. >>> authorities in southern china are fighting to contain a bird flu outbreak that's infected nine people. >>> and the detention of a popular french comedian is prompting criticism as officials crack down on racist comments in the wake of last week's terror attacks. >>> people in japan are getting new insight into a relationship that's long shaped their safety. declassified documents reveal how the prime minister 50 years ago changed his words under american pressure. they show u.s. pressure got him to stress the islands of okinawa win vital to american security. they took control at the end of world war ii. he became the first prime minister to visit u.s. territory and spoke to the public in 1965. declassified diplomatic records have revealed how his message got shaped. u.s. officials approached him three days before prime minister sato gave his speech and asked to see his draft. it talked about way ss japan would help oakkinawa if they got the islands back and the u.s. wasn't happy. the u.s. ambassador visited the prime minister and said the speech didn't give enough emphasis on

although rice noodles from southern china are the only dish on the menu, diners can choose from a variety of ingredients. the noodles are available with or without soup. this particular dish is extremely spicy. over half the customers complain about the taste. but the restaurant carries on regardless. in fact, it displays customer comments on the tables. ♪ in spite of these complaints, 300 bowls are sold every day with a turnover of more than 24,000 u.s. dollars each month. the owner has attracted the attention of the industry by opening up a second diner only three months after the first one. a product launch party is being held for a major south korean electronics manufacturer. reporters from magazines and online media attend. the restaurant was chosen as a venue because of its reputation. the noodle shops were opened by student in the prestigious peking university. 24-year-old zhang is now the talk of the town. want to gain ek appearance, zhang had many jobs as a student including a tutor and a dumpling shop owner. the experience has allowed him to increase sales earning the dumpling s

we're in southern china where the cantonese community challenge is trying to keep their identity alive. >> reporter: in the southern chinese city of guangzhou u it is the language on the street. tracing it's roots back a thousand years it can claim a far longer tradition than 100-year-old mandarin. but there are signs fewer people are speaking cantonese. >> now at work people will speak mandarin more. it's easier to communicate with colleagues from other places. >> when i'm at home with my child i will speak cantonese. and it's up to him to choose between cantonese and mandarin. >> academics run a project for students to record and archive variations of cantonese before they disappear. >> in more remote areas a lot more regional dialects are dying out. many in their 20s and 30s can't speak their dialect any more. >> fears that cantonese is under threat has led to street protests in the past. they believe that it is a way for the central government to impose it's will in different places. in doing so the cantonese community could suffer as well. >> the concern for the chinese authoritie

their home in southern china, that was cause for a big celebration. caregivers say the pandas are in good health and the triplets have begun to eat bamboo all by themselves. they are the longest living panda triplets in history. >>> on the go, text radar to 25543 and download the wusa-9 weather app. >>> we've been warned about the snow. >> most of us in the immediate metro area and the beltway. as much as six inches to call close to the mason dixon line. that's what we are looking at right now. there are mixed messages from our model data. some of the forecast model data indicates that this form is going to become a monster, close enough to us to spread more snow in, even on tuesday morning, but i think that the more likely scenario is that we will be done with the snow during the monday evening commute. right now, though, it is too warm for snow. it is 40 degrees with a northwest wind at about 8 miles per hour. we are going to see temperatures getting milder during the day on sunday. it will be a fairly pleasant today, but the snow arrives on sunday

the technology is already being used by immigration officials in hong kong and shenzhen southern china. at concert venues it quickly verifies tens of thousands of visitors registered to attend an event. the developers are working on making it possible to link scanned faces to personal data. they also plan to use facial recognition to make shopping easier. with these new advancements one day we may never have to worry about forgetting our passwords. mikiko suzuki, nhk world, tokyo. >>> the people who run japan's shinkansen railway service are looking to raise the bar. they've seen their bullet train service set the pace in speed and safety for more than 50 years. and they're now looking to get passengers an even better experience while on board. >> reporter: just two months to go until these attendants will be serving customers for real. >> translator: you can't reach from the front, so serve sideways like this. >> reporter: the instructor used to work as a first class cabin attendant on international flights. now she trains shinkansen attendants. over 100 so far. she was born in cow do

