after more than 500 days behind bars in burma, a pair of journalists walked free from prison. there they are. they were smiling and waving. in september, officials sentenced them to seven years in prison. they said they'll illegally possessed official documents. before their arrest, they were in burma to investigate a group of muslims at the hands hoff security forces. reuters say the journalists did nothing wrong. their release, part of a presidential amnesty of thousands of prisons. it's not unusual to happen around the start of their traditional new year. benjamin hall is live with more. ben? >> this is major for freedom of the press and shedding light on what many people are calling of genocide in burma. this announcement, the release of these two journalists and they were reporting on the attacks against the government with a last minute surprise. after it was announced one of the journalists that had been in jail 511 day walks free from prison to the relief of fellow reporters. the two reuters journalists were arrested in december 2017 working on burmese security forces.

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this is the personal diary of general stillwell who worked in burma and in china on the burma road. by the way, these diaries are also a very popular item here. this indicates day by day general stillwell's interactions and the kind of fraught relationship they had. they didn't like each other and in this diary he refers to him as peanut and he says other things about general stillwell in his diaries also. what you have here is an interesting ability to look at both diaries at the same time and see how they spoke about each other, what they were trying to do and what their ulterior motives were. >> so this is one of my favorite documents that we have in the archives here. this document is from the collection of a gentleman named raymond mulley and he was a renowned speech writer for fdr so he was part of franklin the brain trust. and if you look at this document closely you can see that it is actually the first draft of the speech in which he coins the term the new deal. it's a bit ironic that this document ends up in the collection of herbert hoover, fdr and herbert hoover were pol

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just last month, burma's supreme court rejected the pair's final appeal. they were awarded the pulitzer prize in april and were honored in last year's time magazine person of the year feature. this is wa lone speaking shortly after he was freed from prison. >> i am very happy and thank you so much to everyone who helped us while we were in prison and who wished for our release. i want to say thank you very much. >> i am really happy and excited to see my family and my colleagues. i can't wait to go to my newsroom now. amy: in the united states bipartisan group of over 550 , a former federal prosecutors have signed on to a statement saying president trump's actions would have resulted in obstruction of justice charges were trump not the sitting president of the united states. the letter elaborates on actions by trump uncovered by special counsel rorobert mueller's repo, falling under the categories of -- "the president's efforts to fire mueller and to falsify evidence about that effort, the president's efforts to limit the scope of mueller's investigation t

khalidi actually now this is not the first time burma man has created an international incident is it two years ago it was president of turkey who he didn't. to take your kristen sense of dignity against them of this right to free speech. is just what comes next is something you're not allowed to do of if this is performed publicly it would be from britain in germany thomas called abusive criticism. what followed was a minor international scandal that screams german turkey sure lation hurt. this guy she thought with a message typical of them a man who has taken over is to. thank. some of his other work includes parodies of gender stereotypes. making fun of the german hip hop scene. or to fight. for himself the first time but of a man has cause contrive a scene with his show. he claimed to have faked a video of greek finance minister yanis varoufakis showing the middle finger only to admit later that he's fake was a fake the move was seen as an ingenious commentary on the often superficial nature of the modern media. is controversial parts of the current problem in austria where does i

the first time burma has cools contrive a scene with his shows. he claimed to have faked a video of greek finance minister yanis varoufakis showing the middle finger only to admit later that he's fake was a fake the move was seen as an ingenious commentary on the often superficial nature of the modern media. is controversial part of the current problem in austria where does it go from here well. he survived even worse than that and besides his plan seems to have paid off because he wasn't even sure that they are going to broadcast this interview they did and now everybody's talking about the situation in austria so here we go well it's exactly what he did x. second i take rigorous science very much for bringing is that story. time for our europe correspondent york masses to show his talent for baking once again and indeed his talent for making politics interesting and amusing your stress is to make the local bread of all twenty eight e.u. countries combining it with a look at the country's relationship with the u. this week it's the buckwheat loaf

