yeah, i have four scouts who are south asian, and they have all got special projects.ll got a project which we have sat down and discussed, and me as a working—class white guy, from a working—class white area, where i live, i don't have the same understanding as those guys have about how to find these players. four of the ten british asians who are on pro contracts started their careers here at west brom, and steve is clear about the role clubs can play in changing the face of football. there are an awful lot of south asian boys living right close to the hawthorns, and if they are not playing organised football, it's ourjob, it's the football club's responsibility, to go and find out where they are playing football. so some clubs are making changes, but what about the fa, the guardians of the game? three years ago, they set targets to increase asian participation at grassroots. they wanted 50,000 new british asian players, 100 role models, 200 new asian scouts, and training scouts to be much more transparent in what it calls its talent id education programme. before la

. >> laura: we have an acting assistant secretary for central and south asian affairs at state. we still do not have a permanent assistant secretary. in other words, a career diplomat, no offense to alicia wells, but it's not trump's pick. why is that? why the snail's pace of getting people nominated and approved? >> well, the names have been put forward in most cases. i think we're -- the president was making his case last week when he had lunch with the republican caucus on the senate side. if you compare where this administration is relative to the obama administration, we are way, way behind. maybe less -- maybe half the number of those confirmed. and even under the last bush administration, we're way behind. you know, the senate democratic leadership has been very, very effective in slowing things down to a snail's pace. >> laura: as the secretary of state slowed things down at state department? i mean, reports are that there's a bit of a divide there that some of the names that the president wanted have been rejected. that means then we don't have these key positions fille

we start with comedy in the south asian or desi comedy festival in san francisco. we like to showcase artists because the arts is an area where there are often not enough opportunities for talented asian-americans and pacific islanders. well, this is one. then we profile the japan society of northern california, its importance in the relationship between the bay area and japan, and its upcoming celebration. next, a new group helping working families in silicon valley get more flexibility in their schedules by solving an important problem, transportation for their children. and then we close with another cultural showcase, our friends with the parangal dance company. we'll catch up with the group and filipino-american history month, with a live performance in our studio today. well, the lack of opportunities for asian-americans and pacific islanders in the world of standup comedy is nothing to laugh at. i happen to believe standup comics are important to the way society looks at events and ourselves. maybe we're starting to see some progress, and an upcoming comedy s

we start with comedy in the south asian or desi comedy festival in san francisco. e artists because the arts is an area where there are often not enough opportunities for talented asian-americans and pacific islanders. well, this is one. then we profile the japan society of northern california, its importance in the relationship between the bay area and japan, and its upcoming celebration. next, a new group helping working families in silicon valley get more flexibility in their schedules by solving an important problem, transportation for their children. and then we close with another cultural showcase, our friends with the parangal dance company.

when i comes to north korean policy or whether comes with iranian policy or recent south asian policy there is absolute alignment between the state department, the other departments in the cabinet and the president's objectives. the president is very unconventional person as we all know in terms of how he communicates, how he likes to create action forcing events. the president often takes steps to force an action when he feels things are just not moving. >> dickerson: what senator corker saying that action forcing events comes at your expense when you're trying to deal with other countries and they see you being undermined is corker totally off base sneer. >> what i would say with respect to the example you gave with the chinese, we have very, very good communication, open channels with the president. president has a great relationship with the president, i have a great relationship with the state counselor, there is a clarity around what we are attempting to do with north korea and working with china to achieve the outcome of north korea that we all want. there's no confusion among

to south asian i work at least forty three afghan soldiers have been killed in an assault on the military. income the whole province the taliban says it was behind the attack let's go straight to jennifer glass who's in the afghan capital with more this attack more details of course to how it happened who would what was involved. that's right it happened in the early hours of the morning just before three a.m. the afghan military base was attacked it was home to about fifty sixty afghan army soldiers the taliban blew up a car bomb what they called an armored vehicle believed to be a captured military vehicle and then assaulted the base forty three afghan soldiers killed nine injured six still missing only two soldiers from the whole base skate unharmed in this attack the afghan army to a five corps who is in charge of southern afghanistan saying it is going to conduct an investigation as to how the taliban were able to attack this small army outpost in my one that's in western kandahar province in the south those forty three the largest attack over the last twenty four hours but eleven ot

