indonesia has southeast asia's largest gdp. the region's number two economy is thailand. the coup erupted in may following prolonged political clashes. the turmoil has dragged down domestic demand and tourism. the adb also touched on the physical damage foreign companies and factories suffered in vietnam after some anti-china demonstrators turned violent. relations between vietnam and china were aggravated after china installed an oil rig in disputed waters in the south china sea. as for india, the adb left its 2014 growth figure unchanged at 5.5% but it revised upward its outlook for 2015 to 6.3% and that's up by 0.3 of a percentage point from the earlier india saw the inauguration of a new government in may. prime minister narendra modi of the bharatia party enjoyed a sweeping victory in parliamentary elections after pledging reforms. >>> indonesians are awaiting the outcome of their closely fought presidential election between jakarta governor joko widodo and former military general prabowo subianto. but voters aren't the only ones taking a keen interest in the officia

we can't lose southeast asia. so we have to stabilize south vietnam. >> five american helicopters are shot down. three american advisors are killed. 63 south vietnamese die, half of them shooting at each other. >> we've got u.s. military advisors flying combat missions. we've got advisors that are accompanying south vietnamese forces into the field. so by at this point their roll had gone beyond simply advising. >> we learned a bitter lesson. they cannot cope with the vietcong. it is trained for conventional war, american style. >> there is growing uncertainty about whether the advisory effort is really working. >> then in the midst of this, there is what is called the buddhist crisis. >> the war in vietnam is a fight on two fronts. the government faces the vietcong communists and on the other hand it faces a revolt of the buddhist majority, a fight joined by thousands of students. >> the buddhist majority seize the president as a tyrant. >> we had established a government in south vietnam led by a western educate

who were flying out to kuala lumpur with their grandparents who had gifted them a holiday to southeast asia for graduating from this school just several days ago everybody is together there's lots of crying everybody supporting one another you don't see something like this coming i knew he was going to hold the to malaysia but you never expect something like this to happen instead of enjoying the first days of their summer holiday pupils and teachers are grieving it's unbelievable seeing something on the news is one thing but when a to bolt your own school it hits you i still don't understand it were shell

he refuses to be the american president who loses southeast asia. to keep going in deeper. >> are we going to send marines in? >> yeah. >> i guess we got no choice but scares the death out of me and it's a hard one. westmoreland and taylor come in every day saying please send them on. what do you think? >> well, it's better than being like we just got in this thing and another way out. >> you couldn't have been here for the worse mess. >> be lucky but they will say i created it. the trouble, the great trouble i'm under, a man can fight if he can see daylight down the road somewhere but there is no daylight in vietnam. there is not a bit. i've had surgery, and yes, i have occasional constipation. that's why i take doctor recommended colace capsules. [ male announcer ] for certain medical conditions where straining should be avoided, colace softens the stool for effective relief from occasional constipation. go to colacecapsules.com for savings. for effective relief from occasional constipation. ♪ you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. y

in southeast asia, we are hoping with aplead transaction business there.nsaction.e a i think it's about education. we need to make education more appropriate for the new world. of seek, the jobseeking website, thanks very much for joining us here in 20.tralia at the b >> as you said, paul, a somber mood cast over the conference at b20. in a moment, the latest on our top story, the malaysia airlines disaster in ukraine that claimed 298 lives, occluding three infants. ."o with "first up are ♪ >> it's 830 here in hong kong and the clouds are looming over tokyo harbor. .ain is on the way we are in our from the open of trading here and you are watching "first up." and malaysia airlines plane is shot down over ukraine. 298 people killed. the un security council called an emergency meeting. and an invasion is underway. israel orders soldiers into the gaza strip. everyone was lining up for it, but alibaba is putting off its ipo in new york. to you.ning let's return to our top story this morning, the shooting down of a malaysia airline jet in ukraine. the circumsta

