in 1961, the philippine news was founded in the garage.ts vision was to create a community newspaper to tell the stories of the growing filipino community in the united states and to advocate on its behalf. the family took over philippine news in 1996 and propelled into the digital age, linking over 7 million worldwide sites with their journalism of engagement. celebrating its 50th year, the philippine news published its 2,600th issue on the fourth week of august, holding true and continuing to celebrate their culture. the filipino-american in committee sees this milestone. a legacy of 50 years of chronicling the filipino- american story. >> our next guests are representing philippine news. [applause] [applause] >> our second honor read is the largest and most formidable national association of filipino women whose recent convention brought hundreds of the most accomplished an influential phillipines into san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, the filipina women's network. ♪ >> later, a teacher, mother, filipina. the celebration of filipino

i want to thank the philippine news, the filipino whelm -- filipino womens' network.y, the network has been instructing me about -- to make sure that i know what pinay power is in san francisco. thank you. i said it wrong. you see, they're still teaching me. because as i grew up, all i knew was pinoi. the bay area fashion week, the filipino nurses association of northern california. of course the filipino international book festival. the filipino-american art's exposition, which of course hosts the parade and festival. and then, of course, there is the fantastic san francisco manila sister city. i want to give a special thank you to dennis normandy. thank you for your wonderful leadership on the sister city and for your great work on our commission as well. thank you very much. [applause] we want to recognize the incredible diverse accomplishments of all of our filipino-american contributors to our city and to make sure we look forward to continuing that strong relationship as we go forward in our city. so it is my honor to present today, on behalf of our city and cou

lucille talusan, cbn news, north cotabato philippines. >>> up next on "christian world news," ministry of micro financi financing, how small l changing lives around the world. >> welcome back, more than a billion people in developing countries live on a dollar a day. the poorest people in the world can be turned into entrepreneurs with loans of $100 or more. efrem graham reports on this growing concept of micro finance. >> reporter: breathtaking beaches lure millions to the dominican republic. >> you have a reality of people with a lot of worth and suv vehicles. that is not the worth of 9.5 million dominicans. >> some of that 60 percent live in poor communities where jobs are nearly impossible to find. then there are areas of the dominican republic built on the sugar cane. communities known as the haitian batay community. >> many don't have documents. even though they might have been born, they are not citizens of the dominican republic. thought of going to haiti isn't great. >> that can easily lead to hopelessness, so many people living on little more than a dollar a day. >> the globa

news." i'm geeta guru-murthy. also in this program -- it can't cause the disastrous floods, now the bbc discovers illegal logging continues in the philippines. and the royal seal of approval is giving british designers a boost at london fashion week. >> as eurozone ministers gather in brussels to decide go to give the go-ahead for a new bailout of the greek economy, the french finance minister has said all elements are in place for an accord. he's said that greece has done enough to secure this second bailout package. the greek prime minister has fled to brussels for this crucial meeting. his country remains perilously close to bankruptcy and desperately needs the loan of 130 billion euros. in the last few minutes, it's been reported the greek finance minister has said although some technicals still need to be sorted out, he believes a long period of uncertainty for his country is coming to an end. even if this round of funding does go through, however, there are still fears greece will eventually have to default. public anger in athens remains very visible, as mark lowen reports from there. >> there is little left now in greece's protests.

breaking news in the philippines. a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit in the central part of the country. at least five people are dead and 29 are missing. the quake destroyed buildings and created land slides and buried dozens of houses trapping residents and triggered a brief san antonio any alert. >>> d.c. police are on the hunt for a man who robbed a chinatown restaurant. it happened in the 400 block of 7th street northwest. a man wearing a ski mask entered and robbed but did not appear that he was carrying a gun. no word on what the suspect made off with. >>> the gop presidential hopefuls are quickly looking ahead now after yet a win for mitt romney in nevada saturday. voters will caucus in two more states tomorrow, colorado and minnesota. and results from maine's week long caucus will announced saturday. ron paul beat newt gingrich by 26 points. >> a defeat for gingrich is not discouraging him. he shrugged off romney's win. his game plan now is to look ahead to super tuesday. ten states will hold primaries in march a