one that redoubles our commitment to afghanistan and with it to peace debility and the greater south asian region india plays an important role in this effort in the fight against terrorism the united states will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with india terrorist safe havens will not be tolerated. with knowledge with gratitude india's generous contributions to development in afghanistan including construction of the salma dam and the afghanistan parliament building and the three billion dollars it has provided already in development assistance we also look forward to further cooperation in the broader indo pacific region as we both promote a rules based approach to the commons and a transparent and sustainable approach to economic development we're glad to be joined in this effort by our close mutual partner japan and i was honored to spade and a trilateral discussion on these topics with my friends mr for was and mr kono in new york last month in addition to our partnership will result in global stability india and united states continue to benefit from our strong economic bonds

unlike the last time i came here, nearly a decade ago, this south asian island of nearly twenty millionre are no longer the military checkpoints and heavy equipment, sandbags, or barbed wire in between the airport and the center of town. there's a new, democratically elected government, voted in by a coalition of former adversaries. everywhere you look; construction, expansion, new hotels, foreign money; something that looks a lot like hope. hundreds of thousands of dead and missing later, the country is at peace, and we can go where we want. hopefully, people will be able talk about their lives; last time, they couldn't. >> dharshan: so this is the galle face green. it used to be a place for the english families to come and hang out on sundays. and it was also the home of the first golf course in sri lanka. this is our central park. >> anthony: ah. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> anthony: what are we eating today; by the way, what's good here? >> dharshan: so this is all sri lankan street food. all these kitchens are run by muslims, so there's no pork dishes here. a lot of seafood. >> anthony: dharshan runs

they believe america is looking at the long—term benefits in this strategically important south—east asiand angry birds will start their first day of trading on the main stock exchange in helsinki. the finnish game developer, rovio, was one of the first studios to make a breakthrough mobile game and it even released a blockbuster movie featuring sean penn and peter dinklage. but the company has fallen down the pecking order in recent years— as tom davies explains. a royal seal of approval. and a former uk prime minister whojust couldn't get enough. quite a lot of the doubles, it is quite addictive. act in 2011, rovio behind the smash hit angry birds was worth about $9 million. the business is now only worth eight fraction of that sum. —— $1 billion dollars. some people say that rovio was too slow to move to the freemium model, allowing users to download for free but charge for additional wires and levels. hello, i'm the ceo of rovio. i work with angry birds every day. the business model changed drastically some years ago. our model changed drastically some years ago. 0urfirst model changed

secretary of state says president trump wants a diplomatic solution to north korean, the recent south asian policy, there's absolute alignment between the state department, the other objectives. >> on iran the president decertified it he gave congress time to strengthen the 2015 agreement. >> they can do whatever they want to with enrich zblmt it is an absolute fantasy to suggest that we are going to be able to restart negotiations >> reporter: congress could also choose to end the iran deal or do nothing and the clock is ticking on iran for congress lawmakers have 60 days to act. >> thank you very much for that. edward lawrence in washington. >>> "worldwide exchange", a roundup of the global market picture. >> later kpeicaernk claims collusion. he's now calling foul. the details when "worldwide exchange" continues. bathroom. your privacy makes you my number 1 place to go number 2. i love you, but sometimes you stink. febreze air effects doesn't just mask, it cleans away odors. because the things you love the most can stink. and try febreze small spaces to clean away odors for up to 30 days

and yet we have no assistant secretary of state for south asian affairs as an acting official. we did away with the special representative for afghanistan and pakistan whose job description was to act as czar for development of a negotiating strategy. the conduct of the campaign in afghanistan as far as i can tell, and this goes all the way back to when mike and i were traveling there and back to my time on general mccrystal's assessment team has never been conceived of as the military arm of a combined military negotiating strategy. what we have had, and i think unfortunately continue to have is a campaign plan that looks like let's create the best trajectory we can for government control over time and at some unspecified point in the some unspecified future there will be some unspecified negotiation that will exploit this military result to produce a better partition of the state than we would get without it and i don't personally think that is responsible policy for a democracy that's killing people in the name of the state and spending tens of billions of dollars in the pro

