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out here across the tropics bangkok looking at 33. chilly day for us in tokyo. drop from 13 yesterday. i'll leave you now for your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> new details coming in. the japan meteorological agency has lifted the tsunami advisory off the coast of iwate prefecture. now, just a reminder to our viewers. just coming in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck off the coast of iwate prefecture in northeastern japan at 8:00 a.m. japan time on tuesday. the japan meteorological agency said it served a several-centimeter tsunami at ports in the region. no major damage has been reported. the agency issued a tsunami advisory off the coast of iwate prefecture but it has since been lifted. >>> we'll bring you more details of this story as they come in. and we'll be back at the top of the hour. do join us again then. >> hello from berlin with a compilation of the week's highlights. how young designers are promoted at berlin's fashion week. heavenly choreography how they get thrown to dance in the sky. and versatile material . >> fashion week ha

shoko matsumoto, nhk world, bangkok. >>> around a dozen people were wounded when a car bomb exploded in insurgency southern thailand. police are trying to determine which group is behind the attack. the bomb went off outside a karaoke bar in a business district in the capital of narathiwat on friday. ap says the explosion wounded two soldiers and 11 civilians. more than 6,000 people have been killed in the region since the muslim insurgency intensified in 2004. many of the victims have been civilians. thailand is a predominantly buddhist nation, but muslims are a majority in three southern provinces. the insurgents are opposed to the government's policy of assimilation. >>> indonesia's key island, bali, draws divers from all around the world. last february, two japanese tourists died while diving off the resort. locals are working to prevent a recurrence. nhk world's metalia reports. >> reporter: police stepped up patrol since the deaths. locals want to prevent another incident that might hurt the image of their tourist island. >> translator: the safety of tourists is bali's top prio

we have a report from bangkok. >> it's the perfect idea for a startup business. a service that helps young professionals deal with laundry in crowded and bustling cities. it's a high tech automated locker system where customers drop off dirty clothes and pick them up clean. all of it can be tracked from a smart phone. that was his idea, and became a reality two years ago, when he started wash box 24. there are now over 30 locker locations across bangkok. >> we didn't even know that it's even called startup it's just something we're passionate about, something that can really solve problems in life. >> bond faced his own problems. the lack of facilities and resources to help start up businesses was preventing him from growing his company. >> if you compare thailand to singapore or hong kong, we don't have the luxury. we do everything our self. >> small and medium sided businesses make up 97% of all thai companies. >> no small or medium business loans. this is a common practice. >> thai commercial banks favor traditional business plans not startup ideas like watch

scott reports now from bangkok. >> reporter: it's the perfect idea for a start-up business. a service that helps young professionals deal with laundry in crowded and bustling cities. it's a high-tech automated locker system where customers drop off their dirty clothes and pick them up clean, any time they like all of it can be tracked online or from a smartphone. that idea was his and it became a reality a few years ago when he started wash box and there are 30 locker locations across bangkok. >> we did not call it was called a start up, it's something we are passionate about and something that can really solve, you know problems in life. >> reporter: but bond faced his own problems the lack of facilities and resources to help start-up businesses was preventing him from growing his company. >> if you compare thailand to singapore or hong konge don't have the luxury and we do everything ourselves. >> reporter: small and medium-sized business according to government makeup90% of all thai businesses. >> translator: this is a common practice in every country. >> reporter: and th

we have the story from bangkok. >> it's the perfect idea for a startup business. a service that helps young professionals deal with laundry in crowded and bustling cities. it's a high tech automated locker system where customers drop off dirty clothes and pick them up clean. all of it can be tracked from on line or a smart phone. >> that idea became a reality two years ago, when this man started wash box 24. there are now over 30 locker locations across bangkok. >> we didn't even know that it was called startup. it's just something we are passionate about. it can solve problems in life. >> he faced his own problems. the lack of facilities and resources to help startup businesses was preventing him from growing his company. >> we help ourselves do everything ourselves. >> small and medium sized businesses make up 97% of all thai companies. companies. >> thigh commercial banks favor traditional business plans not start up ideas like wash box 24. when bond asked them for a loan, they told him no. he looked abroad, entering and winning seed money contests. a select fa

