sri-komar. >>> the debt load in the united states. i'll talk to house budget committee chairman paul ryan about the danger of defaults and the outlook for political compromise. >>> and barbecue economics heats up for the weather. what is on consumers' menu this grilling season? >>> and as we go to the break, take a look at how the stock market ended the week. >>> welcome back. as congress works overtime this week on the budget battle, the august 2nd deadline to raise the debt court of appeal willing risk default of the country's loan payments is looming. i spoke to paul ryan about this unprecedented debate. >> well, we've said all along is every dollar the president wants to raise the debt limit, let's cut more than a dollar's worth of spending. it's been pretty clear spending is the problem, maria. if we don't get a handle on our spending problem around here, we're going to have a debt crisis. the problem with the debt limit, it's the only game in town. the senate for almost 108 days now has chosen not to pass a budget. so the budget

we have the story of the sri lankan boatpeople inning to get to england. >> yes, a ship carrying 87 srianka andns was apprehended -- sri lankans was apprehended last week, but will not allow them passage. >> it has been a long and treacherous journey for these passengers. their boat ran into mechanical trouble when it was intercepted in indonesian waters and brought to shore. these refugees are refusing to get off the ship. they say they want to go to new zealand, where they think they will have a shot at a better life. but new zealand has reportedly said it will not accept them. there are women and children amongst the passengers. one woman is report of the pregnant. the passengers say they have enough supplies to last them a month. this is not the first time that indonesia has had to deal with the challenge of this sort. last year, a group of 200 sri lankan refugees refuse to disembark. they turned the ship into their home. even after all the waiting, they never reached their final destination, australia. the standoff highlights problems in countries where they are trying to deal with

the maintenance sri sri. priests the old sri blog cancelling videos for your media projects c.e.o. john d'arcy touched on. the lower level. the lists and. lists. mum. mum. six. ft. six. thousands have turned out across a zero demanding the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu in protest which some observers say mirrored the demonstrations which have swept the arab world is yet. another plant oh boy he was dead to full trail that the republican controlled house of representatives rejects a bill becomes proposed by the democrats front to back room hundred continues to try to reach a deal before tuesday's deadline with president obama urging congress to come to an agreement. veterans have gathered for their annual march but it's once again caused outrage among activists say turning a blind eye to such meetings can lead to trudge to simulate to walk up and in no way. out and back without a news bulletin in fall in just fifteen minutes time from now makes those fort worth kate and football tops. hello welcome to the sports news and these are the headlines. top tussles in for

next local elections are taking place in parts of northern sri lanka on saturday.n some areas, it will be the sum -- the first such vote in nearly 30 years. although, parliamentary elections were held last year. it will come just two years after the end of the civil war between government forces and the tamil tiger separatists. joining me now from, but it is charles. these are the council elections, but even the president campaigned in one city this week. what is at stake for him? >> that is right. the big jet -- the big government juggernaut, if you like. he is responding to the intense wave of international criticism being directed at the country at the moment. the u.s. congressional committee is voting that aid will be cut off to sri lanka unless they show a move away from wartime atrocities. ofy're putting a lot resources into this. >> two opposition groups have claimed harassment by the ruling party, which it denies. it will these elections be free and fair? >> that is a big question about that political -- about that. proper transport is not been provided to

with me now are grand prize winner, sri bo. she won in the 17 to 18 age category.mi shaw, the winner in the 15 to 16 age group category, and here with me in studio is lauren hodge, she won in the 13 to 14 age group. congratulations to all of you. brilliant, brilliant girls. sri, when you were in the second grade, where i was seeing how ants reacted to having water poured on them, you were turning spinach blue, because you thought it might be more appealing to kids. that is not what won you the grand prize, something substantially more resistant. tell me what you did. >> we found a link between this one protein and the development of drug resistance in ovarian cancer. slightly more complicated. >> it is complicated. i'm certainly not going to try to simplify that for me. but ovarian cancer is a difficult cancer. it's often detected very late in women and we really are trying to figure out where it comes from and how best to treat it. why did you decide to go down this road? >> actually, two years ago, my grandfather passed away of cancer and i decided i really wante

