so how long have you been back in the philippines? >> in the philippines?finally getting to know their mother. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> okay. okay. okay. bring the food inside! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> many, many, many filipino women like you who had to leave their families, go abroad. >> yeah. absolutely. her three children. >> my eldest is about four years now in qatar, and the other one is two years and the other one is in hong kong. >> working conditions for ofws, particularly in some gulf states can be punishing, at best, abusive or worse. >> i'm a single mom with my two grandchildren. i really cried a lot especially in this holiday season. >> still, due to lack of opportunity at home, many filipinos have little choice, but to go, somewhere far away. find a job, money. >> but hopefully in a few years, you think, they come back? >> i ask them to go home because i'm not getting younger anymore. i need them with my side. i tell them several times they call me up, please get home soon. i need you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you know we said we'd take a look at our retirement plan today. not now! i'm cleani

bustling, sprawling south east asian capital city of the philippines.llion people. the world's most densely populated city. ♪ i light a candle, put the presents around the tree ♪ but it is christmas. a twinkly, festive wonderland where the mostly catholic population take their holiday season very seriously. >> hello! merry christmas. >> anthony: because filipinos are, for reasons i have yet to figure out, probably the most giving of all people on the planet. think i'm talking shit? keep watching. ♪ [ motorcycle revving ] >> fritz: good afternoon everyone. we're the band called keystone. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: ofw stands for overseas filipino worker, and they are one of the philippines's largest and most important exports. people. go abroad, make money, improve the quality of life for the whole family. all over the world, the philippines sends architects, doctors, construction workers, nurses, housekeepers, nannies. the entire filipino economy relies heavily on the money sent back by more than 10 million ofws. roughly $30 billion u.s. a year or about 10% of the

music and singing are a huge part of life in the philippines.succeed, you better be able to pick up new material fast. >> we started tony braxton, beatles and elvis presley. >> anthony: how many in your repertoi repertoire? >> about a thousand. >> anthony: and if you don't know it, you can fake it real quick. >> yeah. >> anthony: five years from now, where would you like to be playing? >> that's a good question. my biggest dream is to play las vegas. the u.s. this is my dream. >> when we get to the dream, you know, playing at las vegas, we want to play first, we are the champions. if we get there. ♪ you know we said we'd take a look at our retirement plan today. not now! i'm cleaning the oven! yeah, i'm cleaning the gutters! well i'm learning snapchamp! chat. chat! changing the oil... (vo) it's surprising what people would rather do than deal with retirement. pressure-washing the... roses. aerating the lawn! (vo) but with nationwide it's no big deal. okay, your retirement plan is all set. nationwide? awesome. nice neighborhood. ♪ nationwide is o

steve choi, al jazeera, the philippines. >>> and you can see more about the donald trump of the philippines on thursday. >>> the u.s. government will redirect almost $600 million to help fight the zika virus. the money was left over from a fund set up to combat the ebola outbreak. the president's request is still with the republican-controlled congress. the white house says the mosquito born virus is more widespread in the u.s. as previously thought. >>> one in three american adults will have developed diabetes. the disease kills more americans every year than aids and best cancer combined. tom akerman has the details. >> reporter: twice or more each month these women get together to chart their progress at defeating a common enemy. >> i have a family history of diabetes, so it had been handed down a couple of generations, and my husband has diabetes, and his family are all type 2 diabetics, so my goal was not to get it. >> reporter: there are more americans who show all of the signs of becoming diabetic. >> i was told by the doctor that unless i changed it, i would be diabetic in like two

. >>> let's take you back to that philippines presidential candidate who is taking on beijing.reports. >> reporter: he has never been known for play nice. the 71-year-old mayor who loves his big bikes, is notorious to allegedly using death squads to stop criminals in his city. and now as a top contender as president of the philippines he's vowing to take on one of the world's super powers, china. >> what will i do? i will do it. i will send to china alone. i will bring the flag of the philippines and walk through their airport and plant the filipino flag. you want to blow me to bits? do it. i would be happy to go with a bang. >> reporter: china and the philippines have been at heavy odds over who owns this string of islands in the south china sea. >> it is our island, it's always been our island historically. >> reporter: if elected president he says he will first try to negotiation with the asian rival. if talks breakdown he vows to reclaim the islands himself. >> i will not use the lives of the arms forces the philippines. i will go there. >> he's the most outrageous, the mos

