china is expected to surpass singapore as the top investor in malaysia for the first time. >> malaysia is in central of this south asia region. so if china manage to pull up together with malaysia, definitely, it will be a very good steppingstone for china. >> reporter: in 2011, obama announced a pivot to asia policy. it's meant to focus the country more on the region's politics and security issues. so the asean summit will be a key time to counter moves made by china and continue with the policy. nhk world. >>> authorities in australia have seized illegal stimulants worth about $900 million u.s. >> we're here to laud the joint operation that has result the in the largest seizure of liquid methamphetamine in australia's history. this is also one of the largest drug seizures in our country's history. >> investigators say they coiscated morehan 700 liters of liquid methamphetamine hidden in boxes of bra inserts and art supplies. the goods had been sent from hong kong. police arrested four chinese nationals, three of wm are from hong kong. amphetamine smugglers have targeted australia in

now strengthening his crypt on malaysia. we have more on that after this short break. -- now strengthening his grip on malaysia. we have more after the short break. ♪ >> it is 10:46 a.m. and hong kong. these are the stories making headlines. moderate candidates have won all seeds into tehran in a sweeping victory for president hassan rouhani, following a high a referendum on iran's nuclear deal with world powers. reformist coalition has an early lead in a separate vote for the assembly of experts, a senior clerical body that selects iran's supreme leader. abort latest to launch of falcon nine rocket at the very last moment. the mission plan to place a satellite in orbit an attempt to land the booster on a floating barge. it failed on three previous attempts. was playingcompany down expectations of success. it is not clear when they may try to launch again. security tight outside the dolby theater in los angeles where the 88th academy awards are getting underway. extra measures in place for the arrival of vice president joe

malaysia is headed to a health crisis. new figures show the country of 30 million people is getting fatter. the health minister said that half the population is over weight or obese. we have reports from kuala lumpur. >> waist lines have been expanding in malaysia for decades, and the country's lover rich foods and sweet treats has led to an obesity crisis. half the country has been deemed obese or overweight. malaysians do know that their diet is not perfect. >> i'm very careful about what i eat. eating too much and lack of exercise. exercise is extremely important. >> in 1996 just 4.4% of malaysia's population was classed as obese. ten years later that number skyrocketed to 14%. now the figure is running at almost 18%, which means more than 5 million malaysians. the number of overweight people is also at record levels. at 30%. >> i think the solution is educating the young people now. primary school children. reeducate at 10 years old, 1 years old now. they will become healthy adults. less overweight and healthy malaysia

japan, china and south korea are reportedly interested in malaysia's project. those countries are expected to engage in fierce competition once bidding starts. >>> officials at japanese electronics maker sharp are going to sit down with the industry to be begin full-scale operations. they're trying to rebuild the business. the executives earlier considered two bailout plans and decided to give onhai rights. the offer other offer was from the government network corporation of japan. sharp's decision came after at the last moment they raised their takeover bid to nearly $6 billion. hong hi is in japan for final negotiations. shop executives plan to carefully analyze the proposals. they want to clarify the possibility whether the taiwaneze. liquid crystal is not leaked overseas and employees are protected. sharp executives say these points for now are not a matter of concern, but say negotiations could break off if the hone hai makes unreasonable changes. they'll keep their option to gho negotiate with the japanese fund. >>> advances in-camera technology pushing t

. >>> plus expanding waistlines in malaysia. >>> and in sport, following the $46 million transfer of martinez, we look at the increasing financial power of chinese football. ♪ >>> but first japan has put its military on alert to shoot down a north korean rocket. the north koreans insist the rockets which they plan to launch this month will carry a satellite. harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: when north korea last launched a long-range rocket in december 2012, it said it successfully placed a satellite in orbit and says the next launch is for that purpose. >> translator: this is actually a ballistic missile test. north korea testing these ballist ballistic missiles is in violation of the security of our country. >> reporter: discarded parts of the fuselage will drop further south before the second stage crashes into the sea. japan says it will shoot down the rocket if any part of it threatens japanese soil. >> translator: we strongly warn that the north will pay a severe price if it goes ahead with the long-range missile launch. it is a great threat to peace of this region and aro

malaysia down 0.2%. taiwan pretty much flat. japan, we are seeing that foreign investors are fleeing japan for six straight weeks. black rock is among the asset managers, one of the biggest ones, that are overweight on japan. they think the boj adopting negative rates is going to be the main thing that pushes things back up. that and the stimulus measures will keep a lid on the yen. i want to end on the yen. we see a little bit of weakness today. year-to-date, the last month or so, it has climbed 0.6%. last week, third straight weekly advance. we are seeing honda and mazda saying that these currency losses are magnifying the situation in terms of earnings. debtad: china's ratio of to the size of economy is expected to climb. work to prevent a deeper slowdown. shery ahn is all over this. what is going on? shery: the ever-present specter of china's debt overhang is expected to keep getting worse. seven out of 12 economist see the debt to gdp ratio increasing through 2019. at 283%ect debt to peek of gdp. policymakers are facing the

