to the philippines. william howard taft was governor general of the philippines and said we don't need to be enemies. are the filipinos are my little brown brothers, to which arthur soldiers would chant, they may be brothers of william harvard taft, the mayor brother sydney. it really poisoned arthur's relationship civilian leaders and batteries altered that, he was disliked by the secretary of war you have to believe some of arthur's difficulties with civilian

the philippines and china. i think the biggest deal involved japan, some of the stuff president obama said in terms of extending his treaty obligations to islands. japan has a really serious military and could have a serious fight with china. the philippines are totally -- >> hold on. do you think the philippines going along with this idea is going to inspire other countries to do the same thing? that is to turn to the united states? >> they are already doing that. but the philippines are too weak to be a big player. >> let me tell you this is outrageous for this reason. at the end of the cold war, if the united states defended all these countries, they kicked us out of subik bay and the famous clark field that the japanese bombed at the time of pearl harbor and now they have problems, okay you americans can come back and defend us because we can't defend ourselves. i think there's an enormous amount of ingratitude on the part of the philippines, given the role we played for the last century. >> this isn't abou

insurrection with that approach to the of the philippines. event taft was the general and he said those are my little brown brothers and he said the soldiers there may be of the brothers of taft but not brothers of me. there was real animus and with the relationship with the civilian leaders and never promoted to army chief of staff as a result he was disliked by the secretary of of four. and you have to believe the id difficulties was passed on to his son. they queue for coming. thank you for your questions. [applause] i will sign your books of stairs this is a book for the whole family. not just one. two or three. [laughter] [inaudible conversations]

it it's philippines. in late 200958 people traveling as part of a politician's convoy were killed. 34 of them were journalists. at the time, president gloria arroya made a promise. >> the perpetrators will not escape justice. the law will haunt them until they are caught. >> nearly five years on, there have been no convictions. in the last year along, at least 11 journalists were murdered. among them, a newspaper editor, radio journalists, two tabloid journalists in manilla and a photographer in the province of south quatabato. the most recent was on the 6th of april, tabloid reporter and talk show host, rubilita garcia covered corruption in the local police force. >>, in the philippines, is the kind of reporting that can get you killed. >> stories about criminal acts. i will leg acts, can put you in danger, being a journalist. sometimes, journalists have been killed just for criticizing a person. >> in january, a law came into force allowing journalists to carry guns if they are in imminent danger due to

so the philippines of very strongly nationalistic. the philippines remember in 1992 the united states out of naval station clark air field. .. >> the bilateral relationship between the u.s. and china is just so massively important that we cannot get into a kind of, into a incident, into a military incident with china because of something like this. at the same time, the philippines is a treaty ally of the united states. that means it's a very formal, allied relationship like we have with south korea, like with japan. we have relatively few of those in the world, and some of our most important are in the asia-pacific -- >> meaning if someone shoots the philippines, they're effectively at war with the united states. >> um, let me put it this way: when china pushes around the philippines, the chinese regime can essentially say to its own nationalists at home, see? we can poke a finger into the eye of uncle sam, because the philippines is a treaty ally. so it's sort of a cheap way of poking a finger at the united states, by trying to push

stuff that you've never seen before. >> josh snodgrass grew up in the philippin philippines. his father was an airforce officer. his mother, julie, was from mississippi and had just adjusting to live over seas. >> the nicest woman you could have ever met. there wasn't a bad bone in her body. >> julie, as warm as she was to the american community, she wasn't crazy about the philippines. there were some people, probably not surprising, that didn't like the philippines. >> on february 25th, 1991, joe called to report his wife missing. he said they had an argument. military record show that julie left the military base around 10:30 p.m. but this time she never came back. at 4:00 am the next morning, a cab driver found julie seated in her truck on a deserted dirt road, two miles from the base. she had been stabbed repeatedly. julie was still strapped in her seatbelt and her driver's side door was ajar. >> at that point it kind of toll us that maybe she had tried to get out and couldn't. >> there was a great deal of blood inside the car accept on the messenger seat. >> that led us

