awful situation for them both here in china and around the world. >> indeed david mckenzie for us in beijing. thanks very much david. i want to bring in our aviation correspondent, richard quest, who has been plowing through this report. richard, pages and pages of the interim report what does it show us? >> this is the report and it's 109 pages long, with several hundred pages of logs. and this is the kind of report one would have expected. it goes into the detail of the aircraft, the systems, how they operated their manufacturer. their maintenance. were there any problems. and so far there seems to be nothing wrong with the aircraft its oxygen supply its radios its satellite communications. nothing wrong with the fuel. it had enough fuel for the entire jjourney. what we're seeing first of all is that the pilots were in good health and nothing psychologically wrong with them. there was no reason to believe they committed suicide. but also we're getting some father fairly devastating views on how air traffic control between kuala lumpur vietnam, singapore, this complex flight information reg

. >> axelrod: seth doane covering for us tonight in beijing. the southern california beach town of venice, california, usually known for its sun and fun is reeling tonight over a sexual assault investigation at its high school. the disturbing allegations involve 14 boys and two girls all underaged. here's omar villafranca. >> reporter: the arrests happened quickly in classrooms. los angeles police officers took eight venice high school student into custody stunning classmates like josh noonan. >> they were shocked just like me. what's going on. what's-- why are they getting arrested? why-- why them? why them? like, these kids are pretty popular. >> reporter: the boys are as young as 14. all are underage. all face felony sexual assault charges. the attacks allegationedly date back to 2013 but police accomplice say most were in the last two weeks, some happening on campus. l.a.p.d. commander andrew smith. >> some of these were forced sexual acts, sexual assaults. others were consensual with individuals who are too young to give consent. >> report

david mckenzie is in beijing for us and anna is in kuala lumpur. richard, you've been looking at this report. what does it tell us that we didn't already know before? it tells us everything and it tells us nothing. it sort of clears mysteries up. for instance the question about the pilot's health. it makes it quite clear that the captain was neither anxious, nor depressed, nor was his home life collapsing and that he didn't seem to be under stress and was handling life well. same for the first officer. it tells us the plane was maintained properly the oxygen supply was working correctly. and it tells us substantially that everything that we've already known about it is now confirmed. we've got great detail about how this flight progressed. what we don't have is anything -- and i mean anything -- about what happened or where the plane is. but isa, if you want to know where the real scandal in the report is this is it. these are blow by blow air traffic control logs from the night. more than 120 pages -- beg your pardon. more than 250 pages of logs.

adrian brown live in beijing for us thanks for that >>> now, still ahead - local companies are competing to bid for oil production licences in southern nigeria. but the population there is divided. we'll tell you why. plus... [ gunfire ] ..~ syrian war entering its fifth year, we look at how the conflict began with peaceful protests. hello again. you are watching al jazeera, the top stories. kurdish authorities in iraq have evidence i.s.i.l. is using chlorine gas as a weapon. iraqi fighters filmed the video near tikrit and say the plumes of orange smoke are clor heen gas. -- chlorine gas. >> yemeni houthi rebels have reached an agreement to boost the economy. the president remains in the southern city of aden after escaping house arrest last month. the president of vanuatu is calling for international help after cyclone pam left the island nation in tatters. eight have been killed. aid workers feel the death toll is higher. a state of emergency is declared. >> the syrian crisis entered its fifth year. what started as a peaceful protest developed into a war that spread across the country.

