we visit the school for orangutans on sumatra. the idea behind this year's human rights they is that every day should be one. a glance at amnesty international's latest report on torture makes this sound like wishful thinking. at least 79 states see regular occurrences of torture. around half of these have signed the convention against it. one of those states is india. in the world's largest democracy entire communities live in fear , of police. we've spoken out a woman who chooses to speak out despite the suffering she has endured. a warning -- some of the following images are disturbing. >> soni sori was a school teacher when she was arrested. she barely survived. she says the police officers beat her, gave her electric shocks, and sexually abused her. later, doctors discovered stones inside her body. >> i could kill one of those officers if i ever met them again. they're still walking around free after everything they did to me. they have a great life and i have to fight for every crumb of bread. >> soni sori has been free for

the chain in sumatra was left devastated. over 230,000 people were killed, carried away by the deadliest tsunami in recorded history. >> for more on how people are remembering that fateful day, i am joined on the line by claire in jakarta. what kinds of celebrations are we seeing today? >> thousands of people went to the capital of the province to attend commemorations for this anniversary. the celebrations will continue over the weekend. this morning, a long ceremony took place with at least 35 officials from several countries along with 34 international in geos -- ngo's. the vice president is also they are to pay tribute to the victims. yesterday, they said the tsunami taught a valuable lesson to the province would have been a scene of an armed conflict for nearly 30 years. this weekend arts and cultural evenings will take place showcasing the provinces' finest traditional dances as a mark of appreciation to the international community and nations that have helped following the disaster. another purpose of holding the event

that's still going to be the focus, peninsula, malaysia, northwest sumatra. it is just off sumatra, cool cool cool la lum purr. >> in one of the world's worst hit countries. and south america's grandest cities, many are afraid buenos aires is under threat. ♪ make the best entertainment part of your holidays. catch all the hottest handpicked titles on the winter watchlist, only with xfinity from comcast. >> good to have you with us. i'm elizabeth kronham in doha. >>> israeli police say those arrested include several from the foreign minister avedol lieberman. >>> prime minister nawaz sharif says terrorism cases will now be tried by military courts. and jordan says it will do all it can to free one of its fighter pilots taken by i.s.i.l. near the yr syrian stronghold of raqqa. it's been ten years since one of the world averages natural disasters happened. step vassan finds the community still rebuilding. >> ten years and more than 130,000 houses were rebuilt. 1700 schools and 3700 kilometers of road. ache is back to life, ten years after disaster struck. more b

we visit the school for orangutans on sumatra.

the tsunami spreads to india sri lanka, the mel dave's, and even -- maldives and sumatra. it was the deadliest in recorded history. >> thousands of victims were killed in thailand where commemorations were held this friday with the release of hundreds of lanterns into the night sky. for roughly half were tourists but another were burmese migrant workers. for their families, mining out what happened to their loved ones has been no easy task. she had been released from the hospital and was walking home with her new or an baby when the wave hit her talking her infant out of her arms. it was the third child she lost that day. 10 years later the burmese woman is still haunted by her loss >> when i am working i can forget what happened. when i see other families with their children going to eat, i feel so sad. if they were alive, we would be like that. i cannot forget it for one day. >> like many other migrants, she was working in southern thailand's fishing industry when the tsunami struck in 2004. it is thought that around 2000 burmese nationals died. a rough estimate as most

it's an area east and southeast between the islands of borneo and sumatra. international health is quite massive. -- the international help is quite massive. the authorities hope to find the plane very soon. the search area is much smaller than the one set up for the mh370 earlier this year in the same region. >> is there any indication at this stage of what actually happened? >> as we said, the pilot was requesting to change the route due to the weather. the authorities in charge of the search and rescue operations are still not saying it could have been a technical issue. they still believe the weather is to blame. the plane had issued no distress call. there was bad weather over the island at the time. the aircraft had been flying at 32,000 feet before asking the fly at 38,000 feet to avoid clouds. the monsoon season has started in southeast asia, so the weather conditions are highly unstable in the region. the airline has confirmed the indonesian pilot was really experienced and that the plane last underwent maintenance in november. what's on everyone's