. >> when it comes to north korean policy or when it comes to the iranian policy or the recent south asian policy there is absolute alignment between the state department and the other departments in the cabinet and the president's objectives. >> reporter: on the iran deal the president decertified it, but did not withdraw from the compact giving congress time to strengthen the 2015 agreement. >> under the mere passage of time they can do whatever they want to. >> it is an absole suggest that we are going to be able to restart negotiations. >> reporter: congress could also choose to end the iran nuclear deal or do nothing. and the clock is ticking on iran for congress. lawmakers now have 60 days to act. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >>> today for a third time a federal trial court in maryland will hear arguments related to challenges to the trump administration's latest version of its muslim ban. like the previous versions, the new ban announced last month blocks travel to the u.s. from six muslim-majority countries. the new ban also includes north koreans and certain venezuelan g

growing up in india, i would say for south asians, this very english game has become more than a religion. how it happened is just it's one of those artifacts of history, and for me, when i look back, i think it's true in most team supports. in fact the other day i had the great fortune of going and seeing the seahawks train, and pete was explaining how he sets up the training session and brought back memories because some of the coaches i played under and the captains i played under in cricket, these team sports grab you and teach you so many lessons. in my case in dusty fields of the plateau. that is the place where i must have played a lot of crick expect then went back recently and i write about the lessons, whether it's about how to compete, how to in some sense one of the incident its recount is a captain i played under, one of -- i was a baller and i was balling trash that day, and for this guy to replace me, and takes a wicket. gets us a breakthrough and then give this ball back, and that incident has sort of perhaps had a lot of influence because why did he do it? he could have j

last month, the united states and nepal signed a $500 million contract agreement, the first with a south asian nation to invest in infrastructure needs in nepal and to promote more trade linkages with partners in the region like india. the united states and india must look for more opportunities to grow this conductivity and our own economic links. even as we look for more ways to facilitate greater development and growth for others in the region. for prosperity to take hold in the indo pacific, security and stability are required. we must evolve as partners in this realm. for india, this would entail fully embracing it potential -- its potential. this means building security capacity. my good friend and colleague, secretary mattis, was in delhi just last month to discuss this. we look forward to the inaugural dialogue championed by president trump and prime minister modi soon. the fact that the indian navy was the first overseas user of the maritime surveillance aircraft, which it effectively fields with the u.s. navy counterparts, speaks volumes of our shared maritime interests and our need

last month, the united states and nepal signed a $500 million compact agreement, the first with a south asian nation, to invest in infrastructure to meet growing electricity and transportation needs in nepal. and to promote more trade linkages with partners in the region like india. the united states and india must look for more opportunities to grow this connectivity and our own economic links, even as we look for more ways to facilitate greater development and growth for others in the region. but for prosperity to take hold in the indo pacific, security and stability are required. we must evolve as partners in this realm, too. for india, this evolution will entail fully embracing its potential as the leading player in international security arena. first and foremost, this means building security capacity. my good friend and colleague, secretary mattis, was in deli just last month to discuss this. we both look forward to the inaugural two plus two dialogue championed by president trump and the prime minister soon. the fact that the indian nif ye -- navy was the first user speaks volumes of o

. >> christopher mckurdy is a medicinal chemist and one of a handful of scientists studying the south asian don't see anything that rivals or even comes close to the ability for this plant to serve as a potential treatment. >> reporter: and yet, in the u.s., it is banned in six states, and the dea considers it a drug of concern over worries of potential addiction and even some reported deaths. according to mccurdy, that concern is because kratom is not regulated and has been mixed with other drugs. >> drefefinitely there needs to regulatory measures put in place with this plant material, but there's a huge wealth of anecdotal evidence out there and some scientific that there's medical potential for this plant. >> reporter: for something so promising, you may wonder why others including big companies haven't investigated it. part of the problem -- it is a plant. that means no one can patent it. >> there's no financial incentive for any drug company to really pursue developing this into a drug. >> reporter: how does the future look for you now, your family, all your teenage kids that you have

