is long distance from philippines. is it mr. -- >> a terrorist on the line and the pawns in question are haiko's beloved wife and son. the life and death negotiations have officially begun. >> coming up. >> we need ten million u.s. dollars for release of your family. >> ten million, from me? are you losing your mind? >> dad, we need you to send the money. >> i'm getting worried, i'm getting so worried. >> when "dateline" continues. >> mr. el plant man. >> yes, that's me. >> okay. we'd like to inform you that your family, uh, here with us, under our custody. >> two days after his wife and child were kidnapped by abu sayyaf in the philippines, heiko lunsman got his first call. >> he called me mr. lunsman. i wanted to know what i can call you. i don't want to call you kidnaper, terrorist. just give me a name. >> mr. so was calm, business like, like he had done it a hundred times before. in fact, he was the voice for a violent separatist group known for executing prisoners, beheadings usually. >> we would like to tell you

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and the philippines enquirer also discusses volcanic eruptions. it shows this remarkable photo of lava spewing out of mount mayon in the philippines, with the news that the danger zone surrounding it has been expanded. now, babita, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, let's looks at what is trending right now. the baywatch actress pamela anderson has defended her comments about the alleged victims of the hollywood producer harvey weinstein. miss anderson previously said the women knew what they were getting into. now she's told the bbc women in general need to be more protective of themselves. it's awards season in hollywood and the nominations for the 90th academy awards have been announced. leading the field is the american fantasy romance, the shape of water, with 13 nominations, including best picture. the best actor category is dominated by british stars, with gary 0ldman, daniel day—lewis and daniel kaluuya all in the running. and meryl streep, who already has three 0scars to her name, has been nominated for the 21st time in

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in the philippines abortion is illegal in all circumstances even right . but right here in front of this church is an abortion circle where women are desperate to get rid of. wearing a hidden camera we send one of our team in undercover to see if she can buy abortion treatments within a few minutes she finds a story willing to help she tells the woman she's full months pregnant and with no questions asked she pays seventy five dollars for the remedies and if you go yeah we were he once again what we were but didn't take her and she was sold to treatments one of herbal and root concoction the lady said you take that when you're up to four months along but then when she found out that was more months pregnant she offered an. even further if i wanted further operations throughout. the pills are illegal also medication known to induce abortion anyone caught selling or using them can face up to six years in prison. in a back street of a poor urban community an abortionist says a prayer fearing prosecution she doesn't want to be identified some. i light a candle

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and the philippines retains its titles as one of asia's fastest—growing economies, as the government spends billions on infrastructure. good morning asia, hello world. it is thursday, glad you could join us for another exciting edition of asia business report. we kick off the programme with davos and images showing the threat of plastic to wildlife and the food chain has touched a public nerve and made it one of the hottest topics at the world economic forum. coca—cola is responsible for one quarter of all plastic bottles made globally and its ceo has announced plans to recycle 100% of its plastic bottle production by 2030. our business editor was there and sent this report. just over those mountains into france, alpine water starts its journey into this bottle. like billions of others, from many companies, those bottles and theirjourney here, clogging rivers and beaches, threatening wildlife and the food chain. but up on the swiss side, in classic davos style, campaigners and celebrities are setting out their stall on how bottles and other waste products like clothing can be recyc

in two thousand and twelve the united nations confirmed that the bene rise is part of the philippines territory it's an undersea plateau located on the country's eastern coast it's at the center of the planet's marine by a diversity and its resources aren't tapped with more than thirteen million hectares believed to be rich in minerals and gas. which travelled to ben a rise a few months ago back then the philippine military boasted of a long term plan to improve its patrols of the area the agriculture ministry also planned to build a reserve that will be a refuge for filipino fishermen. the benon rise was seen as a possible solution to the country's school shortages but that appears to have changed now president rodrigo to thirty says china may now lead to exploration in the year he's government says the research is purely scientific but market time experts say to tear it is apparent cozying up to china is alarming we can see that this is all part of. this had been given history its policy of friendliness stars china which you know is also getting going overboard because it's just abo

