people say has everyone gone crazy in east asia? no, every once developed, and now they have military's command there's a conflict in -- and they've developed the navy and air force and there is this conflict and -- there's a conflict of for the geographical space. it's a battle for geographical space and not about ideas. there are no ideas involved here. this is about territory, status, national status. people fought in europe that nationalism was out of fashion that's not what i see in east asia. in east asia i see the national as a less feisty and healthy. estimate that one of the interesting things is the idea about globalization and the end of national boundaries are. >> yes, sir. second row. >> thank you very much. >> [inaudible] based in lebanon. can you give an interpretation live there was a double veto by russia and china with regards to the syrians? and that if ito was three times over. you think there is any impact of the events in libya, egypt, yemen and all the others on the approach of this administration to our city

asia and the earthquake and tsunami in japan and last year, and during hurricane katrina we tributed one mill object pounds of food aid. [ applause ] >> and all of that is coming from the lgbt and friends community. so we work as ambassadors for our community and we help change people's minds and hearts about who we are and what we care about. besides providing humanitarian aid, we try to inspire hope in all of our projects and we have found that hope is really just as important as aid, if not more so. and we have worked with a lot of communities in desperate situations arounded world and we found that providing a little bit of humanitarian aid and a lot of courage and hope it is amazing that people in desperate circumstances can do to improve theirs life. so seven years ago we really have a feeling that in the united states, we really need to increase our hope also. and we decided to do that by creating a global art project, the world, tree of hope. and what you see behind you is a live, 23-foot christmas tree and it is covered with 10,000 pieces of oragami and most of it is white c

asia overall. we have every strict -- it's fascinating. i've been here 18 years. it's been a blast spent and here's the book, "oss in china: prelude to cold war." this is booktv on c-span2. >> is there a nonfiction author or book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv at c-span.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> live is stephen carter and he is the author, among many other books of this one, his most recent, "the impeachment of abraham lincoln: a novel." professor carter, they are to premise in here that i want to get to that are historically inaccurate. number one, abraham lincoln survived the assassination of him, and abraham lincoln is impeached. where did you come up with this? >> i start by making clear that in spite of the title, i am a lincoln fan. this is not an argument on behalf of lincoln's impeachment. it's not a brief -- it's just a novel and for me as a fan and someone interested in history, what if lincoln had survived and what if, in my telling

descriptions of its policy, including, including phrases like "pivot to east asia" and "united states has always been a pacific power." um, the u.s. always says that this not about any one country, but if i'm a chinese military leader i would take it to mean china specifically and they do. >> china has a very concerted blue water policy. they believe that they need to dominate the seas. they are, uh, they are extraordinarily worrying to india on the one side, to our other asian allies, and we have understood the imperative of resourcing a push-back in the pacific. the problem is we haven't understood that we need to spend to do it and we haven't figured out how to spend to do it. >> when i talk to chinese defense analysts and scholars when i visit china they don't talk about these legacy systems. they are happy to let us patrol the sea lanes and do all the traditional great power things that require these big, extremely expensive systems. they want to jump over the world of aircraft carriers and manned bombers to a new era in which the wars will be fought in, in space, with blinding o

all right moving into east asia. you can see a cloud mass moving into japan underneath the system. we're seeing lots of thunder showers. rain in south korea. parts of western japan as well as snow showers in north korea. the system will head toward the east. the pacific side will see the heaviest rain with up to 120 millimeters likely into the next 24 hours. rain will also spread into the counter region including tokyo. we could be seeing snow showers. the first snow of the season tomorrow. not bad in soul. 2 degrees and 0 degrees in beijing. your high in seoul could drop down to only minus 7 degrees. let's go over to the european continent. wet and windy conditions are still ongoing across the british isles. severe weather is still lingering across the black sea. lots of heavy rain and thunderstorms. very chilly out towards the east but mild out towards the west. 14 degrees in ma drids and 18 in lisbon on your friday. that's it for me now. up next is your three-day outlook. . >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." do join us again.

