. >>> leaders of five countries in southeast asia's mekong river region met. they were here to meet with shinzo abe to talk about economy, trade. >> reporter: abe greeted the leaders of laos myanmar, and vietnam. they meet every year to strengthen economic ties and discuss ways to develop infrastructure in the mekong region. abe promised them fresh aid worth more than $6 billion over the next three years. he was looking for political support. the leaders expressed concern about the situation in the south china sea where china has been reclaiming land. >> translator: japan will continue contributing to the peace and stability of the mekong region under the policy of proactive contribution to peace. >> reporter: the mekong countries are members of the association of southeast asian nations. hundreds of people from japanese companies are here to find out what the president and prime ministers of the countries plan to do to boost their economies. leaders attending the summit say they need japanese investment to develop their economies. the region has huge business

warmer than average temperatures in the pacific ocean, that affect weather pattern, including in the mekong region. >> the last few years have been bad. this one when you look at how poor the vegetation is and the satellite imagery - this is really bad. >> the government has been criticized for not doing enough to support farmers. they have deployed pumps to funnel waters to reservoirs. officials admit that a long-term strategy is needed. >> translation: first, we need to build irrigation systems and manage the water supply. we need to have a lot of canals and ponds. especially during the dry season. but these programs may come too late. she says her supply of rice will run out in less than four months. and then they'll have nothing to eat >>> china says it's recovered more than $6 billion in money and assets lost to corrupt officials, part of a drive by xi jinping, who promised to tackle the problem at all levels. government. >> riot police in argentina fought. bus drivers who have been blocking a highway into the capital. protesters throughbottles as police forced them off the road to the

angie: japan and five mequon countries -- mekong countries have made agreements over territorial claimsbeijing has been the ling on reefs in disputed waters. japan will also pay for infrastructure. in an unmanned cargo ship successfully docked at the international space and -- international space station ending an anxious wait for the crew. the progress ship carrying fuel, water, and food blasted off friday from kazakhstan. a launch in april was unsuccessful. last week a resupply mission failed after a spacex rocket exploded surely after liftoff. do you know what else failed? in some of the creditors' view anyway, our top story, the greek referendum saw 61% of voters backing a plan of against further as 30 measures. my next guest says it was badly handled. and greek credibility has been damaged. what do you mean damage? they got a resounding no, very resounding very definitive? guest: i think if it had been marginalized one way or the other it would have lacked validity. this way there is at least some validity to the no vote. but the problem is the policies adopted by syriza and the gr

warmer than average temperatures in the pacific ocean, that affect weather patterns, including in the mekong region. >> the last few years have been bad. this one, when you look at how poor the vegetation is, and the satellite imagery - this is really bad. >> the government has been criticized for not doing enough to support farmers. they have deployed pumps to funnel waters to reservoirs. and to nearby vimages. officials admit that a long-term strategy is needed. >> translation: first, we need to build irrigation systems and manage the water supply. we need to have a lot of canals and ponds. especially during the dry season. but these programs may come too late. she says her supply of rice will run out in less than four months. and then they'll have nothing to eat >>> so is there any relief in sight for the people of cambodia? >> it's a difficult one with drought, because draught takes many forms, agricultural draught may not be the same as meteorological. with the issues of water, changing of crops and so on. it's easy for me to say it's due to the developing el nino if that's the case how