christine is a specialist in south asia. she has traveled many times to afghanistan and pakistan. currently, she is a senior political scientist at the rand corporation and was previously at the u.s. institute of peace. some of her good ideas went into the development of the questionnaire for the study. finally, stephen cohen is a senior fellow in foreign policy studies at brookings institution. he is the co-author on books are in the american involvement in south asia and a volume entitled "the idea of pakistan."

. >> south asia it has one of the largest populations of muslims in the world. how do you plan to engage the muslims in that part of the world? >> if we do our job right, of course it is. it is not just a country. i cannot hit the word new ones enough. -- nuance enough. you do not just take a one-stop shop and say you'll do it everywhere. this is really taking time to listening to what is going on in the world. you see what the differences are. even within generations and ethnicities, so you build a dialogue in different ways and your not just taking one day's approach to everything. yes? >> you put a lot of emphasis on listening to the muslims. what do you think muslims misperceive about the united states? when you try to reach out to them, what is it also that you want to give them as the message of the u.s.? >> i would say muslims are saying one thing, that there is one misunderstanding, because there are so many different perspectives when you use that phrase. what i know is depending on what age group we are talking about, the background of the communities

christine is a specialist in south asia. she has traveled. to afghanistan and pakistan. currently she is a currently political scientist at the rand corporation and previously was at the u.s. institute of peace. some of her ideas went into the development of the questionnaire for this study. and finally, steven is a senior fellow in foreign policy development at the brookings institution. he has co-authored books on southeast asia. he has had an exceptional career as an academic and on the policy planning staff at the state department. he will talk to us about policy issues he finds. i would like clay to start out and present the core findings of the research. >> thank you all very much for coming. this survey was conducted over may 17th to the 28th, and there were 1,000 pakistani adults nationwide responding. interviews were conducted at home in randomly selected urban and rural sampling points in all four provinces. let me add quickly that for balukistan, which has only about 5% of the country, we oversampled and then weighted the results back down so that they would b

european portfolio, i had an opportunity over the last couple years to work with our embassies in south asia, africa and middle east. what that brings to the table is an opportunity to think about the grass roots level. to think about how they're going to figure out ways to create dialogue. that is where this leads us. this new role is a historic role, the secretary's division for engagement to our embassy overseas. i had the opportunity to brief her at the end of january. in that briefing, she completely got it, she understood the nuances, the need for our country to build relationships with muslims overseas. she has been doing engagement for long time. she was the person who created the white house. this is something she got when we talked. she asked me to leverage my experience in europe and other parts of the world. to speak about how to have the department work on muslim engagement in a way that is out of the box, innovative, dynamic, worked with embassies so we are getting to know the next generation of thinkers. in his role i will be doing that. the office of the special representativ

south asia is a region, perhaps the only one, or one of the very few where missile material production, deliver systems improvement is an ongoing process. pax thpakistan, starting from is nuclear weapon program nobody has even look that has pushed for a strategic restraint regime earlier. it's done so again on a bilateral basis with india, to bring about a cessation of material production and for testing and so on. india links that to its perception and china and so on. it becomes a trilateral process. even that process is being discussed to generalizing. there is work going on, on taking situation from an active ongoing thing to a more restrained thing. but as far as pakistan is concerned, it's advent into the nuclear field was in response to the earlier 1974 attacks by india. then pakistan ran a test in 1998. it is regarding india. pakistan is working on a reduction strategy with india. it is on hold right now, admittedly, because of the mumbai situation. there's an enormous need for dialogue. the working on that. as far as other things are concerned, i think, if regionally this star

there is so nouestion that india has felt overlooked by white house strategy towards south asia thatuntil now. secretary oftate hillary clinn hasoncluded her five- day visit to india ty have signed des on trade, defens and nuclear cooperation. there were disagreements on climate change. they believe they can work through the differens. our correspondent is tveling with mrs. clinton. she sends us this repo from delhi. >> no matter how she triedo ke it about ties, kistan trapped into that picture. in the interviews, theuspect -- the subjectas inescapable. the concern india had been that washington was puttin pressure on them to s moved ties with iamabad despite t tensions after the muai attacks. the secretary of state made this comment. >> th respect to the location of those who were part of the planning and exetion of the attacks of 9/11gainst our country, we firmly believe tha a significant mber of them are the border areof pakistan. we have conveyed that to the vernment of pakistan and others. we a actively looking for additional informatiothat woullead us to them. >> h statements h