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to in burma. it's difficult to change social structures. that have existed for centuries but here in the village. they're trying to do just that. and that is it for now from news africa as always you can catch all our stories and more on our web site at face book page today will leave you with pictures on the kenyan olympian blog which wants. that new rules regulating high levels of testosterone to get women but is it signal the end of her korea until next time i back. to. earth. oh she is of species. worth saving. those are big changes and most start with small steps. to do is tell stories of could induce people into innovative projects around the world. news that could turn the good news to good submissions and by force of should. be interactive content teaching good next generation the touch of. channels available to people trying to get out. and more determined to build something here for the next generation. sfi environment series of global 3000. and all mine. welcome to news from the world of arts and culture we will have a chat about

engaging with burma, and if so, how can they help prompt a more rights-respecting environment? >> i'm concerned about the situation there. we will continue to have discussions with the ifis and others and monitor this situation so that there is the appropriate outcome. >> well, and again, i hope that we will impose additional sanctions that were lifted by the obama administration given the path that has been taken vis-a-vis the atrocities that are happening against so many ethnic groups. burmese civil society organizations have expressed concerns with the ifc's lending proposals in luxury development properties, infrastructure and agri business given the corruption and lagging property rights. how has the ifc used its position to promote transparency and inclusive economic development in burma? >> let me just say i share your concerns. i know our international department has been having conversations, and i expect to see david malpas very soon, and i will raise this specifically to his attention. there is no reason in my mind that the ifc and others should be doing this without

cultivated but he said i have nothing to do with it he denies stringently german canadian un burma mine is being a name here in austria you might just grin and shake his head so this seems rather like a really well prepared statement coming from the political sphere because you have to remember one thing these people have been sitting on this highly explosive material spilt the elections in 2017 throughout the forming of the government and they choose this particular moment to blow up the government so who could possibly behind it it's a question mark barbara thank you so much that was barbara basal in vienna. state a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today in sudan talks between ruling generals and protesters over a power sharing sharing deal have broken down opposition demonstrators have been camping outside the army headquarters for weeks they say that is sebelius should have the transitional government after the ouster of the country's longtime strongman ruler last. djoko we doto has been reelected as indonesia's president no one just over 55 percent of

this is the personal diary of general joe stowell who worked in burma and in china on the burma road and worked with chang kai-shek. his diaries are also very popular here. he indicates day by day the interactions with chang kai-shek and the fraught relationship they had. they didn't like each other. he refers to him as peanut and chang kai-shek says other things about general stillwell. when you have is an interesting ability to look at both diaries at the same time and see how they spoke about each other, what they were trying to do and what their motives were. this is one of my favorite documents in the archives. this is from raymond mulley. he was a renowned speechwriter for fdr. he was part of frank delano roosevelt's brain trust. if you look at this document closely, you can see that it is actually the first draft of the speech in which he coins the term the new deal. it is a bit ironic that this document ended up in the collection of herbert hoover. fdr and herbert hoover were medical -- they weren't allies. landslide beata herbert hoover and his reelection campaign. how does

although private schaefer perished in the battle of burma, his deep love of country endures with us today. his grand nephew, senior chief schaefer. er, daniel cheers and applause] and i want to thank you very uch for the incredible job you've done. you picked a couple of people that are outstanding. please say a couple of words. >> thank you, mr. president. this is amazing. to recognize my family and others have families that served as well. memorial day is that time when we honor our fellow americans who paid the ultimate sacrifice. thank you for all my shipmates and fellow marines. it's a great day. thank you, mr. president. cheers and applause] president trump: two great jobs. and that's not easy. they don't they're coming up. you had no idea. they didn't choke. we don't like chokers, do we? we don't like chokers. on thm memorial day in the united states, americans are concluding a sacred day of remembrance, reflection and prayer. citizens all across the country came together to decorate the graves of our fell fallen heroes and honor their selfless acts of courage. the citizens of our