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news. as for the philippines, min dan ow will see showers over the course of the day. 33 in bangkok. up to 20 in hong kong with some light showers. 10 and 9 degrees ditches in expected in tokyo. heading over to the americas. mostly sunny and settled over most of the southern half of the u.s., but there are a few storms through the north. a slow moving system is moving into british columbia and the northwestern states are producing winter storm conditions. heavy mountain snow can be found in many locations, but exceptions are going to be the cascade and olympic mountains where we're looking at flooding rain rather than snow. so that could lead to avalanches. as i said, it's a very slow moving system. so the stormy conditions here will continue in to wednesday night. and we also have another system moving across the great lakes. so new england and quebec will start to see a wintry mix within the next 24 hours. down towards the south, showers will develop in the southern appalachians and the tennessee valley on wednesday. the exceptional warmth will continue in many locations, getting u

is the tsunami alert that was initially issued in the philippines, that has been lifted. new video in to our newsroom shows school children in evacuation mode trying to make to the safety. this after at least 13 people are confirmed dead including two children after a 6.7 earthquake shook the central philippine island. dozens are feared trapped under the rubble. the quake was felt as far as 70 miles from the epicenter. in pakistan the search and rescue continues after a three-story factory collapses. at least three people are dead, another three or so believed to be trapped. rescuers have pulled five people including that young boy saw, to safety. the collapse is blamed on a gas explosion inside the factory that manufactured medicine. here in the states a makeshift memorial is growing this morning in washington in honor of charlie and braden powell. people are leaving behind candles and stuffed animals and balloons for the brothers who were killed in a house fire yesterday afternoon. their father josh powell also died in the flames. officials say he deliberately set the fire.

did you know that the weekend before that there was also a drone strike or how about the news today at the philippine military said that they killed southeast asia's most wanted terrorist yesterday in a u.s. backed airstrike did you know that we have had six hundred special forces deployed there since two thousand and two so the more spread out everything becomes the more we focus on small targeted missions the more secretive they will become and the less all of us will know the less will know that is unless we put more pressure on the government for. transparency the way the a.c.l.u. is currently suing the government to get details about the targeted killing program of this administration specifically about three drone strikes conducted in yemen last year that killed american citizens including anwar all along the way we've seen reporters like jeremy scahill go to somalia report on say proxy prisons there to tell all of us the real story now of course the problem here is that the mainstream media they won't do any of that reporting they initially attacked scahill for that piece he was criticized for

he was determined to carry the war to the enemy, to new guinea, which was the direct route back to the philippines. a long struggle lay ahead against huge numbers on countless islands, there seemed to be but one way, blast the enemy from every one of his islands in the pacific. victories came, knowing the area, knowing the enemy, utizing all of our air and navl skill, the commander captured his plan to observe only a few key positions on their way to the philippines. now against these key positions, the pattern of attack, first heavy preparory fire to soften up the objective. next the landing. these were very unpredictable. there were many beaches, some were ideal, hardly more than a matter of getting one's feet wet. meanwhile the gain was tremendous, the enemy never expected us to come ashore here. there were other shores, many of them wicked. sometimes the attack was in frail cracks, sitting ducks if surprise on the enemy had not been accomplished. on other beats, continuous tractors. in addition, combined operations of the three arms, the key to modern warfare. leaders and men shared the glow o

>>darya: hour in world news, a philippine rescue crews are losing hope of finding anyone alive amonge 71 people still buried in landslides. so far 26 bodies have been discovered. a seismologist says that they were previously unaware of the undersea fault line that caused this earthquake. today is the third day of a strike by air france workers. the airline has canceled up to 40% of long-distance flights. this strike is expected to last until friday. >>mark: a quick break as the kron4 news continues. here is a live look outside as we take a look at conditions on the bay bridge. since >>darya: we are taking a live look at the pacifica pier. we have a high surf advisories that is in effect. a high surf advisories in effect until 4:00 p.m.. >>craig: there are big waves, definitely. i am to the north of pacifica pier a high surf advisories started at 4:00 a.m.. >>darya: that is something to be cautious of this afternoon. >>james: this is all a part of the system that has rolled through. riptides and snigger waves are all the possibilities. if you are living in a coastal community, here is

