but cannot go home. our nick paton walsh is live in ukraine this morning. nick, you're in the area where these observers have been taken. explain to us what the situation is like on the ground there and this odd scenario we saw played out in front of cameras yesterday. >> reporter: well, certainly. i mean, this is probably the biggest bargaining chip that the south declared protesters, the new administration of slovyansk, near where i'm standing, have it. yesterday they paraded these seven osce military observers here, trying to observe any military build-up under the old agreement, monitoring the new crisis in the area, but they were paraded, basically saying th

as we do a smidgen us that obama is expected to arrive in the philippine capital manila on monday. he will meet with the new york you know the third and at the top of the agenda is the military agreement that will boost the us military presence in the philippines ccp these wannabe low as more on how all this could impact the country and the region it's taken more than eight months in eight rounds of talks. it appears philippine and us officials have called it set to sign a new military agreement. just in time for us president barack obama is a rival in manila on monday the philippines and in that it stays are the final stages of negotiating a deal with these us military presence in the country and provide them with greater access to military bases. philippine officials say it will in turn enhance the country's advance and maritime surveillance capabilities especially in the face of heights and regional tensions. tensions between china and the philippines over ownership of certain areas in the south china sea had escalated in recent years. in the philippines has since been upgrading

we want to go to manila now and u.s. president barack obama is about to be talking.e're looking there at president aquino. and in just a moment, of course, he will introduce the u.s. president. this is a welcoming ceremony at the presidential residence. >> mr. president, in your state of the union address earlier this year you spoke of how american volunteers and troops were greeted with gratitude in the affected areas. today i reiterate formally the philippine a&e people will never forget such kindness and compassion. on behalf of my countrymen, i thank the united states of america once more for being a true friend to our people. the friendship and partnership between our countries, however, are evident not only in times of crisis and immediate need but also in other aspects of our relations. our defense alliance has been a cornerstone -- for more than 60 years, and our strategic partnership spans a broad range of areas of cooperation, contributing to the growth and prosperity of both our nations and fostering closer bonds between our peoples. as such, president oba

the president is talking in manila.update on the when hen in ukraine moves onto the q&a. we will wait and watch and see what president obama has to say about that. we are expect in some finance meetings in europe as well. that is taking place a little bit later on. macro news coming today, as well. we will be talking to a ukrainian businessman. here's a guy who's tried to get ukraine's tech industry up and running again. he is try to push it pretty hard at the moment. he sees this as being one of the solutions the country faces. clearly we have to deal with the russians before we can get to the stage. obviously in big trouble right now. how do you keep talented said the country and stop it going elsewhere? we will touch on that. finally, we will carry on talking about tech. did reallympany that well. microsoft failed to take advantage of the apple ecosystem . it started to change that, now. microsoft is making offers is makingfor ipads -- office available for ipads. what is happening in terms of wider trends, american -

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military alliance when obama lands today in manila.ese bank that earns more than apple. results from ccb. weather to "first up." military alliance when obama lands today in manila. and the coming to you live this monday morning in hong kong. sunday night for our u.s. viewers. now, amid concerns about rising defaults, three of china's top four banks manage to boost profits. joining us now with the details. looking pretty good for ccb. >> that's right. double digit profit gains in the quarter. and this realy impressing some investors because of the problem of bad loans, rising bad loans continues to be a persistent challenge for all these lenders. we know the shadow banking system key concern. the government addressing this. the people's bank of china with this crackdown under way as part of the wider financial reforms. for the earnings, they've managed to hold up strong. agriculture bank reporting a $8.5 n in net income, billion. it did report higher bad loans, a concern here. now, agricultural bank benefiting from the fact that it has

president obama is in manila today where he expanded access in the philippines as he caps off a four nation asia tour. >>> and bed time in broad daylight in the florida keys? it's monday, april 28th. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. we want to start with breaking news out of the nation's heartland. at least 18 people are dead after tornados and damaging winds tore through several states overnight. look at this. arkansas bore the brunt of the storms and forecasters say it is not over. weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is in hard hit mayflower, arkansas. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, betty. we're in mayflower, arkansas, 20 minutes from downtown little rock. this is where the powerful tornado rolled across interstate 40. yesterday, 7:35, it was estimated to be a half mile wide. and right now based on stormy reports, it could be on the ground for two hours across four counties and the death toll is 16 alone here in arkansas. this is the damage it did. this is an rv which has been blown to smi

