the philippines. he has already done some excellent work with his team here as well. and, we will do a lot more in the future. and we are thrilled to have him to open the session with his remarks. without further ado, let me call up shriver. whenever you are ready. thank you. >> dan, thank you. it is great to be back, and really nice to be introduced by my friend dan blumenthal, one of the leading strategic thinkers of this generation. he does great work here on asia , let me add my relations, i didn't -- add my congratulations to mike, i had a chance to look at the report which is now public and i want to congratulate you on that work. there are many aspects that i would commend. certainly, just the project itself, acknowledging the importance of this region, 635 million people accounts, that matters. but, your report identifies a lot of the historical engagement over time, and the importance overtime. you also identify what i think is a challenge which is the threat to the american-led international

now many in the philippines have taken to social media to share their experience and my colleague aaron tilton has been following that for us and what have you found so far well the filipinos have been turning in droves to facebook and social media shows some of the experiences they've been having and one of the videos that i find that can share the most ins actually just quite impressive is a clip from bog us city located in the north of the country now if we could get that clip on the air for our viewers basically what we're seeing here is trental flooding that's being caused by the typhoon now the authorities had warned that there could be some flooding bowl really seen there is just massive amounts of water coming through a mountain valley and that's one thing i want to like to point out a bug you know city what we're seeing on t.v. right now is actually located in the mountains it's actually in the highlands and you can really just see the violence of the water that's just rushing through some of the community there now back to you is actually a community kind of a tourist destinat

the philippines is infamous for its full to bursting jails.s crackdown on antisocial behaviour, the situation is getting much worse. outside, a van arrives, seemingly filled with children. but the police are not as keen for us to film them. manila is the world's most densely populated city. 21 million people crowd in here, and life at the bottom is pretty tough. the district of tondo is where many new arrivals to the city go. but it is hard to move on from here. it has become the most populous area of the philippine capital. it is squalid, drenched in poverty, and that the sharp end of the president's more draconian policies. —— at. ricardo and russell live aside a heavily polluted river. they are both unemployed and seemingly, basketball is their only escape. when it comes to authoritarian leaders, this is a country with a rich pedigree. ferdinand be marcos is the only filipino to be twice elected president. he has now second term of office by more than a year and shows no inclination to step down. in the 1970s, the philippines fell into the

transformed the philippine state into a gangster state."llanes is a staunch defender of the imprisoned senator. he led an allegation into enquiries that the president's son was involved in a drug deal worth $125 million. paolo duterte denied the accusation and issued a chilling warning. how do you assess the current health of democracy in the philippines under president rodrigo duterte? well, it's going to flatline at any moment when duterte decides to declare nationwide martial law or a revolutionary government. do you think that is likely? given the opportunity, he would pull the trigger. so we, the members of the opposition, are preparing for such eventualities. but he said he would not want to stay in office a day longer than he is democratically elected to be in office for. well, those of us who have profiled mr duterte would not give him the benefit of the doubt, or take his word. another stern critic of duterte is the country's top judge, chief justice maria sereno. in may, she too was unceremoniously removed from office. she believe

when we found out the philippines. storm was coming, many were worried about what would happen to rice prices. we met many rice farmers the day before and the storm struck and they were harvesting. the price is that rice —— the worry is the rice prices will rise even further as a result of the typhoon. people in parts of southern china have also faced serious damage and flooding from typhoon mangkhut. these are pictures from the city of taishan in guangdong province, where the water level reached one metre in some places. the floods swept away cars, fallen trees and other debris from the super storm. chinese media have said that as many as 2 and a half million people have been relocated in guangdong province, with at least 4 killed by the typhoon. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump has announced a new round of trade comes with $200 billion on chinese goods. in a statement he warned that if china ta kes a statement he warned that if china takes a teller treat action against us farmers or

says the danger is far from over also coming up the strongest storm this year barrels across the philippines typhoon mango tears through the country's main island ripping off roofs and knocking out power supplies as authorities assess the damage they warned that more floods and landslides could be to come plus angela merkel's bavarian allies are under pressure to see as you meet in munich as they scramble to stave off a challenge from the far right and upcoming elections polls suggest the party could be heading for its worst results in more than sixty years. unexpired good to have you with us at least four people have died in the u.s. as tropical storm force florence batters the states of north and south carolina the national hurricane center says the storm is moving west at just over three kilometers per hour but is dumping dangerous amounts of rain authorities warn of catastrophic flooding and say up to two point five million people could be left without power. florence's first victims were a mother and her baby. they were killed when this tree crashed their home in the coastal city of wil

