-- assignment in the philippines. another macarthur-roosevelt vignette. it's this retreat from the philippines and a levels of support again that macarthur is receiving. douglas macarthur was always certain that sinister forces were against him, and i think this was particularly true as macarthur was trying to reform west point during his tenure as chief of staff and especially after roosevelt promoted craig to the position of chief of staff of the army. after pearl harbor, given that the deteriorating on -- and the meager, again in macarthur's eyes -- the meager amount of men and materiale that were making it way to australia, i think it was really easy for such fears to escalate in the spring of 1942. let me suggest to you that the record, particularly from franklin roosevelt's standpoint, simply does not justify macarthur's paranoia. there's usually three suspect that macarthur is sure to get them. roosevelt is certainly one. george marshall is the second one and dwight eisenhower the third. i think you have all he

my question relates to the philippines. of session may be too strong a word, but i think studying the literature of macarthur i come up with the word of session with the philippines. he had an obsession going way back and i look at a map of the pacific and the most direct route from the early battles in the very island chains to japan which we were going to invade in some point was not through the philippine. it's a direct route north of the philippines. you say the joint chiefs decided on the philippines as part of the strategy after pearl harbor, but how necessary was it really for us to go through the philippines at a humongous cost of men? this is a debate that even though it was discussed at honolulu in july of 44, it really doesn't get resolved until that fall and it really doesn't get resolved until there is the final move toward okinawa i think, in a nutshell, you, you are right, he is fixated on the philippines all through the course of the pacific war there are these two different lines of attack. the central paci

they met out in the voyage to the philippines when he went to assume the philippine military commission the united states had help set up there to help the philippines build a south defense force, base clip an army that could be used to defend the islands. this is why he headed out there. his mother was with him. she was very ill at the time. i don't think it's coincidental that shortly after his mother dies and was buried in the philippines is not so coincidental that his friendship with jean faircloth was her name, a girl from murphiesboro, tennessee not far from where his father fought at the battle of stones river where my great grandfather had fought. . t's not coincidental that they had a romance. and they had a secret agreement to marry. >> when did he divorce his wife? >> the divorce comes about 1927, 1928. host: i've got it down 1927 from the book. >> 1927. it was a very unhappy marriage. i think he fell hopelessly inlo west virginia her while he was superintend dwent her at west point. she was his first wife louis brooks. she was very vivacious. she was delightful company. she

during the strike, we got a call worker in thenter philippines. we sent some strikers and one of my employees over to the philippines to find out what was going on. we found out verizon was sending a lot more work to the we knew theyhen were. companies do this all the time. a dealears ago, we got with at&t to bring back that work. we now have a deal with verizon where we are getting some of it back and getting a lot of the contract work in the u.s. back but call centers is the place where all of these companies decide they can ship american jobs overseas. verizon in spite of their big ads in the newspapers, they were sending some american jobs over to philippines someplace. of sending our strikers on a paid vacation by the union. people sticking automatic weapons in your face i don't think is a paid vacation. host: what do you mean? mr. shelton: when we went over to the philippines, the guy who was employed by me try to go into a verizon management building and was asked to leave, which he did and got a name than outside with three strikers. and t

they met out in the voyage to the philippines when he went to assume command of basically the philippinethe united states had set up there to help the philippines build a self-defense force, basically an army that could be used to defend the islands. this is why he was headed out there. his mother was with him. she was very ill at the time. i do not think it was coincidental that shortly after his mother died and was buried in the philippines, it is not so coincidental that his friendship with jean faircloth was her name, a girl from murphysboro, tennessee not far from where his father fought at the battle of stones river where my great grandfather had fought. it's not coincidental that they had a friendship that then blossomed into a romance. and before she returned to the united states, they had a secret agreement to marry. brian: when did he divorce his wife? arthur: the divorce comes about 1927, 1928. brian: i've got it down 1927 from the book. arthur: 1927. brian: and why did they get divorced? arthur: it was a very unhappy marriage. i think he fell hopelessly in love with virginia