scott heidler, al jazeera bangkok. >> more than 90% of companies in bangkok are small and mead size businesses which leads to fears competition. >> about 60 cars discovered in france. >> rare classic beauties waking up. >> and why jamaicans are loving it bob marley tribute coming up. up. >> winter weather is created major challenges for people in the balkans. mountains of snow piled up in bosnia thousands of homes lost power, travel is also tricky with trucks banned from major roadways and ferry services disrupted. >> some new details just coming into al jazeera al jazeera. the justice department announcing the arrest of five of six suspects and charging them with terrorist related crimes. all the defendants were in bosnia and they were living in st. louis rockford il90 and utica new york. >> an award winning film maker is doing everything he can to change that. >> fiphil lavelle sat down with him. >> this is what samir wants the world to see the other side of iraq a history 11 lesson through iraqi eyes. a snapshot of another time. >> it is a really surprise to see my aunts and my uncles they

. >> we're in bangkok where start ago business could be a bit of trouble, but it isn't dampening all entrepreneurial spirit. >> the latest on the tournament p.m. >> investigators in taiwan are have you not raveling why a plane crashed do a river. one engine appears to have failed before the second engine was apparently manually shut down. search teams are still trying to recover bodies from the wreckage which is sitting in freezing waters. we have a report from taipei. >> for a third day they searched waters of the river for the missing flight, and more bodies were brought to shore. among those found, two young boys, 11 and 12, still strapped into their seats. the cause of the crash started to emerge. investigators announced what the black boxes revealed, engine two appeared to malfunction automatically tilting its blades to no longer give thrust. one engine was shut down. >> essentially you're saying the pilots made a decision to shut down the one engine that was still providing thrust to the aircraft, is that correct? >> the pilots actually they did discuss reduce the power on numb

ho chi minh, pyongyang and bangkok. leaders are being encouraged to help more people to travel. >> a project is now underway to connect the malaysian capital of kuala lumpur and singapore by means of a high speed train ride. some 40 million people travel between the two nations every year. kuala lumpur is 300,000 kilometers from singapore. but most people travel by air. only three trains per day. and the one-way trip takes seven or eight hours. expectations are high for the high speed train line. the project leaders aim to launch the harvest in 2020. international beating for construction is expected to be held later this year . >> an expert says that asean nations that are building high speed rail wings need to ensure the lines are sustainably managed. >> i feel there's another very important factor, which is the financial sustainability. how to provide and sustain, and agreeable financial model between this country. i think is going to be an even bigger challenge become the technology. beyond the technology. >> want t

. >> that are wraps up the bulletin from bangkok. >>> emerging economic powers still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy. the threat of violence, the push for peace, the shadow of conflict. get news and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok only on nhk world "newsline." >> now here's the three-day outlook on the world's weather. ♪ >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. and from all of us at nhk world thanks for watching. "the influence of money has reached toxic levels," that's how nobel laureate and former us vice president al gore sums up the way financial markets rule our world. initially designed to provide finances to businesses worldwide, the money economy has long outgrown what is now referred to as the "real economy". you're watching a global 3000 special edition on money - and here's what's coming up over the next half hour. top secret -- why negotiations over the historic ttip trade agreement are kept from the public. good investment -- why namibias rhinos are worth far