who were flying out to kuala lumpur with their grandparents who had gifted them a holiday to southeast asia for graduating from this school just several days ago everybody's together there's lots of crying everybody supporting one another you don't see something like this coming i knew he was going on holiday to malaysia but you never expect something like this to happen instead of enjoying the first days of their summer holiday pupils and teachers are grieving it's unbelievable seeing something on the news is one thing but when it's about your own school it hits you i still don't understand it were shell shocked the loss is terrible we've opened up the school so that the kids can come in and mourn together and so that the students that needs extra help can get professional trauma counseling you know over an hour . stood outside one of the city's bars we saw young men and women crying they were mourning the loss of their friends laurence van de graff and his girlfriend collin kaiser who had planned to travel across malaysia. five last night i got a text and i woke up. and i saw it was gone

seventeen a total of one hundred ninety two people would citizens many were heading to southeast asia on holiday police visited a school reeling from the loss of three students. i was travelers rushed to catch their flights these floral tributes are the only visible reminder of the tragedy for victims' families the crew wait to find out who downed flight m.h. seventeen continues but away from the airport the heartbreaking stories a starting to emerge in the town a void and a school rocked by grief graduates of men kemah college robin hamill rick robot young van's it failed and his sister freda to wreak were about to start the next chapter of their lives while two of the three students from this school that sadly perished on i'm eight seventeen were in fact siblings a brother and a sister who were flying out to kuala lumpur with their grandparents who had gifted them a holiday to southeast asia for graduating from this school just several days ago everybody's together there's lots of crying everybody supporting one another you don't see something like this coming i knew he was going to

we can't lose southeast asia.th vietnam. >> on january 2nd, 1963, south vietnamese troops surprise a vietcong battalion at a village called ap bac. five american helicopters are shot down. three american advisers are killed. 63 south vietnamese die, half of them shooting at each other. >> we've got u.s. military advisers flying combat missions. we've got advisers that are accompanying south vietnamese forces into the field. so by this point, their role had gone beyond simply advising. >> we have learned a bitter lesson. the army of south vietnam cannot cope with the committed gorilla enemy. it is trained for conventional war american style. >> there is growing uncertainty about whether the advisory effort is really working. >> then in the midst there is a what's called a buddhist crisis. >> the war in vietnam has literally become a fight on two fronts. on one hand, the they face the vietcong communists and on the other hand a revolt of the majority, a fight which has been joined by thousands of students. >> the co

watch currency in southeast asia. them on the same page when it comes to talks on the denuclearization of the peninsula. are talkingarts about a revival of the talks with north korea. let's continue from beijing. give us the idea of what they are talking about. >> they want to get the talks. they did not have a lot of progress prior to 2008 and they want to get it back to the table. korea, china,outh and the u.s.. there are a lot of political differences that have come. easy andmic stuff is they will have a greater direct exchange. they are going to complete a free-trade agreement this year. the issue is the sea boundary. they have table that for next year. northg issue is getting korea back to the table and getting all the parties to talk. >> it seems like they are all added. we have merkel this week. you will be there. what is she there to tap into? >> obviously, more investment. that is what it would be in china. this is the seventh visit as chancellor to china. she took over in 2005. seven visits. she will be down

other passengers on board came from australia, belgium, canada, germany, new zealand, southeast asia and the united kingdom. this was the scene in kuala lumpur as relatives of some of those on bord arrived at the airport there, many in tears. a short time ago a representative from malaysia airlines said the company will be giving the families of each passenger an additional $5,000 payment to help them during this difficult time. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. the downing of this plane is deeply's affecting the a.i.d.s. research community in the bay area and across the world. many of the passengers were headed to this weekend's international a.i.d.s. conference in melbourne, australia. one of the speakers of the event, former president bill clinton who personally knew some of those researchers on flight 17. >> it's awful. i mean, the -- those people are -- they are in a way martyrs to the cause that we're going to australia to talk about. >> 14,000 people are expected at the a.i.d.s. conference. it will go ahead as planned to honor the victims' memories. >>> a specia