his father spoke a local dialect from southern china and it was just a tragic tragic scene today. >>rtney keely, thank you very much. now, at least three people have been seriously injured as they were caught up in fighting between reynolds and ukrainian forces despite a cease-fire in the area rebel fighters engaged with the army in the embattled city. it is unclear who fired first. locals say that rebels broke the truce. the rebels put the blame on government soldiers. meanwhile in luhan separatist security fors say rebel commander has been killed as they went to arrest him on murder charges emergency teams have called off the search of the 8 man crew of a cement chip missing after it capsized off the north coast of scotland. four lifeboats have been at the scene since the crew of a passing ferry spotted the partially submerged hull on saturday. no distress call was heard from the ship which was encountering heavy seas. 7 of the crew are polish the the other missing man is from the philippines. >> at the vatican action pope francis has picked 15 new cardinals from 14 different count

. >> authorities detained the man at a port in southern china. here's a photo. 94 iphones that he decided to tape to his body. authorities say he tried to smuggle them in from hong kong, and now he's being detained. they say what really gave him away was his funky-looking walk. it's all about the sell there and that was not an effective one. >> we continue to follow breaking news. a tire breaks out near san pedro square in downtown san jose. we've got crews on the scene as firefighters still try to battle, putting out a lot of hot spots. >> yes, and those flames from a little bit earlier. now we see a live picture. annette miranda is on scene getting ready to fill us in on what's going on now. she told us before actually, a police officer just driving by this morning in the 4:00 hour spotted the fire, called it in. now they have been able to tamp it down. we'll get all the latest coming up right after this break. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. that breaking

he moved here with his family from southern china when he was just 12 years old. friends and colleagues say he always wanted to be a cop and was always kind to strangers. he knew several chinese dialects and was able to help build a bridge with an asian community here in new york wary of police. he was killed a day before his three-month wedding anniversary. commissioner bratton and embattled new york city mayor de blasio are scheduled to arrive at 1:00 p.m. today. last weekend many officers turned their backs on de blasio during the funeral. accusing him of supporting protests and an anti-cop climate leading up to the murders. in a department-wide memo, bratton called the turning of the backs last week an act of disrespect and encouraged officers from doing it again this weekend, saying, quote, i understand that emotions are high. i issue no mandates and i make no threats of discipline but i remind you when you don the uniform of this department, you are bound by the tradition, honor and decency that go with it. the funeral will be held tomorrow beginning at 11:0

instead of heading towards vietnam or up towards southern china it's going to come down along the northernst of borneo and as it spins it could intensify the rainfall which is already intense. this is four or five days away. >> tom, quickly, with all that happening on the surface there from these storms does it affect the currents in terms of moving nor debris around that may be lower? >> not so much below let's say ten feet 20 feet. anything that's on the surface of the java sea is not going moving. there's a lot of sediment. i'm sure the aircraft is not moving. generally the last five days the currents have been almost due east but earlier andrew stevens said authorities talked to local fishermen to take a look at this coastline in their fishing areas along the southeastern coast of borneo. >> tom sater, thank you. one theory that's been floated that the pilot could have been trying to land on water of the java sea. many of you probably remember when captain sully sullenberger landed that u.s. airways flight 1559 happened back in 2009 here on the hudson river. he was a guest on "the situ

he arrived in the united states from southern china when he was just 12 years old. he dreamt of becoming a cop, especially inspired after 9-11. he had an affinity for helping strangers. inside the brooklyn funeral home today, strangers joined about 30 members of liu's family. his widow grieving. he was murdered just three months after being newly married. earlier this afternoon, police commissioner bill bratton and mayor de blasio went inside the funeral home for about ten minutes to pay their respects. meanwhile, new york governor cuomo also visiting, just two days after his own father, former governor mario cuomo, died. saying his father would have wanted him to be here offering his condolences to liu and the nypd. >> you have to remember every time a police officer leaves the house in the morning. this is the thought that goes through the wife's mind and through the children's minds, is my husband coming home tonight? is my dad coming home tonight? it's one of the things that makes it a hard, hard job. >> reporter: last weekend, many officers turned their backs o