>> guest: he went over to the philippines. the guy who's employed by me tried to go into a verizon management building and was asked to leaf, which he did -- to leave, which he did. and got in a van which was outside with three of the strikers in it. and the van took off on the public street, and the verizon security force followed the van with people with automatic weapons from verizon security, stopped the van, held them until a philippine s.w.a.t. team could show up who they demanded to awe rest our strikers, which they did -- i don't know if they arrested them, but they took them into custody. held them for about 15 minutes and told verizon they were crazy and let our people go because we weren't doing anything that broke the law or even came close to breaking the law. we were asking for a meeting with some management people at vise aren. so -- verizon. so, you know, that's when they accused me of sending these people on a vacation. >> how motivated do you think organized labor's going to be to get out of the polls this ye

when they have call centers in the philippines? >> guest: absolutely. during a strike we got a call from a call center workers in the philippines. we sent some strikers and one of my employees over to the philippines to find out what was going on. we found out that verizon was sending a lot more work to the philippines then we even knew that they were and you know companies knew this all the time. for instance a few years ago we got a deal with at&t to bring back all that work to the united states. we now have a deal with verizon no more and we are getting some of that back and we are getting a lot of the contracted work in the united states back. the call centers a place for for all of these companies decide to ship american jobs overseas and verizon in spite of their big ads in the newspapers saying newspaper saying american jobs for american heroes they were sending american jobs over to the philippine heroes someplace. we expose them and they accuse me of sending our strikers on a paid vacation by the union. people sticking automatic weapons in your

off the coast of the philippines. real flashpoint. china has occupied these unoccupied reefs since 2012. this ruling expected in a couple of weeks. already the admiral says beijing will not recognize what ever that ruling is because they claim the hague does not have jurisdiction. angie: flashpoint there. thank you for that. you can get more on all the day's top stories at our digital destination, bringing together the best of bloomberg news and new digital content all-in-one address. why thereoomberg.com, is mounting speculation over the -- ahead of india's rate decision tomorrow. why there rebound in oil prices can make you twice -- think twice about ordering dessert. that is bloomberg.com/asia. check it out. the stories making headlines around the world. hasi: south korea's group initial public offering following reports that an executive is being investigated for bribery. for today, andd a new date has yet to be set. the inquiry is a setback for an ipo intended to raise $4.8 billion. india will be looking to stren

it was a wake-up call back just for the philippines.ompted the likes of singapore to tighten scrutiny. it says there is just no room for complacency, and that applies to all governments. rishaad: thanks, has. coming up, balancing the books. masterat how softbank's yoshi seems more determined to tackle that. ♪ ♪ rishaad: a look at our top stories, xi jinping opening a summit, warning against confrontation. he noted achievements in cyber and military cooperation and calls for the conclusion of an investment treaty. it is overshadowed by beijing's claim to the south china sea. trade.inemas resumed valuing theurge company at 18 billion dollars, the highest among asian entertainment countries -- companies. price,ramco raising the $.35 a barrel higher and $.60 above the regional benchmark to sales to asia, less than the $.40 increased in a bloomberg survey last week. into a break after a negative morning session. exporters and financial issues pulling down the broader market. not a great start for japanese equities to kickstart this trading w

anchor: this week, we visit the philippines. why is that? daily life in yemen is a battle for survival. it is forgotten by the world. businesses expect guarantees for investments they make abroad. if changes to a law disadvantage a company operating there, they want the right to sue the government. free trade agreements, like ttip, want independent arbitration courts that bypass judiciaries and make decisions on their own authority. it gives companies too much power, say critics, placing power on democratically elected governments. there has been an increase in litigation. el salvador has to pay one company $300 million in damages. the company is not permitted to mine for gold there. romania has the same problem. >> these are images taken from central romania. it looks like a moonscape. this is the result of harmful copper mining practices that contaminated the region and buried an entire village. he witnessed the destruction of his home and he fears more damage. some of the biggest deposits are thought to be under the ground here and the mi

