nuland said u.s. support of the pact depends on the details of the north's invitation and what the inspectors would be able to see. >>> north korea has unveiled a detailed schedule of its plan to launch the rocket. the japanese foreign ministry said on monday it received the information from the international maritime organization. the institution issued the details to all member countries. the ministry said the north plans to fire the rocket from pyongyang pphkdo. the launch is scheduled for between 7:00 a.m. and noon april 12th to the 16th. it said the first debris is expected to fall into the yellow sea about 130 kilometers off south korea in a 30 by 80 kilometer area. further debris could fall into the pacific ocean, some 130 kilometers off the philippines. the ministry said some objects will pass over japan's southern sakishima islands. >>> as tensions are rising on the korean peninsula the united states is showing the media key equipment for its annual joint military exercise with south korea. t

nuland suggested the limited number of invitations falls short of international standards for election monitoring. but she said the u.s. would work with the other observers from asean. washington is closely watching the vote to judge myanmar's commitment to democratization. myanmar's government apparently hopes that by accepting foreign observers it will encourage the international community to take a positive stance and eventually lift economic sanctions. myanmar's steps towards political reform are already changing the way the international community sees the country. they now think of myanmar as the place to invest. foreign companies are scrambling to secure their piece of the pie. nhk world's jun kobayashi reports. >> reporter: the first exhibition of japanese products was held in early march in myanmar's largest city. some 45 japanese companies showcased products, including motorcycles, household appliances and cosmetics. >> translator: japanese products are a lot better than those from other countries. >> reporter: until now, few western brands have been able to secure a foothold

victoria nuland taking questions earliered in n the day. >> much like ngos at the embassy in cairo? >> no. as you know, he had been held captive. he was released into the hands of the u.n. >> right. >> and then the u.n. turned him over to us since he is an american citizen when he came to the u.s. embassy, he was in need of medical attention. he was open to being debriefed on his time in captivity, which of course was of interest to us. so it wasn't a matter of being held. it's a matter of he being one of our citizens and therefore we have consular responsibilities to him. >> you understand probably this is not according him immunity. that's why he is at the embassy. to ensure that he is not, for whatever reason, he is beyond the reach of some -- >> no, no, no. this is to help him to get on his way. i don't even know whether he has travel documents or any of the things that he would need. >> it's so odd that initially like on saturday, there was so little information about him. >> yeah. >> and you would think if there were an american who was being held, private or not, that somebod

victoria nuland speaking early in the day. she indicated that the americans, including the son of transportation secretary ray lahood working for the ngos for non-government organizations. joined on the flight is a norwegian and german worker. they were accused of funding unpopular unrest in the country. this is "washington today" on c-span radio. normally we don't focus on the weather in washington d.c., but today, temperatures in the mid-60s. of course, all eyes on the tidal basin and the cherry blossoms. rob defao is speaking at the nunu newseum. >> good morning. 100 years. a lot has happened in 100 years. a lot of people ask me what it means to me. i took a few minutes to reflect on that. who would have thought 1912 would have happened. a gift of friendship would have endured pearl harbor and hiroshima and we are still enduring that friendship today. i didn't understand the significance of the gift of friendship when i took this job 20 years ago. i do get it now. i really do. i appreciate that you entrusted me to care for

at the state department here in washington, d.c., spokeswoman victoria nuland had this. >> we were shocked and saddened to learn of the horrific attack at a jewish school in toulouse, france. we stand with the victims of the attack and offer our condolences to their families and their community. we join the government of france in condemning this unprovoked and vicious act of violence. >> victoria nuland, state department spokeswoman. back in a minute with more "washington today." >> subscribe to the daily c-span alert and receive the latest c-span schedule of events. from the white house, capitol hill and politics. you'll also get the capital spotlight news story, trivia and unique c-span promotions. there are two more alerts available for the book tv and american history tv weekend line-ups. you can sign up for the c-span alerts at c-span.org. >>> welcome back to "washington today" here on c-span radio. two years after the president signed the health care reform legislation, and with the u.s. supreme court about to consider a challenge from a number of states trying to overturn it, that

officers griffin and nuland have been listed as victims on the initial police report. they are currently on paid time off. >> all right. miguel, such a pretty unbelievable story. what's been the response to the police department? are they -- looking into -- you talk about how the lights weren't on on the police cars, just one sample. >> reporter: yes. >> no record. >> reporter: yeah. the police here have been very aggressive in getting out in front of this and releasing as much information as possible, erin. they held that press conference last wednesday. this is the vigil growing to mr. kendrick here at the corner where he died. where he was shot. and the police here are trying to get out as much information. there are three investigation going on. one by the police department itself. one by the l.a. county sheriff's office and another independent investigation by the l.a. county district attorney's office. all of those are pending. >> you mentioned the vigil going on right behind you. has there been significant outpouring and does this feel to you that this is gettin