we went to camwhore in the philippines not to take any action. has he in fact absence. the chinese embassy in manila. henceforth they made representations to the philippines of the detention of the eleven fiction. the embassy spokesman john law said the filly penises seriously infringed on the stove and lights on maritime rights of china prc the immediate release of a fisherman return of the prophecies and pull the philippines to inshallah name will such acts all taken in the future. the one chinese please has detained a suspect on charges of leaking national secrets to a foreign websites. the seventy year as a woman is now in custody in august last year before a website released a pacified chinese still commands which was reprinted by many other agencies. a special team was organized to investigate the case with many invading nowadays search down to a suspect in april this year and found proof of progress piece linking her to the case the suspect confessed that she had obtained a copy of the document was june and type the contents of the documents and provide is to a d

central philippines.ut it remains to be seen how it can significantly reduce electricity bills in a country with one of the most expensive power rates in asia. >> this some ideal this will man remains skeptical. he has opted not to by appliances. he can't afford a bigger electricity bill. >> a quarter of my monthly salary goes to electricity. i hope with the solar power plant comes benefits for us ordinary focus. i hope it eases our burden. >> the philippines generates power largely from imported fuel pegged to high international prices. neighboring countries like malaysia and indionesia have lower prices because of government subsidies. the philippines does not subsidize power rates. in nearly 30 years after work began on the power plant just north of manila, it remains dormant and has never produced one wat of power. although the government denies the country is going through a power crisis, blackout did occur across the country all the time. in the southern region, poor outages can last up to 12 hours

the philippines signed a new defense agreement with the united states, which will see u.s. troops stationed here for the first time in more than 20 years, a move many saw as a direct counter to china's growing assertiveness. china this week has already demanded the immediate release of the detained fishermen, with a foreign ministry spokesperson warning against any more provocative action. but there are also claims through vietnam this week that china has been intimate dating chinese oilg as a rig began drilling in disputed waters. for now, the risk of a wider military operation over such dispute is low, but some fear it is growing. >> now for the latest weapons being used in the battle against colombian insurgents and cocaine traffickers. close to the border with ecuador, the crafts have become a vital tool in the fight. securityamazon, bbc correspondent frank gardner has the story. jungle of the southern colombia, there's something new on the river. they are fast, heavily armed, and they can reach places ordinary boats cannot get to. they go all the way to the amazon jung

the philippines does not.fter work began on the nuclear power plant north of manila, it is dormant and never produced a watt of power. the government denies the country is going through a power crisis, blackouts occur all the time. in the southern regions, power outages last up to 12 hours a day. this puts a strain on the country's economy. the government says it will replace costly oil imports with home-grown renewable energy. making the switch will take a large amount of money and time. snoop voters in >>> voters in switzerland have less than an hour to decide whether to increase the minimum wage. it will set the rate at $25. as we report from zurich, they are expected to reject the proposal. >> reporter: on the shores of lake suric, the restaurant is one of many businesses that opened up in recent years. employees earnt around $3, 700. the owners say they can't afford to pay people more. >> the question we ask ourselves is if the customer would be ready to pay the price. when we have to pay for that, we hav

he has seen the hulking beast mankind today has an upcoming compete for the routines the philippines and china the dispute over maritime boundaries. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson says china hopes the us and the philippines to what constructively to maintain peace and stability to the tenant us. officials in their beds and have demanded that the chinese to the bus stop killing for oil in a disputed creation of the south tennessee the sea that i'm an to one company has set up an anti pork and drink legally. in the steam on the ds antennas that can seat administration nations it is. the sauce from approaching the evening until the middle of august the site is close to the assignments which are claimed by both countries nice foreign ministry spokesman said hi and then ascended the alliance with dean and vietnam's exclusive economic sound just to run a twenty km from its coast the announcement on oil and gas company patch of the now percent elected to the outbreak of the rings yes the company to immediately halt the operation am proud to be in an exclusive economics on in january

