, we passed a funeral on oui’ rice paddies, we passed a funeral on our way rice paddies, we passed arice paddies, we passed a funeral on our way up. citizens have been told to be on alert and they have been handed out gas masks. and today officials will move into this exclusion zone behind me to make sure all residents leave a 12 kilometre radius around the volcano in anticipation for a major eruption. we will continue to monitor mount agung. these are live images. we we re agung. these are live images. we were expecting an eruption to be imminent. we had a 24—hour warning around this time last night. we continue to monitor that. the moment we have more news we will bring that to you. the other big news today is that here in the uk we're bracing ourselves for another royal wedding. prince harry is to marry the american actress, meghan markle. the wedding will take place early next year. the one time party prince, proposed to his girlfriend of 18 months, over a roast chicken dinner earlier in november. the queen and duke of edinburgh are said to be "delighted for the couple" and wishe

he crawled to a rice paddy stick with steel rain. that means a role it's. all over the place.s soldiers watched him, they were sure that was the last time they would see doc. they thought that was the end of their friend jim. but after several minutes passed, jim emerged from the smoke and fire caring yet another soldier. he immediately bandaged and fixed and worked. he got the wounds fixed and lifted the soldier to a medevac helicopter. his lieutenant ordered jim to get in, too. get it said, get in. but jim refused. he said, you're going to need me here. as jim now says, i would've rather died on need out of failed then know that men died because they did not have a medic. over the next 24 hours, jim fired at enemy soldiers, suffered a bullet wound to his arm, and continued to rush into gunfire to save more and more lives. afterht approached again nearly two days of no food, no volunteered to hold a blinking light in an open field to signal for a supply drop. he would not yield. he would not rest. he would not stop. he would not flinch in the face of sure death and definite d

they marched down a trail, past a rice paddy.ts rang out and splintered the bamboo above their heads. the lead soldier tripped a wire , a booby trap. a grenade rolled toward the feet of a 20-year-old machine gunner. the pin was pulled, and that grenade would explode at any moment. a few years earlier, on the other side of the country, deep in the jungle, a small group of americans were crouched on top of a small hill. and it was dark, and they were exhausted. the enemy had been pursuing them for days. and now they were surrounded, and the enemy was closing in on all sides. two discrete moments, but today we honor two american soldiers for gallantry above and beyond the call of duty at each of those moments: specialist donald sloat, who stood above that grenade, and command sergeant major bennie adkins, who fought through a ferocious battle and found himself on that jungle hill. nearly half a century after their acts of valor, a grateful nation bestows upon these men the highest military decoration , the medal of honor. normally,

a vietnamese farmer's entire world is a thatched hut, a small rice paddy, his wife and children. past quarter of a century, his village has been a battleground. completely isolated by viet cong destroyed villages and mined roads. the vc wanted food, they took his rice. they wanted soldiers, they shanghaied his sons. his village chief objective was beheaded. his neighbors who protested were beaten. he can trust no one. the viet cong told him the marines would come to seize homes, murder children and enslave entire families. anyone who helped americans, the vc said, would be tortured and killed. so, quite naturally, trust and confidence grow slowly, nurtured by little acts of promises fulfilled. surely the stranger who binds one's wounds does not intend to murder and always the marines first question is "what can we do to help you?" when the viet cong have been driven out of the area, a combined action company is formed to provide security for the village. marines and south vietnamese popular forces, militia men from the village work and train together in this company. their patrol

progress on addressing a greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture you know things like cattle paddy fields all of those. aspects of agriculture caused a lot of emissions the world is going to now be able to make progress because in principle an agreement has been found today on that issue all right it's a corresponding christophers brigade at those climate talks in bonn germany christopher thank you very much. well the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can write directly to me a print off t.v. don't forget to use the hash tag of the day every member no matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see then everybody. entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful so far the political fallout from catalonia has independence made shows no sign of being contained my guess this week here in brussels is spain's foreign minister alphonso das they say how has the government failed to prevent but come choose the worst was arguably its most predictable political crisis in decades

