professor, tsai is setting to lead taiwanese people into a new era. what are the big issues she'll take up first? >> i think she raised how to reform taiwan's economy. especially she is focusing on the younger generation. because young generations are not well treated economically in taiwan. so that's why the movement in 2014 occurred and showed the feelings. her strong will to safeguard taiwan and propping up thehe importancece of taiwan. thatat's very impressive points >> i see. and another point of interest was what tsai had to say about relations between china and taiwan, but beijing has been pressuring her to acknowledge the so-called 1992 consensus. chinese leaders say the two sides agreed that taiwan and the mainland belong to one china although each side has a different definition of what that really means. let's hear from tsai about the issue. >> translator: in 1992 the two sides met and arrived at some consensus done in a spirit of mutual understanding and seeking common ground while setting aside differences. i respect this historical fact.

experts say this is a clear sign that beijing is turning up the pressure on tsai.he new president made no mention of the one china policy as she began her term, but she did appear willing to appease mainland leaders. >> translator: in 1992 the two sides met and arrived at some consensus. it was done in the spirit of mutual understanding and seeking common ground, while setting aside differences. i respect this historical fact. >> reporter: tsai also says she'll seek closer ties with the u.s. and japan. she can expect close scrutiny from beijing, as she goes down that path. jung-sil kim, nhk world, taipei. >>> a senior u.s. official says u.s. president barack obama will speak about the many lives lost during world war ii when he visits hiroshima next week. obama will be the first sitting u.s. president to visit the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack. deputy national security advisor ben rhodes says obama will make a brief visit to the peace memorial park and is likely to offer flowers. rhodes says the visit will be a chance for the president to reflect on

tsai ing-wen's party supports formal independence from china. after a swearing-in ceremony at the presidential building in taipei, she chose her words carefully: >> ( translated ): the new government will conduct cross- strait affairs in accordance with relevant legislation. the two governing parties across the strait must set aside the baggage of history, and engage in positive dialogue, for the benefit of the people on both sides. >> woodruff: tsai is the first woman to serve as president of taiwan. another wave of heavy rain added to the misery in sri lanka today. flooding in the capital, colombo, has displaced more than 185,000 people. today, trucks plowed through the water, to ferry out evacuees. helicopters were sent in to rescue others from their rooftops. the rain also triggered mudslides this week, and hundreds of people are still missing. india has set a record for its hottest temperature ever-- nearly 124 degrees fahrenheit. it happened today in the western city of phalodi, as authorities issued a severe heat alert for several states,

democratic progressive party leader tsai will take office on may 20th. chinese leader see her as favoring independence for taiwan. they're expected to retaliate if she does not affirm the principle of one-china in her inaugural address. >> translator: if there is a crisis across the taiwan strait, the responsibility will be with those who change the status quo. ma saidaiwan and china aison ofcials aged on th one-china principle in 1992. he said china and the taiwan nationalist, in power since 20, have mntained peace and stabilitbased onhe principle. he said taiwan should intain that stas quo. >>> nhk "newsline" come s to yo live. we had a gusty day. jonathan is here to tell us about the weather. >> conditions will improve. we were dealing with a bit of rainfall, strong winds and it was quite stormy there some areas. look at the amount of cloud cover that covered japan as it went throughout the day wednesday. earlier this morning, let me show you video coming out of kanagawa preif you cfecture whew waves to go high. 80 kilometer per hour gusts have been r

>> attorneys stella tsai and jannie lau are among a group of women working to boost those stats. >> were the fastest growing minority population in the country today so we deserve a seat at the table. >> their efforts range from registering asian americans to vote. >> if you want to make a change um to, to improve the system, you really need to engage in it. >> to fundraising. >> money talks. it's how you make your, it's how you make your voice heard and how you amplify your voice. >> and creating a pipeline for potential candidates. stella ran for judge on the court of common pleas. >> it was very important to me to represent our community. >> the lack of representation is, in part, a generational issue. >> my parent's perspective on government may be very different from my perspective. >> they love democracy, but i think there's also part of them that is afraid to engage. >> they didn't know the english language. they came here with nothing >> and they may come from repressive regimes. >> they were more about you know not, not sticking out. because it's sort of lift your head up and

