while it is seen as an important solution to combat piracy in south-east asia. it is said that the leaders of sinned dates. three months ago police in indonesia detained a suspect after malaysian ship was highjacked but sources in indonesia say the suspected person is a singaporean businessman is yet to be arrested. navy police and singapore hasn't responded >> perhaps singapore wants to deny that its citizens or residents not be involved in piracy activities. the financial sector in singapore is very strong, quite influential and it has always been autonomous of the singapore government. perhaps there is a degree of reluctance to open up that pandora's box. >> reporter: a lack of sharing information continues to create uncertainty and fear for the thousands of sailors who pass through south-east asia every day >>> a competition to choose the official logo for the 2020 tokyo olympics closes on monday. it is likely to end at least one of the many embarrassing chapters for the olympic committee >> reporter: since the bidding process viewed as a way of showing japa

crisis, or, as many fear, would it lead to a deeper conflict of power >>> piracy and the waters of south-east asia - it's big business. the region overtook somali as the main piracy hub in 2014. al jazeera's correspondent has the latest. >> piracy is a concern in south-east asia. the busiest sea straits are around the corner. the malacca straits and others. traditionally it was the malacca strait that was a hub for pirates. now it's gone south to the singapore straight. a narrow strait where vessels have to slow to pass. of course, it makes them very vulnerable for pirates, and carrying half of the world's oil. and a third of the world's trade is passing. while piracy is not as violence as what we have seen, there's a lot at stake. we travel to west singapore and malaysia to show how they operate. >> pirates are back in south-east asia, after years of calm, creating fear in one of the world's busiest sea lanes where more than 100,000 vessels pass through every year. carrying oil to china, korea and japan, and son assumer goods. 12 tankers were high-jacked. most cases are unreported. a malaysian sh

thrown out a case against a company contributing to the haze that policy ute a large part of south-east asia. a company was suspected of illegally burning forests to make room for its crop. top aids south korean was a secretary of the workers party and head of the department that handles ties with south korea died. he was 73 years old. joining us from seoul is professor of international relations. thank you very much for being with us. with everything north korea ain the past, there has been questionable events surrounding the death of other officials. is there any suspicions in this case? >> well, initially we had some analysts talking about the suspicions because as you just appointed out, there have been-- appointed out-- pointed out, there has been suspicions. this time it is different. he came out showing his condolences and we see many signs that there is some kind of surprise on their side. it looks like unlike other cases where we really had some serious speculations, this one, i don't think they deserve it as much as the speculation, but it looks like and sounds like a traffic accid

booming for armed security firms who are being employed to proceed text cargo from pirates in south-east asia. - pact-- proceed texts >> reporter: armed guards to protect ships against pirets. security companies are flushing because of issues at sea. a singapore based security company says it regularly provides armed guards to shipping companies. >> easily about 55 to 60% in this vicinity when they are travelling south of singapore towards the islands are away from the singapore towards south china sea >> reporter: shippener, he knows the threat well. his tankers have been highjacked by armed pirates three times in the last few years. we are very concerned and we have started our own sop on how to deter this. >> reporter: the ship owner is reluctant to carry armed guards. he relies on the navy to protect his ship and crews, but commandsers say ship owners should be more alert >> zero policy in relation to pir torics es. there i question all mariners out there, please observe the good practices. should there see any suspicious contact approaching you at any time, days or night, we must be aler

. >> after somali, south-east asia is at the center of pirate attacks. we have this report from singapore, where sea robberies are increasing, and several international pirate syndicates are based >>> hello, iraq is asking turkey to withdraw its troops from an area, an i.s.i.l.'s controlled city in the north. iraqi's foreign ministry lodged the turkish ambassador calling it a hostile act. turkey is accused of violating its sovereignty. the baghdad government says the troops were deployed without the knowledge of the government. they were assisting local volunteers fighting i.s.i.l. >> translation: this is not a new camp. 2,000 volunteer fighters from mosul has been trained and supported following the fight against d.a.e.s.h. it's been upon the request of the government >>> united states will deploy operation troops to assist iraqi forces in the fight against i.s.i.l. the prime minister insists that his forces an do it alone. his army's messages are coming under scrutiny for human rights abuses. imran khan reports. >> reporter: kurdish forces have had hop

indonesian court throws out a case linking a company linked to fires that polluted larges parts of south-east asia. keeping the home fires burning