one of the main suspects in the brussells attacks, and the philippines presidential candidate who ising to take on a major super power. syrian state t.v. is claiming. it says those kidnapped were cement workers and contractors from the cement company. al jazeera is unclear exactly what happened, but several of those taken have now been released. there are conflicting reports with regards to the news of the abduction of these workers, these cement workers. state television saying that isil kidnapped roughly 300 workers, however, sources on the ground have told al jazeera that the number was far less than that, one of the armed opposition groups that were fighting as well as fighting isil managed to secure the release of most of them. they say that isil initially killed or beheaded ten of those that they took captives and that less than 100 remain in the hands of isil, however, what this goes to show is the lack of clarity with regards to what is taken place on the ground because of the dangerous nature and the unfortunate fact that there is a difficulty in finding independent verifica

our the philippines one president away from economic disaster? some big warning signals. >> employee violations of internal compliance -- according to people familiar with the matter the bank is investigating cases of improper expense report padding and moneylending to colleagues. the program led to the departure of several bankers in dubai in recent months, including at least three managing directors. michael pearson got a huge incentive and generate 15 -- in january 2015. a grant the company disclosed today for the first time would have given it ceo 2.2 5 million shares. if the valiant stocks reached him of $1200 between october 2019 and april 2020. are year's top prospects going to the rams, eagles, and chargers. the company is signing endorsement contracts with a whopping 15 members of the rookie nfl class. popularmour, the athletic apparel maker, has just .ne that is the bloomberg business flash. a controversial candidate in the philippine presidential race has made the peso it's worst-performing currency this month. the peso slumped 1.6 per

steve chow, al jazeera, the philippines. >>> and you can see more of that, the donald trump of the philippines, in 101 east with receive chau. guns, goons and the presidency first airs at 2230 gmt on al jazeera from thursday. >>> the u.s. government will redirect almost $6 hundred had you been million to help fight the zika virus. it was left over from the fund set up to combat "the acc blitz" ebola outbreak. president obama has requested it from the republican-controlled congress. it's more widespread in america than thought. it has the potential to spread as the weather gets warmer. >>> the heat wave in southern india has killed at leigh 66 people. temperatures have risen above 40 degrees celsius in the southern states. the problem is compounded by frequent power cuts and water shortages. 85 people died in a heat wave in the same region last year. >>> pakistan's cinema industry is under going a boom after giving the go ahead to screen bollywood films. some say they want them banned because they're hurting the homegrown film industry. han khan has more. >> reporter: in recent years going to t

the philippines candidate who is vowing to take on a major super power. the syrian army and its allies have launched a major offensive against rebels south of aleppo. it is the biggest government operation in the area since the partial ceasefire agreement came into effect in late february. the ongoing fight issing has threatened to derail the fleement which has reduced overall violence in syria. the u.n.-sponsored talks to stop the war are set to resume on monday. the syrian network for human rights say six rescue workers and medical staff have been killed in syria in march. dispute all odds and attacks, a civil response group in reb rebel-held areas are making an difference. >> reporter: this man works for the civil defense also known as the white helmets. he is not just a driver. he is also a rescue worker. when there are no air raids he helps clean up the city. >> translation: we're trying to help the people in more than one way, not only recovering people from under the rubble, but we also clean the streets, the debris, open the roads, contain the rub

bringing some thunderstorms across parts of the philippines. you'll be looking at stormsongo region. there's some good news. bangkok you'll see a high of 36 with the storms on your friday. talking about some flooding or some storms, that is across much of the central u.s. we have been seeing these storms back on tuesday. wednesday now into thursday along the eastern seaboards. this was what we have seen in gulf port, mississippi. one of the areas got hit quite hard by hurricane katrina in 2005. you can see there a lot of people having to be rescued with the latest storm systems that pull through causing some severe flooding. about 20 to 30 people picked up by boat and truck there. as we go ahead through your friday, things will be starting to clear out, but just towards the west we got another little bit of a low pocket of energy blowing through. that will fire up strong to severe thunderstorms across parts of texas. even heavy rainfall coming out of this could cause flooding. a little farther toward the north. we saw the flooding there in gulf