we have defense agreements with thailand and the philippines. we have new security partnerships with vietnam and malaysia, and singapore, and indonesia, and india, so we are very present in asia. - well, the united states does not take a position on the legal aspects, on sovereignty in the china seas, but we do take a very strong position against unilateral action and provocative action as we've seen from china, the building of military facilities on an island jeopardizing the safety of fishermen. what china has done has been very provocative and against, we believe, international law, so we stand by the right of navigation and the use of the rule of law to determine these disputes, and that is our position. - [narrator] with japan a major u.s. ally, the dispute over the senkaku or diaoyu islands is colored by a complicated history and lingering historic animosity dating back to world war ii. - the one i've always thought, frankly, is the most dangerous has been senkaku diaoyu dao because you have two strong states with two highly-developed nava

and then there was the philippines. when the spanish sued for peace after that war, he basically said okay, fine, i will happily negotiate a peace treaty, but here is the deal. we have to leave cuba. temporarily it's going to be independent. spain has to leave puerto rico. that came out of nowhere, but we had conquered puerto rico and spain has to give us an island in the pacific. turned out to be gone and not has to happen before we enter into negotiations. that is really tough diplomacy. and he basically said that for the philippines, which we essentially acquired, we took over the drone after admiral dewey destroyed the spanish freedom, he said the philippines is open to negotiation. thank you, mr. mckinley and the spanish were saying. they asked the french a master of the united states to operate on their behalf. kimberlin said to mckinley, you can't get anywhere glory than you are detained in this war of yours, so i'm sure he'll be very generous. but the question was, what is he going to do about the philippines an

in two thousand and twelve the united nations confirmed that the bene rise is part of the philippines there are tree it's an undersea plateau located on the country's eastern coast it's at the center of the planet's marine by a diversity and its resources are untapped with more than thirteen million hectares believed to be rich in minerals and gas. which travelled to bynum rise a few months ago back then the philippine military boasted of a long term plan to improve its patrols of the area the agriculture ministry also planned to build a reserve that will be a refuge for filipina fisherman the behnam rise was seen as a possible solution to the country's school shortages but that appears to have changed now president rodrigo the third to says china may now lead to exploration in the area he's government says the research is purely scientific but mark time experts say to tear it is apparent cozying up to china is alarming we can see that this is all part of. this and we get ministry showing this policy of friendliness stars china which you know is also good going overboard because it's

then there was the philippine. after three months of the war, he basically said okay fine. here's the deal. we will take them temporarily but it's going to be independent. so that came out of nowhere but we had conquered puerto rico and spain has to give us an island in the pacific and before we were even entering into the negotiations. they asked them to operate to negotiate with a gentleman who said you can't get any more glory than you've already gained in this war of yours so i assume you will be very generous than the question was what was he going to do about the philippines and while the negotiations in paris were going on. we are building this big global navy annavy and you couldn't hae station without controlling territory over the world and it was the best place that he couldn't really control it unless they moved on but the whole rest of the philippines they were not able to keep them at all so now that they've been defeated the question was who is going to have the philippine senate will have to be us or germany or some other power for the colonies and if they h

the philippine government is being accused of cozying up to beijing by allowing chinese research was into an underwater region estimated to have vast untapped natural resources by them rises recognized as a philippine territory by the un but china has said in the past that there was no exclusive claim on this area critics say present rudiger detector is adopting a pro china stance undermining philippine claims in the neighbor south china sea as well. reports. in two thousand and twelve the united nations confirmed that the bene rise is part of the philippines there are tree it's an undersea plateau located on the country's eastern coast it's at the center of the planet's marine by a diversity and its resources are untapped with more than thirteen million hectares believed to be rich in minerals and gas. which travelled to ben rise a few months ago back then the philippine military boasted of a long term plan to improve its patrols of the area the agriculture ministry also planned to build a reserve that will be a refuge for filipino fishermen the behnam rise was seen as a possible so

resources and the un has declared that it belongs to the philippines. reports. in two thousand and twelve the united nations confirmed that the bene rise is part of the philippines there are tree it's an undersea plateau located on the country's eastern coast it's at the center of the planet's marine by a diversity and its resources are untapped with more than thirteen million hectares believed to be rich in minerals and gas. which travelled to bynum rise a few months ago back then the philippine military boasted of a long term plan to improve its patrols of the area the agriculture ministry also planned to build a reserve that will be a refuge for filipino fishermen the benon rise was seen as a possible solution to the country's school shortages but that appears to have changed now president rodrigo the third to says china may now lead to exploration in the year he's government says the research is purely scientific but market time experts say deter does apparent cozying up to china is alarming we can see that this is all part of. this that we could be

