all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has to learn all those aspects. it's very, you know, my teacher i call him a guru in this art form you have to study very, very hard. you have to learn about all the cultural aspects. he says it's liberating because he enjoys and has to learn to bring up the feminine aspect. he's a strong character it's a challenge for him and he likes it. the stories are metaphor cal. i don't look at this that this is a man or woman. there are qualities we all have that some of us are in touch with and are not. in our culture we think people shou

all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has to learn all those aspects. it's very, you know, my teacher i call him a guru in this art form you have to study very, very hard. you have to learn about all

. >>> torrential rains continue to wreak havoc in many parts of south and southeast asia. countries, including thailand and india are struggling to get back on their feet. heavy rains and flooding in eastern indiana orissa state claimed 60 lives, displaced almost 100,000 people. the region has been hit by in ses and the rain for ten days. about 800 villages remain cut off. many people are waiting for government assistance such as food and relief supplies. meanwhile, weeks of heavy monsoon rains and a tropical storm have caused widespread flooding in tie land. at least 87 people were killed since late july, and a half million effected in 16 provinces. in the center of the country, four people were killed when an apartment building collapsed. tie land's department warned of flash floods as more heavy rains are expected through the country. >>> tourists from thailand and asia have been the first to return after the disaster that happened a little over six months ago. the turn around reflects proactive efforts by officials from tow huk u to convince asian tourists that the dev

at this point, we cannot say with certainty that these terrible events that we are seeing in southeast asia be contributed directly to climate change. but we can say that climate change is going to exacerbate the number of extreme weather events that have been brutalizing pakistan and other parts of the southeast asia region. >> the floods have, indeed, destroyed agricultural land in many places, like pakistan. what do the farmers and the people in these agricultural areas do? should they leave their lands, or change their livelihood? >> this is a longer-term question. the most immediate issue is one of humanitarian relief. we have people who do not have sufficient food and drink and shelter to get by. this is really a relief operation. the longer-term effort from the government and the international community needs to examine the lively new adoption. this is an important development. we need to build up the resiliency of the communities, strengthening disaster risk- management, investing in social protection, and creating a their livelihood opportunities. many of whom have been dislocated,

. >> reporter: people from all sorts of religions have coexisted in southeast asia for centuries. but once trust between them is lost, it cannot easily be rectified. a long-term effort is needed. not only by the government, but also by the general public to restore a sense of peace. khemmapat rog juanive kuhn in southern thailand. >> and that's going to wrap up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> now let's take a look at the latest in sumo with ross mihara. >>> it was also stormy in the sumo ring on day 11 of the september tournament. so let's look at the matches involving the leaders. kotoshogiku is having his finest two weeks as he aims for ozeki promotion. but tochiozan is a worthy opponent. kotoshogiku with just a 6-5 edge in this rivalry. he comes out sharper, doesn't give kotoshogiku a chance to go belly to belly because he knows it would favor the sekiwaki. instead he launches an oshiwashi pushout. outstanding for kotoshogiku a critical second defeat. he has to win three of his final four bouts to earn promotion. even more impressive than his nine straight

that we ought to have a business trip to the far east that includes, china, japan, korea and southeast asia. as you know, we are hosting the ministerial meetings next month in preparation for the apac conference meetings that are going to be held in honolulu. the state of california, as the president knows, is a key gateway to a lot of the businesses and countries that want to buy u.s. products. so in follow-up with those meetings that will be held here , and secretary hillary clinton will hold a women and economic summit here in september. that will lead to many more meetings, and the meetings in honolulu. we are continuing to be that gateway. so it would be very natural for a mayor and administration in san francisco to help company representatives find their counterparts in the whole far east countries, be it japan, southeast asia, thailand, singapore, all the areas including china, japan and korea. those are markets that want this kind of knowledge and products we are producing here and want to be successful in their own right and use that technology to help elevate their companies or c

i am quite sure we could go forward, and we have examples, because there is southeast asia, which is also colonialize -- colonize. we were colonized for less than 100 years. some of them for close to 300 years, so the challenges is not using that as an excuse, not to say because i went through this, i cannot do that. the thing to say is i almost came back. that is powerful. that is great. we ought to be able to say, we overcame that, and guess what? we are doing very well now. we are managing ourselves much better. we are respecting the rights of our people. we are standing up for ourselves. i am talking about leadership. i can say we are protecting our people. we are doing the right thing. >> you mentioned daaid. there is a quote i want to share from an op-ed piece you wrote for the "los angeles times" which says, obama sends a signal i hope all africans he. time for excuses leadership is over. africans must not sit back and expect obama will lavish aid and attention on the continent because he has a kenyan father. they should demand the leadership they want rather than accept the l