jonathan head, bbc news, northern philippines.ll have more on this story in a few minutes‘ time. our other top story this hour: the authorities in the us state of north carolina are warning of a rising risk to life after record amounts of rainfall were dropped by storm florence. the governor says flash—floods and river floods are likely, and urged people to stay off the roads. chris buckler is there. believe it or not, this is a neighbourhood in north carolina. somewhere underneath all of this water are roads, and deep, deep under that is a garden of one of these houses, that has already been damaged as a result of hurricane florence. of course, the hurricane has now been downgraded, it is now storm florence. but there are still real worries, and that is because all of this water has been left behind, and still the rain falls. and further inland, there is still particular concern about rivers overflowing, about dams potentially breaking, and all of that has left people saying, if you've been told to evacuate, you really should do

in the philippines?rs. >> anthony: aurora is recently back in manila after most of her life spent abroad. what kind of work were you doing? >> aurora: i did the housekeeping, you know, and babysitting. >> anthony: the money she sent home put everybody here and many, many more through school, lifted them up to a more comfortable life. and you would have left family behind? >> aurora: yeah. >> anthony: to go out there and make money. that's never an easy decision, a painful, painful choice. aurora's children, now middle-aged, are finally getting to know their mother. >> aurora: okay, okay, okay. bring in the food inside. >> anthony: many, many, many filipino women like you who had to leave their families, go abroad. >> aurora: yeah, absolutely yes. >> analyn: her three children. >> emy: 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. >> anthony: working conditions, for ofws, particularly in some gulf states, can be punishing at best

and staying with dangerous weather typhoon has caused major destruction in the philippines the storm made landfall on the country's main island of luzon early on saturday strong winds and torrential rains caused power outages floods and dozens of landslides at least twelve people have been confirmed dead more than one hundred thousand have been forced to flee their homes the philippine state weather agency has downgraded the threat level but warns the danger is far from over. now many in the philippines have taken to social media to share their experience and my colleague aaron tilton has been following that for us and what have you found so far well the filipinos are been turning in droves to facebook and social media to show some of the experiences they've been having and one of the videos that i find that can share the most since actually just quite impressive as a clip from baguio city located in the north of the country now if we could get that clip on the air for our viewers basically what we're seeing here is trental flooding that's being caused by the typhoon now the authorit

in the philippines preparations for the arrival of an even more powerful storm typhoon man coote. thousands have been evacuated with many worried about what the storm will bring. that i'm scared i think that this is a very powerful typhoon a more powerful in the recent months when my last that's why we're frightened. typhoon man include is expected to make landfall here in the province of cagayan on saturday. this region is considered the country's breadbasket. authorities have urged farmers to bring in their rice and corn harvest early or into crops will be destroyed some five million people live in areas at risk of being hit by the storm and unlike florence typhoon man crude is picking up speed as it approaches. a journalist on a sun tosses a weather station in the case on city near the capital manila a welcome to day w a what have you learned in your time that. right now we're all waiting for typhoon mt hood to make landfall tomorrow morning saturday september fifteenth but what weather expert has just told us was that even before man makes landfall they're more worried about t

unfortunately the philippines really isn't a stranger to type experience.and we are in the most we are among the most is that your own areas were all so we did see interviews with community people saying oh you know we're used to and. this we have them all the time but you have to remember that in twenty thirty to know the philippines was hit by type one it was the strongest. make landfall on record at that time and the country is still very much by the memory of. over six thousand people and one thousand people more than a thousand people remain missing and i think now we are really definitely more taking serious. warnings more seriously the government is definitely all. hands on deck all government agencies are on red alert you know the department weather bureau all the department of health and at the local communities department has been getting the farmers to start harvesting the point and the right to say whatever crops you can before type type one hits we wish you well thank you for joining us on santos in case i'm sitting in the field. take a look at

