but what about southeast asia ? economies here in asia. but what about southeast asia?it makes sense. from a financial institution standpoint, if you get users to use the up for more transactions —— app. that means that they are going to branches, atms, and overall they save a lot of money. have you deal with cyber attacks? most banks will secure transactions in the same way that they do with credit card, so there is fraud, they will secure the transaction if it is reported. —— if there is fraud. regina lopez recently turned a spotlight on the track was in favour of going towards using renewable energy. when funds are part of that mix, and one year in manila —— one area of manila is not only providing jobs, but torres. it isa not only providing jobs, but torres. it is a huge challenge for the philippines to find cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient ways of power its growing population and economy. jeannot lopez was forced out of a job as environmental minister after making many enemies. —— app. she won the support of environmentalists for her push for more renewable ene

these are the south vietnam was cambodian southeast asia. one of the things we set up in support of his strategy come aceto, the equivalent of nato in southeast asia. looking to create containment against the mao in china. a decision was made to support the south vietnamese government. this was affirmed by a letter from president eisenhower in october, 1954. my father wrote the letter, ok? there is a paragraph in here you want to submit to you and all americans, fundamental in explaining the morality and efficacy of our effort in , which paragraph has been overlooked as far as i can tell by every scholar and commentator. i read. the purpose of this offer is to assist the government of vietnam in developing and maintaining a strong, viable state capable of resisting attempted subversion or aggression through military means. the government of the united states expects that this aid will be met by performance on the part of the government of vietnam in undertaking needed reforms. it hopes that such aid combined with your own continuing efforts

doing a series of comedies across southeast asia.ast asia, as well as original productions in selected countries across asia. we will be bringing the strategy to the middle east and africa, but on a localized basis with local actors, directors, producers. angie: local meaning the price point is much lower than a $10 million per episode of marco polo or the crown? >> of course. much, much lower. we think demand is higher for that lower price. angie: look, you are charging two dollars to three dollars per subscriber, probably about what half of what netflix is charging. first of all, do think this is enough to make money, and number two, people can download stuff for free, and they have been comfortable doing that outside of the u.s. how do you combat that? >> it is interesting you mentioned that we view our primary competition as piracy. we have to deliver a service at a price point and with convenience that is even better than piracy, that delivers a better service than piracy, because piracy does require downloading or buying dvds,

a specific exhibit on the population and their journey from southeast asia and the united states.pecifically, this is an exhibit where we try to understand their journey. their hardships and challenges was also their determination to create a new life in the united states. this is the first part of our exhibit. this section is the beginnings. it introduces the visitor to the cameof where the mong from. it is a more difficult history to tell. and traditional museum approaches, you will often see a map explained that a group of people came from a group of areas with defined dates and history but in our approach, we work with different community members to discuss how to explain their history to an audience that might not know much. so one thing that came out was the idea of folk tales and myths. one of the first things you want to emphasize is that the mong has a specific story about the creation of the world. and how, actually, we have individuals that actually talk about this and how the sunshine and the moon were created. for example, we have the son of and his name was -- and he

the second opportunity, which is a near term and higher reward opportunity, is southeast asia. as the chairman knows, the demand signal in southeast area for the u.s. defense is on the rise and we also need to do more on diplomatic, economic and private sector engage ment in southeast asia, whether it's vietnam, burma or sri lanka, there are countless opportunity for the united states to build stra teej uk depth in southeast asia. and i would recommend secretary mattis continue efforts to host the assion defense minister in the united states at the earlier opportunity. this committee's leadership on southeast asia has been essential, whether it was your engagement at the shang ra la dialogue or whether it was following through with action in the case of the southeast asian maritime security initiative, a much-needed timely men inject to fill a critical capacity gap. finally, the big one, the long term strat jish the real opportunity for the united states, to retain our primacy, the united states needs to weave together it's disparate, security and economic efforts into a broader