. >> heavy rain and floods have caused severe damage across areas of south and southeast asia. there is a concern that a situation may be more critical as further rain is expected in the coming days. in pakistan, a disaster management official says monsoon rains have begun in early august and killed 132 people in the south of the country. and flooding of crops. over 90 were killed in the last week. pakistani soldiers are helping distribute food and supplies to the hardest hit areas. >> translator: we kept raising the dam but the water kept rising and flowing over it. my entire chili crop has been destroyed. >> last year southern pakistan was hit by massive floods that killed some 2,000 people. here in thailand there has also been heavy rain that has caused flooding since late july. according to channel 9 news, parts of several provinces including those in the northeast remain submerged and in need of assistance. over 200,000 households have been effected by the floods and 66 people killed. many residents of flood-stricken areas are still awaiting assistance from authorities. >>

. >>> welcome back to your weather update now for east asia, or rather southeast asia. we're watching several tropical storm systems. this is a strong typhoon, preparing to make landfall in the northern philippines. in the next couple hours likely. it is already bringing strong winds to much of the northern half of the philippines today. it will stay stormy as it works across the island here before heading back to the south china sea. right now, wind speeds about 140 kilometers an hour. once it makes landfall, the winds should weaken slightly. still, it is expected to remain quite a bit of intensity through the day. brace for potentially very damaging winds. in the south china sea, we already have a separate one, tropical storm haitang. wind speeds about 65 kilometers an hour. it is just about to make landfall, here in the central vietnam. once it does, it is expected to rapidly weaken as well, but it will maintain that moisture likely as it crosses over through vietnam and towards laos and thailand. so the area is experiencing wet weather. the philippines will have the

crisis in fukushima has thrust nuclear safety into the spotlight around the world, including southeast asia. against this backdrop an international seminar to examine the safety of the nuclear industry has taken place here in bangkok. about 150 nuclear officials from the international atomic energy agency and southeast asian nations took part in the event on friday. drawing particular attention was a speech by a nuclear policy planner from japan. atomic energy commission member amoto briefed participants on tokyo's response to the fukushima accident and efforts to strengthen nuclear safety regulations. an example he gave was the decision last month to separate the agency in charge of nuclear safety from the ministry that promotes nuclear power. according to experts all southeast asian nations also have nuclear regulators that are connected to pro nuclear ministries or agencies. these countries are debating how to reform their nuclear industries to improve safety in light of the accident at fukushima. in thailand a special team of investigators is trying to capture some precious national ass

we thought maybe al qaeda was planning to do something in southeast asia. however, the very first logical step we can do is share it with the agency. >> smith: the agency, the cia. soufan hoped they could help fill in some blanks, tell him something he didn't know about khallad being in southeast asia. did you learn any more about what had gone on? >> no. >> smith: soufan ran into what agents called "the wall." routinely, the justice department prohibited fbi agents doing criminal investigations from access to some types of cia intelligence. but often, definitions were unclear. at the time soufan was in yemen, there was a lot of confusion. >> there was misunderstanding of the attorney general guidelines of the time period that brought this interpretation that intelligence cannot be shared with people who are working on criminal investigations. we never had this problem to that extent in previous investigations. it didn't make any sense to me. >> smith: working on his own, soufan would continue to uncover more details, including the fact that, before the ban