was a paddy to show you and when i was in paris quite often after the performance people came and asked me how are you able to play bach in a way that we can understand how were you able to understand. how can you understand western music at all i told them i think in their highest in purest form the arts and cultures of the world are very much related. they have no geographical borders they are the spiritual property of mankind. solution. for her. it was music and bass music him particular that enabled you shall may to deal with her dreadful experiences the pianist lived through all the excesses of them our regime years of indoctrination five years of re education another five years locked up in a labor camp a shattered family hardship and harassment in one thousand nine hundred eighty she emigrated and finally found a new home in paris this film tells the story of her.

thank you paddy i think it's very unlikely indeed that the beer no out war between iran and saudi arabia whatever the quality of leadership that is just too big and too dangerous but so i'm challenging partly your analysis but i do think this division and the inflaming all of it is disliked stabilizing the whole region and the wider muslim wound and distracting everyone from getting the great progress on human rights the values of the arab spring israel palestine and it's really divide and all that is holding back the region if i mean i'm interesting your response because that is my analysis and if so what should the western policy be can we ever hope for a day when we stand up for international law and human rights in the region whether or not but. with elevating. what we call a confrontation. as i said which is bolder walls elsewhere around the world develops into something greater. we don't know but the policy should be the same either way the reality is it is not in the west's interest. it's not in anybody's interest to stoke up this confrontation because it's already led to enough b

the good news is that the rice paddy made for a nice soft landing. the bad news is that it made for a nice soft landing. what happened is the force of the fall mired him in a rice, mud, and mop mixture that he cannot get out of. it was like quicksand drawing him in and he still had on his heavy gear, his parachute, and he was so loaded down that he just couldn't move. to make matters worse, he noticed that the sticky green rice swamp was turning a bright red color and he managed to pull his arms out and they saw that they were both bleeding profusely. he did not know how he had been injured upon bailout, but he had deep cuts in both arms. all he could do was wiggle and twist and try to get enough leverage out of the swamp to boost himself out. that's exactly what he did and he took off running for the mountains. keep in mind he still had on his heavy g suit, a survival vest, to handheld radios, 38 ammunition, water bottles, and players. he started running and it started getting quieter and quieter. it was really noisy because there was an air raid go

progress on addressing a greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture you know things like cattle paddy fields all of those. aspects of agriculture caused a lot of emissions the world is going to now be able to make progress because in principle an agreement has been found today on that issue all right it's a corresponding christopher's brigade at those climate talks in bonn germany christopher thank you very much. to greece now at least fourteen people have died thirteen are seriously injured after flash floods hit towns west of the capital athens four days of heavy rains have turned streets into rivers forcing many residents to take refuge on rooftops and balconies original rain of this type is unusual in greece and poor infrastructure means many buildings are vulnerable to flooding. well tonight there is growing uncertainty about the situation in zimbabwe president robert mugabe is under house arrest the military appears to have seized power but it denies staging a coup of the head of the african union told a.f.p. news that he thought the crisis quote seemed like a coup and he called

progress on addressing a greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture you know things like cattle paddy fields all of those. aspects of agriculture caused a lot of emissions the world is going to now be able to make progress because in principle an agreement has been found today on that issue all right it's a corresponding christopher's brigade at those climate talks in bonn germany christopher thank you very much. at least fifteen people have been killed by flash floods in two coastal towns in greece people were reportedly woken by torrents of water raging through their homes after a night of heavy rain the prime minister has declared a period of national mourning. this is a sign very few people are used to seeing but especially greeks. to ritual rain is rare in greece and so is flooding on the scale. of. the waters trapped many residents in their homes of forced them to take refuge on their rooftops. risky services say it remains unclear how many people missing particularly in coastal regions west of athens where a number of people with swept out to sea. some residents have begun to a