>> i lived in malaysia. i'm an overseas chinese. my grandparents migrated to malaysia. we didn't have anything where the cultural revolution would shake out. in my family's case, with my father was the 16th out of 18. >> just one mother? >> no my ran father was a rich man and had three wives and he was the 16th sun from the third wife. >> china was always there in the part of our family tradition. also, because we are five daughters, every time we showed up at a gathering, they were always disapproving and said you should be glad you're not in china. you'd never be bored or you would be given away. you wouldn't exist. >> my accountant father never ceased to remind his daughters that they were liabilities instead of assets. >> does he may not in financial terms? >> yes he did count that way. he was an auditor. when we were growing up, we were very aware that he wasn't going to spend a lot of money to send us to college or educate us beyond a certain level because we were girls. it would be very different if we were boys. >> did he do that in fact? did he pay for your col

earlier, bloomberg spoke to malaysia's economic planning minister. he spoke about the issue. >> what we decided to do was straw a line and let the conductve authorities respective investigations. we must allow them to do their bet and the process must allowed to continue. what is important is for us to ensure that one mdb will execute the plan. >> a bipartisan committee is looking into one mdb and its report is expected in the coming month. rishaad: we have heard about -- publicficial officials being implicated. we don't know who they are, but we are told the prime minister is not accused. >> that's right. the spokesman for the swiss attorney general's office says the malaysian prime minister is not one of the figures under accusation. authorities have been asking for malaysia for legal assistance in 1mdbinvestigation into after revealing that $4 billion may have been misappropriated. but the malaysian prime minister is not one of those under accusation. another story we are following on our website is about japanese trading. you can follow that on o

they have asked malaysia for legal assistance on this. they want to investigate further and where the money has gone. orther it has gone somewhere losses were sustained. malaysian authorities have made no comment on the losses believed to be incurred. they say they will assist the swiss investigation as to whether losses have been sustained. the response about to this on saturday? >> malaysian attorney general says it will fully cooperate and review findings before they decide what to do. swiss authorities started looking into this in august after notifications of suspicious transactions reported by the swiss financial intelligence unit. no individuals have been mentioned. the prime minister has been talking with -- >> heads of the advisory. rishaad: yes and the attorney general. thank you very much. a quick look at what we have coming up, joining the subzero club. more on the boj decision to drop to negative interest rates. ♪ shery: theseshery: are the stories making headlines are in the world. a triple bombing claimed by the so-called

i'll start with malaysia and vietnam. they have deplorable human rights conditions and conditions relating to worker rights. i focus in on worker rights because essentially what we have been trying to do is to -- is international trade agreements unfold, to raise standards instead of other race to the bottom. in vietnam today there is a consistency agreement that the usgr has worked out, and there are some important provisions in it. however, if your look at conditions today, the main consistency is to vietnam inconsistency as to worker rights. when i was there about a year ago as part of the delegation, led by nancy pelosi, i met a woman who had been in prison for four years and four months for trying to organize workers into independent unions. recently as she was trying again, she had been released from jail. she was beaten and beaten terribly, simply for trying to exercise the right of workers to organize. in malaysia, the situation remains deplorable. and i think there's deep concern with this present leadership in m

when she was four years old, i andworking during the .com malaysia. comingom commuting home midnight every friday night. one of those weekends when i was building a startup, my daughter had a long epileptic seizure. i went to the school because i haven't been to school in a long time. i found out she had a learning disorder triggered by the epilepsy. luckily, it was benign and triggered by sleep deprivation. she had to work so much harder than others to make it. she did. she is in a great college in boston. she has made it. her.so proud of that is when i look back -- it is not my compliments, it is my daughter's accompaniments. >> coming up. rosaline koo: at my last company, they told me in order to have more diversity, i needed more women. ♪ ♪ haslinda: you didn't set out to be an entrepreneur. you have a degree in cybernetics. what happened? rosaline koo: i think it is destiny and serendipity that brought me here. each decision led to other decisions along the way. becaused cybernetics when i was young, we were really poor. the first person with