the islands are claimed by china, the philippines, and others. the philippine officials say china's leaders may be attempting to turn the reef into a military foothold to increase their control of the area. and tensions are rising in other parts of the sea, as well, after china moved a large oil rig into an area claimed by vietnam. a state-owned chinese company parked the oil rig near a group of disputed islands two weeks ago. since then, vietnamese and chinese crews have been facing off in the sea. vietnamese maritime police say a chinese ship has rammed another vietnamese boat. now this picture taken on tuesday shows ships sailing alongside each other. the crew of a chinese vessel is seen spraying water. chinese government officials did not say their crews were using water cannons. but they said they have to take the necessary steps to ensure the safety of people on the rig. the chinese want to drill near the paracel islands. both countries lay claim to them. more than 80 chinese ships and more than 20 vietnamese vessels are reported to be in t

the operation is being led by a philippine commander. the u.s. and the philippines signed an agreement in april, aimed at boosting military cooperation. they're using this year's drill to improve their forces' maneuverability at sea. that's one of the goals outlined in the agreement. >>> now, china has been increasing its maritime activities concerning another area of the sea, and a group of islands japan controls but china and taiwan claim. now u.s. lawmakers have reaffirmed their position that the senkaku islands are covered under an existing treaty with japan. members of the house armed services committee unanimously approved the national defense authorization bill for fiscal 2015. the bill says the united states opposes any unilateral action that would seek to undermine japan's administration of the senkakus. it says the u.s. remains committed under the u.s./japan security treaty to respond to any armed attack on the island. the bill supports prime minister shinzo abe's policy of pro-active contribution to peace. and he says the u.s. endorses

watch. [ inaudible ]. >> this is a female passenger who just arrived in the philippines from beijingou can see she's in sort of a tussle with this man in civilian clothes. turns out that man is an immigration agent there at the airport. >> oh, my goodness. [ inaudible ]. >> he's really sort of manhandling this woman. >> yeah. >> turns out she was about to be deported because apparently she was violating ap immigration policy where she would work in the philippines as a teacher as much as she could, travel back to china and return back to the philippines to continue working as a teacher. she ignored sort of the in uniform guards trying to deport her and they called this guy in civilian clothes to step in. >> it's one thing she is being deported and probably really freaked out but it's another she's getting beat around by this immigration agent. >> sure. >> it's not helpful when she's throwing shoes at them. all that's going to do is antagonize them. >> you don't know what happened before the video. we can only judge on what we're seeing here. a lot of eyebrows raised. that is why the

he was born in the philippines. >> my father was a farmer.ther, a simple housewife. >> they believed passionately in education. dato came to america, graduated from stanford with a masters in electrical engineering. his charity has a long-term strategy to graduate as many ph.d.s as possible in the philippines in science and engineering. he's connecting silicon valley to this effort to create filipino entrepreneurs, some of those students made this video. >> i believe that entrepreneurship is the fast es addition of wealth for the philippines. >> trying to raise the middle class? >> absolutely. >> they'll be dancing for dollars in the fundraiser. >> cheryl will be bringing home a surprise partner or two. it will definitely be a name. >> sheryl jennings, abc7 news. >>> the fundraiser is friday june 6 at the cheryl burke dance studio in mountain view. more information on our website, abc7news.com. >>> when red tape threatens to ruin your wedding. who do you call? your congressman, how a local lawmaker stepped in and saved the day. a broader mix

meanwhile, the philippines key index lost 1.6% falling to 6,676. the lowest close in a month. the country's economy grew 5.7%. that was well below what many economists had been looking for. >>> generations of filipinos have gone overseas to earn a living. they've become an integral part of work forces around the world. they now number 2 million, in fact. together they send back billions of dollars every year to support their families. but many of those who go home are finding that their hard work hasn't paid off. nhk world's daisuke ozuma has more. >> reporter: 4,500 filipinos leave their country every day in search of a better life. they found jobs as nurses, housekeepers and construction workers. government leaders in the philippines started encouraging this migration in the 1970s. -- from overseas filipino workers -- account for about 10% of the nation's gdp. still, more and more workers have increasing problems when they return home. amanda aguer worked as a care giver in israel and the united arab emirates. she says she had no choice but to go abroad, so she could earn en