have been running this competition in an attempt to forge better ties with moslem communities from south asia. >> we did not have a particular specific outreach with the southeastern community. we had a report with them but we wanted better. >> in post-9/11 new york, muslim you have often felt a cloud of suspicion hangs over them. like a lot of these players, he lives on nearby coney island. >> standing in the corner, just sitting around in a schoolyard, but we do go up, we got to practice. >> it's showtime here on coney island. >> in a neighborhood famous for sun, surf, and sideshows, it is now not uncommon to see cricket thrown into this eclectic mix. the local sports store does a brisk trade, and many of the kids buying are playing in the nypd's competition. lords in london may be the game's most hallowed ground, but it was right here on manhattan that for its first international match was played way back in 1844. the match was between united states and canada. the canadiens beat the americans by 23 runs, and the game here has been in decline ever since. next year, the nypd expects the com

while i had a european portfolio, i had the opportunity to work with and disease in south asia and africa and the middle east. that brings an opportunity to think about the grass roots level, to think about what mainstream muslims are doing and how to create dialogue. that is where this leads us. the new rule is a historic role and it is the secretary's vision of engagement. i had the opportunity to brief her at the end of january on the work we had done in europe. in the briefing she got it. she understood the nuances and the need for our country to build relationships overseas. she is somebody who has been doing engagement for a long time. when she was first lady she was the person who created a program at the white house. this is something she got when we talk. what she asked me to do is leverage my experience to think about how we can have the department work on muslim engagement in a way that is out of the box, innovative, that is dynamic, that works with and the seas so we get to the next generation of thinkers. in this role i will be doing that. the office of the special representa

i am the director of the south asia centered in the atlantic council. on behalf of the president of the council, i would like to welcome all of you to our very special ambassadorial discussion today on the challenge of militant sikh for the pakistan army. we aren't -- militancy for the pakistan army. we are delighted to have the former chief of army staff as well as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the pakistan army. more interestingly, the former ambassador of pakistan to the united states, a man who straddles the world of diplomacy and the military with ease. i am glad to say he has now joined the ranks of think tankers because he now has his own research institute called spearhead research. just a few words about the general. he is a graduate of the pakistan military academy, but he also is a graduate of the command and staff college of pakistan, as well as the command and general staff college of fort leavenworth. he has held many key posts in the pakistan military apart from his operational commands at all levels. he was director genera

but your question -- south asia is a region, perhaps the only one, one of the very few when material production, a delivery system improvement, is an ongoing process. pakistan starting from its earlier nuclear-free zone has lately pushed for a strategic restraint regime. it did so earlier, it will do so again. this to bring about the recession of this production and further testing and so on. india thinks that china and so on -- it becomes a tried- elective process. even that is being discussed. there is work going on on changing the situation from such an active, ongoing thing to a more restrained thing. as far as pakistan is concerned, the nuclear issue was in response to the 1974 nuclear tests by india. our hand was forced. we tested. we tested. let me put it like that. pakistan is working on a strategy with india, and admittedly right now because of the mumbai, there's enormous momentum for resumption of dialogue. and some point in time in terms of restraint and so on. as far as fmct, and other thing concerned, i think it legitimately this starts getting negotiated and as pakista

want to get your feedback, was about the water issues between india and pakistan, and in general south asia if you can comment on that. >> it's a big issue, and it's an issue which is going to come up more and more. we've tried very hard to harness water resources within the country. there have been political difficulties in doing that because provinces have not always agreed to what the federation has proposed in terms of major dam construction. at one particular dam which is going through feasibility, which seems the best thing to do, is not being approved across-the-board, politically, and so there is a problem which if not tackled now are in fact, it should have been tackled yesterday. but if not tackled now can create a problem for the country. the other is the water problem within india. there is a treaty, water bank, which exist, from time to time whenever there has been a violation in our perception of our relation with india. and the methodology has worked well in the sense that the world bank appoints new technical expert and a mediator who goes and inspects the site, tells everyb