the shoal lies within the exclusive economic zone claimed by the philippines. but the area has been under china's control since 2012. its patrol ships began operating there after chinese fishing boats were seized by philippine authorities. u.s. government officials expressed strong concern last month over chinese vessels that were spotted conducting what appeared to be survey work around the shoal. china reacted sharply. >> translator: what we want to stress is that the island belongs to china. so whatever actions we take, they are done under chinese sovereignty. >> the spokesperson criticized news media for attempting to predict chinas's future actions. >>> russia has successfully launched its first rocket from a newly built space center in the far eastern region of amore. the government began construction of the facility four years ago as a new base for space development. a rocket blasted off on thursday. russian space agency officials said the rocket released a satellite their designated orbits at 500 kilometers. president putin watched a launch and called i

agreed with its crucial southeast asian ally last month to jointly use five philippine basis. on thursday, they conducted live fire drills that included a high mobility rocket launcher, being d deployed at the first time at the exercises. >> we're really progressing, and hopefully by next year, we can come up with a better and maybe much more bigger exercise. and hopefully we can get in more technology, newer technology and hardware. >> china has reclaimed some small islands and reefs. it is claiming almost all of the resources as its own. several asian countries, including the philippines and vietnam have claims in the area. the u.s. government has called on china to stop mill teitarizi the waters. u.s. war ships have sailed close, prompting criticism from china. >>> the latest in business news. central bank governors have started talks in washington. y ai uchida joins us from the business desk. >> talking about the g 20 meeting. the agenda is expected to show off the global economy and preventing tax avoidance. the participate pants plan to spend the first day discussing way

we're still not getting enough information from the philippine government. sources tell us that the number of those who died may rise in the next coming hours. what we know as well is that the philippine government has set the deadline that at the end of this year they want to eradicate the presence of the group considering that they're very well entrenched within the communities in those islands >>> i wonder what this operation means for the elections. you have them coming up in three weeks. how will this impact the conduct of the vote and also the way people vote in these areas? >> reporter: it was always considered an election hot spot, but over the last few years it has managed to, in fact, conduct operations there, elections there peacefully. this is going to make it very difficult for a lot of voters, especially that displacement is about to happen or expected to happen because of this attack. we still don't know whether the commission elections will declare special elections program for niece areas, but what we know ask that it is just going to be dif

it is a matter for the philippine army to trip to make sure it is surgical. the question is how many have been affected. the area of operation yesterday is surrounded by a lot of communities and civilians. there's no reports coming out whether they have been bolder, some have been hurt. no reports of displacement as well at this point >>> of course, the timing in all this, elections are due in the philippines in three weeks time. what impact does this attack have on the conduct of the vote and the way people will vote in three weeks? >> reporter: it puts all of these islands in a difficult situation. a few years ago there were several failure of elections there. it is difficult to conduct operations in terms of voting. elections now have become automated. it doesn't make it very difficult because the chance for voters is difficult for the commission and the election. we don't know exactly why this happened, but there is a pattern here that is normal. during election season that's when kidnap operations are rife. a lot of the leaders are affiliated with local

philippines presidential candidate who is vowing to take on a major super power >>> there have been growing protests on the island of lesbos over an official agreement to deport refugees to turkey. the deal came into effect on monday with the aim of halting the influx of illegal refugees into europe. the refugees are not giving up on trying to make that dangerous journey across the aegean sea. in a moment we will hear from our correspondent outside a refugee detention center in lesbos. first, harry fawcett tells the story of those who risk their lives to seek asigh aluminium >> reporter: you hear-- asylum. >> reporter: you hear it, anxiety, desperation. so many children have drowned making this journey yet more still come, even if this is one of the rare life jacket that actually floats, it's of no use to the tiny body inside. others make do with rubber tubes. even then not everybody is wearing them. these are iraqi families who probably paid hundreds of dollars a head for passage to the greek island of lesbos, but the boat is too small, even for the 40 or so packed into it. this is how fam

it continues to push for a tonne me in the south of the philippines. it has a basis and routinely kid naps location and foreigners for huge ransoms. tell us about this operation against the group. why is it happening now and why have we seen such a high number of casualties among the soldiers? >> reporter: the president gave the indication that it would be targeted. this group is particular group of the army was sent from another island and moved in preparation for in assault. the numbers of those killed are expected to rise. according to sources who told me there is still those number - the soldiers who are still missing at this point. at the moment the philippine military is still trying to extract those who are wounded in the battle zone. what we don't know at the moment is how many civilians have been affected. there seems to be not enough information coming from the philippine government. so, yes, they want to eliminate the presence of the group but it is expected to be bloody at this point >>> this operation comes just three weeks elections in th

