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

we had the terrible set back in southeast asia. and soviet union chas collapsed around the globe. the west has won what do you make of that? he says well, i guess it's the walk of the yankees or something. i just don't know. i think the answer is that this was a very tiff cult period. it was a transition period in america. i think sit palpable in the speeches. we are really passing through. they are assuming great responsibilities without enemies and challenges. they are ambiguous responsibilities that you are seeing. so i think that we had difficulties. i think it is impossible.

they live in southeast asia, and it may surprise you to discover that the choices we all make could befecting whether they survive. here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: if you don a cat, you know they avoid water like the plague. but look at these little guys, diving right in. they are literally built for hunting in the water, with partially webbed feet and a head designed for diving. they're called fishing cats. there are very few of them left. they only live in southeast asia and as it turns out, their entire future, could according to conservationists depend on the decisions you make in your local supermarket. to find out why that is, we went to the other side of the world. to remote, rural thailand. our guide, this young scientist named nam fong cutter, who has researched these fiercely private animals for eight years and has only once seen one of them in the wild. >> reporter: that's good enough for you? >> yeah. in a way, that makes it even more exciting because you want to give them some respect. >> reporter: as a matter of fact, the only way we could take pictures of fishing c

. >> the toughest challenge for myanmar is to boost its economy, one of the worst in southeast asia. and to do that it has to get economic sanctions lifted by western countries. the president expressed hope that the recent by-elections will help achieve that. known for its rich natural resources and abundant labor, myanmar is often called the last frontier in southeast asia. many countries are paying attention to its economic potential. thein sein is expected to visit japan later this month. he expressed hope for japan's economic assistance. thein sein's government will likely need to bargain with the nld. the party wants to win the next general election in three years' time. observers will be watching for signs of the cooperative relationship with the nld that thein sein has stressed. >>> meanwhile, asean leaders are acting in unison to support myanmar in this moment of change. at a summit meeting that ended in cambodia on wednesday, the leaders welcomed the outcome of sunday's by-elections. they also called on western nations to lift economic sanctions. nhk world's pinh chanda repo

the toughest challenge for myanmar is to boost its economy, one of the worst in southeast asia, and to do that, it has to get economic sanctions lifted by western countries. the president expressed hope that the recent bielections will help achieve that. known for its rich natural resources and abundant labor, myanmar is often called the last frontier in southeast asia. many countries are paying attention to its economic potential. president thein sein is expected to visit japan later this month he expressed hope for japanese investment and economic assistance. president thein sein's government will likely need to bargain with the nld. the party wants to win the next general election in three years' time. observers will be watching for signs of the cooperative relationship with the nld that president has stressed. nhk world, phnom penh. >>> meanwhile, asean leaders are acting in unison to support myanmar in this moment of change. at a summit meeting that ended in cambodia on wednesday, the leaders welcomed the outcome of sunday's bielections. they also called on western nations to lift

. >> reporter: -- is to boost its economy, one of the worst in southeast asia. to do that it has to get economic sanction lifted by western countries. the president expressed hope that the recent by-elections will help achieve it. >> reporter: known for its rich natural resources, myanmar is often called the last frontier in southeast asia. many countries are paying attention to its economic potential. president thein sein is expected to visit japan later this month. he expressed hope for japanese investment and economic assistance. >> reporter: president thei thein sein's government will likely need to bargain with nld. the party needs to win the next general election in three years' time. they will be watching for signs of the cooperative relationship with nld that the president has stressed. nhk world, phnom phen. >>> debt worries in europe resurfaced on wednesday. this caused spain's government bond yields to shoot up again. the yield on the ten-year bond rose to 5.7% at one point. the spanish bond market was heavily sold following a disappointing auction of

the toughest challenge for myanmar is to boost its economy, one of the worst in southeast asia, and to do that, it has to get economic sanctions lifted by western countries. the president expressed hope that the recent bielections will help achieve that. known for its rich natural resources and abundant labor, myanmar is often called the last frontier in southeast asia. many countries are paying attention to its economic potential. president thein sein is expected to visit japan later this month. he expressed hope for japanese investment and economic assistance. president thein sein's government will likely need to bargain with the nld. the party wants to win the next general election in three years' time. observers will be watching for signs of the cooperative relationship with the nld that president has stressed. khimimomo myint, nhk world, phnom penh. >>> ean leaders are acting in unison to support me yab march. at a summit meeting that ended in cambodia on wednesday, the leaders welcomed the outcome of the bielections. they also called on western nations to lift economic sanctions.