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shoko matsumoto, nhk world, bangkok. >> tokyo police will get their hands on a former member of the japanese red army arrives in the city friday. shirosaki finishes his stay in the prison last month. shirosaki and five other members of the group gained freedom in 1977. japanese authorities exchanged them for hostages in a red army hijacking of a japan airlines plane in the bangladesh. tokyo police suspect he took part on a bombing in the japanese embassy in jakarta indonesia in 1986. they put him on the international wanted list in 1992. authorities say he attempted arson to destroy evidence in a hotel in the indonesian capitol. he was transferred to the u.s. and convicted of attempted murder. japanese authorities will take him into custody upon landing in the country. >>> brazil's carnival brings partygoers to rio. best of the performers are called pasitas. a japanese dancer discovered the healing power of the dance. >> reporter: mikudo is the only foreign representer in the samba school. her squad is among the favorite. >> i gave it 120%. i danced so hard i didn't care if i collapsed on th

we have a report from bangkok in neighboring thailand. >> they're supposed to be celebrating the nine new year. instead, ethnic chinese in the border area of myanmar are either trapped between fight be by an ethnic minority army or the myanmar military or fleeing for their lives. now that martial law is declared people worry the stage is set by a push for the military to end a threat to what they see as national sovereignty. >> we saw a plane and helicopter shooting. we ran. we were afraid. >> the battle between the national democratic alliance army and the myanmar military is just one incident in decades of wars between the central government and ethnic minority the. the military-dominated government has agreed ceasefires with some groups, but reality on the ground doesn't match the peace rhetoric. >> we have a ceasefire with the government to january 28, but this has been violated by the burmese army about 400 times. in 2014 alone, in the 11 months, one january to one november, there have been 102 clashes. >> questions are being asked about what martial law in the part of the state

al jazeera bangkok. >> the journalist who helped edward snowden to expose the n.s.a.'s mass surveillance program said she believes he will be able to go home one day. we caught up with her ahead of the academy awards where her film about snowden is up for an oscar. >> a security services insider on the run with top secret information on the other side of the world. they love this kind of film at the oscars, but this is not fiction. citizen four is up for best documentary approximate this year. >> my name is edward snowden. >> this is him the man who infuriated the u.s. national security agency by revealing its mass surveillance program. this is the story his story from the start filmed by the journalist he contacted to help him. >> we were given instructions where to heat, it was in a public area in a mall, and that we were told we should be there at a certain time and a man would walk by working on a rubik's cube. that was the first meeting. we were surprised, he was much younger than we thought he would be. >> the film showed caution as he revealed secrets. here an i

al jazeera, bangkok. >> al jazeera has sought reaction on the recent events. so far, they have not responded. >> thailand's former prime minister has been charged with negligence over a multibillion dollarss right subsidies. they denied corruption and using the scene to buy votes. the supreme court will decide next month whether she will stand trial she faces ten years in prison if she is convicted. >> security has been stepped up across allergan, following a taliban attack last year. now over the past four decades similar attacks on schools in pakistan and anywhere else in the world. and as reports snipers are now being seen on roof tops and some teachers have been carrying guns to the classrooms. nod to enable the educational institutions to meet the threat. the taliban, of course, has warned of more attacks and that has prompted the police and the to embark basic weapon handling and tactics to the teachers in order for them to be able to meet the first crucial minutes of an attack. and feel that they have some security now the police the quick reaction forc

matthew you are joining us from bangkok to first tell knee whether whether the i state of emergency will do anything i to calm the situation? >> it is a state of emergency. this is a segment of the myanmar l military that has committed severe human rights invitations over the next self years. our principal concerning e-concern is the civilians population and there have been many. >> you say it is the bottom of the situation now, what is part of it? >> it is essentially a parch work of ethnic conflicts that have been going on for a very long time. some of these are reignited in earnest in twefn and continued since then. i think one of the principal issues one of the business egg obstacles for myanmar to establish some sort of paste this these areas is dashes. >> right like what? >> i'm sorry can you repeat that? >> my question is you say that there are severe human rights violations taking place. what have you tracked? >> well, we've been documenting ant kachin and sean, hume rights activates have have been tracking forced labor rape, in kachin state and not in the could can area, but if

