we start the philippines. -- we start with the philippines. they've done the hard work of identifying steps they would've needed to take whether that needed to join the transpacific -- transpacific partnership. they are serious about deepening trade and that is where vietnam and then we should be open to follow agreements with malaysia and others. ideally, we would see a series of high quality, high standard fda's or perhaps the evolution of the u.s.-japan agreement into a broader regional framework. regarding multilateral efforts, i will talk briefly here about infrastructure investment. secretary pompeo announced new u.s. initiative here. beyond that, we want to be working much work closely with u.s. allies and partners and encouraging to coordinate amongst themselves. we see the beginning of the work, but more needs to be done going forward. basically, we want to make sure china is not the only game in town in southeast asia when it comes to infrastructure investment, that they can go to the asian development bank's commercial banks and oth

, so that's not saying all the philippine claims and is not making a judgment on the philippine claims adjusting where they are now, where they have forces and where they have people, move on those island and their security commitment. things like that were we could be in unilaterally or by laterally more active would be very valuable. i don't think we would have much of a chance of convening a group without the chinese. >> is actually secretary clinton in 2010 who first offered the good aphis jen offices but no one took them up on the offer. one thing that's been striking is you had this tribunal ruling and the nations stood up and said we stand with the philippines, no nor were we proactive to do what we do in other parts of the world which is hammer out medications which says the ruling done, we all sign up to some that we support the ruling. >> we came out immediately with a strong statement as the number of countries. i was in government at the time for the outlier was the philippines because they had just had a change in government. i think that was a surprise to almost everyone

to manila, the philippines' capital.in lynchburg, lead fbi negotiator mark thundercloud thought he knew why the kidnappers released gerfa. >> their intent was to let her go to help raise more money. now she's out. and now she's got to talk to these people. >> right. >> someone needs to be there with her. >> reporter: heiko decided he should stay in lynchburg, try to find the money, and mark thundercloud moved his operations from the family's kitchen to a hotel room in manila. and there, as one month passed, then another, they tried to help gerfa deal with mr. so. >> december 6th was the last day that we talked with mr. so. basically, he was saying, "look, what you're offering is not enough. this might be the last communication that we ever have. we still expected calls. but on the 7th, nothing. on the 8th, nothing. on the 9th, nothing. >> reporter: oh, they would hear what happened to kevin. soon enough. a shock in waiting. >> coming up -- and it can feel like no matter what you do, you're itching all the time. but even

you mentioned vietnam from indonesia, philippines. you could have a number of countries that might characterize as emerging partnerships. it's a long-standing treaty ally good non-allied countries that are emerging partners. certainly things we can develop, see, measure that will indicate closer partnership on these issues that i'm talking about here today. >> thank you very much. thank you for your service and we all know we are benefiting greatly as a country from your leadership on these issues at dod. good luck in the future and obviously a.i. and many other think tanks will help you in any way we can. so thanks again. >> thank you. [applause] we are going to move to the moderated panel. [inaudible conversations] okay, welcome everybody. i'm dan blumenthal firm aei. i would like to introduce the panel first. we have a very distinguished group that i've been privileged to work with for a while. kira abercrombie is a long time defense department civil servant who has been working on india a relationship before it was cool. and a lot

congress who care about the philippines and we think to a frank discussion you know we'll get somewhere nowi just mentioned your talk at the council on foreign relations last year and in that talk you also suggested that the russians i beat cautious a bit to seeing a relationship the philippines because of the says deeply ingrained called war perception of your country as a very very close american associate not even an ally it would say i think more like an associate more and ate how far have moscow and manila gotten. have in practical terms my perception is that both in moscow and manila there were policy makers who say you know take it a step at a time be cautious this just might be a connection between president that within and president that there are very good talks between prime minister medvedev and president there you know but from that time on you know we have had for example we were buying arms from the u.s. and because certain members of congress were making noises about alleged human rights violation you know when we need that the most it was in there but here comes china a