the domination of all of southeast asia. and indeed, if we listen to what they're saying to us, the domination of the great world beyond. >> the united states will continue to make every effort toward reasonable negotiation, and there can be no doubt as to our intention. >> we do not seek the destruction of any government. nor do we covet a foot of any territory. but we insist, and we will always insist, that the people of south vietnam shall have the right of choice, the right to shape their own destiny, and free elections in the south, or throughout all of vietnam under international supervision, and they shall not have any government imposed upon them by force and terror. so long as we can prevent it. we do not want an expanding struggle with consequence that no one can foresee. nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt our power. but we will not surrender. and we will not retreat. >> the answer to american offers to move from the battlefield to the conference table continues to come in the form of high explosives. aimed at

>> no, he was in southeast asia. he was -- >> his son was in southeast asia. >> i think when he was chief of naval operations which would be mid-'70s. >> i have one more question over here and then we're going to have steve mcnamara speak to us. >> would the secretary or the others comment on the gestation of the pentagon papers? any personal discussions that he might have had and whether in any way he would influence the policy. >> my recollection is that mcnamara started to work on the pentagon papers well before he left, that he got him to run the show and it was intended an examination of the history of the vietnam war, essentially. and i think the papers themselves are pretty honest and straightforward attempt to get at that. the way they've been used both by opponents and defenders and it was part of the same sort of thought processes that animated his trips to vietnam in 1971, to learn what things went wrong and learn what should be done differently. >> yes. and it's for the reason that they stated, mcnamara w

of the fact that you commanded american forces in vietnam, and we had this terrible setback in southeast asia. and the west has won. what do you make of that? he says, well, i guess it's the luck of the yankees. i just don't know. but i think the answer is that this was a very difficult period. it was a transition period in america. that's pal able in the speeches of that period. that we are really passing through a transition. america is assuming great responsibilities without clir cut enmys and challenges. the am biggous responsibilities that we're assuming. and i think we have difficulties. i think it's impossible anywhere from '61 all the way to '80 for a presidency not in some sense to disappoint america. >> anyone who lived through the nixon administration has deep impressions of your father. what is the most popular misconception about your father? >> i haven't thought about that. i tend to think of the positive. i've kind of retired from that whole thing. what i mean is, his -- i'm so proud of his record. that's what that has te be focused on. not just the foreign policy. but the envi

prime minister david cameron as he arrived in tokyo as part of a significant trade mission to southeast asia. this is stop number one of his official tour of the region where he is hoping to secure a number of very high profile investments with some trade companies and nuclear trade companies as well between himself and his counterpart. we are hoping he is going to make an appearance and descend those stairs from the plane there in this international airport in tokyo. he has a very busy schedule ahead of him. he is hoping to secure deals on a number of trade plans amounting to some 200 million pounds of new japanese investment in britain said to be creating about 1,500 jobs and safeguarding thousands more. he is also expected to visit nissan headquarters wednesday where the car giant is to announce a significant investment in plants in the north of england to produce a new nissan hatchback in 2014. a very important meeting and we're all hoping that he is going to come out. is he going to come out? possibly not, but we will, of course, bring you the very latest as soon as he does make an appe

no, he was in southeast asia. >> well, his son was in southeast asia. i think when he was chief of naval operations, it was in the mid to late 70s. but this is when the effects -- >> time for one more question, over here. >> order that -- >> and then we're going to have steve mcnamara speak to us for a moment before the reception. >> would the secretary or the others comment on the gestation of the pentagon papers? any personal discussions that he might have had with mcnamara and clifford on that subject? and whether, had they ever not been made public, would they have in any way influenced government policy? >> my recollection is that mcnamara started to work on the pentagon papers well before he left, that he got less -- to run the show. and it was intended as an examination of the history of the vietnam war, essentially. and i think the papers themselves are pretty honest and straightforward attempt to get at that. the way they've been used, both by opponents and defenders is another matter. >> it was part of, i mean, the same sort of bump process th