. >>> and court in conflict - thousands from one of the philippines last indigenous tribes are displaced from their homes. >>> it's hoped south sudan's two rival leaders will meet face to face in the coming hours. president salva kiir. and his former deputy riek machar are in the ethiopia capital, their first meeting since mass fighting began. fighting erupted in december. the army split into factions, pitting members of salva kiir's dinka tribe against the nuer people. much of the violence has been along ethnic lines, thousands have been killed, and more than a million displaced. a u.n. report has armed groups on all sides of the conflict are guilty of carrying out gross violations of human rights, and the report calls for an end to the violence. diplomatic editor james bays has more. >> reporter: the details in this latest u.n. human rights report are shocking - 61 pages of mass murders, rape, killings taking place in south sudan. it started as a political dispute between two different factions and turned into a tribal war. real concern around the security council table. i spoke to amb

. >>> i'm reporting in the western philippines.will tell you why these waters are now at the forefront of a tense territorial dispute. ♪ but first the syrian foreign ministry says six united nations inspectors and drivers have been kidnapped in syria. the kidnapping is said to have taken place in the hamma province and it advised the team not to enter a village close to the area but the team did so reco recordless. one confirmed the abduction and another denied it. of course we will bring you more information as soon as we talk to our correspondents in the region. but now let's go to egypt. it is the second day of the presidential election and it's the 10th poll in four years and it's expected to endorse or even confirm abdel-fattah el-sissi as the new leader and the former army chief abdel-fattah el-sissi and challenger cast their ballots on monday. and we have the european lead election observer there speaking to us earlier from cairo and says political activists and journalists remains a concern. >> of course they are one of the

this time in the philippines marked the last leg of his overseas trip. during the steaming allow the president expressed support in mediating the nation's territorial disputes with china. reporter calling these article on president obama is aged four was unhelpful one that showed the serious relationships the u s shares in asia the whole nation is in mourning over the sinking of the soho passenger ferry in north korea helped my fire drills close to the defacto into korean maritime border on tuesday the twenty nine the education ministry course one on sunday held secret to this issue. around fifty rounds were fired only one fifth the total fired off a similar trail from uncle kimi and prayed that something be an unimaginable what happened before people thirteen. experts say a fourth nuclear test could be in the works. to this report the casino the n l l y fire drills are raising tensions on the korean peninsula. when april twenty nine to an official memorial altar for the victims of the campsite the local passenger ferry was set up at the un signed one of

six months after the largest cyclone ever to strike land barreled through the philippines, a look at how much and how little has been done. consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america eastern ukraine will hold an referendum on autonomy. on the heels of last week's execution, oklahoma has agreed to delay the next one for since months. he died of aheart attack 43 minutes into his execution, and an investigation is underway. charles mourner was supposed to be executed the same night. the man posted video of the five guns on the internet. now police say two of them could be fired, gun ownership is illegal in japan. but of course, it is no

the man leading the effort is considered the bill gates of the philippines. cheryl jennings as more on the cause. ♪ >> cheryl is coming home for a fundraise they're hopes to be a big winner for a favorite charity. her mother, a silicon valley entrepreneur visited us recently to talk about the charity that will improve the impoverished country. >> we're building on invasion, entrepreneurship. >> we need to develop the country of the philippines to be a thriving with fast growing economy. >> he founded several silicon valley business bus his heart is in finish anthroby because of his humble beginnings. he was born in the philippines. >> my mother, she was a housewife. >> they believed passionately in education. he came to america, graduated from stanford with a masters in electrical engineering. his charity has a long-term strategy, to graduate as many ph.d.s as possible in the philippines in science and engineering. he's connecting silicon valley to the effort to create philippines entrepreneurs. some of those students made this video. >> i believe entrepreneu

just weeks ahead, a tragic anniversary comes to the philippine. shoreline mountains and more than 100 million people who live across 7,000 islands. is what can be very dangerous waters. >> it came from the east. an enormous storm barreling across the islands. >> layed over an image of our country, it would cover the entire east coast, from the canadian board tore well past the tip of florida. it stretches as far west as missouri. typhoon was the biggest tropical cyclone to ever make land fall, sustainment of 195 miles per hour. some gusts reached well over 200. but it was the water, that did the most damage. and took the most lives. carried away everything in its path, and thousands of people. as it is known in the filling means easily the deadliest natural disaster of 2013. when relief workers arrived we found a post apocalyptic scene, not a home or a life left untouched. hi, everybody okay. >> i was struck by the openness in the disaster zone, their lives destroyed still they are willing to talk, and share what they experienced when the storm bl