. >> authorities detained the man at a port in southern china. look at the photo. those are 94 iphones taped to his body. authorities say he tried to smuggle them in from hong kong. he's now under arrest. they say what really gave him away was his funny looking walk. >> especially when you get a text message on vibrate. >>> a 3-year-old utah boy home safe after using a cell phone to get him out of his mother's stolen car. >> yeah. yesterday, the boy dropped off her other son at day care and saw someone take off in her car with her son in the back seat. after the mom called for help police dialed her cell phone which she had left in the car. the son answered the phone and the thief quickly abandoned the car. officers told the boy to honk the horn and within minutes, mother and boy were reunited. >> 3 years old. thank goodness he knew how to do that. llt, you can honk the horn all you want. >> still to come the debate over recess. why some schools are getting rid of the day time activity for students. ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my hom

arriving from southern china when we was just 12 years old, liu always dreamt of becoming a cop, especially inspired after 9/11. new york's governor andrew cuomo had this to say during his visit today. >> young man officer liu, who this was his dream to become an nypd officer, in some ways it's the ultimate assimilation into america, into new york to become and obviously he was so proud and he was so proud for his whole family. >> reporter: cuomo also called for and end to city wide tensions. last weekend many officers turned their backs on the mayor during officer rafael ramos' funeral. in a department wide memo friday, bratton called the action disrespectful and discouraged it this weekend saying, quote, i understand that emotions are high. i issue no mandates and idiscip. but i remind you are bound. by the tradition, on honor and decency that goes with it. de blasio is set to speak tomorrow at liu's funeral at 11:00 a.m. we'll see how the officers respond then. >> with me now former new york police commissioner and milwaukee county sheriff david clark. thank you for being here this eveni

he spoke in a local dialect from southern china. it was later translated into can't on can. onese.s followed by her bride whoshe said he was her soulmate and hero as she choked tears. that was broadcast to the city blocks. we had all of the 85th breprecinct that officer ramos killed alongside officer liu as they sat in their police car, the 85th precinct and all sal on theed the casket followed by hundreds of policemen on motorcycles, a very very somber occasion. it was just that moment when mayor bill diblasio some made a political statement. >> how is new york coming to terms with this terrible double murder and what's being done to mend that relationship between the city and the? >> reporter: as we have spoken in the last several weeks, you saw i reported for you a very large protest in the city streets. tens of thousands of people protesting against the lack of an indictment for eric garner who was one of three armed black men that was recently killed in the united states. he was killed here in staten island after a chokehold, he said "i can't breathe" but it came on the heels

authorities detained the man at a port in southern china.his is a photo of the 94 iphones taped to his body. but he tried to smuggle them in from hong kong. he's now being detained. they say what really gave him away was his funny looking walk. >> not the metal detection or anything like that, his gait. >>> follow-up now to mochi the pit bull, who is become home safe and sound. >> we first told you this story yesterday morning. mochi disappeared when her owner's san francisco home was broken into on friday. she was later seen with a female suspect on surveillance video. owner david baker says he didn't care about his stolen things. he just wanted mochi back. >> right when i saw her, i just broke into tears and hugged her. it was a feeling i can never really explain. it was the most stressed i've ever had to feel in my life. and i wasn't able to eat or sleep for three days. >> this message spread quickly on twitter and instagram. police say they found mochi with this woman who has since been booked into jail on a ver ryety of misdemeanor and

we are going to see a little bit of a disturbance down toward the southern portion of china. that's going to produce a little bit of rain. meanwhile, over here in japan, we're going to see some wintry weather wrapping things up for saturday, and then by sunday the warmer air will actually return. we'll see some improvement but in the mean time look out for some windy conditions. gusts will be up to 108 kilometers per hour. waves up to 5 meters and snowfall in hokkaido. 30 to 40 centimeters. and then the low departs from the area and we will see improving conditions. 11 for the high in tokyo on saturday. 6 in seoul. 4 in beijing. again that rain in hong kong down toward the southern portions of the area where temperatures ss topping off at 18 degrees. we're talking about a lot more rain fall in europe down to the mediterranean sea we go into italy we have this low pressure system spinning and bringing in all that moisture with it and dumping it over the southern portion of italy and along the coast of the balkan peninsula we are looking at the possibility of seeing some severe

as the meli peninsula, and that cold air may even bring some frozen precipitation into southern portions of china high of 4 in seoul on saturday. 10 in tokyo. 9 in beijing. 20s down toward manila. cold temperatures also continuing for a good portion of the united states, as high pressure is driving down that chilly air from canada. we are looking at some wintry precipitation, some snow for the northeastern portions of the united states into southeastern canada. so toronto, new york, d.c. you will see some snowfall as we go through friday and again into chicago we're looking at temperatures at negative 14 with a windchill factor down into negative 20s. we're wrapping things up with a look at australia because the asian cup has started and it's going to continue as we go into saturday. but notice a lot of cloud cover from the southeastern portions of australia, canberra and sydney, wet weather with a high of 30 degrees on saturday as day two of the asian cup continues. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tok