and the philippines enquirer also discusses volcanic eruptions. it shows this remarkable photo of lava spewing out of mount mayon in the philippines — with the news that the danger zone surrounding it has been expanded. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? the baywatch actress pamela anderson has defended her comments about the alleged victims of the hollywood producer harvey weinstein. ms anderson previously said the women knew what they were getting into. now she's told the bbc, women in general need to be more protective of themselves. i have just learned to i havejust learned to not i have just learned to not put myself in a position where i could be in danger. i think that is an ok thing to say. i have a lot of women thanking me for saying this. it's awards season in hollywood and the nominations for the 90th academy awards have been announced. leading the field is the american fantasy romance, the shape of water, with 13 nominations, including for best picture. the best actor category is dominated by british stars — with ga

timelapse footage of the philippines' most active volcano. its latest eruption shooting molten rock high into the air. its ash cloud billowing across the landscape, just a taste, scientists believe, of what is to come. an eruption is now rather imminent, within the next few hours or days and it also means the danger zone around the volcano has been increased from 6km to 8km. over the past few days, more than 50,000 people have evacuated, with soldiers drafted in and trucks ferrying villagers to 46 camps outside the danger zone. but some have risked returning, despite the increasing activity. translation: my house is about 2km inside the danger zone. i know i'm not allowed back because it's dangerous, but i need my livelihood, i have no choice. the volcano is in a largely agricultural region of the philippines, about 300km south—east of manila. there are no reports of injuries, but schools have been closed and flights cancelled. mayon is a near—perfect cone, popular with tourists, almost 2.5 kilometres tall and highly volatile, with 51 rec

timelapse footage of the philippines‘ most active volcano. its latest eruption shooting molten rock high into the air. its ash cloud billowing across the landscape, just a taste, scientists believe, of what is to come. an eruption is now rather imminent in the next few hours or days and it also means the danger zone around the volcano has been increased from 6km to 8km. over the past few days, more than 50,000 people have evacuated, with soldiers drafted in and trucks ferrying villagers to 46 camps outside the danger zone. but some have risked returning, despite the increasing activity. translation: my house is about 2km inside the danger zone. i know i‘m not allowed back because it‘s dangerous, but i need my livelihood, i have no choice. of the philippines, about 300km south—east of manila. there are no reports of injuries, but schools have been closed and flights cancelled. mayon is a near—perfect cone, popular with tourists, almost 2.5 kilometres tall and highly volatile, with 51 recorded eruptions. officials are closely monitoring

in two thousand and twelve the united nations confirmed that the bene rise is part of the philippines there are tree it's an undersea plateau located on the country's eastern coast it's at the center of the planet's marine by a diversity and its resources are untapped with more than thirteen million hectares believed to be rich in minerals and gas. which travelled to bynum rise a few months ago back then the philippine military boasted of a long term plan to improve its patrols of the area the agriculture ministry also planned to build a reserve that will be a refuge for filipino fishermen the behnam rise was seen as a possible solution to the country's school shortages but that appears to have changed now president rodrigo the third to says china may now lead to exploration in the year he's government says the research is purely scientific but market time experts say deterred as a parent cozying up to china is alarming you can see that this is all part of. this and we're giving history shows bali scene of friendliness stars china which you know a social game going overboard because i

and then there was a philippines. he -- went when the spanish sued for peace after three months of that war, he basically said okay, fine. i'm more than happy to negotiate a peace treaty. but here, here's the deal. spain has to leaf cuba not going to take. take it temporarily but it will be independent spain has to leave puerto rico came out of nowhere but he had concurred puerto rico. and spain had to give us in the pacific turn out to be guam. and that has to happen before we lose the negotiations. and that's really tough diplomacy. and then he basically said after the philippineses which he had essentially acquired we took over after admiral dewey he destroyed the spanish in the the bay. he said, disposition of the philippines is u up to negotiation. well, thank you mr. mckinley spanish was say -- they asked the -- back to the united states to operate in their and a half in imoasht for them gentleman by name of ken he said to mckinley can't really get anymore imloir than you've already gained in this war of yours.

