in terms of more than two hundred people killed by flooding in minot. joining me now is. who is currently in the flood affected areas in south in malawi. joining us what is the situation like on the ground as we speak. as we speak now the situation on the ground is not all of our troops and this information shows that fifty seven people to fix people have so far died. i found and that is sending. thousands of people have to be evacuated the numbers keep increasing each popping up on the stick now there really isn't that good a new head of a country so sure but maybe from too lot of it could be some more rain coming and not what's happening on the ground snobby and assessed ill people being put to safety what something key you can tell is not but if the government through the department of disaster management has deployed what a sudden vs i think it starts all live in a fifty districts and behave hundreds of being deployed to one of the most crucial areas in two thousand part of malarkey in science or district where it's heading people or white. men women and children so t

premiered in new york more than twenty years ago this week the first of a language production opens in minot tonight will be breaking new ground in a country where sexuality and women's bodies are still very much to but. it takes courage to say the china out loud in myanmar. never mind talking about periods or pleasure when it comes to sex. it was but these women are warming up getting ready to break taboos. the. trend we have to start a trend toward people realize it's ok to talk about these issues i want people to understand there's no problem talking about it that's why i took part in the play and i'm ok with on the whole. many among the cast say they were taught growing up that bringing up their bodies birth control and especially rape was seen for. much closer to. a movie really where has this play is very powerful for women in myanmar because it's putting the spotlight on women telling their own stories. and we have thousands what. an openness about sexuality is growing like this condom ad it warns men will get a red card in their relationship if they play dirty but he will image and r

risen to four hundred seventeen catastrophic flooding from the storm has killed hundreds more across minot law we and zimbabwe more than a week after the cyclon struck victims say they're not getting enough food and assistance the port city of beara was heavily damaged but has emerged as the nerve center for rescue efforts and mozambique. where there is not much remains over just him and there is home. like most houses in beirut it was destroyed but she returned with the children because she didn't know where else to go she hoped basic repairs would at least give me a roof over their heads. they know this that would be a new way it was horrible to see how badly the house was wrecked i'm all alone with my kids you know i don't know where we can sleep where we can go it's so hard to try and find food for the kids and you know when hundreds of thousands of people in mozambique awaiting for help some is still waiting to be rescued from floodwaters and many are in need of food and drinking water but there aren't enough helicopters to deliver aid going to though for this is the first day that we

the in minot into easy oh or the border to egypt if you go to the countryside popular if you ask the older generation bootlickers popular if you ask women. especially secular women remains popular he's a sympathetic figure he's not a hated think on like the other individuals that egypt and tunisia and syria for example or libya and really great analysis could talking to holt i thank you my pleasure my pleasure thank you very much. now funerals are being held for some of the victims of the latest fighting in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed in cross border shelling between india and pakistan but tensions still high between those two countries were fighting resuming only hours after pakistan released an indian pilot's is a gesture of peace for prime minister indian prime minister near and remote he is calling for indians to unite in this challenging those who question his leadership amid the current crisis ragas the only. radio these are those people who listen to statements from pakistani generals pakistan radio and they are saying there is evidence agains

another local news update in 25 minotes. for back to the "today" show after this short break.reat day. ♪ >>> buckle up, you guys. 7:30 on this friday morning, march 8, 2019. we're celebrating international women's day. we've got a packed plaza. we have some incredible women who we just got a chance to meet that we'll introduce tn you a bit. we have maren morrisho will get out in front and sing for us. >> let's get to the headlines of the morning. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for tax and bank fraud charges. it's far less than what federal sentencing guidelines recommended. manafort had no visible reaction as he heard the47-month sentence. guidelines call for up to 4 years in federal prison. the judgealled that excessive. many legal analysts were surprised over the judge's leniency. manafort will be sentenced in a separate case in washington, d.c. next week. >>> enginee are trying to figure out exactly what caused the roof of a c fitnesster to collapse at montana state university. this is drone videohowing the extent t

look at these windchills -- 42 below in minot. that moves east monday and tuesday. >> a real downer, jeff. thank you so much. >> all right. sorry. >> brr. >>> now to some good news. to a new era in american spaceflight. starting just before sunrise on south florida space coast. the first rocket equipped with the first commercially developed crew capsule passed a critical test this morning when it blasted off toward the international space station, but there was no one on board. that capsule could be used to take astronauts into space later this year. mark strassmann was there and joins us from the kennedy space center. this is exciting for what it could mean for rest of us. >> reporter: good morning. yeah. i got to tell you, around 3:00 this morning the skies around here just lit up along with the moods of thousands of people who had gathered here to watch this launch. this moment represents the beginning of a new space age in which companies rather than countries will lead the way. >> two, one, zero, ignition, liftoff. >> reporte