coming up, it's been six months since the philippines were hit by typhoon haiyan.we're going to be talking to one man who is trying to move on after losing 22 members of his family. >> on the next talk to al jazeera lawyer david boies gives surprising insight intos his most historic case bush vs. gore and tells of his relentless fight for civil rights >> this is the defining issue today... >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines at this hour. russian president vladimir putin meeting for those looking for an answer to end the crisis in ukraine. it says that they're pulling back troops along the border but nato said they are not seeing the with drawls. >> boko haram blamed for a new atrocity in nigeria. the reports that the group killed people in a town and kidnapped more school girls in decision to the 200 is has kept captive since april. >>> it's been citizen months since typhoon haiyan hit the philippines. some families there are still trying to cope. >> they're hoping that h

here in the philippines antichinese sentiments are running high too. two weeks ago the police seized a chinese fishing boat after discovering 300 endangered. they found 20 live turtles and all torched off the coast. the nine fishermen charged pled not guilty and face up to 20 years in prison. philippine prosecutors rejected the chinese's government demand that the men be freed and accused the fishermen of poaching. >> poaching or taking of turtles is being prohibited. you know, and trying to take, you know, pay much attention and enforcing our laws as well. we have had a history of poaching in the province. >> the chinese government is saying that the arrests were act of provocation and violation of the sovereignty. china is claiming most of the sea rich in natural resources and the others are claiming parts of the sea. china is backing the claims with actions. the philippines released a series of photos of the chinese reclaiming land in the disputed reef and suggests that china is building an airstrip. they point out that it is not easy to patrol the

we'll be live in the philippines to see how recovery efforts are going. plus, political reality a pipe dream. mexico the latest country to legal ace marijuana. will it kerb the drug cartels. a >>> it's good to have you with us. these are the top stories - boko haram fighters are accused of killing up to 300 people in nigeria. local senator from borno told al jazeera that the government stormed the area near the border with cameroon. >>> hundreds of syrian opposition fighters left the strategic city of homs. the evacuation follows a u.n. and iran-brokered trees between the government and rebel fighters. >>> anti-government troops at eastern ukraine say it's up to the people to decide whether to go ahead with a referendum, following a request to postpone the vote set for 11 may. >> it's been six months since typhoon hayan wreaked havoc in parts of the philippines. thousands were killed, more struggling to recover. our correspondent joins us. some rebuilding, but far from a town back on its feet, isn't it? >> reporter: well, in terms of recovery, far from it

of a broader program known as mystic what also monitors telephone communications in mexico, the philippines, kenya, as well as one of the country which they are not naming.

now they are homeless, driven from their home ever the philippine military launched an offensive more than a month ago, against communist rebels believed to be hiding in their area. over 1,000 are forced to live in an evacuation camp. they are angry. >> the military are in the villages, there are no communists. we want to go back to our homes, plough our fields, swim in the rivers. >> the conflict involving the rebels in the philippine is one of the longest running. tens of thousands of compete ents have been killed in decades of fighting. the group set up political parties in congress, engaging in peace talks. but these have largely failed. in 2010 president aquino renewed talks with the leftist rebels, a breakdown of negotiations led to more fighting. the military denies that it caused most of the displacement of villages, and says although offensive against communist rebels in the area is ongoing, the priority has been to secure the communities. an estimated 5,000 communist fighters are active across the country. despite the military offense ifs, they are recruiting in far-flung co

