tonight i'll also be joined by three experts steve tsang director of the china institute at the school of oriental and african studies in london andrus folder a china expert at the university of asia research institute and victor gao. he's president of the center for china and globalization in beijing and a former interpreter for the late president deng xiaoping. ladies and gentlemen please welcome charles liu. you is the founder and chairman of investment company how capital and the regular t.v. commentator on chinese issues. charles lou thanks for joining me on head to head chinese president xi jinping who's government you've advised said last year china is ready for a bloody battle against our enemies and kicked off twenty nine thousand by ordering the people's liberation army to quote prepare for a comprehensive military struggle with who charles. there's only one country that is sending warships into chinese territory that is threatening china with all kinds of things the united states. whenever i hear president trump speak he says how much he loves president xi and how the great powers but e

tonight i'll also be joined by three experts steve tsang director of the china institute at the school of oriental and african studies in london andrus folder a china expert at the university of la to goodness. asia research institute and victor gao vice president of the center for china and globalization in beijing and a former interpreter for the late president deng xiaoping. ladies and gentlemen please welcome charles liu. you is the founder and chairman of investment company haue capital and the regular t.v. commentator on chinese issues. charles lou thanks for joining me on head to head chinese president xi jinping whose government you've advised said last year china is ready for a bloody battle against our enemies and kicked off twenty nine thousand by ordering the people's liberation army to quote prepare for a comprehensive military struggle with who charles. there's only one country that is sending warships into chinese territory that is threatening china with all kinds of things the united states. whenever i hear president from speak he says how much he loves president xi and how the gre

british political scientist ball in hong kong currently director of the china institute at the school of oriental and african studies in london steve is this a new form of aggressive foreign policy in china or is a just an exaggeration on the part of china's enemies what is china trying to do with its foreign policy trying to change the region change the world after she simply become leader of china what we are seeing is an assertive foreign policy that essentially amongst to china now we quests and we acquire the rest of the world to pay china do you respect and what amongst you do respect is something to be judged. by the communist party of china or in fact by the leader of china general sparky ok we've also got vic to go with one of china's best known international politics experts vice president the center for china and globalization in beijing former interpreter for the late president going shopping you can't deny that the current chinese president is taking different steps of criticism is demanding respect on the regional and international china doesn't want to challenge the international o

let's hear more on this now with professor steve tsang, director of the china institute at the school of orientalot comply. so, in that context, the fears of the us, new zealand and australia, how would you see those? i think what we need to understand is that most of the time, the overwhelming majority of the time, huawei would not be interested in engaging in espionage, but if and when the chinese government requires it to do so, it will have to do so. and it is not really meaningful to talk about the general situation when we are dealing with technology that has national security implications. it is on those rare occasions when a government that does not share our basic values may interfere and ask that company to comply with intelligence gathering instructions. that is what we have to be looking at, and that risk has not been dispersed. it is potentially, obviously, going to be damaging to the business of the company as long as countries have these concerns. we were hearing the us, australia and new zealand have acted, and many other countries are looking at how huawei is involved in the roll

of populism. >> many people who had no illusions voted for him anyway. a vote to burn the house down. >> traveling with him is his husband who is a school teacher. sexual orientation did not keep south bend voters from reelecting him and it should not stand in the way of a white house run either. >>> a university poll released shows he is rising in the polls. indeclared joe biden holds a double-digit lead with support from 29% of respondents. bernie sanders in second. beto o'rouke is in third. pamela harris follows. >>> police are searching is for four suspects wanted for an armed robbery in a home in piedmont. it was on tyson circle. three suspects were armed with handguns. they were accused of ransacking the home. two people suffered minor injuries. >>> the battle over the bay area housing crisis and a bill proposed by scott wiener was first and center. they don't want high density housing in neighborhoods of single family homes. >> state senator wiener said the goal is to help more people live near public transportation hubs. some think it would cause more problems and they don't want the state to interfere with local planning. >> at the or interesta or indah p

> she does because title ix protects folks for sexual orientation but because of the first amendment, rights to religious freedom the catholic school can say you've got to follow our tenets. signed contract saying she would do that. according to them she didn't so in this particular case if it was my case, the catholic school wins. >> exhibit c goes to the point, the statement of the archdiocese, she signed and agreed to ministerial job description in her employment contract she live in accordance with the teachings of the catholic church, ms. fitzgerald acknowledged he breached the contract by entering into a mallet marriage that is not valid in the eyes of the catholic church so why does she have a claim as she violated her contract? >> it is unfortunate we have to have a lawsuit to inform his employees to judge employees on the quality of their work and not on who they choose to marry but there is a context patchwork of state, federal and local laws, protections for the lgbt cute community and in this case this high school guidance counselor who is in a secular position is put up against title vii which in her state, in that fed