still ahead on the news hour, downstream doubts over dams on south-east asia's longest river. in sport details about a current coach and who will replace him. him. >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - "news wrap-up". clear... concise... complete. >>> hello again. you're watching the al jazeera news hour. the top stories. mariano rajoy has pledged to form a stable government after his party fell short of winning a majority. socialists came second. both lost grounds to two new parties. talks to end the war in yemen have broken up without agreement but will resume again next month. a ceasefire between pro-government forces and houthi rebels has been extended by one week. india's supreme court is to hear a petition against the release of the youngest attacker convicted of a gang rape of a medical student

it's one of a string of aviation disasters in south east asia's biggest economy. to jakata no now. findings were announced at the press conference. what did we learn? >> reporter: yes. the press conference is still ongoing, but the investigators have described the horror of the last part of the journey to singapore on 28 december last year, already 11 months ago. basically it started from a small technical problemss which were than handled well with the pilots, but they happened within minutes. then when the fourth matter happened, the pilot made the wrong decision. the computerised system of the aeroplane fell out and the pilots were forced to fly manually and then a lot of wrong decisions were taken after that and investigators have described the plane going vertical. it was rolling around like this and it went nearly vertical and then it went up very steep, into a stall, which means that the plane has completely - you can't steer it at all, you can't control it any more and then it fell down in sea. 162 people were killed >>> the pilots at the time were trying to avoid a storm,

they have the second highest obesity rate in south-east asia.he government is going to go after top offender number one, saying that we are going to limit advertisements and promotions of shoeing drinks. >> in the united states the good news is a number of new cases of diabetes is going to fall. the u.s. food and drug administration has, for the first time this week called for a cap on the amount of sugar consumed on a daily basis. diseases like obesity and diabetes are closelilinged, and are more prevalent among poor americans, latinos, african-americans, and native americans. that is the case worldwide. poor people suffer more from extended sugar. >> conservation groups target hong kong. licences dealers are operating despite a moratorium. >> he's a long way from his tribe in kenya. but he has made the tripe to hong kong with one mission. to ban the ivory clean. back home, we thought this would stop. all of us found shops. >> touched with ivory. hong kong is the world largest retail market in ivory, and many believe a transit point. shops alon

that is a promise >>> environmentalists in south-east asia are opposing plans to build dams alongment mekong. they say it is a theft to life of the longest rivers. in part 2, wayne hay reports from cambodia where the next dam is being built. >> reporter: it is known as the mother of water and flows for almost 5,000 kilometres through six countries. the lower mekong river is the largest inland fish reof the world and a vital source of food and income for the tens of millions who depend on it. over fishing is already making life difficult in some areas. >> translation: i don't catch as much as i used to. there are fewer fish. before i might get ten to 20 kilograms. i've been out here since early this morning and i've only caught one. >> reporter: it could be about to get worse. just a few kilometres upstream one of two huge hydro electric dams on the mainstream is being considered by the cambodian government. initial estimates estimates had it creating a 620 square metre reservoir displacing around 20,000 people and blocking migration paths for some fish. for opponents there is some hop

because of heavy rain, and is blamed for causing the landslide >>> environmental activists in south-east asia are opposing plans to build 11 dams along the mekong, and they say the projects are a threat to life. the first of the dams is worked on in loose. -- laos. wayne hay reports from cambodia where the next dam is being belt. >> >> it's known as the mother of water. and flows for almost 5,000 kilometres through six countries, the lower maicon river is the largest fishery in the world and a vital source of food and income for the tens of millions that depend on it. in cambodia, over fishing is making life difficult. >> i don't catch as much as i used to. there are fewer fish. before i might get 10-20 kilograms. i've been out since early this morning i have only caught one. >> reporter: it could be about to get worse. a few kilometres upstream, one of two hydro-electric dams is considered by the cambodian government. initial estimates of a 600km reservoir, displace, 20,000, and blogging migration for some fish. for opponents, there's hope the government is taking notice of the impact. >> th

