the mekong river is the lifeline of southeast asia.t flows more than 4000 kilometers, providing water and sustenance for both humans and animals. in cambodia, the mekong is also home to river dolphins, but their numbers are dwindling. we went to cambodia to find out more. >> we're searching for the last of the mekong's dolphins. here in cambodia, where the river is still wild and untamed, a small group of about 80 irrawaddy dolphins still exists. our boatsman needs keen eyes. now, during the dry season, the many shoals can be dangerous. bent tree roots show the force the floods develop in the rainy season. >> we change boats in kratie. several years ago, the cambodian government turned this section of the river into a dolphin conservation area. the fishermen had to change course to eco-tourism. >> instead of fishing, i now take tourists to see dolphins. i don't earn less than i did as a fisherman. i hope more tourists come. that would be good for our community. it would create lots of new jobs. >> and here they are -- the mekong's irra

they said, anthony, drivers are not -- i said, in southeast asia, they are at the bottom of the pyramidthey can't even afford a $70 smartphone. they are poor. we obviously agree to disagree. hence i went on a business track. haslinda: stock ops usually struggle with financial backing. you have been very lucky. you have big backers. you also have backing from the likes of the richest man in japan. how did you do that? anthony tan: the subsidiary was connected by a friend. it is based in the valley, and shanghai, was hit. then tiger global was connected. it is just this instant connectivity within that financial world. two, i think the fact they saw -- i remember one of my investors, i will not name the name, but he actually said, anthony, if i could find 10 of you in southeast asia i would bet on all 10. right? i think it is not easy to find people who won't run away with their money. they have so much to lose. street credit, credibility, and reputation is everything. my father taught us to fight for. you can be poor, but don't lose face. right? that was stabbed into our heads. haslinda:

this deal gives alibaba instant access to six markets in southeast asia, and also in terms of helpingl and payment platforms. , they look at alibaba said they want overseas revenue to help them grow, but actually what is happening at the company's we are seeing the reliance on domestic market increase over the past few quarters. that isthe first deal actually of substance for the company, and southeast asia being one of the fastest-growing markets globally will definitely be on top of alibaba's radar. rocket will still be holding a stake in lazada. percentage ofd a what they originally invested into lazada. in selling the control, they won't be taking the lead for lazada's potential ipo in the future. rishaad: thank you very much indeed. it's raining demand for cloud service providers as more businesses look to them for the daily task. that and more when "trending business" returns. ♪ these of the stories making headlines around the world. brazil's and battled president has accused her deputy of plotting a coup to overthrow her government. monday, brazil's lower house is expected to v

. >> yes, it's the hottest time of the year across southeast asia. typically august or july are the hottest months in the northern hemisphere, but duduring that time, monsoon season dominates the area. so clouds cover, lower temperatures and showers lower temperatures as well. as the people are dealing with the heat wave. temperatatures were recocordeds follows onon wednesday or thursday. 43 degrees in india and 45 degrees in thailand. i want to show you some video in india to show you how p people e dealing with the heat. people ate watermelons and drank juice to cool themselves off. power outages is making life more difficult. in india, in a southern state, 66 people have been killed due to the heat. hot weather will likely remain until the rainy season starts in may or june. now it's going to be another hot day for many parts of southeast asia. 42 degrees in india. as well as 40 degrees for northernrn portions of the indochina peninsula. watch out for heatstroke. heavy rainfall in southeastern portions of china. 110 millimeters has fallen, more is

and bob is well-known for his expertise on only on planning and strategic guidance, but also in southeast asia and oceana. this report builds on growing momentum for strengthening not only u.s.-japan-australia relations, but to align and make more interoperable bilateral relations in asia. the u.s.-japan and u.s.-australian alliance were born together, but not really in intimacy. in some ways, quite the opposite. the australian side plate is -- played us quite well in 1951 and helped to design the alliances we know today to maximize australian interests. this was part of a large bargain, but no point in intimacy. but that is changing after the cold war. on an operational level, it began in the clinton administration. when i was in the bush administration, we began in 2001 the trilateral security dialogue, and since then, things have accelerated from there in terms of trilateral cooperation. when andrew will present is based on his work in this area for about two decades, including the tsd, contralateral response with japan, u.s., india, in the recent tsunami, and recent work with the strong go