we made five trips to the philippines over three years. following this campaign in real time as it was happening it was -- it's not an easy place to work. manila is a huge city but we were able to establish really good rapport with the subjects and they led us into their lives in a really important way. >> we were talking about documentary film making and how crucial it is. you have to capture the spontaneity. do you have to stay outside of it, it's very difficult. how were you able to do that especially like with the political situation and so many other people involved in dealing with so many people? >> we believe in the immersive approach. we will have a producer with us but oftentimes it's just johnny and myself with our subjects. we go with the flow and they're bouncing here and there and going to different cities and we're going to go with them in a bus, in a car. sleeping wherever we sleep. it's very adventurous. >> let's take a look at a clip. >> we're trying to go over 7,000 islands. >> since we don't have the money for tv ads, yo

. >>> today's eye on asia starts in the philippines. the president-elect has made controversial comments about the killing of media. about 175 journalists have been killed there during the past 30 years. in front of the crowd of reporters tuesday, the tough talking president said that there is some justification for killing journalists. he made the remarks in response to a question about how his government would handle media murders. >> most of you are clean, but don't expect that all journalists are clean. they take sides. just because you are a journalist, you are not exempted from assassination. if you are a son of a bitch. >> the comment grew fire from media groups, condemning the remark saying nothing justifies the murder of a journalist. >> some journalists in the philippines have been corrupted, but it's no justification that journalists should be killed in the philippines. >> new york based committee to protect journalists says the comments threaten to make the philippines into a killing field for journalists. reporters without

the philippines is made up of 7600 islands. what can be done to better protect the waters around them? it is a challenging situation and it is bearing good ideas. our reporter went to take a closer look at the marine conservation there. this giant clam is still young and it will grow bigger, one day weighing 100 kilos. many of the bivalves are endangered species. they are safe in the tanon st rait. the area has been a marine wildlife reserve for 20 years. it is 160 kilometers long. the oyster fisherman is able to feed four with what he earns from the catch and he is glad the water is safe. >> it is important to protect the water. we need it for our livelihood. we have to ensure the corals are not harmed or destroyed. >> there is plenty of food for the hundreds of whales and dolphins that use this as the resting ground. 14 types have been spotted here. a lot of money is needed to protect them. biofin advises governments on how to protect. there is plenty of work to be done in the philippines. >> everybody has to be in in biodive

government to ensure peace in the waters off the southern philippines so that economic activity in the area is not affected. the indonesian government is ready to work with its counterpart to deal with this issue. >> indonesia, malaysia and the philippines agreed last month to step up cooperation and jointly patrol the waters. indonesia, the world's largest exporter of coal, has expressed concern that piracy in the busy sulu sea shipping lanes could reach the same level as seen in somalia. >>> myanmar's de facto leader aung san suu kyi has pledged to reinforce trust-building measures to bring about national reconciliation in her country. the nobel peace prize laureate addressed an invited audience of thai students on the second day of her three-day visit to thailand. >> since we became an independent nation in 1948, we have -- we cannot claim that there has been peace throughout our nation. there have always been pockets of conflict, and now we are working to remove these pockets of conflict, to turn conflict into friendship, to turn conflict into mutual trust and understanding. >> fig

a few years later in the philippines we had a few thousand men enough for the resources were going. it's not uncommon thing today to see where those resources go. >> have you think he assessed his life at the end of his life? have you think he felt about how he had conducted himself? how do you think he weighed himself? >> i think he was proud of what he accomplished and what he had done and i think he had a lot to be proud of. we talked a lot about from a clemens point of view about the world, but there was a lot hey accomplished. among the very important things he did was that he really cemented what we think of today as a special relationship between great britain and the united states of america. that was the key thing that he did as ambassador. intended to do that is secretary of state. i think he would have said, i think the only time he thought he did anything dishonorable in the office within the situation of the panama canal and the way he wrote, he essentially wrote a new treaty with the new broken away state of panama. he wrote it with the guy who is not panamanian but on