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and the philippines government declares war on fake news that some say is just a way to stifle freedom of speech. and the first to yemen the west the session is forces say they've taken control of the southern port city of aden that's where the saudi backed government of president. has been based in twenty fourteen when it was pushed out of the capital by hoofy rebels russia's news agency says the forces which are backed by the u.a.e. have confined the government of president hadi to the presidential palace suggesting splits in a saudi led coalition where some of the has the latest. the seat of power for yemen's government is no longer under its control this is the sudden port city of aden where secessionist say they are now in charge fighters from the sudden transitional council have seized areas around the presidential palace and military bases. the prime minister's call to cease fire has not but the government of president. the is based out of saudi arabia and the man he appointed as governor of aden now heads the separatist movement secessionist said given how the made him to chang

in the philippines, one of the country's leading websites has been deregistered. there is criticism of the government. joining me from manila is the chief executive officer of rappler. is it all about curtailing press freedoms or is it foreign ownership? you are being funded by the founder of ebay. that the state, for the record, we are actually following that of being constitution, but this issueis that of being constitution, but this issue is both a corporate issue and press freedom issue and that is why we are bringing it up. but it is also an issue of harassment. but critics are saying that rappler, which is funded by the head of ebay, funded several of the opposition ngos and the ukraine which conspired to oust the president in 2014. they are saying this could be a template and he is using rapplerfor this. that is ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous. number one... you know me, we would not allow that. we set up me, we would not allow that. we set up rappler to be an independent voice. the network knows that and what is to be independent. it is to be able to suppo

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seventeen sailors both officers commanded navy destroyers in the pacific ocean one collided with a philippine container ship in june and the other struck a merchant ship singapore in august and the french president is calling on the u.k. to do more about refugees and migrants trying to make it to britain via kalai emanuel mccraw who has met some of them in the port city says he would discuss the issue with the british prime minister to resign may on thursday thousands of people were a victim from a company as a jungle. before it was demolished last year but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post stench of the social life. began like this was our foundation. i tried to do something different when i met daisy he was the best day of my life. i wish that day could have gone on forever. but my past caught up with me. and made us all pay the price. this time on al jazeera. that bombshell book rocking the white house michael also firing three more troubling allegations from his. letters. which are now before he got a lot.

hundreds of thousands of devotees in the philippines capital manila have joined the annual procession of a black statue ofjesus christ — known as the black nazarene. it's one of the biggest religious festivals in the largely roman catholic nation. the statue is believed to have healing powers for the faithful who came out in force to show their devotion. the bbc‘s howard johnson was there for us. it is believed that this statue was carved in mexico in the 16th century and then made its way to the philippine capital where by the late 17005 philippine capital where by the late 1700s of it was housed in the capital. today, millions of devotees flocked to the area around the church to watch the annual event where the statue was carried through the streets on a cart, a wheeled ca rt the streets on a cart, a wheeled cart pulled by devoted his using ropes. i was watching a being pulled through the streets and as it approached the crowd started whooping and cheering and shouting viva black nazarene! i saw people hammering on top of the statue, trying to wipe a cloth or touch the head or t

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fears of a major eruption in the philippines after fresh activity from mount mayon. and the south african jazz musician and campaigner against apartheid, hugh masekela, has died at the age of 78. the us attorney general, jeff sessions, has become the first member of president trump's cabinet to be questioned by the special counsel investigating alleged russian interference in the presidential election. no details have been made public, but he will have been asked about the contacts he had with the russian ambassador in washington before and after the election. let's cross live to washington and speak to the bbc‘s david willis. what is the latest? you are correct. the justice department what is the latest? you are correct. thejustice department is confirming todayjeff sessions, the attorney general was interviewed by robert mueller‘s team investigating alleged collusion between russia and the donald trump campaign. that took place last week. the interview with the special counsel, robert mueller‘s team, was conducted, it is being reported, in the presence of the