. >> and my concern is he's tsaying into the hands of extremists who say it's not bempatible to be western and to be mainstream muslim. i think london showed last ter:sday it is. el reporter: sadiq khan was elected with the largest majority any london mayor has ever won, and this despite having to defend himself against the claim he was sympathetic to extremist views. khan said his opponents' campaign was run "right out of ote donald trump playbook." normally, scott, foreign politicians stay out of american domestic politics, but sadiq khan has made an exception. do a presumed contest between donald trump and hillary clinton, khan says he hopes she thrashes him. >> pelley: mark phillips at the houses of parliament tonight in london. mark, thanks. well, hillary clinton might have nnchance to thrash trump if he doesn't begin winning the financial backing of his party and the support of its leaders. major garrett tells us that today, trump was tormented by the ghosts of campaigns past. >> well, it is great to be back ce the welcoming embrace of washington. >> reporter: senator ted cruz return

tsai ing-wen has worked hard to maintain regulations with china saying she would be a staunch guardian of peace. -- will take a careful look at proposals by president vladimir putin for refinancing projects in russia. also said the bank would be very selective given its limited resources. >> france's prime minister given end to labor law protests that have turned increasingly violent. and brassal's interim president has named the new ceo of petro bras. >>> well the front runner for yahoo's internet assets could offer almost half what was originally expected. verizon communications and a concertem will be bidding between 2 and $4 billion for yahoo's core business. the original range was suggested between 4 and $8 billion. the deadline for the bids has been set for the first week of june. i wonder if it's because of the negativity surrounding yahoo's potential long-term worth and how they haven't managed to cement their position in that particular area. and investors have the luxury of saying i'm not going the bid 8 billion. >> and core internet business we're talking about and for a lon

. >>> taiwan naug rating its first female president, tsai ing-wen. . >>> another high profile personing in on brexit. canada prime minister justin trudeau wants the uk to remain in the eu. the comments after campaigners had argued canada was a potential model for britain if it left the union. betting odds today on the brexit issue indicating a 79% probability of britain voting to stay in the european union. this according to bet fair. the implied probability has increased about 9 percentage points in the past week. the pound also enjoying a decent week. it is off a bit today but as you can see at close to 146 the range since the announcement earlier in february has been much stronger for pound and definitely the remain camp at the moment gaining strength. >> the pound is the only currency that is stronger against the u.s. dollar this week because the dollar had such a good week o on the fed because it is just marching to its own beat on. to our twitter and facebook question of the day. the british pound up this week in response to the confidence the uk, we ask which way there brexit

tsai ing-wen is the self-governi isla sident. >>> taiwan's new president was sworn in today in the capital of taipei. [ non-english language ] is the self governing island's first female president. her party supports taiwan's form independence from china. she was cautious about speaking it during her inaugural address. china claims taiwan as its own territory and says failing to endorse the one china principle could destabilize relations. >>> some new jersey elementary children are getting inspiration from two out of this world alumni. the students helped cut the ribbon as the school was renamed after two astronauts, mark and scott kelly. mark flew four missions on the international space station. scott was there for 340 days. things didn't always come easy. >> we were not particularly good pilots. you know, i really struggled. >> they said that they started -- they weren't the greatest but after a while they became the best so i figured i might not be the best now but later on i could do something amazing. >> awesome. both men are also navy veterans and former test pilots. they are now re

would like to see a republican in the white house and like to see the party staying together are tsayingfind common ground. if we remain divided like this no matter what the other electoral issues are at hand we will be at a big disadvantage to a united democratic party. >> kelly o'donnell from capitol hill, you have a sense of this like few do you spent so much time there and you know these players and the way they operate. based on your sources and your experience there, what do we think happened in these last 24 hours or so to lead to this announcement, to the fact that now speaker ryan is actually inviting donald trump to come talk about common ideas and ways they can together bring the party together? >> reporter: there was a front stage and backstage in politics. for speaker ryan, his initial public comments saying he was not yet ready to endorse is a way for him to buy time to send a signal to the most conservative republicans he will not just easily get on board and to try to negotiate one of donald trump's favor words with the author of the art of the deal. negotiate about what.