the philippine island of leyte is no stranger to catastrophe. i was here five years ago when it was still reeling from super typhoon haiyan the strongest storm to ever hit the country. more than six thousand people were killed and four million displaced by high and spirit. across like a island towns were flattened bodies buried in the rubble to now it was one of the hardest hit cities it came as so fast the same course and this was i first met baird pell takes on in the aftermath of the design. his home town was in crisis. hundreds were dead and the destroyed. the town hall was transformed into an emergency medical center. was. really good it's a very different scene today so this is your m.p. and public space developed exactly that reading room. so we proudly shows me to now a new town square and at fiesta sporting complex and memorial sites have been built with the help of corporate investors it's an amazing transformation considering the area was a temporary mold during the crisis yeah there are over six hundred bodies. here in the grave but

the philippine city is anxious when the us military moved out the six tourists moved in. and now a whole generation of fatherless children is growing up. a dad an opinion one month old couple simple than. my birthday is a general idea like. i know your. son . you. tired isn't the first time in the t.v. crew to see you or takes you for a night answer is a little bit now and that it's true or. that's it the better you want my god found it. a victory you can take the guilt of above that you can't take a little girl such an old woman you know. oh i love you like i did it you did it if you. came. welcome to worlds apart the united states and the philippines have a curious history together once a colony down a staunch military ally now trying to take steps to redefine and rebalance its relationship with washington and by extension some of its friends and foes how is it going so far well to discuss that i'm now joined by alan peter cayetano secretary of foreign affairs of the philippines secretary it's a great pleasure great aunt to welcoming here in the studio thank you very mu

but it is all learning curve for the philippines, it isa learning curve for the philippines, it is anvolved in the team and the country. cardiff city and philippines goalkeeper neil etheridge. ‘a people's tribute to the queen,‘ a concert honoring aretha franklin, is being held in chene park ampitheater in detroit. the tickets for the concert sold out in under six minutes. earlier, i spoke to soul, blues and rnb singer shauna jensen, who in her own words, is aretha's biggest fan and she shared with me her memories of the star. you know, ithink you know, i think my greatest memory of aretha was watching her sing in 1998, when she took over from pavarotti and sung at the grammys. i remember standing there with my hand on my heart, i couldn't speak, my mouth was open. she was incredible and shejust mouth was open. she was incredible and she just sang it like aretha, she didn't sing it like an opera singer. she sang it right that soul queen she was. i still get tingles thinking about it. she was amazing. absolutely. how much of an inspiration were she to your singing career? aretha was th

returned from syria do you in the philippines understand how to deal of it you know how good we are first of all our hearts go out and we express our condolences to all the victims of terrorism worldwide even here in russia you are no stranger to. extremism and acts of terrorism. it was a painful experience you know fighting. your own countrymen and fighting extremists you know it was the first time that there was fighting in a city in an urban setting it's usually outside and sunni they say that you know if they're religious undertones or society or historical differences but here it was just filipino against filipino in the name of a perverted. and i'll read you say on one occasion that there was a real danger at one point of time. forming from being a battle between terrorism and the. war the danger is there the president is in the best position because he's seen this he was going around the camps already saying watch out keep a keen eye you know it will just take it's like gasoline spread all over and it just takes a spark and he knew at that time that syria and iraq would soon stop t

getting its nuclear power and transparent expertise to the end to the philippines i wonder is that something that may be adventurous to you particularly the nuclear energy issue from what i understand it's quite a contentious subject in your country we are interested in everything that they saw russia and we hope that we can interest russia with everything that's filipino from our warm hospitality to our beautiful islands countryside mountains from your sophisticated military hardware to your transport that vehicle is exciting motorcycles you know i ask you specifically about. it don't you think this from what i knew if you actually built one nuclear power for but it never went into operation because building wind of that was infested with corruption we pay of course u.s. . company under the guidance of international financial institutions the us which corruption has been exposed in the last few decades so the contention it's not the use of nuclear power itself or aid or help of fresh air or russian technology the issue of more of use the location of where the nuclear power plant is that the