my only problem with that was that he didn't use it when he was in the philippines. when he was in the philippines he had a machine, pearl harbor intelligence station did not. commander let waller who was in charge of the station cast operation in the philippines that used round the clock code breaking routines, along with army and navy and marine personnel were well aware of what was going on with the japanese. they also utilized information from the british with radio fingerprinting. somehow, somewhere along the line he forgot to use code breaking early on. i would like you to respond to that. let me just mention this, you have short and camel at pearl harbor that were canned for not being prepared or whatever and they didn't have nearly the intelligent assets that macarthur had in the philippine. macarthur gets the medal of honor and these two guys get canned. can you respond to that? >> well we could do is some and seminar on that for about a week. the latter part of that in terms of what happened in the philippines, i write about it a lot in the book. it has bee

the philippines starting to expand the cyber security unit.allows it to have a separate surveillance team. no one can take cyber security for granted anymore. angie: nope. it is the 21st century, a brand-new age. markets.ck in on the let's start in sydney. climb seeing equities higher. hong kong is trading lower. ♪ angie: japan's driving over treat in asian stocks -- a retreat in asian stocks. financials are the big losers in tokyo today. gold miners surging in sydney. u.s. employers are taking on the fewest workers in six years. cinema, the 10% limit after resuming trading. seeking to inject legendary entertainment and other from related businesses into the company. asianghest among all entertainment companies. xisident sh jinping -- those are the headlines from bloomberg news. latest from the markets right now. it makes today. -- a mixed day. juliette: we have seen quite a lot of negativity coming through from japan. it has just come back online from its lunch break. still down to the tune of 1%. it really is a story of dollar weakness. that

from beingaway officially sworn in as the new president of the philippines.en laying down his priorities. -- he has some tough new policies. what are his plans? it was relatively short by his standards. we are used to hearing him speak for hours on end. it was relatively brief by his standards. he covered a number of points. reinvigoratings family-planning in the philippines. part of that was a suggestion. to suggest the families to keep the child limit to three. to --r or not he refers colorful methods of controlling the size of the family. it is a push that has been quite controversial. the philippines is a predominately catholic country. yvonne: he is also implementing a 1:00 a.m. liquor ban as well. in terms of his stance on security, he remains tough. saying he was hell-bent on stopping corruption. is one of the points he also made. , he is encouraging government officials who are not corrupt to quietly step down before he assumes office. drugs asard stance on well as a curfew to instill a sense of discipline and to promote a safer environment for busine

the philippine president sworn in. for business now.he bank of england has been weighing into the post-brexit turmoil? reporter: some hope for investors and business leaders alike. as statement from the banks had, mark carney, avoided using the word recession which is what he had said what would might happen in the run-up to the referendum but he did repeat his earlier warnings that the british economy is certainly going to be experiencing difficulties as a withforward and cuts ties the eu, he said that the brexit contingency plans are so far working well, also hinting at more measures to safeguard financial stability, saying that could include an interest rate cut and even more monetary stimulus, decisions which will be made in the coming weeks. take a listen. >> the economic outlook has deteriorated and some monetary policy easing will likely be required over the summer. discuss thee will full range of instruments to supply that monetary stimulus if necessary. the full range of estimates at our disposal. reporter: the prospect of a st

. >>> leaders in the philippines are upset with china over a separate dispute.hey've gone to an international arbitration court seeking a ruling that china's claims over most of the south china sea are invalid. but officials in beijing are urging them to negotiate instead. the chinese foreign ministry says that on multiple occasions it has proposed a regular consultation mechanism for m maritime issues but that the philippines has failed to respond. the ministry urges the philippines to stop what it calls wrongful conduct, referring to the arbitration. the court is expected to rule in the coming weeks, observers say china is trying to blame the philippines for the dispute. >>> japan coast guard officials are reporting another chinese incursion into japanese waters in the east china sea. they say three patrol ships came close to the sen senkaku islands. the coast guard sent them a warning and they eventually left japan's territorial waters. it's the 15th separate dayay an incursion has happened this year. japan controls the senkaku islands and maintains they are