this religious extremism, head east, pakistan, southeast asia, north on up pakistan, southeast asia, iran and syria. when you give that message on your many visits to saudi arabia, do you think the west end, that they did enough, or the need to do more now?|j end, that they did enough, or the need to do more now? i think that the —— that they know the need to do more. the new islamic coalition will work on the moral and political front and also on the economic front. that is ash carter, who was the defence secretary in president 0bama's administration, talking to her chief international correspondent. the audience and anticipation is building up in riyadh for president trump's speech. a0 or 50 leaders have come here. some of the sub—saharan african have come here. some of the sub—sa ha ran african countries have come here. some of the sub—saharan african countries are also attending. there has been some controversy as well with the presence of a leader who has been served an international arrest warrant for cranes in sudan. mrtrump will want to warrant for cranes in sudan. mr trump w

we were in southeast asia during the war. my wife was, too. she did three years and a caught, so -- : did you serving in the military, do you think that is what inspired you to run for a seat in the house? dunn: that was part of it. i understood what was happening to our military. our military has been gutted by this sequester. we ended it just yesterday. these sequester really hurt the military. we hollowed out the military to an incredible degree. sometimes people do not appreciate that but they need to understand how much we need to rebuild. believein peace but i in peace through strength and we need to do some work. host: what else to want to accomplish? dunn: everybody wants to see the military rebuild. consistentlyng was leaned toward repealing and replacing this over obama care act which is breaking the back of every business will stop you on pushing the cost out everybody and it is unsupportable. everybody wanted that gone. that was a big thing. that is what i thought it medicine, we try to solve the problem back in my practice but we

we were in southeast asia during the war. my wife was, too. three years in bangkok. >> figure life growing up in the military, you serving in the military as well, do you think that is what inspired you to run for a seat in the house? >> it was certainly part of it. the reason wasn't because i've been in the military. it was because i understood what was happening to our military. our military has been gutted by endedquester, which we yesterday or the day before. the sequester really hurt the military. we have hollowed out the military to incredible degree. i hear people sometimes they don't appreciate that, but they need to understand how much we have shorted them. i believe in peace, peace through strength. we need to do some work there. >> that is one of your legislative priorities. what else do you want to call push?? -- what else you want to accomplish? >> the other things i heard over the course of a year or more was consistently when he to repeal and replace this obamacare thing. it is breaking the backs of every business. it's only cov

in southeast asia during the war. my wife did three years in bangkok. up indo her life growing the military, serving in the military as well, do you think that is what inspired you to run for a seat in the house? .> it was part of it the reason wasn't because i had been in the military, it was because i understood what was happening. our military has been gutted by the sequester, which we ended yesterday or the day before. the sequester has really hurt the military. we have hollowed out the military to an incredible degree . people don't really appreciate that, but they need to understand how much we have shorted them. peace, but i believe in peace through strength. we need to do work there. >> what else do you need to accomplish? >> in the district, everyone wants the military wrebuilt. we need toy i heard repeal and replace obamacare. that it is breaking the backs of every business. you are only covering 7% of the population but pushing the cost on to everyone. everyone wanted that gone. , in was some thing i felt medicine, we try to solve those probl

we were stationed in asia and southeast asia during the war. so, i mean, my wife was, too. she had -- did three years in bangkok. >> did your life growing up in the military, you serving in the military as well, do you think that is what inspired you to run for a seat in the house? >> it certainly is part of it. i mean, and the reason really wasn't because i had been in the military, it was because i understood what was happening to our military. you know, our military has been gutted by this sequester, which we ended -- well, yes, we ended it yesterday or the day before. that was great. the sequester is really hurt the military. we have hallowed out the military to an incredible degree. and i hear people sometimes that don't really appreciate that, but they need to get -- to understand how much we have shorted them. and we need to rebuild them. i believe in peace, but i believe in peace through strength. and we need to do some work there. >> that's one of your legislative priorities. >> absolutely. >> what else do you want to accomplish? >> it's popular within the district