macau is an 11-square mile enclave on the southern coast of mainland china. for over four centuries, it was under portuguese rule. today it is the closest place to china where gambling is legal. in 1962, chinese businessman stanley ho was the first person to usher in a new era of casinos in macau. for decades, it raked in billions. he paved the way for other investors to make it big in macau. today, one of those investors is stanley ho's son, lawrence ho. >> my father revolutionized the casino market 40 years ago in macau. he brought in a new style. throughout my career and life, it has been about trying to prove myself. >> it was important to you to prove that you could build a company from scratch? >> yes. definitely. >> determined to break out of his father's shadow, he partnered with james packer, himself the son of a famous tycoon. together they formed melco crown. their properties include two extravagant resorts. >> city of dreams is the ultimate destination for urban entertainment in macau. >> lawrence refers to the "city of dreams" as an integrated re

southern border is now at 16. so it drops south from the china basin area. the next map chose the southern district down powell then along market and it goes east to the bay at mission street now instead of market. so it drops at third in market to third in mission and east to the bay. so what that does is tenderloin and central southern most border is creating that border for southern. >> it's mission street. >> for the next one is currently at western border starting at broadway street. it will now move west starting at the northern point on broadway street to visadero to castro street to end on market street. it's that border to west of the divisadero to castro to market street. that would be the only change for the northern station. what that does is it picks up the housing that is west of the space now in the western addition. it's expanding to that area. >> it picks up marcus garvey even though it's across from the northern station. it moves to this. >> so with that change in northern it will change the richmond's border and we'll talk about the park as

it will be built in four stages, first from the city in china to the capitol of laos and southern bangkok. carrying on the line to kuala lampur ending in singapore. we are in bangkok. >> thailand's railway industry is one of seich is that's oldest and showing its age. the network has received little funding with no major investment in more than half a century. >> it is so old it's unseen. when the train moves i'm afraid i will fall off. >> with an average speed of 50 kilometers an hour, practically all trains run late and at a loss. compare that to china's super high speed fleet. in a couple of decades the country has transformed its rail system to one of the most technically advanced in the world. it is offering to do the same for southeast asia. the government has agreed to start construction in thailand by the end of the year. >> the rail project is expected to cost around $12 billion. beijing and boink cock have yet to work out how it will be financed. the plan is to play around 873 kilometers of new track and 106 brand new shiny modern trains. >> some question china's motives. the ex

here's the south china sea, the southern portion of this.he search area, as you've heard by now, roughly the size of the state of delaware. we get brisk winds coming out of the north-northwest but look at this, where you start to see the yellow disappear, that means some of the stronger winds, 25-mile-an-hour winds, maybe higher gusts, now we're looking at winds that are maybe 10 to 15 miles an hour. so pamela, if anything, i think that this will further along that search. it gives some hope that maybe there will be more information that they can gather both from the sky with their visibility and also with the vessels that are on the ocean. they will have more visibility and they are not going to get that washing machine motion that they've been experiencing. >> let's hope so. david, i'm going to go to you now. putting aside the challenge of just navigating a search in this kind of rough weather, what are the conditions doing to the wreckage that they are looking for? >> well, first of all, this news about the weather is very exciting for th

the police department's new headquarters and the new southern station will be located here on third straight and chinastorical fire station 30. >> i guess it's reassuring for the community to know that. >> reporter: at tonight's police commission meeting, concern from some about a shift in resources. >> hell no. >> reporter: she lives in a housing project in the paterno hill neighborhood. >> officers we have, all of them aren't perfect, but the community has built a rapport with them. >> reporter: that relationship was set to change. >> to take those officers away, and put in some officers who have never dealt with public housing before was a definite no-no. >> reporter: the paterno officers will keep their assignments under the current proposal. >> it feels good. >> reporter: those in areas where the population is increasing will. >> when the police district originally set up over 20 years ago, there wasn't necessarily anticipation of the immense neighborhood that was going to grow in the south of market and mission bay. >> reporter: she represents district 6. >> the move down south really helped to