this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin the most powerful storm this year boxer's the philippines super typhoon mind whose tears across the country they are the engine ripping off roofs the atoms knocking out power supplies hundreds of thousands are evacuating six of the lifeboats in the law also coming up. in the u.s. hurricane florence home of the carolinas with gusting winds and heavy rains five people are dead and hundreds need to be rescued darren's has weakened to a tropical storm force the national hurricane center saying that the danger is far from cold far. and in sports the border state that is back after the international break we'll bring you the highlights from friday's clash between dortmund and frank first and also look at today's game. amount of dollars good to have you with us two people have been confirmed dead after the most powerful storm this year slammed into the philippines typhoon made landfall early on saturday leaving a trail of destruction officials say that the typhoons one hundred seventy kilometer per hour winds downed trees knocked. power and tore th

of the santos reporting from his own city in the philippines many thanks indeed. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has disputed puerto rico's new official death toll from last september's hurricanes trump tweeted that democrats inflated the number to make him look bad last month authorities there raise the toll from sixty five to nearly three thousand based on a computer analysis of the death rate after the storms. an eighteen year old man has been killed by falling debris amid a series of gas explosions in the he was state of massachusetts dozens of blazes broke out in several towns north of boston injuring at least ten other people hundreds were evacuated from their homes investigators suspect an over a pressurized pipeline was to blame. thousands of city mayors business leaders and climate activists that gathered in san francisco to promote efforts to reduce global warming the global climate action summit was organized by california governor jerry brown he's a leading critic of the trump administration

look how much rainfall fell across the philippines. i dare say we will see multiples of that once all the information starts to come in. so here we go. timeline for hong kong, hainan island looks to be about landfall right around sunday morning, perhaps still very powerful supporting winds of 130 miles per hour. that would be the equivalent of a category 4. anna? >> well, more than 7 million people live here in hong kong, karen. so everyone very much on high alert. we appreciate your reporting. thank you for that. well, one remarkable woman is braving florence's wrath in south carolina, all to help out some of the state's most vulnerable population. her story and more coming up after the break. with no aerosols and no heavy perfumes. so you can spray and stay. febreze one. and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights

the philippines is hit by about 20 typhoons and storms the year.he destruction killing hundreds and leaving millions in a cycle of poverty. but this super typhoon has been described as the strongest yet of 2018. schools and offices have been ordered shut, thousands are evacuating. at about 100 kilometres in diameter, the storm is expected to pack powerful wind speeds with heavy rains, triggering landslides and flash floods. storm surges, too, are big threat, with high waves likely to inundate the coastline. but the biggest fear is for the estimated 10 million people in the path of the storm, with worries authorities and rescue services will be stretched thin. but the important thing is for the government to make sure that evacuation happens. in the evacuation centres, there is no panic and they can provide food. the government is ready with food. officials do want to see a repeat of the super typhoon which killed thousands in 2013, forcing many from their homes. this time, as people prepare and stock up on supplies, some even say they plan to stay,

monk who has now reached the northern philippines where mass evacuations are underway also coming one of the biggest blows yet to u.s. president his former campaign chairman. today pleaded guilty to criminal charges plus a global to eradicating stream poverty falls short. reports from nigeria where the number of people living on less than two dollars a day is on the wrong. it's good to have you with us hurricane florence has reached the united states states of north and south carolina a picture of devastation is being created as we speak florence which was downgraded to a category one storm made landfall on the east coast of the u.s. battery the carolinas with strong winds and heavy rain the storm is moving slowly and is expected to dump rain on the coast well into the weekend hundreds of thousands of people have lost power storm surges are being reported and rescue crews are scrambling to save scores of people who ignored evacuation orders. what do you use my as waiter is on the ground force in elizabeth city in north eastern north carolina good evening to you miami did you know you