. >> joining us from bangkok thanks very much. for more on this story you can watch the full program on 101 east thursday 22:30 gmt make sure you catch that fm. >>> now 150 people died from the violence in pesce howr, par showr. peshawar. >> the government put in new security measures in order to enable the educational institutions to meet the threat. the taliban of course have wrarnd of such attacks to impart basic weapon handling and tactics to the teacher in order for them to be able to meet the first crucial minutes of any attack. and feeling feel that they have some security. now the police that with reaction staffer will be on stand by, the government has issued weapons will now be carried by teachers and according to the guidelines, the boundary wars will have to be raised by several feet and topped off with razor wire, and vigilance including the teachers and students at large. >> we think college teaching learning environments have become more safe and our students and faculty don't feel that they can 11 in a very condici

our bureau in bangkok is following the story. >> the battles are the latest instances of the fighting that has been bedevilled myanmar. they have been trying to strike peace agreements with the groups across the country. there is concern that the latest clashes may make this process even more difficult. myanmar state newspaper reported friday that the fighting occur occurred in eastern myanmar. it said more than 13 clashes have occurred in the last several days leaving 47 government troops dead and 73 wounded. the extent of casualties on the other side is not known. the special region was set up based on a peace agreement signed in 1989 between the military government and the ethnic minority after years of armed struggle. according to local media, several thousand residents have evacuated into china following fierce fighting including air strikes. china is urging myanmar to restore peace and order along the border between the two countries. >> translator: china has provided necessary humanitarian assistance. i think these people will return to myanmar as soon as the situation calms do

al jazeera bangkok. >> al jazeera asked myanmar's government to comment on the recent events, but so far there has been no statement issued to us. >> thailand former prime is charged with negligence over a multi-billion dollars rice subsidy for poor farmers. she denies corruption, and of using the scheme. if found guilty, she could face 10 years in prison. >> as i said, the most important thing is the first court hearing. the defendant's presence is required for the court to consider whether the defendant will be allowed temporary bail or be detained. the decision will now depend on the judge's consideration. >> the former prime minister has reaffirmed that when she gets a copy in detail of the indictment and first hearing is set, they will be present in the court for the first process of justice. >> let's speak to the former prime minister's security advisor joining us from bangkok. all of her supporters would say this is politically motivated. if one levels the charge of political motivation, what's the evidence for that? >> so far it hasn't been proven in court. all the data are i

hazy conditions should come back on the weekend and. 33 in bangkok. this is the third storm. that's dumped about 60 centimeters of snow over the boston area. and we have it moving across the north eastern u.s. once again. it's not a significant snow maker but the snow hasn't melted yet. it races the potential for avalanches and also roof collapse. now, temperatures are going to be extremely low going into the weekend. take a look. boston your high is going to be minus 9 on saturday with snowflakes on the menu. new york city minus 8 degrees on the last day of the business week. it will feel like minus 25 degrees or so due to strong winds in the nighttime hours. but across the opposite side of the u.s. it's quite different. nearly 30 degrees going into your saturday. so stay hydrated. here's the extended forecast. >>> people have been flocking to sapporo to see hundreds of ice and snow sculptures. now they're watching the artwork getting torn down. the statues attracted over 2 million dollar visitors from japan and abroad. crews needed machinery to smash this statue of part of

get news and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok on nhk world "newsline." >>> members of jordan's air force have launched new air strikes targeting the group islamic state. they're carrying out the king's promise to avenge the pilot by waging a harsh war against the militants. jordan's state-run television broadcast video of f-16 jets taking off from an air base and striking ground targets. officials say dozens of planes bombed the group's training centers and depots. officials did not discuss where their air strikes took place. media reports say they happened in the northern syrian city of raqaa, a major syrian stronghold. people joined in amman to commemorate the pilot. they expressed their anger against his killers and demanded retaliation. >> translator: we are not afraid of islamic state militants. we will win, absolutely. >> translator: jordan should go all out against islamic state. >> a u.s. state department spokesperson welcomed jordan's move. >> jordan, which suffered this horrible loss themselves, is not only clearly comfortable continuing to f