an indonesian court throws out a case in relation to a company that has polluted south-east asia. this fight for health hazard for villages in india. voters in the central african republic are at the polls in long delayed presidential elections. the country has been marred by violence since the overthrow of the president in 2013. he governed for a decade and has been barred from standing. another is unable to run who was put in power in 2013 by fighters who over threw the previous president. another is also not allowed to stand. that could all change if george wins. he is a former prime minister to whom he has support. if he is elected, he says he could return to car. the other leading candidates, another former prime minister, of accused by some of having ties to fighters and this man, a former foreign minister and most prominent will yous limb canned-- muslim candidate. have you seen many people coming out to vote? >> reporter: people have been coming out to vote, but we've heard reports from across the capital here that many of those polling stations are opening up late, that t

pakistan is located at the crossroads of three important regions, south asia, central asia and the middle east. and it can act as a bridge for prosperity and development in the region. we are also pursuing regional interconnectivity projects in the region including china, pakistan economic core door. it is an ambitious economic corridor project with a total investment of about $46 million. we are also developing turkmenistan, pakistan and india. electricity connectivity project passing through afghanistan. at the global level again we have cooperation on some of the most important issues including climate change, terrorism. i would like to say that in the early 70s pakistan played a pivotal role in the bridges between us and china and brought about these two important power centers. and we did this on the belief that a positive relationship between china and the united states of america would bring about peace and stability in the region. would like in our region but also in the middle east and they certainly can. being a good friend of not only the united states of america and also other neig

joining us from singapore, jeffrey, the south east asia and ceo.'s talk about the latest headlines we solve. auto group joining as the first sponsor in two years. fifa said it wasn't an easy sell. or you surprised by this deal? >> at a fair getting to be a big global player. investigation,is alibaba is not tainted by the past. right now coming through, it's less of alibaba using fifa as a platform. when we return, we bring you stephanie ruhle's exclusive conversation with salesforce chairman and ceo mark benioff. coming up. ♪ yvonne: welcome back. bloombergs stephanie ruhle recently sat down for next visit interview with salesforce chairman and ceo marc benioff. he leads one of the most successful cloud companies. his leadership style has brought him the attention and claim. the conversation began on the topic of salesforce and the cloud. >> the cloud has been your signature for so long but without the infrastructure platform, do you really think you have the full offering? >> i think the exciting thing about technology and how it's and back in san

state, mexican states, german states in south-east asia, states over the world signing on that they want to participate and set the deep decarbonization targets. 80 or more% reductions. it is possible, also most critically. this is the big difference that because the clean technologies are cheaper, most of the barriers now are lack of policy, expertise or lack of ability to put in practice ideas like in california, where we mandate solar rooftops in 20, 20, and we are halfway there, and a million vehicles, using clean electricity. they are positive feed backs. it is ideas like that that are spreading. whether we get to the 2 degree target, it's this innovation frontier that changed the dialogue >>> thank you for that. one final question to you, professor green. you referenced it earlier. the opposition that president obama is getting from the effort that his administration has been making on this issue. congress, as you know, during this conference here, has passed resolutions against regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gases. kentucky republican says congress is sending a message t

south asia, southeast asia, the middle east and africa. they will work with diplomatic staff overseas and exchange information with foreign intelligence services. >>> analysts at a u.s. research firm offered a glimpse into the finances of the islamic state group. they estimate the militants take in monthly revenue of about $80 million. researchers at the firm ihs say the group makes about half its money from taxes and confiscated property in areas it controls in syria and iraq. another 43% comes from smuggling oil. analysts say unlike al qaeda, the group doesn't rely on money from foreign donors. that helps the militants be less vulnerable to outside influence. but they say the group may be struggling with its finances. they appoint to reports thathe militants cut salaries and introduced new farm taxes. the analysts say air strikes by the u.s.-led coalition have hurt the group's ability to refine and transport oil. but they say tax revenues are much harder for the coalition to target without having a negative impact on civilians. >>> u.s.

havee regional level we established peace and stability in south asia. east, it would enhance our domestic security, besides economic development. pakistan is located at the crossroads of three important regions, south asia, central asia, and the middle east. foran act as a bridge prosperity and development in this region. regionalrsuing several interconnectivity projects in our region, including china-pakistan economic corridor -- the work on which has already started. with an ambitious project an investment of $46 billion. turkmenistan,ing pakistan, and india gas pipeline. and electricity connectivity project from the central asian republics crossing pakistan. at the global level we have an excellent cooperation on some of the most important issues -- including climate change, terrorism, and drug issues. i would like to say that you may 1970'sthat in the early pakistan played a pivotal role in building bridges between the u.s. and china. we brought about an approach ment between these two powers. we did this on the belief that a positive relationship betwee