meanwhile, the philippines is inaugurating new president rodrigo duterte on thursday. duterte said he may shelf the dispute with china if beijing offers financial aid for infrastructure development. >>> indonesia's president and his cabinets have discussed a strategic plan to develop islands in the disputed south china sea. joko widodo is standing firm and asserting his country's sovereignty. joko ordered an expansion of offshore oil exploitation and commercial fishing in waters near the natuna islands, one of the country's northernmost island groups. it follows a series of confrontations between indonesian naval ships and chinese fishing boats in the rich fishing grounds there. there have already been three reported skirmishes this year in the area. last week, joko boarded a warship to visit the islands. he was accompanied by a high level delegation including his foreign minister and chief of the armed forces. china has set it does not dispute indonesia's sovereignty over the islands, but its claim of jurisdiction overall most of the entire south china sea includes ne

then: i think president-elect has been worrying to a lot of business communities in the philippines.you look at his key cabinet picks, we think back the main theme would be unity as opposed to change. differ to hisld ministers. if we look at the budget secretary, he said he is happy to expand the budget deficit to 3% of gdp and continue infrastructure development. themes,ain economic we're likely to see continuity. of course, duterte is much more unpredictable compared to the current president. rishaad: indeed. the continuity argument, how does that fit with his declaration that he wants communists in his cabinet? anton: that, i think along with his policy on mining, those are the big two exceptions that we have to watch out for. talks, hepeople hold will restart formal peace talks with communists next month. he has appointed three leftist politicians into his cabinet. difficult, will be even though duterte will have a greater chance then his predecessors to bring about peace with the communists -- it will be resisted by the more established political parties in the philippines just

of the philippines. let's step across to the markets and let me run you through what has been happening in terms of the commodities space. we have gotten some when it comes to asian monetary policymakers but that has driven the stocks, it has driven commodities but take a look at copper. a standout performer and we put this up on a chart for you to add some context, put some meat on the bones. what you're looking at here is copper against a 200 day moving average. the eighth data nine sessions. the hopes for post-brexit stimulus wishing -- pushing to the hype. you can pull it out on your bloomberg as well. and the key element here that has broken through the 200 day moving average has stayed there for the most part, really showing you that investors are less worried about th demand and supply being in balance. thisad: we are seeing across the board. let's have a look at what has been going on. let's look at the sensex. .8 of 1%. .nd 1.6% seeing gains also in tokyo. the broader market. let's tell you abou

a case filed by the philippines over china's waters. the court of arbitration said the ruling will come on july 12th. the philippines maintains that china's argument is groundless. china says its claim is based on control over the waters over centuries. also believes artificial islands build by beijing cannot grant the country maritime rights including an economic zone. chinese officials have repeatedly stated the country will not accept any decision by the court. beijing said the dispute should be resolved between the parties. he has said he may shelve the dispute if china offers financial aid for infrastructure developments. >>> north korean leader kim jong-un gave himself a new title in pyongyang. the title is yet another top leadership role for kim. and it comes a week after the country successfully tested a ballistic missile raising concerns in the international community. earlier we spoke with an expert on north korea for more insights. >> it is to show off to the world, particularly to the united states and south korea, that they

. >> reporter: isabela packs clothes to send to poor children in the philippines, where her parents were born. >> for me to be so lucky to live in the u.s. with parents who provide for me, it would be wrong for me kind of to be ignorant of everyone that's living in a hard situation back home. >> reporter: the 17-year-old burlingame high school junior spent a month as a mentor, tutor and all-around big sister to about 50 filipino kids last summer. it was such a life changing experience, she started her own service project. to help, she rounds up fellow volunteers at the mid-peninsula boys & girls club in san mateo. isabela has collected hundreds of donated clothes, books and supplies for homeless filipino children she met at the house of love orphanage in quezon city and for schools in pasig city. >> super energetic, super rowdy and super loud; but honestly, every minute was worth it. >> reporter: isabela has also used what she learned in the philippines to encourage other teenagers to make the most of their community service. >> i am blown away. >> reporter: erica, team coordinator at th