in their older years. david mckenzie is following this for us. and david in beijing there. officials recently relaxed the policy so that people could go out and have a second child if they wanted to. but it seems that they're not so keen after all. >> reporter: who would have thought after three deckcades o this draconian policy. it is hated here in urban areas and some rural areas, which effectively made people change their ways of doing all their business, have one child. it's a massive experiment in social engineering, and now that they've relaxed the policy, some parents don't even want a second child. every chinese family revolves around a child. they call them "little peach." like both her parents before her, tao is an only child. once my cousin visited, and we shared a bed for a few nights, said her dad. i really enjoyed that feeling, and i wished i had a brother. but for decades, the communist party has relentlessly pushed its one-child policy, with propaganda like this didn't work they used heavy fines and forced abortion to curb population growth. now some experts

in china. seth doane tells us about a former nba star whose career is on the rebound. >> reporter: it's news when he takes the beijinghen a statue is erected in his hob. news because former new york knicks point guard stefan marbury has found stardom and a second chance in china. >> i have my name and then it says i love china. >> i love china, yeah. >> reporter: marbury was recruited to play with the still growing chinese basketball association or cba after his less than graceful departure from the nba. coming to china was a fresh start? >> for me it was like becoming reborn. >> what was it? distance? different place? >> distance different place different culture. >> reporter: not speaking the language might have left out the bad press. fights with coach, sex with an intern and a ban from playing. we met marbury in the locker room after his team the beijing ducks scored a 42-point victory. >> when i first came here i mean the game has grown. it's huge. >> reporter: the report 2d million he makes is different from 20 million. up next, there's a movie. the starlight marbury can take the subway in beijing, jong ling to

a star like marbury can take the subway in beijing zhong ling told us.er." >> people ask me about chine all the time. i'm like you all need to come to china to see for yourself. he telling you this, you're not going to believe me. >> reporter: probably because stephon marbury can't quite believe it himself, witnessing just how much he's been embraced on the other side of the world. >> he's the here oaf beijing! >> reporter: seth doane, cbs news beijing. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> cbs sports, your home for the nfl and the "thursday night football." ncaa and the masters. the pga championship and pga tour. march madness and the cbs sports family of networks and your foam for super bowl 50. cbs sports expect it here. >> the thinges the tournament so special it starts with the fact of the unknown. >> the madness begins and u.a.b. has done it! >> it's like a nonstop roller coaster ride.

in the interest of the developing countries. thank you. [speaking foreign language] >> beijing usedmore chinese citizens make outbound visits and we see a good example of that in the just passed chinese new year. what will the chinese foreign ministry do to facilitate the outbound visits of chinese citizens and protect their legitimate rights and interests overseas? [speaking foreign language] >> this is a very good question, and i think many journalists may be interested in knowing the answer. last year, for the first time, chinese citizens made more than 100 million visits abroad, making them the largest floating population in the world. there are also more than 20,000 chinese enterprises who have established a presence of broad and millions of our compatriots are working and living in different parts of the world. so that task and responsibility of protecting their rights is heavier than ever. we are always concerned with the safety and well-being of every one of our compatriots and we will do everything in our power to protect and assist them. [speaking foreign language] >> last

in february 2014. masuzoe has been using his power to strengthen relationships. he met in seoul with the south korean president. and he flew to beijing for talks with chinese vice premier yung. >> with your visits, what did you achieve? very recently foreign ministers of three countries -- japan, china, and south korea -- met together and declared that the director have a summit meeting of these three countries as soon as possible. that is -- i'm very proud of saying that who opened the door i opened the doors. you know the last year no one could shake hands as political leader of japan or president park -- i understand there are very difficult issues like the history or so called comfort women, et cetera. so i understand for both national governments, it's very very difficult. but i am the head of the city. it's not a national issue. we have very challenging issue that is all big cities are facing with the transportation the water, et cetera. so that city diplomacy paved the way for the national diplomacy. i did not do intentionally, but as a byproduct, these kinds of efforts of diplomacy -- stirred the international diplomacy. >> t

seth doane is in beijing and shows us how american billionaire paul allen played a role in the discoverying. >> reporter: we all know paul allen as the co-owner of the seattle seahawks and microsoft but add another title, explorer. the japanese battleship moussa she has been kiss discovered more than 70 years. it's the result of eight years of searching, spearhead and funded by paul allen. a team of researchers deployed a remotely operated mini submarine from allen's luxury yacht, the "octopus" loaded with equipment. >> 1,023 people were lost. >> reporter: allen said he yearned to find the battleship as a way to honor his father, a world war ii vet, but also to pay tribute for those who fought for japan. >> you can see all the electrical wiring coming out of the central hole. >> reporter: the moussa she was strength. it was thought to be the largest. it took 20 allied torpedos and 17 bombs to finally sink it in 1944, a decisive victory for u.s. forces. finding the shim comes at a time when many in japan are remembering the war this week marks the 70th anniversary of the u.s. firebombing