let's take you to bangkok. our correspondent, jonathan head, was at that hearing. jonathan it may sound incredible to some people. these were young students putting on a play. what did they do exactly? >> reporter: that's all they did. and they insisted in court today, when i spoke to them that they didn't see they'd done anything wrong. but they did know what they did was risky. the play was an allegory referring to a fictional kingdom, in which there was a king with his adviser. there were elements of the king's character that could have been made him seem as though he was -- they were referring to the current king of thailand. now, when they put this play on back in 2013 it was a different government. people were tending to test the limits a little bit more about what you could say about the monarchy. i think people felt a little less vulnerable than they have in the past. that has changed since the coup last year. the current military government has made it clear that defending the monarchy's reputation is a priority and it will not tolerate even the smallest h

we are traveling on a motor bike in bangkok thailand. a lot of track, busy road. >> these are the days you're glad you've got a bike. traffic's heavy. you can zip through. >> i don't think this guy is glad he has a bike on this day. >> oh! >> luckiest human being in the world. >> the motor bike we see survives this by the skin of his head. hit the guy that we're riding with lost control, and then just grazed both of those 18-wheelers with his head. you'll see his helmet is rolling off on the ground. but look at this. gets up and he's kind of smiling, only minor scratches. some bumps and bruises. >> i think they were both wrong to flip that lane. i don't think you should do it when trucks are ahead. >> the safest times when both vehicles are next to each other. they see each other. you know they're not going to collapse. but scary. >> crazy on the road. >> another survival story also the skin of the scalp, saving this dog and pedestrian. everybody stopped because this is a pedestrian crosswalk. look there at that black car barreling down

suddenly, there were raids on clinics all over bangkok. babies were taken into state care. i met dang a factory worker wod given birth to twins for the japanese man. she didn't want to be identified. she said she'd been paid the equivalent of ten years' salary for the babies. so how did it feel to give them up? >> it was a shame i had to do that, but what could i do? i had been hired to be a surrogate. but if you ask would i do it again, yes, i would. if it was legal. anyone would. because of the money. >> >>. >> reporter: for some surrogates, though, the deal turned sour. she and her husband sought shelter late last year at this women's refuge. they kept their faces hidden. she'd been harassed by her agent, she said, and then the police, to go overseas for her birth. that changed her mind about handing over the baby. >> would you like to keep the baby if you can? even though you don't know who the father is? >> yes. if they don't keep chasing me i will love and take care of this baby. >> reporter: after staying here for a few days nampoon and her husband left and disappear

tokyo 11 degrees the average temperatures are on the menu for us and 32 manila and rainy weather in bangkok with scorching conditions. all right. up next your three-day forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. until next time, good-bye. y international has urged governments to stop -- beyond their control. one of the last truly independent newspapers in russia has published a document that it says has a strategy 2 --. the

minister says he wants to reduce thailand's dependence on expensive imports and veronica reports from bangkok. >> reporter: taking on thailand's military government these energy reform activists are protesting against the government plan to hold an around of sitting for oil and gas concession. >> translator: we are here to protect national resources which belongs to everyone in country, concessions are not the right answer to reserve our energy the government says there is not much left if there is not much left why would you want to open for possession. >> translator: very aware of energy, i don't think the government should break the promise they made to the people people are smarter these days. >> reporter: many of the energy activists protested against the previous government of the prime minister to grant energy concessions but succeeding energy says they would stick with the plans and instead the people want the government to switch to a production sharing contract system and have an open demand about it and say it's more flexible and better for the country. five people are band under m

