grace, please tell us more about labor conditions in south asia... and don't mention beyonce!e: okay. >> larry: yes, you can do it. >> grace: well, um -- okay. when it comes to factory labor, sri lanka isn't even as bad as bangladesh, where more than half the population lives on $2 a day. >> larry: wow. see? that is a huge problem. >> grace: it is. and speaking of huge problems, what was cate blanchette wearing at last night's tony awards? >> larry: grace, please don't... >> grace: in hollywood films, she might be "blue jasmine," but on broadway's biggest night, her dress had us screaming "boo has-been!" >> larry: boo has-been? wait blanchette is a national treasure! not okay, grace! >> grace: but i didn't mention beyonce! >> larry: grace, we can't keep sending you overseas if you insist on doing celebrity reports. we rely on this in-depth coverage to keep it 100! >> grace: keep it 100? larry, in over a year of your show, how many times have you reported on the ongoing crisis of sweatshop labor in south asia? >> larry: me? >> grace: yes, you. >> larry: well, um... um... can i

method that's actually very typical among cyber espionage world wide and especially typical in south asiawhere they took a document, a beenal document that they probably downloaded off the internet. in this case it was a information on pay scales, military pay scales or government pay skals. they weaponized it or basically put code in it that would allow it to open up a vulnerability in a system. and attached it to an email. a spear fishing social engineering email and sent it to indian government users. it's actually a very typical method. as, you know, a user would see something that aassociated with their pay scale that might find very interesting. it's a method we've seen -- for instance chinese operators used against the united states government. i've seen it used by just about every operator under the sun. >> this is a known exploit. this is a known tactic, spear fishing. what could the indian government have done to prevent this from being successful and what could individuals have done to protect themselves. >> the obvious answer is cyber hygiene. they could have patched against t

i'll focus my remarks on what's happening in south asia and what has happened in south asia over the last 20 years and what it means for the next administration. and it's remarkable we have just passed now the 18th anniversary of the 1998 nuclear test by india, pakistan, and i feel like it's gone incredibly quickly, yet a lot has changed as you look at this issue sitting in washington, you think about the priorities we have had since those tests, and first it was trying to make sure that the period immediately following the te tests had a conflict and crisis and concerns about a war that could lead to nuclear escalation. then we had the aq con network and serial proliferation and more recently, issues of nuclear security and concerned about nuclear terrorism. in the meantime, the successive governments here have been successive administrations have been trying to mainstream india into the nonproliferation regime. and still we have these periodic crises between the two states, and it seems like that issue is the one that can always bring us back to real concern. and so i would argue a

i will focus my remarks on what is happening in south asia and what has happened in south asia over the last 20 years and what that means for the next administration. it is remarkable that we just passed now the 18th anniversary of the 1998 nuclear tests by india and pakistan. i feel like it's gone incredibly quickly and a lot has changed as you look at this issue sitting in washington with the priorities we have had a those guys. first it was trying to make sure immediately following the task you had a conflict and crisis and concerns about a war that could lead to nuclear escalation. we had to a.q. khan network and cereal proliferation and more recently we have had issues of nuclear security and concerns about nuclear terrorism. in the meantime, the successive governments here have been trying to mainstream india into the non-proliferation regime. and still we have these periodic crises between the two states and that issue is the one that can always bring us back to real concern. it is shaping in that region argues for focusing our priorities a little bit more narrowly. i would say a

south asia looking like this at the moment.ide, those positive cues from wall street helping as well. that's what we have at the moment. looking like we could see a positive start in hong kong. up next line, the much anticipated about to get a boost from brexit? we are discussing that right here, next. ♪ get ready for the rio olympic games by switching to xfinity x1. show me gymnastics. x1 lets you search by sport, watch nbc's highlights and catch every live event on your tv with nbc sports live extra. i'm getting ready. are you? x1 will change the way you experience nbcuniversal's coverage of the rio olympic games. call or go online today to switch to x1. ♪ rishaad: they look at our top stories, post-briggs bounds continues with commodities rising. post-brexit rebound continues rising.modities japanese bond yields continue to fall further. economists think the decision by the u.k. will see the economy slipped into recession. they expect the bank of england to add stimulus, including a third quarter interest rate cut. three exp