seth doane is in beijing showing us how an american billionaire played a key role in the discovery.ng. >> reporter: good morning. we all know philanthropist as a co-founder of microsoft or owner of the seattle seahawks but add another title to that list -- explorer. >> that may be where the bomb chub actually penetrated. >> reporter: 3,000 feet below the surface of this sea, the battle ship has been discovered more than 70 years after being sunk by allied forces during world war ii. >> definitely a main gun shell. >> reporter: it's the result of eight years of searching, spearheaded and funded by paul allen. >> download all data. >> reporter: a team of researchers deployed a remotely operated mini submarine from allen's luxury yacht, "the octopus" loaded with deep sea surveillance equipment. >> all of these brave men went through lots of hardships and 1,023 people were lost. >> reporter: allen yearned to find the battleship as wa toy honor his father. a world war ii vet and also pay tribute to those who fought for japan. >> you can see all the electrical wiring coming out of the cen

the resort is in laos but runs on beijing time. signs are in mandarin and it usesurrency. >> both the governments of laos and china have a responsibility to fulfill their commitments and end the illegal wildlife trade. >> reporter: now the environmental investigation agency is calling on the governments of china and laos to investigate connections between the trade here and wildlife criminals operating in the region. but as ever the question is will it lead to any meaningful action? nick clark, al jazeera. >>> we spoke with the u.n. office on drugs and crime and he works closely with authorities in laos to crack down on illegal wildlife trade, and he says he is slowly seeing progress. >> laos in particular is bound to be exposed to wildlife crime. it's essentially land locked country surrounded by bigger countries, starting from china, vietnam, thailand they are also considered to fw destination markets of illegal wildlife. and there are other countries like cambodia and myanmar which are instead considered to be origin of wildlife. in [ inaudible ] i would say tha

in the footsteps of civil rights pie years when he walked across the edmund pettus bridge. we'll have more on that throughout the hour. stay with us. blank >> this moment is characterized. >> 20 years ago in beijing nation made a promise to end violence against women. they signed the beijing declaration, a platform for action. it was a were you print for advancing women's rights. that will be marked tomorrow, international women's days. many are celebrating how far women have come. this elaborate celebration was held in abuja nigeria. they say while there are major gains there is a long way to go. the 300 school girls kidnapped by boko haram are still missing. reportedly some have been forced into marriage and some have been used as human bombs. erica has more on the struggles that women continue to face today. >> from the nigeria girls kidnapped from their schools at young point. and people sold in slavery in isil especially when you see the numbers the united nations says 3 million girls are at risk of genital mutilation, so-called honor killings like this one in pakistan reportedly take the lives of 5,000 women every year. >> her family was waiting for us and then attacked us. they beat her to

in the officially announced figures. china's lack of transparency is fuelling concerns among the international community. nhk world, beijing. >> let us now take you to beijing live. our reporter kunihiro yamamoto is covering the event there. kunihiro? >> hi, gene. another focus of attention, this is national people's congress is on measures to be announced to address the problem of serious air and water pollution. fine particulate matter or p.m. 2.5 is causing serious air pollution in china and public concern is mounting. a base around the theme of environmental protection opened in a business district in central beijing three years ago. the cafe has devices such as face masks to prevent people from p.m. 2.5. it's reporting brisk sales of its $3 masks. in the cafe the power of photographs has garnered a great deal of public of attention. the photos taken every day for the last two years show the skies over the main area of beijing. it's plain to see that the city has had more gray days than sunny ones. >> translator: the sky is always gray. sometimes blue, but very rarely, i think. there aren't enough days with good weather. >> trans