also weakness from southeast asia, singapore, malaysia up .1%. expect some of these markets getting more boost from the stabilizing crude story. indications from saudi arabia and russia that opec could be willing to extend that supply deal on top of news that u.s. inventories are starting to fall. take a look at this chart. the aussie dollar has had a bad time of it lately. it fell to a four-month low, and we are lurching to the longest stretch of weekly declines in a year, but when it comes to hedge funds, a whole lot of bullish bets when it comes to the aussie , but if you look at where iron ore, still looking unwell. the outlook for china, the major trading art and are there, some concerns over the reflation trade out of china. you can imagine there is further downside ahead when it comes to the aussie dollar. the aussie dollar fallen for a fourth straight week going by how the decline has been. we have first word news with paul allen. paul: new korean president moon is-in has told china he aware of concerns about the u.s. missile shield and w

to insurer, the presence in this region to of operational support among the key allies of and southeast asia based on the coast region support network across the region under the japan leadership japan and the united states together with also need to ramp up the capacity of the individual states in southeast asia mostly the philippines and vietnam to be constantly challenging and to the of modern town thank you very much. [applause] >> thanks to each of you for the concise and precise observations on the challenges and possibilities for the allies going forward copper co know a few questions for the statement on the stage then open a progressions. first off i appreciated about the two-stage approach of fourth correa because like you i am skeptical we will get much out of it. there was some help on the nsc staff pet that we cannot even expect a new pressure will change kim jong-un calculation he has a nuclear weapon. enacted do more harm than good with the deterrence and the credibility in particular. >> so your comment and others all have the one question i want to ask the panel, you said we

japan and the united states together, regional partners also need to ramp up the capacity in southeast asia, the philippines and vietnam. is a lifetime, constantly challenged in the south china sea erupted, forced development to enhance maritime domain awareness of capability. and to counter these behaviors of the chinese partner. is a high priority. i will stop here and look forward to your comments and issues, thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you to each of you for concise and precise observations on the challenges and responsibilities going forward. and i appreciate the two staged approach to north korea. and diplomacy. and to get much out of the policy. the 6 party talk on the nfc staff. experience has taught us all that we cannot expect a renewed effort. to change the calculation about nuclear weapons and a temporary visa could do more harm than good. deterrence and the credibility of the deterrent tutorial. your comments and others. you have to be prepared for the selective effort. and the host regional support. and bringing back the so-called quad. it is -- and all of this, e

for instance, singapore is one of the largest spenders in southeast asia.t 3% of their gdp on defence. that's how much the americans spend percentagewise and just yesterday the singapore government announced they bought two more german manufactured submarines from one manufacturer and we have a chinese here, the chinese pavilion are at the conference for the first time. they are being represented by a number of companies. thank you so much for the update. more and more jobs looks set to be automated in the nearfuture, something concerning workers and politicians. but how capable are the latest machines and other likely to replace humans altogether or help us all be more productive in our work? this report from an exhibition in paris where the world's bleeding robotics companies and start ups are showing off their creations. from around the world the robots have come to paris to show off their new skills. this one response to the colour green. it seems to be distracted by the cameraman. they are leading the factories and trying to find roles in our everyday

m makes me laugh every time the chinese do any kind of trade deals with anything in southeast asia.oes to europe, russia, and be on. i think people like the romance ofa on. i think people like the romance of a term like silk road. this is trade deals, it is what countries are expected to do. we were talking at the start of the year of our protected as an all those of thing. —— at the start of the about protectionism and that sort thing. ok, protectionism and that sort thing. 0k, petrol cars. they will vanish in eight years, it says. this does not surprise me entirely. i think we are heading to a world without them. at a world without drivers, too. my car, i would a world without drivers, too. my car, iwould never get a world without drivers, too. my car, i would never get one without a driver. i drove all the way it back down the m4 the other day, and enters the battle. 0h down the m4 the other day, and enters the battle. oh no. i said on cruise control. i had my hands on the wheel, but it kept itself in the lane. so you could step in if you wa nt to lane. so you could step in if yo