south asia. peace in our neighborhood certainly would enhance our domestic security besides economic development. pakistan is located at the cross roads of three important regions. south asia, central asia and the middle east. we can act as a bridge between prosperity and developing this region. we are also pursuing, regional interconnectivity projects in our region. china and afghanistan, one big corridor. work has already started. it's an ambition economic corridor project with a total investment of about $46 billion. besides that we are developing pakistan and india, by blind and thousand, which is a electricity connectivity project from the republics passing through to pakistan. ladies and gentlemen, at the global level, again, we have an excellent cooperation on some of the most important issues. including climate change, terrorism, and nuclear nonproliferation. here, i would like to say that you may recall that in the early '70s, pakistan played a pivotal role in building bridges between u.s. and china and we brought about an approachment between these two important power centers. and we did this on the belief that a positive relationship between china and the united states of america would bring abo

we are concerned that a conventional conflict in south east asia could escalate to include nuclear use as well as the increased secretly challenges that accompany growing stockpiles. i can tell you that we have had a very active dialogue at the highest levels with the pakistanis in which we have made clear the nature of our very specific concerns speed with all due respect, we have heard this for the past 15 years. here's my concern, and i apologize for cutting off on their own have a couple more, i have a minute. if pakistan falls apart or if islamic extremists take over, it's a nightmare scenario for us. it's a big country, but 180 million people. it has a lot of islamic extremists and it has nuclear weapons. and about islamic extremists with nuclear weapons is a primary goal, a primary goal of al-qaeda. it would be a major victory for them and the outgrowth of al-qaeda, the islamic state, and a major defeat for us, the united states. i yield back. >> we will turn to mr. cooke of california. >> thank you, madam chairman. many of the questions or comments are things i was going to add

foreign ministry will appoint officials to monitor south asia, southeast asia, the middle east and africa. they'll work with diplomatic staff overseas and exchange information with foreign intelligence services. >>> a new government is set to take office in myanmar next year. its electoral victory marks another pont in the country's transition to democracy after half a century of military rule or at least strong military influence. members of the muslim ethnic minority rohingya who live in japan were closely watching the election but could not participate. nhk world explains. >> reporter: a group of rohingya people living in japan held a demonstration in october demanding myanmar nationality. they said they wanted to take part in the election. first general election since the country moved to civilian rule four years ago. the demonstrators made their case outside the myanmar embassy in tokyo. rohingya muslims are a minority both ethnically and religiously in the mostly buddhist country. the government refuses to recognize the rohingya as citizens. it made sure their names were not on the

south asia. peace in our neighborhood certainly would enhance our domestic security besides economic development. pakistan is located at the cross roads of three important regions. south asia, central asia and the middle east. we can act as a bridge between prosperity and developing region. we are also pursuing, regional interconnectivity projects in our region. china and afghanistan, one big corridor. of about $46 billion. besides that, we have -- pakistan and india, by blind and thousand, which is a electricity connectivity project from publics passing through to pakistan. ladies and gentlemen, at the global level, again, we have an excellent cooperation on some of the most important issues. here, i would like to say that you may recall a in the early '70s, pakistan played a pivotal role in in building bridges between u.s. and china and we brought about an approachment between these two important power centers. and we did this on the belief that the china and united states of america would bring about peace and stability and region. we would like to renew that role. in our region, in the middle east, we enjoy very close relationship with the middle east earn countries and being a good friend of not only

police say the man traveled to the middle east and south asia last year and then came back with a woman and somewhere along the line they developed a lethal plan. chris maez

the officials say the unit will monitor regions including southeast asia, south asia, the middle east and north and west africa. >> translator: japan will host the summit next year. we'll also host the 2019 rugby world cup and 2020 tokyo olympics and paralympics. the government will tighten security to prevent any acts of terrorism. >> the government will also set up a body to oversee the unit. it will include top officials from the foreign ministry, defense ministry and national police agency. >>> security at border stations are going to be tightened. officials will install biometric systems to screen visitors. the announcement comes during a heightened state of alert after the recent terrorist attacks in paris. >>> some private companies here in japan are also castinging a critical eye on security. nhk world takes a look at how. >> reporter: there are 10,000 people at this tokyo sporting event. the kind of place authorities fear could be at risk to terrorist attacks. so a private security company is conducting the drill. they are outfitted with wearable cameras with the aim of using