. >> reporter: waist lines have been expanding in malaysia for decades. the country's love of rich food and sweet treats is leading to a crisis. almost half the country is deemed overweight. obese. figures show that the number of people with unhealthy weight levels have been rising dramatically. malaysians know their diet is not perfect. >> i try to eat more salad and vegetables, and have my own juice. >> i careful what i eat. i'm also eating too much. lack of exercise, and exercise is extremely important. >> in 1996, 4.4% of malaysia's population was classed as obese. 10 years later, it sky rocketed to 14%. now the figure is running at 18%. it means more than 5 million malaysians. the numbers of overweight people are at record levels. >> i think the solution must be educating the young people now. for example, the children. re educating 10 years old, 11 years old. they'll become adults, 20 years later, they'll be healthy adults. less obesity, and healthy malaysians. >> poor weight control comes with well-known associated problems. doctors say half the co

malaysia's benchmark, up by almost 1%, finishing at 1680. figures show the country's economy grew 5% last year, beating analysts' expectations. let's look at indonesia. of up by a quarter of one percent, finishing at 4778. the central bank lowered its key interest rate to 7%. that was the second rate cut this year and in mean with market expectation. china bucked the trend. shanghai composite down by a fraction, as we see there, 2862 for the closing number, discouraging inflation numbers fueled hopes for more government stimulus, but profit taking wiped out earlier gains. here's a hook look at some of t other business stories we're following today. >>> toyota motor officials have announced a global recall of almost 2.9 million vehicles. they say the seat belts could be damaged by a metal part in the event of a crash. it applies to the rav4 between 2005 and 2014 and the vanguard produced in japan between 2005 and january this year. >>> government officials say in january, japan's trade balance was in the deficit by nearly 650 billion yen, tha

much more for vietnam and for malaysia. but even that four-tenths of 1% over 15 years i think it's very much in question. because that model assumes that there will be full employment, which hasn't occurred. that model assumes that wages will keep up with productivity. that isn't true, hasn't been true. that model doesn't look at issues like income inequality, a major issue today. and that model also doesn't look at specific sectors. so i have urged the itc a to use a very different model to look at these issues, and they are going to a report by the middle of me. i hope that that will spark intensive discussion about the essence of tpp, and whether it really will benefit the working families of the united states. so let me just close. i want to read just the last paragraph, if i might. all of you have a copy. some will say that tpp is an improvement over the status quo. you'll hear that a lot. others would say that we should not, that the perfect be the enemy of the good. by the way, you've probably heard people say that h

divided between malaysia, brunei, and indonesia. kuching. capital. it's a sleepily city with a colorful 19th century boys adventure story history. pirates, head hunters, opportunists. the former domain of sir james brook, an englishman who came to be known as the white raja. for a century, generations of the brook family ruled sarawak has an independent kingdom. they created their own army, the sarawak rangers who also acted as raja's personal guard. tomorrow i follow the pavement as far as it goes then it's boats the rest of the way. but first, breakfast. and fortunately, i know exactly where to go. i sat at this same table last time. i look at my life as a continuum, a trail of noodles. going round and round the world until it comes right back to the same spicy bowl. oh, yeah, that is, can i say tumescent on cnn? yeah, pretty sure i can. oh, yeah, baby. it's a magical dish. i don't know. it's two types of noodles i think. chicken, coconut, chili. you know, the main event of this is the broth. the wisdom of the ages is contained in there. it's, like

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mohamed, al jazeera, djibouti. >>> former malaysia minister filed a lawsuit challenging a decision to clear the prime minister of corruption, last month he avoided prosecution over a financial scandal in which he received almost $700 million from the saudi royal family and attorney general said the money was a donation and most of it was returned but the new lawsuit says there is strong evidence of wrongdoing by the prime minister. and we have more on the man leading this new lawsuit against the decision to clear the prime minister. >> he is a respected lawyer having founded one of the largest legal firms in this country and was part of the government in 2008 and fell out with the government then when he criticized them for arrested three high profile individuals and a blogger and a journalist urn der the security act a way that many human rights activists believe is a way of stifling or criticism of the government and he joined opposition and watching events from the sidelines during the past 18 months, the corruption scandal embroiling the prime minister and government and apparentl