then we're going to have a conflagration against china soon within the next few years east a goal for some kind of commercial alliances with countries in asia individually dennis a much better prospect for the u.s. and for the west in general ok alexander you know began the i mean you know nato is nato a force for good ok because it's looking to the pacific now. well i mean nato is reaching out to countries like australia and japan to intensify their cooperation but i'll give you an example of that you just mentioned a country where i travel relatively often and that is libya if it had not been for nato colonel gadhafi would have murdered the inhabitants of let him go i don't know that we don't know that how do you know that would do you know the history you know that we don't know that so he's are going to i know has he does he was always this guy for twenty years thirty years he's a crazy guy don't listen to him and he makes one statement then you listen to him it doesn't make any logical sense at all where his troops were sampling outside of benghazi they were preparing to enter th

then we're going to have a conflagration against china soon within the next few years east a goal for some kind of commercial alliances with countries in asia individually then it's a much better prospects for the u.s. and for the west in general ok alexander you know began the i mean you know nato is nato a force for good ok because it's looking to the pacific now. well i mean nato is reaching out to countries like australia and japan to intensify their cooperation but i'll give you an example of that you just mentioned a country where i travel relatively often and that is libya if it had not been for nato colonel gadhafi would have murdered the inhabitants of let him go i don't know that we don't know that how do you know that what do you know the history you know that we don't know that that's a heater and i know has he does he was always this guy for twenty or thirty years he's a crazy guy don't listen to him and he makes one statement then you listen to him it doesn't make any logical sense at all his troops were. outside of benghazi they were preparing to enter the town he has s

north eastern asia with north korea there and our resolve territorial disputes in a region where you don't have any kind of functioning regional integration that is a region that i'm really nervous about it's not so much the west and what it does it is about china and japan and vietnam and taiwan what is going to happen in the north in the north east of asia that makes me nervous not the west ok pepe what do you think the people in afghanistan think in libya in syria and i go ahead tonight yeah let me talk a little bit about the south china sea is my backyard because one of my business is hong kong in fact what's happened in the south china sea is going to be solved in a mechanism between the association of the southeast asian countries stand countries and china the problem is as the un they will last to have a collective bargaining discussion in the china wants a bilateral discussion i'm sure all over the next few i wouldn't say months but perhaps over the next two years or so they will find a mechanism to discuss all the disputes it's basically about oil and gas it's always about e

north eastern asia with north korea there and our resolve territorial disputes in a region where you don't have any kind of functioning regional integration that is a region that i'm really nervous about it's not so much the west and what it does it is about china and japan and vietnam and taiwan what is going to happen in the north and in the north east of asia that makes me nervous not the west ok pepe what do you think the people in afghanistan think in libya in syria and i go ahead tonight yeah let me talk a little bit about this. china sea is my backyard because one of my bases is hong kong in fact what's happening the south china sea is going to be solved in a mechanism between the association of the southeast asian countries stan countries and china the problem is the un they will love to have a collective bargaining discussion in the china wants a bilateral discussion i'm sure over the next few i wouldn't say months but perhaps over the next two years or so they will find a mechanism to discuss all the disputes it's basically about oil and gas it's always about energy so who'

given the delicacy and importance of issues in east asia now. >> steinberg expressed the concerns over the senkaku islands. japan controls the islands in the east china sea. china and taiwan claim them. >> the re-elected leader in the united states and new leaders in all three majorountries of northeast asia. this is an opportunity to take a step back and get a new perspective and avoid this tit for tat and day to day things causing so much tension. >> steinberg called on japanese leaders to break the stalemate over relocating a u.s. air base in okinawa. he says the delays are hindering efforts to build a stronger alliance. a chinese government plane approached japanese air space over the senkaku islands. fighter jets were scrambled to interassessment the craft. defense minister officials say air defense force personnel spotted the plane. the twin propellor aircraft belongs to china's state oceanic administration. the plane came within 120 kilometers of the area and left without entering japanese air space. it's the third day in a row the chinese aircraft has been spotted at the same t