the region with the most is south asia with an estimate 17.5 million. east asia and the pacific have more than 6 million. 5.6 million in africa and more than two million in north africa and the middle east. the americas have more than a quarter million slaves, an estimated 60,000 of them are in bondage in the united states. brook hathaway at the freedom center and end slavery now and joins us. very good to have you with us. this report is stunning. if the numbers are accurate, by my calculation, one out of every 200 people on earth are enslaved today. when this report talks about modern slavery, it isn't some sort of qualified form of slavery, we are talking about people who are deprived of their liberty. >> absolutely. we see it in all types around the world. so people in working in physical forms. bonded labor, they have a debt over their head. sex trafficking, child labor and domestic servet eurekas de >>> the country with the highest%, 4%, is moretana. haidi has more than 2%. how is that happening in the 21 century? <

conflicts in the middle east and south asia was a frequent focus of our discussions and that focus willlikely continue into the new year. fighting rages on in varies companies. in march obama announced plans to keep troops in afghanistan until 2016. new afghan leader was concerned about signs of i.s.i.l. activity in the country. he visited the u.s. in march to discuss the issue. on the eve of that visit thomas dratean spoke with mike lyonns and another security reporter at the new york times. >> violence is on the rides there and i think that's why you've got indian hemp campbell saying we've got to slow down this redeployment back to the u.s. he went to afghanistan early last year. it took over that job, was the chief of staff of army. took over that job with some foresight knowing that trying to pull out by 2016 would nota good idea. i think we're setting that stage right now to possibly see u.s. forces there beyond 2016 and beyond this term >>> it could very well happen >> a lot has to do with what the p wants. if he wants u.s. forces there, our president can say this is what this pr

police say the man traveled to the middle east and south asia last year and then came back with a woman and somewhere along the line they developed a lethal plan. chris martinez joins us live from san bernardino with a still developing story. >> reporter: michelle, it continues to develop at this hour as we are still waiting for investigators to give us a motive. right now they are still unsure as to why this happened, not quite ready just yet, they say, to call this terrorism. thousands gathered at a candlelight vigil last night to remember the victims killed in san bernardino. the focus turns to the motors the focus turns to what motivated syed rizwan farook and his wife tashfeen malik to execute mass murder. >> we are in so much shock. >> reporter: sarah and her husband were related to the suspects who died in a shootout with police. in an exclusive interview with "cbs this morning," they expressed shock and disbelief. >> i can never imagine my brother or my sister-in-law doing something like this because they were happily married, they had a beautiful 6- month-old daughter. >> repor

reality is that these terrorists are coming out of a very complicated situation in the middle east and south asia and beyond. and we really need to do a better job of understanding those complexities and we really need to frame it as a political issue, not an islamic issue. >> and i think for a lot of people in this country what's happened is that they're fearful. so you add fear to a lack of knowledge about the big picture, as i think you're pointing out, then you've got a really volatile situation. so, in the short term, what do you think the country -- and i guess we all need to do to really essentially say, "look, we don't want to find ourselves fighting each other and discriminating against each other based on what these people are doing"? i mean, how do you...? >> yeah, yeah. you know, it's essential that we step aside from that narrative for a moment and talk about the fact that communities are being torn apart, neighbors are being turned against neighbors, family members are being torn apart against each other. our children are targets in the society, in their schools, in their homes. so

responses to better educate americans that their responses to better educate people from south asia are not from the middle east or something along those lines. those conversations i had to show how this is a racial issue that affects everyone, these are critical. i wonder if you could say more about how those conversations happen. >> okay let's also thank you so much. let's get one more question that will bring the mike's backup. >> i want to ask you about the titles, how do you also bring people into the contacts and reconcile the majority of us being part of the settler project here. how do you bring that in because i know we're talking about anti- black message which is also critical but you can also bring in the anti- indigenous into the conversation. >> so eric i will try to answer your question quickly. i think the ways in which the arab population is having these conversation is not how we are having them right after 9/11. certainly right after 9/11 there were people saying, i am this not that, that is, that is not something new to our community. we've seen that in our history, i'm chinese, not japanese