the news and i want to your feedback was about the water issues between india and pakistan and south asia, if you could comment on that. >> it is a big issue. it is an issue which will come up more and more. we have tried very hard to harness water resources within the country. there have been political difficulties in doing that, because provinces have not always agreed to what the federation has proposed in terms of major dam construction. one particular damn which has gone through feasibility, which seems the best thing to do, is not been approved across the board politically. so there's a problem. it should have been tackled yesterday, but it is not tackled. if it is not tackled it can create a problem for the country. the other is the water problem with india, there is a treaty backed by the world bank's which we have invoked from time to time whenever there has been a violation by india. the methodology has worked well in the sense that the world bank a point a neutral technical expert that goes in to inspect the site, tells everybody, yes, you're right, or you are wrong. then corre

i think we are targeting particularly countries in sub-saharan african and south asia. that is where you have 80% of the burden of malnutrition. in many countries we do not have products available on the market that can reach poor people, but we find that we have good products with high nutritional value that can reach the rich, but for the majority of the population there is nothing there. and many companies do not produce those products because they can make more money off the rich. so, how do you incentivize the private sector to do this? governments can play a key role in regulation; in our fortification program, which is really about taking staple food - wheat, maze, or vegetable oil, cooking oil - which everybody eats and adding micronutrients to it, those projects do notcost very much, for pennies they can have a major impact, but what you see is that it is hard to get governments and the private sector to come together to actually do these programs. so there is a real need to play a convening role that brings together all the stakeholders around a problem like f

south asia is a region, perhaps the only one, or one of the very few where material production delivery system improvement is an ongoing process. pakistan on its part starting from its earlier proposal for a nuclear weapon free zone which are nobody even looked at has a lately pushed for a strategic restraint regime, and did so earlier. and has done so again on a bilateral basis with india to bring about a cessation of production and further testing and so on. india thinks, china and so on, so it becomes a trilateral process. even the trilateral process is being discussed on a track also i think. so there is work going on to ending this situation from such an active ongoing thing to a more restrained thing. but as far as pakistan is concerned, it's add it into the nuclear field was in responders to the earlier 1974 test by india, and then pakistan didn't want to test 1998. our hand was forced. we tested. let me put it like that. pakistan is working on a strategy with india, and admittedly right now because of the mumbai, there's enormous momentum for resumption of dialogue. and some poi

christine is a specialist in south asia. she's traveled many times to both afghanistan and pakistan. she speaks the language and i a senior political scientist at the rand corporation and previously was at the u.s. institute of peace. some of christine's good ideas went into the development of the questionnaire for this study. and finally, steven connie is a senior fellow at brookings institution. he has co-authored books in the american engagement in south asia and in a volume entitled "the idea of pakistan." he's had an exceptional career both as an academic and a member of the policy planning staff of the state department. steven will engage us on policy issues that he finds in the study. so i would like clay to start out and present the core findings of the research. >> thank you all very much for coming. interviews were conducted at home in randomly selected urban and rural sampling points. with 5% of the population, we oversampled and weighted the results back down so that they would be proportional to the rest of the

my two theme this year our immigration and south asia. i am not going to talk about three paperbacks that are so popular on their own, they really don't need me to support them but i will tell you what they are. one is never land, which has received all kinds of awards, by joseph o'neill, who is part dutch and part irish, and he has -- it takes place in new york, post 9/11. the second book is the green seed literary, i stumble over the name -- literary and potato peel society, which is a book about world war ii. it is a really delightful book about some women who get together and try to think of ways of sabotaging the germans who occupied -- it is part of britain and the nazis occupied the island. and the third book which doesn't need me to promote it is unaccustomed earth. at segways -- that has both johns that ithat segways -- tha johns thatgenres that i want to today. the attempt of the united states to reinvent themselves. the other is the great rise of the salvation riders. lahiri represents both of these trends. on immigration i wou