more across southeast asia. so the endo china peninsula, there will be widespread showers and thunderstorm and heavier down pours. will be possible. and across portions of vietnam. for temperatures on wednesday looking like this, 25 degrees in tokyo so it will be a wet and cool side today. 23 degrees. 27 in beijing. warmer. 18 meanwhile, is down right cool. for the americas, clouds are moving out of the eastern seaboard. things are settling for the northeast corner of the united states. however, there is plenty of activity in the southeast showers and thunderstorms while we have this low that will be moving into the great lakes area bringing in more unsettled weather as it goes. winds are on the strong side too for the northern plaips. out west fairly dry picture except for the british columbia, that is, with still looking at rain that will start heading into more southern areas. vancouver too looking at some rain. on wednesday, highs still on the cool side. vancouver, 19. seattle is u7 to 26. l.a. hits 27 degre

for east asia or southeast asia, we're watching several tropical storm systems. and one is nesat making landfall in the next couple hours likely. although it's already bringing the very strong winds to much of this northern half of the philippines today. it's just going to stay stormy as this works its way across the island here before heading back out into the south china sea. right now wind speeds about 140 kilometers per hour. much stronger gusts. now, once it makes landfall, those winds should weaken slightly. still it's expected to maintain intensity throughout today. you do want to brace for potentially damaging winds. out in the south china sea, we have a separate one. hitang moving at about 20 kilometers per hour. and once it hits it is going to weaken as well. but it will maintain the moisture through vietnam and ending up towards thailand over the next few days. so really this area is experiencing quite a bit of wet weather today. now, the philippines northern end will experience the heaviest falls but also across the indochina peninsula, be on the watc

it opened its largest store in southeast asia on friday. the bangkok store is the company's first in thailand. it became crowded with more than 2,000 people soon after an opening ceremony. fast retailing plans to open three more stores in bangkok by early next year. stores in indonesia and vietnam are also planned. the store plans to run stores in 12 countries. >>> and here are the latest market figures. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gather from oaastersrod ia. we beg t wh this item sentymcot thailand. e sessed thahe geren would do its best to ensure reconciliation and unity in thai society. she added that her government would promo the asean economic community and international cooperation for world peace and prosperity. the prime minister added that she's looking forward to attending the asean summit in indonesia in november when u.s. president barack obama will join the leaders in the ten-nation grouping. > the sh relangenovnmt onhuda special tour to promote reconciliation between the countries. a 25-year long insurgency

potentially save thousands of lives from one of the deadliest diseases in tropical areas such as southeast asia. scientists in australia have found a way to reduce the transmission of dengai fever. by mosquitos. have succeeded in containing the disease according to two papers published at the end of august. the pair injected bacteria known on walbachia into mosquitos who carry the virus. as far as they know, the bacteria makes the insects resistant to it. they also become unable to pass the virus to their offspring making them all dengai free. >> acts as a vaccine for the mosquito. if we can stop the mosquito from getting it, we can stop it from being transmitted. >> dengai effects more than 15 million people every year and causes some 20,000 deaths across 100 countries. to further the research, they're seeking approval to release the bacteria inform infected mosquitos in countries where dengai is indemmic. >>> and that wraps up our bulletin. i'm dara dhirakaosal in bangkok. >>> and now let's take a look at the market figures. >>> hi there. welcome to your weather update. for east asia we're ta

and it is voeconveniently locat between india and southeast asia. manufacturers look at bangladesh as a cheaper alternative to china, where labor costs are rising. during their meeting on tuesday, india agreed to scrap tariffs on textiles from bangladesh, one of its key exports. the visit is aimed at weakening china's influence over bangladesh while strengthening ties with one of the region's emerging manufacturing hubs. >>> and india's government has suffered a major embarrassment with the arrest on tuesday of a senior lawmaker on suspicion of bribery. his arrest comes at a sensitive time following a string of corruption scandals. amare singh is a leading figure in one of the ruling parties. he was taken into custody for allegedly handing cash to two lawmakers from an opposition party to buy their votes in a crucial confidence vote three years ago. the two suspected recipients were also arrested. the scandal is particularly shocking for indians because it involves vote buying in parliament. the government is expected to face caulls for a thorough i