all the bullet holes that riddle through the upper floor of this building this was where the south east asian amir of i so was hiding at the time when two units of military forces came in to try to arrest him and when they tried to arrest him they came under extreme fire from a number of militants intelligence services said that essentially it was a siege planned a few days later but because the military went after him. to learn how to love that mirror southeast asia so the siege began and you can see the utter destruction that happened in that house and it's essentially spread as the fighters took over the city at the end of may and then five months later we saw pictures like this circulating on facebook this is from inside military a forum there are a defense and security forum based in the philippines and you can see pictures there of what they say are philippine military soldiers celebrating lower down on this picture this comment from jeff who says i'm glad it's over but seriously six months he says so have actually it was five very poorly handled this won't be the last town for this to

professor parvin chatchawan pongpan is from kyoto university's centre for south—east asian studies.thailand in the new era. there will be some changes, for sure. considering king bhumibol had led along and authoritative rain, forup to 70 led along and authoritative rain, for up to 70 years. so we are up into the new era. to be honest, it will still be quite unpredictable, and they will be full of uncertainty. we know so little about the new king, because of that, it be difficult for thais to understand what they should expect. it is very difficult for us, visit there are very strict laws about what we can family, but when say about the royal family, but when it comes to looking at the future of this country, of course, it has been added a bit of a standstill at the moment throughout this whole year of morning, hasn't it? yes, partly this is because of the military, and the people surrounding the monarchy, to try and exploit this long period of mourning. anything to prevent thailand from moving ahead, also. i think this will be the time, once again, that will be filled with lots of a

al qaeda mobilizations in the past al qaeda headcontrol over north africa affiliates and over it south asian were saudi arabian. there's a part of the question about whether the lack of impact isis ideology here is done decades ago by other groups and were just seeing the outcome of that. thingsuld just say two in response, doug. the first is that i think people manymore animated in regions by social issues than the political one. this being a state-building project. what we we are looking at in 2013-2014 was compelling for people in the region that was a lot more animated about the questions of how to use socially organized in islamic society as opposed to how do you contest the influence of materialism or colonialism et cetera. these are the regions of saudi arabia that are also protesting the new laws that the kingdom has passed about allowing women to drive. i think it will be the source of a lot of angst as the kingdom continues down this path of economic reform it has been promising. the other piece of it is the message of recruitment is powerful because it is so flexible it is the mes

founding a residence in the south east asian. >> aids is a particular problem because not only is thereat health care but people living with aids are shunned by the community. >> reporter: the community houses 40 people. they help pregnant women with hiv deliver healthy babies and others get healthy enough to re-enter society. jim says he has witnessed numerous stories of lives saved and turned around. he believes that thinking of others first can do wonders for yourself. >> to see the impact you can have on other lives is satisfying. >> reporter: he and his wife traveled to south east asia looking for opportunities to help when he discovered the one. once you know exactly what you want to do there, is no stopping you. g garvin thomas. >> great story. celebrating halloween going in peru. going to the dogs. we are going to show you more when we come back. ♪ with the alaska airlines visa signature card you get a companion ticket every year. so why not take someone that you see all the time. someone like, i dunno, me? i mean i always spell your name right and put a little unicorn in your f

it's south asians manifestation at present seems to be primarily to do with pakistan and the china pakistan corridor and the funding for pakistan to support that. i think that china's position in afghanistan has been, to my understanding, i have not been following this in great detail but has been increasingly involved in economic assistance. to afghanistan. and increasingly cooperative in that issue, on that issue with the united states and other powers who are trying to stabilize the country economically as a way of dealing with the internal threat that continues to exist there. and it is unfortunately, from what i see, it is not something that is working. that effectively. you still have enormous unrest in the country with the enormous threats even to cobble at times. it is a process and i think the chinese will see it that way. they want to stabilize that part of the periphery. that is part of what the whole one belt, one road enterprises about. it is both building up the west which is you know, extremely, it is asymmetrical in terms of development with the eastern parts of china. and i