were considered allies that couldn't be separated the philippines one of those turkey you mention as well because we've got a situation of course where up until recently you would buy your weapons from the u.s. largely based on the fact that you were given many weapons beforehand and therefore . you will effectively suck it in in a certain way to keeping that supply chain going benefiting of course from the u.s. but also we've got here the fact that the u.s. especially but other countries as well they've long seen. if you like an arm of diplomacy and indeed of course diplomacy is an arm of arms largely intended to be stops i was in as many examples of that of course to the united states so what we've got here is a situation where i think through the vehicle of arms supplies and procurement the president have the philippines is lashing out at the u.s. given that there have been shall we say he's basically rejecting a conciliatory letter that you've already described that came from very high level within the u.s. . itself was an attempt to smooth the waters get in the rather provocativ

the philippine city of angeles when the u.s. military moved out the six tourists moved in. and now a whole generation of fatherless children is growing up here. hi dad and within one month a couple simple than. my birthday is a general idea i pass and i'm the only. son . sorry it isn't the first time the t.v. crew fuse you ordered and takes you were no don't answer is a little bit now and that it's through our system there. that's it the better you want my god found it today that. you can take the gilliver above it you can take the bird of the girl. woman you know. oh i love you like that i did it you could get it if you. came. i. have no idea what safe he's doing on vacation but she will be back in september. this is. the church secret indeed just like priests accused of sexually abusing children can get away with it literally i like to call this the do graphic solution so what the bishop needs to do then he finds out that the priest is is a perpetrator is simply moves him to a different spot were the previous standards not the highest ranks of the catholic church help con

in the philippine city of angeles when the u.s. military moved out the six tourists moved in. and now a whole generation of fatherless children is growing up in. play dead and within one month a simple simple than an eagle. eye but day is a gem like you like. i know your. son. you. say it isn't the first time in the t.v. crew to see you or takes you for a no don't answer is a little bit now and that it's through your system there. that's it the better you want my god dang it. they know that. you can take the deal of above that you can't take a little girl to such a woman you know. oh i love the feeling that i did it you did it if it. came to. passe. right we're all set to start in five guys to serve in the studio house a signal. to. the songwriter talk about no place just me right after the mars explorers one knew it would have their. food and record. yourself last week. well welcome to sophie and tell him so the shevardnadze said today we've got lots to talk about in our program and our gas to move the rock of. kentucky. boys to see the world through st. louis no coal mines l

how connected do you feel to the philippines? course, you know. i am are training? yeah, of course, you know. iam moved are training? yeah, of course, you know. i am moved out when i was a lot younger than i am now. i still keepin lot younger than i am now. i still keep in contact with my parents all the time and i have a great relationship with my mom. she is very proud, obviously, relationship with my mom. she is very proud, obviously, of relationship with my mom. she is very proud, obviously, of my achievements. i have been involved with the philippines national team for ten years now. it is fantastic to see the sport growing in the country. obviously i understand basketball is the number one sport, but anything i can do and to help football grow is massive. so what are your hopes for philippines football? you will be competing in the south—east asian championship and in the asian cup for the filipina skulls. yeah, it is going to be tough. i will be meeting next week on international break in bahrain. i really hope we can do w

the welcome to world a part of the united states and the philippines have a curious history together once a colony down a staunch military is now trying to take steps to redefine and rebalance its relationship with washington and by extension some of it's france and how is it going so far to discuss that i'm now joined by alan peter secretary of foreign affairs of the philippines secretary it's a great pleasure great honor. welcoming you're in the studio thank you very much for coming over the honors mine thank you very much for having me now your visit to moscow comes at a time when. you can't even describe the relationship between russia and the united states intelligently i mean it's a it's a big mass and i don't think we can even put some label on it i wonder if you believe this trip of yours will be noticed in washington friends in need their friends indeed russia the russian federation president putin came today the philippines while we were fighting terrorism in our wheat and we owe it to russia to also come and show our friendship whether there are world issues or not being d