km for two parties say renewed surge in effective and could potentially be dangerous the mayor of manilais expected to arrive in hong kong tuesday to apologize to the families of the hong kong tourists families who were killed in the twenty ten in twenty ten when police box of manila hostage crisis. mayor joseph estrada says a top speed of president of the new latino and the national police chief was joining him on this trip the delegation hopes to be hong kong's chief executive norm took me a head of the hong kong officials it is unclear whether the officials representing the philippine national government will also offer an apology. hong kong had repeatedly asked the philippine government to apologize for the failed rescue mission. this prada has previously apologized for the kindle has now. and for now all we do and i'll reportage own band who joins us live from hong kong i'm due as the delegation arrived in hong kong and what will be on their agenda. yes i'm a happy international airport and get our debt within a year of many laps accurate if after the company i had to read it to hap

manila has asked an international court to rule on who should control it entertaining. many of the content in your school attended the speech. during the week. the bomber also offered his backing to japan in a similar standoff with the islands claimed by china he was saying in the region was our next story police used water cannon to break up an anti nuclear demonstration in taiwan. the protesters demanding the government scrapped plans to start a new reactor the groups had been occupying a busy street in my case since sunday the government says it will suspend work on the plant until the referendum is held by one sits on the same size that fault line as earthquake prone japan. if you're an earthquake because the disaster similar to what happened in the game the least seventeen people were killed in the central united states on sunday when tornadoes swept through several states in the region boston organs all bore the brunt of the storm's thirteen gaza been confirmed in the suburbs of the capital little rock in oklahoma it was directed the small town of at least one per

president obama leaving and flies to manila later on this afternoon. so we'll continue to watch that closely. i mention it had safe haven trade let's quickly chick in on some things we're watching. there we go. gold above 1300 back about 1300 n ounce yet again. anaheim ex crude here. just a tad below 100. u.s. dollar, don't let it fool you when it's green that means the yen is stronger. so that's what the happening. a lot of macro concerns over the tensions in ukraine. >> thanks. let's take a look at toyota now because it's set to move its u.s. headquarters from california to somewhere near dallas. >> all about costs. so if you take a look, attorneys -- torns california known as second to detroit as the u.s. auto manufacturing hub. many of the companies honda, hundred ay, kia, have operations in california. they don't have operations in texas. so it is an unusual move. there are 5300 employees that work in the torns, california office. the relocation is set to happen outside of dallas. retention will be an issue. >> they had the same problem when nissa

and we are live from manila and this is not intended to contain or contonight china says the u.s.dent and if not what is it really intended to do? >> reporter: well, this is actually what both leaders reiterated today and not meant to antagonize china in any other way. what they need is to shore up their own defense lines. they have their own reasons to protect defense lines and have environmental issues and exclusive economics and do not have any military aircraft. or any fighter jets. so they said, he said it's not even something that china should be worried about, however, skeptics here are far more worried about the details of the framework agreement itself and many are questioning as to the extent of the u.s. involvement of how it will be on the ground, what sort of u.s. facilities will be the u.s. military building and what would it mean for the country's sovereignty, these are the issues that a low t -- lot of protesters are putting on the table and both washington and manila reiterated this will be not just a military one. >> the american president going on to say the goal

strips and this is the first time we had an intensified military engagement between washington and manilawhen essentially the philippine government kicked out the u.s. navy from the base. so this is quite a reassertion of american power in the region. what united a lot of the countries in the region from northeast asia and south korea to philippines and even vietnam is a great fear of the rise of china. >> okay, tom thanks for joining us and talking about obama's trip to asia. human rights activists in hong kong demanding better conditions for foreign workers and are outside of a court where a woman faces charges of abusing and beating several indonesia maids. and activists say laws to protect their rights are not being enforced. indonesia anticorruption body sister the parliamentary elections earlier this month were the most fraudulent in resent history and we explain. >> reporter: laying the foundations for better future, these students are learning practical skills they hope will open up a world of employment opportunities. they are taught the livelihood college that was established tw