there is a big south asian community in northern virginia. and so this is a test.f -- i think everybody should think about what republicans will add to the election if this campaign, which is really ugly and really distorting and it's not even partisan to say that every independent analysis of these ads has said they're outrageous. if something like that succeeds, what are we looking for down the road? republicans in congress who want to cling to trump will keep clinging strongly and those who might oppose him will say, well, gee, this is where the country is. so this -- this is all about turnout. there are some surveys that show northam who's actually quite moderate winning substantially, but there are others that show the race close. a lot of that depends on which turnout the two models for these polls predict. so i can't think of a race that we've seen -- you know, we've had those congressional races before the virginia race precisely because virginia voted for hillary is the test of this moment. >> no, i understand. i have to concur with that. those were congre

it's south asians manifestation at present seems to be primarily to do with pakistan and the china pakistan court or, and the funding 50, $60 billion for pakistan to support that. i think china's position in afghanistan has been, to my understanding, i've not been following this in great detail but it has been increasingly involved in economic assistance to afghanistan. and increasingly cooperative in that issue, , that issue with te united states and other powers are trying to stabilize the country economically as a way of dealing with the internal threat that continues to exist there. and it's unfortunately, from what i see, it's not something that's working that effectively. you still of enormous unrest in the country with the enormous threats even cobble at times. so it's in process any think the chinese sort of see it that way. they want to stabilize that part of their periphery. that's part of what the whole belt, one belt, one road enterprise is about, is both building up their west, which is extremely, is asymmetrical pensions of its deep element with the eastern parts of china, and

south china sea. singapore was the first southeast asian nation to join the coalition to defeat isis. it was very far thinking. you were there before most. more than 1000 of its military personnel train here in the united states every single year. when hurricane harvey struck our gulf coast in late august, singapore deployed its own helicopters to help transport personnel and critical resources to areas in need. : which has been tremendous and for their friendship. in a few weeks i will adepressed the summit in the philippines where we'll celebrate the 40th 40th anniversary of u.s. asian relations. i look forward to continuing our discussions at this year's submit and to seeing the great things singapore will accomplish as chair in 2018. in other words, this great gathering will take place in singapore in 2018. mr. prime minister, thank you for your continuing partnership and leadership the u.s. singapore relationship has made both of our people far more prosperous and secure and our values have made us long-standing friends. we are fortunate to have such a loyal partner. thank you ve

james mattis has arrived in south korea for a crucial leg of his asian tour as tensions continued to washington and pyongyang. he is expected to visit the demilitarise zone dividing the north and south of korea later today with his south korean counterpart. pope francis has made a call to the international space station. the iss, which has been continuously manned since 2000, is home to six astronauts; three americans, two russians and an italian, paolo nespoli, who was on hand to translate for the pontiff. the pope asked the crew a variety of questions including their views on man and the universe. now imagine turning up to work and discovering this. it's a 1.5 metre long alligator that construction workers came across which hit itself in an underground pipe in indian—town in florida. lucky for them, an expert was brought in to take the reptile to safety. with donald trump heading to asia next month, pressure has been mounting for a tougher us response to the expulsion of muslim rohingya people from myanmar. more than 600,000 people have fled the country since late august when rohin

south korea holding onto yesterday's gains. a switch out from the nikkei and dragging on the material space. market is dollar weakness, asian currencies looking good, the south korean inflows into south korean assets as tensions ease from north korea and after investors dumped out of south korea and investments, but movement coming back into equities and the won. gold rising to a two-week high on tensions in catalonia. i am rishaad salamat let's have a look at key players. steel coming back online, plunging after that 21% drop yesterday after it revealed more data falsification that involved products dider this after we heard that kobe falsified other data as well. sanrion falling after cutting its forecast and dividend. it has cut that. after itooking good was a top pick for life insurers. picture, tech players in taiwan lifting the regional index, now up by .3%. looking good with wti above $50 a barrel. what we are seeing in kobe holding down the material space across the region. rishaad: thank you for that. right, the latest first word news headlines, including a story of tensions -- thawing of tensions. >> catalonia has