. >> and in bangkok airplane, japanese men have been arrested after a menagerie of live animals were found in their luggage. four groundhogs, geckos and snakes were found squashed into cases and boxes destined for japan. the animals cost around $15,000 at aiming cock market. thou they suspect that the smugglers themselves are behind bars. iraq is beset by infighting and ongoing war against isil it's having an devastating impact on its rich culture. but now a similar phone orchestra leader is committed to help. >> on this day he's playing his cello at a home for senior citizens. one of the residents had a friend who played the recorder 50 years ago. after he died he kept the recorder and taught himself to play to keep his friend's memory alive. the wood is cracked and mr. monsoor is blind but the music as moving as ever. there are decades of emotions wrapped up in these melody it's. she said she had not seen her daughter in seven years. this woman weighs husband was an 's husband was an amateur musicians. but in the 1990s we had to sell it. >> he normally plays in much grandeur stages

. >> david joins us from bangkok, thailand. >> reporter: hi greg the pilot of the crash is hailed as a hero because he averted a much bigger disaster. the video from a dash cam or approaching vehicle shoes the difficulties that the plane faced. it hit a taxi and clips the highway. the taxi driver and passengers survived but were injured. the jet with 58 people on board had just taken off. the pilot was following the river to try to it avoid the river and avoided smashing in the highway. both pilots died in the crash. 12 people are officially missing and the search operation is continuing. some parts of the plane were are recovered from the river and strong currents are hampering the operation. it was flying to an island when it got in trouble. the pilot called out mayday three times and warned of an engine flare. the black box data boxes were recovered. >> thank you, david. >> in the meantime fa a is investigating a small plane crash in west texas. the pilot was killed after a plane crashed in a tv transmission tower in lubbock, texas. the station was knocked off of the air. no one i

al jazeera bangkok al jazeera has asked the government to comment, but so far they have not given a statement. >> criminal charges have been brought against -- she he is accused of dereliction of duty that cost thailand billions of dollars she denied corruption, and using the scheme to buy votes they will decide in a month's time whether she will stand trial. last month she was banned for politics for five years. >> as i said, the most important thing is the first courter haing the presence is required for the court to can whether the defendant will be allowed temporary bail the decision will now depend on the judge's consideration. >> the former prime minister has reaffirmed when she gets the detail of the indictment, the the first hearing is set she will be present at the court. >> two powerful cyclones are on course to hit north eastern australia creating what has been called a cyclone sandwich. the cyclone is expected to hit queens land east coast as a category five storm. the outlying islands have been evacuated and locals have been asked to seek shelter. journalists in cambodia demandin

. >> in bangkok speaking to a global justice fellow at harvard law school and expert on the civilian impact of armed conflict how were these comments made likely to go down with the authorities in myanmar? >> well, first of all the high commissioner isn't the first to raise warnings about these issues. my colleagues and myself in the human rights community have been raising these concerns for a long time. we hope that these comments will prompt a positive reaction from the government, but also from the international community to push the burmese government on these issues. >> what should the international community be doing at this point to push the authorities as you say? >> we think widespread impunity for human rights abuses by the military and other government authorities are a real problem opinion the military's doing a lot of things to entrench its impunity including threatening legal action against journalists and others who raise concern about human rights issues. we'd like the international community to convey to the burmese government that this is not acceptable and that th

veronica with al jazeera, bangkok. >>> the united states has some economic interest in myanmar, last month american companies invested more than $2 million in that country. >>> in tonight's off the radar segment we take a look at a place where journalism is being misused for crime, in cambodia hundreds calling themselves journalists scour the country for stories but are not going to publish the stories and export law breakers for cash and al jazeera has more on the dangerous intersection of hush money and fake journalism. >>> often in come cambodia is what doesn't make the news is more important than does and search for stories and demand cash to bury evidence of crime and corruption and he and his team of freelance reporters in rural cambodia often blackmail illegal bloggers and receives at least $500 a month from bribes six times the wage here and occasionally he files a story. >> translator: to be honest we are all the same in this country. but there are different ways of giving and receiving bribes. sometimes if they are discrete and put the money in an envelope and everyone bene