searchers will look between the islands of borneo java and sumatra. we just learned that indonesia has formally asked the u.s. to help with the search specifically with sonar technology. although this is still being called a search-and-rescue mission hope is fading fast for those families now in limbo. one woman learning her brother was on that plane while watching tv. >>> not fair. the search for the airasia flight continues another air mystery has probably come to mine for you. malaysia flight 370 which vanished over southeast asia in early march. there's no trace of that aircraft or the 239 people on board it. you can't help but wonder whether there are similarities between two ill fated flights. cnn jim clancy has some answers. >> reporter: there are some disconcerting similarities between the airasia flight and mh-370. but there are important differences as well. flight 370 vanished from civilian radar less than an hour after it took off from kuala lumpur. the airasia flight likewise disappeared from tracking screens less than an hour after depar

. >> a massive quake hit off the coast of sumatra island on december 26th, 2004. triggering a major tsunami. international assistance has helped to rebuild homes and roads. but analysts point out the need to raise the public's awareness of the disaster. people would gather in other areas on friday to commemorate the anniversary. now, a city official is -- to ensuring that such a tragedy doesn't happen again. he's promoting disaster apairness. >> reporter: the tsunami was held this october. the exercise is meant to help people remember their experiences of the indian ocean tsunami. but only about 1% of residents participate. three years after the tsunami, he feels a sense of crisis as more new residents move into the city. the fear of tsunami is fading. after the disaster, people revealed a hurry -- says one consequence is that many of the stay's roads remain narrow and winding. he says the creation of escape routes and majors have been -- >> translator: towns must include disaster preparation measures in their reconstruction plans. the residents must examine ways

the morning after christmas 10 years ago, a massive earthquake struck off the coast of sumatra triggering a tsunami. a quarter of a million were killed, decimating entire communities. and decades later, relations are underway in tribute to those who died. this is an area struck by tsunami. prayers have been held, which was worst hit. >> reporter: it's been 10 years. images. indian ocean are clear on people's minds. the instructive powers of the waves carried inland. the fear at the grand mosque, dead bodies everywhere. the world responded generously. more than 7 billion were donated. 1,700 schools were rebuilt. 250km of roads, and 30,000 of houses. in 2004 many were not aware of dangers and people have been trained, warning systems in place, to make sure that a disaster of this magnitude will not happen again. it's more lively than before, memories of when the sea burst into the land staying forever >>> momentorials are being held for tens of thousands that died in sri lanka. we have this report. >> seas here in southern sri lanka, the scene of a catastrophe of when the tsunami hit the ar

the deluge followed a massive earthquake off the indonesian island of sumatra. it hit many coastal communities from southeast asia to eastern africa. the waters obliterated the indonesian province of aceh. close to the quake's epicenter. more than 160,000 people were killed. the passing of a decade seems to have done little to ease the grief of many people at an official ceremony on friday. >> translator: i'll never forget what happened ten years ago today. i'll pray for everyone who died in the tsunami. >> physically, there are many signs of recovery. in aceh province, international aid has helped rebuild 140,000 homes and construct over 3,500 kilometers of road. but many challenges remain. i recently took a firsthand look. banda aceh has made a marked recovery, but traces of the tsunami can still be seen, especially along the coastal areas. memories of december 26, 2004, seem vivid in people's minds. the atmosphere here at the biggest graveyard in aceh remains quiet and solemn. more than 46,000 people were buried here when the tsunami struck. there were so man