none welcome to the part of the united states and the philippines have a curious history together. once a colony down a staunch military ally many leagues now are trying to take steps to redefine and rebalance its relationship with washington and by extension some of its friends and boast how is it going so far well to discuss that i'm now joined by alan peter cayetano secretary of foreign affairs of the philippines secretary it's a great pleasure great on are welcoming you're in the studio thank you very much for coming on for the honors mine thank you very much for having me now your visit to moscow comes at a time when. you can't even describe the relationship between russia and the united states intelligence i mean it's a it's a big mess and i don't think we can even put some label on it i wonder if you believe this trip of yours will be noticed in washington where the friends in need their friends in the russia the russian federation president putin came today the philippines while we were fighting terrorists are we and we owe it to russia to also come and show our friendship

they're both authentic speakers they say or do a tweet what what they want but you know in the philippines he's been compared more with president put in political determination political will a vision of what to do in the country remember the problem with the there is just not only who and what they do in the direction but also the circumstances at home you know it's very hard to judge a president donald trump he's a good friend to the philippines but he is in a political circumstances where there are you know challenge just in all fronts so we have challenges with the u.s. congress challenges with the n.g.o.s who are using human rights as a political weapon challenge just sometimes with the state department but we're trying to build those bridges you know but in the meantime president that there that this is really care who it is compared to you know he just wants to do a good i understand that it's very easy for the leaders to publicly shrug that kind of that kind of criticism and i think it gets to you and when your country's being maligned over and over again it's it's not pleasant esp

joining us there on the line from manila, philippines.et's get you up to speed with first word news headlines. starting off with tariffs. war isescalating trade starting to affect american companies with supply chain exposure to china. some have moved production elsewhere. business council represents 200 companies on the mainland and says tariffs have forced some to move operations abroad. north korea says washington can expect any progress towards denuclearization or stability on the divided peninsula while he keeps to "it's outdated script." it noted calls for tougher sanctions on pyongyang even after it halted test and dismantled equipment here it the agency says it is willing to rebuild trust and implement the singapore agreement. the turkish lira plunged as turkey's relations with the u.s. sour. the latest fall rings this year's losses to almost 30% and came after washington said turkey was refusing to release a detained american pastor. the trump administration has sent to government ministers, and the standoff increases likelihood

and the china violated philippine sovereign rights by interfering with philippine vessels and damaging the maritime environment and engaging in reclamation work in the philippine eez. that award isse, binding on the philippines in china but there is no enforcement mechanism. has urged states china and the philippines to abide but china declared the ruling non--- null and void. in the philippines, the economic issues at play with china have not relied on the tribunal's ruling in any meaningful way. what is happening after that ruling? china continues to assert control over the area and its resources. trade, fishing rights, and the economic value inherent in that area. china began to, develop forward military bases in the south china sea. efforts to build up the reefs and create man-made islands, destroying reits in the process. -- destroying reefs in the process. china has constructed military facilities on the island. recently they deployed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles there. the issue of concern is the militarization as a point of future power projection. the

basketball is big in the philippines but should this should really it's people are not. they haven't qualified for in the lympics in four to six years participation is not the problem. size did. but cut the national growth spurt yet about to change things there seems to be that trend that in the pinas are getting taller taller kids are being brought to metro money to train at the younger age so their bodies are also stimulated physically to grow they're given the best training the best attrition to travel abroad to play against tougher competition so that also strengthens them so their children in turn become taller and bigger and stronger. i saw is slam dunk contest to bodie to the philippines growth spurt theory this son of a former filipino pro the sixteen year old already stands out amongst to steve at seven twenty if you're on the high list they said this night. it's going to be my baby especially when your. legs are like what if it. was just oh you're just going to be like a power against them so my business is going to start you see even to sort of stature me be e