i would have to call her and tsay,hat's not right. >> or maybe a little worried. >> she posted about along the lines of victor is getting a divorce. so sad. heartbreaking. >> friends here. >> we might not even realize we're doing it wrong. just ask kenneth wife mary margaret. >> she would say don't forget to pay your bills on his wall. >> she couldn't see me. couldn't be with me. it was, like, pay your bills. >> that shows up on your wall. >> it's on my wall. all my friends are liking it. mom is so cool. so cool. >> the bottom line is as old as time. we just want to feel a part of our kids' lives. >> there's a fantasy that our communication put our children right there with us. >> a professor at science technology and society at m.i.t. >> parents are grappling and hustling for how to connect but they're not having the conversations they want very often. >> so your kids grew up here. no one knows that story better than betti byrd a reformed facebook oversharer from south alabama. >> i had no idea how to use facebook. >> they started out with almost >> i would say hi, it's mom. i love

we don't have to wait a in line any more to fine out the details.tail >> the head of the security tsayelly hogan's removal -- he's been removed onn their twitter page last night.it two week ago they conduct add hearing on why hogan received $99,000 in bonuses when securitt lines were not improving. tsa has not said where hoganherh will be reassigned.ned his replacement will be darby la joy directed security at los at angeles internationa california and at jfk airport in new york.ork. meanwhile, another federal fer official is in hot water thisers time the head of veterans affairs.ir their department.p he says the department should be measured by wait times.. secretary robert mcdonald madedd an interesting comparisonompa yesterday saying the length of times wait to receive health care to the time people katepl wait for times at disneyland. dl take a listen. liste >> we had choice. the days to an appointment isinn really not what we shall bee measuring.urin we shall be measuring the script veterans satisfaction.rans sat i mean, what really counts is ct how does the veteran feel abouta th

and obviously they had no cincinnati tsay in the matter being a newborn baby at the time and again it is appropriate for them to transition back to the gender they were born at. there is chromosomal gender. hormone aae aal gender. and external aappearance. and fundamentally there is the perception of the gender in all of us. i'm sure in your mind ron you're a male. no doubt. i'm a male. but there are those who have doubts of what their gender is and different perceptions on all levels. >> chuck in washington addiction. good morning. >> caller: thank you congressman for being on the show. it was very difficult for me originally to understand the different types of gender differences and i this i for most people that is the case and it seems a little bit clinical. however for various reasons my wife was pregnant. we know why she was pregnant. so we had some genetic testing done and we discovered we were having a boy. very happy to have a boy. when our child was born however we had a girl, low and behold. so i have some firsthand experience in, you know, street experience finding out tha

stuart: one other issue related to dispute jerry tsai in "the wall street journal" has a piece out that this headline. let me show you the headline that ran yesterday. economic scars help explain bizarre 2016 race. basically saying, well, it was very damaging to a great many people and they're not over it. that's why we've got charm. that's what got bernie sanders. the antiestablishment people. are you buying that? >> absolutely. hillary clinton strategy of battery left wing strategist. they will merge at any point on the political spectrum and they are picking scapegoats, and basically picking bankers, big business and so forth, villainize a man and saying they need to be taxed on a controlled and so forth so that you can now social and economic justice. donald trump is equally appealing to people that are disaffected, that they don't see the world that way. they see all this political correctness and socialism is the root of their problem. the basic problem hillary has been a know it is not pc to say this, we have so many takers now that it's going to be very difficult or donald trump

you can try your best with larisa, sec tsai, cleaning up the environment butt even with that history has told us that this is a real difficult mosquito to deal with. it's a different kind of public health measure then when you're trying to prevent transmission from person-to-person like with the respiratory illness. it's a whole new venue of transmission. it is quite difficult to contain. >> are the insecticides working against it? i getting some resistance there to? >> this is going to be variable. in puerto rico when we have the best data there is one insecticide that we know works from our island testing. in some areas there's more than one, but there's one that works data, the throughout. one of the issues is having to delivery. what are are the best ways, inside, outside, adult larvae, there are some innovative traps that have beenl developed that are being usedd a that word the mosquitoes are attracted by a little bit of a sweet substance and they end up essentially killing theal mosquito. i think there is a lot of different approaches.to people are naturally questioning is it