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now, we've been talking about all the tropical activity across southeast asia.s still with us today. a well-defined storm system here heading in toward southern china. and also in the pacific too, it's a small one right now but definitely looking a lot more organized in the past 24 hours. and this will be another tropical storm system that we are keeping an eye on. first a look at typhoon nesat, though, and it is getting very close to hainan island as well as the southern end of china. already bringing in those strong tropical storm force winds. and it will continue to bring in much more stronger gusts over the course of today as that eye of the system just aims to move over the island and then into the gulf of tonking. it is expected to slightly weaken over the next couple of days, but it is going to be till saturday morning that it finally enters northern vietnam and we can see a tropical depression. so it is going to be a pretty windy next couple of days. you do want to watch out for that. and rough sea conditions, too, will make the coastline quite dangerous

mitsubishi motors says it aims to nearly double the market share in southeast asia to 12% in four years. the target countries include thailand, independent neez yarks malaysia and the philippines and vietnam. to achieve this goal, mitsubishi plans to make thailand an export platform for the asian markets. it will build a new plant and double output in two years. the company will start to make compact cars in indonesia and malaysia also. >>> toyota says it will boost its production kpaps capacity in indonesia by more than 60% and launch new compact cars there. nissan will also introduce over 10 new models across the region. >>> now let's look at what is coming up in japan's business calendar this week. domestic auto production is due out on wednesday. a recovery in supply chains for automotive parts is feeding through to tangible improvements each month. automakers say their output is approaching pre-disaster levels. we will see a spade of economic indicators on friday. first industrial production, a key gauge of corporate activity for august. and the jobless rate and the job seekers to

. >>> it's causing major problems, monsoonal rains flooding many parts of southeast asia. the water so deep in eastern india people are live ago rooftops. food has to be dropped in from planes. 16 people died in the past four days alone. more than 100,000 are homeless. in cambodia, heavy flooding has closed roads in four districts along the thai border. more than 80 have died in thailand as a result of the rains which started at the end of july. >>> let's check our local forecast now. rob mayeda is in for jeff. >> nice day around the bay area today. boy, on friday we saw some of that tropical moisture make for lightning across the skies. now we have big thunderstorms off to the east around the sierra. we'll show you that coming up in just a moment. right now in san jose, pretty comfortable. 75 degrees. nothing wrong with that. northwest wind at close to 10 miles per hour. 71 right now in oakland. hazy skies. still a little bit of sunshine around san francisco. 65 degrees. good, strong sea breeze blowing with that northwest wind up to 22 miles per hour. we managed the mid 8

southeast asia's biggest economy. the auto industry there is especially robust. last year, new car sales rose 50% from 2009. now, automakers like toyota motor are vying to be the car maker of choice for indonesia's growing middle class. >> translator: not just toyota, but many other car makers are paying close attention to the indonesian market. our expectations are growing ever higher. >> last tuesday, toyota announced plans to produce a new compact car in indonesia. >> the company also began building its second factory east of jakarta on wednesday. it will boost production in indonesia by 60%. toyota's main indonesian vehicle will be based on the etios, a compact car it launched in india last december. to meet local needs, the car's body will be higher in order to cope with indonesia's frequently-flooded roadways. to keep it affordable, the vehicle will not include a heating system. toyota plans to launch the car in early 2013. it will also increase the numb of dealerships in indonesia from the current 200, to 300. the japanese car maker hopes to boost its mark

we have been talking about all of the tropical activity across southeast asia. satellites charts are showing well defined storm system here in southern china and on the pacific too. a small one right now but definitely looking a lot more organized in the past 24 hours and this will be another tropical start sift that we are keeping an eye on. it is close to the island as well as the southern end of china bringing in those strong tropical storm force winds and it will continue to bring in a much more stronger gust over the course of today as that eye of the system just aimes it move over the island and then into the gulf. now it is still, it is expected to slightly weaken over the next couple of days. but it is going to be until saturday morning that it finally enters northern vietnam and we can see a tropical depression so it will be a windy next couple of days. you do want to watch out for that and rough sea conditions making the coastline quite dangerous. over towards in terms of rainfall, i should say, we are going to talk about quite a bit. mainly across the