northeast and acruising three rebel groups of fighting the army in the shan state and we report from bangkok in neighboring thailand home to many refugees from myanmar. >> reporter: they are supposed to be celebrating the new year but the camp of myanmar are trapped between a rebel army and the myanmar military or fleeing for their lives. now that marshal law has been declared people are worried it sets the stage for a new push by the myanmar military to end what they see as a threat to national sovereignty. >> we saw to helicopters and airplanes shooting and it was loud and ran away we were so afraid. >> reporter: the new battle between the ethnic myanmar national democratic alliance army and the tap madore the military is known is just one incident in decades of wars between the central government and ethnic minorities. the military dominated government has agreed ceasefires with some groups but the reality on the ground doesn't match the peace rhetoric. >> we have a ceasefire with the government from january 28 but this has been violated by the army for about 400 times. and 2014 alone in

and then there were flash mobs from bangkok to barcelona. from a budapest shopping mall to a philippine maximum security prison. economist kim wondered, could it possibly be that when these videos anywhere from italy to indonesia went viral, or even just bacterial, in their home country-- would the dad's stock price go up there? take a guess. you mean people were actually buying the stock of the father of psy in "gangnam style" because there were flash mobs in their area? >> yes, that's what i'm documenting in this paper. >> reporter: and though d.i. corp's stock price eventually subsided some, it soared again with the release of psy's second hit song, "gentleman," in april 2013. though the company's earnings remain pretty much where they were, pre-virus, the stock still hovers four to 500% above where it started. and, says kim... >> whenever people are anticipating psy's new songs coming up, the price shoots back up again to that 800% level. >> that's an immense effect. that has got to be a true bubble as we call it, irrationality. >> repor

. >>> new this morning security tightened in bangkok after explosions rattle an upscale shopping mall, it happened late last night at the mall once called the world's most photographed location. nobody died, two people were slightly injured. the chief of police says the devices were pipe bombs that were intended more to scare people than that actually harm anyone. >>> children and teachers at schools across pakistan arming themselves and taking shooting lessons and it's happening with the consent of the pakistani government. this comes after the taliban massacred 150 kids at a pakistani school last year, also following this school attack. the government increased security at schools and reinstated the death penalty for people convicted of terrorism. >>> to weather now we are in the throes of winter and a big storm that's buried parts of the midwest is bearing down on the northeast. the storm left a foot of snow in its wake in chicago yesterday. it is now heading toward new york and new england. boston also expected to receive a foot of snow today as well. this as it tries to recover f

david piper is reporting from bangkok. how did this happen? what are the clues? >> reporter: that amazing video captured there by the dashcam is showing us. it was all over in a split second with the plane veering across this elevated highway. when you look closer you can see they hit a taxi and the side of a bridge and parts of the plane were left on top of that elevated highway. perhaps the most amazing thing is perhaps more than a dozen survivors from the crash. >> that is stunning to watch watching the plane go over the highway. waiting on more news and developments from those on board and we will pass them on to the viewers when why get them. thank you. >>> a new face appearing in the field of potential republican candidates and she is not holding anything back. >> it is the hiprocries of liberals that enrages me more. >> she is fired up and joins us live next. plus there is this: >> that is kind of cool. right? >> it is very cool. how do you pull this off? know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper

a bangkok movie star and amateur photographer named aun was here on december 26, taking pictures of moken village life when someone noticed the sea receding into the distance. how far? >> aun: like, you see the blue water? you see the blue water and you see the green water? you didn't see any water. >> simon: no kidding. >> aun: yes, it was really far. >> simon: you could walk way out there, huh? >> aun: yes. >> simon: aun continued taking pictures. they show the moken on the beach, crying. did you have any idea why they were crying? >> aun: i feel like they know what bad will happen. >> simon: and aun's pictures show the moken fleeing towards higher ground long before the first wave struck. >> aun: the first water is come over here. >> simon: the water got that high? and that was just the first wave. the worst was yet to come, as the moken knew because of signs from the sea. it wasn't only the sea that was acting strangely. it was the animals, too. on the mainland, elephants started stampeding toward higher ground. off thailand's coast, divers noticed dozens of dolphins swimming for deep