standard chartered there, south asia's chief executive talking to bloomberg.ews, germany exploring ways to block a chinese takeover of a robot maker. early in sinking -- seeking other buyers. china's biggest maker of home sharence offered $128 per , valuing it at more than $5 billion. u.s. regulators set to approve the biggest beer merger ever. they could clear the deal this month. restrictions will be placed on ownership of distributors. it would sell brands in the u.s. and europe. says u.s. chains are a possible target along with expansion in southeast asia. says it is hoping to increase overseas shops to 1000 by early next year. right, coming up, willing to spend, japanese consumer habits suggest because this is a may not be justified. it is the start of the trading day in hong kong and shanghai. trade and retail numbers out of australia. a busy, busy half hour to come. ♪ get ready for the rio olympic games by switching to xfinity x1. show me gymnastics. x1 lets you search by sport, watch nbc's highlights and catch every live event on your tv with nbc sport

equally committed to or aware of the investments over the next 50 years to benefit indiana and south asia? because it is a web of infrastructure and investments. >> i think indiana is ambivalent about that issue for similar reasons that america is so on the one hand first of all, looking at it from china's perspective it makes perfect sense you need to get to a situation if you are china to move beyond having to bring all of your materials you need other ways to get things in and out of the country and asia needs a lot of infrastructure investment so that is positive that china is willing to make the rails faster because that benefits all of us but at the same time because of the largess of the one belt one road was announced $46 billion of infrastructure to pakistan not clear if all that will be invested but obviously that worries the indians and they are asking the chinese so that is happening not quite as much but increasingly to talk about chinese investment in indiana as well as a very positive development another thing is that china is willing to do a lot of the investments unilater

the nature of the threat is product and criminal activity that originates for the most part in south asia, although the product may be further up in central asia, and then is transported from south asia to east africa for transshipment. that becomes a point where it is introduced into a north south access moving either to europe or flipping across the continent and moving into north america. what we are trying to do is build institutions that are better capable of addressing the problem, providing direct support, operational support to existing law enforcement organizations and using vetted units or specialized units in whom we have a great deal of confidence and are able to share intelligence and information with, and ensuring that their regional coordination and cooperation is such that permits them to actually pass off or hand off movements or organizations that are moving across borders and frontiers so that crossing a frontier doesn't completely list all of the threats, the danger to the criminal trafficking organization. i would say that in east africa, we are better today than we w

yet, distinguished members, not just in afghanistan but elsewhere in south asia and lobally, terrorismiggest threat. in the territory stretching from west of india's border to africa, it may go by different ames, from laskhar-e-taiba, to taliban to isis, but its philosophy is common -- of hate, murder and violence. is ugh its shadow spreading across the world, it is incubated in india's neighborhood. i commend the members of the u.s. congress for sending a clear message to those who preach and practice terrorism for political gains. refusing to reward them is the first step towards holding them accountable for their actions. the fight against terrorism has to be fought at many levels, and the traditional tools of military, intelligence or diplomacy alone, would not be able to win this fight. mr. speaker, we have both lost civilians and soldiers in combating terrorism. the need of the hour is for us to deepen our security cooperation and base it on a policy that isolates those who harbor, support and sponsor errorists. that does not distinguish between good and bad terrorists and that d

, although the product may be further up in central asia, and then is transported from south asia to east africa for in a sense, transshipment. that becomes a point writ is introduce ted a north-south access, moving either to europe or slipping across the continent and moving into north america. what we are trying to do is builden constitutions that are better capable of addressing the problem, providing direct support, operational support, to existing law enforcement organizations, and using vetted units or specialized units in whom we have great a create deal of confidence are and able to shell intelligence and information with, and i sure that their regional coordination and cooperation is such that permits them to actually pass off or hand off movements or organizations that are moving across borders and frontiers so that crossing a frontier doesn't completely lift all of the threat, the danger to the criminal trafficking organization. and i would say that in east africa, we are better today than five years ago. we are still miles away from being able to say that we are comfor