of your demands already. that one being putting more information on the school website and orientation for services that studentse demonstration today and the saying tomorrow after the president's offer? >> we have had one of our demands, the resources. but the other major demands have not. we have not heard what the commitment. it has been since december and even prior that we have been pushing this. so we got a meeting tomorrow at noon. >> the first one a minimum of ten state parking spaces on campus. >> yes. so we have heard through various students that are currently living in their cars that are unable to find adequate safe space around the area, having to wake up every soon minutes. so we want a safe location where they can sleep overnight. >> reporter: ten beds. >> right now they are offering two beds but it is only two weeks. but with the population of 33,000 students that is clearlily not enough. and we're asking for an expansion of ones in place. >> reporter: 2500 emergency grants for rent for students that cannot afford their rent. >> we live in the silocon valley. the cost of living is expensive. the

notice you never mentioned sexual orientation or gender identity, you think it's okay for school to bias based on sexual orientation or gender identity? >> our office of civil rights has continued to be very religions in investigating any allegation of discrimination and we will continue to do so. >> so is a yes or is that i know? i'm trying to get a yes or no. >> we follow the law does she sent >> so personally you don't have a opinion? you are giving money to some charter schools that do discriminate and that report i would like to follow up from our chairwoman's question where billion dollars has been wasted within schools going to charter schools. one out of every four have failed and i know when your testimony you thought we should have more charter schools but when you have a 25 percent failure rate that would be like saying of one of your car tires keeps going flat and rather than replacing it, you are going to add more tires to a car. i don't know if that makes a lot of sense but my question would be, what are you doing specifically to get that billion dollars back for taxpayers, and you have in this budget a $60 million increase, a 14 percent

from sexual orientation. female: there were some things in that training that i didn't even know. announcer: wekaser's one of about 1100 teachers this year at the east side union high school district in san jose who, for the first time, will undergo mandatory training on gender issues. female: and we're going to talk a little bit about lgbtq language and some of the things that you may be learning or hearing in your classrooms. bigad: have you had students who identify as trans? laurie: yeah, i have a student right now, as a matter of fact. i was the first adult ever that this particular child shared that they feel transgender. that's not the first time that's happened to me. announcer: school social workers are leading these trainings throughout the district. female: i always support kids in their journey, but we don't know if it's safe for them to be out. and so we never want to make that assumption. announcer: the training tackles real life scenarios. female: we to this day still have youth who are upfront with us and say, "hey, like i just switched schools because i'm trans and i was getting bullied at my other school." announcer: teachers also learned that some trans

school and a straight-a student. jennifer powers felt drawn to her. >> she had this kind of bookworm side to her where she was very studious and goal-oriented.ean, she was also just a great person to be around, a fun, happy spirit. and, you know, someone i wanted to spend a lot of time with. >> reporter: lots of people did. and when she chose a college far from home, north carolina state, she was soon surrounded again by an admiring group of women friends, best friends, buddies. fiona childs was her sorority big sister. >> there is this one picture. and it's like -- it just came out beautiful. we liked it. because we felt like we kind of looked like charlie's angels, posed, without intentionally doing that. >> reporter: it was sometime in 2001 when friends started hearing about michelle's new guy, a fellow student named jason young, heard how he'd grown up in the north carolina mountains, how he loved to camp, how he was the life of tailgate parties. michelle fell hard and fast. >> they seemed like a good couple. he was different from other men she had dated in the past. he wasn't as serious about a career as she was. he was a little bit les

oriented and loves to play the piano and guitar. and george as he was very involved with the school and hopes he will pull through. >> he was -- he brought a new level of energy and creativity. >> reporter: we got an email from the wife's best friend and says she does not know what went on behind closed doors but she was a hard-working woman in a good mother. >>> a new zealand prime minister said today that she has ordered an investigation into whether government agencies could have prevented last week's deadly mosque attack. 50 people now confirmed dead and 31 remain hospitalized. new zealand's leaders are now also working to overhaul the countries gun laws. >> people are still mourning those who died in the mass shooting. 50 people lost their lives when a man describing himself as a white supremacist allegedly opened fire it two different mosques. officials now know where the suspect about the guns used in the shooting. they were purchased legally using an online police verification system. the owner of the store said he does not feel responsible. >> what we are doing is legal. >> the prime minister says the incident shows the gun laws are not workin

oriented and loves playing the piano and guitar. he was involved with the school and he will continue his work. >> he was a change agent at the school, a new level of energy and creativity. >> reporter: we got an email from a woman who said that she is the best friend of maria vildes and she said that maria vildes is hard-working and a good mother but she doesn't know what happened inside that house, but said in the 22 years she has known her she has never known her to be violent. for the first court appearance, can we talk to the contra contessa district attorney's office and they said they haven't scaled the work with the arraignment yet. ins pittsburgh's, eyewitness news this morning. >>> police are asking for witnesses after a young woman was shot and killed on highway 4 in concord and they said the driver, 25-year-old, destiny hilary was killed just before 230 to make saturday afternoon. the chp said the honda hit the center divide and crossed all four lanes before crashing at the offramp at willow pass. >> medical personnel were on the scene and tending to the driver of the honda. as the units investigated, they discovered the bullet holes on