philippines. >>> east bay city rolling out new rules for food trucks. >>> big speed bump for one of bay area's most critical road replacement projects. the problem that could put the the problem that could put the brakes on theúúúúúúúúúúú@@úúúúúú denny's new sizzlin' skillets are here for a limited time. so strike while the iron's hot. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >>> a magnitude 6.8 quake has left 13 dead in the philippines this morning 40 missing and feared trapped. tsunami warning was issued and huge waves washed out five houses. the warning does not include the california coast. philippine troops have been called to dig for victims. the death toll is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue. >>> the funding plan for replacing dangerous doyle drive approach not golden gate bridge has hit another funding snag. right now presidio parkway is expected to be complete by 2015. the chronicle reports problems with contributions could delay the one billion dollar project. it is up to the county transportation authority to come up with 60 million dollars so constr

breaking news pap 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the philippines right now. the death toll is at 13, but many in the country fear that number will rise. 29 people are missing. quake destroyed buildings and created land slides that buried dozens of houses. it triggered a brief tsunami alert. >>> family and friends will say good-bye to a community activist that had been missing. two men have been arrested for leon harris' murder. the funeral for harris is at greater mount calvary holy church in northwest washington at 11:00 this morning. a reception will follow at the charles houston rec center in alexandria where harris was last seen alive. >>> this morning two occupy d.c. camps look different. police threw out trash and tents that caused a health rick. that cause ad few clashes over the weekend. park police arrested 1 people during the inspections including the protester who threw a brick at a park police officer in mcpherson square. the officer is okay. he was treated and released for facial injuries. police inspected freedom plaza. that went smoother. >> ba

. >> i was surprised this last, 1st of january, i was in new zealand and australia and the philippines, and talking with official there's in businesses there, i was surprised that they are really watching congress. they're worried about congress' inability to get together to solve this problem, because they know that the problem is going to extend to them, if we don't solve our problem here. and i was surprised that they follow us as closely as they do. but let me ask you, do you believe that the general assumption we have to get to $4 trillion to $6 trillion in savings is the right number, or a number that will stabilize our deficit and get us headed in the right direction? and could you paint a picture -- it's sometimes hard for us to explain to the public what could potentially happen if we don't do anything? could you paint a picture for us what you think will happen to this economy if we don't take the steps knows stabilize our debt? and if we put it off for another year or another year after that as we've been kicking that can down the road forever? >> the $4 trillion to $6 trill

. >> i was surprised that this last, first of january i was in new zealand and australia and the philippinestalking with officials there and business there's i was surprised that they are really watching congress. they are worried about congress's inability to get together to solve this problem because they know that the problem is going to extend to them if we don't solve our problem here. and i was surprised that they follow us as closely as they do. let me ask you, do you believe that the general assumption that we have to get the $4 to $6 trillion in savings is the right number or a number that will stabilize our deficit and get us tringt direction. you could explain to us because it's hard to explain to the public what potentially could happen if we don't do anything. what will happen to this economy if we don't take the steps necessary to stabilize our debt and if we put it off for another year and another year as we've been kicking that can down the road for. >> the $4 to $6 trillion number congressman was a number talked about for the next decade. the idea was achieving that would st

philippines here. that monsoon has weakened off which is good news. as we get into our temperature chart, we're going to see double figures in seoul as well as in tokyo on wednesday. 7 degrees in beijing. minus 10 in china. most of the eastern continent is going to be looking at some above average temperatures towards the north. as we head into north america here towards the northwest we have a really big system coming in. that's going to be causing some strong winds not just up towards the north where you see the precipitation, but actually the southwest is also going to see some gusty winds coming in. this is going to be snow on the mountains. it will be companied by strong winds that will be blowing that snow around. potential for near whiteout conditions and some of the mountain passes for the intermountain west. as for coastal regions you're seeing more rain it's been coming down over the last 24 hours. potential for some flooding across parts of coastal b.c. and into washington state. we'll see some showers moving across eastern canada and the g

philippines after a recent earthquake. >> welcome to this week's edition of "christian world news." i am george thomas. >> and i am wendy griffith. one year ago a revolution swept egyptian dictator hosni mubarak from power. many believe it has been hijacked by islamists. >> that is frightening for the country's persecuted christians. they see difficult times ahead. senior international correspondent gary lane has this from cairo. >> reporter: welcome to macotum home to many coptic christians. a place where poverty and garbage abound, so much so the area is called garbage city and the christians that live here are called zapalin, garbage people. they sift through and sort it, just to earn a few egyptian pounds. the christians here tell visitors about a famous legend from a thousand years ago, jesus talked about having the faith of a mustard seed and move cairos mountain. they prayed for three days and mir miraculously the mountain moved. at least 10 christians killed, nearly 100 injured. the tragedy was followed by more attacks including mas car by the egyptian army. this man was amo