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although private schaefer sadly perished in the battle of burma, his deep love of country and yours and -- deep love of someone veryes and special is with us today, his grandnephew, chief petty officer daniel schaefer. where is daniel? [applause] pres. trump: i want to thank you very much for the incredible job you have done. picked a couple of people that are outstanding. please say a couple of words. >> thank you, mr. president. this is amazing that you have recognized my family. i know a lot of others have family that served as well. memorial day is the time where we honor our father americans who paid the ultimate -- honor our fellow americans who paid the ultimate sacrifice. thank you to my shipmates and fellow marines who are out here today. it is a great day. thank you, mr. president. [applause] pres. trump: two great jobs, and that's not easy. he did not know he was coming up. you have no idea, did you? they didn't choke. we don't like chokers, do we? we don't like chokers. evening inorial day the united states, americans are concluding a sacred day of remembrance, reflection, a

champions league most book although with a minor miracle because of the goal difference while hoffenheim in burma can only qualify for the rope and league if you have a look at the bottom half the table there's nothing left to be decided here got will definitely be in the relegation play off against a team from the 2nd division one of a number are now definitely down. so having talking talk about who's going down let's talk about who's going up and who's not going up let's talk about all our old friend hamburg well indeed hamburg will not be going up this season a top 41 defeat against part of born one of their fellow promotion hopefuls as well so it's a very big loss against a rival of theirs. obviously this means that they have that they've now got no chance of growing up was whether they were hoping for a win to take the drama to the final day of the season as we can see some very disappointed fans there and they've been really let down by woeful goal difference which means even though they can still potentially match some points the other teams will see going for it next week as i know what t

think that ifi's should continue engaging with burma? if so, how can they help prompt a more rights respecting environment? >> i'm concerned about the situation there. we will continue to have discussions with the ifi's and others to monitor the situation. again, i hope we can impose additional sanctions lifted by the obama administration, here in the past, these atrocities were happening again so many different ethnic groups. for me, civil society organizations expressed concerns with the ifc lending proposals in luxury development projects, infrastructure, and agriculture business, given the corrupted environment and lack of property rights. how has the ifc used its position to promote transparency and inclusive economic development? >> i share your concerns, our international department has been having conversations, i expect to see something pass very soon. i will raise this specifically to his attention. there is no reason in my mind that they should be doing this, without appropriate conditions attached. >> i would be very pleased

last fall, we made clear to burma that the jailing of two journalists was deeply troubling to millions of americans and we urged their release. today, we learned those two reuters journalists were released after spending more than 500 days in prison where they have been jailed simply for doing their job, reporting atrocities. america, and across this hemisphere, and we believe -- we believe in democratic ideals and the freedom of expression and the freedom of the press. we welcome the release of these two journalists, and we hope their release signals a positive and permanent respect for a free and independent press. what brings us here today is to discuss the theme of this conference, the disruption and transformation in the americas. it is unquestionable that over the last two years, there has been profound transformation across latin america. days of thisliest administration, president trump has worked with our partners in the region to build a safer, stronger, more prosperous western hemisphere. the results speak for themselves. act, we pledged up to $60 billion in development fina

embassy in burma. thank you so much for explaining this to us.ha >> you. it's my pleasure. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: pennsylvania's experiment to give every newborn baby in the state a college fund.en and, a new docry sheds light on the trump administration's trade war with china. but first, the redacted muellere rt became public more than two weeks ago, but thero discussiond it, and whether it incriminates the president, has not gone away. william brangham has the latest on the fallout. >>prangham: yesterday, a gr of former federal prosecutors from all over the country published a statent online, saying that in their professional omunion, robert eller's report makes it crystal clear that president trump obstructed justice. es reads, "each of us beli that the conduct of president trump described in special counsel robert mueller's report ltuld, in the case of any other person, result in le felony charges for obstruction of jtice." yesterday, the statement had more than 300 signat that number has nearly doubled today. and this is