a conversation with former finance manager in indonesia and now managing director of the world bank sri mulyani indrawati. >> the country was already achieved their successful development process from low income to become a middle-income country but it doesn't guarantee them to become a high income country. a lot of countries in the middle income they then stay there. so we call it the middle income track. and that is the area that the bank can provide with quite a lot of experience because we are a knowledge bank. we are not just lending money. >> rose: we continue with deborah lipstad, the author of "the eichmann trial." you'll see when mlac is tried in the hague there will be survivors there telling their story. when milosevic was tried, there were survivors telling their story. you wouldn't think of having genocide trial now, a mass murder trial, without the voice of the survivor. that's the legacy of the eichmann trial. it wasn't that the survivors hadn't spoken before. they had spoken before. but the world hadn'tistened. >> rose: sri mulyani indrawati and deborah lipstad when cont

. -- there are refugees from sri lanka and indonesia. >> they want to go to an entirely different place. they were apprehended by indonesian officials. there are refusing to leave. they say that they fled two years ago after the war and they want to go to new zealand. >> it has been a long and treacherous journey and the passengers have envied. there a vehicle ran into mechanical trouble. these refugees are now refusing to get off of the ship. they say they want to go to new zealand where they think they will have a shot at a better life. new zealand has reportedly said they will not accept them. there are women and children among the 87 asylum seekers, one woman is reportedly pregnant. the passengers say they have enough supplies to last them a month. this is the first time that indonesia has had to deal with this challenge. last year, a group of 200 refugees refused to disembark off of their boat. they turned their shipped but even after that waiting, they never reached their final destination, australia. the stand have highlighted the problems. the government is urging this boatload

. >> i've traveled to places like malawi, indonesia, sri lanka, the tsunami-affected regions, ecuador in south america. and some of the things i saw there i definitely won't forget. they had so little, yet they still had smile on their faces, while here we complain if our coffee is cold. and really that's what counts -- realizing that what we have here. another item to us is the whole world to other people. and i think that that's why it's really important to help out. to be able go out there and make a difference. >> reporter: and that, according to bilaal, is something anyone can make happen, not matter what your age. >> i'm just another kid that's taken action. and action is something that everyone else out there in the world can do. it's the first step, and it's the hardest step, but it's the most important step in making a difference. >> reporter: but his resume is not one of just another kid. he's a motivational speaker, a fund-raiser, a unicef child ambassador, and now a published author. >> i said, well, why not give my message out to other readers, to other people, to other k

civil war, hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians are returning to their homes in the north of sri lanka. access to the region from outsiders has been heavily protected. the rules have just been relaxed. our correspondent is the first journalist to travel there and meets those trying to rebuild their lives. >> outsiders have come to these northern jungles. war had driven out every person, animal. every building was flattened. now, people are returning and trying to start fresh. this child is helping his parents build a home. they were forced from their village and displaced time and time again before suffering bombardment in the final war zone. they got a small grant when they came out of the refugee camp but they had to pawn their possessions to get by. >> we are glad that we have come from the village but i lost my mother, my brother, and my older sister and brother in the war. >> there is community spirit here. they are lucky to be alive. all of the other men perished. most of the civilians who were confined in government-run camps have returned to the villages like this one. al

case management skills and then do counseling with sri attendance throughout the mission district. i worked with victor for a year doing that. his experience living in an sro and being a case manager and having a background in social work and being a tenant advocate, he was an excellent participant in my program. he was able to guide tenants through the process, whether they had bedbugs, illegal eviction issues, or questions around ssi. he was able to work with tenants are given the right direction where they should go for assistance. he was recently asked to be in the urban habitat boards and commissions leadership institute. but specifically is urban habitat's way of culling leaders from communities of color and low income people and saying we want to give you extra skills to be on the commission because you have the skills. he is for the next year going to be in that program which is going to support him on the sro taskforce. i have seen his work. i think he would be an excellent contribution to the task force. thank you. >> good afternoon again. i could find no other candidate