and solar lamps -- how new technologies add extra hours to the day in the philippines the coming months and years will determine whether the revolutions in the arab region will effect change and transform societies there. at the world economic forum in davos, a group of young global leaders demonstrated their potential to be part of that process. naif al-mutawa, for example, has created 99 comic super-heroes who fight for a better world and muna al-sulayman is a human rights campaigner -- both believe society needs to be founded on basic values, values that also exist outside a religious context. >> when we're talking about values, it doesn't matter if you are shiite or sunni it doesn't matter if you're an atheist, it doesn't matter what you are. basic human values are basic human values. >> i mean there are humanitarian values. you want people who are honest, you want people who are hard working, etc. but what are the values that distinguish the arab world, or saudi-arabia or which ever country we're in, from the rest? and without understanding that we can't move forward. >> no matter

one there they are going in as you mentioned into australia and other new nations including more than likely back into the philippines their desire is to expand across the globe not to worry about cleaning up the messes left behind and the damage in the places where they go in is incredible jade's you island in.

philippines. i'm going to have that plus a look at other overnight news coming up. >> plus, petitioners fan out trying to get you to put a new tax on the november ballot. >> here is a free live look outside at the golden gate bridge. all clear for now. it's monday, february 6. this is "today in the bay."

. >> you are watching news day on the bbc live from singapore and london. still to come, the philippines' former president, and gloria are arroyo, faces charges of election rigging. on the frontline in somalia, how the conflict has shifted from the capital of mogadishu to the surrounding countryside. in the u.k., eight former -- a person has been sentenced. he was two weeks of giving -- giving birth when she was killed by her boyfriend's cousin. he tried to cover up the crime before returning to a party. a man will appear in court on thursday charged with the murder of a retired teacher. they were stabbed to death two weeks apart. he was arrested in can following a tip off from the public. nine men have been cleared of the murder of tommy english in 2000. the two brothers who turned informer said they have given evidence that was flawed, and reliabl -- flawed and unreliable. this is newsday on the bbc. these are the headlines. the australian prime minister, julia gillard, has said the government labor party could face questions over its leadership. in syria, the intense bombardment of ci

philippines. to india. where operators had to learn english. and their new names. >> hi. this is sherry. >> hi.is betty. >> hi. this is nick. >> reporter: 8,000 miles away from those call centers in india, we arrive at this one in ft. worth, texas. i heard you're hiring. >> oh, we are. >> reporter: they now have five centers in the u.s. and growing. how many american operators have you hired in the last year? >> about a thousand. >> reporter: what's changing the game? what we're calling about. what americans used to need are now answers we can find ourselves on the internet. a password reset. an account balance. today, the answers we can't find online are more complicated. especially for those overseas operators. the calls can take forever, sometimes turning into two calls. >> well, it is really cheaper if it takes two calls to handle that customer? i can do the math very quickly and tell you it's more expensive to that job offshore. >> reporter: and americans are applying. you've got 1,422 potential employees. and six more while i'm standing here. they're about to play us one of the tryouts th

news this morning. a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the central philippines triggering a local tsunami alert there as well. it hit around noon monday and may have possibly caused some damage in the structurally weak buildings in the area. so far one death has been reported. >>> former pan main yam dictator manuel noriega is in the hospital for extreme hypertension. the 77-yard was transferred from prison where he's serving a 60-year sentence for killing political opponents in the 1980s. panama's health minister says noriega's blood pressure was very high nearly leading to a stroke. >>> police believe a fire and subsequent explosion were triggered intentionally at a home in washington state. investigators say josh powell was trying to kill himself and his two young sons and unfortunately he did. powell has been a person of interest since his wife susan powell disappeared in utah to years ago. the home burst into flames just moments after a social worker arrived with the children for a supervised visit. >>> a man accused of drunk driving gets a second chance. >> the super bowl want the only sporting event o