he met with president aquino in manila signing a security pact. mr. obama says the u.s. is devoted to promote peace and stability in the region. >> we're together so that we're prepared for a range of challenges, including humanitarian crises and disasters. we'll work together to build the philippines defense exhibits and work with other nations to promote regional stability in the south china sea. >> we are in manila. it's clear what the philippines have to gain from this security pact. what's in it for the united states? well, president obama says our alliances in the asia pacific have never been stronger a understand that is what the white house has been pursuing. not only here in manila in the philippines, the fourth stop on the asian tour, the white house did consider the last two stops in malaysia and philippines a success. this is part of the pivot president obama announced three years ago. a lot of people have had skepticism about the white house and president obama's commitment to that. they feel that this is a success and cap stone of the trip. a lot of the det

he is giving a news conference in manila right now. let's listen in. he is talking about sanctions in russia. >> relief operations, i will give you a perfect example. sprey aircraft, a significant upgrade in capabilities in caves -- in terms of reaching out to remote areas. about thealking missing malaysia and aircraft, the president listening to what is being said in manila. he has been talking about the situation vis-À-vis russia. pfizer has confirmed a possible offer for astrazeneca. with more on that story, manus cranny and sam from bloomberg industries. let's start with you, sam. what do we know at this point and what don't we know? >> we know that pfizer made an approach in january. on the 16th of april, they came back again. as you and i were talking last week after the novartis -glaxosmithkline deal, that might have tweaked their interest again. there are many other regions where pfizer would be interested in an astrazeneca. that is what we know so far. we know what price they suggested in january. 46.61 pence. the rest is open to speculation g

it was amazing i get to represent the neighborhood where the former manila was there was a dark time in the 80s we were concerned with filipino and asian-americans being pushed out of our city years later that's changed to where we are today authenticity incredible we're here celebrating filipino-americans and other san franciscans. i want to thank you you and end with one word that the mayor said. thank you very much >> thank you supervisor chiu. next i'd like to introduce supervisor jane kim who represented district 6 where we are today and she's been working diligently with the administer and the office of the k3w7b9 affairs to make sure we got her today and make sure we were able to certify to log as one language today >> thank you new mexico and welcome to the south of market it's important we celebrate this to log and filipino i'm here as a community that has celebrated the home of betsy carmichael and this the the first school in the country to have a bilingual to log center. we represent the largest number of filipino-americans in san francisco. we're a little bit closer to c

this is 50 miles north of manila.once the biggest american air base outside the united states. relics of the cold war era are now a site of picnicking. at the height of the cold war, 15,000 americans lived here. not everyone is happy about the idea of them coming back. in the nearby village, farmers from the left wing peasant group are meeting. they think the u.s. is using the china threat as an excuse. >> u.s. is trying to create an issue so that they can go back to philippines. they would like to go back here in the philippines to use philippines as their base and get all resources here and even all the asian countries. they use us base. >> reporter: there are many in the philippines who will welcome the americans back with open arms. those that campaigned to get the u.s. out of here 20 years ago feel like this is turning back the clock. bbc news in the northern philippines. >> let's get more now from the u.s. side. mary jordan is a pulitzer prize winning journalist from d.c. when you look at the agreement from japa

mike viqueira joining us now from manila.ike, what is the obama administration trying to achieve with this latest batch of sanctions? >> john, the white house says they are simply trying to ratchet up the existing sanctions. you described it, john, you have reported 7 individuals, 7 more individuals, the white house describes them as cronies or oligarchs, and 17 companies, those close to vladimir putin. but this is morin kri mental sanctions. there's no question the white house is trying to pull the europeans along on broader sectors of the russian economy. the defense industry for example. in the meantime the white house comment on this is these are have a multiplying effect. a 12% decline in the russian stock market. a $60 billion in capital flight leaving russia, all trying to create the impression, is the white house that russia is really suffering from this. but they are having a difficult time bringing the europeans along on those broader sectoral sanctions. they had an agreement with the g-7 and they are still talking