bank is a perception the of the philippines is behind the curve. if they move aggressively that may go towards setting their own narrative back on track. >> i want to put this into context with regard to other parts of southeast asia and how we have seen tightening taking place. this is a chart from our gtv library. it is the case for more hikes in the philippines. let's have a look where benchmarks are. philippines is in white. we have a case for real rates. we're looking at negative two. normalization would require a big move from the central bank. really rates in malaysia, 2.5%. this is what we have in terms of the neighborhood. >> the philippine story is different from the broad emerging-market story. they are hiking for domestic reasons. indonesia, perhaps india -- >> we just got the gdp number, weaker than anticipated. there we have it. you have got to then balance a rate hike with how much it takes to slow the economy down as well. >> it takes a while for monetary policy to impact economic activity on the ground. there is a lag effect. theap

the south china sea, if you talk to the philippines they will say it is the west philippine sea.or indonesia will refer to the south china sea as the north natuna sea because it recognizes the eez's. that is the neighborhood where everything is in tension and it is important. air defense identification zones. i won't get into too much jargon here i promise but those are areas used for control of airspace. the u.s. has had them for many years and we had them in world war ii. korea and japan established them later. china established one several years ago but it was uncoordinated and became disruptive and still is because it overlaps others from japan and korea. and to -- and taiwan as well. why do we care about that? what is the so what about these territorial claims? just the resources but sovereignty and jurisdiction that extends from the sovereignty. and then influence and different nations view those things and different ways and wish to extend them to various degrees. sometimes, compliant with international norms and customs and sometimes not so much. meanwhile, you have this

philippines while we were fighting terrorists are we and we owe it to russia to also come and show our friendship where there are world issues are not being discussed our bilateral relationship is strong and you wanted to be stronger now let's discuss your relationship with the united states first because obviously it has a much longer history and then your relationship with russia i heard you compare your relationship with washington to that of a family with a kid who came of age and wants to try and he's or her own path which means meeting with people that the parents do not necessarily approve of and do you yourself come from a very well placed family i'm sure you on earth your current requests above everybody else's is that how the philippines relates to the united states the well my father a filipino from the smallest town in metro manila and my mother is an american and my mother and my father loves my mother very much but the least said that the

. >> and then they said i could go to the philippines. >> and you didn't much care for the philippines. >> no. i probably should be very careful but -- >> okay. so what was it like in hawaii? >> well, we loved hawaii. we really -- i mean, i worked in -- at -- i can't remember the name of the hospital. i did red cross work there and then when i went to the philippines, i did air avac and worked in the air avac hospital. and then i flew air avac. i would fly in to saigon and spend a couple of days and then fly back. >> okay. >> with the plane load. >> now, does any one incident stick out in your mind about your -- the red cross work that you did? >> i guess the one thing that was really kind of funny was that i was in vietnam. and i always -- you know, i went to see the wounded there. and the hospital was where rip went to school, where they all went to school. and there were two black men that were right next door to one another and they had wanted -- one had lost the left leg and the other had lost the right leg and they were very close. i mean, they were bonding with this. and so i sa

the philippine island of leyte is no stranger to catastrophe. i was here five years ago when it was still reeling from super typhoon haiyan the strongest storm to ever hit the country.