. ♪ >>> last ride, a few miles out of town, whip across the rice paddies.sure. ♪ ♪ i'm meeting my friends for a country lunch. what's a specialty at this restaurant? chicken baked in clay? >> yes. >> another friend from the past, pham, lin, of course, and a new friend tan. a last meal, some goodbyes. >> i have a question. what make you stay so long? because normally travelers come and stay only one or two nights. what's your impressions about it? >> it's very laid back. the food's great. it's pretty. there's a lot to see. it's a perfect place to go if you want to take your time. it's beautiful to me. ♪ food's coming. >> out here, there are a lot of dishes like this. fill a chicken in banana grass and cover it with clay from the rice paddies. cook in a burning pile of straw, unwrap carefully tableside. section with sheers. >> smells so good. make me hungry. serve with a little lime and salt, maybe some chili sauce. [ laughter ] >> squash, bitter morning, for veggies. >> tastes good. >> that's good. >> some unexpected last words. >> on behalf of people, thank

the good news is that the rice paddy made for a nice soft landing. the bad news is that it made for a nice soft landing. what happened is the force of the fall mired him in a rice, mixture that he cannot get out of. it was like quicksand drawing him in and he still had on his heavy gear, his parachute, and he was so loaded down that he just couldn't move. to make matters worse, he noticed that the sticky green rice swamp was turning a bright red color and he managed to pull his arms out and they saw that they were both bleeding profusely. he did not know how he had been injured upon bailout, but he had deep cuts in both arms. all he could do was wiggle and twist and try to get enough leverage out of the swamp to boost himself out. that's exactly what he did and he took off running for the mountains. keep in mind he still had on his heavy g suit, a survival vest, to handheld radios, 38 ammunition, water bottles, and players. he started running and it started getting quieter and quieter. it was really noisy because there was an air raid going on. as a

part of his work is to try and persuade farmers to not burn their rice paddy before planting t their next t crop--w. the smoke accocounts for one quarter of d delhi's pollution, but even though the e government isis promising a subsidydy for equipment that c can sow crops without burning rice, it's hard to persuade this farmer, pargat singh, to chchange his approach. narrator: despite these struggles, former r environment mininister jairaram ramesh s stl sees s some posititive trends,st least the plunging cososts of solar energy and india''s huge commitment to dedevelop it. rameshsh: when i was ministeter, solar would costst about 20 rups a unit, , and today solar is costining less than 3 rupeeses a ununit. i mean, it is a a drama- nuclear cocosts are gogoing up.l coststs are going up, , but solr costs s are plummemeting, and di thinink thatat works to our advantage. that gets reflected in this commitmentnt that we hae madede that by 2030, we will h e 40% of our electricity from non-fossil-fuel sources. i don't think that's an unreasonable target, i mean, because already we are knock

i sat down and did not realize it was in front of the paddy wagon.jail, we were on the tradition of jail, no bail. i get up there and they said madeleine carter, that is my said -- whoever told me to sit their new why that was important to do. here is what i was so struck by. at that time, i think there were 70 of us women at the present. 99% of the women in that jail were black. what they did to try to distinguish the political prisoners from the regular prisoners -- we had blue denim dresses and they had a different color blue, thinking that might be easy enough. not because they did not have enough close -- not because they do not have enough clothes, being the only black women in there, one of the sisters came up and said what are you doing in here? protesting the war in vietnam. son,sband, my brother, my these two words, vietnam or jail. think about the reality of that for anyone opposed to that war. they are doing it to this day. that divident, between the political prisoners and the regular prisoners, that wall came down. there is another thin

an older gent with his paddy cab. sometimes you can fit more to make your day easier. he's getting out of the way of the white car. his day takes a turn to the left, a hard left turn. oh, okay. >> on the side, oh, no, no, no let go, let go! >> not two, and you're thinking he's still got a bit of control. he lets go of it. wait for the comedy moment, and there it goes. >> oh! >> he rode it until the wheels fell off. >> you're a bad influence on me. >> there are no reports of any injuries to this gentleman right here so feel free to laugh. it's funny. >>> it's a good feeling, when you get somebody a gift that just nails it, where they love it so much, like this girl here, her husband just bought her a pair of glasses, for her 19th birthday. >> what do we see? >> she puts them on and she does the sniffy fingers. you think on the inside of the glasses it says will you marry me, no, these are the inchroma glasses, if you're unfamiliar, can t helps people with color blindness see color. watch the color wash over here. >> so many different greens. >> off the bat she's immedia