according to the chief executive asian and south asia, the lenders are run back -- track to meet its1 billion cost-cutting program. most of the restructuring is still in place. the chief executive has restructured senior management. he is seeking to exit $100 million of risky assets to turn on the lender that has first lost since 1989 last year. this is the chart of the big u.k. lenders in the past 12 months. you will see clearly the standard charts, it's the worst performer. roughly 30%bc, rbs worse. lloyd still the best but down by 10%. i want to reiterate something julie was telling us earlier. airline stocks are in focus today. global airline earnings are said to be 3.1 billion dollars higher this year than previously estimated as the impact of lower fuel costs makes up for a slowdown in passenger growth. that's according to the industry body. air france shares are up as our shares of lufthansa and iag, which owns british airways and iberia. with tons up by 1.3%. air france up by three quarters of 1%. airlines taking off today. betty: they are indeed. let's check with the bloombe

the pew research poll which surveyed muslims in the middle east and south asia and their views on women sharia law and their views on jews and israel. it's the majority of many of these countries filled with hate towards america and women and it's important to discuss these cultural issues and i think the trump surrogate did an excellent job. >> van. >> first of all, there's not a small subset in america that will say the kind of things just said today. i think if you said all americans hate all muslims, you would say that is not constructive. and so the problem that we have is that we do have a standard and the standard is if we're going to be engaged in these discussion, we need to do it in a way that does focus on the actual problem. there is an islam being culture that is violent, that is horrible but it is not islam being culture. islam has many, many cultures. when you are trying to solve the problem, the first thing you have to do is define the problem. if you define the problem too broadly, you become a part of the problem. >> i agree a little bit. >> when we come back, another

for that matter far better, generally speaking, than africa, the middle east, or south asia.erals are correct in saying it is compassionate to give suffering people a lifeline. but their numbers are so great. it's impossible for even healthy nations to absorb the flow. so many problems ensue from open borders that the folks are saying no more. that's not racist or nationalistic or inhumane. social order and rejecting a total breakdown of supervision. once you get to europe you can move without hinderance. settling in entitlements paid for by workers of your new country. in england, foreign-born newcomers can use government run medical services which are already strained. the wait to treat mall mall maladies is catastrophic in some places. great britain believe they are worse under the eu umbrella. shift to north america where the issue that donald trump has prospered. he is by far the most progressive politician border and slow down of foreign born individuals. for this he has been demonized. branded a racist by the left. millions of americans do not see it that way. they are

she was responsible for south asia policy.partner in the consulting firm life, hadley, gates. her book is called "the brave new world." it addresses the rise of india and china. i am pleased to have her here for the first time. welcome. anja: thank you very much, charlie. charlie: all of us know there has been the signal, what has been in the last 20 years is the rise of china, india, vietnam and other places. we also note the united states was recently visited by the prime minister of india, mr. modi, and we also know there is an ongoing battle with china, which has problems, having to do with the south china sea, which has to do with cyberspace, and which has to do with other issues. how come we bring the three of them together? anja: this is the core question in the book. it is not going to be easy. china and india will have as dramatic and impact on the united states as any two other countries on earth, just to give you an example. by 2030, they will be the worlds largest market for our companies, with three billion people

in the middle east, in africa, in south asia. wherever they have touched a region, our enemies are emboldened and are friends and allies are fearful. whoever the next president is, it will be a job of herculean proportions to win back the confidence of everybody who no longer trusts us because of hillary clinton's foreign policy and the national security policy of president barack obama. >> you know what, i wish you were in charge, sebastian gorka, thank you so much, sir. appreciate it. >>> coming up, the latest on the investigation into the 2-year-old boy being snatched by an alligator in florida. >>> plus, tonight -- >> it's going to happen again and again and again. and we are not doing what we're supposed to be doing. >> donald trump warning earlier today an the rise of islamist attacks on american soil. coming up next, we'll speak with his sons, don jr. and eric. and also tonight, the obama administration is now plowing ahead with their plans to take in thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of syrian what's it like to be in g