fastest growing region in the world, southeast asia. by strengthening trade link was bangladesh, by building on the political opening in burma, by increasing trade with the asia-pacific and southeast asia, india can be at the heart of a more connected, prosperous region, so we are deeply committed to helping india grab ahold of these opportunities. that's why the united states is supporting an indo-pacific economic corridor to connect south asia to southeast asia. that's why we're focused on investing in regional infrastructures and then the creation of a regional energy market. and that's why we're supporting new trade routes linking central and south asia with a new silk road initiative. i mean, the possibilities here are gigantic. by inviting leaders from around the region to his swearing in and by bringing them together to speak about their economies, he is eager for india to play a leading role, and guess what? so are we. nowhere is that leadership more critical than improving cross border trade and relations between india and pakis

others came from usa trail y belgium, canada, germany, new zealand, southeast asia and the united kingdom. the nationalities of 20 other passengers have not been verified. the 15 crew members were all malaysians. the airline is saying it will do whatever it can to help those victim ifs. >> malaysia airlines is trying to get to the next of kin. >> and many of the passengers on board that flight were headed to this weekend's international aids conference in melbourn, australia. and among the victims was a world renowned researcher and medical pioneer. tracking data shows the jet liner was hit by a missile as it was flying at 33,000 feet up in the air. and again u.s. officials are saying that the ntsb and the fbi may play a role in this investigation. that is new information coming out. we will continue to track any new developments on the investigation. for now we are live in the newsroom alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. a special notice from the faa has been issued banning all american air carriers from flying into eastern ukrainian air space until further notice. overseas t

our southeast asia correspondent is in kuala lumpur. what is a mood like there this morning? >> the whole country is still in a state of shock three days on. it is something very hard to accept. week to the muslim celebrations and no one in the country is in a mood for a celebration, it is pretty obvious. apart from that, there is also outrage. at editorials in the paper in malaysia. they are all expressing outrage and alluding what has happened. bodies were lying around until yesterday when they were transported in refrigerated railway cabins. until then, they were left to -- and there were reports of there's been a lot of concern and outrage. also about the tampering of evidence. the first 24 hours of crucial evidence had to be could -- secured. that is not happening. an airline that crashed in 1990 one, looters removed a key component. that component was never recovered. the case was that never fully resolved. a lot of outrage and shock where malaysians are concerned. >> has the malaysian delegation had much access to the crash site?

the can-do-style leader has vowed to boost the economy, the largest in southeast asia. but his rival is not ready to give up. patchari raksawong in bangkok is following the story. >> joko's opponent prabowo subianto alleges voting fraud and plans to officially challenge the result. the election was the closest in the country's history and has left a deep political rift in its wake. nhk world's fransiska renatta reports from jakarta. >> reporter: the election results were announced tuesday evening. the following morning, this newsstand in jakarta was filled with headlines expressing hope for joko's management of the country. >> translator: i think joko is a good man for the job. ahead in polls in the final phase of the campaign. many politicians, bureaucrats and wealthy families support prabowo. they don't want to lose their vested interests. >> translator: this is a vic for all indo we should forget who came first or who came second. let's unite once again. >> reporter: even if the constitutional court acknowledge fraud, the finding would not overturn the election resul

. >> hi guys i'm holding apollo, he is a sun beam snake found in southeast asia, if you look at the scales they are named that because of iridescent scales that change in the sunlight, show them your head, it's shaped to burrow is soft soil. if you don't like this weather, i have good news for you, some storms tonight and then a break in the heat and humidity. >> and then i'll be feeding tony the rhino. no brushing him. >> don't we all. >>> plus, jaime apody has phillies, eagles and sixers news in sports tonight. >>> a man is in custody after fighting with a police officer after a high speed chase. it unfolded on camera in michigan. the police officer tried to place the man under arrest and then drover away and the suspect was shot in the chase. he is now recovering and police found drugs and money in the car. >>> president obama announced an emergency declaration to help fight wild fires in washington state. it allows them to mobilize equipment and other resources for the region, one fire burned a quarter million acres. the hot weather is raising the danger of flash flooding and mudslides

the winner will take charge of southeast asia's most populous country and its largest economy. election officials expect to release the final result in two