it is monsoon season in the sumatra island area. we know the pilot did radar air traffic control. was the plane equipped for this elevation? >> the ceiling is about 39000 feet, so 50,000 feet it would never get up that high. even if he was operating above that altitude. >> it was serviced in 2009. so apparently as a result, the technology the radar system would be reliable, do you believe the pilot saw something that didn't exist? >> that's the case. if the pilots are traveling and see a thunderstorm, normally, they would deviate by about 20 miles around the storm. in this instance he was probably searching for a hole in the thunderstorm and couldn't find a hole or was maneuvering too close to the center of the cell. >> let's talk about the tubes. we've been hearing that word being repeated a lot today. that's because they were a huge concern with airbus aircraft for some time. according to our meteorologist, just compare that flight to today's. rick wright our meteorologist says icing in this case is almost impossible, even at 32,000 feet that the temperature would not be cold en

the search is centered here in the java sea, that's off the coast of sumatra. the plane's last known position. and these boxes that you can see here is the total search area divided into several sections. the plane was flying from surabaya airport in indonesia to singapore. it's a flight which should have taken just two hours. in the last hour, indonesia's vice president gave us this update. >> there are certain ship operations in the area and 50 airplane and helicopter operations. of course in the sea, especially -- instructions for all our people to do the best and find the planes and the passenger, of course. >> the indonesian authorities have held some briefings for those who had relatives or friends on flight 8501. the bbc has spoken to the father of the plane's pilot, and he explained that he only saw his son a week ago at the funeral of another of his children. >> translator: i want my son to come back alive and well but if that's not meant to be if god doesn't want that it's in the hands of fate. my son, he's not alone on the plane. if this is god's wil

the epicentre was near sumatra, and it was indonesia experiencing the highest death toll. memorials are happening in thailand, including a memorial at a tsunami park. there was a sunrise journalist, hundreds of residents died in that village. >> in the tsunami like the one 10 years ago happens again. there are questions about whether communities will have time to react and move people to safety. signs and technology correspondent jacob ward looks at early warning systems and how reports are communicated. >> tsunami science advanced enormously and new system are online. the 28 country, 400 million ocean tsunami system senses approaching sees through a network of sys monitors and boyce and can send an alarm within 10 minutes. the trouble is getting that warning to individuals in time for them to escape. in archa indonesia, devastated by the 2004 tsunami, a 2012 earthquake at sea did not set off the systems, a failure. in india, it cannot reliably reach citizens, it must rely on faxing them the news in some cases. >> how and where it's built is a factor. we are under the watc

the search is centered on the java sea off the coast of sumatra. it's now been called off for the night. the plane's last known position is in this area and you can see the total search area has been divided into several sections. well, the plane was flying from surabaya airport in indonesia all the way up to singapore. it's a flight which should have taken just two hours. in the last hour, indonesia's vice president gave us this update. >> 30 ship operations in this area and 50 airplane and helicopters. the operation in the sea, especially in bad weather like this, but the president's instructions to all our people is to do the best and fast and no limit to find the plane and the passengers, of course. >> the indonesian authorities have held some briefings for those who had relatives or friends onboard. the bbc has spoken to the father of the plane's pilot. he explained that he only saw his son a week ago at the funeral of another of his children. >> translator: i want my son to come back alive and well. but if that's not meant to be, if god doesn

. >> bangka off the coast of sumatra is a treasure island. buried in its soil is more tin per cubic meter than anywhere else on earth. tin has made the island rich, and brutally destroyed it. bangka has become a vast no-man's land, it's landscape a sea of craters. most of the tin mining is illegal. the island is riddled with thousands of improvised mines. the earth is sucked up through big hoses and washed until nothing remains but the precious black metal. whole families live from mining: housewives, young men, the elderly, teenagers... even children. cynthia is just twelve. >> i come here all the time after school. working in the mine is fun. >> the big manufacturers of mobile phones, tablets and other devices make no secret of the fact that they draw tin from bangka. but with child labor? some companies have promised changes, but actions rarely follow such words. the friends of the earth environmental organization has been campaigning for years to force the companies to take more responsibility. >> we've appealed to the major electronics c