i will bring the flag of the philippines, and i will walk to their airport, and plant the filipino flagwant to blow me to bits? do it. i would be happy to go with a bapg. >> reporter: china and the bill fiends have -- philippines have been at heavy odds over who owns the islands in the south china sea. if elected president he says he will first try to negotiate the rival, if talks break down, he vows to claim the islands himself. >> i will not sacrifice the lives of the soldiers. i would rather go there, and they can waste me if they want. >> he is the most outrageous, colorful, and interesting character in these up coming presidential elections. >> reporter: political watchers warn that such talk will only escalate tensions with china. >> we like to compare him to trump of the u.s. because he likes to shock with his statements. he can be very reckless. >> reporter: reckless, perhaps, but for a mayor that has never run for a national seat, he has amassed a huge following. his tough pledge of getting rid of crime and corruption, and making the philippines a strong nation resinateings. >>

rishaad: coming up, the philippine bank heist investigation is shifting its focus.la after ao ma very short break. ♪ rishaad: now, having a look at the philippine senate situation, and $18 million i were highest is shifting focus on how the money was laundered. what has happened to the money? what is the latest? >> good morning. based on the testimony collected, you're looking at around $61 million of this money going to the casino system. $30 million of that has been spent. official to statements, $31.8 million can be seen as retrievable, if traced to local corporations, and if the courts were to act swiftly. overall ok, what is the action from the -- reaction from the investigators? >> well, first of all, the banking system sorof the phillippines has been declared sound. is note saying this going to affect the banking system in general, but it is a question of perception and how investors are looking at regulatory systems in the philippines. that is one thing that investigators are looking at, and others in looking at how the elections are going to happen. a lot o

meet the philippines presidential candidate who is vowing to take on a major super power. and in sport, champions league quarterfinals, 10 time champion. details coming up with annie. >> the italian coast guard was alerted to a boat traveling to egypt. those positive board were have been transferred from patrol boats to a rescue bess he will and are on their way to italy. >>> egyptian police and prosecutors have arrived in rome to discuss the brutal killing of an italian student in cairo two months ago. the battered body was found on the side of the road. italy has been critical of the egyptian investigation which blamed criminals for the murder. let's go live to sonja following the case for us in rome. the egyptian team has arrived. what are we expecting to happen? >> reporter: what wir expecting to happen at the police academy in rome is questioning. what the processing cushion has done is that they have amaced a dosier of 2,000 pages. in it, it includes witness testimonies from some 200 people. well, this, in fact, has been a case which has been very high lee e motive h

. >>> a presidential candidate in the philippines is vowing to take on beijing over disputed islands in the south china sea. the can't dade has been compared to donald trump. we have this report. >> he has never been accused of playing nice. he is notorious for using death squads to take out criminals in his city. now, as a top contender for president of the philippines, he's vowing to take on one of the world's super powers, china. >> what will i do? listen to this very carefully, because i will do it. i will say to china alone, i will bring the flag of the philippines to their airport and plant the filipino flag. you want to blow me to bits? do it! i'd be happy to go with a bang. >> china and the philippines have been at heavy odds over who owns this string of islands in the south china sea. >> if elected president, he says he will first try negotiate with the asian rival. he views to reclaim the islands himself. >> i will not sacrifice the lives of the soldiers and armed forces of the philippines. i'd rather go there and they can waste me if they want. >> he is the most outrageous

. >>> a submarine from japan's maritime self-defense force made a stop at a port in the philippines for the first time in 15 years. the training submarine along with two escort vessels arrived at subic bay on luzon island on sunday. the 80-meter long ship was put into service in 1998. it's been used for training. the stop overin the philippines is part of navigation training for young japanese officers. >> translator: we have to deal with activities by our neighboring countries' sub marines. we have become increasingly aware of the importance of training to cope with this issue. >> japan apparently intends to strengthen ties with the philippine navy as a signal to china. china has territorial disputes with the philippines and is stepping up its activities in the surrounding waters. >>> a train that crashed into a bus in thailand has left at least three people dead and about 30 others injured. the accidentnt o occurred onn s at an unguarded railway crossing near the capital bangkok. a security camera recorded the double-decker bus moving slowly across the tracks and stopping briefly befo