went into this one of the premier school or just before school in the philippines the only question. of the asked me is that why should we accept you in this program and the university my response is if it this required of us you know to study our own culture i'm going to do it because i want to be in the day that they will hear our voice. that there was someone who could fight for our ites and be the voice of the many. thanks. graduation ceremony and so when i walk there wearing my traditional costume i will wear. with the head. here so you know over there with me shoulder to shoulder are my people in the community it's like wiping all of those negative emotions about. the number one. i still want to work with the young and generally. to strive more to encourage them what made them that what i have done is simply the start when you say. you're watching all just their arms the whole robin these are all top news stories politicians in argentina have voted against legalizing elective abortion after months of national debate marathon sessions in parliament the vote followed more than se

it's one of the more not as common, but it is known in a lot of philippines.obert: then you're going to have to take? sure on the responsibility. caroline: and she's passed on the recipe to miles, and so miles is much more adept l than i was as her daughter.n cooking, or did this kind of get you interested? miles: i was already interested in cooking. robert: what was it about this that made it so interesting to you? miles: 'cause like what made it so interesting was that you put, like, so many ingredients and-- robert: did you have a familiarity with this dessert before you started to cook it? like, was it a favorite of yours and then you wanted to learn how to make it? miles: yes. robert: all right, what do you like about it? what's kind of the flavor? mile the outside is kind of crunchy. and robert: all right. jennifer, the people are going to be able to learn how to make this at the pavilion, right? or something like this? jennifer: something similar. yeah, yeah. jennifer: yeah, we'll have a few chef demos at the culinary pavilion as well, along with the ea

my name is one of the premier school or just before school in the philippines the only question. of the asking is that why should we accept you in this program and the university my response is if it this required of us you know to study our own culture i'm going to do it because i want to be end of the day that they will hear our voice. that there was someone who could fight for our ites and be the voice of the many. thank you. graduation ceremony so when i walk there wearing my traditional costume i will wear. with the head up high. you know the good the real me shoulder to shoulder are my people type of community it's like wiping all of those negative emotions of all behave doesn't matter. i still want to work with the younger generations to stray more to encourage them to meet them that what i have done is simply the start we need a second. toughest take a look at the top stories here it is there are three palestinians including a pregnant mother and her toddler being killed in an explosive exchange between israel and hamas the israeli military says one hundred fifty rockets

flash flooding in the northern philippines forces fifty thousand people on their hands. hello and welcome back we have an area of low pressure which is giving some very heavy rain across the far south of china and also influence the weather across much of indochina and indeed across into the philippines so we look at the forecast you can see the circulation giving heavy rain for hong kong and further towards the south and west getting into northern parts of vietnam to this whole flow is really encouraging more showers to be facts in the philippines certainly northern areas salutes on is looking particularly wet at the moment and we've got plenty of heavy showers again for me i'm are looking wet in yangon and staying that way through thursday but you see that low pressure center moving to northern vietnam so some flooding is likely up over the hills and i think for could turn to be a very wet day indeed stage some improvement expected for hong kong so we head across into south asia here folks the rains across northeastern areas that we have had some heavy showers being re

they may have lost the basketball but the philippines did pick up their first gold medal of the games if the headline diaz couldn't hide her emotion after winning the fifty three kilo cats agree. with the band on the same stage hosts indonesia celebrated a fifth gold thanks to eco cuny arrow on the have the added bonus of being handed his medal by indonesia's president.

basketball is big in the philippines but traditionally its people are not. they haven't qualified for in the olympics in four to six years participation is not a problem the. size is. but could a national growth spurt yet about to change things there seems to be that trend that filipinos are getting taller taller kids are being brought to metro money to train at the younger age so their bodies are also seemingly physically to grow on their they're given the best training the best attrition to travel abroad to play against tougher competition so that also strengthens them so their children in turn become taller and bigger and stronger. i saw a slam dunk contest to modi to the philippines growth spurt theory the son of a former filipino pro the sixteen year old already stands out amongst to steve meets at seven twenty if you're on the hype list i said tightness in my soul it's going to be a huge advantage especially when you're playing against legs slowly a bit like one of the things that you just know it's just going to be like a power against them so to me m