southeast asia's largest bank has reported a 1% rise in net profit from last year. chief executive. i have two minutes with you starting now. a 1% rise in profit? that is flat. we got that 1% despite net interest margin being almost ten business points lower. despite having a particularly weak trading quarter. we are quite pleased, actually, with a performance. you said, however, there are headwinds in the oiland said, however, there are headwinds in the oil and gas sector. will they continue? it will be challenged as long as oil prices remain between 50 and 60i long as oil prices remain between 50 and 60 i do not see a lot of new investment going in. there is likely to be consolidation. the good news is we took most of our pain last year and therefore we expect the new non—performing loans to be much smaller this year than last year. and like we, we will see some much less tha n and like we, we will see some much less than we did last year. the bread—and—butter of most banks is loa ns. loa n bread—and—butter of most banks is loans. loan growth looks challenging in

and southeast asia.e isn't opposed to stronger cross strait economic links and called china big market that should not be pushed away. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. haidi: thanks for that. china's foreign exchange reserves rising for a first-rate month in april. tighter capital controls reducing outflows and the yuan holding stable. a trade data out today at some point expected to show a slowdown when it comes to exports moderating from the stellar growth of the last few months. tom mackenzie has been following this for us. you saw the fx numbers of the weekend, how sustainable is it? question iter that is worth going back to january, you will remember the hand wringing win fx reserves drop through that $3 trillion level. seen three consecutive months of strengthening, over $20 billion in april, hitting that $3.03 trillion mark. there are a number of factors feeding into this stronger fx reserves pile, the capi

. >> this is a different level of problem that we need cooperation among our partners in southeast asiathe issues facing us advancing out of north korea are so serious that we need cooperation at some level with as many partners in the area as we can get to make sure that we have our ducks in a row, so that if something does happen in north korea, that we have everyone in line backing up a plan of action that may need to be put together. >> cnn's ivan watson monitoring the situation for us from hong kong. he joins us now live. great to see you, ivan. now, this is following with a pattern of president trump of elevating these authoritarian strongmen, but in this case, ivan, does the philippines have any influence regarding north korea and their nuclear program? >> reporter: not much, dave. i mean, they're not big players when it comes to the korean peninsula. they're currently the rotating chairman of the association of southeast asian nations, but they're not a big player on that front, and that's important, because the readouts from both the white house and the philippines' president's

our chief correspondent from south eight -- southeast asia is in beverly hills with more.ention turns to the recovery we have seen. we talked about the casino earnings last week to read the recovery in macau. is a sustainable after a two-year slump and eight months of recovery? let's get a perspective from the melco ceo and chairman. it has been a long, long time. >> thank you for having me. >> are you convinced of the recovery of melco? >> there has been eight months verypular growth after two tough years. we were very happy with the recovery. ultimately the crackdown was not focused on gaming. it was focused on anticorruption and anti-extravagance. like all luxury sectors, was really collateral damage. peak of that crackdown is passed. >> what is making the gamblers come back? >> the middle class and the wealthy individuals in china who did not do anything realize they are in the clear in the can go back to delivering their upscale -- and have fun again. that is why we see them coming back, and visitors are spending more per visit. that is the ultimate solution. is growi

the government says it wants to protect vulnerable children in southeast asia from being exploited. there have been reports that hundreds of australian pedophiles have traveled to southeast asia to abuse children. >>> manuel noriega, the former dictator of panama, has died at the age of 83. the former general recently had a hemorrhage after brain surgery. he had once been a key u.s. ally but was removed from power when american forces invaded panama in 1989. he was later sent to prison in the u.s. on drug and money laundering charges. they also spent time in french and panamanian prisons for murder, corruption and embezzlement. noriega was released from prison last january to prepare for brain surgery. so far there's been very little public reaction to his death in panama. >>> 5:15 am. we want to check back in with sal. >>> the high wind is one thing we've been watching. it's windy in many areas, especially the altamont pass. the winds are not strong enough to be affecting drivers on most other commutes but i would still be careful. if you're driving from gilroy to san jose, it has

