president thein sein is expected to visit japan later this month. he expressed hope for japanese investment and economic assistance. >> reporter: president thei thein sein's government will likely need to bargain with nld. the party needs to win the next general election in three years' time. they will be watching for signs of the cooperative relationship with nld that the president has stressed. nhk world, phnom phen. >>> debt worries in europe resurfaced on wednesday. this caused spain's government bond yields to shoot up again. the yield on the ten-year bond rose to 5.7% at one point. the spanish bond market was heavily sold following a disappointing auction of new bond issues. late last year, spain's bond deal had climbed to nearly 7%. this is a level that would make it difficult for the country to rehabilitate its finances on its own. but the yield dropped in early march to the upper 4% level. last month, spain lowered its target for cutting its budget deficit. that's because credit worries are affecting the economy. this has rekindled market c

president sein says it will be possible to discussion that in parliament. the constitutional amendment requires support from at least 75% of the lawmakers. 25% of the seats are allotted to unelected military officers. they don't support the nld proposal. revision is considered virtually impossible. >>> myanmar's reforms are still being recognized despite the dispute between thein sein. foreign ministers agreed to su pend most of the sanctions on the country for one year. they made the decision monday at a meeting in luxembourg. the eu imposed economic sanctions against myanmar 15 years ago. the foreign ministers agreed to keep equipment sales in place. analysts opted to suspend rather than lift the sanctions to pressure myanmar's leaders to continue with the democratic reforms. that makes it possible for them to reimpose the measures. an expert on myanmar joins us, toshihiko kudo is here. thank you for coming in today. first off, aung san suu kyi and other nld members didn't attend the reopening of the parliament. how do you see this situation? is thein sei

thein sein said it was progress towards democracy. the number of seats won by the nld accounts for less than 10% of all the seats in parliament. after the elections, aung san suu kyi called on the ruling party to cooperate for more democratization. in the interview, president thein sein responded positively to the call for the first time ever. the toughest challenge for myanmar is to boost its economy, one of the worst in southeast asia, and to do that, it has to get economic sanctions lifted by western countries. the president expressed hope that the recent bielections will help achieve that. known for its rich natural resources and abundant labor, myanmar is often called the last frontier in southeast asia. many countries are paying attention to its economic potential. president thein sein is expected to visit japan later this month he expressed hope for japanese investment and economic assistance. president thein sein's government will likely need to bargain with the nld. the party wants to win the next general election in three ye

thein sein is expected to visit japan later this month. he expressed hope for japan's economic assistance. thein sein's government will likely need to bargain with the nld. the party wants to win the next general election in three years' time. observers will be watching for signs of the cooperative relationship with the nld that thein sein has stressed. >>> meanwhile, asean leaders are acting in unison to support myanmar in this moment of change. at a summit meeting that ended in cambodia on wednesday, the leaders welcomed the outcome of sunday's by-elections. they also called on western nations to lift economic sanctions. nhk world's pinh chanda reports. >> reporter: asean leaders seemed cheerful at the closing ceremony. prime minister hun sen of cambodia chaired the summit. he issued a statement saying the by-elections in myanmar were just and fair. he called it a big step forward in the country's democratization. hun sen called on european countries and the united states to reward myanmar for its progress. myanmar is set to chair the bl

is thein sein's party going to react in a negative way, do you think? >> aung san suu kyi would like to show her serious desire to amend the constitution, which has some democratic process. for example, one-fourth of the parliament seats are automatly reserv ically reserved for the military members. aung san suu kyi intentionally took his actithis action to tak advantage of the landslide victory of the by-elections on april the 1st. however, the oath wording written in the constitution, and it is not easy to amend the citizens. president thein sein pointed out the amendment of the constitution is possible but only according to the prescribed procedures. so it may take some time to resolve this problem. >> definitely not an easy task there. now japan decided to resume its aid, oda. they're getting ready to seize action against country as well. they're sending a message to myanmar, unless democracy happens, they're not going to do it. how will myanmar take steps toward democracy? >> it's one of the biggest resolves the thein sein government achieved by a