down for the southeast asia for the philippines as well as the indo-china peninsula got a couple lows in place. that's really enhancing that southwest monsoon. it's going to be another unsettled day for you. 33 your high in manila today. 27 expected in taipei. 24 degrees for seoul. and tokyo heats up to 30 degrees. over toward the americas and looking at lots of swirls going on here. we've got a system that has been moving eastward through the great lakes region. not moving a whole lot now, but it is gradually bringing in that rain more in towards the eastern sections of nada as well as the united states. looks like it's going to be looking -- we're going to have much more widespread showers in the area. although that activity is starting to die down. so it shouldn't be anything too heavy. southeastern corner of the united states remains unsettled with the chances of thundershowers. also rain starts to develop in the central plains, or the lower plains as well. that's looking ahead in toward the midwest. now, up toward the pacific northwest, still some lingering showers in place. here

in southeast asia, heavy monsoon rains are hampering efforts to reach the survivors of an earthquaken the himalayan mountains. at least 50 people have been killed and many injured after the quake hit on sunday with the magnitude of 6.9. but the true scale may not be known until rescuers can actually get to those remote areas. here is the report. >> picking up the pieces after sunday's deadly earthquake. in the nepalese capital kathmandu, that the devastation. hundreds of homes were damaged across the country. many were lucky to be alive. >> than fully most of our family members were outdoors when the quake struck. only our daughter was in doors, but she managed to flee in time. >> the powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 has affected an area high and are in the himalayas and straggling in nepal, an indian state, and to that. the impacts of were felt as far as the indian capital delhi and in bangladesh. the bad weather in the remote location has been a difficult for rescue teams to reach those affected. indian television pictures showed the extent of the damage. many buildings, including

there have been outbreaks in europe and southeast asia.he people with measles were not vaccinated or did not know if they had been vaccinated against the disease. >>> new laser treatment is promising to reverse skin damage done by the sun. it's a gentler approach that comes with less downtime compared to some of the earlier treatment. abc7's carolyn johnson shows us. >> so any questions before we get started? >> no, i'm fine with it. >> mike says the skin bears the battle scar of active youth. >> i wind surfed and canoed, did swimming. >> he will erase damage with newly approved laser marketed under the name clear and brilliant. >> it's good for what i call skin resurfacing. taking out the sun damage, blotchiness, uneven skin tone. >> dermatologists says the system is gentler on the skin than earlier lasers, with a recovery time of under 24 hours. >> gentle lasers, you have three or four days of hiding out. aggressive lasers up to a week. >> the before and after photos provided by the company show the laser's lightening effect on sun damag

that we ought to have a business trip to the far east that includes, china, japan, korea and southeast asia. as you know, we are hosting the ministerial meetings next month in preparation for the apac conference meetings that are going to be held in honolulu. the state of california, as the president knows, is a key gateway to a lot of the businesses and countries that want to buy u.s. products. so in follow-up with those meetings that will be held here , and secretary hillary clinton will hold a women and economic summit here in september. that will lead to many more meetings, and the meetings in honolulu. we are continuing to be that gateway. so it would be very natural for a mayor and administration in san francisco to help co

thailand is probably the best known tourist destination in southeast asia. but the thai government is not content with that. it's trying to grow its international tourism industry by developing new places of interest in provincial areas. our kang seok-ho reports from thailand. tourism is one of the important parts of thailand's economy... bringing in nearly 16 billion us dollars a year, or about five- percent of the country's gdp.. stand-up "in addition to the hospitality of the thai people and food attracting people from all over the world, the country's natural scenery, traditional markets and temples provide even more reasons for tourist to visit this tropical country." and the thai government is pushing to develop new places for international tourism, one of which is bang pakong river... located south of bangkok in chachoengsao province, about an hour drive by car. traveling down the river on a boat, tourists can enjoy a scenic view of tropical plants and palm trees growing on the river banks. the river also provides access to a traditional market that h