need to do is bring greater specificity and expand them more broadly across the pacific realm, southeast asia, those countries. and this is the person that stands for this. i enormously stand for it because what we have to have in these agreements is not the kind of agreements that have so many holes in them that for example, are incredibly able pharmaceutical industry may be left out to some degree. we can't afford that. this is what we need to do with the talent we have in this country. so i am supportive of that. >> thank you very much. i look forward to working with you on this and other issues and i yield back one minute, 13 seconds. >> thank you. mr. rush, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. mr. secretary, i commend you for your looem and for the vision that you are bringing to the agency. you have a difficult task of advancing the president's manufacturing agenda in a time where u.s. corporations are facing global competition at a time when losing market share to countries like china, southeast asia and india. the policies you are currently implementing aim at ensuring th

they only live in southeast asia.and, as it turns out, their entire future could according to conservationists depend on the decisions you make in of all places, your local supermarket. to find out why that is, we went to the other side of the world to remote, rural thailand. our guide, this young scientist named nam fong cutter, who has researched these fiercely private animals for eight years and has only once seen one of them in the wild. and that's good enough for you? >> yeah. in a way, that makes it even more exciting because you want to give them some respect. >> reporter: as a matter of fact, the only way we could take pictures of fishing cats for this story was in a zoo or in this wildlife rescue center where these cats hissed at us. that is a classically unhappy look. and each other. to show us the one way she can reliably see fishing cats, she took us out to their natural habitat, which, to say the least, can be risky. >> there are a lot of snakes cobras. >> a lot of cobras here? >> uh-huh. >> terrific. >>

it is a mistake on georgia's part not to recognize the political process in southeast asia is legitimate that goes for the presidential elections as well i believe georgia should recognize our republic as an independent state the first thing georgia needs to do however is to compensate for the damage it's been dealing to us since nine hundred eighty nine georgia has attempted to start a war with the south said several times since then practically destroying it as a result georgia has not paid a penalty to compensate for that damage they're obliged to compensate for the damage they've inflicted sofie to relations with georgia a subject to negotiation you probably know that negotiations on that are underway in geneva. didn't you pre-law action state means you talk about restoring order in the country what do you mean by that and what can we expect from. there. yes the rule of law in south a city it was a priority in my election program should we restore order in the country through rule of law we will need to reorganize the law enforcement agencies to make that happen the law should be abo

of the fact that you commanded american forces in vietnam and we had this terrible setback in southeast asia and soviet union has collapsed around the globe and communism is in retreat everywhere and the west has won. what do you make of that? he said, well, i guess it's the luck of the yankees or something. i just don't know. but i think the answer is that this was a very difficult period. it was a transition period in america. i think that's palpable in the speeches of presidents in that period that we are really passing through a transition. americans assuming great responsibilities without clear cut enemies and challenges. they're ambiguous responsibilities that we're assuming. and, so, i think that we had difficulties. impossible from '61, i would say all the way through '80 for a presidency in some sense not to disappoint america. >> julie, anyone who lived through the nixon era had deep impressions of your father. what do you think is the most popular misconception about your father? >> i haven't really thought about that. i tend to think about the positive. he's, i kind of retired fr

they want to expand communism in southeast asia. again, south vietnam is only the next stop on the road to that. and a regular warfare, guerrilla warfare is the how, but not all of it. of course, you have a regional war that develops here as well between north vietnam and the united states. and this, of course, spills over and allows cambodia and so on and south vietnam, the fighting in north vietnam as well particularly on the air side of it. a lot of this is conventional. again, it's not all. that's not the whole thing. it's only part of the picture. and you also have to keep in mind that the cold war context of what is going on here, because we don't -- when we think about vietnam, we don't automatically think about this being a coalitional war. we sometimes even overlook the south vietnamese role in it. some of the literature, for example. you almost think there's no south vietnamese army he'ding the book that there's pretty substantial south vietnamese forces. you've got on the communist side in particular, the coalitional aspe

