thailand is set to crown a new monarch. also coming up this hour, oil prices have jumped after producers agree to a landmark deal to cut production. we will be looking at who wins and who loses when oil prices climb. ♪ >> first up, this hour, a frantic mayday, the plane that went down in colombia on monday night had run out of fuel and suffered electrical failure as a desperately tried to make an emergency landing. that is according to a leaked tape containing the pilot's final words. flight 2933 plunged into a mountainside near the city of midian, killing 71 people and leaving only six survivors. the black box has yet to reveal all its secrets. but investigators have already released information on what may have caused the deadly crash in colombia earlier this week. it appears the flight ran out of fuel. >> upon arriving at the scene of the accident, i was able to do an inspection of all the remains and parts of the plane. the aircraft did not have fuel at the time of impact. >> that hypothesis is supported by recordings,

at this critical juncture, thailand has a you are in king. thai people are looking to him and desiring unity for their country. nhk world, bangkok. >>> a new era has begun for thailand's constitutional monarchy as the transitional period continues to move forward. many have been posting their thoughts about the royal family online. nhk world reports. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people fill the royal palace to mourn the passing of king bhumibol. volunteers helped people endure the long wait under the blazing sun. one of them is a bit worried about the change that's coming following the king's passing. king bhumibol was a widely respected father figure taking the country together during politically turbulent times. his son does not yet have the same reputation. she's upset that some people have taken to posting comments online that are critical of the royal family. she feels it could trigger social unrest during this time of transition. she's even reported what she's found to the authorities. >> translator: the monarchy is a pillar of tha

katty: thailand has a new king. crown prince maha vajiralongkorn has accepted the throne following a formal invitation from the military led government. it comes 50 days after the death of his father, the world's longest reigning monarch. the new king's coronation will only take place after his father's cremation, and that is next year. from bangkok, here is jonathan head. jonathan: after an unexpected seven-week delay, thailand's royal succession got back on track. the foremost senior officials in readountry right out -- out a formal invitation to crown prince vajiralongkorn to take the throne. at the age of 64, the man who has been destined his whole life to take on this role accepted, to fulfill his father's wish, he said, and to ensure the well-being of the thai people. he then paid his respects to king bhumibol, whose 70 year long reign has shaped the modern monarchy. marked this critical moment for thailand by beating gongs and drums. this is not celebration. thailand is still in mourning for the much loved bh

they are not being admitted into thailand, but they can pass the city centers. we see this as a great opportunity to intervene what is -- peoplelnerable and cannot contact these fishermen when you're out on these boats. they are really isolated. so we see these port chaplains as a first kind of contact peter we have been building the capacity to recognize trafficking, to be responsive to trafficking. we have been doing that for about two years. the thai government has been intrigued by this, and the last year, has been having our port chaplains alongside their staff training the port inspectors. they have increased the number of port inspectors, they have our port chaplains speaking more from a humanitarian, human rights perspective. they do joint trainings now, operations -- when they go onto ships, the chaplains accompany them. while the inspectors are speaking with the skippers and captains, the chaplains can speak with the crew and get a more real sense of what treatment is like, what the pay is like, are they getting their share of the catch, what are their

talk to us about the prospects for thailand itself.he challenges that may impact your growth? to 5%, andr is 2% layingernment has been foundations for short-term growth. you can see many special projects have been approved and underway. we will see the implementation of this project, which would provide a good basis and structure for logistics, making connectivity in every country good. but thailand is seeing you did growth, slowing growth, and that is impacting you. and pl is also rising. what are you expecting? >> there is in the nonperforming i.e. rise, but it is manageable. maybe we are improving and competitiveness, and hopefully with the economic growth, the company is going to move things forward. and they will peak at what, 4%, 5%, if you had to give a projection? >> hopefully no more than 4%, yes. fahmi: where are the bright -- rosalind: where are the bright spots? where are you looking to invest? inwe see significant potential with asean and the younger population and rising income, indonesia, myanmar. , they are moving forwa