upstream of other countries, right, the water runs through china in rirz, on its way to india, to southeast asia other countries in the region, when china tries to control that for hydroelectric power or for irrigation, that causes big challenges for countries down streete stream and also causes fear even bigger than the realed world challenges. you know, some of those are enormously hyped up. there's talk in india that china could dry up important rivers. when you dig down to the technical level, that's not particularly plausible. then there are worries that could cause hav abbing for growing patterns and aing consult. there's a lot more truth to that. you immediate to be able to work through those. >> what's the worst case scenario if the grab is unmitigated? >> i think the worst case scenario is that we don't develop the tools, right, sort of conservation tools, the efficiency tools, the resource substitute for some of these resources. you know, china today consumes over 40% of the world's copper, zinc, iron ore. is an enormous consumer of many of the world's resources. it can be good. it can

twilight struggle until finally a wall tumbled down and an iron curtain too, from south america to southeast asia, 70 years of democratic movement spread. on nations that once knew only the blinders of fear began to taste the blessings of freedom. none of that would have happened without the men who were willing to lay down their lives for people they had never met, and ideals they couldn't live without. none it would have happened without the troops present roosevelt called the lifeblood of america, the hope of the wor world. at home, barely more than boy, returned home heroes. but to their great credit, that is not how this generation -- after the war, some put away their medals. were quiet about their service, moved on. 134 carrying shrapnel and scars found was much harder. system, like my grandfather, lived a quiet life, trading a uniform and a set of responsibilities as another, a teacher, a salesman, a doctor, an engineer, a dad, a grandpa. our country made sure millions of them earned a college education, opening up opportunity on an unprecedented scale. they married those sweethearts and

. >>> south korean leaders are reaching out to their neighbors in southeast asia. they are planning to hold a summit meeting in december. and they will invite the leaders of the ten southeast asian countries. the proposed summit will give park guen-hye and the ten leaders of asean to discussion issues of mutual interest. other leaders are working to build closer ties. japanese officials invited the leaders last year to a summit with prime minister shinzo abe. chinese leaders are showing interest in the region. u.s. leaders view asean as focal point of their foreign policy. >>> south korean officials have announced state funding for a human tearian project in north korea. it's the first gesture of its kind since seoul imposed sanctions on pyongyang four years ago. officials with the unification ministry said south korea will provide about $3 million. they hope it will be used to help make improvements in child health care, agriculture and livestock. south korea has limited aid since the sinking of a naval vessel in the yellow sea. government officials say the ship w

others came from usa trail qua, belgium, canada, new zealand, southeast asia, and the united kingdom. the nationalities of the 20 other passengers have not been identified. there were 15 crew members and all of them were malaysians. many of the passengers were headed to this weekend's international aids conference in mel bourn, australia. and among the victims was a world renown researcher and medical pioneer that stud did hiv for more than 30 years and worked on projects such as preventing the transmission of the virus from mother to child. >> among the passengers was a former i.s. president. and if that is the case then the hiv-aids movement has truly lost a giant. >> reporter: they say the conference in melbourn, australia will go on as planned to honor the victims of this crash. tracking data says this airliner was hit by a missile while flying 30,000 feet in the air. u.s. officials say they are analyzing the to correctly to say where it came from and they have not placed any blame for this strike. alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. a family from scotland says it's al

well, all the routes to the middle east, the southeast asia, tend to cross a number of countries where things are a bit unstable. there have been civilian flights over afghanistan throughout the problems in afghanistan but nothing has happened to them. so, there's a sort of almost lullying into a false sense of security. it may well be the whole business of international routing will have to be looked at. that will impinge on costs because if you take a longer route, means more fuel, more weight in the aircraft, more expense. so, there could be serious repercussions. >> let's talk about the site itself. what should have been done by now that may not have been performed on the scene because accident investigators, officials, haven't been able to fully access the site? >> the site should have been secured by some sort of law enforcement agency. that is what normally would happen. i'm not quite clear the status of the people who have been going there is, to say they can't get any further. i don't think it's the actual investigating team. it may be -- >> the team from osce, so not accident