. >>> news around the world a 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of the philippines. this is video people out after the quake struck. >> it killed at least 13 people as it destroyed buildings and triggered landslides and buried dozens of houses trapping residents. at least 29 people are missingand as many as 30 homes were buried. >>> more unrest in syria and syrian troops shelling neighborhoods in the homes overnight striking a makeshift medical clinic in an assault that killed 12 people. bloodshed was one day after the president's government vowed to particular the crackdown on nearly 11-month-old uprising and becoming one of the deadliest. >>> there's growing tension between the united states as well as egypt right now. 19 americans will face criminal trials in egypt and ordered not to leave the country. the state department says they are concern about the situation and the 19 americans work for nonprofit agencies and stand accused in a financial investigation. >>> bosnia emergency services evacuated hundreds of people who had been trapped in their cars all because

they are desperate there now and it tops our news around the world in 80 seconds. philippinestriggered two massive landslides in wrecked roads trapping people in remote areas. a lot of them say they have nothing, no food, no water. no power. they are getting desperate. scientists report more than 1200 aftershocks in the region. canada. police say a truck broadside add van filled with migrant workers at a rural intersection in ontario. the crash killed 10 people. here is one officer from the scene. >> i had 25 years that i have been a police officer, i have never seen something like this. this is a little bit hard to take. >> an inspector says the van's driver ran a stop sign and didn't have a license to carry that many passengers. china. more than half the surface of a bay in the northeast is frozen. you can see the odd shapes of ice thanks to wind and waves. all the ice has paralyzed a lot of water traffic in the region. a forecaster says the cold weather will continue for quite a while. iceland. take a look at what's being called the country's own lock loch ness monster. som

news from the region. the trial has begun in manila of the former president of the philippines. she appeared in court on thursday and pleaded not guilty to charges of electoral fraud. she was indicted in november on suspicion of ordering the manipulation of vote counts during a senate election in 2007. the case is viewed as a key test for the government of the president who has made eliminating corruption a priority. and next we continue our special report on central vietnam boosting tourist arrives is a key goal with the central region to catch up with economic development in the rest of vietnam. now it's world heritage sites and ocean view haves the potential to attract visitors from all over the world. here in hanoi, the tourist infrastructure is better established. but as i found out, even here the tourism experience isn't always entirely smooth. hanoi is an historic city with plenty of things to see and do. more than six million foreigners visited vietnam last year. a threefold increase from 15 years ago. sophisticated caves, restaurants and souvenir shops offer visitors pl

news from the region. >>> the trial has begun in manila of the former president of the philippines, gloria arroyo. she appeared in court on thursday and pleaded not guilty to charges of electoral fraud. arroyo was indicted in november on suspicion of ordering the manipulation of vote counts during a senate election in 2007. the case is viewed as a key test for the government of president aquino who's made eliminating corruption a priority. >>> and next we continue our special report on central vietnam. boosting tourist arrivals is a key goal for the central region to catch up with economic development in the rest of vietnam. its world heritage sites and ocean views have the potential to attract visitors from all over the world. and here in hanoi the tourist infrastructure is better established. as i found out, even here, the tourism experience isn't always entirely smooth. hanoi is an historic city with plenty of things to see and do. more than 6 million foreigners visited vietnam last year, a threefold increase from 15 years ago. sophisticated cafes, restaurants and souvenir shops offer visitors

news. >>> thanks, stan. you can find daily reports >> and finally this week, cbn's operation blessing is giving typhoon victims in the philippines help in their time of need. >> they have been in desperate need. thousands in the philippines are homeless after a recent string of typhoons. 21-year-old ralph lost his home. his family has barely been able to make ends meet. cbn stepped to help get his family back on their feet. he was given a bike so he doesn't have to walk to school. his father was given a set of tools to help him rebuild his home as well as a fishing net to help him earn a living. >> i am so happy. i am grateful to cbn for everything they have done. i believe god sent them to help us. >> he said the relief was possible for him and his family to have a better future. >> philippines gets hit by these horrible disasters. we pray god's blessing.