malaysia is weak at the moment down by what a third of a percent. we are still seeing the lunar new year making -- many that hong kong, china and other markets in the region are close first-rate day. they're still buffering a bit from the selloff that we have seen globally. lostive and have percent yesterday is down by 1%. there is a few winners, simcoe is one of them. in australia, of course it is the mining and technology shops coming under pressure. they are entering bear market territory as it closes. exasperating the losses at the midsession. i was so you some of the stocks that we have been watching in use of -- in japan. nippon signal is actually keeping that loss. down by 20%. there, agl gains energy is pretty flat. investing into windfarms. bhp is also showing the fall that we are seeing in mining stocks. speaking of mining, we have seen oil price come back a little. to about $20. of 2% in asian trade. aboutrse it is all been the safe haven for gold. it is sexy climbed 12% so far. to his its best start trading year since 1980. the gold pric

malaysia, panama. the bulk of the work has been done in brazil. in operational context, if you conduct a program releasing these mosquitoes, you can bring the population down in six months. proven ando far effective tool. millions of mosquitoes can be read in a matter of months. >> it is ready to go. we have the methodologies, the policy -- quality control. not withoutology is critics. but they say it is safe. they say there is little evidence wiping out the mosquitoes would damage the wider ecosystem. >> we are doing the same things with pests that attack animals or damage crops. there are so many approaches. a good case, you can do job in terms of controlling the past are doing so in a way that is safe and friendly for the environment. say with theists right of approvals, they are ready to expand their fight against the zika virus. gopro acoming up, is one-hit wonder? investors fear it could be after sales of its latest owners failed to take off. from new york, next. ♪ look at thes take a market. shanghai compos, close to 2% up. points down in

after months of tour more -- of turmoil, new moves in malaysia. rishaad: the latest after this. ♪ angie: the prime minister of malaysia has tightened his grip on power suspending the second in command of his ruling party. correspondent -- let us bring in our correspondent. how is the story here? was deputysuspended prime minister before he was .ired he has been suspended for "undermining the party and the constitution." about two hours before making that call, as you know, muh for -- to calling step down. he is chairman of the fun. there are questions about local donations, money trails, to his personal bank account. najib has removed all that have spoken out against them. his attorney general appointed by the government found no criminal offense. what about recent developments. how secure is najib? has: does seem like najib estes position -- has coalesced his position. critics have been silenced. he is stronger than before. we are going to get the latest for you on japan's reopening after the short break. stay with us, you are watching asia edd

>> they decided to meet, but the man said he was a general contractor and abruptly needed to go to malaysia for work. at one point, he said he needed money for construction license. >> the answers seemed always legitimate in my mind so i sent him the first $9,000. >> over several weeks, she sent more money. in all, more than $400,000. when he asked her for a ticket to travel to the u.s., something didn't seem right, so she called authorities in malaysia. >> i even called the embassy and said you've been scammed. you'll never get your money. >> turns out, the man she was talking to on the phone used for a profile. >> for me, i thought i was really doing well to do the background check. so obviously, these people steal identities. >> the most important red flag is money. if they're asking you for money ever, especially large dollar amounts, it's probably a scam. anthony: wow. caitlin: yeah, diane wilson with that report. it is such a shame they prey on innocent people though. unfortunate for that woman, but you have to be careful. anthony: you can't trust everybody you meet online. caitlin: v

. >>> off the radar report, malaysia has a big problem. it is the most obese in southeast asia. sahil has more from kuala lumpur. >> the country's love of rich foods and sweet treats have led to a weight crisis. new figures show that rising dramatically in the last 20 years. malasians do know their diet isn't perfect. >> i try to eat more vegetables and make my own juice. >> i'm very careful what i eat. but i'm also eating too much, lack of exercise and exercise is extremely important. >> in 1996, just 4.4% of malaysia's population was classed as obese. ten years later that had skyrocketed to 14%. now, the figure is running at almost 18%, which means more than 5 million malasians. the number of overweight people is also at record levels at 30%. >> i think the solution must be educating yuceducating young pe. they will become adults 20 years later, three will become healthy adults, legal risky less overweight and better malasians. >> doctors say almost half the country has high cholesterol and a fifth was suffering from diabetes. diabetes is a problem that many developed countrie