the resort is in laos but runs on beijing time, signs are in mandarin and the chinese currency is used. >> both the governments of lao and china have a responsibility to fulfill their commitments and end the wildlife trade. >> the governments of china and laos are called on to investigate the connections between trade here and wildlife criminals operating in the region. as ever, the question is will it lead to any meaningful action. nick clark, al jazeera. >> joining us now good to have you on al jazeera. thanks for being with us. before we go on to what the laos government is doing now how widespread is illegal wildlife trade in the region? >> in the region, it's very widespread. laos in particular is bound to be exposed to wildlife crime. it's essentially a landlocked country, surrounded by bigger countries, starting from china vietnam, thailand, there are also considered to be destination markets of illegal wildlife. there are other countries, like cambodia and myanmar, which are considered to be origin of wildlife. laos from the sheer geographic position is bound to be prone to wil

the 2014 games in sochi and with fears about costs causing other bidders to withdraw beijing has been careful to keep its budget down to about $3 billion and is promising to reuse venues used in 2008 and to use already built mountain facilities. >> the committee has given u.s. an appraisal of china's efforts to make good use of 2008 venues. lack of snowfall didn't stop winter games in south korea or russia from being awarded the games. and a brand new ski field closer to beijing would work just fine. >>> she's the first indian woman to be named the number one player in the world in badmitton. she was really tested. closing for sunday's final, 21-15 and 21-11. >>> the anaheim ducks are headed to the nhl playoffs beating the struggling new york islanders to secure a western conference post season place. the ducks 3-2 winners in this one. for new york their third straight loss >>> the world's most expensive horse rate. it took place on saturday. prince bishop had a rather slow start but managed to storm from the back to win the race. the he walks away with $5 million from this event. california chrome came second. >>> that's the sports. thank you. >>> thank you very much. now

seth doane is in beijing to show us the billionaires who say they're ready to give back. reporter: good morning. some people call it a rubber rubber stamp parliament. it's the biggest legislative body in the world with personal fortunes of some involved that would blow you away. some of these similar looking grey suits have very deep pockets. there are more than 2,900 delegates to the national peoples congress or npc and another 2,000 plus in an advisory body that meets alongside it. in these two councils we counted 59 billionaires yes, 59. their combined wealth is 178 billion dollars, roughly the gdp of kuwait. delegates approve the communist party's agenda designed by those with real power sitting on stage. we've printed out pictures of some of the billionaires with their fortunes next to their pictures, and now we'll try to find them. >> before delegates enter the great hall of the people they have to pass you could say, cloth by the media. can we just talk to you briefly? >> we spotted a beverage tie continue worth $11 billion. do you feel that you can represent the a

i've been speaking to our correspondent in beijing, martin patience, who gave us more about what these talks represent. >> for four years, we had no talks between the two countries. we had rising tensions between china and japan over these disputed islands in the east china sea. the big fear was that potentially, some sort of accident could even trigger a conflict, but what we have seen in recent months is i think, a recognition of the diplomatic as well as the economic cost of those tensions. late last year china's president met his japanese counterparts. they held talks for the first time. it was a pretty icy affair. both sides were playing to the domestic audiences, but as an outcome of that meeting, we now have these talks, where the two sides are working on ways to dial down the tensions over the disputed islands and also a communication hotline, if you like, so if something does go wrong, at least china and japan can get in contact with each other and hopefully source it out. >> so how preliminary or even tentative do you think these talks are? i appreciate there's been a four-ye

reall keeps me from living in america because my family and my work are here in beijing, he tells uslive the same way. he showed us video he made with some neighbors. their love for this community plays out to eight minutes set to music they wrote. heading to jackson hole, the lyrics go. enjoy the fresh air, leave all the troubles back in town. though the way we visited it wasn't a western miks rather abe shing smog that shrouded the mountains. there's still a little bit of pollution up here no? the pollution is one-third of what it is in the city he says so we come up here to get fresh air. most homes are close up for the winter, but 5% have been sold according to the developer and property values have more than tripled. i'm not chasing the american lifestyle on purpose, he tells us but such lifestyle appeals to all who love nature and have a positive attitude. such pursuit is universal. >> a bit of western rugged individualualism in china. it's not just jackson hole that has a western name. there are parent complexes in beijing with names like fifth avenue and palm springs. and gue