wrapping things up with a look at east asia, we have the stationary front south of japan further to theorth, high pressure is dominating with tokyo. had a beautiful day, sunny skies in place, cool because we had a northerly flow with some of the winds coming in. people needed to bundle up just a little bit. dry for areas back toward the west. we are expecting a relatively dry day as we go into tuesday. look at this, partly cloudy skies in tokyo, high of 12. 3 in beijing. maybe some showers down toward taipei. that will be the wet spot as we move forward through the next days. highs in the mid-20s for wednesday and thursday. you'll need that umbrella. nearby beijing may see flurries as we go into thursday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> and with that we end this hour's "newsline." special reports and an in-depth look at the day's news are all coming to you on "newsroom tokyo" at the top of the hour, so stay with us.ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ? laura: you're watching france 24. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. round one of the french regional electi

isis is on the move right now, in afghanistan, and in addition to elsewhere throughout south asia, and the middle east and north africa as we a all know, and the afghan military obviously not necessarily up to the job, but the afghan president ashraf algani is traveling there in the midst of helmand province falling to the taliban. why is he going there? >> i don't know why. >> do you have is any confidence in him? >> well, some, more than the predecessor. >> but not much? >> we will have some who will be helpful, and the nigerian government, it is a little b better, and in somalia, it is a little better, but it has lasted two decades already. >> i want to bring in spider marks, and the retired analyst kim dozier as well, and you know this situation over, there spider. it is looking like another situation where where iraq, the u.s. spends an enormous amount of money, and trains a lot of hundreds of thousands of military personnel, and when the going to gets rough, they disappear. >> yes, the sad fact is that unless there is some glue that holds the forces together, over the course of time, it will dis

. >>> some 34,000 refugees will come from the near east and south asia. people like rehema al fahid. her father is a palestinian and her mother is iraqi. yasmin vossoughian spoke with her about her new life in the united states. >> reporter: did this happen a lot at the cap? >> every single day. >> you had fires every single day at the camp? >> yes. some days we have to wake up at 4:00. they had to carry us, pick us up because there was a fire. >> i lived in the camp for six years. it was really hard. we didn't have a lot of water. or a lot of food. >> where was the refugee camp? >> it was at the border between syria and iraq. >> i'm a palestinian/iraqi refugee. this is my bed and this is where i sleep. because i feel comfortable on the ground more than bed. i slept six years on the ground at the camp. this is my mom. this is my dad, zakariya. this is my little brother, ahmed and this is my older brother, fahad. >> what was it like when they told you you could come to america when you were at the refugee camp? >> she had to tell us, hit her, like she can'

served in the c.i.a. 30 years and a national security advisor to four presidents in south asia and the middle east. new book is called "j.f.k.'s forgotten crisis: tibet, the c.i.a., and the sino-indian war." the financial times calls it a minor gem of eloquent history writing. pleased to have bruce riedel back at this table. welcome. >> pleasure to be here. >> rose: i assume you like the idea of "eloquent gem of historical writing" because you sat down and said to me, "this is the most fun i've had." what was it about the experience that so resonated with you? >> the kennedy administration. woe call it camelot. it really was something special. john f. kennedy was a particularly gifted decision-maker as president. you know, we're talking a lot about character of a president because we're in our presidential campaign season. this is a man who demonstrated unusual character in the white house. >> rose: what do you mean by character? >> he faced some of the hardest decisions any president in american history has faced. the book is about one of those, the chinese invasion of india, which comes simultan

broader ideology that we need to confront, that we've seen spread throughout the middle east and north africa and south asia. in many different forms. al sharia, al-shabaab, boko haram. we need to figure out how to confront it and defeat that threat. there is no question that isis renamed a great threat to western targets as well stability in middle east. that said i don't think the pictures quite as bleak as the chairman portrayed. in fact, there was an article yesterday about how isis is beginning to lose some of their supporters because their momentum has been stopped in terms of gathering territory. one of the biggest things, selling points they have from the very beginning was unlike al-qaeda they held territory, and they were growing at one time in terms of the territory they held so they could recruit people saying we are truly going to build an islamic state. they had not gained any territory. they have lost a few downs. in the bombing campaign we have committed and primarily potential the back in certain places and has undermined that confidence in the jihadists. that's the positive. however, the c