the strongest stalled this year of battles across the philippines typhoon mancow has told the country's main island ripping off roofs and knocking off possible eyes as authorities assess the damage they warned that more floods and landslides could be to come. and in germany johnson. lies on the pressure of the sea as you're meeting as they scramble to stave off a challenge from the. coming elections polls suggest the party could be heading for the result in more than sixty yes. it's good to have you with us. at least five people have died in the united states as tropical storm photons but as the states of north and south carolina the national hurricane center says the storm is moving west at just over three. and is dumping dangerous amounts of rain is one of catastrophic flooding and say up to two point five million people could be left for the. new bern north carolina what looks like swamp land. is actually small town suburbia. sits at the confluence of two rivers right now it's residents. need of rescue that's all terrified and i. just wondering what. and where the water's going to go

staying with dangerous weather typhoon has caused major destruction in the philippines the storm made landfall on the country's main island of luzon early on saturday strong winds and torrential rains caused power outages floods and dozens of landslides at least twelve people have been confirmed dead more than one hundred thousand have had to flee their homes the philippine state weather agency has downgraded the threat level but warns the danger is far from over now many in the philippines have taken to social media to share their experience and my colleague aaron tilton has been following that for us and what have you found so far well the filipinos have been turning in droves to facebook and social media shows some of the experiences they've been having and one of the videos that i find that i'm sure the most since actually just quite impressive is a clip from baguio city located in the north of the country now if we could get that clip on the air for our viewers basically what we're seeing here is trental flooding that's being tossed by the typhoon now the authorities had warned t

the strongest storm this year barrels across the philippines typhoon mine crews are terrorist through the country's main island ripping off roofs and knocking out power supplies as authorities assess the damage they warn that more floods and landslides could call. those i'm going to merkel's allies in bavaria meet in munich as they attempt to stave off a challenge from the far right again for the a if tea party could make it harder for the german chancellor to go for. the woman. good to have you with us at least five people have died in the u.s. as hurricane florence slowly moves inland across the states of north and south carolina it has been downgraded to a tropical storm but is still bringing extremely heavy rainfall and dangerous storm surges hundreds of thousands are without power. florence's fastbreak timms well baby. they were killed when this tree crushed the home in the coastal city of wilmington north carolina. a neighbor described terrifying scenes as the storm bordine. very dark. and the wind being higher like it is now in the higher then so all you could see was water and

dust strongest all this year up battles across the philippines from die for mongo days to the country's main island ripping off roofs . the states of north and south. west. and. people with. a neighbor describes terrifying scenes as the storm bordine. was very dark. and the wind being high like it is now in the higher then so all you could see was water and it was very low. so. you can't really figure out what's going on out there. further up the coast in new bern a huge storm surge left hundreds of residents trapped as the waters rose around them. so i pressed deep freeze used boats and military vehicles to get the mite. i never met so terrified of my entire life. it was horrifying. just wondering what's going on and where the water's going to go and how i got to tell him how we're going to get out and if we're going to get trapped in the attic and. hundreds of thousands of homes and i without power authority is a warning evacuated residents to stay put in shelters. what we're dealing with here is a major flooding and rain event at this point we're also looking at potential landslides

lot felizco is oxfam's country directorfor the philippines.d me the extent of the damage across the philippines from typhoon mangkhut. it has been 16 hours since typhoon mangkhut made landfall and because of the coverage of this typhoon, it covers 23 provinces, along the eastern seaboard and in the northern portion of luzon. some of these areas are mountainous areas, along the coast, not very accessible from town centres, so we are only starting to receive initial reports now and looking to having a more com plete now and looking to having a more complete picture maybe in another day or two even. and what do you think the priority is going to be for oxfam, for the help that you can give to people? what will you be focusing on? in this case, we will of course have to focus primarily in the first two days on life—saving needs. considering the number of displaced families, there are already more than 50,000 scattered across more than 50,000 scattered across more than 700 evacuation centres. there will be needs for also access to water purificatio

it is now look at the philippine inquirer.ve been grappling with something absolutely horrific. this typhoon, which has moved and swept through the region in the philippines, a huge landslides following and it is often what happens afterwards that causes huge devastation. as we focus on where it is going next, we know hong kong and mainland china, that it —— the philippines are grappling with landslides that are killing many people. this is what i find interesting from the first story to the second story, we have to deal with natural disasters like this and this is what we have to focus on. yet, we spend so much time debating the issues. this is awful. i cannot even imagine, the chinese authorities are saying it is slipping into china, evacuating 2.5 million people. the logistics are enormous. so unfortunate, they -- -- has been deaths and it will continue to rise. actually, it is surprisingly low. the authorities have done a good job in evacuating people in a dance in certain areas of. the philippines will have to deal with t