kristen welker in for chuck todd, who is still traveling with the president and will join us from manila. but we start with the worst tornado outbreaks this year. 18 people have been killed and more storms are threatening communities in tennessee and mississippi at this very hour. this is what's left in the wake of one of the 31 tornadoes reported yesterday to the national weather service. arkansas was hit hardest with 16 people killed in towns near little rock. the national guard is helping people. firefighters and volunteers look for survivors. separate twisters killed two more people, one in oklahoma and another in iowa. smaller tornadoes were spotted in nebraska, illinois and mississippi. but that arkansas storm cut the widest path of destruction. this is aerial footage of the damage in mayflower. the storm stretched almost a mile wide and damaged neighborhoods for miles. president obama had this message from the victims. >> i want everyone affected by this tragedy to know that fema and the federal government is on the ground and will help our fellow americans in need, working with s

picking in manila, president obama issued a defense over his foreign-policy, saying his critics failed to learn from what he called the disastrous decision to invade iraq. of ourcally, criticism foreign policy has been directed at the failure to use military force. and the question i would have is , why isn't that everyone is so eager to use military force, after we have just gone through a decade of war that enormous troops and to our budget? philippines, president obama was met by hundreds of protesters about a pact to revive the military presence in the philippines. popular protests forced the u.s. to leave its bases. outside of the presidential palace was effigies were burned of president obama and president aquino. the european union followed suit with sanctions on 15 new individuals. we will have more on ukraine after headlines. isretary of state john kerry apologizing for saying israel could become an apartheid state statedoes not reach a two solution with palestinians. he made the remarks in a recordings meeting, which were obtained by the daily beast. republican senator ted cr

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also the associated press is reporting yee losed nearly $900 in campaign money to fly to manila to meet with officials in 2008. in 2012 he used campaign money again for a so-called fact-finding trip to the philippines. the a.p. also reports that yee spent at least $62,000 at the new asia restaurant where gang leader raymond "shrimp boy" chao hosted many of his events. >>> someone in the bay area has a winning ticket. still ahead on "today in the bay" we'll show you the mega millions numbers. make sure it's not you. >>> when i came to the light i saw a note taped to the pole. and when i read it, i thought, that's for me. >> the note was from the driver who nearly hit her in the south bay crosswalk. why this mother and jogger says she is stunned this morning. >>> plus a tech boom gives way to a food boom. the grossing industry giving the south bay economy a boost. >>> and two pictures of oakland for you this morning. this one looking at the city from a distance and some blue sky and then we see the oakland coliseum looking much sunnier than it has for the last couple of days. >>> after ne

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. >> activists in the philippines rallied outside the chinese embassy in manila. protestors say chinese coast cards tried to stop a filipino boat from getting to a disputed outcrop on saturday. they say the boat was trying to deliver food supplies to filipino marines stuck on a worship. both counties claimed ownership. >> in bangladesh, a garment factory has been forced to close after an international team of inspectors decided the building was unsafe. the inspections began last year after the factory blast that killed more than 100 workers. workers relying on an income are now facing a difficult future. >> this woman and her husband worked at the same factory. they lived in a tin shack and worked hard to build up a life for them and their 7-year-old daughter who is severely disabled. last week the factory was declared unsafe. without notice both lost their jobs. >> my daughter is never well. she always needs medication and treatment. it's very expensive. even if we don't eat, she needs to eat. now that we don't have work, i don't know how we'll take care of her.

the final stop is manila. mr. obama says in a defense agreement will give u.s. military greater access to the philippine bases. the girl is not to go after the russian president personally. >> assets also be frozen for 17 companies linked to the inner circle. the mayor of one eastern cities in critical condition after then shot. russian rivals seized the building. germany is demanding the release of military monitors with and held since friday. israelis paused in jerusalem to remember the millions of jews killed across europe. people gathered in front of israel's holocaust museum to honor a moment of silence. >> the u.s. senate takes up in a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage. in a report on high-school graduation rates. it will tell you the united states will tell you the united states education. i'm on break sweetheart. you know you don't have to put up with this. ...those annoying period symptoms. general pain relievers, like advil, only treat cramps, but midol has three active ingredients to take care of that... ... and fatigue and bloating. because