uncertainty, thailand has a new king. prince maha vajiralongkorn, 64, officially accepted an invitation by the thai assume the throne. >> vicki:the new rama x will be known as king maha vajiralongkorn bodindhorndevarangkul. the chakri dynasty, beginning with rama i, has ruled thailand since 1782. following the october death of his father, king bhumibol adulyadej, vajiralongkorn mourn" before he took the crown. >> vicki:a temporary regent ruled thailand during this period of constitutional uncertainty. crown prince since 1972 born in july 1952, vajiralongkorn was first introduced to the thai people through his father's home videos, which were shown in theaters across the country. he was educated in the united kingdom and australia declared crown prince and heir apparent in 1972. >> vicki:his older sister, princess ubolratana rajakanya, who is 65, could not ascend to the throne since women are not under thailand's succession laws. vajiralongkorn has been married three times -- to 1977, yuvadhida polpraserth in 1994 and srir

he is stuck in thailand, the football of a fraudulent football agent. >> tell yourself i went to war i have to win this war and you have a trophy to bring home. >> he may be more than 10,000 kilometers away in thailand, but slum solidarity goes deep. find him and help wherever he can. >> when an african man comes here, he must struggle harder than others to earn his place. he cannot come here thinking it will be easy. there are lots of young people left here with nothing, they have no football team or nothing . it is a big issue that some of them arrive in asia thinking everything will be great. it is twice as hard for us compared to anyone else. >> we travel over 400 kilometers to bangkok to the near cambodian border to find him. he survives as working as a farm hand. he no longer has a valid the set and -- valid visa and has to hide. >> here we are often manipulated and abused because we are black. my life is not easy. i was tortured a lot. i do not even have a place to sleep. we sleep where we can, anywhere. it is really hard and most blacks i met when i came here, they say they p

. >>> constructition work has beg on a large cremation facility for thailand's late king. a large scale funeral will be held after a year long period of mourning for the country's revered king who passed away in october. a groundbreaking ceremony was held outside the royal palace en bangkok on monday. >> translator: we must build a facility beautiful enough for the great king. >> it's scheduled to be completed next september and will be demolished f following e crematioion. over 2 million people are said to have visited the palace to pay tribute to the late king. the number is expected to grow during the year-end and new year holiday. >>> people in indonesia treat motorcycle taxis as a daily necessity. they are fast, cheap, and available to almost anyone. thanks to a young entrepreneur and special machines, people with disabilities can now ride too. nhk world reports from jakarta. >> reporter: you don't even need to get out of your wheelchair to get into this taxi. it's modified to help passengers with disabilities get on and off with a minimum of assistance. i'm getting o

this is a grocery store owner in thailand counting up the money from the end of the day, but he gets a last-minute customer. looks up, sees him coming. >> wow. >> that black truck lost control, smashes into the store. that man was able to see what was coming at him and jumped out of the way. >> that's an action movie sequence. the whole store collapses around him and he's running away from the impending doom. >> you saw it ran into natural gas cans. >> you can see how lucky he really is. in this video somebody else goes smashing through a glass door. it starts with a police chase. they are chasing that person in that car near an airport. they are on airport property. guy goes through some fencing and police get right behind this guy. you think the building has him penned in. after he smashes into those doors, he backs up into that car and then makes it all the way through into the airport. >> no! >> that car is never going to fit in the overhead baggage compartment. >> i don't think he's going to be able to check it either. too big for the baggage carousel. these guys are trying to s