. >>> philippine and u.s. forces have teamed up for annual military drills near the disputed south china sea. china has been increasingly active in the area in recent years, stirring anger in the philippines. about 8,000 soldiers are expected to take part in two weeks of drills. they'll simulate retaking an oil and gas platform and an amph amphibious landing on a beach. >> not part of the idea. it's more capacity. building our capability to address warfare. >> we have to have the capability to make sure we have good coverage. so that maritime security involves active patrolling of the pihilippine navy, as well a what contributions can be made to the maritime effort. >> reporter: >> the u.s. secretary of defense will arrive to supervise the exercises, the first to do so. it's at a time of heightened tensions. china reclaimed small islands and reefs and constructed port facilitie facilities. it claims almost all of the south china sea as its own. several asean countries have claims within the same area. >>> the

you were the command center of the philippine military. tell us what was going on there. >> reporter: we flew in there early this morning, early monday morning with the philippine air pores. i saw a lot of aerial bombardments coming back. this was where the group was created more than 16 years ago. the government has been trying to eliminate its presence there and in several other outlying islands they remain as powerful and well equipped as before. in three weeks from now it will be the elections and it has been an election hot spot. the question is what everybody is asking here is what went wrong in that operation. it was something that took months to plan, it was coordinated with local government units and it ended up with such a big casualty. more than 18 filipino soldiers killed and 56 wounded >>> what is that the group manages to do? given that the government has been trying to demolish it for so long. >> reporter: when they started more than 16 years ago they wanted to establish an islamic city here in the south covering the area. o

troops practiced a beach landing on an island with the philippine military taking command. the name of the annual drill means shoulder-to-shoulder. the two countries agreed last month to jointly use five philippine bases, including one near the disputed spratly island in the south china sea. china has reclaimed land in the region, and constructed airfields and port facilities. it claims almost all of the south china sea. but several asean countries, including the philippines and vietnam, also have claims in the area. >>> and that wraps up eye on asia. >>> many people in northeastern japan are still not able to go home five years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident forced them to evacuate. one of them is a filmmaker from where part of the crippled nuclear plant is located. our next story shows how he's struggling to find the best way to represent his hometown. >> reporter: akida has been filming here since 2012. he doesn't want former residents to forget about their hometown. five years after the power plant accident, residents to the area are still restricted

i will bring the flag of the philippines and i walk to the airport and plant the filipino flag. you want to blow me to bits? do it. i will be happy to go with a bang. >> reporter: china and the philippines have been at heavy odds over who owns this string of islands in the south china sea. >> it is our island. it has always been our island >> reporter: if elected president he says he will first try to negotiate with the asian rival. if talks breakdown, he vows to reclaim the islands himself. >> i will not sacrifice the lives of the soldiers. i would rather go there and they can waste me if they want. >> he is the most outrageous and colorful and interesting character in the upcome presidential elections. >> reporter: political watchers worn that such talk will only escalate tensions were china >> we like to compare him to trump of the u.s. because he likes to shock with his statements, he can be very ireeverent and reckless. >> reporter: perhaps, but for a man who has never run for a seat he has amassed a huge following. what do you think of him? >> he is a good fighter, a good

the bomb will only increase fears of more attacks >>> more from the philippines coming up in a moment and there's anger in a drought hit region there as police confront thousands of protesting farmers. also ahead, the top colombian restaurant that is serving up solutions for former rebel fighters. fighters. "that's it, i'm finished." >>> the top stories on al jazeera. u.s. president obama said 102 nations have signed a treaty aimed at preventing armed groups like i.s.i.l. from obtaining nuclear material. south africa's president faces a flood of calls to resign after he has been ruled to repay moneys for his home >>> manufacture foxcon has finalised its take over the japanese electronics giant sharp. it is the first ever foreign take over of a major japanese electronics firm. the deal was signed and sealed with a handshake between the two chairmen. pe they'd 3.5 billion dollars to acquire a two-thirds stake in sharp. they assemble most of the i phones and want to expand into the market for next generation displays which sharp makes. >> today ask an important day for the companies. thi

but of course if the philippines is, you have to respect that. china has a decision to make, depending on how the ruling comes out. it will decide to abide by the ruling and that gives us a great opportunity i think to narrow the scope of areas that are in dispute in the south china sea. that would be good. to get countries to work cooperatively together for example, joint ventures on the exploitation of resources an to work to resolve disputes that remain peacefully. that is one path. the other path is it ignores the decision. and ten i think it -- then i think it risks doing terrible damage to its reputation. further alienating countries in the region and pushing them even closer to the united states. china will have to decide, depending on what the results of the arbitration are. we're watching that very, very closely. >> thank you. we go to ileana ross littinen of pla. our chairman amirity us. >> thank you to the council. secretarary, for over a month ie been trying to get ahold of you by phone to discuss the problem between more aco and ban