nine hundred seventy two was the last time the philippines basket.team competed at an olympics but the passion for the game is a strong as ever. and who knows if kids are indeed getting taller it may not be too long before they're back competing for medals. in dugan al-jazeera manila and that's all the sport for now more later. and of course you can follow all the stories that we're covering here on al-jazeera by logging on to a website at al-jazeera dot com full analysis reports from throughout the day. if you watch the news i would we see a lot more news on the other side of the break. her heart surgery. september on al-jazeera with the u.s. midterm elections just over two months away we'll explore the mood of the nation as american celebrates labor day on television and online the stream continues to tap into the extraordinary potential of social media to disseminate news sweden the country known as the happiest in the world has been shaken by a recent spike in violence and it's now preparing for a general election people in power continues to exa

so in the philippines rights groups say judges and corruption watchdog investigators are persecuted for prosecuting corrupt people in power drill and organs been speaking to a lot going on but it's been about the struggle against corruption in the government. was those unfamiliar with philippine politics might find it strange that a former head of state becomes house speaker much less a former public official who has been detained and charged with plunder but that's exactly what happened with former president gloria macapagal arroyo when she staged a coup during president to be good at their distinctive division address last week . another former president joseph estrada was forcibly removed from office in two thousand and one he was later detained and convicted of plunder but pardoned him and he's now mayor of the capital manila it may seem like a dizzying political circus but comebacks like these are not uncommon here. in one thousand nine hundred eighty six the family of the late dictator president for didn't marcus fled the philippines after a popular uprising. they were charged wit

she was at the conquest of the marianas, the battle of the philippine sea, iwo jima, and okinawa. another thing that we wanted to do was really for the very first time, tell the details details of the transport of the atomic bomb. in every other account i've read, that transport was reduced to a line or maybe a paragraph at the most, and we were really fortune when we were at the library of congress to come across the private papers of a man named robert ferman. he was the head of intelligence under general leslie groves for the manhattan project, and when it came time to transport the fissionable material tore little boy, the atom pick bombed dropped on hiroshima, he didn't trust anybody but ferman, and in ferman's file he had hand written notes and typewritten notes. i'm such a geek there was a note pad he that when he was on the ship and transporting the bomb that was like in his pocket and he was taking notes and i was holding it goes, my gosh, this was right next to the components for little boy. this artifact i'm holding in my hand. so all of these papers enabled us to tell

actually the overall big picture is for the philippines to finally qualify for the olympic games for the first time since nine hundred seventy two that's what the whole program has been over the summer to be nice for the last decade or so which is why the philippines finally host people the qualifier for the first time in more than three decades where planning to host the world cup in the next few years and that is all in all a big investment towards making it to the olympic games because you know outside of north america and china biggest strongest most. basketball fan base is in the philippines ok thank you very much belfast guy for joining us on the news great my pleasure thank you. now the list of sports and the asian games continues to grow and because of that the age range and also the backgrounds all of the athletes is very diverse highly reports from jakarta many of the competitors in the asian games are some of the most physically conditioned athletes in the world training and competing for years but with a wide range of events at the games it's not always about muscle stren

there's been this line that runs from the central philippines down towards sumatra for about a week now and we see it there are still potential developments it'll circulations one very close to the philippines or i think where the sea quite likely from central is on science which including manila same is true back through some vietnam cambodia and towards thailand but then as a cutoff roughly speaking borneo southwards you'd be unlikely to find showers or there but there are all that many of them although if you're in sumatra or screen singapore the chance is a little bit high to be honest and the monsoon rains which are still going has showed themselves be very active in of the protests behind and down towards west bengal that's still where they're likely to be to be honest the next day or so. the weather sponsored by cats are always. a survivor of the genocide there are people who beg me to kill them when they're suffering but it wouldn't have been hard to do and he's dedicated his life to searching the woods for bones of the victims of the srebrenica massacre. holding them here i