"your name" is now the highest-grossing japanese movie of all-time in china and thailand. the film is a bittersweet love story about two high school students who swap bodies. it's been winning the director a lot of international attention. the film's distributor says box office sales in china have topped $9 billion, or about $76 million, in less than three weeks. it broke the record set by another japanese animation, "stand by me." the director has earned more th the film has earned over $1 million in thailand. >>> it may be a good time for people in china to stay indoors. weather officials are warning the haze there is hazardous. robert speta joins us with more. >> yes, in fact since this past friday, we had red alerts issued into the beijing area. because of this high pressure that is dominating overhead. and it has been just creating very stable atmosphere out there. that means the ver is very stagnant, it stays in place. what we have set up is inversion across much of that air. that is that warm air aloft and that is why the china meteorological agency has issued these

inwhy did you decide to live thailand? mr. gruber: i love living by the beach. enjoy the travel experience a lot. it was a vivid life experience. i'm single and my doctors are both well along on their own. are both wells along on their own. i thought it was going to live ierseas again -- i thought if was going to live overseas again , this was the time to do it. i really enjoy yoga and living by the beach. i enjoyed southeast asian culture. i traveled to 70 places that i wanted to settle in one place for a while. like to bei might back here in a month or year. on,icularly the island i am it is a place where it is mostly thai so you are part of the thai culture. it is beautiful and you have all want. ex-pats you you can fly to neighboring countries and it is a wonderful quality of life. >> have you afford to do this? have you saved your money? are you making money as you go? is it expensive to live in thailand? >> that is a very personal questions, brian. there is the points to that. point are comfort and familiarity more important than exploration and experience

indonesia, thailand, vietnam. >> what are they doing right?the main thing they are doing right is being more toward the market economy. allowing the market to determine how resources are allocated. indonesia, for the infrastructure, they are bringing in private investment. this is a great idea because you will get faster development. in the philippines, same thing. they're looking to have rule of law. in vietnam, they are moving more and more toward a market economy. angie: we have a man who can tell us more. mixed picture for equities today , but positive signs for emerging markets? >> we are hearing that. boosting discretionary spending in emerging markets combined with solid demographics, going to be a long-term positive for emerging markets. that is according to jeffrey wong. thank you so much for joining us. i listed the positives for emerging markets. our viewers are going to be scratching their heads, saying we will still get rising rates. can those positives upset the risks in the emerging markets? >> investors have been focusing on th

it is a challenge for the government and thailand.the military government do to try and help these farmers out? things. number of the most immediate step was that the government unveiled a assistance program for farmers, worth more than $2 billion. another program to encourage farmers to keep rice stock on the market. they hope that will raise local prices and restore some of the lost farm incomes. the problem they also face is that we have a global glut in rice. that is a global factor they have to fight against. longer-term, the government wants to encourage farmers to grow different types of crop. that is a work in progress. we have to see the politic they put in place. subsidies original were pretty disastrous. how do these current plans to rectify it played out politically? sunil: it is difficult to answer that. the answer is that considering a return to democracy, perhaps in 2018. over the past decade we have seen the northern forming heartlands have backed political leaders that the army ended up ousting. if we do end up with a

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not being admitted into thailand so they can pass to these centers. we see that as a great opportunity to intervene what say very vulnerable and often unsort of -- people can't contact these fishermen. they're often isolated. we see the court chaplain as a first contact to recognize trafficking, to be responsive to trafficking. we've been doing that for about two years. the thai government was intrigued by this. and now the last year has been having our court chaplains alongside their staff training their port inspectors. they've increased the number of port inspectors. they have our port chaplains speaking more from a humanitarian, more of a human rights perspective. so they do joint trainings now, joint operations, but when they go on to ships and do inspections, the port chaplains that accompany them so while the inspectors are chatting, they can speak with the crew and get a more real sense of what treatment is like, what the pay is like. are they getting paid? getting their share of the catch? what are the working conditions? do they have contrac

not being admitted into thailand so they can pass to these centers. we see that as a great opportunity to intervene what say very vulnerable and often unsort of -- people can't contact these fishermen. they're often isolated. we see the court chaplain as a first contact to recognize trafficking, to be responsive to trafficking. we've been doing that for about two years. the thai government was intrigued by this. and now the last year has been having our court chaplains alongside their staff training their port inspectors. they've increased the number of port inspectors. they have our port chaplains speaking more from a humanitarian, more of a human rights perspective. so they do joint trainings now, joint operations, but when they go on to ships and do inspections, the port chaplains that accompany them so while the inspectors are chatting, they can speak with the crew and get a more real sense of what treatment is like, what the pay is like. are they getting paid? getting their share of the catch? what are the working conditions? do they have contrac