this is a to permit spokesperson victoria nuland was questioned in february about the u.s.e and diplomat robert blake's visit .. >> are you taking any suggestions that it may have been a military coup? is blake when a check that out? or do you think that is not a reasonable suggestion? >> we are talking all parties. that is why we're sending our folks down, but that is not the information we have at the moment secretary blake will have a chance to be there and talk to everyone on saturday. in the interim, we're urging dialogue, urging calm. president what he has confirmed to forming a national unity government. we think that will be an important signal to political factions across the maldives. >> that means the termination was an unconstitutional change and power will wait until after blake's visit? >> our view, as of yesterday and i do not think that has changed, obviously, we will collect more information going forward, was this was cancelleand constituti. >> that was victoria nuland saying the coup was constitutional, already talking about the new president, who was the

state department spokesperson victoria nuland said this. >> parliament in the midst of the violence in the country, it is ridiculous. >> government forces attacked opposition strongholds. human rights activists say more than 150 people have been killed in syria in the past two days. united nations officials say more than 8,000 people have been killed since anti-government protests began last march. >>> next we go to bangkok. >>> angers flared on the shooting rampage of a u.s. soldier. the attack killed local people, including women and children. there are fears the theory may spread and the taliban may escalate armed violence through attacks. >> reporter: protests were in an eastern province. about 300 people, including students, participated. the reason for the demonstration was monday's rampage by the u.s. soldier that killed 16 people, including 12 women and children. afghanistan's opposition taliban released a statement saying a military which conduct such master of innocent -- in retaliation, we will decap at a time american soldiers. they declared renewed retaliation against the

. >> tory nuland is the state department spokesperson who oversees erdt and more than 80 other foreignnizations. >> the strongest measure we can take, obviously, is to terminate the company's ability to sponsor children all together. >> erdt still functions, erdt is still operational, they're still bringing students over from overseas. if what you've said is true, why are they still operating? >> erdt was one of the organizations that worked with us to strengthen these regulations, and they have been complying, as we have strengthened the regulations with the improved standards, which is why we have kept them on our roles. they themselves were horrified and victimized by this situation. >> what did erdt do -- >> erdt is not the only group with problems. our investigation found 14 organizations organizations where students alleged being sexually abused or harassed by a host parent. several of the organizations have also faced lawsuits for placing students in harm's way. >> we found dozens of cases of alleged sexual abuse or harassment. how does that happen? >> well, first let me say, fr

victoria nuland dismissed it. >> parliament in the middle of the violence we are seeing across the country is ridiculous. >> government forces have attacked opposition strongholds in the northern city of homs. human rights activists say more than 150 people have been killed in syria in the past two days. united nations officials say more than 8,000 people have been killed since anti-government protests began last march. >>> time to check on the stories we gathered from asia. we begin with the item sent by thailand. economists at a thai university have raised their forecast for the country's economic growth this year. they have been expecting growth of 4.7%. they are expecting 5.9%. they say the thai economy benefitted from stimulus measures after last year's flooding. the thai economists say they expect exports to grow 10.3% this year. and consumer spending to grow 4.4%. they are expecting 20 million tourists to tour this year and bring in $25 billion in revenue. >>> malaysia has sent a team to the philippines. a team will remain in the area whether or not the government and separatists wi

. >> nuland said a senior official will attend an international conference in new york next week. analysts say attention is focused on whether the u.s. and north will hold talks during the official's visit. on this week's "nuclear watch," a bird's eye view of a badly damaged facility. nhk took the air, hours after the japanese government scaled back the no fly zone over fukushima daiichi. a year ago, explosions devastated the nuclear plant, turning it into a twisted mass of metal and debris. our reporter was in the helicopter to capture the images and told us what he saw. >> translator: from a radius of 20 kilometers to 3. because it was determined that radiation dosage in the atmosphere did not pose a problem for safe flying. nhk's helicopter captured images from the skies near the power plant for the first time since the accident last march. >> translator: now on the screen we see the fukushima daiichi power plant reactors 1, 2, 3 and 4. the number 3 reactor had a hydrogen explosion and is the most severely damaged. from the mountainside, it is possible to see the ocean through

. >> nuland said a number of technical issues have to be resolved, and she didn't say when aid shipmentsight begin. officials from both sides ended two days of talks on the issue of beijing on thursday. u.s. special envoy robert king indicated the north agreed to u.s. demand for monitoring, to ensure the food reaches the needy and is not diverted to the military. >>> u.n. leaders asked kofi annan to use his influence in syria. the former secretary-general is headed to syria as a special envoy of u.n. and arab league. he will do what he can to urge assad and opposition forces to negotiate a political solution. annan med with the chief in cairo, and annan said hostilities must stop immediately, and called a humanitarian aid activity in the country. some arab nations still support military intervention. annan says that would only make the situation worse. >> i hope that no one is thinking very seriously of using force in this situation. >> annan will be the first u.n. special envoy to visit syria since antigovernment protests began a year ago. >> thousands of people meanwhile, have joined o