"newsline" will have live reports and announcements from beijing throughout the 11-day congress. stay with us for all of your news >>> in may 2014 thailand's military took power in a coup. it was led by army commander prayut chan-o-cha. appointed as the interim prime minister, prayut is seeking to restore a civilian government. in thailand the conflict persisted for a

us everyone. british royalty and chinese leaders are meeting in beijing.e new video to show you of prince william meeting chinese president xi jinping. the duke of cambridge traveled to japan and is now visiting key cities in china. he is the high ever profile royal to visit mainland china in almost 30 years. >>> also want to show you this video from one of our affiliates in missouri. the news truck caught on camera the moment when a car in front spins out and off the snow in early sunday morning, you see the snowy highway there. heavy snow has been blame for several crashes in the area. some of them fatal. you see it there just spinning out. february was one of the coldest months in decades for large pars of north america. our meteorologist pedram javaheri joins us to talk about that the dangers that still exist and i guess what's outside the window now. >> gosh yeah. we'll start with a live perspective across atlanta. who let the fog out? this is the outside perspective. through the southern united states, this is what it's going to look like across the

in resources there. of the u.s. pressure on the market this morning. >> let's return to our top story. the stronger-than-expected export figures from china. tom joins us now from beijingt the lunar new year, the crackdown on fake invoicing. how should we interpret these numbers? >> i think that is right. there are some wild swings in the february exports-import data. if you look at the headlines, it looks like a surging performance by exports and a disastrous collapse by import. as you mentioned, the seasonal affect, shifts in commodity prices, concern about ms. invoicing, i'll make it -- all make it difficult. if you look at january and february export numbers together, that gets you pacts -- past the impact of chinese new year. lower thannificantly the 48.3% suggested by the february numbers. it is still a pretty decent performance. if you look at the import volume numbers, so used her about the impact of movement and the prices of oil and other commodities, china's import volume for some of the key commodities are still on trend. export growth still looks pretty strong. can that be sustained? it is a pretty impressive number. i think it is going to be tough for chi

in beijing. >> translator: we will govern in accordance with the constitution and other laws and bring all government work in line with the rule of law. >> premier li used the word law about 40 times during his address. but one expert says the term has a different meaning in the country, and he says president xi jinping faces a tough challenge proving china is a nation governed by law. >> translator: i want to stress that china's concept of the rule of law is unique. it's completely different from that of western nations. >> translator: professor ho of peking university. he is known for his straightforward opinions even economy it comes to commenting on the country's regime. he has more than 1.5 million followers on the chinese version of twitter, and his remarks constantly draw the attention of people in china and overseas. >> translator: the chinese communist party is considered as a body that transcends the law. legal revisions and proposals are carried out at the command of the party. the party can revise the constitution or other laws as it wishes. the party plays a key role in the judiciary. every court contains a group. official communist party r

while here in beijing, families showing their growing frustration. continue the search, they said. give usur relatives back. more than 150 of the passengers were chinese. i was there when the families' anger was beginning to rise. out of control here. i just can't even believe this. after 12 months of searching, no real clues. just some new details in a report released yesterday. apparently the battery in the underwater locator beacon had expired more than a year before the plane vanished. so it may not have been working. as for the pilot or copilot, no indication they had any responsibility for bringing the plane down. all that is known, at 12:41 a.m. it takes off from kuala lumpur. 239 people on board. 2:40 a.m., it's cruising, losing radar contact. as for the search, it's cost close to $100 million. so far, only about 40% of the ocean floor they intended to cover has been completed. it's unclear how long the search will continue. >> we owe it to the families of the dead. we owe it to the traveling public to do whatever we reasonably can. >> reporter: many of the families don't believe t