he'd arrived back from thailand and got one at the expense of the state. >> after the john mark karracle, the case stalled again. then, in 2008, jonbenet was back in the headlines. >> new dna tests have cleared the family of the child beauty queen jonbenet ramsey -- >> new touch dna evidence was found by guessing where jonbenet's killer handled her pajama bottoms. forensic scientist angela williamson led the work. >> whoever committed this offense pulled down her long johns then pulled them back up because she was found dressed. >> technicians tested on both sides of the long johns waistband. >> it's the same dna. it's the same male that's in the underpants that's on the side of the long johns. >> tests a decade apart revealed the same unknown male on two pieces of jonbenet's clothing. this led to one of the most controversial moments in this sensational case. a letter of apology to the ramseys from the boulder d.a. >> to come out and say we definitely conclude that these folks can be exonerated is an inaccurate portrayal of the evidence. >> current boulder d.a., stan garnett, says a

. >> a confession by a schoolteacher in thailand surfaced out of the blue. >> i was with jonbenet whend. her death was an accident. >> carr was a guy who had been obsessed with the jonbenet case for many years. >> it was another bizarre turn to the bizarre case. >> i always knew that whatever this guy had to say wasn't going to hold water, unless he was the source of that dna in the panties. >> so investigators followed the physical evidence, comparing a small amount of unidentified dna found on jonbenet's underwear with carr's dna. there was no match. after two weeks of drama and false hopes, john mark carr was not the killer. >> turned out that he was just a nut case who needed a ride back from thailand and got one at the expense of the state. >> after the john mark carr debacle the case stalled again. then, in 2008, jonbenet was back in the headlines. >> new dna tests have cleared the family of the child beauty queen jonbenet ramsey -- >> new touch dna evidence was found by guessing where jonbenet's killer handled her pajama bottoms. forensic scientist angela williamson led the work

>> thailand. can i get out of new york safely? selfish to viewers. >> you have no problems on the east coast. i'll e-mail you the thailand toer forecast. >> thank you, i appreciate it. >>> in malta. terrorist suspect killed in a shootout and donald trump fuels fears of a nuclear arms race. your latest headlines are next. >>> breaking news out of malta this morning. all 118 passengers and crew aboard a hijacked libyan commercial plane are now safe after hours of tense negotiations. the hijackers surrendered. >>> and italy, the man suspected of mowing down dozens of people at a berlin christmas market earlier this week is dead killed in an early shootout with police in milan. a tunisian national on the run for nearly a week. >>> new comments today from both donald trump and vladimir putin on nuclear policy. in his annual year end press conference this morning, putin touted his country's nuclear capabilities calling it more efficient than the united states, but also added, if someone accelerates and speeds up the arm race, it's not u

alliance with thailand remains in a freeze following that country's most recent military takeover while the president declared the philippines separation from the united states and the implication of the political crisis engulfing the administration in south korea is unclear. the partner between europe and the middle east and asia is also unclear. while israel and traditional allies in the middle east are alienated by the nuclear deal with iran. america's credibility so security gaurentor has been damaged by the failure of the red line and by the threat not to protect allies in europe and asia unless they pay more for their defense. there's a sense that the west is in retreat and the liberal international order is framed. this is the jumping off point to go back to the first principles and examine the relevance of alliances that date back to the earliest days of the cold war. whether the costs still offset the benefits today and how they can adapt to meet the very different challenges we face. the key to alliances is that the sum is more than the parts. alliances enhance security by com