we don't do enough about south america and south asia and don't do enough about south america and so on and so on. those are thing that people find refreshing. >> do you get any input on your program from management and al jazeera? >> i know they assured me from the beginning that the editorial freedom and there has been complete, total, no interference, whatever. don't want to do anything from israel, we do it from israel and absolutely across the board and most delighted experience. >> not long ago you sat down with yokoono and you started by playing footage 40 years ago. >> 40 years ago. >> john lennon and yokooono, let's take a look. >> to david, a box of smile. >> the press gave you a hard time at various times, not now, but back, back in 1970 they said, some fans said that you were responsible for breaking up the beatles, but that's not true, is it? >> no, i don't think so. >> no, not at all. but i was a good scapegoat, i suppose. >> how did that interview come about? >> well, the first, the first part of it actually, it was a fantastic, poetic way and it was a box and it said

we also have earlier studies on pakistan and south asia that can be found as well. this morning, we will be looking at the findings from a national survey to the people of pakistan that was conducted in late may slightly over a month ago. the specific dates were may 17, to 28. to put this in an american context, this was four months after president obama was inaugurated and about one week before his speech in cairo and which he addressed the muslim world. late ramsey on my right will present the findings on a set of issues including the public's views of conflict in less what valley and of the pakistani taliban. also add to its about the war in afghanistan. and attitudes about the role of the u.s. in the region. play is the director of the researcher and has worked on studies of public opinion in south asia, recently a study of attitudes about the conflict in kashmir. christine will present some particularly interesting regional differences in pakistani attitudes. pakistan's ethnic mix is crucial to understand its politics and its relations to its neighbors. we will

if you look at where india sits in the world, it's at a nexus of south asia and southeast and east asia so it is close to pakistan, afghanistan, central asia, china, and we have a lot of interests in common, typified by her staying at the taj mahal, an interest in fighting terrorism -- india is very involved in afghanistan. although pakistan was not raised, sub rosa, we hope that india and pakistan might start negotiating again over kaven mir, although the "k" word -- over kash mir, although the "k" word wasn't mentioned, india is attacking about a -- is talking about a pipeline for gas which doesn't make us very happy, so lots of issues where if we could build on what was started in the clinton and bush administrations we might develop a partner who could really be of use to us, and similarly with the smaller southeast asian nations, developing those partnerships as well. >> reporter: michael green, do you agree that the focus on the big, thorny issues, whether it's afghanistan, pakistan or nuclear nonproliferation, usually on the security council and the big powers but these countries

that the growth rate, gdp growth rate in the emerging markets of the world, notably china, india, south asia, big parts of the middle east, even the southern cone of africa, late inamerica and cis and russia eventually ge, those growth rates are going to be substantially higher than in the oecd world. many of those countries are at a stage of development where they need a lot of commodities, both energy and basic raw materials that's going to drive demand for commodities. we would see copper north of 2 is in a good position to drive additional investment in that sector. oil around 70 i think drives investment in the energy sector and then petroleum in particular. so, these kind of things you can't get them without our equipment. and that's why we're quite optimistic that long-term as these economies emerging markets of the world reaccelerate their growth, if we keep open trade quarters we're going to find strong demand for our products comes back and we're just positioning ourself to be ready for that growth. and again, stay focused on our strategy and deployment of the execution model that

the united states at this point* should be to send battalions of people to liberate the women of south asia but i am saying that long term although you have to deal again with the can flag durations that come, like you said, there is nothing you can do, and no greater investment of peace or stability or environmental renen taking women's rights seriously. >> what i hear you saying is it is not a zero sum game you do not have to choose wonder the other. >> you do not but here is the example. right now there is the temptation in afghanistan and pakistan to work to say we cannot do with the women's issues at all. we have a huge catastrophe to do with. i am not saying it is the '07 game you need to make women's rights the center of foreign policy but you cannot jettison as soon as something seems more pressing and urgent with ultimately paying the price. >> i with the international women's health coalition. i want to take a back a little bit how you think the change in the administration will affect these sorts of policies with hillary clinton as secretary of state and the obama administration