the nation sits between the indian subcontinent and southeast asia bridging china and the indian ocean. >> in such a unique position, obviously, there are many challenges, which we hope to turn into opportunities for fostering peace, prosperity and friendship. not just throughout our region, but throughout the world. >> barred from becoming president by the military drafted kons institution the nobel laureat was sworn in as foreign minister last month and she has taken a firm grip on the government as state counselor, a newly created position akin to that of prime minister. china's foreign minister visited myanmar shortly after the new government took power. japan and other nations are seeking to cement ties with the emerging southeastern asian nation. >>> rescue workers were scrambling friday to locate several people feared buried under a massive landslide that hit a camp of construction workers in northeast india. at least 15 are known to have been killed. the accident occurred late thursday in the country's northeastern state. bordering china. the workers were asleep when the landsl

. >> i was wondering if you could talk a little bit about the spread of isis and southeast asia and how real that is, in particular the increasing issues with us. in countries like india, bangladesh and pakistan, how capable are the government at recognizing this preparation? >> that's a very good question. that is of concern because of the profit since that appeared to be forming in some countries in southeast asia. i'll just say, without singling out anyone, there are varying degrees of recognition of the problem and we will do what we can to share and enlighten and educate, at least from our standpoint what's happening in each of these countries. >> is there anybody who hasn't had one, before before we go to a second round,. >> brian from the l.a. times. >> i wanted to ask have you seen any indications that portable air missiles are in use in syria and what kind of threat does that pose? >> there certainly have been against the regime. >> where do those come from? >> the place is a wash. the regime had them, the procurement network or black market, whatever. there's all kind of sourc

we talked about how much china but now all over southeast asia, places like africa.e really starting to tap markets emerging wise to see what kind of demand growth. >> >>> other stocks, sharesed of amd mosted a better than expe expected lost and better than expects revenues. and boston beer moving the other way. falling far short as quarterly profits were nearly cut in half. the outlook also week. the maker of sam adams beer facing increased competition from craft brewers. stock hit hard on the news. it was down as much as 17% yesterday after hours. currently in pre market trading down just about 10%. and sketchers looks to be a winner today. earnings and revenue there beat the street and is offering upbeat stuff. >>> also watch shares of daimler today. the german parent copy of mercedes benz is now conducting investigation in how it certifies emissions. q 1 profit there is dropping 32% on slight rise in overall revenue. >> ford is going to export its ford 150 raptor truck to china by next year. it's been popular in the gray market. also, sears announcing it is going

it used to be there big concerns were interest rates and all the money comes from southeast asia.ll the money has come from southeast asia, but we're still caught up with what is happening in the world. we have far and away the highest interest rates. at the margin, that holds more money. domestically, that gives us a problem in that we are competing globally. we compete with companies around the globe where price is important. korea have ath real advantage because their costs primarily our local and our costs primarily our local and in both cases, they are labor costs. national -- at a natural disadvantage. just talked to caterpillar or one of those votes. the other part is trickier. disruption in of the world. yet tragedy in the middle east, concerns around eastern europe and for lack of a better word, lack of concern in the south china sea area. that tends to force money out. but that money is coming to the u.s. in terms of into treasuries. it sort of negates what the fed does. the long and is going to stay flat because we have a safe haven. is that a good thing? see inthey wou

you need to collaborate in southeast asia and china. but to build integrated high-end capability, you need to start with the most capable partners. then australia and japan have both themselves been shifting their defense policies in the direction of more emphasis on maritime security and both of them have a stated commitment to increase their maritime capabilities. so they're already highly capable partners and they're going to become i think it's fair to say even more capable partners over the next ten to 20 years. now the submarine piece of this equation is the one that generates all the excitement, of course. there's no doubt that c-1000, which is australia's program to replace the current collins class fleet is one very important opportunity to strengthen maritime cooperation between these three countries. there's no question of that. but this agenda is much broader than just the submarine piece. and the last chapter of the report really is an attempt to draw out an action plan that hopefully will encourage officials -- i'm keen to