given the delicacy and importance of issues in east asia now. >> steinberg expressed the concerns over the senkaku islands. japan controls the islands in the east china sea. china and taiwan claim them. >> the re-elected leader in the united states and new leaders in all three major countries of northeast asia. this is an opportunity to take a step back and get a new perspective and avoid this tit for tat and day to day things causing so much tension. >> steinberg called on japanese leaders to break the stalemate over relocating a u.s. air base in okinawa. he says the delays are hindering efforts to build a stronger alliance. a chinese government plane approached japanese air space over the senkaku islands. fighter jets were scrambled to interassessment the craft. defense minister officials say air defense force personnel spotted the plane. the twin propellor aircraft belongs to china's state oceanic administration. the plane came within 120 kilometers of the area and left without entering japanese air space. it's the third day in a row the chinese aircraft has been spotted at the same

in that capacity, it will host key diplomatic talks like the east asia summit where the leaders of other powers gather. he seems eager to groom the country's bureaucrats for the world stage and change their mindset. >>> eight years have passed since the indian ocean tsunami. and left more than 220,000 4 people dead or missing. but one island had a low number of casualties. the reason can be found in music. ♪ >> reporter: the song comes from indonesia. it means tsunami in the local dialect. each song has been passed down for generations ever since a major tsunami killed thousands when it struck the island over a century ago. ♪ >> reporter: children have been brought up on this lullaby and adults continue to sing it while tending to their fields. the song teaches people how to protect themselves from a tsunami and has been popular still in the island. what should you do if an earthquake strikes? >> translator: run for the hill tops as fast as you can. >> reporter: after the 2004 indian ocean earthquake, many people, remembering the song, did just that, headed for the hills. thoughver 1

north eastern asia with north korea there and our resolve territorial disputes in a region where you don't have any kind of functioning regional integration that is a region that i'm really nervous about it's not so much the west and what it does it is about china and japan and vietnam and taiwan what is going to happen in the north and in the north east of asia that makes me nervous not the west ok pepe what do you think the people in afghanistan think in libya in syria and i go ahead yeah let me talk a little bit about this. china sea is my backyard because one of my bases is hong kong in fact what's happening the south china sea is going to be solved in a mechanism between the association of the southeast asian countries stan countries and china the problem is the un they will love to have a collective bargaining discussion in that china wants a bilateral discussion i'm sure over the next few i wouldn't say months but perhaps over the next two years or so they will find a mechanism to discuss all the disputes it's basically about oil and gas it's always about energy so who's going

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america, usually trade winds hold the water masses at bay and push them back towards south-east asia. but every couple of years. el nino throws this system off balance. put simply, it weakens the trade winds which acted as barriers. now the uncontrolled water mass heads towards the coasts of south america. there, this kind of climate tsunami leads to massive flooding. the people of the piura region on the coast of peru live in constant fear of the el nino. every time this natural disaster strikes, it causes chaos in their lives. >> today there's no trace of the havoc wrought by el niÑo. valentin ruiz's banana plantation is thriving. it will soon be time to harvest. but the peruvian farmer will never forget the day he nearly lost everything. >> the water was up to here. here, where my hand is. this whole land was devastated. today it's fine. we banana producers carried away all the dead earth and planted new banana trees. >> valentÍn ruiz and many other local banana farmers were facing ruin. they survived by joining forces. today, their association numbers 340 banana producers. they

north eastern asia with north korea and our resolve territorial disputes in a region where you don't have any kind of functioning regional integration that is a region that i'm really nervous about it's not so much the west and what it does it is about china and japan and vietnam and taiwan what is going to happen in the north in the north east of asia that makes me nervous not the west ok pepe what do you think the people in afghanistan think in libya in syria and i go ahead tonight yeah let me talk a little bit about the south china sea is my backyard because one of my bases is hong kong in fact what's happened in the south china sea is going to be solved in a mechanism between the association of the southeast asian countries stan countries and china the problem is the un they will last to have a collective bargaining discussion in the china wants a bilateral discussion i'm sure all over the next few i wouldn't say months but perhaps over the next two years or so they will find a mechanism to discuss all the disputes it's basically about oil and gas it's always about energy so who'

north eastern asia with north korea and our resolve territorial disputes in a region where you don't have any kind of functioning regional integration there is a region that i'm really nervous about it's not so much the west and what it does it is about china and japan and vietnam and taiwan what is going to happen in the north in the north east of asia that makes me nervous not the west ok pepe what do you think the people in afghanistan think in libya in syria and i go ahead tonight yeah let me talk a little bit about the south china sea is my backyard because one of my business is hong kong in fact what's happened in the south china sea is going to be solved in a mechanism between the association of the southeast asian countries stand countries and china the problem is as the un they will last to have a collective bargaining discussion in the china wants a bilateral discussion i'm sure all over the next few i wouldn't say months but perhaps over the next two years or so they will find a mechanism to discuss all the disputes it's basically about oil and gas it's always about energy