. >>> in southeast asia earthquake hit. an 8.6 quake and 8point 2 after shocks. so for a there's no major damage reported and large tsunamis did not materialized. >> i'm hugely concerned about the reports of the earthquake in the region. our thoughts should be with those affected. britain stands ready to help if required. >> they say the quakes did not quasi mammaes because the plates move side to side. >>> one day after rick santorum quit mitt romney set his sights on president obama. romney appeared a the connecticut graphics company owned by six women. he told the crowd obama's policies create a war on women. he sited a study that said most of the jobs lost during obama's term has been lost by women. >> a host at the white house today for the so called buffet rule. warren buffet says it's unfair he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. >> san francisco police are looking for a woman who attacked a man with her high heel shoe. they say she hit him when he tried to intervene in a fight. police tell us the man was treated for a cut on the head. officers say t

we had the terrible set back in southeast asia. and soviet union chas collapsed around the globe. the west has won what do you make of that? he says well, i guess it's the walk of the yankees or something. i just don't know. i think the answer is that this was a very tiff cult period. it was a transition period in america. i think sit palpable in the speeches. we are really passing through. they are assuming great responsibilities without enemies and challenges. they are ambiguous responsibilities that you are seeing. so i think that we had difficulties. i think it is impossible. >> 678% of children are in all black schools. when he left office, 8%. the way he did it was that he quietly engaged southern officials. instead of saying this is a shame and a scandal and the south is bad and we have got to change this he got the southern officials to be on advisory committees and doing things to make sure this happened and there was a partnership. i really think this made the south the great region of the country that it is today. how could the south be a great region if they had parts

. >>> there is developing news from southeast asia. a magnitude 8.6 earthquake hit indonesia. indonesian's president say there is are no reports of casualties or damage. tsunami warning has been issued for the entire indian ocean. there was a magnitude 8.1 after shock a half harrowing e.g.. these earthquakes hit the general area. a quart every of a million people were killed. >>> the president of oikos university says the future of that school is in doubt. alex savidge tells us why students may never return to that oakland campus. alex. >> reporter: good morning, claudine. oikos university students will continue their studies away from that campus. crass will likely be held temporarily at two east bay colleges. one of them is this school. the other is unitech college from fremont. classes have been dismissed indefinitely since the shooting rampage. during a memorial service yesterday the schools president was optimistic about the future viability of the college. but later in an interview with the local inspect the president expressed concern whether the college can survive. he

it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia.y decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a

it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia.hey decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪

it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia. their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >> although there were these open mics every night of the week, they were super macho. people writin

be dry parts of the year with calamitous consequences to china and perhaps to its neighbors in southeast asia, because it will press the chinese to consider taking out more of the macon than it should, given the needs of laos and others in the macon river system. you shouldn't want that to happen. we need to live in a world where every year, step by step, there is more shared prosperity and more shared responsibility for our common problems. but we cannot help to create that world if we continue to allow too much of america's human capital to stagnate because we don't have enough people in the tradable sector, we don't have enough throw, it's not broadly enough shared because they're not working in areas with good wages and growing income. this is a huge issue. so to me, reauthorizing the xm bank will not only create a stronger american economy and help them send a clear signal that we are back in the future business, will help us to do things that will help our neighbors. i'll just give you one example of that. our neighbors in the caribbean have the highest electric rates in the world. in t

. >>> for a banker looking to score, hong kong was the place to be in 1997 southeast asia's currenciesere in freefall, cash strapped industries were eager to sell off assets for nickels on the dollar. rob kissel's bosses at goldman, sachs, the investment bank, wanted him there to pick up the fallen fruit. >> rob was just excited. this was an opportunity. so it was like he was just excited about getting the offer. >> rob, nancy, and their two children, a three-year-old and an infant packed up their stuff, said good-bye to friends and family. the new yorkers were about to become american expatriates, and wealthy ones at that. it was good-bye new york, hello hong kong. this was their new home, a sprawling $20,000 a month apartment in parkview towers. they fit right into the life-style where banker husbands like rob earned millions of dollars a year but worked 16 hours a day, and wives like nancy filled time with children and charity work. they had begun their great life adventure. there was so much hong kong to explore. a glamorous city of 7 million people with business on its mind. but i