our southeast asia correspondent saw firsthand how some attic -- addicts are cleaning up their act. >they are not artisans. and if is part of a unique -- later say it is some of the toughest in the world. this helps us not to think about the drugs and helps us focus. it makes me feel at peace. many who seek the help of the monks are addicted to a drug, the local version of methamphetamine. one in five teenagers and young adults take drugs. like him, many come from families where many are under pressure. when i had problems, they never listened. they just got mad at me for bothering them. i felt abandoned. he started working as a debt collector for the local mafia. the green hills of eastern myanmar is where the drugs that plague the region come from. ruled by corruption, for decades, it has fueled civil war here. the area has long become a major production hub of methamphetamines. it is becoming even easier for the drug lords to export deadly merchandise. back at the temple, the monks are confronted with the results every day. people start stealing and become criminals. the parents ha

and bob is well-known for his expertise on only on planning and strategic guidance, but also in southeast asia and oceana. builds on growing momentum for strengthening not u.s.-japan-australia , but to align and make more interoperable bilateral relations in asia. u.s.-japan and u.s.-australian alliance were born together, but not really in intimacy. in some ways, quite the opposite. the australian side plate is quite well. the951, they help to design alliances we know today to maximize australian interests. largeas part of a bargain, but no point in intimacy. but that is changing after the cold war. on an operational level, it began in the clinton administration. when i was in the bush administration, we began in 2001 the trilateral security dialogue, and since then, things have accelerated from there in terms of trilateral cooperation. when andrew will present is based on his work in this area for about two decades, including contralateral response with japan, u.s., india, in the recent tsunami, and recent work with the strong government. work on both about sides of the aisle in the u.s., ja

you need to collaborate in southeast asia and china. but to build integrated high-end capability, you need to start with the most capable partners. then australia and japan have both themselves been shifting their defense policies in the direction of more emphasis on maritime security and both of them have a stated commitment to increase their maritime capabilities. so they're already highly capable partners and they're going to become i think it's fair to say even more capable partners over the next ten to 20 years. now the submarine piece of this equation is the one that generates all the excitement, of course. there's no doubt that c-1000, which is australia's program to replace the current collins class fleet is one very important opportunity to strengthen maritime cooperation between these three countries. there's no question of that. but this agenda is much broader than just the submarine piece. and the last chapter of the report really is an attempt to draw out an action plan that hopefully will encourage officials -- i'm keen to

another 1.1 million tons of bombs in southeast asia. butterfield: the polls showed his popularity went up when he was bombing. the public didn't know it wasn't working. the supplies continued to come down the ho chi minh trail. so he doubled down. woodward: presidents make mistakes. misjudgments. but this is one person's look at this and he said this is the definition of evil. a leader would do this and continue this and make this assessment and we now know that the bombing, he was right. it achieved zilch. except to kill lots of people. there is this nixon who wanted to retain power all cost. this is a component of it that we will escalate and borrow our way to victory. that is equivalent to the crimes of watergate. butterfield: your question was what possessed him, what drove him? nixon was not stupid at all. in all his life he had been put down. you are poor. he couldn't play football and yet he went out getting knocked over at practice. i don't think he ever got in the game. he was not one of the boys. he knew what whittier was a co

central europe and southeast asia are on track to be free of them later this year. that means that as terrorists and criminal gangs look around for the deadly ingredients for a nuclear device, vast regions of the world are now off limits. >> more than 50 world leaders attended this week's conference. president obama held the first nuclear security summit in 2010. it's taken place every two years since then. >> presidential campaigns are in full swing across wisconsin this weekend. the remaining candidates are hitting the badger state hard. john roberts has more. >> reporter: north dakota and wisconsin are front and center on the campaign gop this weekend. ted cruz started the day in north dakota where about 2,000 top republican officials are gathering to choice 25 of their 28 delegates. these will be unplajed delegates and be free to select any candidate. >> it is entirely possible the men gathered here will decide the primary. >> donald trump announced he might start changing his rhetoric. >> they want me to act presidential. >> but at his second rally he mostly di

if things change it will be replaced by southeast asia. >> i am honestly shocked as to why india and hinduism is being held to what i think is a double standard. we don't refer to the greeks as being part of southeastern europe. >> they will decide whether to adopt the changes in may abc7 news. >> cal trans is now turning to the federal government for help to find weak spots in the tunnel. there is a photo from cal trans showing engineers from the federal highway administration using ground penetrating radar to penetrate the walls in the tunnel. in february a chunk of concrete fell damaging a passing car and narrowly missing the driver. we reported on that at the time. cal trans blamed the weak spots on corrosion by rainwater, but they say there is no immediate danger to drivers. >>> it could cost you more to ride muni. they would charge cash customers 25 cents more per ride and it would raise fares to $2.50 unless you use a clipper card. it is not a done deal yet and they still have to approve the budget. we'll let you know. >> back now and talking about some heat coming. sandhya pa