the philippines just came out with export numbers.1th straight monthly decline in export growth. down 4.5%. the estimate was for one of 3.2%. back to the equity markets we are looking at gains in japan led by the banks. we also got the loan data out of japan. at some point between today and the 15th of the month we may also see china come out with on new creditrt growth. in are looking for new loans of more than $1 trillion. they came out with a statement on friday that directors and members of senior management of the bank have raised 800 million hong kong dollars. buy company eight shares. it should help build a culture of responsibility and ownership among the staff. something to flag. rishaad: gaining as thees yen holds a seven-day rally. the biggest gainers are banks. despite the data showing that negative interest rates have pretty much failed to spur lending. what did we learn from today's numbers? gareth: bank of japan released monthly data on loans and deposits this morning. we saw that japan's banks have grown leading by jus

japan also sent susubmarines to the bay in the philippines. the philippines alsoso has a teterritorial dispute withth ch. so these port of calls have meaning of the pressuring china. china tried to make south china sea to be chinese territorial waters, but china a does not us ththe territororial water. if china used the water, it defined the 12 nautical miles fromom its territory, , but chi wants to control all of the water in the south china sea, so china is proceeding building artificial islands and also the military facilities on the islands. every country has to solve the problem by discussion, not by violence. japan has to show intentions, international society cannot accept those kind of ideas with other countries. >> that was boji ohara with the tokyo foundation. >>> police have arrested a man in connection with a finer one of tokyo's most popular drinking districts. the suspect admitted to entering the building where the blazeze started. the fire broke out on tuesday in an area called golden guide. it spread to two neighboboring buildi

al jazeera, cambodia. >> violence in the southern philippines pitching farmers against police leaving two people dead. >> gunfire broke out as police stride to disperse the crowds. we have the latest in the southern philippines. >> the stand off between protesters mainly comprising of farmers and their supporters and the police authorities continue here in central area. now on friday we saw the police tried to move them away from the highway to a confirmed dead. early on saturday a search warrant was issued on the church authorities because the protesters and farmers who are the large majority, were sit waited in the compounds. the police wanted to make sure there were no firearms in the area. so with senior church figurers and senior politicians from the local area there was a search of the location. nothing has been found. both sides accuse the other of starting the firing. at the moment, the demands are to get relief aid that was not available when the drought continued. the drought has been conditioning in the area for many, many months. there was supposed to be aid given in janua

two people have been killed in the philippines after protests by farmers. they were demanding financial help and food aid after months of dry conditions. dozens of people, including 23 police officers were injured in violence. our correspondent has the latest from the southern philippines. >> reporter: the tense standoff between protesters mainly comprising of farmers and spare supporters and the police authorities continues here. on friday we saw skirmishes between protesters and police as the police tried to move them away. two are confirmed dead and dozens injured in local hospitals. a search warrant was issued on the authorities because the protesters and the farmers, who are the large majority, have about 4,500 situated in the church compound. the police want to make sure there are no firearms in the area. with senior church figures and senior politicians from the local area, there was a search of the location. nothing has been found. both sides accuse the other of starting the firing on friday which led to those two deaths. at the moment the standoff

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one has to do with the dangerous deadlock in the peace negotiations in the philippines. critical legislation failed to pass in order to lay down the legal foundation for creation of an autonomous region. because of the failure to pass that law, what happened is that now this dangerous deadlock in the peace negotiation, there is a lot of frustration on the ground. unfortunately, the extremist groups are taking advantage of this frustration and deadlock with this process. the second factor has to do with we know that the command of isis has lost ground in the middle east and now is spreading internationally. you have others who have sympathized with isis and pledged allegiance and now they're intent on creating a caliphate here particularly where we have this dangerous power vacuum. you have the deadlock in the peace negotiations and isis shiesers trying to establish a foothold to establish a caliphate here in southeast asia. >> a strong earthquake has been felt in afghanistan and pakistan. the 6.6 magnitude quake he i crept was close to the border with pakistan. there are