from all over, and from eastern europe as well as from south asia, and two books that represent those to different areas. bun is roose tramaine's, the road home. rose tremayne is a british writer who should be known better in the united states. this takes place in london, a man who is from the former soviet union is trying to eke out a living having left at a very bleak time in eastern europe, and then the second but also takes place in a kitchen and that is called in the kitchen by monica ali. so, i think both-- this one of course is in paper. the road home and the new monica ali is in hardback, which probably makes a difference to people. finally, monica you'll lee segues into my other favorite genre, which is south asian books. i have to hear. one is abraham vergie, cutting for stone which is about a physician who-- well, it is really hard to describe because it is a very fat epic novel. we have gotten lots of people coming in to the store to say how much they love this book. he is a position in the united states who immigrated here actually from ethiopia where his family or protes

my two themes this year i immigration and south asia. i am not going to talk about three paperbacks that are so popular, they don't really need me to support them but i will tell you what they are. one is netherland by joseph o e o/neill who is part dutch and part irish. it takes place in new york post 9/11. the second book is the literary -- i always have to stumble over the name -- literary and potato peel society, which is a book about world war ii and is a really delightful book about some women who get together and try to think of ways of sabotaging the germans on the island who occupy the island. it is part of britain and the germans, the nazi occupy the island. the third book that doesn't need me to promote it is an accustomed turf. represents both sean rushs that i want to introduce. the great lies of the south asian writers. lahiri represents both of these trends. on immigration, i want to start with wood burning that takes place in the 1850s. they're working out issues in the united states, trying to settle into the new world,

afghanistan used to be, in some descriptions, a garden of central asia and south asia. and because of the soviet invasion and the resistance to that, and the war lord. it is so eroded and dry, the whole agricultural base has to be reinvigorated. so we are really focused on that. we are not promising to be all things to all people and we are working with our allies so that they will focus on areas that we are not able to any longer. this is very complicated and people idea is to be able to clear and hold, which is what our marines are doing in the south right now and it provides security for people and to begin to see life return to markets and other means of common activity and to go in and work with local people on their police force, which we will be focusing on, on agriculture and since i am secretary of state, i am women, women's roles and opportunities. i am not here to say we know exactly everything to do and everyone of our allies is going to come through, but i am encouraged by those who feel the political pressure, economic pressure to shift from military resou

in ukraine in south caucuses and central asia. we mentioned turkmanstan, that's in a situation where both the bush administration and current administration doesn't have an ambassador. that's a scandal. why won't we not only have an ambassador there, but probably start working on getting the president [inaudible] can you repeat? we need to get him here. and start talking seriously about gas. otherwise all the gas will go to russia. so there are many things on energy security, on hard security, on money laundering and finances that can be done. but i would rather not spend time on that at this juncture. >> ok, take one more question. >> hi, from american progress, this question is for mr. sanders. this question has come up of the u.s. president and government and state department can be so eager to repair things with russia in wake, and that certain issues and interests fall to the way side. my question is do you think it's highly likely that human rights or rule of law in russia is an issue that will fall by the way side. or that

many glicans, especially in africa, asia a south america, were outged in 2003 when the episcopal church appred the consecration of n hampshire bishop geneobinson, the church's firsopenly gay bisho an emgency communion report called on the u.s. to b on any futureconsecrations of gay bishops until an internional consensus emges. the counion's spiritual leader, archbishop of nterbury rowan williams attded this meeng before the controversial votes took ple. >> alo with many in the mmunion, i hope and pray tha there won't be desions in the coming days that couldpush us fther apart. >> reporter: much ofhis week's debatcentered on balancing commuon concerns with a desire to move forward. >> believe with my whole heart that well know where this is goingo wind up. it is going to wind with the full inclusioof all of god's children in god'church. >> i wod concede that if indeed that it is the ght thing to do, we shld do it no but i do not belve it is the right thing to do. >> wle i am very, very much conrned about our covenant wih the communion and our msion, i am also concerned about our covenant