this is a staple fora staple for a lot of families in southeast asia, and it is normal to them. >> over a million dogs are euthanized in shelters this country each year. why not eat them? >> export the dogs. bill: that is the capitalist idea of the week. >> export them? >> don't eat the dogs. just don't eat them. bill: the humane society, they compensate the farmer. what we applied to dogs, people with peter and other rational organizations apply that to chickens and everything else. when it comes to animal consumption, some of it depends on culture. >> stop it. bill: thanks, rohan. bill: "high speed chase", >> take a look at this photo taken during wednesday's thunderstorm around noon by a viewer. alsoalso experienced a dust devil monday. this video was shot by a tourist. witnesses say some reached between 30 and 40 feet. crazy weather. >> on april 12 ashton underdog gave birth to baby girl. this may be sounding completely ordinary that they had not had a girl since 1914. they are welcoming a baby girl. bill: hate to be the guy to take her to the prom. >> who knew he would get so fired

they said they plotted with the country to take them by way of southeast asia. >>> top officials from th unit statesndnd he agreed to stepp military cooperation, amid marty activities. ash carter and indian defense minister announced the agreement on tuesday. logistic cooperation air and naval basis as well as other facilities and sharing supplies. >> we agreed in principle to share and exchange logistics. as has already been noted. which will allow us to do even more. >> carter said strategic cooperation will range from the india ocean to the asia pacific area. >> we will promote peace, stability, and progress in our region and the world. >> he noted the two countries are discussing further cooperation as well. >>> japan's maritime self-defense force has vited a naval facility on the south china sea for the first time. kamran bay is one of the closely guarded bases. hand in its maritime dispute with china. nhk world has more. >> reporter: japan federal defense are in the bay in vietnam on the south china sea. japan's first port call at the bay is aimed at the current china increasing

everyone in southeast asia knows about it, why is there no outreach? that is pretty much where we started. -- felt likeelse if we do not look into it and try to make the world care, we were not doing our jobs as journalist. that is where it started. we started talking to -- my colleague, margie mason said what if we link it to the american dinner table? that seemed like an eb -- easy, obvious way to do it. as soon as we started talking to groupsup -- labor rights and people who had been working with the fishermen for years, they basically said it is really almost impossible. everybody knows that this is probably linked to the u.s. government -- but because the documents were falsified -- if you found someone on a slave put onto aship is refrigerated cargo ship at sea that with clean fish. that fish goes to the market and get auctioned off. one fish and find say, that fish is actually -- so. it was kind of a slow process of trying,ep trying, keep and i don't know how much more you want to go into this. end we found an american company that said there wa

when indonesia completes its work this year, so will all of southeast asia. in other words, as terrorists and criminal gangs and arms merchants look around for deadly ingredients for a nuclear device, vast regions of the world are now offlimits. and that is a remarkable achievement. we've made important progress in the united states as well. in addition to new steps i announced this morning, we've improved nuclear security and training. we've consolidated nuclear materials at fewer facilities, eliminated some 138 tons of our surplus highly enriched uranium, which would be enough for 5,500 nuclear weapons. working with russia, we're on track to eliminate enough russian highly enriched uranium for about 20,000 nuclear weapons, which we are converting to electricity here in the united states. more specifically, as a result of these summits, every single one of the more than 50 nations represented here have taken concrete steps to enhance security at their nuclear facilities and storage sites, and that includes improved physical security, stronger regulations, ab

member countries of the association of southeast asia nations are or asean have been hit by large and tragic natural disasters. they responded with a training program to ensure that leaders are able to respond if disaster strikes again. 16 officials have started a six-month program and the aim is to develop the management and leadership skills as well as the connectivity to help others respond to disasters. they invited the participants affected by the earthquake and tsunami. they provided other training opportunities. >> this is one of the areas of asean cooperation and they host they are here today. we will do our best to acquire the knowledge and experiences. >> for the search capacity or improving the capacity of our country, it's we coordinate with other member states. >> they have to impact and one country cannot handle by himself. he will be one response. >> in 2012, they set up a warehouse for the emergency supplies in malaysia. japan plans to expand assistance to the facility. although the long civil war in sri lanka ended seven years ago, the minority people who live at the