in that capacity, it will host key diplomatic talks like the east asia summit where the leaders of other powers gather. he seems eager to groom the country's bureaucrats for the world stage and change their mindset. >>> eight years have passed since the indian ocean tsunami. it struck on december 26, 2004 and left more than 220,000 people dead or missing. but one island had a low number of casualties. the reason can be found in music. ♪ >> reporter: the song comes from indonesia. it means tsunami in the local dialect. each song has been passed down for generations ever since a major tsunami killed thousands when it struck the island over a century ago. ♪ >> reporter: children have been brought up on this lullaby and adults continue to sing it while tending to their fields. the song teaches people how to protect themselves from a tsunami and has been popular still in the island. what should you do if an earthquake strikes? >> translator: run for the hill tops as fast as you can. >> reporter: after the 2004 indian ocean earthquake, many people, remembering the song, did just that, head

in that capacity it will host key diplomatic talks such as the east asia summit where the leaders of the u.s., china and other major powers gather. the president seems eager to gloom the country's bureaucrats for the world stage and change their mindset. >>> eight years have passed since the indian ocean tsunami. it struck on december 26th of 2004 and left more than 220,000 people dead or missing. but one island had a low number of casualties. the reason can be found in music. nhk world has the details. ♪ >> reporter: the song comes from the aceh province of indonesia. it means tsunami in the local dialect. this song has been passed down for generations, ever since a major tsunami killed thousands when it struck the island over a century ago. ♪ >> reporter: children have been brought up on this and adults continue to sing it while tending to their fields. the song teaches people how to protect themselves from a tsunami and has been put in their minds. what should you do when an earthquake strikes? >> translator: ran toward the hilltop as fast as you can. >> reporter: after the 20

asia cold in israel embassadors to go to damage your relations between the two you have been especially tense after germany abstained from a u.n. vote which upgraded palestine's status in the organization german journalist manual and writer says israel is used to going unpunished for as provocative actions if we don't break the law speaking eight we see that it's really really what the west i don't know how many you will receive where. khomeini sanctions you through or resolutions you through to really follow. these procedures almost never work for your political actions and i think it's really it's very much useful because you really are you have on germany because we. are. very strong for you know i don't. palestinian statehood and condemnation of israel's new settlements to drive a wedge between tel aviv but you're still being stuck. in the area seized by israel perhaps. cashing in on america's soaring prison population we explore the cheap labor market behind that and. you can tell ordinary russian. in the blink of an. anthropologist in those days different clothes different food. d

east asia it is not a good idea of for india to provoke china the americans would like to boost india against china but there is. quite a lot of awareness in delhi that that's not the way the indians should go on strategic matters military hardware sectors that means to be in. the public sectors steel mills chemicals other things nuclear plants that's where the relationship between india and russia is going to continue and it provides a very useful counter for india against the west but later this hour artie's business team has more detail on those that defend steals done now between russia and india i mean time i'll have more world news for you after the break. what do you see when you look at the scroll perhaps you wonder what bright future she'll have or maybe feel sympathy for her because you see she's in a wheelchair but if you're t.s.a. agent then you see hard core terrorist scum finding a small amount of residue from explosives on the girl's hands she was detained for almost an hour and her tears for mercy did not move the inspectors to allow her mother to be with her as they t

cambodia, host of the east asia summit, is also the last stop in the president's four-day trip to southeast asia, which included a stop in thailand and a chance to discuss human rights. in burma, the president and secretary of state, hillary clinton, meeting with longtime opposition leader aung san suu kyi at her home, where she spent 20 years under house arrest. the president applauding the nation's democratic efforts. >> i want to make a pledge to the people of this country that i am confident we can keep. and that is if we see continued progress towards reform, our bilateral ties will grow stronger, and we will do everything we can to help ensure success. >> let the twinkie hoarding begin. hostess brands, maker of wonder bread, ding dongs, ho hos, and twinkies is shutting its doors, putting a possible end to an era of iconic treats, the company in bankruptcy court, selling off its assets instead of restructuring, leaving the sweet treats up for grabs to the highest bidder. for "teen kids news," i'm lauren green, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> in "a tale of two cities," charles d