sixteen so not much use in the immediate threats that he perceives the philippines faces and he perceives with good reason but there is i think more to this what we're talking about here is trying to use this as a means of leverage to control the fall and policies of other countries and that's exactly what the philippine president regardless of whether one likes him or not always policies that he has correctly identified that america uses this to pressure its allies into staying as allies after all that's the philippines president objected to basically said don't forget the south is about more than capability it's also about a relationship you buy american weapons you're investing in a relationship and you can find all the details on those stories and much more and . now fail in half an hour's time. are laws that say that collapsed when the soviet union collapsed because of the u.s. meddling in boris yeltsin and all that's going on they have the skyrocketing alcoholism and so shoulder. here in the us because you have this enormous financial and reengineering to take all the money being pr

means of leverage to control the fallen policies of other countries and that's exactly what the philippine president regardless of whether one likes him or not always policies he has correctly identified that america uses this to pressure its allies into staying as allies after all that's the philippines president objected to basically said don't forget the this is about more than capability it's also about a relationship you buy american weapons you're investing in a relationship. in the u.s. state of louisiana for anti pipeline activists and journalists have been arrested and charged under a controversial new law the remaining activists say they're now facing increased police repression including the use of tasers let's take a look at the pipeline at the center of the story. that new law took effect on august first and lists pipelines as critical infrastructure which makes trespassing on the ground they're being built illegal those disobeying at risk a hefty fine or as long as five years behind bars activists say that a number of off duty police officers were also working for a private s

we start with a new, compelling documentary, "lost and found," about philippine orphans finding new homes in an unlikely place, the rocky mountain region of montana. then we welcome filipina-american r&b musician tracy cruz, a local artist in the midst of a national tour. we'll hear from her as well as enjoy a live performance with her full band. and the film "crazy rich asians" made its premiere this week. my colleague, nbc bay area anchor janelle wang met up with the cast. and we'll have a special segment produced for, "asian pacific america." all that on our show today. well, having been a documentary producer myself, it is a real thrill to see a very unique, inspiring situation turned into a full-fledged story with depth and emotions. that has been achieved with "lost and found," philippine orphans making their way in america's rocky mountain region. joining me now is first the writer and producer, journalist steve angeles, a veteran of balitang america, of tfc, the filipino channel, a bay area guy now working in los angeles. and the director of photography, an award winning bay area

means of leverage to control the fallen policies of other countries and that's exactly what the philippine president regardless of whether one likes him or not always policies that he has correctly identified that america uses this to pressure its allies into staying as allies after all that's a got the philippines president objected to basically said don't forget the south is about more than capability it's also about a relationship you buy american weapons you're investing in a relationship. now san francisco the golden gate fifty nine fritz babies and stunning landscape is apparently awash in human waste the problem has got so bad that special teams are being deployed sixteen the place up. it's the worst you've seen and i will say that there is more there's more. on the sidewalks and i've ever seen you know growing up here that was something that did not wasn't the norm but the first thing that i've ever seen for sure. san francisco is because city where you needed three hundred fifty thousand dollar income to afford a median priced home in a city that has just announced a new patrol to

let's start off with the philippines. we've had inflation figures.t them slightly more aggressive than the economists were looking for. japan's labor cash earnings, essentially workers' paychecks, we saw that also jump. what's going on? and why? >> let's start with the philippines because of course they are meeting later this week. and so a lot of emphasis, a lot of focus on philippine inflation and it did accelerate. the cpi year over year hitting 5.7% in june. that's up from 5.2% in may. and it ju blew right past that 5.5% forecast. higher oil prices, a weaker peso. tax reform, strong democratistic demand, all the elements are there. of course a bank in philippine is signaling there will be a rate hike this month. at this point that green towards the right-hand side of your screen suggesting that the markets see as least two more rate hikes from b.s.p. over the next 12 months. so this is japan's labor cash earnings. on the face of it, whoa, what a surprise. the head of the bank of japan has been lamenting for the longest time that labor markets are