of people leave home every year looking to a new start because of wars and poverty in afghanistan, sri lanka and other countries. demanding that australia and malaysia act responsibly and prevent the deal from leading to civil rights violations. nhk world. >>> before we wrap up this bulletin, we look at an attempt by singapore to enter the record books. the city state has recently built what it says is the longest table in the world. the fully assembled table, about 160 meters long was put on dism display saturday in the middle of a road. singapore hopes that the guinness world records will endorse the bid. the organizers put on the event as part of the city's food festival managing to sell 550 seats to hungry customers. >> i always wanted to come down here. so it's fantastic. i think they're doing a fun thing. this is nice. >> the organizers planned the table at 120 meters but had to limit it as demand rose. try fitting that table into your dining room. that wraps up our bulletin. >>> now let's look at the market figures. >>> hello, there. welcome to your weather update. we're looking

. >> survivors of the civil war are trying to rebuild their lives in sri lanka. it is 11:00 a.m. in singapore. >> it is for clock in london. viewersoadcasting to around the world. this is "newsday." ♪ >> late night talks between the french president and german chancellor have reportedly resulted in a joint position over new bailouts for greece. an emergency summit of european leaders will begin to discuss the crisis in a few hours. it comes amid warnings that the currency is facing its greatest test to date. >> for the past year or more, whenever european leaders of that, there has been one issue at the top of the agenda again and again. that is trying to fix the euro. the survival of a single currency has been called into question. there are increasingly urgent appears for eurozone leaders to act decisively. >> they have said they will do what it takes to ensure the stability of the currency. now is the time to make good on the promise. >> all eyes are on the biggest countries -- france and germany. how much more will be spent to help solve the sovereign debt crisis? the eurozon

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. >>> the sri lankan government says many of its citizens who were displaced during the tamil insurgency have restarted their livelihoods in the northern parts of the country. about 265,000 tamils were displaced during the 25-year civil war that ended in 2009. the resettled people have been growing rice and various kinds of vegetables, including onions, cabbage, and chili peppers. on monday, the authorities also handed over about 600 former fighters of the liberation tigers to their relatives. >>> in southeast china, a chopstick museum was opened recently by an enterprising villager in fujian province. he has been obsessed with chopsticks since he was a child, and has collected over 2,000 pairs of them. his collection includes silver chopsticks made a thousand years ago, and another pair made of animal bone that are about 800 years old. >> and welcome back to your weather update now for east asia. still dealing with the seasonal rain front. it's long. it stretches right across the area. up towards the central china inland areas here. we have a low developing too. it's getting very, very

we brought sri to our community. i'm working now for the university of south florida, head of the innovation partnership, there, and our job is to try to put r&d partnerships together with the university. important to do. so we did that generally. we also worked on our downtown. anybody that went to downtown st. pete 20, 15 years ago and went today would see john avlon, a good friend of mine, is here today. he's walked with us during this whole process, and you'll see it's a remarkable, different place than it was. sidewalk cafÉs, cultural amenities, we're very focused on the cultural. we set o out to become the number one cultural center of the state of florida. everybody kind of snickered when we said that ten years ago, and then last year american living magazine ranked us the number one city cull culturally in america because of things like the museum and the expansion of fine arts, the florida orchestra coming to town, lots of other things. lots of focus -- we brought a grand prix to st. petersburg. the indianap

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my name is daniel fernandez and i am an anthropologist from sri lanka and unfortunately i haven't gotten the chance to read your book and by so grateful that you have written about these normal people. one of the questions that i have -- i definitely am going to go and buy your book just so that i can read and understand it -- one of the questions that i have is for the afghan people the have gone through so much trouble with the russians being there and all the international stuff that happened and now with the united states being there. so how do ordinary people react to the presence of the united states and what is going on with karzai being against this and so forth? do the understand that we are really there to help them, or is there any kind of hostility about these other things happening? thank you very much, once again, for writing about these ordinary people who are the heroes and heroines of the world. thank you so much again. >> guest: thank you. another excellent question which is why i love c-span. i think that what fascinates me not told and are not in the headlines and are