he's in m manila. the first round of sanctions did not stop vladimir putin, so what makes him think that the second round will be different? >> reporter: this is a gradual approach, to ratchet up the pressure. over time it will change russia's calculous, and they'll realize that this is a dead-end. you're right. this is a criticism that the sanctions don't go far enough. they have been pushing for broader deeper sanctions. now the white house has talked about what has already happened as a result of the individuals who have already been sanctions. there are several more individuals in in round of sanctions along with the 17 entities that you mentioned. but those entities are those who have been sanctions before. the gradual spreading out, cronies of vladimir putin, cronies and olagarts in the russian economy. it has already cost the russian economy $60 million in investment flight, the credit has been downgraded. and gdp has been downgraded. what has already been done has had some bite and adding to it

policeman just before she died on april 6th, two men entered the home of rubalita, just south of manilashe was a reporter with the tabloid newspaper, remate and a host of a talk show. >> journalists are englishing the murder to her work. she often focused on corruption within the kavite police department. her final words included the name after policeman which her publisher said she had an argument. the philippines is ranked the second deadliest place in the world behind only iraq. the asia specialist bob dietz said until the perpetrateo of her murder and those of other journalists are brought to continue. >> appear journalit in venzuela has been reportedly kidnapped in the capitol. the chief correspondent for global vision. her father says she was taken by masked gunmen on april 6th outside her home. he has appealed to the kidnappers to release his daughter. pinto's global vision colleagues head a mass praying for her safe return and the channel's executives urged people talking about the case over social media to do so responsibly to avoid further endangering her life. no motive has b

manila, while the system that was responsible for a lot of rain is mainly dissipating, still seeing some rain and thunderstorms with a high of 33 degrees. that's a look at your forecast. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended forecast. >>> people on earth have long scanned the skies in search of planets that could support life. now, scientists at the u.s. space agency have spotted an earth-size planet that may feature a key necessity, surface water in liquid form. the nasa astronomers discovered a planet and dubbed it kepler-186f. it's about 500 light years from earth, in a constellation cygnus. the planet is about 10% larger than earth. the astronomers say the orbit around its sun falls within the habitable zone in which liquid water might fall on the surface of an orbiting planet. >> this is one of the big milestones that we've been looking for in our -- in our attempts to find out if there are places just like home, and if there's life out there. >> the planet's host star is smaller and cooler than the sun, and not as bright. nasa researchers say they will kee

we have more from manila. >> this law took almost 15 years to enact, and the supreme court finally ruled that the contentious reproductive health law is constitutional, despite opposition from the hierarchy of the human catholic church in the philippines. the supreme court lifted its temporary retraining order on the limitation of the law that has been in effect sips march 2013. understand the law, that means that the government is compelled to institutionalize safe sex education in schools and university. it also means that the government is compelled to provide contraceptive measures to the communities that will not be able to buy it for themselves. there are many components of the law who are skeptical, because many important provisions have been taken off. >> in a country with a burgeoning population, and a government having a hard time to a rising population, and definitely as a step for a country with a high-rising case of h.i.v. in the world. >> search tales failed to relocate faint sound they think could be from the black box missing malaysia airlines plane. there has been no tra

from conducting a supply mission in the south china sea near a disputed shole that is controlled by manila. >> military analysts have been watching things play out as they try to better understand china's game plan. yoji koda is a former commander in chief of the japan maritime self-defense force fleet. he's tracked chinese maritime strategy for years and gave us his insight. >> for china, the south china sea has various significance. this is not well known subject, but chinese future posture of the strategy nuclear. so china really wants to increase its strategic nuclear capability. one, on the ground. its development on icbms. and secondly, the chinese development on the maritime strategic nuclear. china is building a new submarine base in the hainan islands. and if this -- the new base is completed and eight or ten nuclear submarines will be operational, chinese flexibility to deploy those submarines would spread from the south china sea to the indian ocean and pacific ocean. >> reporter: china is implementing a two-stage defensive strategy called a2/ad or anti-access/area denial. the p