china. it's believed to have crashedover the southern indian ocean after exhausting its fuel. the civil department of aviation made this statement on the missing flight. >> after 327 days and based on all available data as well as sensors mentioned earlier, survivability in the defined area is highly unlikely. it is therefore, with the heaviest heart and deepest soul that on behalf of the government of malaysia we officially declare malaysia airlines flight mh370 an accident. >> well let's take you to jennifer pak. i know you've been speaking to some of the relatives of those who are missing. what's their reaction been to today's statement? >> reporter: well, a lot of them are skeptical, and one relative told me that they believe the malaysian government is not giving all of the information. remember this announcement does not answer the basic questions that the families had ten months on which is where is the plane and why did it disappear in the first place? as you mentioned, it does move the compensation process ahead, but some of them don't want and have refused to even st

. >>> police investigators in china are trying to determine the cause of a fatal explosion that rocked afternoon auto parts factory wednesday morning in a southern part of the country. they say at least 17 people are dead and 33 others injured. several blasts struck the facility in the city of fosha thrks. the explosions blew out the roof and walls of the plant and smashed windows in other nearby buildings. officials say operations at the factory have been suspended for regular checks and cl >>> people in the mallay peninsula have performed a puppet theater more than 100 years. recently they've seen the population dwindle. one puppet master is trying to turn things around exploring possibilities in the traditional theater. nhk world reports. >> reporter: characters and stories are drawn from ancient indian epics. the prints in this tale is a man rescuing his wife from a devil that kidnapped her. there's no script. people have passed the story down orally. the puppet master is at the center of the action. 36-year-old is one of only a few rising stars in the field. he writes the story and manipulates several pup pets at the same time all the while

china. the search for the airline which went missing on march the 8th to beijing will continue. in the southern indian ocean. but that's not enough. when we heard that we felt very happy but today the malaysians have announced they suffered an accident, that they went missing i strongly disagree i believe the government wound allow them to get away with it. >> rarely have such horrifying events unfolded so publicly. the words of an australian coroner. two hostages were killed and an inquest said one of them was hit by police fire. from sidney, andrew thomas reports. >> it was the dramatic end to a siege that had lasted more than 16 hours. in just a few minutes three people a hostage taker and two of it's hostages were dead. on thursday, an inquest began into how and why they died. i want to assure everyone we will do all in our power to undertake an investigation that is rigorous, independent and searching. it will strive to establish what happened, why it happened and whether it could have been prevented or responded to. >> the siege began mid-morning. he pull as gun on customers and staff. po

police investigators in china tried to determine the cause of a fatal explosion that rocked a factory. it happened on wednesday morning in the southern part of the country and they say at least 17 people are dead and 33 others injured. several blasts struck the facility. the exploexs blew out the roof and walls of the plant and smashed windows in other nearby buildings. officials say operations at the factory had been suspended for regular checks and cleaning. reports suggests that leaking gas may have triggered the blasts. the factory is one of the world's largest for making axels for trailer trucks. >>> search crews carrying out the grim task of looking for airasia flight 8501 are facing more obstacles. they've pulled more bodies from the waters. but their efforts are being hampered by bad weather. indonesian authorities say the bodies of three men and a woman were found bringing the total located to seven. the aircraft was heading on sunned to singapore from surabaya in indonesia. the jet disappeared from radar screens while near kalimantan island during a storm. 162 passengers and crew members were on board. authorities have conf

>> well the southern part of europe is more difficult. latin america has slowed down a touch. china slowed down as well. that said you know there are still terrific opportunities around the world for us to continue to invest. >> we're a little tight on time on this busy market day. your yield is about 3.1%. you've been raising the dividend forever and ever and ever. going to keep doing it? >> well, listen i think this is important to look in the context of overall investment thesis. our investment thesis is a competitive dividend and a 3% dividend in the context of interest rate environments is very we think, compelling coupled with a core business that has great defendable moats around it with recurring revenue. good income opportunities. finally, you know as we discuss in great growth opportunities as well. >> congrat layings for the good performance. the stock has doubleed in the past couple of years. new branding out today. we appreciate your spending time with us. sue, back to you. >> thanks. >>> gentlemen, we are just minutes away from the fed's latest read on the economy. it