state department spokesperson victoria nuland said there's no difference in the positions of the two countries. >> the u.s. and the dprk both know that the dprk agreed that the iaea would be allowed in to confirm the disablement of the fiv megawatt reactor and associated facilities. so that's something that we're expecting also to be on the list wen the iaea goes to north korea. >> you inland also said a senior north korean official will attend an international conference in new york next week. whether the u.s. and the north will hold talks during the official's visit. >>> an international body monitoring monitoring atomic testing has welcomed north korea's nuclear moratorium, but it says it will still keep a close watch on the country. the executive secretary of the tiber toth spoke with nhk in vienna on thursday. >> it's important that north korea for the first time pledged not to carry out nuclear tests. his organization will closely monitor the north's moves so the international community will determine whether it's keeping its word. the ctbto has more than 300 facilities around

state department spokesperson victoria nuland says myanmar has agreed to accept two observers and three journalists from the united states. she welcomed the move as a good first step. >> we would obviously encourage the burmese government to try to bring this monitoring effort as closely as they can to international standards. >> but the u.s. government says it's too early to lift economic sanctions on imports from and investments to myanmar. the bi-elections for both chambers of parliament, as well as regional assemblies, will take place on april 1st. pro-democracy leader aung song suu kyi is running for a seat in parliament. >>> the streets are quiet in many communities along the northeast coast. government officials drew lines around the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant last year and ordered everyone inside out. still the radiation spread beyond those lines. areas of high radiation are shown here in red, yellow and green. government leaders say people who live outside the lines are safe, but many residents have decided to leave just the same. nhk world reports. >> reporter: toishi now

and specifically this viral video that's getting a lot of attention and the comments of victoria nuland the state department's spokesperson earlier today here in washington. speaking of africa today, the president hosting the president of ghana, the twos sharing one thing in common, both up for re-election this year. the president in the oval office calling ghana a model on africa on issues ranging from democracy to foreign investment as well as food security and business cooperation. the president saying that there is a tendency to focus on the challenges in africa, but he also said it's important to talk about some of the good things happening in one of the largest economies in that country. the president of gone gnaw is john evans, add mam mills who was at the white house earlier today. here's more from the oval office. >> there's sometimes a tendency to focus on the challenges that exists in africaen an rightfully so but i think it's important for us to also focus on the good news that's coming out of africa, and i think ghana continues to be a good news story. this is a country tha

today, state department spokesman victoria nuland said a new launch would end the deal. >> frankly, if they were go-to-go forward with this launch it's very hard to imagine how we would be able to move forward with a regime whose word we have no confidence in and who has egregiously violated its international commitments. >> sreenivasan: north korea has argued that satellite launches are part of a peaceful space program, and therefore exempt from any nuclear obligations. the archbishop of canterbury, rowan williams, announced today he is stepping down. for ten years, he's served at the helm of the church of england, and as spiritual leader of 85 million anglicans worldwide, including u.s. episcopalians. but, at 61, he said it's time to move on. >> i think it's a job of immense demands and i would hope that my successor has the constitution of an ox and the skin of a ryes nos are a, really. but he will, i think, have to look with positive hopeful eyes on a church which for all its problems is still for so many people a place to which they resort in times of need and crisis. >> sreenivas

. >> how does it work and that you are married to victoria nuland. how does it work that i will show you a clip of her in her most recent job. >> we have concluded that we need to suspend operations at our embassies in damascus in light of the fact that we have concerns about the safety of our personnel. we have been working many weeks with officials to try to control access through the facility. we were not able to come to appropriate arrangements there. they were not made to suspend operations. the remaining personnel departed the country. the flap has been taken down. the spokesman at the department, outsiders say how does this work? >> she is the face of american foreign policy. not me. that is one good thing. i think people outside washington perhaps have a more cartoonish you of things than those of us who worked in washington for a long time. my wife and i have both been in washington since 1982. people who really make foreign- policy their profession, it is a community. it is a small community. my wife is a dedicated foreign service officer.

so now here at the state department today, victoria nuland, the spokeswoman said it is unclear whethercan be trusted. here's what she saidisms so frankly if they were to go forward with this launch, it's very hard to imagine how we would be able to move forward with a regime whose word we have no confidence in, and who has egregiously violated its international commitments. >> the food deal, candy, is on hold, as she put it, a pauseisms so two questions first, has any of the food actually reached north korea? is sounds like no, and second what's north korea's rationale for saying, hey, we're going to launch a satellite this. >> it hasn't, but they were close to planning how it would be going in, so it was moving forward, but the north koreans say, look, we have a right to space exploration, and this missile, this missile would launch what they're calling an earth observation satellite. the u.s. says, sure, you do have that right, but the missile technology that is used to launch that satellite is what we are worried about. that is what violates u.n. security council resolutions. candy?