. >> reporter: asian tiger mosquitoes are native to the tropics in southeast asia. but in the past few years, they've spread all across the southeastern u.s. texas, florida and hawaii have all experienced outbreaks of dengue fever, caused by a virus spread by the mosquitoes. at least 82 cases so far this year, none of them fatal. southern california doesn't want to be next. thankfully, no sign of those diseases here yet. but plenty of evidence of tiger mosquitoes. >> this one. this one. >> reporter: carlos salas has been bitten dozens of times. >> they don't feel like regular mosquito bites, which just itch. these kind of sting. >> reporter: health authorities are asking people to be vigilant about any and all sources of standing water. puddles, saucers, birdbaths like this are breeding grounds. in 24 hours, you might find thousands of eggs. these little black things are eggs? >> yes. >> reporter: no one is quite sure how the mosquitoes got here. but authorities are hoping to eradicate them before they can cause an outbreak. david wright, abc news, california. >>> a

they followed american military intervention in southeast asia and the rice of of kmer rouge. they opened a stock exchange in july and they plan to list the first two companies by the end of this year and foreign investors are showing a growing interest. here's a closer look at cambodian economy. the country's gdp topped $11 billion last year, according to the imf, world bank, u.s. state department and forecast to grow by 8.7%, the and inflation stands at 4%. unemployment also estimated to be low. but 30% of the population does live below the national poverty line. k cambodia's exports topped $5 billion in 2010. they include timber and rubber but textiles dominate the government. the garment industry employs more than $280,000, and that's about 5%, 1 in 20, of the country's work force. the garment trade contributes to more than 70% of cambodia's exports. some of these things are making cambodia increasingly appealing to international investors. our pauline choo takes a look at the country's economic opportunities and risks and reward for those willing to take a punt on a poor

we found about a meeting that took place in southeast asia.eople that were involved with the cole attended the motorcycle and one was a suicide bomber. we were looking at these people all over the world and we have a team working under harsh conditions in yemen trying to bring justice to though 17 sailors. and two people were in the united states. we are looking important people overseas and september 12th i was handed a file these two guys were on plane on flight 77 that hit the pentagon. and the conclusion 9/11 commission, one of the first findings they did if the c.i.a. passed information to us to the people who were investigating the cole we could have probably did something. >> so long before 9/11 did you ask about the file, that you got the day after 9/11? >> we asked about that meeting, if they have any knowledge about that meeting. first written request. in the federal government, it's not paper, so the official request on paper went to the c.i.a. was in november 2000. >> tell me about the interrogation of abu zubida when suddenly the

or in jail, and the spiritual leader of extremism in southeast asia. the global campaign against al-qaeda and i felts requires offensive and defensive measures and need to be sustained over a long period in order to be effective. we target terrorist leaders, for example, to deny them the resources and breathing space needed to plot operations against us and our allies. we cooperate with the foreign partners wherever possible and often better to have them carry out operations than for us to do it. nonetheless, we do agent unilaterally when we must. our officers work hard to interpret operatives before they attack like they did to avoid smuggling explosives into transatlantic flight in 2006. in a similar fashion, we worked closely with friendly services in the middle east to help stop aqap's printer bombs before they detonated. we owe the successes to trades craft of the fusion of intelligence disciplines to tight integration with others, to sharing intelligence with foreign partner, and to the committees' support. we assess that the agency in its elemen

in a meeting in southeast asia in malaysia earlier that year in january 2000. three times three times insouciant or the director of insouciant or the director of the fbi's office, the cia requesting information about these personalities and about this meeting. each of those three occasions, the cia refused to respond. it wasn't like they weren't aware of it. it was a very formal query. although the cia knew about the meaning of, in fact, they had the malaysian authorities served daily. the photographs of participants. they knew that two al qaeda members at that meeting flew from auto loan poor to los angeles in january 2000, 20 months before 9/11. now, let's leave aside the catastrophe of 9/11 for one moment. here is the fbi is investigating the death of 17 american sailors in the cia refuses to respond to their request for information that would bring justice, would expose who did it. you know, how was organized because the meeting in malaysia was about the cole bombing. with us the 9/11 hijacking. it happened to be the one time for both of these operations. s