we think that southeast asia and latin america will be exciting places to invest and that we will have more resources going forward. >> the treasury secretary steve mnuchin is thinking outside the box when it comes to financing infrastructure. >> we are studying ultralong bonds. >> end of the commerce secretary shares his thoughts on what needs to happen with nafta. >> nafta is an old agreement, it is an obsolete agreement. it does not reflect the current status of the mexican economy, for the american, or the canadian. >> welcome back to a special edition of bloomberg best from the melkin institute global conference. president trump has from us to overhaul financial regulation, health care, and of the tax code as part of his vision. john micklethwait spoke with the treasury secretary steven mnuchin about the administration's plan to spur economic growth an an act form. >> there are -- and enact reform. >>there are a lot of things we ne to do. sweeping economic change is one of them, the tax plan. we need regulatory relief. too many businesses are held back from investment due to exces

southeast asia's second-largest lender rose to 600 and 2 million u.s. dollars.c is growing its private banking -- 602 million u.s. dollars. a cbd it during its private banking arm. 's governor haslam can support. they will take write-downs. it is a chance for the r.b.i. to deal with an estimated $180 billion with that debt and revive credit growth that is expanding at its slowest pace since 1992. a proposal to create a bad bank has been dropped. philippine president rodrigo named the next governor of the central bank. topill succeed them on the -- the man who retires in july. he has been deputy governors of 2005. an economy is going more than 6% each year. among the fastest in the world and the currency under pressure. will this, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am in a melendez and this is bloomberg. anchor: we are coming down to some of the major market opens in the asia-pacific are us go to our reporter adam haigh, from sydney. i guess i don't have to guess what you will be looking at out of aust

the government says it wants to protect vulnerable children in southeast asia are being exploited. the ribbon reports that hundreds of australian pedophiles have traveled to nearby southeast asian countries to abuse children there. >>> with president trump back at the white house, his administration is focused on pushing the president's agenda. >> the questions over russia do not appear to be going away. senator john mccain is the latest to voice concerns about it. kelly wright is monitoring all of that from washington. >> reporter: today, it is back to business at the white house for president trump following his first official overseas trip and his first memorial day as commander-in-chief. >> we pay tribute to those brave souls who raced into gunfire, word into battle, and ran into hell. >> reporter: the trump administration is now dealing with a deadly new attacked by isis targeting civilians with a massive car bomb in iraq earlier tuesday. the target, an ice cream shop popular with families in central baghdad. the attack coming just as u.s. backed iraqi troops are making a new p

the suicide attack in jakarta, the first assault claim by the islamic state militant group in southeast asia. the president of the philippines has warned he may extend martial law across the country is fighting with islamic state rebels rages on in the south. jihadist beheaded up police chief reportedly took a police chief and churchgoers hostage during a rampage in mindanao province. it will be the second time marshall has been declared in the philippines. -- the second time marshall law has been declared in the philippines. aftery were on high alert martial law went into effect on tuesday after a rampage through the city. >> we want to hide. there were a lot of islamic state group militants there. >> we left because of the chaos. islamist militancy isn't new to the philippines. the nation has struggled with it decade-long separatist insurgency in the south that left over 120,000 people dead. however, this time around, at have beenilitias cooperating with each other. ordinary filipinos were standing firmly behind authorities and --sident to church a president rodrigo deterred take. duterte.

. >> this is a different level of problem that we need cooperation among our partners in southeast asia. the issues facing us developing in north korea are so serious that we need cooperation at some level with as many partners in the area as we can get to make sure that we have our ducks in a row, so that if something does happen in north korea that we have everyone in line backing up a plan of action that may need to be put together. >> cnn's ivan watson is monitoring the situation from hong kong and joins us now live. ivan when you think about one of the most coveted invitations in the world, to be invited to the white house, the center of democracy, western-style capitalism, and thinking of, you know, the philippine leader as basically a strategic partner in the north korea situation, not something that is, you know, top of mind. >> reporter: yeah. it's debatable whether the philippines really has any political or economic or military leverage when it comes to the north korean conflict. one of the issues that these two leaders who like to position themselves as strongmen, one of the

next on american history tv, .teve young, a former advisor he talks about how the conflict in southeast asia evolved over time. contrastsalso president johnson's policies with those of his successor, richard nixon. the humphrey school of public affairs at the university of minnesota in minneapolis posted this hour and 15 minute event.