miller and his partner goodwin hardy got their dog about a year ago because paddy now plays a major role in the couple's life their travel plans have changed radically. yes. yes this is the first time we've looked at river cruz with the dog. we traveled further afield to the caribbean in the past but we don't really want to do that anymore so we both the dog last year and said if we go on holiday then we will always take the dog. went and yes this is our first voyage together six miles of. the guests are welcome to board in the afternoon tour guide of a boy memorizes the names of many of the four legged friends he knows how important direct contact is. possible really with the barber shop they always look like this . but all i do is just it's stressful for everyone to the crew dogs just the first day but over the next few days we'll get to know each other better not just the owners but the darks tours that's evolving also the moment. these well seasoned passengers from potter barn can now have their dog patty with them in their cabin the couple have paid around two thousand euros for the

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at the moment, there are still farmers down below in their rice paddies, and the balinese are still goinga sacred site, but now they are watching it very carefully, and on high alert for an imminent eruption. more on the two come. —— that to come. it's nearly two years since a state of emergency was declared in flint, michigan, when the water supply was found to be contaminated with lead. what started as a cost cutting measure has resulted in multiple illnesses and an outbreak of legionnaires' disease that caused at least twelve deaths. but water quality remains a real concern across the us. as part of his america first series — the bbc‘s aleem maqbool sent this report from flint. it has put us just through hell. there's just no other way to say it. the only thing really unusual about what happened in flint is that the agencies responsible got caught. before she even knew about the lead poisoning, keri webber recalls her shock when she took her daughter to the hospital. they've shown me parts of her skin that you could see the bone in her wrist. and there was literally a line that was not

across the paddy fields appears a stream of people laden with heavy bags and carrying small children they say they're escaping from the smoke in the distance the follow the path to the border and come across a group of. bare feet caked in mud they tell us they arrived in bangladesh the day before need to return to find the rest of their families who couldn't make the journey that as the last bangladeshi border security post and beyond that where you see the smoke billowing as me and mark now the journey between the two countries is just a boat ride across the river that takes twenty minutes which is why we've seen dozens of raw and joe made it to the safety of bangladesh trying to go back to say family members that left behind for norma hamad and his extended family this path leads to safety. we struggled so much we want to stay here live here and die here in bangladesh. facing the realities the president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent audit that audit hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then that the future of the g.c.c.

progress on addressing a greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture you know things like cattle paddy fields all of those. aspects of agriculture caused a lot of emissions the world is going to now be able to make progress because in principle an agreement has been found today on that issue all right it's a corresponding christophers brigade at those climate talks in bonn germany christopher thank you very much. well the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can write directly to me a print off t.v. don't forget to use the hash tag of the day every member no matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. how do you finish people sound like this for example. the symphony no mystery composed by rock star michael talking inspired by the d.n.a. of the machine. gets heavy. and sometimes melancholic the sound of. your romance next d.w. . you're a. what unites. what divides. looks driving force. what binds. content to get. answers and stories aplenty. spotlight on p

at the moment there are still farmers down there in their rice paddies, and the balinese are still going. they revere this mountain as a sacred site, but now they are watching it very carefully, and are on high alert for an imminent eruption. of course, the moment we get more details, we will bring them to you. first lets turn to syria. there, government forces are pounding one of the last remaining rebel—held strongholds, according to aid agencies and human rights groups on the ground. russia has called for a ceasefire there for the next two days. medecins sans frontiers says dozens of people have been killed in eastern ghouta and that continued bombardment is stretching medical facilities to the limit. despite concerns that glyphosate could cause cancer, the european union has decided to renew the licence for the weedkiller for another five years. it was due to expire next month. a world health organisation study concluded that though the chemical probably caused the disease, the available evidence doesn't warrant it being listed as a carcinogen. a political row has broken out in washi