thein sein said it was progress towards democracy. the number of seats won by the nld accounts for less than 10% of all the seats in parliament. after the elections, aung san suu kyi called on the ruling party to cooperate for more democratization. in the interview, president thein sein responded positively to this call for the first time ever. the toughest challenge for myanmar is to boost its economy, one of the worst in southeast asia, and to do that, it has to get economic sanctions lifted by western countries. the president expressed hope that the recent bielections will help achieve that. known for its rich natural resources and abundant labor, myanmar is often called the last frontier in southeast asia. many countries are paying attention to its economic potential. president thein sein is expected to visit japan later this month. he expressed hope for japanese investment and economic assistance. president thein sein's government will likely need to bargain with the nld. the party wants to win the next general election in three

he'll meet thein sein and spend time with aung san suu kyi. ban says he hopes to work with both of them to explore ways that the u.n. can promote democratic change. >>> japan's leaders are also taking action to encourage change in myanmar. foreign minister koichiro gemba spoke about a plan to forgive nearly $4 billion in loans to the country and room aid. he says the move will support myanmar's democratic and economic reforms and will help japan too. prime minister yoshihiko noda told president thein sein last week his government would forgive about 60% of myanmar's debt, which totals more than $6 billion. japan will also start offering development loans to the country for the first time in 25 years. foreign minister gemba spoke about the importance of the agreement. >> translator: the write-off will help japanese companies that want to invest in this geopolitically important country. and building a win/win business relationship between myanmar and japan will be profitable for japan. >> gemba says these measures are a way for japan to support

. >> the comments come during his landmark trip to the country where he has met president thein sein opposition activist aung san suu kyi. >> they have to make a decision on sanctions later this month. >> this is a historic visit. david cameron is the first european head of state to travel to burma since the south asian country formally ended decades of military rule last year. in the capital naypyitaw, cameron met with reform-thein sein minded to support the country's process of democratization. the government has eased restrictions on ethnic minorities and freed hundreds of political prisoners. cameron also met opposition leader aung san suu kyi. the burmese president had paved the way for her return to politics. with a suu kyi at his side, the british prime minister said the government deserves careful assistance for its policies, including the suspension of sanctions. >> of course we must respond with caution, with care. we must always be skeptical and questioning, because we want to know those changes are irreversible. >> suu kyi also advised caution. >> this suspension would ha

ashton is expected to meet with president thein sein and aung san suu kyi. aung san suu kyi and other recently elected members may not make their parliamentary debut when the lower house session resumes on monday. the nld says the main obstacle is the constitution which a lots a quarter of the seats in parliament to the military. each newly elected mp has to take an oath to safeguard the constitution. but amending that constitution was one of the nld's main election pledges. >> translator: i don't think we can resolve this issue in time. it is almost impossible for us to attend parliament on april 23rd. >> the nld says it sent a letter to thein sein to try to find a way forward. but it says there has been no progress so far. >>> to afghanistan, the latest scandal involving foreign troops has become more than just an embarrassment for the u.s. government. it is already influencing discussions over the long-term role of international forces in the country. photographs of two u.s. soldiers posing with body parts of dead suicide bombers were published in wednesd

ashton is expected to meet with president thein sein and aung san suu kyi. aung san suu kyi and other recently elected members of her party may not make their parliamentary debut when the lower house session resumes on monday. the nld says the main obstacle is the constitution which allots a quarter of the seats in parliament to the military. each newly elected mp has to take an oath to safeguard the constitution. but amending that constitution was one of the nld's main election pledges. >> translator: i don't think we can resolve this issue in time. it is almost impossible for us to attend parliament on april 23rd. >> the nld says it sent a letter to president thein sein to try to find a way forward. but it says there has been no progress so far. >>> turning now to afghanistan, the latest scandal involving foreign troops has become more than just an embarrassment for the u.s. government. it is already influencing discussions over the long-term role of international forces in the country. photographs of two u.s. soldiers posing with body parts of dead suicid