aljazeera, central philippines. >> it is raining in parts of the northeast. and we could be looking at some dangerous weather in the midwest today. nicole mitchell joins us now with that. >> good morning, and while some areas have improvement, other parts of the country are going downhill with the weather. you can see the bands of rain in the northeast. and in finishing, because if you are trying to catch a flight out this afternoon, but we'll watch for more problems on the rise instead. and already widespread areas of rain on the backside of t such an enormous temperature contrast. we have seen areas of know in nebraska. look at this. rapid city to omaha, 37 verse 72 as the temperature right now, so each 100-miles you go, the temperature is dropping 10° as you go westward. that is a strong cold front. that's coming through the country, and ahead of that, the temperatures, a lot of them in the 80s, and that will help to fuel the severe weather through the course of the day. anywhere we're watching, anywhere in the yellow, that's a slight risk. and the red is

as you mentioned, this program has gained access in mexico, kenya, the philippines, bahamas, and one of the country that the intercept is not naming at this time. >> is the government telling you not to name them? >> this is a conversation that we had four weeks as we have reported the story, trying to determine whether or not it was responsible to name the country. the nsa and government did not want us to name any of the countries. we named four of them. with this final country, we came to the conclusion that naming it would very likely increase risk for people on the ground. as you know, this is one of those decisions that, as a journalist covering national security stories, was difficult to make. we did not take it lightly. but when it comes to the

mace and a massive tsunami waves to what the philippines and other asian countries. university of tokyo assistance with assets totaling one hundred and conducting research as part of a national project he stimulated tsunami waves that currently countries them around japan. it would be generated by a magnitude nine level clay tell of the nong khai it off the deep beneath waters south of japan the relationship that tsunami waves we reached the philippines and other southeast asian countries in the retail four hours after the quake. more and then a four meter high tsunami may hit wide areas of the region in mindanao island the philippines and tsunami could rise as high as eighty meters. the study showed tsunami will also meet in the chinese coast. one to two meter high tsunami with the shanghai and surrounding areas. nine hours after the quake. you can join japan should think of old joined coping that used together with the station and pacific countries. in a sea of tokyo professor time best xi for the mega stressed the need for tsunami warning systems and evacuation dr

i'm with al jazeera, southern philippines. >> still to come here on this program, stand down, mexicorug cartels in the west are joining a new police force. >> no one wants to help him. he is pushing just like this. >> reporter: in sport we will be hearing from the world champion athlete who is struggling to find a sponsor. ♪ justice really for all? ♪ vigilantes are being asked to put their guns away and join a new official police force that follows more than a year-long fight by the so called self-defense unit against drug cartels and adam reports. >> reporter: slugs shot, collected and saved all part of an official gun registration and vigilantes in a war against one of mexico's cartels but now they largely disappeared, the government is telling the vigilantes to stand down. >> translator: once registered they can keep their guns but starting this saturday they can no longer patrol a so called self-defense units and they have to be folded into a new police force. >> translator: we are going to keep working as rural police, as rural defense fores. we are the people in uniforms. >> re

a zoo in the philippines is letting visitors get up close and personal with the snakes ... and, it's supposed to be relaxing! the zoo is offering snake massages. guests lie down while 13-foot

it's been six months since typhoon hyun slammed into the philippines. many are still struggling to recover. >> survivors of tie off and on hyun say they want to be heard. hear farmers are upset about just how long the recovery in their town is taking. they accuse the local government of being too slow. they say they still needy merge emergency assistance. >> i think we are gaining ground. everybody's opening. the civic centers, the news cal structures are being put back. >> but people like gilbert are still hoping for some government help. he still hasn't recovered from what he lost when his coconut farm was destroyed of the pests like these are finishing whatever is left of it. >> farmers are going hungry. they need food, shelter. we need to be given capitol to clean our farms, gasoline, seedlings. this is like second hyun for us. we are unable to to do anything at all. >> reporter: these sentiments are repeated 100 times over. across the island, most fishermen have reported thoir their boats and gone back to sea but they are catching far fewer fish th

up next, back in the philippines.ple are rebuilding their lives six months after the typhoon. ♪ >> let's check on some of the stories which have been making headlines. take a look at the south korean president. she says she is ultimately responsible for the ferry that killed at least 300 people. the system will be dismantled and overhauled. collusion between business and government for the disaster. the captain and his crew have been charged with homicide. has offered a rare public apology after the collapse of an apartment building. state media showing officials with grieving relatives at the site. the number of victims has not been released. the incident was described as serious. reports say the building may have been housing more than 90 families. a group has been charged with tionigence in connec with a mining disaster in turkey. the mining company ignored safety concerns and government inspections had been superficial. charges could lead to sentences of up to 15 years imprisonment. the entrance has now been seale