many anglicans, especially in africa, asia and south america, were outraged in 2003 when the episcopal church approved the consecration of new hampshire bishop gene robinson, the church's first openly gay bishop. an emergency communion report called on the u.s. to ban on any future consecrations of gay bishops until an international consensus emerges. the communion's spiritual leader, archbishop of canterbury rowan williams attended this meeting before the controversial votes took place. >> along with many in the communion, i hope and pray that there won't be decisions in the coming days that could push us further apart. >> reporter: much of this week's debate centered on balancing communion concerns with a desire to move forward. >> i believe with my whole heart that we all know where this is going to wind up. it is going to wind up with the full inclusion of all of god's children in god's church. >> i would concede that if indeed that it is the right thing to do, we should do it now. but i do not believe it is the right thing to do. >> while i am very, very much concerned about our c

think about the mainstream public opinion in europe, asia, africa, or south asia at the end of the 18th century. even today we doubt we would be satisfied being governed by the thinking of other governments such as china, the muslim world, and the dozens of autocracies around the world. as i noted, in my remarks related to views on foreign policy, if the founding fathers had been given to trans nationalism, america would not be the leading light it is today, nor would it be a leader in convincing other nations to have free speech, a symbol, and have other political freedoms. do we really want judges to look to the law of foreign countries and decide if our most treasured constitutional provisions, such as the second amendment -- i do not. the american people share my view. judicial activism is not a popular concept. based on this one speech, i believe it is fair to ask what else she has said on this subject. there are other speeches that we do not have. the nominee should find the speeches or ask whether there are other records, for example, a transcript, tapes, press accounts that woul

the white house's special envoy to the south asia region, holbrooke, richard holbrooke, said he seeshis as being a step forward. the pakistani officials are in touch with elements of the taliban. we remember during the election campaign that then candidate obama said america has to talk to its enemies, michael. >> that's right, john. and this is quite potentially the first major development in what's going to necessarily have to be part of a political process that will eventually end this conflict in afghanistan because this conflict is not going to be won with bombs and bullets alone. the generals and the diplomats all agree on that. now the afghan president hamid karzai has been reaching out to the taliban. but the taliban are in their sanctuaries in pakistan. so the true hope for any kind of dialogue still lays or lies with the pakistani military. and their acknowledgment that they are in touch with the top taliban leadership has been welcomed by the u.s. let's have a listen to what ambassador holbrooke told me just the other day. >> the united states supports any effort at reconc

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afghanistan used to be in some descriptions a garden of central asia and south asia and because of the soviet invasion and the resistance to that and then the warlords -- i mean, now it is so eroded and dry and the whole agricultural base has to be reinvigorated. so we're really focused on that. we're not promising to be all things to all people and, in fact, we're working with our allies so that, you know, they will focus on areas that we are not able to any longer. so this is very complicated and the whole idea is to be able to clear and hold, which is what our marines are doing in the south right now, and to provide security for people and to begin to see life return to markets and other means of common activity. and then to go in and work with local people, you know, on their police force, which we will be focusing on, on agriculture. and obviously, since i'm secretary of state, on women and women's roles and opportunities. and, you know, i'm not -- i'm not here to say we know exactly everything to do and every one of our allies is going to come through but i am -- i'm encouraged b

for countries in africa and in the less developed world and indonesia and parts of south asia and other places, they look at us and they scratch their heads and say, listen, for the last 50 years you guys have been creating this problem. we haven't been able to develop. we're not a developed nation. and so you're sitting around telling us that we've got to make up for the problem you've created? and now we've got to spend a lot of money for it. the fact is they're willing to be part of it. they're willing to be part of a solution. but the united states has got to step up and show leadership and take action here. and here's the bottom line. if the united states doesn't step up and take action and show leadership here, we're not going to get an agreement in copenhagen. then everybody's going to sit there and things are going to get worse. some people will say so what. maybe we'll do it in a year or two or do it down the road. i've got news for you. this is suitly substantiated in the science as well as the technology and economic modeling, if we don't do it now, every year that we delay,