asia generally speaking with north korea and with china and some of the other tensions flaring up it's definitely an idea whose time seems to have come geopolitically speaking and i think the united states will be quite happy to see more hardline japanese parliament getting into power we could expect to see some some of the change that i think will have to take place culturally here as well as a population that since the end of the second world war has been trained into passivism will likely have to be trained into militarism if a gets is when. mixed news for a jailed human rights activist in bahrain today leading campaign and his prison term cut from three to two years on a pale but the widespread calls for his release following his conviction back in august for organizing a legal gathering and inciting violence international pressures voting on the monarchy to stop persecuting political activists let's go to an enema now and the site had a almost sallies there full of iranian pay and human rights activists thanks for being with us good to say it my roger then stays behind bars that's

east asia it is not a good idea or for india to provoke china the americans would like to boost india against china but there is. quite a lot of awareness in delhi that that's not the way the indians should go however. india is dependent on american technology on american consumer goods lisa at the time the indian government has taken a controversial decision over loving right foreign direct investment it's a drug companies like wal-mart. it seems so the consumer market of india is very large three hundred million or so all the americans. a lot of there but. on strategic matters military hardware and sectors that used to be. public sectors steel mills chemical. other things nuclear plants that's where the relationship between india and russia is going to continue and it provides a very useful counter for india against the west to proclaim spring on the program give us your educated thoughts thirty pack to pass the story and on a research fellow at the university of rhode island to much appreciated. now even more of what russia selling to india through the defense steals in our busines

east asia it is not a good idea of for india to provoke china the americans would like to boost india against china but there is. quite a lot of awareness in delhi but it's not the way the indians should go on the strategic matters military hardware. sectors that needs to be. public sectors steel mills. other things nuclear plants that's where the relationship between india and russia is going to continue and it provides a very useful counter for india against the west. and in other world news this hour russia says the you on arab league envoy to syria could visit moscow for talks later this week rahimi was in damascus on monday where he met president assad in the latest attempts to mediate peace in the country moscow has been supporting the envoys efforts which are focused on bringing all signs in the syrian conflict to the negotiating table the diplomatic push comes amid heavy fighting and unconfirmed reports both rebels and government forces have unleashed chemical weapons. in every to curb street violence in mexico city's offering cash toys and electronic gadgets in exchange for i

asia generally speaking with north korea and with china and some of the other tensions flaring up it's definitely an idea whose time seems to have come geopolitically speaking and i think the united states will be quite happy to see more hardline japanese parliament getting into power we could expect to see some some of the change that i think will have to take place culturally here as well as as a population that since the end of the second world war has been trained into passivism will likely have to be trained into militarism if gets its way. so the world news now brief opposition activists in bangladesh is coming today to form as well violently enforcing a day of general strike place in dhaka the force of the dispersed protesters and smashed the rocks restaurant to it after accusations of government sponsored killings cheering recent protests against a popular political force. there is taking this long range rocket off the launch pad in a pair of move to fix a technical problem. maintains it will be launched though by the end of the month the secluded stay consistent setting a sate

. >>> major developments to talk about in east asia. overnight, north korea launched a long-range rocket, says it lifted a satellite into orbit. its neighbors are unnerved. even china expressed regret at the move. the obama administration condemned it as a provocative act and will likely ask the u.n. security council to impose crippling sanctions. the pentagon following developments this morning. chris lawrence there. what do you know, chris? >> right now, officials say that object that north korea put into orbit, monitoring it, analyzing it, but they confirm it is in orbit. why is that important? the same technology you would use to put into orbit is the same technology you use to develop long-range ballistic missiles, the u.s. condemned this act. they are worried about the marriage of north korea's nuclear weapons with this long-range missile technology. this is the type of missile that if it was successful, as it appears to be, could reach parts of the united states, alaska, u.s. military bases in hawaii. but a u.s. efficiently i spo