with a population of 250 million, indonesia is southeast asia's largest economy. it has enjoyed annual economic growth of around 6% in recent years. more and more foreign companies are coming to the country to invest. but there are concerns about the future. in january, indonesia imposed an export ban affecting minerals leading to a slow down in shipments. one o joko's main challenges will be improving infrastructure to support stable economic growth. on tuesday, prabowo complained of large-scale and systemic misconduct by the election commission and others. prabowo's campaign said it will reject the election result. >> translator: withdraw from the process that has been underway. >> reporter: the election process could be thrown in turmoil include clashes between supporters of both condos. -- candidates. i'm -- in jakarta. >>> summer is heating up in tokyo and some people are practicing an ancient method to keep cool. uchimizu is an ecofriendly japanese way to bring down temperatures on the streets. nhk world meteorologist sayaka mori explains. >> reporter: the r

nobody is going into that airspace, but this is a corridor used by european airlines to get to southeast asia. even on the day when the downing happened, 300 flights were scheduled to fly in that airspace, so this is not an unusual airspace, but what has been agreed upon, a 32,000-foot ceiling, and below that, it's too dangerous to fly in, and that was established months ago. so the question that's now being leveled, why was this malaysian airlines flight flying just 1,000 feet above that air ceiling, at 33,000 feet? so a lot of questions that are going on, but there's also the argument that's coming out of the ukraine, and they have seen other flights come down recently. and they think the separatists or russian agents are in eastern ukraine with new capabilities, including this new missile system. >> tracking all of it today. and thank you so much. with so many regional conflicts taking place around the world, this raises questions on who has and who controls those surface to aramisles. and those concerns are not new. >> reporter: regardless of who brought down the malaysia boeing 777, they

southeast asia is attracting global attention for its rapid growth. china is showing strong interest in the region. and the united states considers it a new focus in its asian policy. japan invited the ten asean leaders for a special summit with prime minister shinzo abe last december. a presidential spokesperson said that the meeting will be the most important diplomatic event to take place in south korea this year. >>> leaders from tokyo and pyongyang have agreed to try to close an issue that's been in the way since the end of world war ii. they're in discussions of how to handle the remains of japanese who died on the korean peninsula about 70 years ago. and now relatives of the deceased are asking their government to take more responsibility for the issue. the two countries agreed in may to talk about the return of the remains of about 20,000 japanese still in north korea. this was part of a larger agreement on an investigation into the fate of missing japanese, including those abducted by north korea. a group of bereaved families visited the coun

indonesia is demographically and economically the largest nation in southeast asia. its economy is growing by about 6% a year. investors are looking to the country not only as a production base but also as a major potential market. the election commission plans to announce the official result in about two weeks. but private exit polls are expected to predict the winner well before then. the future of indonesia hangs in the balance. we'll keep you updated on what is happening. >>> one japanese firm is making the best of a byproduct of global warming. ron madsen joins me with the latest. >> we know ice has been melting in the arctic ocean. that's allowing one japanese shipping firm to be able to use it as a regular route. mitsui plans to transport liquefied gas from russian through the ocean in 2018. company executives say they will join a project now under way in the yamal peninsula, northern russia. matsui will set up a joint venture to build three icebreaker tankers. to asia during the summer. the shipping firm expects to deliver around 3 million tons annually. a wa

the main routes between europe and the far east, southeast asia, even australia and new zealand, the main route crosses over the ukraine. it then goes over parts of afghanistan, pakistan, right down over the bay of bengal. >> many flights over syria, as my colleagues know, as we've flown -- >> you go down to the gulf, all the flights down to dubai, qatar, all these places you're going across potentially unstable areas. >> i suppose people are going to maybe start thinking twice about that. >> it tends to -- in previous major axe deputies there is a sort of immediate result, but after a month or two, people just say, well, i've got to go anyway. >> david dechas, thanks for joining us on cnn with your expertise. >>> coming up after the break right here on cnn and cnn international, by the way, welcome to our viewers in the united states, the thoughts of the passengers' loved ones. nick norris, a doting grandfather was on flight mh17. three of his grandkids with him. we'll be right back. ♪ >>> welcome back. close to 300 people lost their lives on malaysian flight mh17. with each one the