at the moment, there are still farmers down below in their rice paddies, and the balinese are still goingrevere this mountain as a sacred site, but now they're watching it very carefully, and are on high alert for an imminent eruption. let's brief you now on other stories in the news today. un—backed syria peace talks resume in geneva today, but a breakthrough seems hardly more likely than in seven failed earlier rounds. backed by the russians, president bashar al—assad is pushing for total military victory. the syrian government has not yet confirmed it'll attend the talks. talks aimed at averting a snap general election in the irish republic have broken up without agreement. a political crisis has been building over the role of the deputy prime minister, frances fitzgerald, who's rejected opposition demands she resign over a police whistle—blowing case when she was justice minister. the british parliament's brexit committee meets in private this morning to discuss information released to mps by the government yesterday about the likely economic impact of britain leaving the european uni

across the paddy fields appears the stream of people they dinner with heavy bags and carrying small children they say they're escaping from the smoke in the distance the follow the path to the border and come across a group of. bare feet caked in mud they tell us they arrived in bangladesh the day before need to return to find the rest of their families who can make the journey that as the last bangladeshi border security post and beyond not raising the smoke billowing as me and mark now the journey between the two countries is just a boat ride across the river that takes twenty minutes which is why we've seen dozens of raw and joe made it to the safety of bangladesh trying to go back to say family members that left behind for normal hammad and his extended family this path leads to safety even thought should be struggled so much now we want to stay here live here and die here in bangladesh on counting the cost black gold big dreams and a mega city in the desert why saudi arabia is pinning its hopes on a ram culture futureproof its economy to raise or not to raise a big decision for the bank

at the moment there are still farmers down below in their rice paddies, and the balinese are still goingheir life. they revere this mountain as a sacred site, but now they are watching it very carefully, and on high alert for an imminent eruption. let's ta ke let's take you to the live pictures around mt agung. as you can see, there is a lot of clout around at there is a lot of clout around at the moment but there has been a huge amount of activity. to bring you up to date, in case you missed some of that or just to date, in case you missed some of that orjustjoined us, bali's airport is going to remain closed until wednesday morning local time. if you know the island, the main tourist stretch of kuta is about 43 miles from the volcano, so far beyond the exclusion zone at the moment, at least, but according to official estimates, the island has lost at least $110 million, £83 million, in tourism and productivity. tens of thousands of people, we were hearing, have stayed put for the moment. spokespeople said they have teams checking the exclusion zone for people who have not evacuated, an

at the moment, there are still farmers down below in their rice paddies, and the balinese are still going but now they are watching it very carefully, and on high alert for an imminent eruption. voters in honduras are still waiting to find out who will be their next president. both candidates have claimed victory. the latest count puts the left—wing tv host—turned—politician salvador nasralla ahead of his right—wing opponent, sitting president juan 0rlando hernandez. will grant reports. the presidential election in honduras is descending into farce after a night in which both the incumbent and his nearest challenger claimed victory, all heads turned to the national electoral tribunal for clarity. they were unable to. translation: of the votes counted so far, salvador nasralla for the opposition alliance has a total of 45.1%. juan 0rlando hernandez of the honduras national party has 40.2%. before mcdermott —— television presenter salvador nasralla has lead. but for now, presidentjuan 0rlando hernandez is refusing to accept defeat. 0fficials 0rlando hernandez is refusing to accept defeat. o

death mina and his partner goodwin hardy got their dog about a year ago because paddy now plays a major role in the couple's life their travel plans have changed radically. yes. yes this is the first time we've looked at river cruise with a dog. we've travelled further afield to the caribbean in the past but we don't really want to do that anymore so we bought the dog last year and said if we go on holiday then we will always take the dog. went and yes this is our first voyage together six miles of. the guests are welcome to board in the afternoon tour guide of a boy memorizes the names of many of the four legged friends he knows how important direct contact is. possible really with the barber shop they always look like this . but all i do is just it's stressful for everyone to get the crew dogs it's the first day but over the next few days we'll get to know each other better not just the owners but the dark stares it's also the moment. these well seasoned passengers from powder barn can now have their dog patty with them in their cabin the couple have paid around two thousand euros for