. >>> new this morning a strong earthquake hit the central philippines overnight it was updated an hour ago to a 6.9 the quake brought down buildings caused land slides buried as many as 30 home it is death toll has been rising all morning now up to 13 rescue crews are trying to get to survivors still trapped under the rubble. >>> the latest map on the campaign trail, mitt romney won the nevada caucuses sunday. the latest numbers show romney has just over 50% of the vote there, newt gingrich pulled in just over 21%, gingrich says he is focusing on super tuesday and refuting rumors he says were started by the romney camp he plans to are draw from the race. >> in the meantime he is keeping his sights set squarely on the current administration. >> we are going to build an america where hope is a new job with a pay check not a faded word on an old bumper sticker and i will not attempt to bribe the voters with promises of new programs and new subsidies and ever increasing checks from government >> i am not going to with draw i am actually pretty happy with where we are i think the contrast b

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. >>> new from overnight a 6.8 magnitude earthquake has hit the philippines. right now rescuers are digging through the rubble to find the missing who may be buried in the land slides. the donald trump toll is at 13. many fear that number will increase. the quake destroyed buildings and created land slides that buried dozens of homes. >>> egypt has order 19 americans to stand trial including the son of transportation secretary ray lahood. the group faces criminal charges of promoting democracy and human rights which is banned in egypt. lahood's son was with a washington organization detained in egypt last week. egypt's ruling military council accused the group of trying to destabilize their country. analysts say egypt's decision to take the case to trial could further strain its relationship with the united states. no trial date has been set. >>> 6:06 is your time. 33 degrees. still ahead, controversial moment you may have missed during the super bowl halftime show. >> and the investigation into a light in the sky. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our

. >>> new from overnight -- a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the philippines. rescuers have been digging through rubble to find the missing who may be buried in landslides. the death toll has risen to 43 and at least 40 others are still missing. the quake destroyed buildings and created landslides that buried dozens of houses. it also triggered a brief tsunami alert. >>> the u.s. has issued a new travel alert urging americans not to travel to syria. the bop administration suspended embassy operations in damascus and sent all american personnel and their families out of that country. the state department says the recent surge in violence raised concerns for their safety. the united nations says syrian military has killed more than 5,400 people since last march. president obama has called for negotiations with syria but also demanded that syrian president ba shashar al assad step down. >>> a new poll in decision 2012 shows this morning what the november general election might look like. "the washington post" survey found that for the first time president obama ho

news, london. >> and at least 13 people died from a strong earthquake that shook the philippines today.uake hit an area about 400 miles south of the capitol of manila. rescue workers continued to dig at least 40 people who are believed to be missing. the quake triggered a landslide that buried dozens of people. food and medicine cannot reach the hardest-hit area autos still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00 a hedge fund manager is having hoop dream autos first, don sanchez has the best of the big money super bowl ads. >> the couple that pulled at heart strings and more that made the heartbeat faster. >> loophole allowing a texas man to live rent-free for months. he's known as a $16s squatter. the news at 4:00 continues right after this. ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a te

philippine islands. [applause] >> i wish it will snow in the morning so nobody has to go to school for two weeks. from michael, 13 years old, long island, nework. [laughter] >> i wish that the women and children of iraq and afghanistan could grow up and exist without fear of violence, brutality, and death at every corner, without hunger, without poverty, but instead with freedom. anonymous. [applause] >> i wish that my mom's and all same-sex couples were afforded the basic human right of marriage and in turn given the legal rights needed so that we could become citizens. i wish we did not have to struggle together as a family, fighting together to remain a family. i wish we could live, work, and be just like every other family. from marina. >> and this is a little boy i want to meet. i wish that the next time i leave it shadow and sadie my dogs in the backyard when we leave somewhere that they would dig out of the yard and run far, far away, but i wish that only a shadow would come back and not sadie. i wish that sadie was stolen off the street and sold. [laughter] wolfgang, age 12, sparks, nev.. >> say thank you to kira shira. i have been

new media is a sterile force and not as powerful. >> you mentioned people power. covered the fall of marcos and rise of a keynote -- aquino in the philippines. you have a vicious dictator and a pious, sincere, well-meaning is the original political leader. that was not true. she did not care about poor people. she probably had never met one even though 70% of the population lived under the poverty line. he had actually done some things that were useful and helpful while he pocketed a piece of the action. then i went to a of salvador where oliver stone and others romanticized the guerrilla movement. they were killing mayors in cold blood. there were guerrilla camps up in the mountains. women in fatigues would be serving coffee and grumbling that the guys were running the show. there is a black-and-white problem in the way we look at things. there is a polarization going on. you talk about having to strengthen over here. we have to guard against these guys. life is more complicated than that. >> i agree. a theme that runs through my book is many questions, not all answers. i do not think in black-and- white terms. here is a real power structu

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