used to. >> martin, thanks very much. martin patience there in beijing. let's bring you up to date other news. the u.n. refugee agency called for more assistance to be provided to merchant ships that change course to rescue migrants crossing the mediterranean. they told the bbc a compensation scheme should be set up and docking fees should be waived. he also called for more robust search and rescue operations. >>> an australian prisoner swap proposal to save two of its citizens from the death penalty have been rejected by the indonesian government. the australian men who are the ring leader of the so-called bali nine have been moved to a prison island where they're due to be shot by firing squad. >>> tony abbott has suggested that the search for the malaysian airlines plane which disappeared almost a year ago may be reduced in size. mr. abbott said australia was taking every reasonable step to find the jet, but he couldn't promise the search would continue at its current intensity forever. >>> stay with us here on "gmt" on bbc world news. still to come th

. >> victor gow coming to us from beijing, thank you for your time. >> another deadly accident you in ukraine. >> and alleged bosnian war crilsscontracts, u.s. on the hunt to deport them. >> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. coming up this hour of international news, a new effort to find people in america who are accused of war crimes during the bosnian war. >> we'll talk about the case with daniel elsburg. >> in boston today jurors began hearing the case against marathon bombing suspect dzhokhartsarnaev, opening statements the defense admittsarnaev was involved in the bombings but suggested his brother tamerlan was the mastermind. >> after a jewish shooting in paris, three suspects have been identified and international arrest warrants have been issued all three suspects are believed to have been members of the palestinian splinter group abu nidal. >> fire grew out of control firefighters said the flames had been at last extinguished. fortunately no fatalities were reported. >>> ukraine is blaming separatists for death ever trapped miners.

i once had a chinese masseur when i was in beijing working my shoulder and i was talking and i said during the war, japanese died. what currency did you use? he said japanese currency, it was in japanese controlled areas or other currency in other areas. i said how many currencies are there? two, three? >> 14 or 15? >> depending on which warlords area you are in. so why have they survived in spite of anarchy and disaster floods, famines? because there was a social network independent of government that sustained them. the immediate family, the stemmed family, the clan. you owed them an obligation. you cannot turn them away. that is how they survived. i would be, i would be loathe to believe in singapore you would never have anarchy there will always be government that will provide for social security, that has been your experience. i am not sure that will be the singapore experience. i think we are safer if we keep those family bonds, those traditional life raft systems not dependent on the state. place the emphasis on family, extended family, and then the government, and not the individual at the expense of the family and the state, whic

in beijing clinton famously said "women's rights are human rights." clintons remarks today come as the firestorm continues to rage over her use of private e-mails while in office. critics are saying even louder that she needs to speak up. democrat senator, one of them a senator, says clinton needs to step up and explain her reasoning. and nbc's tracie potts is on capitol hill with a look at the fallout. >> reporter: at this hour the big question barbara, whether hillary clinton is going to address this publicly for the first time beyond the tweet urging the state department to make her e-mails public. she hasn't said anything hasn't issued a statement, and now even her supporters are saying she needs to get out there and start explaining things. why she use add personal e-mail address, only a personal e-mail address, and not her state.gov. why she stored everything on a server at home and why after two years of secretary of state after asked that she turned over those e-mails and whether she thinks this will have any impact. everyone else seems to have an opinion. dianne feinstein said she needs to come out, it may hurt her chances if she decides to r

in beijing. leading the press pack and us struggling to keep up. >> okay here he comes. >>. >> reporter: william,ts. kicking it around with the kids. soccer is a game china's president shuixi jinping wants to improve. he gave him a letter from his mother queen elizabeth inviting him to london. perhaps his most personal mission is about the elephant egal hunting and trading of their ivory tusks, his next stop here this sanctuary in south western china trying to save those injured or poached. now when prince william gets here he will have the chance to meet ron-ron, 3 years old stuck in a trap almost dead. they saved her and for the past ten years they've been taking her out to the woods just hoping that schld she will return to the wild. amy. >> all right, bob woodruff thank you for that. >>> in health news a new study about the benefits of a protein rich diet. researchers studied men and what they ate for breakfast and found those who drank high protein energy drinks had a decreased appetite later in the day and those who took in the same amount of calories largely from fat and chewing didn't fee