thailand has a new king. crown prince maha vajiralongkorn who succeeds his father who reigned for 7 decades. he was crowned in a formal ceremony in bangkok. the new king is 64 years old. he's the only son of the late king adulyadej who died in october. his coronation will not happen until late next year after the late king's --. people at a temple in bangkok gathered to watch the televised announcements. >> translator: i trust the new king. i believe that he will put us in a better direction. >> translator: i hope the new king will follow in his father's footsteps. >> the late king was widely seen as a pillar of stability during times of political turmoil. the nation is now facing the challenge of returning to civilian rule from a military-led interim government. >>> north korea has warned of a tough response to stronger sanctions by the u.n. security council. the unsc's resolutions is is to punish pyongyang for its fifth nuclear test in september. it targeted the country's coal exports. north korea issued a

i live in krabi province in thailand, on the island of koh klang. ♪ ♪ ♪ my father drives a motorcyclether is a housewife. i spend time feeding our animals, the geese, ducks, and chickens. i enjoy that. ♪ ♪ people throw so much garbage onto the beach. that bothers me because the ocean should be clean. it's a global problem nowadays. i'm not happy when i walk along the beach because it's just full of garbage. ♪ ♪ i'm happy when i'm inventing something useful. right now, i'm making flower pots out of coconuts. you can hang them up. ♪ ♪ ♪ host: and that's all from us this time. we will be back again next week. don't forget, you can write to us anytime. and do visit our facebook page, dwglobalsociety. ♪ - this program is made possible in part by, the town of marion. historic marion, virginia, home of the wayne henderson school of appalachian arts. celebrating 21 years as a certified virginia main street community. the ellis family foundation, the general francis marion hotel. the historic general francis marion hotel and black rooster restaurant and lounge providing luxurious accommodation

i live in krabi province in thailand, on the island of koh klang. ♪ ♪ ♪ my father drives a motorcyclether is a housewife. i spend time feeding our animals, the geese, duducks, and chickens. i enjoy that. ♪ ♪ people throw so much garbage onto the beach. that bothers me because the ocean should be clean. it's a global problem nowadays. i'm not happy when i walk along the beach because it's just full of garbage. ♪ ♪ i'm happy when i'm inventing something useful. right now, i'm making flower pots out of coconuts. you can hang them up. ♪ ♪ ♪ host: and that's all from us this time. we will be back again next week. don't forget, you can write to us anytime. and do visit our facebook page, dwglobalsociety. ♪ ó democracynow.org 12/23/16 12/23/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! president-elect donald trump has raised the prospect of a new nuclear arms race after suggesting on twitterer he would incrse the size of u u.s nuclear arsenalal. we will get response f from grgreenpeace. been with less than a month before d donald trump takes offic

your help to bring your loveland back home sean marshall was in a debilitating scooter accident and thailand early this month the left him paralyzed the only way can be reunited with the family here in denver as by mario special medical transport fox 31 has more on shots accident and what will world. because of sean's injuries he can just hop onto a plane and fly back his family's hoping to raise enough might to cover that thousands of dollars it will cost for the medical transport. there was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime three friends ask sport nick sites and natural beauty. on november 5 jeff eric and chandra on the right to visit a temple and shanghai their dream trip suddenly take off or find jeff and eric telephone thing happen. the guy try to avoid him hit him right in the head with the front tire. he got whipped around. they thought sean was dead. he was rushed to the hospital and eventually his colorado family back home for the news. knowing that he was alone and not bad and in pain we just kept thinking that he did not deserve this the 29 no known from a sense of adventure a

the most surprising part of this whole story is that jerry loman now runs his own company out of thailand. >> i'm a dive instructor for a living. we'll see sharks on a daily basis. i don't have any residual effects from it. but it was definitely a scary, traumatic event. >>> christian sqoo is balancing on a narrow code more than 3,000 feet in norway. he's attempting a slack line walk when suddenly -- >> it's august 3, 2006. christian is atop keir rad mountain in southwest norway. he strung the line himself, testing each screw to make sure it's securely fashioned and edging along the wire, checking it inch by inch. his only protection if he falls during the attempt will be a safety harness attached to the line. if the cord or screws break, christian will plunge to his death. >> translator: there are a lot of things that can go wrong. for example, you could have something sharp in your pocket that can cut the line. >> once christian has gone through his safety check, he starts psyching himself up for the attempt. music gets him in the zone. it's hard to believe anyone can relax perched so h