. >> reporter: in the ten years since the sumatra quake, the system has been repeatedly tested. and evacuation drills practiced. but it could be better. indonesia has three wave detection buoys. it wants 25. and as of now there are none in the banda sea. >> it isn't total number, it's do you have the right buoy in a spot that we think is capable of generating a tsunami, and does it work? >> reporter: ultimately it's what's called the final mile which may be the most worrisome, specifically getting people to remember that their world can change in an instant. to the south of banda ache there is an island even closer to the epicenter of that quake, but pretty much everyone on it survived. that's because they knew that when the water receded you go to higher ground. it's that sort of generational knowledge that experts are hoping to instill in people so they don't become complacent. lester. >> katy tur from thailand. thank you. >>> when "nbc nightly news" returns, the debate over marijuana hits the famed ski resorts of colorado. >>> and a piece of history linked two families togeth

. >> a massive quake hit off the coast of sumatra island on december 26th, 2004, triggering a major tsunamiinternational assistance has helped to rebuild homes and roads in aceh. but analysts point out the need to raise the public's awareness of another possible disaster. >>> the chinese government has strongly rejected a u.s. call for the release of chinese nobel peace prize laureate liu xiaobo. u.s. secretary of state john kerry made the demand to mark the fifth anniversary of liu's conviction. >> translator: we advise the u.s. to practice self-examination, to put right its own behavior that violates human rights and refrain from interfering in other countries' domestic affairs under the pretext of human rights. >> kerry said the u.s. is deeply concerned that china continues to incarcerate liu xiaobo and keep his wife, liu xia, under house arrest. he urged china to release liu and remove all restrictions from his wife. the writer was sentenced in 2009 for inciting subversion. he had released documents online criticizing the communist government's one-party rule and seeking democratic refo

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. >> reporter: the earthquake hit 66 kilometers off the island of sumatra just at request 6:00 i in the morning. the magnitude of over nine it was the third largest earthquake ever recorded. some estimates suggest it had the power of 2 23 hiroshima type bombs. it traveled thousands of kilometers across the indian ocean. one of the closest places to the earthquake was indonesia with waves 10 meters high crashing on the shoreline. a number of people killed here is estimated at 160,000, 500,000 displaced. in thailand, 8,000 died, 7,000 displaced. in sri lanka, 35,000 died. 500,000 displaced. the tsunami would also cause loss of life and damage in ten other indian ocean countries. the total number of people killed over 220,000. making this the single worst tsunami in recorded history. >> in malaysia the tsunami anniversary coincided with a different kind of disaster. we're talking about flooding here where thousands have been forced from their homes. the floods are blamed for at least five deaths and the malaysian government has evacuated thousands of people from the area. they say its reli

somewhere between the islands of bo borneo and sumatra. the speed will play a role in their investigation. radar suggests the plane was flying at a low speed. a slow speed come biem e biened with a high altitude could cause an air plain toplane to stall. all of this comes at the end of a disastrous year changing from beijing to kuala lumpo rarks. this summer in ja e july it was a ma lay e laze ya airlines jet shot down over the ukraine. both of those planes were boeing 777s. this plane the one we're now talking about, was an air asia, air bus 8320. it should also g e be noted that until this sunday air asia has had an impeccable safety record without a fatality in more than a dej e decade. but, still, so must recall e many questions tonight. joining us now from singapore day three of the search. can you tell us what exactly is going to be happening over there today? >> search and rescue operations continue. what we do know is that the international coalition is expanding, and that includes some very powerful nations, the u.s. southern flee