brings up the question the government said because they're asian-american this is particularly bad and couldn't name theirselves this name. and the south park scene quoted about how we decide who decides for the community of color like asian-americans or african-americans, who decides we're offended. the pto was trying to say we think asian-americans are offended. there's a great south park episode called "with apologies to jesse jackson. hey, toke, i want to let you know everything is cool now, my dad apologized to jesse jackson. i'm supposed to feel better. you just don't get it. jesse jackson said it was okay. he is not the emperor of black people. he told my dad he was. you have this problem who can validate the disparaging marks and it's not going to be the pto. it has multiple parts, actually three decisions, what we have for one interesting point, justice samuel alito, my biggest concern in that case for free speech. if you know much about jurisprudence he has not been good on what we call offensive speech. in cyber v felt the west band church case, he wrote about the vicious assault that occurred in this case. in u.s. v stevens

he was asked if his visit to south korea next month part of an asian visit. he were to visit the demilitarized zone while in south korea, would that provoke north korea? and he said he'd take a look at it. do you think it would be wise for the president to visit the dmz when he goes to south korea next month? >> i've said many, many times, this is the time for teddy roosevelt's admonition, carry a big stick, speak softly. this is not the time to increase the rhetoric, to increase the pressure, and to go anything that would -- that could cause that trip wire to be -- to be sprung. and it's quite possible, i mean, these two armies are looking at each other really across just a couple of yards, and with the president there that's certainly going to create a lot of -- a lot of rhetoric and a lot of anxiety and quite possibly a difficult issue. we've got to get to negotiations. clearly, the chinese are key to this. russia is a key. japan, south korea. negotiations are still possible, but you've got to cool the rhetoric, and, frankly, it's not just speak softly, it

. >> when president trump visits south korea next month, part of an asian tour, there's a discussion w whether he should actually visit the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea. what advice do you give him? do you think he should actually go up there? >> i'd be very careful about doing that only because it could be an incendiary move in terms of how the north koreans react to that and right now we don't need to engage in that kind of effort. i do think that it would be important for the president to visit south korea, to visit japan and our allies and to reinforce that relationship to visit china and put additional pressure on china with regards to that conflict. but as to visiting the 38 parallel, i'd be very careful and try to at least get the best intelligence possible as to what the ramifications might be of such a visit. >> i think you've made some good points, as you always do. mr. secretary, leon panetta, thanks for being with us. >> good to be with you. >>> there's more breaking news. more on the remarkable and emotional defense of president trump's condolen

. ♪ ♪ generally positive start for asian equities as japan and south korea returned from holiday.w mulligan joins us now from amber dean standard investments. it is heavy right now on emerging-market debt and equities. andrew, we want to get your view on global equities? -- on global equities. going into the earnings season, what are you anticipating? analysts are revising their third quarter profits. andrew: your question sums it up perfectly. through?cash flow come you are right that analysts have been downgrading their expectations. they often do that at the start of the earnings season. this week, with the u.s. banks. at expectations are only about 4% or so. i would be surprised if companies could not beat that. tax cutsihood of u.s. are coming through in the impact that could have on u.s. earnings this year and next year as well. considerable debate about the size of the tax cuts. will it be more personal or corporate? it could provide an important boost for u.s. equities. sophie: u.s. equities have been getting a boost. i want to share this chart with our viewers. what this

.:19 asian stocks hitting a three-week high. japan and south have returned from their holidays. that's going to be the asian markets at a little news coming through from the secretary-general of opec. anna: saying they have had exploratory meetings with shale firms in houston. no discernible impact on oil prices at the moment in the asian session, but worth keeping an eye on that one. if relationships between those two parties were to transpire. inventories forecasted, we're waiting for a little bit of data. the european ministers are gathering in luxembourg. anna: justin trudeau meets donald trump. they'll be talking about the about bombardier. manus: meetings of the ims and the world bank are also happening. japan's kobe steel has unleashed least an industrial scandal that's reverberated across asia. that's after saying it falsified data dealing with strength and durability on aluminium and copper used in cars and aircraft. companies said they had these materials from kobe steel which beenthey might have subject to these falsifications. movin