a bangkok movie star and amateur photographer named aun was here on december 26, taking pictures of moken village life when someone noticed the sea receding into the distance. how far? >> aun: like, you see the blue water? you see the blue water and you see the green water? you didn't see any water. >> simon: no kidding. >> aun: yes, it was really far. >> simon: you could walk way out there, huh? >> aun: yes. >> simon: aun continued taking pictures. they show the moken on the beach, crying. did you have any idea why they were crying? >> aun: i feel like they know what bad will happen. >> simon: and aun's pictures show the moken fleeing towards higher ground long before the first wave struck. >> aun: the first water is come over here. high? and that was just the first wave. the worst was yet to come, as the moken knew because of signs from the sea. it wasn't only the sea that was acting strangely. it was the animals, too. on the mainland, elephants started stampeding toward higher ground. off thailand's coast, divers noticed dozens of dolphins swimming for deeper water. and on these island

. >> what do you think about bangkok? >> you can an inch of rain or snow. there's the arctic blast the snow across washington d.c. will be icing later. we have chilly weather for the weekend. that's a look at the national outlook. here's what's happening locally. >> reporter: thank, rob, david murphy here, storm tracker 6 live double scan showing heavier banding of snow along the coast. we're seeing lighter stuff in philadelphia. today's high will be 30 with the winter weather advisory. again we have a special sneak peek at tonight's thrilling episode of "how to get away with murder." take a look. >> my phone died. >> nobody in the library had a charger. >> i'm sorry, okay. i'm sorry. >> oh yeah we can't wait to see what happens tonight on the thrilling two-hour episode 9:00 eastern and 8:00 central right here on abc. for the full clip and vote for the best tgit head on to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! back over to you, robin. >> we're not ready for it to be the season finale. we're not ready for it -- >> i was hoping he was going to say midseason finale

. >> what do you think about bangkok? >> polar bear. i'm a polar bear. >> she's looking for polar bears. further north but still glad you're here. check out this shot. this is nice. ft. lauderdale 75 degrees by the sea there looking good. it's going to be toasty across parts florida. 110-degree difference between key west and crane lake minnesota. my goodness. pretty big difference between miami and orlando where the cold front lies and locally where the front is you can see an inch of rain or snow. the arctic blast, snow is cross d.c. will exit later 78 in phoenix. enjoy. we have chillier weather coming for the weekend. jajacqui: good morning, washshingtonon. annch ofof snow w on the ground in d.c. it i is coming to an e end in our western suburbs already. a winter storm warning is in effect for the seven counties. >> are you a fan of "how to get away with murder"? >> i am. >> big abc show. you'll love this. it is thursday that means it is tgit so here again we have a special sneak peek at tonight's thrilling episode of "how to get awa

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. >> what are you thinking from bangkok right now? >> polar bear. polar bear. >> she's looking for polar bears. further north but still glad you're here. check out this shot. this is nice. ft. lauderdale, 75 degrees by the sea there looking good. it's going to be toasty across parts of south florida. by the way a 110-degree difference between key west and crane lake, minnesota. my goodness. and a pretty big difference between miami and orlando today where the cold front lies and locally where the front is you can see an inch of rain or snow. the arctic blast, snow is cross d.c. will exit later, 78 i we h have chillier weather coming for the weekend. ig abc show. you'll love this. it is thursday, that means it is tgit so here again we have a special sneak peek at tonight's thrilling episode of "how to get away with murder." take a look. >> my phone died. >> nobody in the library had a charger? >> i'm sorry, okay. i'm sorry. >> oh, yeah, we can't wait to see what happens tonight on the thrilling two-hour episode 9:00 eastern and 8:00 central right her