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and deep sea politics the chinese research expedition that's making waves with scientists in the philippines. in sport but communities city is on its way to major league soccer in the united states the former england captain officially kicks off as yet unnamed teen in miami . welcome to the program on top story the deputy director of the f.b.i. is stepping down from his post. had been accused of bias by a president trump is resigning several weeks ahead of his planned retirement date in march trump's criticized him several times in the past accusing him of supporting hillary clinton in the two thousand and sixteen election. we've seen the numerous ports as all of you have and any specifics i can tell you none of this decision was made by that of the white house in any specifics i would refer you to the f.b.i. who i believe will be making a statement later today to see that the white house was not involved in the decision be clearly the president seemed to be involved in a public relations campaign against. look at the president stands by his previous comments but in terms of the situation to

four the further towards the south of course there is more cloud and more showers around parts of the philippines does look rather wet for many of us in news on their own wednesday but by thursday the show is generally breaking off a little bit and we see more in the way of dry weather a bit further towards the south and we've got plenty of cloud here as you might expect and some of the shower. it's already very very lively particularly that those in the southern part of the borneo and across parts of java a few more likely here as we head through wednesday but the wetter of the weather this time we're in the northern parts of borneo doesn't really very wet hair gradually there showers begin to pull away as we head through thursday but we do have another weather system that's developing in the eastern parts of the we'll have to watch over the next few days further west it also looks a little bit dry forcing k.l. and singapore of towards india and pakistan dry and fine for most of us here tiny bit of snow in the far north of this gradually sinking its way south with but it's fizzling out as it doe

un has declared that it belongs to the philippines general and again reports. in two thousand and twelve the united nations confirmed that the bene rise is part of the philippines there are tree it's an undersea plateau located on the country's eastern coast it's at the center of the planet's marine biodiversity and its resources are untapped with more than thirteen million hectares believed to be rich in minerals and gas. which travelled to bynum rise a few months ago back then the philippine military boasted of a long term plan to improve its patrols of the area the agriculture ministry also planned to build a reserve that will be a refuge for filipino fishermen the behnam rise was seen as a possible solution to the country's school shortages but that appears to have changed now president rodrigo the third to says china may now lead to exploration in the year he's government says the research is purely scientific but mark time experts say to tear it is apparent cozying up to china is alarming we can see that this is all part of. this that we may be history sh

the philippine government's move to shutdown rappler and to launch a criminal investigation into its operations is nothing less than a weaponize ation state regulatory processes to stifle a media voice that has fearlessly challenge the government's narrative of its murderous war on drugs and expose deep police involvement in exegetical killings however some who support the president they say that this should be a celebration of freedom from fake news and the president's spokesman he rejected the criticism on a post on facebook saying that it was about rappler complying with the constitution and nothing else now the f.c.c. his decision is not final but the justice secretary has announced a formal investigation for now though rappler is allowed to operate as normal as they pursue the next step to take the case to court if you're in the philippines we want to hear from you especially if this impacts you in any way and what you think of it deter today's move here you can tweet me directly at leo harding age or use or hash tag aging is good thank you once again but francis wrapping up his

dawn: stockton was the home to the largest community of filipinos outside of the philippines through much of the 20th century. it's one of the reasons why my grandfathers chose to settle in stockton when they came in 1929. and on my mother's side, my grandfather went to the philippines and fought in world war ii in the 1st filipino infantry regiment. married my grandmother, conception moreno, then brought her over. and it was stockton that they all chose to settle in. it was where their other relatives were. it was where little manila was, which is this big ethnic neighborhood in downtown stockton. you know, so it was this very warm and close-knit community. robert: which is very nice. actually, this is more of a completed piece than we saw earlier with steve. stephen, give us an idea here in terms of how people can see some of these. stephen: that's right. well, what we do when we digitize a family's home movies, in many cases we work with the family to help document and tell the story. and professor mabalon was the perfect subject because she's probably the world's leading authorit

and on high alert people in the philippines are forced to evacuate as the ok now continues to spew lot more in that state. through tranquil raveena tandon. if you go on dillon. the moment is too cold in kazakhstan and parts of north iran where the cloud moves away temps is actually going to start to rise the next action is coming through levant at the moment and turkey that's spinning up so it's going to increase the breeze from the southwest over eleven and seventeen in beirut probably was rain twelve in aleppo but equally is a bit of a suddenly breeze everywhere so we've got plus six in tashkent minus one that rises to just above freezing the following day so it is certainly drift and temperatures start to rise at the same time we got some reappearing in beirut it's dropped ten she was able to feel better aleppo's down to nine again the rains gone through an anchor plus one in the sunshine but look at the amount of snow potentially falling out of the for eastern turkey northern syria and probably georgia maybe armenia as well south of it all but a breeze blowing currently i think wil