aware of how the investments over the next are probably 50 plus years it can also benefit india and south asia it's not just a road, it's it's a web of infrastructure and investments. >> thank you. i think india is ambivalent about the one belt, one road initiative for similar reasons that america is ambivalent about it. so on the one hand, first of all, looking at it from china's a purse active it makes perfect sense. you need to get to this situation if you're in china where if you have to bring all of your material, 80% of it you need other ways to get into an out. and, asia needs a lot of infrastructure investment. so it's actually a positive thing that china is able to make the rails faster and make commerce better. that benefits all of us. i think india sees that. at the the same time, it's worried. because a big first announced deal was and announced 46,000,000,000 dollars in infrastructure aid to pakistan. it is not clear whether all 46,000,000,000 will finally be invested. obviously that worries the indians. they are asking the chinese to come invest here. some of that is happening. n

university who previously served in the state department from 2005 to 2007 and was responsible for south asiaolicy. strategicrtner in a consulting firm. her new book, "the brave new world" addresses the rise of india and china and how the u.s. can bring them together. i am pleased to have her for the first time at this table. welcome. anja: thank you very much, charlie. charlie: all of us know there has been a signal that has happened in the last 20 years, asia, china, india, vietnam, other places. the united states was recently visited by the prime minister of india, mr. modi, and there is an ongoing dialogue with china having to do with the south china sea, with cyberspace, with other issues. how could we bring the three of them together? anja: this is the core question in the book. it's not going to be easy, but china and india will have as dramatic of an impact on the united states as any two other countries on earth, just to give you some examples. by 2030, they will be the world's largest markets for our with 3 billion people between them and the world's fastest-growing middle classes.

of australia which turned back migrants vessels and eventually deterred boat people coming from south asia. >> ( translated ): our navy should act like australia's. close our sea and not allow anyone in. so that people traffickers realize that no one can enter italy anymore. there would no longer be mass immigration and we would save human lives. in such an awful way, these people are fed to the fish in the mediterranean. >> reporter: listening into the conversation was vincenzo rizzo, who's concerned that sicily has the highest unemployment rate in the european union. >> ( translated ): the only thing that's planned is for refugees, muslims, and africans. there are no longer laws for italians. nothing to counter unemployment. it's as if italians no longer existed. >> reporter: but these africans feel anything but privileged. the younger ones spend their days cycling around the countryside near europe's largest permanent refugee camp where some of them have been waiting three or four years to find out whether they can stay or will be deported. there's a history of trouble here because frus

even in world war ii, when he became supreme commander in the south asia pacific area, he is the oneerson to choose from. he is the one person who after the baton campaign, had actual committees. fighting the japanese is just about the only officer who has seen military combat in world war i. and had a general's right during that conflict. that is important to keep in mind and why he is able to speak with this kind of command. olympian command. been sort of, has latecomers to the army career. brian: isabel. dimples. is an actress from the philippines who he met. there she is looking very charming. --t the sort of thing to it to tempt the attention from an army officer recently divorced. hisalk about her -- mistress. he is in this simply monogamous. this is after his divorce that he strikes up with isabel. nicknamed dimples because she was the actress that was in the first philippine movie to show a kiss on film. he had, they had a very -- even though she was a couple of decades younger -- they have a very close relationship. wasn: he met her when she 16-years-old. arthur: so it is de

in the middle east and south asia. congressman hu rd, thank you for being with us.on't know if you heard but senator diane feinstein just said that it's time for congress to step up in the wake of this horrible incident in orlando. and as you know, she and other senators are promoting legislation that would make it impossible for someone on a terror watch list to buy a weapon. congressman hu rd, are you able to hear me. >> yes, judy. listen, nobody is supporting putting weapons in the hands of terrorists. but the reality is, it's unfortunate when an event like that hatched in orlando, both sides of the political aisle retreat to some of the same tired talking points. the bill that the good senator from california was talking about would not have prevented what happened in orlando. it would not have prevented what happened in san bernardino. the reality is if you are on a no-fly list now and you try to buy a weapon, that information goes to the fbi and the fbi has influence on whether that sale is able to go through or not. the reality is, is what we need to be focus

