. >> burma's parliament has made the outgoing prime minister thein sein the head of state. he is a former general and a former member of the previous military government. rachel harvey reports from bangkok. >> burma's first civilian president for half a century. it sounds impressive, but the man is hardly a radical break with the past. thein sein served as prime minister in the outgoing military government, and a career soldier, he only gave up his general's rank last years of be divvied -- so he could leave his political party to victory. that party interests of big majority in burma's grandiose new parliament. and it was parliament that nominated candidates for the post of president and vice- president. thein sein's rise to the top was a short, although some say he is a reluctant president, persuaded to take the job by this man -- senior general than shwe, the most powerful man in burma. the key issue is what position does he see for himself now? most observers believe than shwe will influence things behind the scenes, leaving thein sein to be the public baseball -- to be

thein sein presented his 30 cabinet nominees wednesday. ten of the nominees are incumbent cabinet ministers while about five are sitting vice ministers. many of the rest are former military officials who retired to run in the recent general election. several ministers are from the private sector but two are believed to be corporate managers close to the military government. the new cabinet will be launched as early as this week, after being approved by parliament, and officially appointed by the president. the process will mark the completion of what the administration calls the creation of a civilian government. >>> japan's big automakers did better in china than at home during the nine-month ending last december. one exception, toyota motor. honda motor sold 486,000 vehicles in china in the april to december period, 20,000 more than in japan. mazda motor sales in china hit 186,000 units, overtaking domestic sales by 30,000. mitsubishi motor sold 127,000 vehicles, they are 6,000 more than at home. nissan motor chai that sales reached the

we would move faster if we didn't have a lot of thein are struggles. we don't, sometimes we fight each other. sometimes we fight the elements out there. does that help? >> i wanted to say you asked if it was hard on the community? >> oh , yeah. it's hard. it's just hard always. there are always changes there are always change in supervisors and merchants and the community it's a struggle. us with the captain he came in and it was so smooth. we were lucky i was worried. i never met him. he came in and it was wonderful. like we were skipping down the street together for years. perfect harmony. yeah, it's always hard and as far as us because we work on different grants and things together. we fight all the time because i consider them my family. you know how you fight with our family you are like don't call me again and the next day you call and say, what do we have to do. that's how it is for us. >> yes. >> uh-huh. >> >> right. her question is is talking about what the community's role is in the safety. and also what's realistic? i think that goes once a

prime minister thein sein was chosen for the election in november, the first in 25 years. he's a 65-year-old retired general and a leader of the newly formed union solidarity and development party. cabinet members will be appointed next week as part of what myanmar's leaders are calling a serbian government. the military has ruled the country for 23 years. more than 80% of lawmakers are from usdp or are military officers themselves. united states has criticized the november election as unfair on the grounds it effectively excluded pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi and other opposition groups. people in haiti finally' have the word on who will be in the run up election to replace president preval. the two candidates are both critics of the government. the country's provisional lector council or cep said first laid mirlande manigat and mich. h martelly. the cep initially placed celestin in second. they routed against the result in december. the organization of american states and other international groups investigated widespread fraud and irregularities. they pressured

prime minister thein sein is included in the list, but than shwe was unexpected for many amid speculatione would become president. in the national elections in november, the first in 20 years the military and its allies won more than 80% of the seats in both houses of parliament. the military government may have decided to bypass shwe to prevent criticism transferred to civilian rule is a sham. some observers say shwe may keep his position as top military leader or assume key post such as advisor to the ruling party. here is the weather forecast. >>> welcome back to your world weather update. getting a look at australia first of all. we've been keeping a close eye on this major system. this will be our very large and very powerful cyclone. severe tropical cyclone yasi. category 5 strength. that's the highest on the scale. very strong system. wind gusts reaching almost 300 kilometers per hour. a powerful storm system. the core of the system will likely make its way toward the queensland coast line by midnight tonight wednesday night, but starting in the late morning hours, then on into the

prime minister thein sein was chosen for the election in november, the first in 25 years. he's a 65-year-old retired general and a leader of the newly formed union solidarity and development party. cabinet members will be appointed next week as part of what myanmar's leaders are calling a serbian government. the military has ruled the country for 23 years. more than 80% of lawmakers are from usdp or are military officers themselves. united states has criticized the november election as unfair on the grounds it effectively excluded pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi and other opposition groups. people in haiti finally' have the word on who will be in the run up election to replace president preval. the two candidates are both critics of the government. the country's provisional lector council or cep saidirst ld mirlande manigat and mich. h martelly. the cep initially placed celestin in second. they routed against the result in december. the organization of american states and other international groups investigated widespread fraud and irrelarities. they preured cep to c

they will include the military government's top leader, senior general than shwe and prime minister thein sein. parliament opened on monday, the first general election in 20 years was held two months ago. promilitary parties won a landslide victory. during the first session speakers of the upper and lower houses were elected. the new constitution, approved in 2008 -- in the 2008 national referendum was also put into effect. the upper house, the lower house, and military lawmakers will each propose a candidate as early as tuesday. the presidential nominations are believed to be efforts to deflect international criticisms of the country's political system. meanwhile, the national league for democracy launched a website with activities of aung san suu kyi, the leader of the pro-democracy movement in myanmar. she was released in november 2010 after 7 1/2 years of house arrest. >>> the two sides in the korean peninsula talked to china last november, shortly before the north shelled a south korean island, plunging ties into a freeze. south korean government sources told nhk that officials from

thein, i come to the praoint, country is going broke. ""sesame street" is a wonderful thing. i watched it when i was in grade school. it is a wonderful thing, but we do not have the money. if you not -- if you do not begin to address it, we introduce our spending four weeks ago. to achieve savings. we listed close to 100 programs. including this one. guys, and all has to be on the table. you cannot expect to do the same old, same old and expect any results. you cannot keep spending what you do not taken. every american gets that, every small business gets that. guest: you said the president, and you agree with him, once a lower corporate tax rate. included in that is to ensure that all corporations are paying taxes. if everyone is paying, you can lower the rates. is that something that is also an area of agreement for you. guest: depends. the president also said revenue neutral. what we really want is to lower the corporate tax burden on the job creators so they can better compete with our competitors around the planet and in so doing attract more jobs to america which will,