well i'm pleased to say we have got some quieter weather for the philippines over the next couple of days wanted to share was coming in more in the way of sunshine and then showers there but further west stays very unsettled into malaysia was saying one hundred seven millimeters of rain coming down here in the past twenty four hours let's look back over the last four days a staggering half a meter of rain has fallen across a similar area here just around the middle a peninsula places i think should turn a little dry a little bright as we go on through the next hour to the west or whether we'll just ease a little further east with it'll push back up towards the philippines extending its way down towards indonesia and some of that wet weather also affecting northern parts of australia over the next day or so before australia really the big story over the next couple of days will be the incredible heat we're going to see across the southeastern corner temperatures nat'l a forty one celsius could top forty two in melbourne five bands of course in place here as a result of that siddle cha

the philippine government is also cracking double what it calls fake news by introducing new laws but advocacy groups say the b. was a time or free speech and publishers journalists of bloggers are publishing dissenting views. reports from the capital manila the best antidote to fake news is truth filipino journalists are demanding accountability from president lee good it or does government they see journalism has been under siege mostly from looters to supporters and some members of his government fuels massage any rappler an online news site known to be critical of the government had its license revoked over a technicality a few weeks ago thing. in the past the turkey has said corrupt journalists are not exempt from assassination words that appear to have found a way as events with his supporters rappler c.e.o. maria ressa says to tear does presidency in two thousand and sixteen was largely want through social media and the internet has been used as a weapon since then she says some of those leading the attacks are part of the government machinery the end goal is to silence dissent

hello there we've been watching some very heavy downpours make their way across the philippines we look at the satellite picture we can see the clouds of have been drifting their way across us for the last twelve hours or so but just over the past couple of hours they've really turned heavy particularly in the eastern parts of mindanao and that's where we're seeing some particularly heavy rains at the moment now over the next couple of days again there will be some showers here but i don't think they'll be quite as heavy instead they'll be some wetter weather a little bit further towards the west here over parts of borneo it does look very wetter for wednesday and then those showers transfer a bit further towards the west on thursday and it singapore and k.l.

after being found guilty of traveling to the philippines ... to buy and have sex with girls as young as seven years old. (steve) doug johnson explains the disturbing evidence the f-b-i uncovered...that resulted in the conviction. once a bankok based commercial pilot... now convicted of buying children from the philippines... 57-year-old michael carey clemans will spend the rest of his life in prison.u.s. attorney mcgregor scott, eastern district of california "the salacious details of his email exchanges with his procurer are absolutely shocking."standing in front of the cameras, u.s. attorney of the eastern district of california mcgregor scott detailed the case.in 2014, clemans was flagged by the f-b-i ... after yahoo reported his email account had suspicious activity.he was communicating with an accomplice in the philippines to find homeless children for him.u.s. attorney mcgregor scott, eastern district of california "he sent money to that person to procure the children, requested in graphic detail the types of pornographic images he wanted

philippine growth is very strong . the investors and markets view administrationne is perhaps overly bearish or cautious, and as such, we think the philippine peso should play catch up this year and outperform other currencies. we also look for general outperformance within as he and relative to north asian. the korean yuan was a strong outperform last year. terms of the currency monitoring lists of the u.s., also the strength of the chinese china slows,s which is our base case for this year, we think -- will outperform northeast asia. david: we have to leave it there, callum henderson at the eurasia group. intel up, what insider may be a problem for chipmakers and investors. we will tell you why in a few moments. stay with us, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david: let's have a look at the big tech story. intel slumping after admitting chips are vulnerable to hackers. tech stocks linked to the company are coming under pressure. investors weigh news that something called a "design exploit" can access privileged information.

she was on her own coming to first the philippines then to america. she reestablished the family and eventually everybody got back together in seattle. so, it was a story from the brother who was 11 years old being on the boat going to the philippines and having the threat of being thrown overboard if the rations ran too low. so, that is what we are diagnose here at the oral history association. i ptwant anyone who access our interviews. we are on line west poeupbtint coh.org coh.org. when i get new interviews i advertise them on twitter and facebook. it is either west point coh or center for oral history. we try two get photographs from the folks we interview so we can show what they look like at the time we are looking. for example, if it is a vietnam interview we want pictures of them overseas. or if it is a west poeupbt point grad, a cadet picture. we put them up. >> hopefully we have interested a few more. thanks you for your time. >> it was a pleasure. thank you. >> now courtesy of the west point center for oral history an interview with militar