i'm bearishn't u.s., bullish on south america. bullish on asiaish on the emerging markets of eastern europe. the u.s. is going to grow below potential for a few years. we're going to get a second half rebound in auto industries. >> what's your forecast for second-half rebound. >> it's maybe possible, but if it's export oriented, if it's going to be trade and inventory restocking -- >> car sales will come back. >> that will come back, yes. >> 0.7 percentage point. bulls bears, thanks very much, guys, for being here and thanks for your thoughts. i'm back in two minutes with tonight's bombing run on those pesky, hateful bloggers. and don't forget, "porn: the business of pleasure" at the top of the hour. undefeated professional boxer floyd "money" mayweather has the fastest hands boxing has ever seen. so i've come to this ring to see who's faster... on the internet. i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can browse the web faster, email business plans faster. all on the go. i'm bill kurtis and i'm faster than floyd mayweather. (

more of an outlook with the ceo of ericsson in around about half an hour's time. >> ross, here in asia, south korea's samsung electronics, the world's topmaker of memory chips and lcd screens release better than expected second quarter earnings. samsung says it erped $1.8 billion for the april to june quarter. despite the upbeat results, they joined others in urging upswings. any potential rebound could pressure sam supg's bottom line in the second half. shares of samsung rose 0.75%. in south korean trade, 683 thousand korean yuan. meanwhile, heinix reported a narrower second quarter loss. the company lost money in june on a consolidated basis. sales, meanwhile, came in fwhaernt expected at $1.3 billion. analysts predict hynix will likely swing back into profit in the third quarter. shares of hynix fell 0.3% in trade. >>> you should check out of you website, whether it's news, videos, blogs, find them all at cnbc.com. coming up next, merck shares are taking a beating this morning after european regulators advised against one of the company's key sales driving. we'll bring you more details on

south korean tv reports some people were injured. >>> it was lights out across asia this morning. the sun was thrown into darkness by a record solar eclipse. millions watched as the sun passed between the moon and earth before dawn. >> reporter: it was the longest total eclipse of the sun this century. across asia, people gathered outside, hoping to watch it. although it is monsoon season. in many areas, there were heavy clouds. the eclipse first became visuals in india, where thousands gathered by the river to observe and pray. as the sun disappeared behind the moon. the path of the eclipse made its way against nepal, myanmar and bangladesh and went straight through the middle of china, passing over shanghai before it ended over the pacific ocean south of japan. the total eclipse lasted 6:30 minutes, during which time the outer corona of the sun was visible around the moon. there will not be a longer eclipse until the year 2132. i see it, i see it, in the chinese capital of beijing. scientists warned people not to stare at the eclipse with the nakedive naked eye. many people had

host: there is an analysis of clinton's trip to south east asia. it says the trip propels clinton back into the limelight. she marveled over climate- friendly buildings and dining at a new restaurant where one of the menus is named after her husband. she bantered with journalists and a televised town hall meeting. what the secretary was asked as she talked about with her husband -- was her husband. what did she make of the economy? she invoked the name of ben bernanke and timothy geithner before admitting that unemployment was still high. california, good morning to norman on our republican line. caller: it really surprises me that people are still trying to stir up some crazy way of doing this. i travel all over the world. i see what they're doing in foreign countries. they will confiscate your property if you read to an illegal anlien. the biggest problem we have is we tell them they cannot work here, but then you give them a credit card and driver's license and let them get insurance and rent a home. stop letting them live here for threfree. if

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south florida. thank you. let's go to central asia now. where the current summer surge of u.s. out the taliban and safeguard a very young democracy. right now, preparations are under way for the third election since the taliban government was toppled. our top story on a fox trip "around the world in 80 seconds." afghanistan. a u.n. representative visiting the election commission's headquarters in the capitol of kabul, workers ready ig millions of ballots. some traveling to rural areas by donkey. south africa. thousands of city workers in johannesburg striking for better pay. union leaders now calling for calm after protesters looted shops and threatened nonstrikers. police say they shot rubber bullets at the demonstrators but made no arrests. russia. one of the few places in the world where you can get plastic surgery to make yourself taller. a clinic in western siberia now offering leg lengthening. doctors break patients' shin bones to create gaps and stick metal pins inside. the bones grow around them. >> this process sucks you in. when you see your legs grow longer, you want