oil price story driving some of these gains, particularly when it comes to stocks in southeast asia, malaysia, singapore, and australia, miners doing quite well there. rumors of get more what is going to come out of this meeting between the saudis and russia, and no potentially venezuela, wti keeping its head above $30 per barrel. another 4% from that today rally. -- that two-day rally. it has been a volatile session but what has been consistent is financials. the controversial negative rate decision coming into effect. mitsubishi holding onto gains from yesterday, up another 6%. up.ha some of these lenders have theten upgrades, and biggest later on the nikkei 225 record onp by 16%, a the reports of a buyback to the tune of $4.4 billion. valuations are very cheap at the moment, and they shouldn't be as cheap as where we are seeing the stock price sitting now. angie: thanks so much. let's get more right now on softbank with our asia tech reporter. this buyback could be worth almost $4.5 billion. and you can't even compare with softbank's, own past purchases a -- softbank's own past purchases.

turkey has three and malaysia two. for a, not a good return program estimated to be $5 billion over budget. >> of that production has stabilized, we are recovering. we will be focusing on the months ahead into getting additional exports. stephen: what other nations are you talking to in asia? who would be a good customer? >> and a customer would be great. the airports in this part of the world are extremely professional, be at indonesia, singapore, thailand, vietnam. stephen: even at $200 million per plane? aircraft, but very expensive. to afford that, you need to be in deep pockets. while airbus is not in talks with china about this plane, the ceo was confident the military will consider it. a tactical the a400m airlift her, it can also be fitted for air surveillance. he says he wants to have one particular pickup cured by the end of the year. >> our performance today does not meet the ability to refuel helicopters. the plane is thing designed for heavy lifting, moore may be needed to get the plane off the ground. ste

malaysia was banned in because of this, even a derek was trying to save him and the prime minister was ok. so he is in jail and there is a whole other cape fear revenge plot brewing throughout. intensity that he has in getting back at derek. what a perfect introduction to will ferrell breaking out of prison. >> prison changed they, i am bad to the core now. where is my latte? charlie: explained that seem to me. >> there is an intense relationship between todd and his assistant that we explored in the first movie. we wanted to go deeper. this is the first on their seen each other in a long time. charlie: like anybody else who might not have seen each other for a long time. for us it was getting him out of jail was a big thing and having was one of theme worst days ever. >> there is no reason why he should -- >> we like them so much, let's look at another scene. introducing the last character that we want to talk about, kirsten. ♪ >> alexandra. [screaming and moaning] charlie: what is it about satirizing celebrity that so fascinates you? >> that is a good question. it is interesting to

he abruptly needed to go to malaysia to work. at one point he said that he needed money. >> it was always legitimate. i sent him the first $9,000. >> she sent more money. $400,000 in all. when he asked for a ticket to travel to the u.s. something didn't sing -- seem right. >> i called the embassy and they said he has -- you have been scammed. >> the man use someone else's picture and name for his profile. >> i thought i was doing well to do a background check. these people steal identities. >> the most important red flag is money. large dollar amounts, it is probably a scam. >> that is something you have to remember. just stop communicating with them. this is so sad. i hear from people all the time who lose money to this scam. hopefully you do not fall for it valentine's day. anna: a lot of red flags. that is one. joel: if you have a consumer complaint or needy troubleshooter to get involved send an e-mail or reach out on twitter. chris hohmann joins us now. the arctic air continues to dig deeper. chris: it keeps coming. some spo

mugatu is the biggest villain in the world, he tried to assassinate the prime minister of malaysia and he failed by brainwashing derek. the movie was banned in malaysia because of this, even though derek was trying to save him and the prime minister was ok. so he is in jail and there is a whole other cape fear revenge plot brewing throughout. in that max intensity that he has in getting back at derek. charlie: what a perfect introduction to will ferrell breaking out of prison. ♪ >> prison changed me, i am bad to the core now. ♪ where is my damn latte? [screaming] [laughter] charlie: explain that scene to me. >> there is an intense relationship between todd and his assistant that we explored in the first movie. we wanted to go deeper. this is the first on their seen -- they've seen each other in a long time. charlie: like anybody else who might not have seen each other for a long time. >> a lot of layers. for us it was getting him out of jail was a big thing and having that escape to me was one of the stupidest prison escapes ever. i feel like we did. there is no reason why he shoul