fires in southern australia. 29 people have been injured and 26 homes destroyed along with vast swaths of home and willed wilderness. >> the world's largest ice sculpture event reporting from china's winter wonder land. >> five days of working in subzero temperatures, the reward, a single block of ice harharbin ice festival. patterns inspired by nature. >> it's transparent clear the ice, and you create fourth dimension side, that is what happens. >> but the competition is not the main draw here flor is it this ice rink rather unusually for tricycle rides. it is also not for the horse drawn carriages even though they add a nice touch. people come for this. when day transforms into night and the buildings are lit up like some gaudy yet magical winter wonder land. fleeneon lights of every color light up the blocks of snow anditis inside and out. each year, the fix gets up bigger even more elaborate structures, and officials say they are expecting more and more people a 10% increase from the 1.1 million who visited last year. >> the steam trains clamor on and off when you have enough. >> it's mazing. it's like seeing the sea or the desert for the first time. then suddenly you just go,

china to loose. it will continue to bangkok, where it will split, heading to thailand's southern and northern provinces. the bangkok line will continue to kuala lumpur. as we report even though the system needs an upgrade, many wonder who will benefit from it. >>> thailand's rail industry is one of asia's oldest and is showing its age. the network received little funding with no major investment in more than half a century. >> it is so old. it's even. when the train moves, i'm afraid i will fall off. >> with a speed of 50 k/hr all the trains run late and at a loss. compare that to china's super high-speed fleet. in a couple of decades, the country has transformed its system to one of the most technologically advanced in the world, and is offering to do the same for south-east asia's quaking railways and the government agreed to start construction in thailand by the end of the year. >> the project is expected to cost around $12 billion. beijing and bangkok have yet to work out how it will be financed. the plan is to play 873km of new track, and 106 brand new shiny modern trains will be added to the curr

southern indian ocean. no debris has ever been found. all 239 passengers and crew are presumed dead. >>> to china we go, relatives of the passengers reacted to the announcement with cheers anger, disbelief. the families are still waiting for evidence of how the plane disappeared. the chief says the search for the plane is still a priority. >>> jordan's government is demanding proof of life of a jordanian pilot held by isis before moving ahead with any possible swap to bring about his release. the militants have reportedly threatened to kill the jordanian pilot by sunset unless jordan frees an iraqi woman from death row and delivers her to the turkish border. the woman was involved in deadly hotel bombings a decade ago. >>> the terror group released a new audio message overnight, read by a voice saying he's the japanese journalist held by isis. that message talked to jordan releasing the female prison or else isis will kill the jordanian pilot they're holding hostage. >>> we have some new information on the deadly terror siege in sydney, australia, last month. the coroner found one of the hostages died from fragments of police bullets or b

china was built in 476 b.c. folks talk about building a wall along our own southern border. >> that's right, melissa.all has done down south. issa wants mecca and medina the two most holiest sites of holy muslims. we're going to see a lot more activity in my judgment along that border, and as soon as isis can get inside saudi arabia, we'll see activity inside saudi arabia also. melissa: scary stuff. gentlemen, thanks to both of you. >> thank you. melissa: upper management told to pack their backs as the weight of scandals takes its toll. >>> plus independent films beating out most major studios as the oscar nomination. at the end of the day it's all about awards season. how can power consumption in china impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 70% of r mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and ex

decision that has angers many, sparking protests in china the search for the airliner which went missing on march the 8th will continue in the southernian ocean paraphernalia and inquest has had one of them was hit by police fire. from sidney, andrew thomas reports. >> it was the dramatic end to a siege that had lasted more than 16 hours. three people, a hostage taker and two hostages were dead. on thursday, an inquest began into how and why they died. i want to assure everyone we will do all within our power to undertake a comprehensive investigation that is rigorous, independent, and searching. it will strive to establish what happened why it happened and whether it could have been prevented or responding to more effectively. >> the siege began mid-morning on december the 15th. he pull add gun on customers and staff. the police quickly surrounded the coffee shop. part of the city center went into lock down. >> rarely have such horrifying events unfolded so publicly. inch as the first flowers were being layed police were beginning their navigation. the cosh north sinai will question them, the police on the scene and hostages who sur