south china sea. singapore was first southeast asian nation to join the coalition to defeat isis. the u.s. singapore relationship has made both of our people far more prosperous and secure and our values have made us long-standing friends. >>> now the president also pushing lawmakers on the hill this week to pass that budget so that maybe just maybe tax reform can happen before the new year. and of course, the the president trying to sway any fears that may exist from rumors that 401 tax credit you have grown to love would go away. take a look at there will be no change for 401k this has been a great and popular middle class tax break that works taken stays. well i spoke with niles s stanish of the hill about whether or not republicans may have hope maybe more hope about getting budget and then ultimately tax reform and after that failure of the efforts of republicans to repeal and replace obamacare. take a listen. >> they do feel more hope because really tax reform and particularly tax cuts are not as internally divisive within the conversation and with healthcare you have people worried

about everyone which brings up with the government said, because they are asian american they are particularly bad. it brings up a south park scene about how we decide who decides for the community, the community of color like asian americans. offended,s we are right? apparently they were trying to say they thought asian-americans were offended. jesse jackson and the following exchange, just wanted to let you know everything is cool now my dad of apologize to jesse jackson. >> dude you just do not get it. jesse jackson is not the emperor of black people. thesen actually validate remarks? validate the question itself, three decisions, what we really got was one interesting point. justice samuel alito coming out for free speech which if you know much about his jurist -- jurisprudence, he has not been very good on what we generally called offensive speech. part of the westboro baptist church case, he wrote a profound commitment to debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case. in a case about videos about animals being crushed, he said the court strikes down in its entirety a statute th

this is part of cage rattling diplomacy let's talk about the president going to south korea next month as part of this asianat worrisome to you. that he might be in danger of going that close you know it is just a a few miles up. the assumption we have to make is that they would never want them to do that. there can be a miscalculation. i don't think they would let him go. he is prepared on a war footing if necessary. he will go to south korea and show up an ally. for the north koreans to understand that time has changed. this president has a lot to do and while some of the tweets and statements might not be things i would say they are getting the point across. standby we would like to dip it now to watch as captain gary rose get the highest military honor. march 3, 1863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant gary m rose. at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty he distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a special forces medic. the special operations augmentation. command and control central. the special forces group. first spe

asian markets. a listless day with south korea and china off-line. one a look at what is going with australia.is ending the day flat and a big mover with the aussie dollar sliding to an 11 week low after the dismal retail sales and the topix lower. technicals are flashing over but indicators are there for the topics as the nikkei 225 and losses after a positive start. heating the r.b.i. scaling back on its growth forecast. some stocks to watch, a saudi, planning to boost prices for some alcoholic beverages and in sydney, qantas. goldman raised stock to abide. good news fromo taiwanese makers of electric -- electronic parts for autos. that is a month them jumping to a record in taipei on this prospect. manus: thank you. a couple of interesting lanes coming through especially on the top story at in catalonia. two major banks, earlier we saw this at 630. they might -- may moves the headquarters, they are headquartered in barcelona but they may move the headquarters in the case of the cattle and. one of the pharma companies are ready to take this kind of move. they are the third-biggest ranking ca

south china sea. singapore was the first southeast asian nation to join the coalition to defeat isis. far thinking. more than 1000 of its military personnel trained here in the united states every single year. when hurricane harvey struck our gulf coast in late august, togapore deployed -- transport critical resources for those in need. the prime minister told me that that and called me. we want to thank you bring much for the use of your helicopters. when the american navy destroyed the uss john mccain, singapore came to our comedians -- immediate assistance i want to thank the prime minister and the people of singapore for their support, which has been tremendous, and for their friendship. -- few weeks i will attend in a few weeks i will attend a summit in the philippines, where we also break the 40th anniversary of u.s. relations. i look forward to continuing our discussions at this year's summit and to see the great thing singapore will accomplish as ossian chair and 2018. in other words, this great gathering will take place in singapore in 2018. thank you for your continuing part