angie: what about philippines here? we've got a regime change.dman sachs coming out, littleing investors a bit by saying that could be a potential for growth. how do you see it? guest: he has a good track record. tom offers a sense of the premier. he did boost his capital growth prospects by playing it off of prime. many are expecting him to repeat the performance at the national level as well. he has surprised on the upside by coming out with an economic agenda that says he will continue the strong investment policies put in place by the previous government. about aseanwe talk economies, we are really talking about the potential growth. watch country -- which country is performing better and switching from manufacturing to agriculture? if we just do a breakdown versus two other factors, we do see that vietnam has seen almost an equal contribution from sectoral shifts to productivity. lastly, we are expecting data out of china. they are the big customer in the region. it is slowing down. yes.: that's true. the year started on a positive note for

it basically laid out the resources to be exploited in the philippines. i actually point out the spanish were very worried that egg and aldo who is the filipino revolutionary was going to roar into manila with his men and whip the entire city which he was like what to do by the way. but the much more interesting looting expedition was our own. in fact, i don't know if he ever made it to theater roosevelt's oyster bay house but when he was renovating i think a trophy room he ordered a special wood from the philippines to be put in there. i do not know that made it or not but i know it was in the plans. >> ladies and gentlemen, we just scratched the surface of this fascinating book. it was a pleasure for me to read and i encourage you you to pick up a copy. we are going to conclude now by thinking mark for spending time with us and giving us insight into his book. i know you would be anxious to talk to him personally and you can have a chance to do that but please let him out the door so he can get to the table to sign books that people have purchased. with

coming up, goldman sachs is bullish about the philippines. it thinks the next president will boost growth. stay with us. ♪ angie: roderigo takes office at the end of june, and the bank is expecting he will be a boost for the philippines economy. what is behind goldman's illicit assessment? suffice to say that goldman likes the sound of the province policies. here, we are talking about his bow to boost infrastructure stranding -- infrastructure spending, also the promise to invest more in farming and cut red tape, if rightly and successfully implemented. economy is already one of the fastest-growing growing in the world. q1 gdp came in at 6.9%, exceeding growth in china. the other thing encouraging goldman's view is what it is hearing in its meetings in decisive, hehe is has a strong political will, he is also key to delegate work. in goldman's words, everything points to growth oriented and business finley policies that will benefit the secular growth of the philippines. investors are pretty upbeat. if you take a look at the philippine compos

across the philippines to this day. and a lot of reason for that is that fight.ention to manila. there was a political angle to this as well, don, because this was in 1975, three years after ferdinand marcos became the basically dictator in the philippines. and this was seen as almost like a hearts and minds move on his part to bring about this fight to manila. and tickets were dirt cheap. so ordinary filipinos could, if they could actually scrounge up a ticket, could get there. but enormous following in manila. as you say, conditions absolutely brutal. the coliseum arena was basically -- it had a tin roof. the philippines, if you've ever been there, bakes at the best of times. everything was heightened. it was steamy, and it was over 14 hundreds. i just want to read you a quote. manny pacquiao, probably the most famous of all philippines boxers, tweeted today, we've lost a giant today. boxing benefited from muhammad ali's talents, but nearly as much as meng kind benefited from his humanity. that's what you're seeing time and again, guys, on twitter. that's the t