>> his son was in southeast asia. i think it would be the mid and late '70s. zbr over here. then we're going to have steve speak with us for a moment for the reception. >> would the secretary or the others come in on the gestation of the pentagon papers? any personal discussions they may have had on the subject and wlosht they were made public if they would have influenced the policy. >> he started to work on the pentagon papers well before he left. it was intended as a history of the vietnam war, basically. i think the papers thermss are straight honest and forward the way they've been used by both opponents and defenders is another matter. it was the same sort of thought processes that animated his trips to vietnam in to try to learn where things went wrong, what might have been done differently. some time in the spring or summer of '67. >> yes. he waned to know, how did we get into this mess. the one problem with the pentagon papers, the department of defense documentation. so you don't know what the white house is saying. you really need that component to appreciate what

. >> the i ao new threat from drug-resistant parasites, especially in southeast asia. a researcher from berlinas delod a new procedure that offers hope for a more effective vaccine. >> t falanhes mosquito is especially aggressive when carrying malaria. mosquito nets, madison, and mosquito repellent often are not enough to pve n infections. the runs germany's largest mosquito breeding faranas joined a new approach to fight the disease. >> we are still missing the fourth pillar of malaria control -- the vaccine. it is aer dfilt task. and we are doing this work with mosquitos because we want to be as close as possible to the in thing agent and use t natural carrier to our advantage. >> malaria is caused by parasites that are transferred om mosquitos to humans. the team isolates the parasite in the mosquito to change its genetic structure. thisenichae i intended to transform the parasite into a vaccine against malaria, but it is not easy. the parasite is clever. >> here we can see the parasite shortly after punching. it is lively and searching for the bloodre,asically hunt

. >>> still ahead, developing news out of southeast asia. two large earthquakes sparked panic in indonesia and surrounding countries. next what geologists are warning about after the intense shaking. >>> waiting for word. major announcement expected soon in the trayvon martin shooting investigation in florida. how it could change the case. >>> in indonesia geologists are predicting large aftershocks for weeks maybe mohs in the wake of the 8.6 quake. more on a very large aftershock that already happened and the threat of tsunami. >>> authorities issued a tsunami watch for every country around the indian ocean after that 8.6 quake and 8.2 aftershock but that warning was lifted a few hours later. i spoked with a geologist in colorado. he said the largest wave report they've seen was 3 1/2 feet that reassuring information came later and it was almost inconsequential for those with memories of the 230,000 people who were lost in the last big quake and tsunami. a sue pham any never materialized but the shaking -- a tsunami never materialized by th

toward southeast asia, the eastern half of the indo china will see seasonal showers. northern half of the philippines will stay dry. 25 degrees in hong kong. more than it rain in taipei with 27. another warm day in seoul with 21 and about four degrees lower than average in tokyo with the high of 15 degrees. moving over to the americas. a strong low pressure system is approaching british columbia and the pacific northwest starting to produce stormy conditions. as the system pushes through the east, it will dissipate quickly. we have a larger low pressure system over the central u.s. producing a mix of rain and snow in the lower great lakes and severe weather, the threat of severe weather from iowa into northern texas. as the system pushes through the east, snow is in the cards in southern ontario and quebec. severe weather in southern texas on your friday. the florida peninsula will see leftover showers into friday. the high is expected to be 28 degrees in miami on friday and reaching the upper 20s in washington, d.c. and new york city. cooling down to 14 degrees in to