or in jail, and the spiritual leer of extremism in southeast asia. the global campaig against al-qaeda and i felts requires offensive and defensive measures and need to be sustained over a long period in order to be effective. we target terrorist leaders, for example, to deny them the resources and breathing space needed to plot operations against us and our allies. we cooperate with the foreign partners wherever possible and often better to have them carry out operations than for us to do it. nonetheless, we do agent unilaterally when we must. ourofficers work hard to interpret operatives before they attack like they did to avoid smuggling explosives into transatlanticlight in 2006. in a similar fashion, we worked closely with friendly services in the middle east to help stop aqap's printer bombs before they detonated. we owe the successes to trades craft of the fusion of intelligence disciplines to tight integration with others, to sharing intelligence with foreign partner, and to the committees' support. we assess that the agency in its elements a

there have been recent outbreaks of measles in europe and southeast asia. >>> the fog is pushing backght now. you know it's going to be cooler tomorrow. live storm tracker 2 will check its progress. you can see it shooting across the bay. winds out of the west southwest that's basically represented by the arrow gust to 8 it at the golden gate bridge. alameda gusting to 6. just a 13 miles an hour winds. those are live readings east side of the bay bridge. winds are coming up it's certainly going to be cooler tomorrow based on what you saw this evening out there along the coast. more fog tonight. as that fog pushes inland it's going to put a damper on those overnight lows. some of those overnight lows in the 60s. >> tomorrow morning it will be cool. good 3 to 6 degrees of cooling tomorrow. and that is the beginning. we talked about temperatures have been pretty warm now we're on the way down. these are the highs from today. highs tomorrow, highs on saturday, everybody is coming down. look how much the drop is to sunday. sunday we're going to lose a bunch of degrees as well. look at thes

as long as we have this huge demand for heroin-- not only in the west; we have in china and southeast asia, in the pacific, japan, wherever-- and as long we cannot deal with it ourselves, then we should be a little bit more balanced in the criticism. >> woodruff: "raw opium" is being screened at film festivals here in the u.s. and abroad. find a link on our website for a list of dates and cities. you can learn about the economist film project or submit your own film at film.economist.com. >> brown: finally tonight, triumphant wins and catastrophic collapses as major league baseball heads to the playoffs. they called it "wild card wednesday": the final night of the regular season with four teams vying for two remaining spots in baseball's postseason field. and when it was over, the sport had indeed seen one of the wildest nights in its history. the st. louis cardinals got things started shutting out the houston astros eight-nothing. at the beginning of september, the cardinals had trailed the atlanta braves by eight and a half games, but had surged in recent weeks, winning 23 of their last

there have been recent outbreaks of measles in europe and southeast asia. >>> the fog is pushing back going to be cooler tomorrow. live storm tracker 2 will check its progress. you can see it shooting across the bay. winds out of the west southwest that's basically represented by the arrow gust to 8 it at the golden gate bridge. alameda gusting to 6. just a 13 miles an hour winds. those are live readings east side of the bay bridge. winds are coming up it's certainly going to be cooler tomorrow based on what you saw this evening out there along the coast. more fog tonight. as that fog pushes inland it's going to put a damper on those overnight lows. some of those overnight lows in the 60s. >> tomorrow morning it will be cool. good 3 to 6 degrees of cooling tomorrow. and that is the beginning. we talked about temperatures have been pretty warm now we're on the way down. these are the highs from today. highs tomorrow, highs on saturday, everybody is coming down. look how much the drop is to sunday. sunday we're going to lose a bunch of degrees as well. look at these drops. by the end of

>> subsaharan africa and parts of southeast asia.which is so mixed, actually probably has about 20% of the world's maternal deaths and infant deaths. >> and what can people here in the united states do to help? >> well, through the right ribbon alliance sign up to get more information through white ribbon alliance.org. sign up, join, add your voice, play your part. lots of people are donating and adding support to the other advocacy efforts, but also, writing to your, you know, member of congress, taking your voice through in lots of different ways. we had a gathering yesterday with, you know, hundreds of women coming together, we've met in all kinds of places all over the world and it's that energy that comes from having everyone together, providing a common voice, you know, a bigger voice, so i always say and we always say in the white ribbon alliance everyone has a part to play. >> sarah brown, thank you so much. thanks for what you're doing, just seeing this grow by leaps and bounds in the last few years. and it's such a powerful