last fall, we made clear to burma that the jailing of two journalists was deeply troubling to millions of americans, and we urged their release. today, we learned those two reuters journalists were released after spending more than 500 days in prison, where they have been jailed simply for doing their job, reporting atrocities. in america, and across this hemisphere, we believe in democratic ideals and the freedom of expression and the freedom of the press. we welcome the release of these two journalists, and we hope their release signals a positive and permanent respect for a free and independent press. what brings us here today is to discuss the theme of this conference, the disruption and transformation in the americas. it is unquestionable that over the last two years, there has been profound transformation across latin america. since the earliest days of this administration, president trump has worked with our partners in the region to build a safer, stronger, more prosperous western hemisphere. the results speak for themselves. under the build act, we pledged up to $60 billion in

embassy in burma. thank you so much r elaining this to us. >> thank you. it's my pleasure. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: pennsylvania's experiment to give every newborn baby in the state a college fund. and, a new documentads light on the trump administration's trade war with china.rs but the redacted mueller report became public more than two weeks ago, but the discussion around it, and whher it incriminates the president, has not gone away. william brangham has the latest on the fallout. >> brangm: yesterday, a group of former federal prosecutors from all over the country published a statement line, saying that in their professional opinion, robert mueller's report makes it crystal clear that president trump obstrued justice. it reads, "each of us believes that the conduct of president trp described in special counsel robert mueller's report would, in the case of any other person, result in mult felony charges for obstruction of justi." yesterday, the statement had tmore than 300 signaturest number has nearly doubled today. and th

wasn't used by international media at all because there's been such a fuss made by the government of burma or about the reliability of or interest sources and that's a loss because they are getting information out on the ground in rakhine state. and that significant me amar's government has blocked access to the region turning rakhine into a black hole for the new. without taxes international journalists have come to rely solely on refugees accounts for much of the myanmar media run with the government's version of events. over a hinge of vision still has eyes on the ground according to its founder mohamed nor the channel as a network of around 20 undercover citizen journalists working around the clock and a great risk to feed information from our kind for our economies it's now in the range of language to their colleagues in the nation. broadcasting in 3 languages our vision operates primarily online through each year to chant the network has become a primary source of the news for the ranger community and its multiple platforms typically get more than 150000 views per day. our vision is

last fall, we made clear to burma that the arrest and jailing of two journalists was deeply troubling to millions of americans, and we urged their release. today, the world learned those two reuters journalists were released after spending more than 500 days in prison, where they have been jailed simply for doing their job, reporting atrocities committed against the rohinga people. in america, and across this hemisphere, we believe in democratic ideals including the freedom of expression and the freedom of the press. and we welcome the release of these two journalists, and we hope their release signals a positive and permanent respect for a free and independent press. [applause] but what brings us here today is to discuss the theme of this conference, the disruption and transformation in the americas. and it is unquestionable that over the last two years, there has been profound transformation across latin america. since the earliest days of this administration, president trump has worked with our partners in the region to build a safer, stronger, and more prosperous western hemispher

large cities such as burma co consumer vast amounts of natural resources even as they become ever more scarce the restoration of vegetation around cities and elsewhere can improve people's quality of life and perhaps reduce the potential for violence and conflict. of the world 68800000 displaced persons by far the majority around 14000000 people are internally displaced in colombia years of paramilitary violence has led to 7700000 people there suffering that fate most have nothing to return to their homes and livelihoods of all gone. and more recently thanks been joined by one and a half 1000000 refugees from crisis stricken venezuela. is growing fast some 10000000 people live here but it's the poor districts on the outskirts that are. increasing most rapidly. many people displaced from their homes elsewhere in colombia have settled in so watch the neighborhood is known to be dangerous but it's close to the city center and rents are cheap carlos doesn't want to be recognized a month ago he fled from gang warfare in the town of el. it was war so we left so as not to get caught up in the