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. >> [inaudible] in 1954 the french war finally driven out of southeast asia, and at that point, we took over. we became in the view of the north vietnamese the occupying force, so it seemed like a good place and then 75 of course is when we had that ignominious retreat from saigon. >> your book talks a lot about people. and you've got a lot of pictures in your book. and combat to the early days of vietnam, we have a picture of dwight eisenhower and john f. kennedy explain the transition between those two presidential administrations and the status of vietnam. >> well, at that point, kennedy had won with a very narrow electoral -- welcome a large electoral victory but a very narrow popular victory. really about one-third of which could turn out to be in this election. so he's aware that he needed legitimacy and he appointed a number of republicans to his cabinet. when he went for the transitional meetings when there were two of them, with eisenhower, both sides were determined to make it pleasant, agreeable, reassure the country that there was no friction because when ike had taken over

it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia.corate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> i tried to think about this room as the dream room, where we dream and bring some of those dreams to life. i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of years. i use elements of dance and choreography and combine that with theater tec

. >> david cameron arrive in tokyo this morning at the start of this trade tour of southeast asia. one of his first stops was at the nissan headquarters, where the japanese car giant announced a new hatchback car model to be produced at a plant in southerland. japan is the third largest economy in the world, a huge customer for britain goods -- for british goods. nissan will be making a new hatchback and it will create thousands of jobs in the country. i am here to encourage investment and sell things to japan. >> the new car will create over 1000 new jobs. over 200 in the factory itself and another 900 in companies that supply components. it comes just weeks after nissan unveiled its new compact car, also to be built at the plant next year. however, while the southerland plan goes from strength to strength, the future of workers remains uncertain. the american parent company, general motors, decides where to make big savings in the european plants. >> one of the great paris fashion houses has named a new artistic director after sacking its previous head over a racism scandal. he w

. >> i'll be speaking to the southeast asia expert about what impact ban ki-moon's words will have in burma. that there be in about 15 minutes. now, still to come on g.m.t., the russian riders crossing their way to london for the queen's diamond jubilee. a few jobs ar as physically demanding as being a professional dancer. many struggle to get the medical treatment. but in the u.k., a new specialist clinic is about to begin work. our health correspondent has been to see it. ♪ >> leaping, stretching, pushing their muscles and bones to the limit. maintaining the flexibility they need. this is part of a daily routine at the dance company. if these dancers are injured they get help from the company. for others, an injury can mean the end of their working life. >> now just bend back towards me as far as you can. >> this doctor specializes in dance injuries. he's been involved in setting up a new national institute of dance medicine. as part of that, for the first time, they will offer dancer specialists treatment. treatment which puts the injuries and the demands of their job. >> there is

down toward southeast asia, the eastern half of the indochina peninsula will see seasonal showers, again, and similarly wet. but northern half of the philippines will stay dry. highs will be getting up to 35 trees in manila on friday. and 25 degrees in hong kong. moderate rain in taipei, with 27. another warm day for you in seoul with 21 and about 4 degrees lower than average in tokyo with a high of 15 degrees. now, moving over to the americas. a strong low-pressure system is approaching british columbia and the pacific northwest. starting to produce stormy conditions. but as the system pushes on through the east, it will dissipate quite quickly. then we have a larger low-pressure system over the central u.s., producing a mix of rain and snow in the lower great lakes. and severe weather, the threat of severe weather from iowa into northern texas. as the system pushes on through the east, snow is in the cards in southern ontario and quebec and severe weather in southern texas on your friday. the florida peninsula will see leftover showers into friday. the high is expected to be 28 degrees

this is part of his trade mission in southeast asia. he has been touring japan, malaysia, singapore, and burma. and he will be making a trade speech shortly. he will be discussing various things including the airbus deal that has been announced. and he will also be talking about praising the indonesian's as being living proof that islam is compatible with democracy. our correspondent in jakarta is there. what kind of messages and do you think the british prime minister will be sending? >> i think he will be picking up on that scene that world leaders when they come to indonesia, when they visit this dynamic economy, often say about this country. he will be reiterating that this country has made a remarkable and relatively stable transition from dictatorship to democracy. it was in 1998 when the former authoritarian president stepped down and led the way it for indonesia to begin its journey to democracy. this country is held up as a model for democracy, especially with regard to the muslim world. i have a feeling that the prime minister