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this level of gruesomeness and despair might tempt us to look away, but matt dillon is making it his visit to the rohingya refugee camp, dillon said, i quote, no one should have to live like this. they are being strangled slowly. they have no hope for the future and nowhere to go. dillon is no stranger to refugee issues. he sits on the board of refugees international. accompanying him here today is michelle gabaudan. he has served as the president of refugees international since september of 2010 and he works to help refugees and displaced people worldwide. now dillon, when he is not helping refugees, has continued an acting career and that career has included movies such as "beautiful girls," a personal favorite of mine. "wild things," "there's something about mary" and "city of ghosts." he picked up an oscar nomination for his role in "crash" selected as the best picture in 2006. dillon is currently starring in m. night shyamalan's fox miniseries "wayward pines." please join me in giving a warm press club welcome to matt dillon. [ applause ] >> thank you. i want to thank you. that w
this level of gruesomeness and despair might tempt us to look away, but matt dillon is making it his visit to the rohingya refugee camp, dillon said, i quote, no one should have to live like this. they are being strangled slowly. they have no hope for the future and nowhere to go. dillon is no stranger to refugee issues. he sits on the board of refugees international. accompanying him here today is michelle gabaudan. he has served as the president of refugees international since september of...
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but matt dillon is making it his mission to make sure that we do not look away. speaking to the press after his recent visit to the refugee camp, dillon said, i quote no one should have to live like this. they are being strangled slowly. they have no hope for the future. and nowhere to go. dillon is no stranger to refugee issues. he sits on the board of refugees international. accompanying him here today is michelle gabaudan. she has served as the president of refugees international since september of 2010 and he works to help refugees and displaced people worldwide. now dillon, when he is not helping refugees, has continued an actor career and those have included movies such as "beautiful girls a personal favorite of mine. wild things, there is something about mary and city of ghosts. he picked up an oscar for his role in "crash" selected as the best picture in 2006. he is starring in m knight shamma lan's way pard pines. join me in giving a warm welcoming press club welcome to matt dillon. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. i want to thank you. that was a lov
but matt dillon is making it his mission to make sure that we do not look away. speaking to the press after his recent visit to the refugee camp, dillon said, i quote no one should have to live like this. they are being strangled slowly. they have no hope for the future. and nowhere to go. dillon is no stranger to refugee issues. he sits on the board of refugees international. accompanying him here today is michelle gabaudan. she has served as the president of refugees international since...
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earlier, matt dillon traveled to myanmar, to the poorest state. he sat down with the bbc. >> of all the causes in the world, what drew you to this? >> well, having been on the border with refugees international now for seven-plus years, i heard a lot about them. this is a crisis that has been ongoing. but i really wasn't fully aware of it until i heard an advocate for the rohenga. i heard him speak at an event. the first thing he said was i do not exist. this got my attention. when you visited the camp in western myanmar, what did you see? >> first impression is nobody would live there if they had a choice. they are sort of forced to live there. that is due to the ethnic violence that has flared up over the last three years. there is a feeling of hopelessness. when i saw people with health problems that really needed attention, but there was no means to get attention, the clinic there serves 30,000 people. one doctor comes four days a week for a couple of hours a day, and it is not enough. >> the people you talked to, how do they feel being effect
earlier, matt dillon traveled to myanmar, to the poorest state. he sat down with the bbc. >> of all the causes in the world, what drew you to this? >> well, having been on the border with refugees international now for seven-plus years, i heard a lot about them. this is a crisis that has been ongoing. but i really wasn't fully aware of it until i heard an advocate for the rohenga. i heard him speak at an event. the first thing he said was i do not exist. this got my attention. when...
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turning to the migrant crisis in southeast asia, actor matt dillon traveled omalaysia he visited a rohingya camp on myanmar's western shore. the minority group has few resources and targeted violence. myanmar does not consider the rohingya citizens. (n) bangladesh dozens were charged with murder over the rana plaza garment factory which collapsed in april of 2014. the factory's owner and 43 others are responsible raising questions about bangladesh's garment industry. >>> malaysia's airlines took a major step to charter new territory for the company. hoping to restore the confidence of the flying public after a disastrous 2014. divya gopalan reports. >> a new name, that's what's emerged from malaysia airlines restructuring. christophe mueller the new ceo describes the restructuring with reason. the changes followed two tragedies involving malaysia airlines in the past 14 months but analysts say the carrier had been racking up losses for years. >> this restructuring is driven by business imperatives and the need for it was identified long before last year. so i wouldn't put too much direct co
turning to the migrant crisis in southeast asia, actor matt dillon traveled omalaysia he visited a rohingya camp on myanmar's western shore. the minority group has few resources and targeted violence. myanmar does not consider the rohingya citizens. (n) bangladesh dozens were charged with murder over the rana plaza garment factory which collapsed in april of 2014. the factory's owner and 43 others are responsible raising questions about bangladesh's garment industry. >>> malaysia's...