many who wanted to go to japan, are opting for less expensive destinations, including ones in southeast asia. to maintain its price, the company is shouldering some of the costs of the. >> translator: it's affecting our profits, especially in our tour packages to japan. our profit has gone down 8 to 10%. zrchl >> reporter: strong currencies, such as japanese cosmetics and european supplements online for three years. she is trying hard to keep a lid on her prices, but she says she is being forced to raise her high end cosmetics by 10% z. >> translator: customers are not ordering as much as they used to, especially expensive makeup. i think they'll buy them once it goes back up. >> reporter: shopping for foreign cosmetics on her site. she likes the variety and quality of the products. >> translator: i think more about what i buy now. i look for cost-effective products. i'm thinking about growing my business. but it's difficult if the yuan stays weak. i may change suppliers, like australia and thailand. >> reporter: chinese companies are keeping a close eye on the movements, which is creating a

originally wanted to go to japan are opting for less expensive destinations including one in southeast asia. to maintain its price the company is currently shouldering the cost of the tours. >> translator: it's affecting our profits especially in our tour packages to japan. i think our profit has gone down 8% to 10%. >> reporter: f foreign c currens pushing up some retail prices. this woman has been selling imported items such as japanese cosmetics and supplements online for three years. she's trying hard to keep a lid on her prices but she says she's being forced to raise her high end cosmetics by 10%. >> translator: customers are not ordering as much as they used to. i think they will buy them once the yuan goes back up. >> reporter: she shops for foreign cosmetics. she likes if variety. >> translator: i think more about what i buy and i look for cost effective products. >> translator: i'm thing about growing my business but it's difficult if the yuan stays weak. i may change suppliers from japan to other countries like australia and thailand. >> reporter: chinese companies are keeping a

many investors believe the market is one of the most promising in southeast asia. excited by the growth of over 7% a year. they are watching closely as more companies prepare to go public. nhk world has the story. >> trading began on march 25th for the first time on the general stock exchange. just one company, a real estate development firm had qualified for the opening day. the initial share price of the developer was 31,000 or around $25. but orders pushed up the price by 2o% and the maximum daily trading limit. the exchange group that runs the tokyo stock exchange and the institute of research helped to open the force. they want to increase the listing to around ten before the year's end. >> we are working to bring the quality of the operation up to a certain level including the full disclosure of information on the firms so that the boss can win the investor's trust. >> several major projects are under way in myanmar. only 20% of the people have bank accounts, leaving the banks with infirefighter funds to meet corporate demand for loans. first myanmar investme

decision may have been because of a trip they took, going undercover to the red light district in southeast asia, trying to rescue under age sex slaves. he wrote, i was sick, thinking about my kids and people searching for their 12-year-old daughters. and we are playing a game for the next six months. he walked away putting more value on family. >> he feels that some people with learn on his decision. >> he has no regrets, baseball is not that important to me, i love it and it's a passion but everybody is put here for a bigger purpose. >> topping the people scene, one of the world's most famous entertainers when on to perform in the lehigh valley after being in an accident. diana ross limo crashed in bethlehem yesterday afternoon. the super star diva was set to perform at the bethlehem events center and that is what she went on to do. no word on what caused the crash. >>> disney star, debbie ryan, is apologizing to her fans after being arrested for the suspicion of drunk driving. the star of the series jessie was arrested earlier this month. ryan crashed into another vehicle and failed a field s

mostly for those of the hindu american foundation refer calling india southeast asia and hinduism as a religion of ancient india. >> this is an attempt to minimize the contributions of india history >> i reached out to several scholars but my calls were not returned. another professor started the petition to get the state's board of education to throw owe the proposed changes. >> this is the current history become used by 6th graders in campbell and 43 pages are dedicated to india and hinduism. if it changes the word "india," would be replaced by south asia. >> i am shocked why india hinduism is held to a double standards. we do not call greeks being part of southeast europe. all the board will decide whether to adopt the change in may. >> worse season ticket holders have first crack at buying playoff tickets for the first three home games. >> at 2:00 p.m., 25,000 people on the season ticket priority list have their turn at the exclusive resale. the rest us? the general public gets a chance on friday. the last time the warriors lost 124-117 to the timber wonderfuls at oracle arena an