. >>> they say whatever you do, do it well and this traffic officer in the philippines is pulling outll the stops. >> oh, yeah. >> he's got the moves like jagger. >> they need about 100,000 more of these guys in the philippines. traffic in manila is the worst in the world. >> this was posted to facebook. when you go through the comments. one says this guy is amazing. he practices his move on the sidewalk. he dresses up as santa claus at christmas. >> this isn't about fun or dancing and everything about i'm in the road, don't hit me. >> it's a well choreographed survival video, i'll say that. >>> this police officer in scotland has a unique stifle tactic as a whale. >> run! >> the patron was tossed out after throwing a drink on his girlfriend. when the police arrived they thought there might be a bit of a mix up. he took matters of his own hands. took the mike and gave the folks a show. >> look at it happening at a pub in scotland at daytime. >> this is the best way to get the crowd going. >> called diffusing tension. >> that's right. >>> love message in the california beach. >> oh, i

host: i'm from the philippines, an illegal immigrant.he united states is stronger because of immigrants. immigrants are hard-working people, they come here to the u.s. to work because there's opportunity here. the united states is a wonderful place for immigrants. the line you see crossing mexico to the u.s., the same line in the philippines at the american embassy because everyone wants to come to the united states. is -- do du think that you think that is? caller: it is a rich country, there's a lot of opportunities here. i think the united states will be stronger with illegal immigrants. if you have a large group of people, you cannot avoid having a small amount of people who are not good people. maybe people who are criminals, people who will rob or kill other people. issues. has to be very -- has to screen people coming in. u.s. border protection seeing a rise and people from all over the world coming to the border claiming fear that there is violence in their country and they want to get out and come to the u.s. if you are from mex

. >> reporter: when isabela acenas visited the philippines she developed a love for children there. >is one is adult clothes. >> reporter: isabela acenas packs clothes to send to poor children in the philippines where her parents were born. >> for me to be so lucky to live in the u.s. with parents who provide for me, it would be wrong for me kind of to be ignorant of everyone that's living in a hard situation back home. >> reporter: the 17-year-old burlingame high school junior spent a month as a mentor, tutor and all-around big sister to about 50 filipino kids last summer. it was such a life changing experience, she started her own service project. to help she rounds up fellow volunteers at the mid-peninsula boys & girls club in san mateo. isabela has collected hundreds of donated clothes, books and supplies for homeless filipino children she met at the house of love orphanage in quezon city and for schools in pasig city. >> super energetic. super rowdy and super loud but honestly, every minute was worth it. >> reporter: isabela has also use what she learned in the philippines to enc

across the philippines a tropical depression made landfall north of the philippines early this morning. the system caught early rainfall. the system is located over the south china sea and this system may intensify into a tropical storm over the next 24 hours. if it does, it's going to be the first tropical storm of the western pacific so far. now, the system will likely affect the south of china as we go into the next4 hohour so watch out for heavy rainfall as well as strong windows. across the north, there's a frontal system that is causing more heavy rainfall. now lalast week a a massive tor hit the province killing at least 99 people. now, more significant whether -- weather could happen as we go into tuesday. the frontal system is still located over the eastern portions of china and that surface temperature over the eastern china sea are warmer than normal. now the same system is affecting japan. momore rainfall and severe weatr can be found across eastern portions of china. also affecting western japan, kyushu. more rain will raise the potential for flooding and land slides. it's

vietnam, the philippines and other southeast asian countries claim parts of the sea. >> i reiterated america's fundamental support for negotiations. and a peaceful resolution. based on the rule of law. as well as obviously our concern about any unilateral steps by any party, whichever claim it, to alter the status quo. >> translator: china has a right to defend its territorial sovereignty and legitimate maritime interests. we won't accept any ruling by the international tribunal of arbitration requested by the philippines, regarding the south china sea. and our position will not change. >> an international court is expected to rule on the validity of manila's claim soon. >>> turkish media are reporting that four suspects have been related to tuesday's car bombing. the blast in istanbul killed 11 people, including seven police officers, and wounded dozens. the explosion hit near popular touri spots during the morning rush hour. local officials say a bomb placed inside a car was detonated as a police vehicle was passing by. >> translator: this terrorist attack was carried out against p