the philippines, the future looks uncertain.e grows corn on his land, but after four months of dry weather, he should have harvested 3,000 kilograms of rice this year, enough to survive, but instead, rats have infested the area, living under ground, they eat what he can't harvest. >> we're just borrowing money and burning. if i don't borrow money, i have nothing to heat. we're hoping that the rain will come this soon so our crops can finally grow. >> reporter: neither the rain or help has reached him or his community yet. he's one of thousands of farmers in the autonomous region of mind now, who has been fighting drought since last year. river levels are low, water channels that are a lifeline to farmers are now overgrown or just bone dry. the philippines has been badly affected by el niÑo, the weather noweather phenomenal ths been affecting the weather patterns. affecting the farming communities in mindnow. it may be more frequent. the unpredictability of the situation has been worrying authorities, who stress they have been do

have more rotational presence in the philippines on a more regular basis. i think this all links together to say that this will be important to be able to operate with our friends and allies and operate relatively seamlessly with them across and around the region. and again, i really do think a lot of people who work on europe a lot and come into asia think it is a downside, that there is no clear regional architecture like nato. i understand why they do that. i have to spend a lot of time in europe and i have come to appreciate the nato alliance in a way that i have not before. but i also think there are clear advantages to having a more flexible process whereby you do not have to get the agreement of all 28 nations as you will in europe, to do anything. that is to be able to work with countries with whom you share a similar interest. we look to put our posture in a context of not just being places but doing things. in order to do things with other countries and around the region, we have to have that posture. i think the big piece and the distributed netw

thank you for that. , find out how the philippines presidential hopefuls plan to decongestant capitalthe cost of gridlock is 64 main dollars a day. -- $64 million a day. that is quite a jam there. ♪ ♪ angie: welcome back, you are watching "first up." candidates in the philippines have had their third and final televised debate, focusing on manila is a crowded traffic. let's go to the southeast asia correspondent has linda. tell us some ideas on that. haslinda: several proposals came up during the debate yesterday, including building a new capital altogether to replacement a la. that was suggested by -- replace manila. that was suggested by the woman who has trailed in all of the ratings. people said hand, they would complete current projects while another candidate said he will ban all vehicles from main streets on top of buildings elevated train lines. promises, which are difficult to fulfill. traffic is set to get even worse in manila. a growing manila middle-class fuels a car boom. there is a possibility it could come to a standstill, prompting geddon amongme locals. the hurry this

you went to the philippines. >> philippines, very proud, very proud people.this country. they like my shows. >> you planned to go to a lot of islands, but you got stuck with a typhoon. >> this is something they would understand or be sympathetic to. painfully familiar with typhoons and flooding. we essentially got flooded into manila. it is really a manila show. >> don't miss anthony bourdain, parts unknown, 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> we always love waking up with you in the morning. >> yes, thapnks for starting yor sunday with us. the next hour of "new day" starts right now. >>> take a nice deep breath. sunday morning, 7:00. i'm christi. >> i'm victor black well. >>> breaking news overnight. high school prom shooting in wisconsin. the other in topeka, kansas, where four federal agents were shot trying to make an arrest at a motel. >> police say a shooter showed up at a high school prom and started firing at students leaving the building. officers patrolling the area in a parking lot reacted quickly. they fired at the suspect and were able to ge

care of children who were born with cleft lips and cleft palates. >> kathy magee: well, in the philippines, we turned away 250 children and we always had hoped that we would be able to take care of those kids. and we went back. we gathered a group of our friends and we did that. we took care of those children. >> dr. bill magee: that decision literally changed the course and the direction of our lives, our family's lives, our values and, i believe, our purpose in life. >> roma downey: this little guy's name is son. he's two years old. he was born with both a cleft lip and a cleft palate, which is an opening in the roof of his mouth. his mom is very worried. son has difficulty eating and often chokes on his food. [ child crying ] they don't have enough money for rice, much less to afford this surgery. she never, ever thought he might have this chance. she says she wants him to be handsome. the hardest part is, operation smile can't possibly operate on all these children this week. more than 500 kids have come here for screening, most of them from miles and miles away. but we'll only be able

the move comes as secretary of defense ash carter heads to the philippines to discuss rising tensions in the region. for moral all this let's bring in gordon cheney, an analyst and the author of the coming collapse of china.we have a lot of different parts in play here. begin by explaining to people at home the contested islands. this specific chain, the one in question is woody island which is the largest of them.>> woody island is the largest in the paracel's. it's an archipelago and there are two big archipelagoes in the south china sea. the paracel's are in the north and the spratly's which will get more attention are in the south of what the chinese have done is put their j 11's which are advanced writers on woody island and also put fire control systems for their hq nine air defense systems. this means china will try to prevent other nations from airspace in the south china sea. basically boxing us out. heather: and in vietnam and taiwan, they can test the same island. >> all these islands in the south china sea are contested by china, taiwan, vietnam, the philippines and china