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our southeast asia correspondent reports. reporter: people use facebook here for social reasons and business reasons. had the government carried out its threat to take legal action or in the case of isp, there is a suggestion they would block the social media giant altogether. it is such a big part of life there would have been a massive uproar. it didn't happen. officials from the telecommunications commission checked the situation. some of the offensive posts, many still visible on facebook, but they discovered the court facebook to give an official reason to take them prepared on time. there has to be a court order for each page, or facebook posts. 34 have been prepared and not deliver to facebook. the deadline has passed. we don't know if the new deadline has been set. will facebook take down all of the posts? they have taken down a great deal of content that the thai authorities say break the law here. we don't know how this will pan out in the future. critics of the monarchy, they are all outside the country, they can p

today, we meet a true visionary who has succeeded in building an ecommerce, ecosystem in southeast asiam at a time when consumers, retailers, and governments were only just warming up to online shopping. let's meet lazada's max bittner. clothing, cosmetics, and electronic gadgets.

at least 19 civilians have been killed, the bodies discovered by advancing soldiers. 0ur southeast asiathan head with the latest. this has proved a much tougherfight than the government expected. troops have to be careful and slow. the insurgents are well armed and positioned snipers in buildings gci’oss positioned snipers in buildings across the city. at times the government has used air strikes to try to dislodge them. unknown until recently, over the past year the group has proved successful in fighting. it has counted itself as an ally to the so—called islamic state in syria. these people fled the fighting this weekend. most of the fighting this weekend. most of the population has already been displaced. some of them watched as the insurgents took over their city. it was terrifying, said this woman. they were so young and so heavily armed. the death toll is rising, not all casualties of battle. the bodies of eight men were found here, thrown from the road into a ravine. they have been shot in the head, their hands tied. the group of unlucky workers, who the police believe ran into a

it's coming from southeast asia. the colombian heroine wave which people don't know about came when the colombian drug cartels brought an entirely new product, they brought heroine in 1992 to the problematic drug use in the united states. now we have the opioid pill problem. think about the extended release capsules that have high doses of powerful opioids but they are dissolvable and injectable. it's coming in now in the late 2000 blank. talking about asking questions about it if mexico was producing a highly potent powdered hair when that's never been seen before and we don't know much about it. it's also coming in around 2013 a new source and technological advancement in that it is highly potent and it acts as a booster for heroine. there's other consequences besides overdosing this opioid crisis injecting drugs infectious disease risk, blood-borne virus, hepatitis c and hiv and we should be mindful that the severe outbreak in indiana there are many scott county counties in the united states. we also have to be co

so, our dinner conversation was often about vietnam and southeast asia. i remember conversations with dad and others, the vietnamese ambassadors were guests at our house. i grew up with that. as i was concluding college, i volunteered for the work of usaid in 1966. in 1967, a new organization had been created called c.o.r.d.s. which is the result of what i'm going to tell you about in a few minutes. i had a year of language training, and then went to vietnam, i was a deputy district advisor for four months. in july of '69, i was pulled out of the field and put in saigon to work with decentralizing power to all the villages in vietnam. i came back, during that experience i learned a lot. came back, went to law school, i learned to speak and read vietnamese in my year of language training, and i'm still so-so, and then became more of an academic, if you will. i convinced the ford foundation for an english translation of the law code of 1493. i got money to do half-time working on this translation, and with my friend and colleague, this book, the tradition o