when got interest rates in the philippines and indonesia.ell us about those and how much pressure the philippines is under. think if we look at philippines currency, the economy and the financial markets are under pressure. given that the philippines is running a significant current account deficit, i don't believe that the currency can be stabilized very soon. i believe the central banks need to do a lot of work to stabilize the currency. it is still kind of relatively volatile. generally we do see that philippines, we can still see a significant pressure at this moment. rishaad: we want to bring this chart up for you. what it shows is where real rates are in the philippines and of,nesia as well as a case here, 2.4% negative interest rates effectively in the philippines given the inflation position. indonesia in a good spot there. tell me, that is the deal, isn't it? they need to be able to raise rates and contain inflation without hurting a bit of wobbly growth. it is a very difficult kind of policy recalibration for the philippines. on on

out in cash here in the philippines by. like a bank account holders who have control of the accounts on behalf of the fraud gangs for the syndicates and the money then laundered the cash. by now wine brown believes his portfolio is valued at five million dollars and he wants to cash it in but there's a catch the scam is in manila tell him before he can sell his shares he needs to pay us tax the tax money was granted i had hundred thousand u.s. dollars but i said i'd apply before you get that get this cash back from what will follow that once why i started to ask for money that i have to constantly come up with new why explaining why they're not i would buy the money it's just an ongoing . clever scheme to continue to g.p.m. by. the charade continues why news passed on to yet another manila based american criminal again pretending to be on wall street he's alias jeffrey cohen. jeffrey guy when all is close like every happen there is a college decay out oh i can't get all my funds jeffrey said you don't apply the sponsor mone

taken out in cash here in the philippines by. like a bank account holders who have control of the accounts on behalf of the fraud gangs for the syndicates and the money is then laundered it ultimately into cash. by now wine brown believes his portfolio is valued at five million dollars and he wants to cash it in but there's a catch the scammers in manila tell him before he can sell his shares he needs to pay us tax the tax money was rather i thought of thousand us dollars but i said i'd apply before you get that get this cash back from what will follow at once why i started to ask for money that i have to cost of the.

two years ago the philippines began a brutal war against the drug gangs in which thousands of people died human rights activists and journalists charged the police with illegal killings charges which president do tatay as vigorously denied my guest this week here in manila is his legal advisor salvador panel oh is the administration actively sanctioning and even encouraging mud on its own streets. to solve it open up welcome to conflict thank you for having me your president says he's old and tired and he's going to hear again about stepping down in february said i've no more ambition who needs a president who's got no more ambition that's more of an expression of. we're just a success for ration and disgust over certain things that do not come out as expected but is not stepping down who finishes turn he says guys i want you to know i'm thinking i'm stepping down because he just wants he has one so tell the people that is not the kind of politician that will cling to a position so you can't believe what he says not really everybody is entitled to express one's frustration or express

out of the philippines and as it moves out we are seeing that happen that you know. we have already seen more than one hundred twenty six thousand people who have been displaced across five hundred. five hundred ninety four villages people have been evacuated and the government highlighted that. three and evacuation we think people have been can't get. away. with you are. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. of the u.s. space agency nasa has launched its most advanced space laser ever the mission will examine the effects of global climate change on the earth's polar ice the data gathers will allow scientists to precisely measure the changes in clay sure's ice sheets and sea ice. police in turkey have detained hundreds of workers who are protesting over conditions at istanbul's new airport thousands took part in protests sparked after more than a dozen people were injured in an on site accident a demonstration was broken up by riot police who fired tear gas at the crowd and u.s. president donald trump's former campaign chief paul man a fourth

it's a scam that starts in the philippines and stretches across the globe. investors are promised the opportunity of a lifetime they all ideas they get you on the hook. but instead are left with shattered dreams and financial ruin the white i buy a ticket saw it and steve check out on this up sort of one on one east we reveal how organized crime is making millions in the philippines. it's the business hub of the philippines where multinational corporations turn over millions in annual profits but then the country district of manila has a dark underbelly they sun news making a fortune in duty cash by trading fake shares. just a lot of surveillance report. in secrecy destroying private investigators in cyber crime expert can gamble is in the final days of an operation to blow open an organized crime ring run by expect roots in the city. we want to document all the people that they're talking to whoever they have contact with take photos of them we need to figure out. shouted members of the syndicate gliders. the fraudsters have gypped investors around the worl