>> having spent a lot of time over there i worked an accident that was a 737 that crashed near sumatra. you have to understand when they talk they speak with -- they are bottom line people. it is evident that they believe and they assumed that the airplane crashed in the water, that leads to the statement that it is at the bottom of the sea. whether that's in fact true we won't know until we have wreckage and we found the main debris field that if it is it's on the sea floor. >> we know that the indonesian government asked for help but does that part of the world have the airline infrastructure to help with the search and rescue and do they have the same regulations that the faa has in the united states? how would you rate the airline infrastructure? >> the faa rates that infrastructure. a lot of foreign authorities over there try to model all of the rules and regulations after the faa because we become the prototypical model. the french have good authority and the uk and australia as well. they seem to be a standard. when we look at the aviation in that part of the world, you have to

searchers will be looking between the islands of borneo java and sumatra.donesia has asked the u.s. for help in this search specifically with sonar technology. and although this is still being called a search-and-rescue mission the hope is fading fast and the families and friends of the 162 people who were aboard this plane are now in an agonizing limbo. the daughter of a man who captained this plane taken to social media with a heartbreaking message. it reads, dad, please come home. i still need you. please return dad. dad, come home. dad, you have to come home. while the head of the indonesian search team says the plane missing airasia plane and its 162 passengers are likely at the bottom of the java sea they have not given up. the search will resume again at daybreak with a very expanded area. we have cnn tom foreman joining us from washington with a look at what search crews will be up against. >> they are up against an awful lot of territory. take a look at the flight pattern over the java sea. you see these models of planes. in reality they are merely

. >> reporter: in the ten years since the sumatra quake, the systems have been repeatedly tested andevacuation drills practiced. but it could be better. indonesia has three wave detection buoys. it wants 25. and as of now, there are none in the banda sea. >> do you have the right buoy in a spot that we think is capable of generating a tsunami, and does it work. >> oh, my god! >> ultimately, though, it's what's called the final mile that may be the most worrisome. specifically getting people to remember that their world can change in an instant. >> that was nbc's katy tur reporting. experts are also hoping to instill generational knowledge in the people in the region. on one island that was very close to the epicenter of the quake, almost everybody survived and that's because they knew from previous experience to get to higher ground when the ocean started to recede before the tsunami. two years later, people are still dealing with the aftermath of hurricane sandy. a federal judge in new york has ordered insurance companies to produce thousands of additional records related to the sup

a tsunami came after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of sumatra, indonesia.was the third strongest quake on record. the tsunami that followed left people devastated in 14 countries. now, ten years later, you'll notice something striking about children in indonesia. cnn's andrew spencer shows us the psychological scars that remain. >> reporter: if you see enough children in the indonesian village here, you'll soon realize few of them are older than 10, because ten years ago, a tsunami killed most of the kids in this village. it also wiped out the village where this boy lived. martinez had been playing soccer on the beach when the waves hit the shore. he was found three weeks later still alive and still owns the portugal verizon he wjersey he . >> translator: i was alone on the sea for 21 days and i saw dead bodies around me. i ate what i found in the sea. >> reporter: the images from ten years ago were startling. but few could show the scale of the devastation more than 1.7 million people displaced, more than 227,000 believed to have died. for weeks, photos of

it was brought on when a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of sumatra.26,000 people in 14 countries lost their lives. the majority more than 160,000 were in indonesia and the rebuilding effort after the disaster is estimated to have cost more than $13 billion. now, all this week cnn is bringing you a series of special reports as we commemorate the loss from this tragedy and today we have the story of two young brothers left orphaned when the tsunami hit vesri lanka. as issa soar rest reports they've turned it into something to give back to their community. >> for the first time i had a chance to look around properly. the world had ended. everywhere was submerged. i couldn't see a soul. it was boxing day, 2004. >> reporter: salvage member irs of two young orphans a day rob and paul would much rather forget. >> all around us was chaos, the world was being washed away. now everything was destroyed and then i wondered where our parents were. >> reporter: the one they have lived with since the tsunami of 2004 when they lost their parents and their youth in sr

they're surrounded by the islanders of borneo sumatra to the south and west. i don't imagine it would be a lot of depth. we have the last known coordinates of the plane. it will probably be a tough search. but it's probably going to be a much quicker one than what we have for mh370, which is this astonishing aircraft mystery. so however tragic this case is i would be surprised if we're looking at another mh370. i think that's where the similarity would probably start. mh370 was such a unique situation we're likely to find out what happened much sooner with this one. >> right. because there was things going on in the cockpit of mh370 that no one could make sense of. not the case here from what we know of 8501. and as you just said they do have the last radar coordinates. is that correct? >> yeah. they requested to change course and they have the last known coordinates of the aircraft before they exited air traffic control. control. the cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders. with mh370 when they realized it was in the southern indian ocean there ways