. >> reporter: djibouti's dream is to become for east africa what singapore is in southeast asia, a shipping and financial powerhouse. >> when that vision started in 2000, a lot of people, they were kind of laughing. >> reporter: abdirahman ahmed is an entrepreneur with a focus on renewable energy. he's studied and worked abroad, but he's come home. >> 15 or 17 years later, then more and more people are now believing in it. and they are saying, yes, it is feasible, and it is possible. >> reporter: djibouti's location puts it at the center of a multinational fight against pirates based in neighboring somalia and in the war on terrorism. since 9/11, the united states has continually expanded its troop presence to fight islamic extremists in the region. the u.s. combined joint task force for the horn of africa is the main american unit stationed at a former french colonial military installation. camp lemonnier is the only u.s. military base on the entire continent of africa, and it is a critical foothold in a particularly unstable part of africa. it is home to anywhere between 2,000 and 3,000 a

he talks about how the conflict in southeast asia evolved over time and the role president johnson played in the decision-making process. mr. young also contrasts president johnson's policies with those of his successor, richard nixon. the humphrey school of public affairs at the university of minnesota in minneapolis posted this hour and 15 minute event. [applause] >> good afternoon, welcome.

vietnam's leader will be the first from southeast asia to meet president trump.prime minister abe ahead of his trip. ♪ daye: of course, i down across the region, thin trading having a big impact. shery: of course we do have china, hong kong, taiwan away on holidays, so that is limiting market moves, but that also puts into context the fact that when they do get back, they will have so much to deal with. data, china pmi, nonfarm payrolls out of the u.s. , not to mention some fed speak overnight. we have the st. louis and san francisco fed president talking about the unwinding, so markets will brace themselves as they come back. the markets open hard down, south korea down point 6% leading declines, but this is a market that has rallied so much in the past couple of weeks and that we are still seeing them in rsibought territory in a above 70. we had the japan nikkei leading declines there, a stronger yen because of the risk off sentiment, also the malaysian ringgit is losing ground. emerging-market currencies in general. ground,tinues to lose brent at $52. gold up,

they are starting out in southeast asia.investing heavily through ant financial and alibaba. from there they will redevelop the market. we have seen interesting international news. moneygram acquisition and companies like first data. we will see more investments abroad and competition there. we will continue to see growth in southeast asia as well as domestically. you,e: selina wang, thank joining us live from new york. oneteran bear still short banking stocks, but not as much as he once was. speaking at the salt conference says he still sees china as a disaster. his firm has been doing well closer to home. >> we mentioned the areas we fromshort, valeant -- early 2014 on. we have notr areas talked about publicly. the opportunities in the u.s. are expanding. we are finding a lot to do here. previously we have been to asia and other places. china anymore? >> we are still sure. china is not any less of a disaster, it is. but we are seeing interesting action. we would rather do those, given the chance. that was from las vegas, n

therefore, i believe it is critical that we empower and engage countries in southeast asia and south asia to protect their own waterways and provide them with economic alternatives to maintain regional stability. preserve u.s. standing in asia and allow the economic growth and stability that has characterized the region for the last 50 years to continue. again, thank you, admiral, for your service. and thank you, mr. chairman. >> admiral? >> thank you, chairman mccain and senator reid and distinguished members. it is an honor for me to appear before this committee. there are many things to talk about since my last testimony 14 months ago. and i regret that i'm not here with my testimony battle buddy, general vince brooks, but i think you would all agree that he's where he's needed most right now on the korean peninsula. mr. chairman, i request my written posture statement be submitted for the record. as a paycom commander, i have the extraordinary privilege of leading about 375,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guardsmen and dod civilians serving our nation in over half th