now distinguished professor at the near east and south asia center for strategic studies at the nationall be jodi vittori. a senior policy advisor at the global witness, at global witness. he has also served in the u.s. military in fc afghanistan. thank you for that service and in countering4vtútju(tion in th defense and surty sector i know there is a big job. so we thank you all for being here. we think this is a very distinguished panel. if you could keep your comments to around five minutes, without objection, your written testimony will be entered into the record. why don't we, if we could, go in the order of introductions starting with you, ambassador cunningham. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman's good to see you again. senator cardin, members of the committee, i am honored to testify today on u.s. strategy in afghanistan, and i appreciate this opportunity to address why afghanistan is so important, and to place our efforts there in the context of the challenge we face from the extreme distorted islamic ideology which threateñc or citizens, our values and our way of life. rather

he's a former cia undercover officer serving ten years in the middle east and south asia.w. thank you for being with us. based on what you heard last night does the president have it right? if not, how so? ç >> if his goal was to reassure the american people that we're going in the right direction, i don't think he accomplished that. one of the things i wish i would have -- he would have said last night is that i just got off the phone with the director of the cia and i told the cia to double the amount of human intelligence that's coming out of syria and iraq in the next 45 days. why is that important? the more human intelligence we get, the more information we can send to our air force to continue bombing locations in that country. if you don't have the intelligence, you're not able to do that. another area i wish i would -- >> keep going. what's the other area? >> i think the other area he would have said is i just got off the phone with vladimir putin and told him to stop his shenanigans in syria. the russians are bombing locations in syria and iraq. yes, they have hi

now, for the rest of east asia, we are looking at a relatively dry weather pattern except for the stationary front southanghai, looking at a calm weather pattern. and temperatures will be relatively normal for this time of year. four in beijing, sunny skies. five in seoul. wet to taipei, you'll need your umbrella. morning rain followed by partly cloudy skies in the afternoon on thursday in tokyo. now, i do want to draw your attention to north america. this is a little more of a serious weather situation. we have a very complicated setup where we have a couple of low-pressure system moving out of the central united states. here's the problem. it's been really, really warm for the eastern side of the united states, the way that the jet stream pattern has been taking place. it is now dragging a lot of very warm tropical moisture. and we are now in winter. when you have that much warm air coming in and cold air from the north slamming into each other, we have a very unstable weather situation. and in fact, we are looking at the possibility on wednesday to see an enhanced risk for severe storms extending fro

early in the summer in asia, africa, and south america, so this bad boy has had a big impact already. >> so, can we project forward when we see something like chenai on the east of india, which normally gets 55 inches of rain through a season, and now in a period of six weeks one-third the time it already has 60 inches of rain. is it automatic that we're going to get punched in the nose, too? or do we have to wait and see? >> it's interesting because this year we have the october to november indicators for el niÑo. this is the third warmest on record since the 1950s. so it's going to pack a powerful punch, and historical records suggest that could bring a lot of rain to the southern tier states including parts of california, which is desperately needed for the drought. however, it could also bring very mild conditions to the northeast. we're already seeing that parts of continental united states had the hottest december on record--or temperatures recently on record. the october to november temperatures, so basically the fall in the continental united states is the hottest since they've been keeping records. that's a typical el niÑo pattern. we also have very

seen it spread throughout the middle east and north africa and south asia. we need to figure out how to defeat that threat. isis remains a grave threat to western targets. it --t think the question picture is quite is bleak as the chairman makes it sound. they are beginning to lose supporters as their momentum has been stopped and turned of gathering territory. they were growing at one time in terms of the territory that they held. they have not gained any territory. they have lost a few towns. the bombing campaign that we have committed has rolled back in certain places. it has undermined that confidence of the jihadists that they are just going to roll forward and take everything. is actually correct. it is not enough to contain isis. seen in paris and beirut and elsewhere. attacks and we must consider our strategy to defeat them. the administration does need to be clearer in saying what that strategy has said that they are actually committed to it. i actually think they have a more comprehensive strategy then at times they have said. we are going to use o

east. syed rizwan farook was 28 years old, a u.s. citizen of south asia descent, he met his wife, tashfeen malik, the other accused shooter on the internet, and then in person, during a trip to saudi arabia. last year. authorities believe farook may have become radicalized during that trip. several reports that falook had been in couch by phone and social media with more than one international terrorism suspect. farook's brother-in-law claims none of the family, they were not aware, he offered condolences for the victims. >> why would he do something like this? i have absolutely no idea. i am in shock myself. >> the reporter: the search of the couple's redlands california apartment continues at this hour. police found thousands of rounds of ammo in the couple's home, and a dozen more ied's. investigators want to know if they may have been planning more attacks, before they were killed. speak, an update on farook's suspected ties to terrorism is new at 6:00 p.m. live in our control room, ted daniel, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: what was the motive behind the d