man's land between caulks bones are dying of that shun me on my now most of them are stranded in the paddy field behind me the hilltop you know saying is me on my board are in between is the this has been one of the new points a lot of the refugee of the crossing into buying of that just last week and friday about six thousand refugees crossed into buying without using makeshift raft and fishing boat so the influx was really not stopped people are still coming in meanwhile and there's a lot of diplomatic activities overseas as well as in buying of that the foreign minister of sweden japan and germany are scheduled to visit buying of that within this week on november nineteenth chinese foreign minister is also scheduled to visit this coming week to me and mine and bangladesh between all the diplomatic jargon that really hasn't been a solution about the report creation all of the going to refugee is the army chief yes the day of the myanmar army of yes that this aid that it is up to the citizens of myanmar to decide how many they're going get refugees will be taken on not casting doubt abroa

spirituality, reflection, the serene beauty of the rice paddy, village life, maybe next episode, faranguming medically inadvisable amounts of food and drink. if thailand is one of the best countries to eat in, then chiang mai is a particularly good city to find yourself hungry. oh, that's the frog. >> andy: that's the frog. it's basically taking that frog, grill him first, hack it up, fry the living bollocks out of it with garlic. >> anthony: mm. you know, there's almost an inverse relationship, like the more hideous-looking the dish, the more delicious it is. as you probably noticed by now, the food here is not pad thai or green curry chicken. there are complex layers of flavor, sophisticated balances, spicy, sour, a little bitter, salty, herby. color and texture are important. crispy, soft, cold, hot. it's exactly this interplay between elements that makes northern thai food so thrilling and so addictive. >> andy: this place is called laap kao cham cha. laap is the dish that they're known for, which is the minced meat salad. >> anthony: now what's that furry material there? >> andy: t

are having reverberations around the world among those invited to speak at this event in london was paddy ashdown a member of u.k.'s upper house of parliament and the former leader of the liberal democrats party he told attendees that the international community must take punitive measures against saudi arabia to prevent its leadership from further destabilizing the region britain support and saudi arabia's actions in the enemy. is as foolish as it is reprehensible. it is very clear that war crimes have been committed in the conflict in yemen both in relation to india's going to use attacks on civilians and by using aid and starvation as a weapon of war britain's silence on these matters is the murderous and shame the saudi led war in yemen has gone on for two years now it was launched by crown prince mohammed bin. in that time thousands have been killed and millions displaced on top of that mohamed bin sandman has pursued other aggressive policies including a recent crackdown inside the kingdom which saw hundreds of people arrested among them senior members of the royal family and some o

liberal democrats paddy ashdown who was one of the speakers he highlighted what he believes were the dangers of saudi arabia's policies and called for the u.k. to block weapons sales to the kingdom due to its assault on yemen. support on saudi arabia's actions in yemen with. as foolish as it is reprehensible. it is very clear that war crimes have been committed in the conflict in yemen both in relation to interest going to tax on civilians and by using agents donation as a weapon of war britain's silence on these matters. and. you see. the fact that we are at the same time supplying arms to side us makes it even more. demolish al has more of the conference in london. as events continue to develop in the gulf region the attention of the world particularly western capitals is increasing with regards to what's going on there particularly saudi arabia this conference is that. time to addressing some of the key issues coming out of saudi arabia namely the human rights records or the lack of human rights in the kingdom as well as what's going on in terms of power consolidation by. prince m