us out of sydney. china has overtaken north korea to become the number one public security headache in japan. new government surveys show a sharp rise in concern over beijing reporter joining us from tokyo with more. isabel, what are japan's concerns here? reporter: what we've seen is a very significant change this time. three years ago, north korea was far and away the top security concern. about two thirds of japanese people said they were concerned. this time, concerns on north korea have gone down slightly. china has become the biggest topic of interest for japanese people in security. that is not surprising because we haven't seen a nuclear test from north korea in two years, and we've been getting a constant stream of news in japan about china's activities around the disputed islands that are between japan and china, and close to japanese airspace, ships close to japanese oceans, that has become something in the forefront of japanese minds recently. why is it important for the government to do this poll? what is the incentive for them to do this? >> it is something they do in great detail and it happens every three years. i think the initial focus of

william, is hitting three cities in three days touring the ancient forbidden city in beijing, leading the press pack and us] >> reporter: in shanghai today, sports. kicking it around with the kids. soccer is a game china's president xi jinping wants to improve in his country. in their meeting monday, william gave him a letter from his grandmother, queen elizabeth, inviting china's president to london. this is ivory. perhaps prince william most personal mission on this trip is about the elephants. the illegal hunting and trading of their ivory tusks. his next stop here, this sanctuary in south western china which is trying to save those injured or poached. now when prince william gets here, he will have the chance to meet ron-ron right there. she was actually 3 years old when she was found in the jungle stuck in a trap almost dead. they saved her and for the past ten years they've been taking her out to the woods just hoping that someday she will return to the wild. amy. >> all right, bob woodruff, thank you for that. >>> and in health news, a new study about the benefits of a protein-rich diet. researchers

beijing. no one in the obama administration would talk to us on camera about rare earths and our dependence onding the department of energy, the pentagon, or the u.s. trade representative. even the private sector didn't want to discuss the problem. we tried to get interviews with heads of companies that use the magnets and other products coming out of china, and they would not talk to us. is there fear in high-tech companies that if they say something negative, maybe china won't sell them what they need? >> mcgroarty: i think that there is grave concern in these companies, but perhaps not a willingness to talk about that on a street corner. so what is the u.s. doing to restore the industry here? out in california, molycorp was allowed to reopen after it developed new technology that protects the environment. but even when it's at full capacity, the mine will only produce a fraction of the world's supply of rare earths. the pentagon has begun stockpiling rare earths, and industry is researching new technologies that would replace them. do you get any help from the u.s. government? they want to

us live now from beijing. so i understand that these families had gathered in beijing to mark the anniversary of when this plane went missing. they also wanted to pay their respects at the llama temple. but then they were clamped down on by police. explain what happened here. >> that's right, zain. and certainly very disturbing to see the families trying to commemorate this one-year anniversary of their loved ones going miss and then being treated like this by the chinese authorities. certainly the families have faced harassment in recent weeks and months because they have been pushing sometimes quite assertively to get information from authorities. and that's at times been seen as a threat by the government here. the chinese government for its part say they will help the families in any way they can and push the search for this plane. but for the families, this is a terribly traumatic time. and for over a year now, they haven't had any closure. >> reporter: a mother relives precious memories of her son. she shows me her favorite photo. "he looks so handsome," she says. with each day he is missing, the pain is