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myanmar's president thein sein received a warm welcome after sunday's historic bi-election. asean leaders praised the vote won by pro-democratic leader aung san suu kyi. the development could boost asean's project to create an economic community by 2015. cambodian prime minister hun sen chaired the summit. he apparently believes removing sanctions from the asean economic area to be an important step forward. asean leaders agreed to call on europe and the united states to lift sanctions against myanmar. they said the move would further promote democratic reform in the country. >> one thing that we are very much keen on just now is to ensure the sanctions against myanmar be immediately lifted. it is extremely important as a symbol, as a democratic divider for a country that has become the process of change, and it's the process of change must be acknowledged. >> reporter: myanmar has rich natural resources but its economy has been closed from much of the world. lifting economic sanctions would benefit not only myanmar but the asean economic area. nhk world, phnom penh. >>> in

he'll meet aung san suu kyi for the first time, and he'll also hold talks with president thethei thein sein. >>> plans are in place to triple the capacity of its largest port by 2023 to support the country's rapid growth. nhk world's atoshi reports from jakarta. >> reporter: the indonesian port corporation on monday set out its ambitious expansion plan for jakarta's port. it includes widening nearby roads and lanes. the project will be conducted in two phases and will cost $2.47 billion. the port handles 6 million 20-foot containers every year. last year, indonesia's exports soared 30% to a record high. even so, concerns remain that outdated infrastruct surholding back the country's economic potential. >> translator: the problem is how to maintain growth with the shortage of capacity in the main port. that's why it must be expanded immediately. right now our capacity is almost at the limit. >> reporter: they hope to turn it into the top ports in the world. the ports are being stretched to breaking point. the country hopes improving infrastructure will help fix the bottlenet that has been li

. >> myanmar's president thein sein will attend an asean summit in cambodia tuesday. he's expected to ask his southeast asian neighbors for support to achieve an end to economic sanctions against his country. >>> turning now to the situation in afghanistan, the government of president hamid karzai dispatched its foreign minister to qatar, as part of efforts to advance peace talks with the taliban. qatar is the location of the taliban's liaison office, giving the nation certain influence over the militant group. nhk world's hideki yui reports. >> reporter: foreign minister zalmay rasool will meet tuesday with his counterpart and ask for cooperation in resuming negotiations with the taliban. a spokesperson on sunday stressed that the views of the afghan government must be reflected in negotiations. >> translator: the process of talks with the taliban in qatar must be one that is approved by the afghan government. >> reporter: the taliban have refused to hold talks with the karzai government, calling it a puppet of the americans. that makes it hard to get peace talks off

want to know that the reform process is irreversible, but i think it's right when the president thein sein has made these steps. it's right for the world to respond. i think suspension is the right step rather than lifting sanctions, because it will strengthen, as aung san suu kyi has said, it will strengthen his hand in arguing it's necessary to keep performing. all courses of action are full of risk, but i think this is the right step forward for those of us who want to see further progress towards democracy and freedom and rights here in burma, and let's not forget how far things have come. we're standing in a house where you were for decades under house arrest. you're sitting in a garden where you were barely allowed to walk or to stand. >> but you could seep the jungle. >> and only three years ago you were threatened with prison. so things have come some way. we want them to go much further, but we agree, this is the right response today. >> thank you. christian from itv news. prime minister and aung san suu kyi, we have experienced disappointment before. why do you both think that th

. >> pelley: melanoma is a deadly sein cancer and it's on the rise in younger americans.in a new study, researchers at the mayo clinic say they are seeing four times the number of cases in men under the age 406 than they did in 1970 and for women eight times as many. researchers blame tanning beds for the increase. for years scientists have tried to find a way to predict cancer and other diseases by using a person's d.n.a. as a road map. dr. jon lapook is here today with the results of a major new study and, jon, it focused on twins. >> reporter: that's right, scott. scott. identical twins are born with virtually the exact same genes and the same inherited risk for disease but more than 90% of the time when one twin develops cancer the other does not. these researchers looked at 24 differ different diseases including cancer and calculated the youthfulness of genetic testing. each person has over 20,000 genes with millions of variations. variations. all cancers like this lung tumor are caused by genetic defect bus on only a tiny fraction of those defects are inherited. the