the threat of terrorism from north africa to the middle east to south asia advance potential adversaries such as russia and china and rogue states number as north korea and iran. today's air force is the oldest, smallest and least ready in its history no doubt in part because of the arbitrary budget cuts that congress and the president agreed to five years ago and have since failed to reverse. even under the best of budget conditions, modern air space and cyber capabilities are much more expensive in absolute terms than their predecessors; that is, if they even have predecessors. that's one of the primary reasons the air force's inventory of war-fighting weapons has steadily decreased over the past decades. in 1960 the united states air force had 2,000 bombers and 4,300 fighters. in 1980 that declined to 323 bombers and 3,600 fighters. today the air force has 159 long-range bombers and less than 2,000 fighter aircraft. today the air force is retiring aircraft faster than it procures them and will continue to do so for years to come. while the aircraft today, we have today are highly capa

asia andkly, southeast the philippines. from the drop yesterday. south east asia flat so far. a good week for emerging markets. warning we had that from bill gross. wellve another one here as , the air pollution situation in china could shrink the economy by 2.5%. how bad is it going to get? peoplepollution is that killer, but it is a productivity killer as well. the oecd saying air pollution alone could shrink the chinese by 2060, but if you are 20 years old right now, you will be living through that in your productive years. china has a goal, a target, that pledged to see the emissions peak up by 2030, so there will still be a lot more pollution going forward. pollution costs $21 billion in 2015 globally. is expected to go up eight fold by 2062 $176 billion. about sick leave for workers, damage to crops, and increasing health care costs rishaad:. that is the cost to growth, but if they want to clean this mess up, are there any estimates? there are probably not enough zeros. i remember talking to jim rogers a few months ago in he said that if you are in the pollution cleanup

the chicago tribune in 2001 she ended up going abroad and spent five years from 2004-2009 as the south asia bureau chief based in new delhi. times review of her book called it both hilarious and heroin, two contrasting adjectives but also sum up the frequently mixed experience of war reporting. moderating discussion by this impressive groups of panelists will be mary jordan, herself with a prize-winning journalist, mary was abroad for 14 years, tokyo, mÉxico city and london and currently covering the presidential campaign. [laughter] >> you need that foreign experience. [laughter] >> she told me as we were walking in that she just interviewed donald trump today so you might want to ask her about that. anyway, we are sort of getting off track, aren't we? [laughter] >> mary's most recent book which she cowrote with her husband kevin sullivan also at the washington post is titled hope, memoir of survival in cleveland in chronical the kid napping and torment of two of the women held captive in a home in cleveland by eriel castro, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome me in joining our panel. [ap

in her role she was responsible for south asia policy. also a partner in the strategic consulting firm rice, hadley, gates, her new book is you will cad "the brave new world." it addresses the rise of india and china and how the united states can bring them together. i'm pleased to have her at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you very much, charlie. >> rose: all of us know that there has been, you know, a signal mark of what happened in the last 20 years, has been the rise of asia, china, india, vietnam and other places. we also know that the united states was recently visited by the prime minister of india, mr. modi. we also know that there is an ongoing die log with china which has problems having to do with the south china sea which has to do with cyberspace and which has to do with other issues. how can we bring the three of them together? >> sth is the core question in the book. it's not going to be easy. but china and india will have as dramatic an impact on the united states as any two other countries on earth. just

so the question is, were syrians, turks, armenians, jews, italians, people from south asia, where they white? were they not white? who could come in and who could not? the obvious big issue was if the chinese in the last half of the 19th century and japanese immigration in the first 20 years of the 20th century. all these issues begin to urge -- to emerge in a variety of ways. millions of immigrants come to the united states. 22 million between 1880 and 1914. one of the things to think about when we think about the poor , huddled masses, after about 1902, they are required to have $50 in currency. it did not have to be u.s. money, but the equivalent of $50. so, there is an indoor miss transfer of wealth. i wish i could be a time traveler and go back to a bank in new york, because you can understand there would be this plethora of foreign currency coming into the bank from every part of your and some parts of -- europe in some parts of asia as immigrants forked over $50 and a two dollar process the to -- two dollar processing fee to go through ellis island. then, of course, we've got wo