you also have lab brooke, one of the larger ones combined with paddy power.ing for a specific number on how big this could be relative, but there has been a little bit of a wave of consolidation to spur it up again. vonnie: taylor riggs, thank you. that is the stock of the hour -- william hill. prime minister theresa may meeting with the european president. she isn't brussels today. -- she is in brussels today. pinching brexit talks forward? that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ live from berlin and new york, i'm matt miller. vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn, and this is "bloomberg markets." all right, theresa may is in brussels trying to unlock the stalled brexit negotiations. she is meeting with e.u. president donald tusk on the sidelines of an you summit. this is happening weeks ahead of a crucial au summit in mid-december to decide if the negotiations can move on the talking about trade. for details, let us go to an editor for bloomberg news in brussels. willit look like ms. may push the ball forward today? friendly, have to say it is not clear at this point. the

the smell past rice paddies, water buffaloes, what feels like another century. >> anthony: laos is aur heart, and not let you go. >> anthony: it's what you do, right? i mean, if you're thinking of a place to open a bar or a restaurant, you're gonna put it by the river. right? >> french guy: yeah, yes, yes. >> anthony: nice breeze, nice view. >> french guy: and you see lao, lao people, they come here during the afternoon. they have a drink. it's nice. >> french guy: perfect. >> anthony: more than a few people came here for vacation, and never went home like ben. >> anthony: so how long have you been in laos? >> french guy: in laos, oh, around 15 years. i haven't been back to france for a long time. >> anthony: when you first came here, what was it like? >> french guy: heh. ah, it was just opened, you know, it was beginning of 2000. >> anthony: what do you mean by "just opened?" >> french guy: before it was very difficult to travel, you know? no, if you have a permit to travel in luang prabang -- >> anthony: right. >> french guy: you can only visit luang prabang. you want to go another

paddy power trading strongly. the dax has just opened. 1%, as anticipated.hose are your stocks rising this morning. that's we are seeing some of the best bids come through. some of the miners are trading strongly as well. you can see a read coming out of the next numbers and some of the european and u.k. closing resellers -- closing resellers. clothing resellers. 2%.trading down by nearly deutsche telekom also weaker this morning. this is as concern mounts over .he sprint u.s. steel it will not go through, and that is being read into the stock this morning. deutsche telekom down by 2.24%. it is playing catch-up. there are plenty of stocks on the move this morning that are providing us with a macro theme. we are talking -- we will talk about the bank of england. ftse talk about the announcement. it is likely to be overshadowed. there is no question about the timeline of the corporate tax cuts. we are expecting the president to deliver his nomination for the fed chair. with us, jeffrey yu. good morning. tomorrow is going to be a huge day. forget the fed today.

nothing happens in his rice paddy without his knowledge. he watches the attack being planned and says nothing, he watches them launch and gives no warning. if he can be convinced that our war is his war, these attacks would stop almost overnight. >> the continued ability of the viet cong to mount these attacks on our key communications on our most important bases shows that however well we are doing in large unit actions, we are making much slower progress against guerrillas and terrorists. they can and do still stage incidents and kidnap or murder local officials in the outskirts of saigon itself. american military commanders say you can never completely stop that sort of thing anymore than you can completely stop muggings and bank robberies in the united states. it is still true that someone knows where the vietcong guerrillas and terrorists are and does not want to tell us or finds it safer or more politic not to. so far, we have been talking only about the ground war in vietnam. we will look at the air war next. charles: the entire path

captain jacobs made many troops across the rice paddies evacuating wounded and weapons of the on threeoccasions he drove off viet cong squads, single handedly killing three and wounding others. his actions and extraordinary heroism saved the life of one u.s. adviser and 13 allied soldiers. through his effort the allied company was restored to effective fighting unit and prevented defeat of the friendly forces by a strong and determined enemy. captain jacobs by his gal anty and bravery in action in the highest traditions of the military service has reflected great credit upon himself, his unit, and the u.s. army. that was the citation for our friend jack jacobs and that is what veterans day should be about, for jack and people who have worn the uniform. our friend did not know we were going to do that tonight but i'll deal with him. that is our broadcast for tonight and for the week. thanks for being with us. good night from msnbc news in new york. >>> msnbc takes you behind the walls into prisons into a word of chaos and danger. now the scenes you've never seen. "lockup: raw." prison m