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and mare sein the newsroom with the chilling allegation. >> that nurse admits to shooting a woman to steal her newborn baby. verna mcclane is charged with stealing the baby. witnesses say she shot golden outside of a pediatric doctor's office outside of houston. she then took off with the woman's 3-day-old son. after an intense search, police tracked down mclane and found the son unharmed. police say she simpled planned to kidnap any child and that golden was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. >>> a man is seriously injured in a crash in anne arundel county. take a look at the scene in odenton. you can see the crushed front end of the car, underneath part of the bus. it happened near the intersection. the 25-year-old driver of the car is at shock trauma, with serious injuries. there were no students on the bus. >>> a fight between softball players from two city high schools. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene in hampden. students at the academy for college and career exploration, and reginald f. lewis high, brawled in the park after the game. one suspect was arrested after

mare sein the newsroom with a-- mary is in the newsroom with a closer look. >> the study will be publishedhe american medical association this week. and it suggests trauma patients have a higher rate of survival if transported by helicopter instead of ground transport. he said he doesn't know why a helicopter is better but possibility is the speed of the transport and the medical team on the chopper. overall, patient's chance of surviving were between 1 to 2% better if transported by helicopter rather than by ambulance. denise? >> thank you, mary. the university of maryland, shock trauma center, currently treats more than 8,000 trauma and critical care patients each year. >>> more than 75 tornadoes touched down in the midwest. six people died and thousands more survived. a new weather alert system is now being credited with saving lives. >> i wasn't in here very long before the tornado hit. >> reporter: when she heard the radio announce the storm system was approaching woodward, oklahoma, 88-year-old wilma nelson didn't hesitate. >> and i thought, whoo, i better get out of here, get to my

nine secret service member rees seined or are being forced out as a result of the scandal over the allegedin colombia. >>> two, dominique straus kahn accusing opponents of destroying his bid to be president of france. dsk launched a conspiracy theory believing operatives linked to nicolas sarkozy orchestrated his public fall. he accuses them of intercepting phone calls and making sure a new york housekeeper went to police to accuse him of rape. the case was eventually dropped. before the scandal broke, he led some polls in france. and sarkozy versus francois leads in new polls ahead of the second flound about a week. >>> three, the space shuttle "enterprise" arrived in new york city on the back of a 747. if you didn't see it it's worth looking at. a pretty neat thing. flying over the statue of liberty and other landmarks and landing at jfk for a ceremony. the subtle's final resting place, the intread ip sea, air and space museum on the hudson river. expecting a 30% increase in attendance when that exhibit opens in july meaning more money. it's going get to charge an extra $6 to see nearly

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president thein sein, a former general, said today the vote "was conducted in a very successful manner." he has led cautious reforms after half a century of military rule. wall street stepped back today after news that federal reserve leaders are worried about a hiring slowdown. the concerns were voiced in the minutes of the fed's policy- making meeting lt nt the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 65 points to close at 13,199. the nasdaq fell six points to close at 3113. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: and we turn to what's behind the continuing surge in sales as the american auto industry turns in its best quarter in years. the auto industry continued its rebound today on news that sales jumped 6% in march. with almost 1.4 million new carand trucks sold. that's the highest monthly number since 2008. >> this is my world. >> ifill: chrysler sales were up 34%, partly due to its heavily promoted line of small fee ats and of its sudans. >> i've seen a lot of tough eras, a lot of downturns in my life. >> ifill: the company's dramatic two-minute