orientation or gender identity, do you think it is all right for a school to discriminate based on someone's sexual orientation or gender identity? >> we have laws that cover discriminatory efforts and our office of civil rights has continued to be very diligent in investigating any allegation of discrimination and will continue to do so. >> is that a yes or no? >> we follow the law -- >> personally you don't have an opinion on it? you are giving money -- you are giving money to some charter schools that do discriminate in and that report i would like to follow up on, $1 billion has been wasted over 1000 schools going to charter schools and one out of every fourth have failed. in your testimony you thought we should have more charter schools but when you have a 25% failure rate that would be like saying if one of your car tires keeps going flat rather than replacing it you will add more tires to a car. i don't know if that makes a lot of sense but my question is what are you doing specifically to get that billion dollars back for taxpayers? you have in this budget a $60 million increase of 14% for this program and we have one out of every fourth failing, how can you address those aspects? >> let

of them. very task oriented, see a problem and want to fix it. see lucy mcbeth, who decided she will make gun control her issue. these candidates say i have great schoolsghborhood but i don't have sidewalks. that's something very tangible. tai sees the economic devastation of downtown. she's coming back with her mba. she has an economic plan. if you talk to women in office now they say men run because they like the power and title and women run to get things done. >> i like what ali said like raising a kid ffr. if you think about it task oriented, that's it. and they're all about running and winning it. >> well said, ali velshi. well i (engaging uptempo music) - with tripadvisor finding the right hotel at the lowest price is as easy as dates, deals, done. going on a work trip? dates, deals, done. destination wedding? dates, deals, done. because with tripadvisor all you have to do is enter the dates of your stay and we'll take care of the rest: searching over 200 booking sites to find you the best deal it's as easy dates, deals, you know the rest. (owl hoots) read reviews, check hotel prices, book things to do, tripadvisor. raquen... rakutahn... rakoote

school to discriminate based on someone's sexual orientation or gender identity? >> we have laws that cover discriminate -- discriminatory efforts, and our office for civil rights has continued to be very diligent in investigating any allegation of discrimiminatn and will continue to do so. >> so isis that a yes or no? >> we follow the law -- >> personally, you do not haveve an opinion on it? you are giving money to some charter schools that do discriminate. amy: the trump administration says it will expand the so-called global gag rule, a reagan-era policy that bans u.s. funding for any international healthcare organization that performs abortion, advocates for the legalization of abortion, or even mentions abortion. secretary of state mike pompeo said tuesday the u.s. will cut funding to foreign ngos that fund other groups that provide or promote abortions. on twitter, naral pro-choice america warned the trump administration's global gag rule policies will result in "2.2 million unsafe abortions and 21,700 preventable maternal deaths by 2020." a federal judge has struck down a 1973 north carolina law that banned women from having abortions after the 20th week of their pregnancies. the ruling came as an increasing number of f s

school to discriminate on someone's sexual orientation or gender identity? secretary devos: we have laws that cover discriminatory efforts. our office for civil rights has continued to be very diligent in investigating any allegation of discrimination and will continue to do so. mr. pocan: is that a yes or no? i'm trying to get a yes or no. secretary devos: we follow the law -- mr. pocan: personally you don't have an opinion. leds me to the next question. you are giving money to charter schools that do discriminate, i would like to follow-up from the chairwoman, where $1 billion has been wasted over 1,000 schools. one out of every four charter schools have failed. you thought we should have more charter schools. when you have a 25% failure rate that's like being say if one of your car tires keeps going flat rather than replacing it, you are going to add more tires to a car. i don't know if that makes sense. my question would be what are you doing specifically to get that billion dollars back for taxpayers? you have in this budget a $60 million increase, 14% increase, for this program when we have one out of every four failing. how can you address those two aspects? secretary devos: let me refer again to the fact that

it's very community orientated and people work together and talk together, go into wine bars and restaurants, mix at the school gates, the community will be enormously supportive ofxit happens, new zealand and australia will be there with britain. there is kith and kin but it's not just britain. there is kith and kin but it's notjust with britain, it's also with much of europe and south—east asia, that is why we are looking at trans pacific partnership because many people in new zealand come from right around the pacific which is why this disaster will bring people together. paul be resfo rd , bring people together. paul beresford, thank you. time for a look at the weather. here's darren. and not our weather to begin with but mozambique. this is terrible weather in mozambique because a cyclone made la ndfall last mozambique because a cyclone made landfall last night and with it came sustained winds, about 110 miles an hour, equivalent to a category two hurricane, and as well is that there was a a—6 metres storm surge which has hit a city cold beira, the fourth largest in the country, all that water is pushing up the river together with all the rain and this is wh