the one in thailand, 30%.es that effectiveness and then we're good to go on this one. >> we know that so many people now who are diagnosed with hi investment, it has become something that a lot of folks die with, not necessarily die from. if someone is diagnosed today with hhiv, what can they expect in terms of quality of life? >> a little different than the '90s or even the '80s. in the '80s, it was a death sentence. in '90s, they had to take handful of pills. today it's two pills a day. it's keeping the disease at bay as long as they follow the medical regime. once they get to that point, again, they have that 50 to of 0 years life expect dance cittan e >> doctor, on this world aids day, we're wearing our red and we've come a long way. thank you, sir. >>> time for the "your business" entrepreneurs of the week. sarah and her friend turned their passion for finding homes for success into successful small businesses. the dog cafe you can dine with your dog. will your business be ready when growth presents itsel

marc faber on the phone from thailand. we agree? disagree? >> i'm confused. >> what's there to be confused about? >> well, let's go through this. we think -- >> the trump agenda is not going to do what people think. stocks may go up, but then they're going to come hard as a result. >> mr. faber started by saying that rates are going to go higher, and that's going to kill t the rally. 2013 rates went from 1.6% to 3%. s&p went from 1450 to 1,850. rates can go up, and the s&p can go ut up, and rates are normalizing. that's a good thing. then he is talking about he doesn't want to be in the u.s. he wants to be in brazil and russia and the emerging markets, but he thinks rates are going to move higher. that's detrimental to the eerj manying markets itself. we're talking about now that we belief that the market itself is over valued, but we should go into gold. we're all over this place on this narrative. i think a correction is coming. i actually bought s&p puts today. when the correction ultimately comes on the other side of it, it's a buying opp

share prices in thailand inched down to close at 1508. down .2 of 1%. indonesia was down by 1% extending losses to a seventh day on concerns over capital outflow. sidney added 0.7% to reach a high. japanese survey shows the average hourly pay for part time workers has topped 1,000 yen for the first time. that's about $8.5. ththey keep track on part time workers in three regions. hourly pay averaged 1002 yen up from a year ago. it marks an all time high for the third straight month. officials at the employment information firm attribute the trend to a labor shortage nationwide and hikike in the ofofficial minimum wagage in october. >>> here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following. >>> officials of a japanese electronics industry group say they expect domestic production to fall this year by 6% from 2015. that's the first drop in three years. affected prouts are electronics, tvs and smartphones. it's due to a drop in demand. officials at japan national tourism organization say an estimated 1.9 million foreign visitors came to japan

thailand continues to do well. malaysia is slow down a little bit but the opportunity will be good as commodity prices come up again. >> let me go down that list and start off with china. we're seeing some slowdowns in the country the past few years. how concerned are you about the data that's coming out right now? >> there's no question that the velocity of the economy is slowing dodown. in other words, you're seeing a deceleration, however, the current growth in dollar terms is greater than it was when it was 1010% in 2010. so in looking at the totality of what's happening in china, you must realize that the amount of money going into investments, expansion, et cetera, is much greater than it's ever been before. >> in 2017, where do you see japan going? is, in your view, abenomics working? >> abenomics, at least the first two arrows will be helped with the trump administration. because, with rising interest rates in the u.s. and rising inflation in the u.s., this will affect what's happening in japan. now, of cou

now, comes from thailand, generic word used for foreigner. you see these guys are not just bringing new eyes, they are bringing serious skills, as well. >> that must be fun to just look at a landscape and not see an obstacle. to just see it as the challenge and not something they can't get over. >> right, parkour practitioners to me, remind me the way water runs down a river. be it rocks or whatever, they'll find a way around or over. >> most visit, oh, let's take a picture. they are like let's sleep around it. >> what a great way to explore a city. they want to keep visiting new countries and cities or neighborhoods they've never been to and bring their art along with them. >> this is pretty cool, this one in particular makes my legs scream. see all these different fountains, starts leaping. doing, doing. goes full on kangaroo the whole way down. legs gave way, it would be brutal. flourish at the end. >> still got some left in the tank. >> the world is literally their playground. >> time to play real or fake. >> mac dreidel is in the house.