china is a great example. how did it grow its economy? by eliminating barriers. if those barriers are removed there is a lot of potential. a lot of southernopeans are having to deal with cultural questions. quality of life as they define it. efficiency is a key element here. >> i am sorry i want to cut you off. i want 40 seconds from each of you on who needs to pull their weight. gary, i will kickoff with you. >> it is hard to separate it. i think business needs to pull their weight. if europe is going to grow -- if you look at what the u.s. got going, we had a cheap energy, we had low interest rates, and a very competitive currency. we used that to create jobs. the question is if europe can create jobs. you need the structural reform to create jobs. look at what we did in silicon valley in the tech world. millions of jobs created in the u.s. over the last 5-10 years. >> all. i think they all need to pull their weight. there are big trade deals on the table. there is a big climate deal that would certainly feel anxiety. also a lot of opportunities. in the world of central bankers, all of them have to really rally around those jobs and gro

china or openness. >> i think there's a concern, the kavt rose are getting up there - 83 and 88 - should they pass, what will happen next. you speak to people in southern command, u.s. military command. they are worried about massive refugees coming across. >> there has been an influence in recent weeks. >> that's for two reasons. the economic circumstances have deteriorated. they need $2.5 billion to keep economic growth. >> roberta jacobsen said the economy is in a tailspin, that it was not a life line the u.s. deal with cuba, but with venezuela, the main sponsor. talk about an economy in a tailspin, they will not be able to support the cubans, is it not a live line? >> worse case scenario, let's imagine the venezuela life line is cut. it accounts for 100,000 oil per day. 25% of the g.d.p. if you take that away, you are looking at a collapse, which i don't think you want to see 90 miles off the shore. >> peno nieto was in washington. he spoke about how mexico could help the united states in the effort of bringing democracy to cuba. do you think there's a positive not just for change in the long temp, but a stronger, positive influence of the united s

southern and northern hemisphere. it's really cool. and they steer by moving up and down. it's the neatest thing ever. you question about china -- ask the question again. >> is google willing to accept internet censorship to enter china? >> actually, no. [laughter] [applause] >> but china has the most people in the world. shouldn't most companies be willing to accept almost any terms to get that market open? [laughter] [applause] >> so we debated this a long time and we talked about this in the book, which you've clearly read. [laughter] >> i haven't read it. >> you haven't read it? >> yes i haven't heard -- >> okay, well, here's my copy. [laughter] [applause] so anyway, what happened in china is we just decided the level of censorship was counter to google's principles and we decided that we would not operate in china as long as that was part of their plan. it was a historic decision and a decision that most other companies would not have made. >> oh. laugh. >> good answer. [laughter] >> thank you very avi. [applause] thank you. >> thank you avi. [applause] >> so, ladies and gentlemen that is how google works and a real life

southern. >> right. scottish by birth, american by choice. i'm the privilege of talking a wee bit about taiwan policy, but i'll start with china policy. not for a moment because i believe that taiwan policy is a subset of china policy. nor should it ever be. in fact, we get into significant issues quite frankly in our relations with taiwan and more broadly our interests in the asia pacific region when we make taiwan policy a subset of china policy. but i would like to make a couple of observations about the state of china policy at the moment. a great deal of high level engagement takes place with the chinese and we have very little to show for it. when we do have headlines and scratch the surface a wee bit, typically you find they lack substance. problems fester with little end in sight. and i happen to believe that our relationship with the chinese is adrift. there is no response to china's increasing assertiveness in the region. china is thus able to salami slice their way through changes facts on the ground whether they be disputes over islands, eezs or other areas of disagreement. on regional and global security issues, where we

southern taiwan. >> that's right. scottish by birth, american by choice. i'm the privilege of talking a we bit about taiwan policy but i will start with china policy. not for a moment because i believe that taiwan policy is a subset of china policy. nor should it ever be. in fact, we get into significant issues quite frankly in our relations with taiwan and more broadly our interest in the asia-pacific region when we make taiwan policy a subset of china policy. but i would like to make a couple of observations about the present state of china policy at the moment. a great deal of high level engagement takes place with the chinese, and we have very little to show for it. when we do that lines you scratch the surface of we did, typically defined they lack substance. problems fester with little and insight and i happen to believe that our relationship with the chinese is a drift. there's no response to china increasing its assertiveness in the region. china is able to salami slice their way through changes changing facts on the ground, whether they disputes over islands, etcs or other areas of disagreement. on regional and global security issues where