charges of mis-labeling halal beef that midamar malaysia and iionesia. halal means the meat was processed according to islamic law. but evidence showed that aossey had his company switch labels on beef to make it appear the meat met those standards. in addition to labeling charges, the jury also found aossey guilty of mail and wire fraud and making false statements. kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman joins us live tonight from the federal courthouse in cedar rapids. dave, how extensive was the support for aossey today? bruce, the defense attorney noted nearly 40 people sent letters to the federal judge asking for a lesser sentence or even probation. one of those letters came from a former lieutenant governor of iowa. at the end, off on sentencing to review some of the arguments made today. during the sentencing, the defense pointed to aossey's community involvement and d od character as reasons to sentence him to less than the most likely eight to ten years possible under federal guidelines. but procutors say evidence gathered in raids over the years s swed a

intheast asia, gains malaysia, singapore, as well as jakarta. keeping a close watch on the indonesian currency, as well as the malaysian currency. indonesia has central-bank action later today. counting down to the reopening hong kong and china at the top of the hour. emily: the relationship between regulators in silicon valley's drive for destruction -- disruption is being tested. a startup is under scrutiny. automates hrch , being investigated by california and washington state. resigned amid the scandal, involving allegations employees sold insurance without holding proper licenses. here with me to discuss this and the fallout, our startup reporter for bloomberg news. a great piece out by you. first of all, you've got details about whether parker conrad resigned. and willingly. what do you know? >> not as willing as everyone would like to make it seem. andreessen horowitz is the main investor. they own 25% of the company. definitely, there was a big patient -- a big push to parker, you need to step aside. there was an internal investigation.

haslinda: malaysia airlines undergoing a massive restructuring, taken private because of massive losses amounting to more than $1 billion. a 30% cut in operations. they have already cut most of the european group. is at the end of it? christoph: we are refocusing on emerging economies, strong gdp growths, and creating new relationships between malaysia and those countries. the most prominent being china. no more cuts to be expected. we will change our outlook each and every year, like every airline. we simply did not have enough work for all the people we employed, so that was very unfortunate, but also that is over. we have reached our final headcount numbers. haslinda: how does it look in asia? what are the prospects? john: it is an enormous market for us. over the next 20 years, globally, we expect about 350 aircraft in space, 25% of that is going to come from asia pacific, including china. so it is an enormous possibility for us. today, we have 20 customers in 11 countries with over 200 aircraft flying in the region. we have a lot more work to do in this region. a big operation here

britishbritish and australian governments are issuing new terror for malaysia. australian authorities warn terrorists may be planning attacks around kuala lumur. and i siz claiming october. >>responsibility for attacks in syria that killed 80 people and this as secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. andkerry says the u.s. and russia agreed on a new cease-fire for syria. that will take place on saturday and it hinges on ass ad's government accepting the deal. >>> and members of the fighter squadron joining the fight against isis. its first apprg, danville, bedfor river valley. >> mark: there is no escaping it. i mean, we are all seeing some rain at some point or another today. 7 to 10. 7 to midnight, we will see a lot of it. >> heavier after midnight and then another day to get rain. >> danner: we had a lot of moistureme threat of flooding in some areas. >> george: the dan have i ever toward the south side. some flashflood warnings. any areas prone for flooding near the dan river want to use caution. the rain will occur tonight for your tuesday into wednesda

and it was sad that we was buying latex glod abroad, malaysia, nothing against those countries but we need to put our people back to work in the u.s. so i went to see the governor of the state of alabama and asked him whatr developing a business presence especially minority business presence. he said they was more into so i went out and found a manufacturing business and brought it back to him and said, i like this business. i think we can get behind it, steve and i, and launch the only in the united states. so we went to walmart and talked to the chairman of walmart, doug mcmillan. he bought into it. he saw the put people back to work. >> what do you anticipate for 2016 revenue with ameritech? >> first year if we can get 50e'll be very satisfied with it. >> so steve is really big on having his family involved in the business. and i know that you share similar values. tell me more about that. >> my three kids work with business ever since they came out of florida a & m college they came right back into the business. my daughter got a master's in my son got a mar teres in marketing. my

when she was four i was working during the .com in malaysia. i was commuting every morning at -- monday at 4:00 in the morning and coming on friday night at midnight. one of those weekends when i was building the startup my daughter had a really long epileptic seizure. i went to the school because i cannot been to the school in a long time and found that she also had a learning disorder triggered by the epilepsy. luckily, it was benign and triggered by sleep deprivation. so she had to work so much harder than others to make it and she did. she in a great college in boston. i am so proud of her. that is what i look back -- it's not my accomplishment. it's my daughter's accomplishment. >> coming up -- osaline: at my last company they told me that in order to have more diversity i needed to hire more men. [laughter] ♪ ♪ haslinda: you didn't set out to be in entrepreneur. you have a degree in cybernetics. what changed? rosaline: i think it is destiny and serendipity that brought me here. each decision just led to other decisions along the way.