taken out in cash here in the philippines by. like a bank account holders who have control of the accounts on behalf of the fraud gangs for the syndicates and the money is then loan and ultimately into cash. by now whine brown believes his portfolio is valued five million dollars and he wants to cash it in but there's a catch the scam is in manila tell him before he can sell he is he needs to pay us tax the tax money was granted i two hundred thousand u.s. dollars but i said i'd apply before you get that get this cash back from what. it once why i started to ask for the money that i have to constantly come up with new why explaining why they're not i would buy the money it's just an ongoing. clever scheme to continue to j.p. and by slightly. continues why news passed on to yet another manila based american criminal again pretending to be on wall street he's an alias jeffrey cohen . different primary cause like every happen there is a cause it came out more i can't get all my funds jeffrey said you can apply the sponsor money for

and also the storm effecting the philippines.n hong kong. >> thanks so much. typhoon manghkut. roared ashore in the northern philippines saturday. with damaging winds and pouring rain. it's battering the island. unleashing floods in damaging buildings. the next land fall will be in southern cry na. likely strengthen across the south china sea. it lost super-typhoon status passing through the philippines. it's still a powerful storm system. many in the north are reporting rising floods water, debris and damaged buildings. we're joined on the phone. the humanitarian response officers with save the children. what are your people telling you on the ground about the situation? >> -- >> can you hear me? >> hello? it's anna. >> okay. we seem to be having technical issues there. which is understandable. considering what is happening in the philippines. we were trying to speak to from the save the children organization. but we certainly know that there are many areas that have been cut off. and the government is reporting no casualties at

kong with heavy rains and powerful winds after leaving a trail of destruction in the philippines. this is live from doha also coming up yemen's who the rebels say the un has agreed to help move the critically injured abroad to treatment. celebrations in ethiopia as the government's peace moves the leaders of a banned opposition party to return home. and one of europe's biggest refugee camps could be shut down the government fails to improve living conditions. in the philippines at least twenty five people have been killed by this year's most powerful typhoon. and slightly off it made landfall on the largest island of luzon on saturday it's left a trail of destruction in the northern province of. going is there. we are now in one of the many towns in north of province that have been affected by this typhoon i'm just going to show you behind me are farmland that have now been submerged in flood waters hundreds of civilians have been evacuated and those who remain in evacuation centers come from these communities and they have yet to see the devastation firsthand even go there are no

vision philippines. it's like on the ground. it is still chaos here, actually i have travelled here and i have seen at least two or three landslides. clearing operations are still ongoing. we are starting to get more information about the extent of typhoon mangkhut‘s damage, especially here in this province, as you mentioned, there have been at least 50 deaths already including children. majority of these deaths we re children. majority of these deaths were caused by landslides, world vision is really worried about the effect of this experience, especially to the children. we are also elsewhere at the moment, they we re also elsewhere at the moment, they were able to go to the place where the typhoon made its landfall. farmlands were reduced to nothing, and parents are now worried on how to provide for children. their children's needs, in the coming days. obviously there are some areas you have not yet been able to access. what is proving to be the most difficult aspect of this weather event when it come

philippine inflation.redictions are amongst economists that we would have inflation at 5.9% as well. that is the central bank looking at that number. expecting gdp for the second quarter for australia in the second, 2.9% is what economists are expecting. let's find up the number and get it over to sydney. thei: we've just getting quarter on quarter number for the second quarter. zero point 9%, above expectations. year on year gdp for the second quarter, 3.4%. over expectations of 2.9%. let's look at the reaction in the aussie dollar. some more optimistic commentary markets rba than the expecting. i want to get over to sophie to look at the aussie dollar. aboveare seeing a pop $.72 against the dollar, a spike in deed. we see this gdp data after the rba governor turned upbeat when it came to the economic outlook. some of that revised data also looking fairly decent. for the first quarter, a revision for the figures, and second quarter with a beat. how markets in china and hong kong are opening up. ,hey see a