the study looks the prenatal exposure to prozac, as a lot, and other -- zoloft and other sri's, prompting concern that prenatal exposure may increase risks for autism. a doctor a georgetown university says the risks have to be weighed against the alternatives. >> balancing this risk against the risk of leaving depression and treated. >> the study does not paint a clear picture of why these drugs might trigger autism, but it is another reason for moms to be on alert as to what they are exposed to during pregnancy. >> include stress on the mom. it includes a toxic environment. it also includes medications. >> having been on a generic brand of the anti-depressant for three years she says her health will continue to come first. >> i have heard things like if the father is over 50 and all kinds of crazy things that they think lead to autism. it does not surprise me that they would eventually link this to it. >> the study is just preliminary but doctors say it is intriguing and deserves the attention of a follow-up. for now he recommends that women look for alternatives to the anti-depressant,

why do i feel like i am watching a jose baes mv sri. >> it's coming.s coming. >> it probably is. it's like the favor of the month. >> free woman she walks out no parole no probation. why is the defense going to appeal her convictions for lying? >> for one good reason the longer the appeal goes on when the civil suits come forward she can still take the #th. >> very good point. >> that pretty much insulates her and the civil suits end up going to trial even though she pleads the 5th and then down the road. >> an inference is drawn against her because she would take the 5th amendment if the appeal is undecided. at this point it's only about money. >> that is a spectacular point. >> no, it is. it is a spectacular point. everybody has been talking about it. first time i heard someone say that. i didn't think of it. you are right on. >> this is what goes to my point. now a lawyer beas can put in a motion she takes the 5th she takes the stand. why do you protect her with armed guards. do it by video. >> more with our panel in this special live edition of "ju

we have worked at sri in many other places. >> would you say that right now projects a low and the institute, those the two projects are most excited about right now? >> yes. i have a couple of little engine that things that are incubating, but the brain and a eye, those two things alone, you could spend many lifetimes trying to figure out a way to a accelerate -- pcs me, accelerate progress. i am just excited to be involved in those areas. i am looking out for other areas and other things. you know, any philanthropy -- philanthropy is a wonderful thing to be involved in and be able to give back. if you have signature success, it is incumbent upon you to give back. >> and you pledged last july. >> yes. i always intended to give the majority of my assets to philanthropy. bill colby up and said, would you join? he has done so many. he has taken on some very, very tough problems in global health and malaria and education. those are huge problems. if you do your own flat the you have to say, okay, what appeals to me, where can i make a difference? so i am focused on the bremen out. >> i'm going

. >> as we sit here speaking come with a set of remarkable momentous events sri being in the middle east called arab spring where people are rising of trying to grab of peace of a greater say of the destinies but it what do you think the founders could teach them? what could they learn by looking at the experience of america as they wrestled to set up the republicans? >> that is what we are told and that is true and what all of the other things that come with democracy. they see how they live and they want a share of that. the issue is that democracy is hard work and does not come easy. in the barco government is easy to put together in the world has always had monarchies although that is the wrong word to use now but we have a lot of the nine it marquise's the that is how the founders sought its. they've been too authoritarian government it is difficult to govern a democracy that has to be governed from the bottom up and will lean-tos sacrifice for the good of those polled. but surrendering some of the private interest for the sake of the public good that requires self sacrifice and is

we have been on sri lanka. we have been in haiti, sudan, lots of places talking to people, which don't necessarily share our views on that. >> woodruff: as you look at these pictures of your home country, what comes to your mind. >> i'm saddened to see the report. you just had here. i live 10 minutes walking distance from the prime minister's office and this is a lively part of oslo and knowing that norway has been attacked by somebody, it's hard to understand, all my friends in norway are still in shock. there will be some hard days to come. and we are not sure how to deal with this at the moment. and there are so many unanswered questions. why did they do this? was he alone. is it part of an international terror organization which the police say is probably not. but how can people go to bed tonight. >> woodruff: well, that's a very good question. how can people go to bed tonight. ahnders tvegard here in washington and from oslo, we want to thank both of you. and our condolences to you and your countrymen. >>