imagine the idea of circulation, so the first thing he does is these transfusions on the bank of the seine. it's not that they have any answers right. i mean, this is not the glorious story of forward-looking narrative that science got it right, this is a moment where the thing that we all imagine not being able to live without in the medical community of blood transfusion is that it created such a panic and such a controversy. that's why i would love to find that -- did your guys wear a superhero cape? >> totally. and they flew. [laughter] >> and i've always found one of the great things about research is discovering something i had no idea i was going to discover. this occur to all of you at that same moment as you're going through your research for these books? >> not every moment in my book is, you know, a glorious celebration of either science or human beings actually. one of the things that stood out for me as a researcher -- my book is set mostly in the 1920s. it's called, i think the subtitle the birth of forensic medicine in jazz age new york. so it's set in the prohibition era. a

then other peoe would send me an sms sein thank you for your concerns, please never talk to me again -- saying thank you for your ccern, please never talk to me again. and pray for me. >> do you think the fact that you are a former marine captain helps you in situations where you deal with the military? do they seem to trust the more because of that? what is your secret? i know you what a lot of trails with guys living their life as they do day in and day out. does that help you get a sense? >> being a former marine and infantry officer, i used to lead in trade for patrols. it cuts both ways. it does help. but it also hurts. people often expect you to enjoy and circulate the prevailing narrative, even when it is false. sometimes you ar on patrols and you see things happening that are much different than the way they should be happening. as a journalis you cannot speak up. you cannot be direct the patrol. >> even if it is going into a dangerous situation? >> you are there not to lead the patrol. you are a journalist. the patrol is perhaps an essential thing on the military level but t

he wasn't one of those people who said, well, yea, he sang and we heard him on occasion old lang seinetalent was hosting. he was an entertainer who said look at these folks, i've got this great new song i want you to hear. ? he also made it seem very easy. it is very easy to say, the people you can make the joke all of the time about people who are well known on television, what do they actually do? they're not a reporter. they're not a singer, they're just a host and what is that? it's a hard skill set to put your finger on, but it is a skill set and it is something dif can ult and he would make it seem like he was just a guy with the microphone talking to you and interviewing people and moving things along and it always seemed to move slowly with dick clark. that takes a lot of rehearsal and it is a skill set and there were few people like him that were able to -- not only do that as a presence on tv like he could, but also to know that behind the scenes he had his hands involved in everything and in fact, in some cases own the program that he was on. most people would see him as jus

here was the tweet about seine clock eastern. central banks are where bad bonds go to die.markets and then the economy would falter. i'm not picking on mr. gross. but here's the point. i've always said that the frog isn't really alive and what we are doing is throwing electricity in. when the lanes move we say it's economic horse power but we're being a bit disingenuous. another point, especially to that tweet. you know, if the toxic areas we are storing this paper are a way to nationalize some in the economy and banking industry and interest rates then the new normal that mr. gross and his firm put forth is a great phrase, the new normal isn't really being allowed to grow. how long can we have the subsidy? how can we get rid of it? this is huge. how can you make money on it? just think, if we have a really bad or good jobs report on friday, it makes the outcome in the market ten times more volatile, because it's going to bring in the liquidity factor from the fed every time, especially if it's a weak number. back to you >> that's right. i love the dead frog analogy, rick.

after meeting with president thein sein monday, ban gave a speech before the parliament, the first foreign leader to give a speech before the nation's foreign legislature. he will call on the country to stay on track toward democracy. ban is scheduled to visit aung san suu kyi for the first time, and discuss what kind of support myanmar wants from the united nations. the european union decided last week to suspend most of its economic sanctions against myanmar for a year, but left an arms embargo in place. many western countries are now trying to support myanmar's democratic reforms by improving their ties with the country. >>> officials in pakistan are condemning the latest deadly american drone attack in their country. u.s. government agencies repeatedly use unmanned aircraft to target suspected terrorists and islamic extremists. a drone fired missiles sunday at a target in the north waziristan region on the border with afghanistan. the attack killed four militants and wounded five others. pakistani foreign ministry officials say the air strike amounts to violation of international law a