this religious extremism, we just head east, pakistan, southeast asia, north up to iran and syria., or have to do more? they know they need to do more and that‘s why they are talking to the united states and countries about doing more. that‘s what the meaning is of this new islamic coalition. it will work on the moral and political front, islamic coalition. it will work on the moral and politicalfront, and also on the economic front. ash carter speaking earlier. let‘s return to the news that north has launched what appears to be a ballistic missile, according to south korea‘s military. the projectile was launched from pukchang which is near pyongyang in the central part of the country, and follows a test a week ago from the same area. 0ur seoul correspondent steve evans told me what we know so far. it seems to have been successful. the south korean military and the us say that it travelled some hundreds of kilometres and that follows a launch exactly a week ago which was without doubt successful. so, outside experts say that north korea is making serious progress towards its stated

religious extremism, you just head east, pakistan, southeast asia, north, on up to iran and syria. on your many visits to saudi arabia, do you think that they were sent, that they did enough, or have to do more?” that they were sent, that they did enough, or have to do more? i think they need to do more, they know that, that is why the talking to the united states and others. that is the meaning of this new islamic coalition, it will work on the moral and political front. and also on the economic front. ash carter, former secretary of defence under president 0bama. 0n ash carter, former secretary of defence under president 0bama. on my last visit to riyadh, a number of senior saudi officials said that there had been pushes for a reform of the religious institutions. he said that nothing less than a coup was carried out in the world muslim week, which runs mosques and schools, and they were trying to move away from intolerance and hatred within islam which was creating, partly responsible, for fuelling the rise of groups like so—called islamic state and al-qaeda. the message which w

service numbers who fought in the vietnam war and died in service in vietnam and southeast asia. as visitors pass by, take a moment here at the memorial. -- shortly, this is arlington national cemetery. we will bring you live to arlington for the remarks and the wreathlaying by the presidents scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m. eastern time here on c-span. and a little later today here on c-span, we will look at this year's commencement addresses from vice president mike pence former president bill clinton, chair of the joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford, and senators cory booker of new jersey, tammy duckworth of illinois, and former senator of new hampshire, kelly ayotte pit commencement speeches on c-span, we will have the starting at 1:00 eastern time. vice president mike pence along , karen, ande national security adviser hr mcmaster and ivanka trump posted military families recently at an event marking national military appreciation month. [applause] >> hello, everyone. look at all these amazing kids. i love it. thank you. and my are in here somewhere.

that was a new source of heroin, type 4 heroin coming from southeast asia. the colombian wave came when colombian drug cartels brought in heroin in 1992, which led to a wave of problematic drug use in the united states. now we have the opioid pill problem. again, i iatrogenic, a novel form, high doses of powerful opiates. they're easily abusable, crushable, dissolvable, injectable. heroin is coming in now, early 2000s. i haven't spent a lot of time talking about it, but mexico is producing a highly potent powdered heroin that hasn't been seen before. synthetics are also coming in, a new source and a technological advancement in that it's highly potent. i'll remind everyone there are other consequences besides overdose in this opioid crisis, injecting drugs leads to infectious disease risk. blood borne viruses, hepatitis c and hiv. we should be mindful of the scott county -- the severe hiv outbreak in scott county, indiana. there are many scott-county-like counties in the united states. we also have to be concerned about bacterial infections, soft tissue infe

. >> anthony: all over southeast asia any hotel lobby, any hotel bar, there's a filipino band. >> woman. all of guns n' roses -- no problem. >> eric: that is true. >> anthony: music and singing are a huge part of life in the philippines, so making it as a cover band, being sent abroad to perform is a big deal. but one thing remains the same -- always. to succeed, you better be able to pick up new material, fast. >> eric: whitney houston, celine dion, tony braxton, beatles and elvis presley. >> anthony: how many songs in your repertoire? around how many? >> eric: thousands already. >> anthony: and if you don't know it you pretty much can fake it real quick. >> woman: yeah. >> anthony: five years from now, where would you like to be? where would you like to be playing? >> eric: that's a good question. like my biggest dream is to play in las vegas in the u.s. this is my dream. >> man: when we get to the dream, you know, playing in las vegas, we want to play first when we get there -- "we are the champions," if we get there. i noticed it as soon as we moved into the new house. ♪ a lot of pe