natural gas vehicle technology is readily available in europe, south america and asia with nearly 10 million natural gas vehicles in circulation worldwide. general motors and ford currently make 18 different models for purchase overseas, yet have fewer than 150,000 natural gas vehicles here in the united states. we must increase our research and development funding in this amendment which it seeks to do. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. boren: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank my colleague from oklahoma, mr. sullivan, who's been a real reeder -- leader in this effort for natural gas vehicles. we've got one more speaker on our side, i think, and so i'm going to continue to reserve and then -- the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i'm pleased to recognize the gentlewoman from tennessee, mrs. blackburn, for one minute. the chair: the gentlewoman from tennessee is recognized for one minute. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. chairman. while i support the bo

south korea which is a bit funny. this is a normal part of politics in north asia. these sorts of attacks go on every day if not every week. it could have been the russians. the russians did this in georgia, they did it in estonia. in fact, when i first read about it, i thought it was the russians because when obama was there, you know, they call them patriotic hackers. maybe some patriotic hacker got their nose out of joint over something he said. so the short answer is we all suspect north korea, and it's good to blame them, but we don't know it for sure. >> host: how many people does it take to mount such an attack? >> guest: one. >> host: one. how many computers? >> guest: oh, the computers. to write the malicious code you really only need one person and one computer, but that malicious code goes out and infects thousands of computers, so the number of computers involved in the attack, i think, was about 50 or 60,000. but the way that works is if you have a home computer and you're hooked up to a cable network, and you know this very well, it's always on. the ma

think about the mainstream public opinion in europe or asia or africa or south america at the end of the 18th-century. even today it is doubtful the united states would be satisfied being governed by the thinking of most other governments in the world such as china, much of the muslim world, dozens ofs top receiver rob a whirl. as i noted in my remarks, harold koh's views on koren putt -- foreign policy, if the founding fathers had been given to transnational, america would not be the land of freedom in the world that it is today. nor would it be a leader in convincing other nations to protect free speech, assembly and other political freedoms such as are being observed in places like iran today. if we really want -- to free really want judges to look at the laws of foreign countries when deciding our most treasured constitutional provisions such as, for instance, the second amendment's, i do not, the american people share my view. digital activism is not a popular concept. i do not intend to judge her qualifications to decide cases on the u.s. supreme court, based on this one speech

it is when you cross the river that by six pakistan north and south you truly transition between two civilizations' west to have central asia and the look of the people, the address, even the planned taste of the food but you go east and across and islamabad 46 the food is spicier, the colors are more vivid, richer, it does pakistan were up? >> it does. i am not of the chicken little school that pakistan is always on the verge of collapse. is somehow i think has persevered, negative 1971 civil war but that was geographically untenable to begin with. but pakistan works in so far as it moves ahead. it does not work, it is still grappling with united identity, a single identity you travel around pakistan and it does defied this civilization but you travel around and you ask pakistani is a various parts of the country how they identify themselves? rarely if ever as pakistani is first. it is either pashtun or pull in jab or tribal identity or muslim sleazy the tears of identity so in that sense the idea of pakistan has never taken root among the civilization or population. >> host: but yet when british india was partitioned in 1

. >>> in asia secretary of state hillary clinton raises new concerns to north korea a a nuclear threat while in south korea there is a new teacher to create spies, video games. >>> and a sad tale from cairo. once revered by the ancient egyptians. today the lives of cats are far different and often filled with abuse. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here is what is happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." >>> made possible, in part, by the following funders -- >>> good evening. i'm martin savidge. it's been the deadliest month for u.s. troops in afghanistan since the war there started nearly eight years ago. and today in the eastern part of that country in the city of gardez, taliban militants some firing rockets and assault rifles and suicide bombers launched a highly orchestrated late-morning attack. a shootout followed between afghan security forces and the militants. and by the time it was all over, 14 people were dead. authorities there say at least two bombers dressed in women's burqas were involved in the attack in the city's police station. the governor's comp