cities such as burma co consumer vast amounts of natural resources even as they become ever more scarce the restoration of vegetation around cities and elsewhere can improve people's quality of life and perhaps reduce the potential for violence and conflict. of the world 68800000 displaced persons by far the majority around 14000000 people are internally displaced in colombia years of paramilitary violence has led to 7700000 people there suffering that fate most have nothing to return to their homes and livelihoods several gone. and more recently they've been joined by one and a half 1000000 refugees from crisis stricken venezuela. is growing fast some 10000000 people live here but it's the poor districts on the outskirts that are increasing most rapidly. many people displaced from their homes elsewhere in colombia have settled in so watcha the neighborhood is known to be dangerous but it's close to the city center and rents are cheap carlos doesn't want to be recognized a month ago he fled from gang warfare in the town of el. it was so we left so as not to get caught up in the fighting

this warning comes after the collapse of a valley dam in late january killed $270.00 in the town of burma. do you know that dolly employees were arrested on suspicion of murder after a judge investigating them from a dino collapse discovered evidence that dolly was aware of the risks of a collapse at that site to bring with dino collapse occurred 80 miles away from the town of marianna where another dam operated by dolly another company collapsed and killed 19 people in 2015 at the time of that deadly disaster the company adopted the slogan marianna never again. more news on the u.s. opioid epidemic an unsettling refer poured from a bipartisan pair of us members of congress alleges that the opiate manufacturers have corrupted the world health organization in order to prevent the w h o from taking actions that could lower sales one of the authors representative catarina clark of massachusetts alleges that the w.h.o. appears to be lending the opioid industry its voice and credibility and as a result a trusted public health organization is trafficking dangerous misinformation that could lead

with the advance of european influence, french and british colonialism advancing through indochina, burma, malaya. but they held off colonial power and thailand takes great pride in never having been colonised and they attributed this to the success and skills of those kings, those direct descendants of king maha vajiralongkorn. he is the descendant of people who moulded this country. we are still seeing the sender live in bangkok. that ceremony has continued. king maha vajiralongkorn has walked away from where he was setting. he received some water. there is now a multitiered umbrella. what is the role of the monarchy in thailand and in society? officially it isa thailand and in society? officially it is a constitutional monarchy and if you hear that term people imagine it isa if you hear that term people imagine it is a monarchy like those in europe where monarchs have an essentially ceremonial role. the monarchy is held to be above politics. in practice, the enormous moral authority and real power that the king has — remember this money thatis the king has — remember this money tha

alert this warning comes after the collapse of a valley dam in late january killed 1270 in the town of burma deano a valley employees were arrested on suspicion of murder after a judge investigating the room edina collapse discovered evidence that valley was aware of the risks of a collapse at that site the broome would you know collapse occurred 80 miles away from the town of marianna where another dam operated by valley and another company collapsed and killed 19 people in 2015 at the time of that deadly disaster the company adopted the slogan marianna never again. more news on the u.s. opioid epidemic and unsubtly requests were poured from a bipartisan pair of us members of congress alleges that the opium manufacturers have corrupted the world health organization in order to prevent the w. h. o. from taking actions that could lower sales one of the authors representative catarina clark of massachusetts alleges that the w.h.o. appears to be lending the opioid industry its voice and credibility and as a result a trusted public health organization is trafficking dangerous misinformation that

news live from burma and still to come the mexican mothers searching for their children in a country where drugs cartels disappear thousands of people every year not just and we often corrupt police families afford to take matters into their own hands and sometimes devastating results. had a vast german chancellor angela merkel is being honored by one of the world's most prestigious universities harvard university has awarded her its doctorate of laws degree. will oversee the the creature in a ceremony on campus in cambridge massachusetts is also due to give the university's commencement speech in less than 3 i will bring them to la. for us that will join d.w.b. washington bureau trees chief. outside harvard university welcome out xander why did they choose chancellor merkel. well we have to say that she is here among friends and many people who admire and respect her and when the announcement was made the president of the university said in a statement that angle on merkel is one of the most whites of the at my art and influential states people of all worth times that her leadership