towards hungary, out over towards ukraine, over russia, out the other side and then down on into southeast asia. and in fact, in many ways, russia, of course, held the lock on the route from europe to asia, going over the russian airspace. >> and you can see how many aircraft are on that image right there. so it's a well-traveled highway. >> i think the one thing i would perhaps take a guess at at this early stage is that the -- and it is just a guess -- the fact it's a malaysian airlines aircraft i think is going to turn into a dreadful, horrendous, tragic coincidence. i cannot, at this point -- >> there was any reason that they would have targeted a malaysian -- >> by all means -- >> if this earlier report of -- and again, this is a report that ukrainian officials are citing from separatists in the region, bragging about bringing down what they said was a ukrainian jet earlier in the day, about an hour or so, to you is that a coincidence? >> i would be very skeptical of a separatist group having this kind of weaponry. hitting something at 32,000 feet, although easy for a military force to do

it was en route to southeast asia when it got over ukrainian air space.now reports from the ground some pictures of a column of smoke rising near the russian border in eastern ukraine. the kind of picture that would be consistent with a plane crash. now, interfax news agency has said the plane is down. in fact has gone as far as to say there is some indication the plane may have been shot down. i want to emphasize that right now u.s. authorities are just monitoring this information and have no independent confirmation either of a crash or the reason for that crash. but we believe as the facts are starting to come in here that it is looking pretty bad, margaret. >> yes, malaysian airlines saying they have lost contact as you say there. do we know what altitude this plane would have been at when it was flying over this ukrainian air space? >> this would have been midway in the flight, or part way along the flight route from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. the airplane the 777, here is a picture of a 777, would have been at about 33,000 feet. that's the safest ph

planes, because that is the air corridor that a lot of european carriers go through to get to southeast asia. they're going to have to now do a detour. we do know this is an air space that was not absent. there were about 300 flights the same days a the malaysian airline came down that were in that air space. this is a commonly used air corridor. given what has happened, pretty much every air carrier has now said we are going to avoid that air space, you know, completely. they are now going to have to adjust the air industry has taken a hit. we are hearing about that, as well, but certainly given what happened in the ukrainian skies yesterday, airplanes are not going there. >> phil ittner in london, of course a lot of questions about whether that air space should have been open during this conflict. >> in washington, we go to action to the plane being shot down. we are joined by randall pinkston. the president talking to ukraine's president right after the crash. >> the president was on the phone talking to a lot of people, to the prime minister of malaysia, the president offered condolences

>> next up new video from overnight showing a major typhoon slamming into an island nation in southeast asia>> farm fresh and far from ordinary. fyi philly checks out a food truck serving up some cool and creative treats. matt. >> it's a fresh morning commute and so far it's looking pretty good along the schuylkill expressway by south street. westbound come the headlights toward the vine with no problems at this pointer point but construction coming to a couple area roadways and we're dealing with some downed trees this morning. i'll tell you where after the break. >> a health scare prompts a state park to close out west. "action news" continues. >> ♪ >> welcome back. you're taking a live look down the shore, cape may. karen rogers says honk on. the humidity will break, it will be in the 80's, it will be a nice afternoon. >> much more comfy. matt pelman how are people doing getting to work this morning? >> refreshment is coming. it's like cracking open a cold one and saying ahh. cold soda of course. >> yes. >> heading to the burbs this morning to the suburban traffic report early on this had

busy flight corridor for a lot of international flights going to vacation hotspots like bali southeast asia and things like that some people have have talked about flying through the weather in this region for some reason even if there were airspace restrictions for the sake of the passengers would they then reroute to fly through a dangerous territory if if they needed just in the interest of maybe turbulence or just passenger safety. you know that you would find another route if they were told not to transfer that area they would not do it ok that's pretty straightforward now what would this plane be communicating with them flying over ukraine are there language issues involved i mean it's it seems obvious that air traffic control in ukraine might be guiding this flight through is that is that right has got their eyes on this plane. well the russian government the ukrainian government and you cross that for which is the boundary between the two countries. which are there and i saw a russia quite a few times and they have you know their controller speak pretty pretty good english but i mea