. >> five nations, brazil, russia indian and thailand and china have laws that establish weapons for social media companies. tom vacar fox 2 news. >>> and an investigation is under way in pleasant hill after witnesses say a shooting injured a man innocent bullets into several nearby businesses. you can see the bullet holes in this starbucks and what appears to be a blown out window at a hawaiian barbecue restaurant. police say the shooting started at 9:15 last night. most of the businesses were still open and customers were in and around the mall when those shots rang out. >>> gunshots, i heard 7 shots. >> and did you think somebody had been hit? >> i didn't know. i just knew it was close and very -- like an all gun. like a semiautomatic gun. it didn't sound good. >>> witnesses say one man was hit and bleeding when he ran to the starbucks and took off. investigators have been checking local emergency rooms in hospitals and no one has shown up with a gunshot wound. >> a large mall in sacramento has a new policy raising concerns. >> it allows the groups to turn teenagers away on busy d

this is in bangkok, thailand. the person who fed this dog said this is the second time she came over looking for food. they noticed very quickly the dog didn't eat it right away. the dog would carry it away. the second time she came along, they followed her through a businebusy area. this is a commercial type area. she has a definite path she's taking. this guy is able to follow her. it's like she looks and says, okay, i know you're following me, keep coming. >> i thought she was looking back like, you ain't getting it back. >> she thathas a mission for th chicken on a stick. once she gets behind this house, she stops and looks. does she finally want to shake this person? no, she's a very special dog. she comes up to the person with the camera, gives them a little, okay, here's my story. all is quickly revealed. >> oh. >> puppies run out. one runs directly to the person filming this. i wish we knew the rest of the story, but i have a feeling that as healthy as the puppies look and the fact that mom was able to get

over the south of the peninsula and this system will continue to catch rainfall in the south of thailand, as well as cambodia. have 27 degrees. 0 degrees in taipei and minus 7 for the high and also beijing 7 degrees. haze will develop on your saturday. now, let's go to north america. a plume of moisture is causing a lot of heavy rainfall in california and also ice across most of the pacific northwest. now, let's go to some video from portland. a major snow storm hit central oregon on wednesday bringing frigid temperatures to the area. the storm caused traffic accidents and forced the closure of some streets and highways, which trapped thousands of drivers in gridlock during rush hour. schools, government offices and other facilities were closed as the storm moved in. no immediate reports of storm-related injuries. now, the heavy snowmaker is pushing towards the east. bringing more heavy snowfall across the northern rockies and along this cold front there is a chance for torrential rainfall, especilyly in california. looks like flash flood warnings are in place i manany places of the stat

. >> reporter: the women live in thailand's largest slum and home to about 100,000 people.ujita says he wanted to help local women working long hours for low pay. this person makes and sells women's accessories. even on good days she struggles to make ends meet. >> translator: i cap make up to 100 a day. but my daily income is less than $3. >> reporter: fujita believes combining his designs with local skills could be a winning combination. >> translator: we can increase each product's commercial value with the power of design. >> reporter: looking for authentic inspiration, fujita spends time staying with a family. his host, a 49-year-old sewing worker, was born and raised here. three generations of her family live under one roof. handmade ornaments and small details of construction catch the designer's eye. >> translator: see how they've added a bottle cap between the nail and the wood to make it stronger? they try hard to improve their quality of life. >> reporter: the area is full of inspiration. people here make the most of what they have. >> translator: they use everyt

we've been to england, to germany, then to crete, then to thailand, vietnam, korea, and alaska, and we'reonna keep on going till we find howard hughes. (laughter) (announcer) our heroes' hero. (bob hope) the monsoons really caught up with us at da nang.