. >> from ecuador and grown from sumatra seed. this is more for the flavor than actually look. without taxes? >> $14. david: taxes could double it. >> state by state the tax could be very, very high. cheryl: you tested 737 cigars. >> yes. david: wow. cheryl: what other top cigars did you find? >> we found a number of great sig cars. for the top 25 we published last week on cigar afficionado. 10 from nicaragua, three from cuba, one from hon during asker and mexico. kind of united nations of cigars. david: i'm surprised not more came from cuba. we have the new relations. so far not really doing much for cigars. you're allowed to bring back 100 toll worth of goods from cuba with new policies. that would allow you bring back four nice cuban cigars with you. david: >> exactly. david: is there something unique. sig disbar afficionados know there is something different from a cuban cigar that can't be duplicated around the world. >> some people like cuban cigars. that is all they are pleased with. the cigar has a distinctive taste. it is all about the tobacco. they have a certain flav

a contract that alstom signed in indonesia for the construction of a power plant on the island of sumatraill settle legal costs of 542 million euros have been set aside so far on these discussions as ge agreed to buy most of the power business for 12.4 billion euros. by the way, seema, the shareholders of alstom will meet at the end of this week to vote on this. >> stephane, thank you so much. another big story, another corporate story, philips is slumping at the bottom of the stoxx 600 after the group agreed to buy volcano for $1.2 billion, including debt. >> philips is the market leader in what's called the lab. so we do the live imaging of the body giving the doctor basically eyes inside the body. we can do the 3d rendering of everything in your body. and volcano is the market leader in this smart catheters that are these tubular wires that go through your arteries or your heart or other place necessary your body to do the intervention. so we are combining two market leaders to create a true winner in the image guide ed therapy space. there are a lot of sin ter guys in this deal that m

and right here that's sumatra.ght about in that area there is where the plane would have gone down. because you don't see these strong lines there those are winds at the surface. they're not very strong. maybe there's still the thunderstorms going on, but if you don't have winds at the surface, that is another reason why you wouldn't have very strong waves at the surface and that means any wreckage or debris on the surface there potentially should be easier to locate. back to the weather maps here, indonesia is part of this very large island chain here. and this plane going from surabaya indonesia, up to singapore and cutting in here towards the java sea. we were just seeing the surface winds rpt very strong. we're talking about shallowness maybe the max is about 200 feet. the average is about 150 feet. these guys this is that beautiful water that you think of when you think about going into indonesia. bali places like that, warm water, very calm water. it's certainly 12 hours out from this in my mind, depending ho

secondary malaysian news sources that some fishermen in the region of bella tong island 60 miles east of sumatrall if they are related it could be a result of an aviation accident. >> something that they will consider and look into as again the investigation and search for this plane continues there daylight in the morning. thank you so much, anthony roman, for sharing your insight this morning. we'll have much more on the missing airasia flight throughout the day. up next we'll switch gears to talk politics as potential candidates are making moves for 2016, even before we get to 2015. >>> it is almost 2015 and you know what that means, the 2016 presidential race is about to get started and potentially dozens of presidential hopefuls are expected to declare their official candidacies in the months to come. it's going to be very busy. one potential front-runner already started the wheels of a campaign, jeb bush the former florida governor who this month launched a pact to explore a presidential run. joining me is kate dawson and business and political marketing consultant. we thank you both for b