his trial that he requested and instructed midamar employees to re-box, re-label, and ship beef to malaysia. today's sentence also called for three years of supervision after release, a 60-thousand dollar fine, and a 180-thousand dollar forfeiture. aossey's sons, jalel and yahya, have each pleaded guilty to related charges and are still waiting for their sentencing. they each face two to five yearr in prisis. atkins injured one person this morning. the state patrol says an s-u-v rear-ended a semi in the westboundndanes of highway near 33rd avenue. that semi was just getting back onto the highway from the shoulder. an air ambulance took the s-u-v's driver to a cedar rapids hospital. we don't have that person's condition. police say aircare flew a 29 year old woman to university of iowa hospitals after a car struck her as downtown waterloo. they say amy garrrrson suffered head injuries and a possible hip fracture. the car struck her at east fourth and lafayette streets last evening. she's now in intensive care. police say the driver is not facing charges. all of iowa's congressmen and senator

foods business is sentenced to two years ii prison for cooitting fraud in exporting beef products to malaysia and indonesia. a federal judge in cedar rapids granted 74-year-old william aossey jr. some leniency, departing from federal guidelines that called for a longer sentence. he is convicted for directing employees to falsify packaging labels so midamar could export beef products that did not meet malaysian and indonesian standards for religiousubased slaughter. a man is sentenced to prison for distributing pure meth. 36-year-old seth beard admitted that between 2013 and 2015 he distributed almost four pounds of pure meth to the cedar falls area. ard is sentenced to 17 years in federal prison with no chance at parole. an update to a pedestrian-related crash reported last night in this woman -- 29- year-old amy garretson of waterloo -- was hit by a 62-year-old driver last night near east fourth and lafayette -- following a dinner at jameson's. cording to witnesses -- amy in the cross walk. her husband -- john molseed -- is with amy at university of iowa hospitals and clinic. john says he is

i made the decision about malaysia. and i made it strictly on the merits. and, in fact, malaysia has made improvements, increased prosecutions, increased investigations, has passed amendments on anti-trafficking. it has passed amendments on providing better law enforcement protection. it has issued regulations in consultation with ngos, and it has increased law enforcement efforts to prosecute and to convict and it had additional convictions. now, you know, you have to make a judgment in some of these cases. but i will absolutely vouch for the integrity of this process. we have a very detailed year long effort where people are measuring and i have instructed our embassies to be engaged year long in working with countries to try to give them time to make changes to respond to our needs. sometimes you are better off working with encouraging and getting people to do something than just slamming them in a report and finding that they say well the hell with them and they walk away and they don't respond. we found in the case of malaysia and some other countries,

singapore, taiwan and malaysia have just come online. here's a look at what is happening so far. we weren't expecting much of a change in terms of what we are getting out of the bank of korea. a bit of a reaction, a bit more extended in terms of the korean down half ang percent. we had gains of 3/10 of 1% yesterday. a bit of a reaction on the currency markets in korea to hold interest rates at its meeting. elsewhere around the region, the but it up 7/10 of 1%, has been a volatile day. asian equities struggling to carry through from yesterday's rally. the really strong today rally coming out of european equities, as well. we should be seeing stronger gains if you look at the comments coming out from the acb, mario draghi saying policymakers will not be hesitant to ask if global markets continued to deteriorate. similar from the bank of japan. also, general sentiment that the selloff has been overdone. instead, we see a very much mixed picture. .own by .5% gains when it comes to the minors, but gold miners are leading the decline, down under. new zealand, up 3/10 of 1%. taiwan up.