he's connecting silicon valley to the effort to create philippines entrepreneurs.ome of those students made this video. >> i believe it is the fastest division of wealth in the population. >> trying to raise the middle class? >> absolutely. >> this is why he and cheryl burke will be dancing for dollars at the cheryl burke fundraiser. >> cheryl will be bringing it home. it will definitely be fun! >> cheryl jennings, abc7 news. >>> the fundraiser is friday, june 6th at the cheryl burke dance studio in mountain view. we have more information on our website, abc7news.com. >>> next, when red tape threatens to ruin your wedding, who better to call than your congressman. how local politicians it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. >> a new video posted on youtube is revealing a whole new use for drones. take a look at this. yep, that's a drone attached to a leash walking a dog. wait until see the neighbor. it's like it's normal. the dog doesn't seem to mind either. the new yor

they all died. >> the commander of the army garrison with the philippines.rthur i don't know anyone who does not have an opinion i remember growing up does the child my grandparents adored him but i know people did not feel that way. he is an interesting figure of history because he had 12 hours notice after the attack at pearl harbor. but yet to did nothing there were american airplanes flying up even with defense to know this. i don't know the reason why he was not driven out. the husband was the new admiral of the navy fleet. and was out of the navy by junior reid 42 and lived his life understandably pretty bitter because the politicians quickly created a commission to ask the congress to investigate for food is to blame in and they had complete control of the blue ribbon commission and they asked the house and senate not to investigate and they complied. but in politics when something goes bad everybody has to be blamed. that fell two short who was out by january 42. even though the navy has done a number of stories after words they completely exonerated

china, the philippines and nine other asian countries signed an agreement aimed at protecting conflict in this disputed area. >> japan's prime minister is supporting a proposal to end a ban on its military fighting overseas to defend allies. this recommendation opens up a domestic debate about japans pass sift constitution and is alarming china. we report from beijing. >> japan's pass sift constitution forbids a conventional military. it that a self defense force. but to japan's neighbors, it still looks like the real thing, even though japan's not fired a shot against an enemy in almost 70 years. that could be about to change. >> the japanese constitution was created with the hope of bringing happiness to the people. currently, i do not believe that it says we should abandon our responsibility to protect the lives of japanese people. le prime minister declared support for a release of the constraints on military. he doesn't need the approval of parliament, all that's required is a simple decision by cabinet. the shift in defense policy comes at a time of rising territorial friction be

>> he was the commander of the army garrison in the philippines, anyone who doesn't have a strong opinion about douglas macarthur, and my grandparents just utterly of bored him that there are people who didn't feel that way about douglas macarthur. he is an interesting figure of history. installation was attacked on december 8th, 1941. had 12 hours notice after the attack at pearl harbor and yet did nothing and clark felt there were american airplanes wingtip to wingtip. he had advance notice. i don't know the reason why he was court-martialed or driven out the way kimmel and short were. kimmel was the new admiral of the navy fleet in the hawaiian islands, was out of the navy by january of 1942. pretty bitter because he took the blame, the politicians in washington created it -- the roosevelt administration created a commission and asked congress to investigate what happened at pearl harbor and who is to blame and the roosevelt administration had complete control of this blue ribbon commission and roosevelt simply asked the house and senate, they complied. and somebody has to be blamed an

the philippines, during an el nino sees dry conditions. the indian monsoon - it depend if it's a big one. if it's not other facts come into play. we'll keep a close eye on whether this is a major one. >> one person has been killed during a shoot-out between police and drug traffickers in rio de janeiro. residents took an oath to recover as police raided a neighbour hood. it's part of a push against the upcoming world cup. ross shimabuku has been looking at the preparations for the tournament. >> the 43,000 feet stadium is almost finished, with workers frantically applying the final touches. good news for inspectors. but it's a different story in the rest of the area. the smallest world cup venue in the party of the booming agricultural state. antonio says the city in the geographical interest in south america has turned into a nightmare. >> this is a small neighbour hood stream which all the traffic has to go through. residents are angry. it gets worse every day. >> this 22km rail link was supposed to join the link to the city center. it's