carter will visit the philippines. he plans on seeing two sites where the uss thinking about employing its forces with a deal with the philippines. one of those borders the south china sea. china has been building new artificial islands on the sea of beijing warning the u.s. not to put any warships or planes there. the u.s. says it is showing committed to peace and security by going on the trip. >>> barak obama left the bay city this afternoon. he went to two fundraisers on friday. early this morning obama went to the olympic club to play golf before heading back to the white house. this is his second trip to the bay area this year. >>> it is getting ugly on the presidential campaign trail. hillary clinton and bernie sanders bent much of this weekend exchanging jabs. jim osman has a look at what this and what is next for the race for the white house.>> reporter: i heard it. and i answer? here is the thing. i like protesters, but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth. >> reporter: former president b

the move comes as defense secretary ash carter is currently visiting the philippines.month north korea fired two ballistic missiles, one of which blew up shortly after liftoff. joining me now general jack keane, retired four-star general, chairman of the institute for the study of war and a fox news military analyst. the old rule never underestimate the enemy. people snicker about north korea. is this getting more serious? should we not underestimate them? >> north korea has been getting serious for sometime. obviously, they have nuclear weapons but attempting to weaponize the weapons and put them on intercontinental ballistic missiles which would have the capability to reach the united states, eventually they want to reach the entire continent of the united states. that's dead serious stuff. secondly, developing missiles to put on submarines that can be moved out and not detected. that's the most sophisticated ballistic missile delivery system that we have in the united states inventory. so yeah, this is serious issues here, and they'll be backing more dangerous, make

in the philippines, where i have spent quite a few years, the mindanao problem has been with us for years. the two or three extremist groups that exist there. what worries me is if i understand it correctly, there is an effort at appeasement of these violent extreme is groups. -- extremist groups. personally, i'm exposed -- opposed to that because that gives them an anchor point from which they will expand their base of operations. i am a little bit removed. i defer to the secretary, sector lincoln -- secretary blinken about our current policies. as a matter of principle, i don't favor of using extremists. i think you have to root them out, stamp them out. a lot of it in some will and capacity of the people. i think we can help them but i don't think we can do it for them. daines: the goal of foreign aid is to assist countries and get them to attain certain humanitarian and institutional conditions in which aid is no longer required. as you look at your longer-term goals, as you look at the investment we make an aid, what are measurable benchmarks that might indicate if a country is effec

canada has confirmed the murder held byf its citizens militant muslims in the philippines.ered head was found alongside a road. the group had threatened to behead one of them if a large ransom was not paid by monday. the group is also holding more than a dozen indonesian and malaysia and sailors. donald trump says a deal between his republican presidential rivals is a collusion that would be illegal in business and shows they are desperate. ted cruz and john kasich have agreed not to actively campaign in some states, allowing the others to collect all the antitrust -- anti-trump votes. trump needs to secure 1237 delegates to avoid a contested convention. soyuz rocket has blasted a french rocket -- french satellite in space. deviation in the experiment could prove that einstein was not quite right and open the way to a more precise theory of gravity. the rocket is also carrying three 10 centimeter square satellites designed by sweden. you are watching bloomberg news. bmw is taking a page out of airbnb's playbook. future minis will be equipped with a device that allows owners

troops in the philippines for the first time since closing the soonic bay naval base. >> thank you. >>> belgian authorities say two more men have been charged in the brussels bombings and three others detain in the connection to the paris attacks. that makes six in custody for brussels and eight for paris. >>> exactly what is fueling the isis expansion into western europe and beyond? katherine harris reports on the consequences of more aggressive action and a new call for help. >> reporter: the front man for the band u-2 called it the syrian refugee crisis an existential threat that demands american support. >> aid in 2016 is not charity. it is national security. >> reporter: according to the u.n., it forced more than $10 million from their homes. warning the camps are fertile ground for radicalization. >> we met people in a camp. preschoolers, 4 years old. most were born in the camp will i could not tell them when they would get to go home. >> children are on the move and they can constitute a tremendous threat in the future. unless we show them humanity, compassion and a way forward