. >> this is much to the anger of the nearby philippines, malaysia. for more we go to harry pau. >> the woody island has been in beijing's hands since 1974. china formerly declared a city on this tiny speck of land home to more than a house people. now according to taiwan which claims the island with vietnam it is home to two advance surface to air missiles batteries. >> they blame the western medi media's appetite for creating news stories and it did not in so many words deny that the reports were true. >> as for the limited self defense facility that china has built on the islands stated by chinese personnel, this is consistent with self preservation an protection that china is entitled to understand international law. >> the u.s. navy has twice sailed warships within a few kilometers that are controlled by china and president obama has promised more of the same. this is part of a trajectory towards china preparing these islands for possible deployment by the military fighters or missiles. and this has been a great fear in washington that this would

those held by vietnam, taiwan, the philippines and malaysia are 1 h 1,000 meters, they're not like china's 3,000 runway, which can be turned into military facilities. the construction of the facilities ambition for the future. various facilities china has built on reclaimed reefs cannot be recognized as territory. the country is building artificial objects, in violation of the u.n. convention on the lure of the sea. we must raise the issue. warn china not to expand such facilities. japan needs to closely share information with the united states. japan may also need to patrol the south china sea if needed, to stop china's blatant attempt to expand its territory. japan also has to work closely with rcn nations. with which it shares the same values. >> that was nagaiwa, former commander with the defense forces. >>> oil prices fluctuating this week. investors took prices higher by the international agency. it said oversupply would be resolved next year. prices are falling again. joining us no from the business desk. what are they reacting to now? >> they're reacting to comments by the saudi ar

beijing says it owns the spratly islands to the anger of philippine, vietnam, malaysia and brunei. china's claimed territorial waters. >> reporter: woody island, beijing said it had it since 1974. chia formed a city on the plan, home to thousands of people. taiwan claimed the island with vietnam. it's home to two advanced boundaries. china's foreign minister said it was an appetite of creating stories, but didn't deny that the reports were true. >> reporter: as for the limited talk that china has been on the island, stationed by chinese personnel. this is what whina is entitled to under international law. >> reporter: for china, self-defence the united nations sees as nationalization. warships withal few kilometres of islands in controlled by china, but whose sovereignty is disputed. president obama promised more of the same. >> it's part of a trajectory towards china preparing the islands in possible deployment of either military fighters or missiles. and this is a great fear in washington. this would deny the areas of theibility of ships to deploy without the threat of the used f

we are refocusing on emerging economies, strong gdp growths, and creating new relationships between malaysia and those countries, the most prominent being china. no more cuts to be expected. we will change it every year, like every airline. we did not have enough work for all the people we employed, so that was very unfortunate, but also that is over. haslinda: how does it look in asia? what does it look like? john: globally, we expect about 350 aircraft in space, 25% of that is going to come from asia, including china. so it is an enormous possibility for us. we have 20 customers in 11 countries with over 200 aircraft flying in the region. we have a lot more work to do in this region. a big operation in beijing. we are committed to the region we want to grow here. haslind: but you will face increasing competition. japan's mitsubishi aircraft trying to get into the space you are in. you have dominated this for a long time, but competition is heating up. john: those competitors book and where we are. they are at the low end. part of our view on competition is we take them all seriously whethe

i made the decision about malaysia. and i made it strictly on the merits. and, in fact, malaysia has made improvements, increased prosecutions, increased investigations, has passed amendments on anti-trafficking. it has passed amendments on providing better law enforcement protection. it has issued regulations in consultation with ngos, and it has increased law enforcement efforts to prosecute and to convict and it had additional convictions. now, you know, you have to make a judgment in some of these cases. but i will absolutely vouch for the integrity of this process. we have a very detailed year long effort where people are measuring and i have instructed our embassies to be engaged year long in working with countries to try to give them time to make changes to respond to our needs. sometimes you are better off working with encouraging and getting people to do something than just slamming them in a report and finding that they say well the hell with them and they walk away and they don't respond. we found in the case of malaysia and some other countries,

airlines is back in the news tonight a woman is suing malaysia airlines and the government for seven point six million dollars in damages over the loss of her husband on flight three seventy disappeared back in twenty fourteen lawyers say more lawsuits are expected over the next few days have a two year filing deadline of the air accident sent by a global aviation agreement three florida pregnant women test positive for the z virus after traveling outside the united states that is department of health the governor requests that the cbc send two hundred fifty additional antibody test kits to the state according to the cdc is eco virus symptoms last between seven to ten days crewmembers are safe after a twenty five foot coast guard vessel flipped over while assisting a fishing boat that ran aground off new york city five coast guard members wearing protective gear swam ashore in queens after their boat capsized following an overnight storm and orange coast guard helicopter dispatched from atlantic city lloyd grove is to get them they were taken to hospital for observation. there were n