let's go to philippines where alexandria field is standing by. alex, when we spoke in the last hour you said authorities claimed there were no fatalities that they could report of. what's the latest information? >> right, at that point they hadn't given us any update at any fatalities at all or any injuries. we are expecting to hear from officials again within the next hour, and that should give us the big picture view of what they were seeing on the ground. of course they have to coordinate with all the provinces that have been hit of what was a super typhoon when it made landfall right here in the philippines. it was stunning a few hours into daylight official wurz abs were say they haven't had any reports of casualties. of course you just heard there are still high winds, heavy rains, still the risk of storm surges and also the threat of land slides. you've got down power lines, you've got debris that's in the roads. and that makes any search or rescue efforts particularly complicated. but really the fundamental issue we're struggling with rig

as it passes towards the north of the philippines, it willalso passes towards the north of the philippinessterly monsoon winds. torrential rain is currently heading into the manila region, so it is not just across the north—east tip, there will be a lot of rain elsewhere. 0nce there will be a lot of rain elsewhere. once it has brushed past ben killip —— the philippines, we will get more issues in the weekend, perhaps into the south of china is mangkut passes very close to hong kong. that is another area we have real concerns about. thank you very much for that update. let us return to the south east of the united states. welljoining me is now from wilmington, north carolina is cbs reporter, mola lenghi. what a difference computer yesterday? yes, absolutely. yesterday was extremely mild compared to this. this is the initial impact of hurricane florence. wind gusts have increased in the last are substantially, as you can see. 0bviously in the last are substantially, as you can see. obviously a lot of rain coming down. not as intense as we initially expected and predicted. the storm has been

this year what is the latest news from the philippines and can you hear me. ok we seem to be having some technical difficulties so we will try and reestablish that line later on in the program moving on a to some other stories making news around the world's u.s. president donald trump's former campaign chief paul montfort's has pleaded guilty to two criminal counts the move is part of a deal to cooperate with special counsel robert mueller who is investigating possible collusion between presidential campaign and russia the criminal charges are not related to the campaign. three people have been killed and at least seven injured in the shooting as a popular square in central mexico city police said three men dressed as morace musicians opened fire at the plaza garibaldi before fleeing on motorbikes the square is near the to petone neighborhoods home to one of mexico's this he's most of tourist drug cartels. palestinian medical officials say israeli soldiers have killed three palestinians including a boy taking part in weekly protests that gaza's border with is

the philippine central bank has thus far raised interest rates by 75 pesos a. year. it will be an aggressive increased. the philippines, macau, hong kong, major trading centres, how has supplied being affected due to the devastation? it was definitely disrupted. in the case of hong kong and macao, the devastation was mostly controlled. hong kong is certainly back online and and luxury boating industry is and that sort of sector has been impacted but the damage is mainly has been negated. it is really the philippines and the logistics and infrastructure there that we are most concerned about. now to the good old rivalry between the two economic giants of asia, talking about china and india. indian leaders have spoken about converting the financial hub of mumbai intoa converting the financial hub of mumbai into a shanghai. which other to shanghai to find out whether that was even possible. —— we travelled. decaying infrastructure, urban mass, flooded tracts. india one unlike's financial hub mumbai, seems like another world from shanghai, located 5000 kilometres a

the storm that's already left twenty five people dead in the philippines is now threatening hong kong with huge waves the city is in complete shutdown with the highest alert level in place that's a typhoon ten signal in the next few hours a storm surge bringing waves several meters above high tides expected typhoon man court has blown down cranes and shattered windows in high rise buildings across the city many main roads have been blocked as dozens of trees fall in with winds of up to two hundred ten kilometers per hour businesses are closed and all public transport is shut down nearly a thousand flights have been delayed or canceled will get an update from meteorologist kevin corriveau in a moment but first let's hear now from sarah clarke who filed this from the streets of central hong kong. attainted is currently in force in hong kong which is the most powerful on the right i was told early this morning is expected to stay in place for at least another few hours we are experiencing to rachel wrangle force winds of up to one hundred ninety five kilometers an hour storm surges there