threat of terrorism from north africa to the middle east to north africa to the middle east of south asia. despite these growing threats, today's air force is the oldest, smallest and least ready in its history. no doubt in part because of the arbitrary budget cuts that congress and the president agreed to five years ago and have sense failed to reverse. even under the best of budget conditions, modern air, space and cyber capabilities are much more expensive in absolute terms than their predecessors, if they have them. that's one of the primary reasons that the air force's primary has steadily decreased over the past decades. in 1960 the united states air force had 2,000 bombers and 4,300 fighters. in 1980 that declined to 323 bombers and 3,600 fighters. today the air force has 159 long range bombers and less than 2,000 fighter aircraft. today the air force is retiring aircraft faster than than it procures them and will continue to do so for years to come. while the aircraft today we have today are highly capable, our adversaries are sha ringing that gap or negating our advantage. air fo

yet, distinguished members, not just in afghanistan but elsewhere in south asia and lobally, terrorism remains the biggest threat. in the territory stretching from west of india's border to africa, it may go by different ames, from laskhar-e-taiba, to taliban to isis, but its philosophy is common -- of hate, murder and violence. is ugh its shadow spreading across the world, it is incubated in india's neighborhood. i commend the members of the u.s. congress for sending a clear message to those who preach and practice terrorism for political gains. refusing to reward them is the first step towards holding them accountable for their actions. the fight against terrorism has to be fought at many levels, and the traditional tools of military, intelligence or diplomacy alone, would not be able to win this fight. mr. speaker, we have both lost civilians and soldiers in combating terrorism. the need of the hour is for us to deepen our security cooperation and base it on a policy that isolates those who harbor, support and sponsor errorists. that does not distinguish between good and bad terrori

yet, distinguished members, not just in afghanistan but elsewhere in south asia and lobally, terrorism remains the biggest threat. in the territory stretching from west of india's border to africa, it may go by different ames, from laskhar-e-taiba, to taliban to isis, but its philosophy is common -- of hate, murder and violence. is ugh its shadow spreading across the world, it is incubated in india's neighborhood. i commend the members of the u.s. congress for sending a clear message to those who preach and practice terrorism for political gains. refusing to reward them is the first step towards holding them accountable for their actions. the fight against terrorism has to be fought at many levels, and the traditional tools of military, intelligence or diplomacy alone, would not be able to win this fight. mr. speaker, we have both lost civilians and soldiers in combating terrorism. the need of the hour is for us to deepen our security cooperation and base it on a policy that isolates those who harbor, support and sponsor errorists. that does not distinguish between good and bad terrori

for more on what this means for india's monetary policy, we are joined by these south asia analyst at group in washington. let's get this straight. you are saying that this does not signal a major shift in policy? betty: yet -- guest: yes, thank you for having me on. i would say it does not signal a change. two key reforms he had championed in recent years. alix: so is mr. modi will not commit to reform, the idea he will go with someone he likes who is safer, someone who will not target inflation, not knocked down ranks and deal with corruption -- that is wrong? sasha: i think the bigger risk is on the tone and enthusiasm with which a new governor would go about trying to focus on inflation and monetary policy and continuing to focus on banks. rajan has locked in both of those trajectories, both of those directions, but the enthusiasm of the new governor will be very important and how the r.b.i. goes about carrying out those mandates. they cannot change the mandate. they can change the tone and pace. scarlet: investors are looking at this with a very wary eye. here is what mark mobius

it is not europe, south america, africa, asia. scussions muslim families are having. , they mighte people very well do something. thing thathe happened in orlando. we are going through the south -- that shot my people because they are african-american. he was brainwashed, thinking africans are a parasite on america. a freere the things society deals with. we over exaggerate the fear and the threat. there are media groups, talk radio, fox news, that exaggerate the fear people should have about an attack. ,e have had equal attacks survey show, of domestic terrorists that were non-muslim. we do not label them as christian. we just say there is a nut shooting up kids in sandy hook. we do not label him as a christian. host: we talked to monte earlier, in maryland, who said his reaction after orlando was please don't let it be a muslim name. do you have that reaction? caller: we do. every minority tends to have that. muslims are faced with that. i hope it is not a muslim. to be honest, if it was a , i hope it is not a hispanic name, beca