was very very strong and burma knew more than 20 percent. and other european. german and other center in europe are up it was a very strong so even now according to my looters. the green party is even stronger than the right we use of. the neat so it's not the sort of the expected right we shift on the european parliament but especially of. the greek and the. new stand out about their rights under it but but if you look at it clean you look at france you know euro skeptic right wing parties have gone after their vote quite considerably also of course the green party does that leave your left party a little bit i had in the cold after this. yes we are we had this or that was the result and germany we lost 2 seats we had before with 7 seats now we have and the main man. left. and we are we're just a bit. awkward by the strong but. we lost the spectrum there are a 1000000 we're not even now there. are reports not these right we shift as expected this european and the argument can be over who the big winners are but the big losers andree it is that center groaned i

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. >>> a jetliner came to a grinding halt at runway in burma. e the country also known as myanmar. the landing gar failed to deploy and passengers inside recorded the tense touch down. >> reporter: in this video posted online, the myanmar national airlines plane appears to touch down smoothly but then its nose tilts down, scraping along the runway for several seconds until the jet skids to a stop. inside smoke rises from the seats of passengers who appear anxious. they scramble to safety. amazingly all 82 passengers and seven crew members made it out wo without any injuries. the airline is praising the pilot. they took off from myanmar's biggest city and its landing gear malfunctioned. the pilot circled the airport twice for air traffic control to check whether the front wheeldize ployed. it didn't so the pilot burnt excess fuel to lighten the weight before making an emergency landing. >> reporter: this comes one week after russian plane made anmergency landing in moscow. they say that plane landed with full fuel tanks, killing at least 41 paepal. >> our london bure eo, thank you.

alert this morning comes after the collapse of a valley dam in late january killed 1270 in the town of burma deano a valley employees were arrested on suspicion of murder after a judge investigating the collapse discovered evidence that dolly was aware of the risks of a collapse at that site the broome would you know collapse occurred 80 miles away from the town of marianna where another dam operated by valley and another company collapsed and killed 19 people in 2015 at the time of that deadly disaster the company adopted the slogan marianna never again. more news on the u.s. opioid epidemic an unsettling report from a bipartisan pair of us members of congress alleges that the opiate manufacturers have corrupted the world health organization in order to prevent the w. h. o. from taking actions that could lower sales one of the authors representative catarina clark of massachusetts alleges that the w.h.o. appears to be lending the opioid industry it's voice and credibility and as a result a trusted public health organization is trafficking dangerous misinformation that could lead to a global

cities such as burma co consumer vast amounts of natural resources even as they become ever more scarce the restoration of vegetation around cities and elsewhere can improve people's quality of life and perhaps reduce the potential for violence and conflict. of the world 68800000 displaced persons by far the majority around 14000000 people are internally displaced in colombia years of paramilitary violence has led to 7700000 people there suffering that fate most have nothing to return to their homes and livelihoods are all gone. and more recently they've been joined by one and a half 1000000 refugees from crisis stricken venezuela. is growing fast some 10000000 people live here but it's the poor districts on the outskirts that are. increasing most rapidly. many people displaced from their homes elsewhere in colombia have settled in so watch the neighborhood is known to be dangerous but it's close to the city center and rents are cheap. doesn't want to be recognized a month ago he fled from gang warfare in the town of el. it was so we left so as not to get caught up in the fighting if we

in burma they have no media. the government uses facebook to get out information and facebook is expected to hire enough translators to speak every dialect in that country. i understand there is a problem. i don't understand how the government can help. >> hang on. let's go back to. china has been very aggressive and we as americans find it offensive. >> china doesn't allow facebook in. >> no but they allow other apps and control them. >> i am not for that either. >> that's what i was asking. >> they are controlling people and facebook is an american company. what about standing up for an american company. and chris hughes is a billionaire because of facebook. think about the politics. his husband didn't win his election in 2014. i smell a political comeback. the safest thing to do right now running for office to get money from a liberal race. tobacco is done. banks are over with. elizabeth warren locked that up. you could go after big tech and pay no price. >> you can get money because they donate to you. >> it'