i had crushed the americans in the philippines, the dutch in east indies, and the british in berlin, malia, singapore, and hong kong. now their target was australia. they began a systematic seizure that no one knew exactly why. >> after the battle at midway american commanders were in sort of a three-way competition as to what to do. >> describe that friction. >> general nemitz believed. macarthur proposed a relief and also wanted the navy to provide him with a cup of carriers to support that. >> in addition the areaiers, macarthur told king he wanted him to take over the first marine division. he waged a political war against the navy. >> admiral king was adamant that the navy must move onto an offensive. he was equally adamant that no carriers were going to be subjected to the command of general macarthur and he under the politics of it, that by seizing the mission, the navy would dominate the resources and hence the operation in the past tock come. >> macarthur got no carriers but the decision by the joint chiefs of staff was indeed solomonic. they committed the command along the

. >>> people in the philippines have taken part in a large-scale drill in preparation for a massive earthquake. the so-called shake drill is an the exercise on wednesday was based on the assumption that the capital and nearby provinces were hit by a 7.2 magnitude quake. experts predict such a disaster could kill tens of thousands of people and displace millions. >> having a drill which would involve not only how to respond during the earthquake, how to communicate and coordinate responses at the various levels, from local to national and other areas that will not be affected by an earthquake event would be important but equally important also is the basic response of people. >> the philippines lies in the ring of fire in the pacific ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. >>> each year about 4.5 million babies are born in indonesia and that means there's a need for a lot of diapers. japanese companies are trying to come up with ways to tap into this booming baby market. nhk world's metalia reports. >> reporter: surabaya is indonesia's second-largest city. baby s

most of the sea is claimed by china, but other countries have overlapping claims, including the philippines, that has close military ties to washington. in beijing today for a conference on ties between the u.s. and china. covering that is story for france 24 in beijing and joins us from there. things that were very tense going into these talks -- tell us more about that. >> tensions between the u.s. and china going into these dialogues were brought about by an international court ruling, involving a case by the philippines against china. the u.s. fears the outcome a of the trial could lead to china bringing in an aircraft identification zone, and meaning any aircraft would have to identify themselves to chinese officials per john kerry, the secretary of state chinae u.s., from outside before these dialogues, said this would be destabilizing. genie: how have things changed since the talks actually opens today? mark: after the talks have opened, john kerry is taking a slightly softer approach. to come to a diplomatic resolution. also,ecision paying -- decision paying, the president of china

in the philippines, the pse composite gained 1.3% to close at 7767. the index climbed to its highest level in more than a year. many investors are hoping the incoming president's policies will deliver economic growth. it was a mixed picture for other markets ahead of the brexit vote. singapore's sti down by .4%. indonesia, meanwhile, advancing by .3% to hit a two-week high. >>> the minutes of a bank of japan meeting show sluggish growth and a slow rise in wages caused board members to downgrade their inflation forecast. the central bank released the minutes on tuesday. policymakers at the boj's april meeting decided to cut the price outlook for fiscal 2016. they also widened the time frame for hitting their 2% inflation target to all of fiscal 2017 from the first half of that year. they previously cited changes in crude oil prices as the reason for the downgrade. almost all nine board members were confident that the bank's negative interest policy will have an impact on prices. but they said that might take time. here is a look at some of the other bu

last year, the philippines brought a case to the permanent court of arbitration in the hague over china's claims of sovereignty over the south china sea. >> i do not believe china is going to accept it. china may also ignore it, because as the chinese government stated many, many times, that china is a sovereign nation state, would not let international tribune to make any rulings on china's national sovereignty. >> america will also continue to protect freedom of the seas because it's a vital part of the rules-based order, but most importantly, we will do so because the freedom of the seas is in america's dna. >> reporter: the south china sea has become asia's biggest potential military flashpoint. attention is focused on how delegates will find ways to ease the tension through the current war of words. aiko doden, nhk world, singapore. >>> vietnam and the united states are steadily improving ties that have been dogged by decades of history, but relations weren't always so cordial. during the vietnam war, u.s. forces used a toxic chemical known as agent orange that's believed to have cre