beijing recognize they were part of japan. china's state bureau of surveying and mapping published the map in 1969. it usesanese name for the islands the senkaku group, not the chinese term. and the map uses the japanese name for one of the islands. japan controls the islands in the east china sea. china and taiwan claim them. the japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japan's territory in terms of history and international law. it says there's no issue of sovereignty to be resolved over them. surveys found the area could be rich in oil and other natural resources. chinese leaders began claiming the islands in the 1970s. officials have uploaded the map to the foreign ministry website to support japan's position. they say they want to show the international community that japan's claim is legitimate. >>> prime minister abe says he expects an upcoming meeting of foreign ministers from japan, china, and south korea to help improve tokyo's relations with the two neighboring countries. the three are to meet in south korea this month. the talks would be the first by the foreign ministe

andrew stevens joining us live from hong kong with the latest on the national people's congress in beijing. thanks. rosemary. >>> in other stories we're following, a veterinarian detained in east timor for months is now back in the united states. 41-year-old stacy addison of greeted boy her family just a short while ago in polar, oregon. she had been -- in portland, oregon. she had been held without a charge in east timor for nearly 16 months. she was arrested in september after she said she unwittingly shared a taxi with a stranger carrying methamphetamine. u.s. secretary of state john kerry was among several top government officials who worked to secure her release. >>> now if you were hoping to run in next month's marathon in pyongyang, hope you've been training because you can now book your tickets. a beijing travel agency said north korea lifted its ban on foreign participants in the race. the government had banned all foreign tourists in october out of fear that the boyleebowl virus may come -- the ebola virus may come with them. >>> this winter has been unlenning in the united state

us in southern california, it has the distinction for poor air quality. but if you put los angeles and put it in china, the air quality would be the cleanest air. in beijings the hazardous category. there's the hue river. 500 million people live in this region of china. we know the population is quite high, but an accidental experiment took place from 1950 to 1980 as the chinese government provided free coal to people north of that line. this happened and we know since then, we've seen the rates as far as pollution levels up 55% across that northern tier of the country. you take a look, studies are finding that pollution across that portion of the world, cutting life expectancy by 5 1/2 years. so it becomes a life threatening scenario, and lung cancer rates have doubled since 2002 in this region, and the number of smokers in beijing has dropped. warm air aloft acts as a lid, so it puts all the pollution down at the surpass and keeps it there. then we get stuck in these patterns in this portion of the world. it's very dangerous for a lot of people. i want to show you what's happening in chile. we do have an active volcano. this is over the past 24 hours. s

us from beijing. what did he have to say here? angie, the chinese premier covered a lot of ground in what is usually the open press conference duringear. he talked about china-japan ties, and the myanmar border commission among other things. but the chinese economy remains the main focus at the end of the day. here is what he said. he said it will not be easy to reach a 7% growth target the country has set for itself. but china has enough policy isls up its sleeve which it prepared to use, should growth drift towards the lower end of its target. or, if jobs or wages are impacted. passes as beijing resolutions which will streamline the government and essentially reduce its role in the markets and economy, which he likened to slashing one's wrists. >> reducing the government's role in the economy is a revolution. it touches the interest of several groups. this is like taking a knife to one's own flesh. we are determined to keep going until it is done. because it will clarify the relationship between the government and the market, stimulate vitality, and tackle downward pressure on economic growth. he said putting much the same thing

us this afternoon from mumbai. thank you very much. >>> all right. to another part of asia now. economists around the world paying close attention as china kicks off its annual parliamentary meetings in beijinging to learn something as china unveils its priorities for the coming year. >> cnn's andrew stevens has been closely monitoring developments and joins us now with more from hong kong. andrew the annual gdp growth rate the defense budget and the silk road, of course the ones to watch. what have we learned so far? >> reporter: the big one of those, rosemary in this sort of address, this is an annual address, is what to look for as far as policymakers' view on the economy. they do give a prediction on what the economy will grow at in 2015. and it is around 7%. and that certainly by historical standards is a pretty weak number. you have to go back to 1990 to see growth levels at around this sort of rate. remember it wasn't that along ago there were double-digit growth. the reasons are that there is a weaker property sector. there's a lot of talk about the bubble bursting which could have a dramatic impact although that's not factored in. also the investment is weaker. and overall, the chin