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. >> we have the small boat -- matt dillon recently visited one of those camps. tt: we have the smaller ships that we are able to help the people that sit out there for weeks. they were held for ransom. people were finally able to break through to the community leaders to get them to negotiate a release. these people suffered. charlie: michelle is president of refugees international and kenneth is director of human rights watch and david miliband is a former foreign minister of britain. i'm pleased to have each of them here. let me begin with you, matt. tell me how you got involved. matt: i've been on the board of refugees for several years and obviously, the rohingya are a group of people that we are very interested in and concerned about. it was about six weeks ago at an event when an activist, a human rights activist and advocate for the rohingya spoke. his speech was very powerful. he started off by saying "i don't exist." it stayed with me. i met with him the following day and told him if we got an opportunity to help on the issue , i will. i found myself in
. >> we have the small boat -- matt dillon recently visited one of those camps. tt: we have the smaller ships that we are able to help the people that sit out there for weeks. they were held for ransom. people were finally able to break through to the community leaders to get them to negotiate a release. these people suffered. charlie: michelle is president of refugees international and kenneth is director of human rights watch and david miliband is a former foreign minister of britain....
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. >> rose: we continue this evening with the global refugee crisis and talk to matt dillon, michel gabaudan, kenneth roth and david david miliband. >> i was grateful, because it's a migrant crisis. i was glad when they said i'm going to the champ to see what's happening. it is a crisis that has the roots in the treatment of people in burma. >> rose: we conclude with bjarke ingels, the danish architect, designing the fourth and final tower at the world strayedworldtrade center. >> it's the center of your inhibitions. we try to design buildings that look different because they perform differently in a way that you can s in the beginning of each project, we try to educate ourselves in what are the key criteria here, what is the biggest problem we need to solve, what is the greatest potential we can create? and then we try to seek expertise, find people that really know about this issues and interview them and learn about these issues, and then try to turn those issues into the driving force of the design. >> rose: iraq refugees and a stunning new building in the neyork landscape when we contin
. >> rose: we continue this evening with the global refugee crisis and talk to matt dillon, michel gabaudan, kenneth roth and david david miliband. >> i was grateful, because it's a migrant crisis. i was glad when they said i'm going to the champ to see what's happening. it is a crisis that has the roots in the treatment of people in burma. >> rose: we conclude with bjarke ingels, the danish architect, designing the fourth and final tower at the world strayedworldtrade center....
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please join me to give a warm national press club welcome to matt dillon. [applause] >> thank you. that was a lovely introduction and also into every buddy here at the national press club before hosting michelle and myself the rohingya of myanmar a the current largest stateless group in though world estimated somewhere 100 million people i'm sorry 1 million people, at least. after having served on the board of refugees international the last seven years i have heard about the rohingya during that time a group of great concern going as far back as the early '90s or maybe longer. but six weeks ago here in washington d.c. that the rohingya really got my attention. as an advocate for his fellow rohingya was honored at refugees international and defense that he made a powerful speech there is an urgency you don't typically hear it was the immediate desperate plea of of someone who was accepting an award for something they have done the first words out of his mouth were i don't exist. i learned later at the very moment he was making that speech, and many rohingya were suffering and dying
please join me to give a warm national press club welcome to matt dillon. [applause] >> thank you. that was a lovely introduction and also into every buddy here at the national press club before hosting michelle and myself the rohingya of myanmar a the current largest stateless group in though world estimated somewhere 100 million people i'm sorry 1 million people, at least. after having served on the board of refugees international the last seven years i have heard about the rohingya...
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matt's killers like james hole ems and dillon klebold openly admit they searched for gun free placesgot to be sitting ducks. that's why i am glad we are here more guns doesn't mean more crime it makes british blow hard like pierce nuts the same blow hard who enjoyed armed security at their work when they used to have jobs. >> these are gorgeous. joining me media. >> i love the brits. i lived there. they have interesting food. they have like castles and stuff. but you can't talk about guns with them. why is that? >> you can't talk with guns about most people. everybody has strong opinions and thinks they have the correct point. i think it's dangerous to get to the business of complex like violence. you know what's driving violence? it is guns clearly. obviously. guns is a complicated topic. violence is a complicated topic. the swiss has a lot of guns. just like the u.s. has a lot of guns. they have a murder rate lower than ours. if we look to the answer of why violence happens in particular places it has to be about more than guns. why do the swiss have lower gun rates? >> it is compl
matt's killers like james hole ems and dillon klebold openly admit they searched for gun free placesgot to be sitting ducks. that's why i am glad we are here more guns doesn't mean more crime it makes british blow hard like pierce nuts the same blow hard who enjoyed armed security at their work when they used to have jobs. >> these are gorgeous. joining me media. >> i love the brits. i lived there. they have interesting food. they have like castles and stuff. but you can't talk...