jonathan oh join us with the latest on parched conditions in southeast asia. >> well, because of the change there taking place, they starting to drawback o on the amount of water usage and they're being very careful in terms of the amount of activity taking outdoors because of the heat that t has realally been slamming the area. i mean, look at the satellite perspective. it is clear all over india and most of the peninsula toward the east also completely clear. when you have sunny skies like this with no rain over a prolonged period of time, it starts to have an impact. in fact, i it's having an n imp on one of the well-known festivals in thailand. let me show some video that came out of the area on monday where the water festival of this year kicked off monday. the high was 41.1 degrees celsius. this festival celebrates the traditional thai new year. the elephants, painted with flowers of slurping of water and spraying it on people. that's the tradition with this festival. but, because of the ongoing drought condition, the government has asked organizers of the annual festival to re

brewer's pitcher blaine bowyerer took last november going undercover to the red light districts of southeast asiaxodus row trying to rescue sex slaves saying i was sick. i was thinking about my kids and thinking about the hundreds of thousands of parents who are searching for their 12-year-old daughters. what are we doing in we're going back to play a game for the next eight months. he walked away from the experience putting even more value on family. >> he feels that there is something out there for him. there are people that from what his decision was. >> la roach has no regrets. honestly, baseball is not that important to me. i love it. it's a passion. but i think every one of us is put here for a bigger purpose. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> we should mention he's coming off a fairly mediocre year, as well in baseball. he was on the downside of his career. >> still, that's a lot of money to walk away from. >> $13 million contract. >> it's admirable, especially if that is the reason to go and pursue a higher purpose and try to do good in the world. good for him. right now he's spending t

. >> reporter: that life-changing southeast asia with his close friend and milwaukee brewers pitcher blaine boyer. the two pro baseball players went undercover with a non-profit organization, the exodus road, looking for victims of sex trafficking. this footage is from some of the group's past investigations. >> we go over and spend ten days with these girls that are literally raped six, eight, ten times a night, and as young as 10, 12 years old. i think that would mess anybody up. >> i believe we are called by god to do this stuff. >> reporter: boyer says as difficult as the trip was he felt driven by faith. >> that's what our christian faith outlines. that's what we do. >> reporter: an estimated 4.5 million people around the world are enslaved in sex work. laroche says witnessing the harsh realities of sex trafficking gave him a new perspective on his life as a professional athlete. >> i guess i realized more how much of a fantasy world we live in here. that i live in for sure. we make a crazy amount of money. you're waited on hand and foot everywhere you go. it's not real life. >>

they will reveal incidents that involve a professor in the south and southeast asia studies department. they claim the university failed to discipline the professor. this comes a week after the assistant basketball coach resigned over sexual harassment complaints. some other complaints involving faculty have come to light. the university continues to be criticized for it is response to the different cases. >>> police in new orleans say it appears road rage led to the shooting death of will smith and his wife were driving in the lower garden district of new orleans when their car was rear-ended. smith got out and exchanged words with the driver of that car. that's when the suspect shot smith and his wife multiple times. smith was pronounced dead at the scene. his wife is expected to survive. officers have taken the suspect into custody. will smith was 34 years old and won a super bowl with the saints. he leaves behind three children. >>> now to decision 2016. the next big contest in the race for president is just over a week away. that is the new york primary. meanwhile, president obama

and robin is representing that team of four. 20 years in southeast asia covering virtually every countryat region not only looking into abuses of this kind, but also the difficulties of -- for instance, myanmar, the transition from military rule to civilian rule. a whole range of things in that region of the world. robin, please. give us some insights on "seafood from slaves." >> i guess as part of living in that region for such a long time we had heard stories and seen stories for a long time about these fishermen who had gone, you know, basically been abused at sea. and it was so common to hear these stories that it was something we almost didn't even want to look into because it is like looking into the mafia or something. okay, everyone knows this. it's been written about. but at a certain point when we -- at a certain point, we decided, okay, this is such a common story, and everyone in southeast asia knows about it. why is there no outrage? so that's pretty much where we started. we, ourselves, felt like if we didn't at least look into it and try to make the rest of the world care,