. >>> thousands of companies from south and southeast asia are gathering at an expo promoting china trade and investment in their countries. china is hosting the six-day trade fair. the chinese government has its eye on the region as an important hub for one belt, one road initiative. that aims to improve l land and sea links between asia and europe. >>> a private sector survey suggests more than half of college seniors in japan have job offers. the firm recruruit career polle 1,200 students who will graduate next month. job interviews were in full swing. 52% of respondents said they have firm job offers up 18 percentage points from the same survey. the japan b business federation set new guidelines allowing companies to start interviewing earlier. >>> let's take a look at our business calendar for the week. on wednesday japan's national tourism organization posts latest head count. arrival numbers in april set a record for a single month. central banks in japan and united states hold policy meetings. slow recovery of global economy will be focus of the discussion. the weekends with china

challenges contained to grow in the threat of terrorism from north africa to the middle east to south asia advanced potential adversaries like russia and china has -- and north korea and iran. despite these going threats today's air force is the oldest, smallest and least ready in its history. no doubt in part because of the arbitrary budget cuts that congress and the president agree to five years ago and have since failed to reverse. even under the best of budget conditions modern air and space and cyber capabilities are much more expensive and absolute terms than are predecessors, that is if they even have predecessors. as one of the primary reasons the air force's inventory of warfighting weapons has steadily decreased over the past decades. in 1960, the united states air force had 2000 bombers and 4300 fighters. in 1980, that declined to 323 bombers and 3600 fighters. today the air force has 159 long-range bombers and less than 2000 fighter aircraft. today the air force is retiring aircraft faster than a pure cures them -- procures them and it will continue to do so for you to come. wh

we can pull in colleagues who cover southeast asia, south asia, central america, where we see peoplehe move and fleeing persecution and leaned interest basis. the second is that refugees are not the same of -- as terrorists . they are the victims of terrorism. [applause] i knew this was the right group to come talk to. it is a very important difference. i meet the refugees, and their families. they are three generations trying to figure out how to survive a difficult situation and they are concerned about the future of their families education for their children. i want you to know the u.s. is a leader in responding to the crisis around the world. we are the top humanitarian destinatione top for the agency's program to resettle refugees. if you look around the world, my colleagues have mentioned some of the places that people are fleeing. syria, yemen, nigeria, boko haram and northeast. these have been in the news most recently. there are also situations that have not been resolved. somali, afghan, the burmese, some of whom may finally be able to come home again but some feel persecu

sarah: washington has called on north korea to stop actions that increase tensions in northeast asia. south korean officials say it was the fourth failed ballistic missile launch since april. the test was slammed as a serious, provocative act. reporter: images of a missile task -- missile test broadcast on state television and carried out under the watchful eye of kim john kuhn just weeks ago. -- kim jong-un just weeks ago. the south korean defense ministry says pyongyang has done it again. >> north korea tried to launch a missile and we believe it failed. south korea is not the only nation on high alert. the country's media say the missile in question was medium-range, which would allow it to target japan. they say they have all of its military prepared to shoot down projectiles just in case. >> the government has great interest in developments regarding missile related at duties. we are constantly as and analyzing information. we have not detected any incoming missiles and it has not affected our national security. reporter: the tests and attempted launches have resulted in severe sanctio

be on the lookout especially on the south island. east asia. warm conditions over japan. high pressure system is surging the tpeperaturess up. later into the weekend thehe hi gives way and the moisture will start to come back into the picture by monday for places like tokyo. a little more shower activity as we go into the weekend. for the western portions of japan. other areas around asia also looking at some wet weather for saturday, sunday and monday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here is your extended outlook. >>> as we approach 28 minutes past the hour, that concludes this hour's nhk "newsline." be sure to watch "newsroom tokyo" at the top of the hour. 8ú welcome to the france 24 newsroom. football gets underway here in protests and security concerns. the deadliest end goal bombing and warns tourists to stay away from turkey. he is with her.