this time in the philippines marked the last leg of his overseas trip. during the steaming allow the president expressed support in mediating the nation's territorial disputes with china. reporter calling these article on president obama speeches or was it helpful one that showed the various relationships. us shares in asia. the whole nation is in mourning over the sinking of the so called passenger ferry in north korea held like fire drills close to the de facto into korean maritime border on tuesday the twenty nine unification ministry course one on sunday. healthy treat this issue. around fifty grams were fired only one third the total fired off a similar trail from uncle. and that something good and unimaginable what happened before the full thirteen. an expert city of port nuclear test could be in the works to this report the casino the n l l y fire drills are raising tensions on the korean peninsula. when april twenty nine to an official memorial altar for the victims of the campsite the local passenger ferry was set up at the on side one of them o

jamala, al jazeera, southern philippines. . >> stay with us on the newshour. we have this coming up. inside the car, italy's former prime minister doing his first community service at an old people's home. we will take a look at sar serejvo. >> the new out door athletic season is underway. it hasn't gone well for one of running's brightest new stars. ... this is the system people want to believe that the justice system works. people wanna believe that prosecutors and police do the right thing. i think every american needs to be concerned about that. we do have the best justice system in the world, in theory... the problem is, it's rum by human beings... human beings make mistakes... i'd like to think of this show as a watch dog about the system... to make sure justice is being served. wrongful convictions happen, we need to be vigilant. with our personal liberties taken away from us, it better be done the right way. is justice really for all? >>> the top stories on the newshour, the nigerian military had advanced warning of a boko haram attack that led to the

we are using the landmark of the philippines to do this.s is something we hope to launch within the next month or so. >> in many cases here, it is not enough to simply give them fish or teach them how to fish. giving them the tools to rebuild their lives. bloomberg. will have reports all week from david on his remarkable trip to the philippines and the recovery that continues there. checking some other stories making headlines, north korea has offered a rare public apology after the collapse of an apartment building under construction in pyongyang. state media showed officials with grieving relatives at the site. the number of victims has not been released but it was described as "serious you." it may have house more than 90 families. three people have been charged with negligent in connection with a mine explosion in southern turkey. survivors claim the mining company ignored safety concerns and that government inspections have been superficial. it can lead to sentences of up to 15 years. we will be back in two minutes. ♪ >> it to 7:30 a.m

are also vying for resources in the south china sea in fact indonesia and the philippines have been upgrading their defense forces to counter any external risks and political blogger ryan dawson told my colleague the research they're all talking really wants is to sell more on does not work towards stability. when he sold it to the public was to bolster security for smaller states such as vietnam and the philippines and what his real concerns are not to help them with their own border disputes when you really look at it it's all about weapons sales in arms shipments they already shipped ten patrol ships promise to the philippines three been delivered and they're sending more to vietnam and also to indonesia. in his party and the unity party underage have been talking about amending the constitution of japan article nine which already is being ignored greatly because japan's defense force is definitely in militaries the six largest military expenditure in the world everything huge navy huge air force they have been prevented from selling are immense and joining in conflicts such as i

as well they all want to slice in fact indonesia and the philippines they've been upgrading their defense forces to counter any external risks and journalist and he thinks the military build up will push beijing to defend its territorial rights something mr hallinan says could have dire consequences. the all the government has proposed it's going to begin to. carry items of. war materials except to other countries in southeast asia and asia going to take a role which is essentially to make it an active ally of the united states what it seems like i think if you're in indonesia is you're looking at this and what you're seeing is is that japan is piling on along with the united states and that's that's a perception that can lead to mistakes and mistakes when you are involved. you know military ships and airplanes and things like that can lead to serious tragedy . north korea become more wary of military rhetoric in japan two of america's most advanced drugs and a military base in the country during there was shrouded in secrecy details on our website right now in. this story as well refusin