let's get more and get over there to our southeast asia correspondent. , rugby is definitely enjoyingia. 2019.rld cup in .ingapore is in the spotlight that withuss all of the outgoing chairman of world rugby. it is good to have you with this. it's coming hot on the heels of hong kong, surely there could be rugby fatigue. open newimportant to evenson asia. region, andial singapore is the right place to do that. hong kong has had a lot of events, and now we have to invest in the southeast. singapore is the right place for that, a new stadium. how quickly is asia embracing rugby? , fuji, england, they have been there a long time. japan took a long time. a new rugby.e there are three reasons for that. the success in 2015 in england. it is very successful in asia. people to be an olympic sport is an important position. get to the grassroots level to support training, players, coaches. >> the rugby union is betting on china, a multibillion dollar 10 year deal, why? >> rugby is the top spot for the world. with the vision and the strategy foret is an important sport the future of young genera

equities weakness is also coming through in southeast asia.ttle bit of defensive buying going on. this is the picture of some of the major players in sydney. extending those gains in hong kong. emily: this week i sit down with general keith alexander the four-star general who was head of the nsa during the edward snowden revelations. these days he is still tackling cybercrime on the corporate side. i started by asking him about life after the nsa. general: i wasn't sure what is going to do. i didn't know if i want to work for somebody i was looking forward to working with somebody. i talked to some of the financial institutions and other companies. they said with what you know about cyber security when you start a cyber security company to solve some of these problems. the more i got into it i talked to some of the guys were out there. i said would you be in houston doing this. i said we can start a company. it's going to make everybody safer. when you look at cyber security for a company. such as a banker and energy company or health care. on

if things change it will be replaced by southeast asia. >> i am honestly shocked as to why india and hinduism is being held to what i think is a double standard. we don't refer to the greeks as being part of southeastern europe. >> they will decide whether to adopt the changes in may abc7 news. >> cal trans is now turning to the federal government for help to find weak spots in the tunnel. there is a photo from cal trans showing engineers from the federal highway administration using ground penetrating radar to penetrate the walls in the tunnel. in february a chunk of concrete fell damaging a passing car and narrowly missing the driver. we reported on that at the time. cal trans blamed the weak spots on corrosion by rainwater, but they say there is no immediate danger to drivers. >>> it could cost you more to ride muni. they would charge cash customers 25 cents more per ride and it would raise fares to $2.50 unless you use a clipper card. it is not a done deal yet and they still have to approve the budget. we'll let you know. >> back now and talking about some heat coming. sandhya pa

bob spent much of his career working specifically on southeast asia and u.s.-australia, including positions in the asia office of the secretary of defense policy planning among others. bob is well-known for his expertise not only on planning and strategic guidance but also on southeast asia. this report builds on growing momentum for strengthening not only u.s., japan, australia cooperation in the maritime domain, but growing momentum in the u.s., japan and australia to align and make more interoperable our bilateral alliances in asia. the u.s. gentlemjapan alliance . australia alliance were born together but not in intimacy. in some ways the opposite. the australian side played us quite well. in 1951. and helped to design the alliances we know today to maximize australian interests and the u.s. australian alliance were part of this large grand bargain. that started changing particularly after the cold war. i think in an operational level it really began in the clinton administration. when i was in the bush administration, we began in 2001 the tsd, try lateral

thatis a johnson library 2.9omb the extent nixon did , million tons of bombs were dropped in southeast asia the first three years of nixon's presidency. hero this note to kissinger at the beginning of 1972 when he is running for reelection. i read that and alex and i went over it. it is mind-boggling. the president would think this but worse, in 1972, he continued and escalated the bombing, dropping, ordering the dropping of another 1.1 million tons of bombs in southeast asia. >> because the polls said the americans liked him better. the polls showed his popularity went up when he was bombing. the public didn't know it wasn't working. the supplies continued to come down the ho chi minh trail. and it was accomplishing zilch, so he double down. mr. woodward: president make mistakes, misjudgments. person who looked at this and said this is the definition of evil. that a leader would do this and thisnue this, and to make assessment, and we now know that the bombing -- he was right. it achieved zilch. except it killed lots of people. >> one of the fortresses went down. mr. woodward: exactly. nix