mindportant to keep that it is a broader ideology we have seen spread throughout the middle east, north africa and south asia in many different forms. we need to figure out how to confront and defeat the threat, and there is no question that isis remains a grave threat to western targets as well as stability in the middle east. the said, i don't think picture is quite as bleak as the chairman portrayed it. yesterdayan article about how isis is beginning to lose some of their supporters because their momentum has been stopped in terms of gathering territory. one of the biggest selling points they had was unlike al qaeda, they held territory and they were growing in terms of the territory they held, so they could recruit people saying we are truly going to build an islamic state. towns in lost a few the campaign we have committed, primarily the work of the kurds has rolled back in certain places and undermined that confidence in the jihadists that they are going to will forward and take everything. the chairman is absolutely correct -- it is not enough to contain isis because as we have seen in paris, beirut,

south asian countries. i think china has had to look for softer diplomacy in a more outreach to the region. but they have not stopped being assertive or looking for opportunistic gains in east asia>> i thinkt is important to remember that the fundamental point, as far as i am concerned, is that china has militarized. this will cause real problems. we have seen this before, since 1800. five or six times, emerging cataclysm.r, global china cannot help itself. alwaysrominent analysts like to forecast that the end of the communist party is .ear how stable is the government? and what are the next ringngs tt we have to be ready that china will do to unsteady the system? there is no consensus about the long-term future for the communist party. there is a division of the isms. in the short term there is no doubt that there is a focus on major reforms to from the military command, where he is id ofed to get r regional commands. the military on his side is something he n needs. to be assertive internationally, he is going to probably give in to some nationalistic fervor in issues of sovereignty,. but at the same time he needs econonomic reform. he needs to make sure ththat the economic ec

east asia, high pressure is controlling the weather over japan and also the korean peninsula. we have a stubborn stationary front that continues to bring a lot of rainfall from shanghai down toward the south. and so it's going to be a wet forecast as we go into thursday once again. so please make sure you're aware of the weather situation. further toward the north, high pressure is creating stagnant air and so we are looking at the concerns about air pollution to remain through thursday a lot of the concerns now moving closer toward the south and so this is something that officials have to monitor because it's not going away very quickly. we're looking at the rain from the stationary front to finally exit out of china as we head toward thursda south korea, western portions of japan looking at wet weather coming up for thursday and then as we go into the weekend, further toward the east and north, more rain expected there. tokyo 15, 11 in seoul. the three-day forecast, wet weather from tokyo for friday and saturday and also kagoshima. as we look at the western portions of north america, we are keeping an eye on a very wet system. we have a cold front that's not moving very quickly. in fact

south korea is an ally. that shows you who our friends are. >> when i look at historical cycles and i see the agony of the middle east, i think a little bit past decades it was southeast asiat was burning. being invaded by foreign governments. it is hard to imagine today that that was happening. that is perhaps my only hope is that maybe they can go through that transition. cost? at what charlie: thank you all for coming. see you next time. ♪ >> apples third-quarter estimates were unrealistic. apples shipments will decline. australia's treasurer has confirmed a budget blowout blamed on falling commodities. morrison the cash deficit will expand to $27 billion. while gdp growth was

we have seen it spread throughout the middle east and north africa and south asia. we need to figure out how to defeat that threat. isis remains a grave threat to western targets. i don't think the picture is quite as bleak as the chairman portrayed it. there was an article yesterday about how isis is beginning to lose supporters because they're momentum has been stopped in terms of gathering territory. the selling point they had from the beginning is unlike al qaeda, they held territory. they were growing at one time in terms of the territory that they held. they have not gained any territory. they have lost a few towns. the bombing campaign that we have committed has rolled back in certain places. it has undermined that confidence of the jihadists that they are just going to roll forward and take everything. the chairman is actually correct. it is not enough to contain isis. as we've seen in paris and beirut and elsewhere. they can launch attacks and we must consider our strategy to defeat them. that is another thing i will agree with the chairman on, perhaps not