we actually have a trade agreement with cambodia, laos, myanmar and vietnam. so goods, you know, lots of the goods that are unfinished go there, get finished, and they can move. so that's an interesting route. >> yes. >> for countries. and everyone is looking at those. we have engagements with sri lanka, we have with many of our neighbors. the middle east is an interesting one that we've always had great connections with, and i think that prime minister modi has made several visits, and i think that there's renewed engagement. i've made a couple of trips there. but the big one is africa. i think that's the last unexplored continent, and i can tell you that as much as wherever we go we see the china footprint, but over the last few, you know, the last two years that i've been traveling to the cis africa and many of these countries, while the u.s. is a natural partner, china has done a lot of work to get in there. but now they're talking to india with. india has a seat at the table. so it comes because we're engaging. >> yeah. ray, you've seen a couple of these

it will link to delhi, the town near the border with myanmar. most of the 330 kilometer route runs through mountains. workers are digging tunnels and constructing bridges. the project will require an entire community to relocate. the village is home to about 1,000 people of the thai ethnic minority. >> translator: i'm in favor of the project. we'll be able to travel more easily. >> reporter: but many others have mixed feelings, including this 27-year-old. her family has lived here for generations. local officials informed her family of the project two years ago. she says they told her that every household in the village will have to relocate. >> translator: i felt indescribable pain when i heard of the plan. our house is comfortable, cool in summer and warm in winter. >> reporter: many villagers rely partly on farming rice and corn for their living. they think the railway will allow her family to sell the produce for a higher price. she has misgivings about government officials. she says the only decision they've made in the past two years is to

let's say bangladesh myanmar, places like that. how much time and energy is spent looking at the near term relationships, even into southeast asia versus engagement with some of the big developed markets? >> so from a cii perspective. and i think that cii of course is the largest industry body. but even the smaller ones, the big countries have consultive groups. like cii has the india-u.s. business council. we have it with germany. we have it with japan. all the big economies. but what we're seeing is -- actually the great interest which is taking shape with our neighbors. so every time we mount a delegation -- in fact we were in myanmar two weeks ago. and with us, there was something like 20 people you know came in and i went there mostly as part of an industry -- as part of you know the delegation. but i actually saw opportunities that we should be engaging which are interesting markets. so our neighborhood is an important market that we've always been kind of interested in and some of us have been there. we have a hospital in ba

both between india and bangladesh, and now between bangladesh and myanmar. and i think things will go very rapidly, as they start getting move -- as movement starts happening, i think there will be only pressure for more easing of those border controls. it's a huge opportunity, actually. it's a completely neglected -- it's a neglected easy win. so, i think it's a great point. >> which side of the road we drive on. >> that's right. >> in myanmar, you know, we were -- it's right-hand side. and we had the steering wheels on the left. it was strange, burt we'll figure it out. >> yeah, please. >> right behind you. then we'll come to you. right behind you. >> hi, i'm ken silverman, head of north america, the group and business centers in india. we bring corporations, universities, non-profits into india, set them up, help expand their businesses and so on. my question is for dr. forbes and mrs. kamineni. the biggest change, or one of the biggest changes i've seen in india in the last couple years, in fact, is entrepreneurship. young men and women who in the past m

military improve capacity in areas such as disaster relief. >> translator: myanmar is a geopolitically important nation. the country's development will contribute to the peace and prosperity of the entire region. >> aung san suu kyi expressed gratitude for japan's support and said she would welcome more assistance from the country. >>> a gun attack monday in northern afghanistan has left at least seven people dead, including a district >>> the incident occurred sunday night at an army camp>>> the iny night at an army camp 30 kill l -- kilometers east. >> translator: the shops and houses that caught fire because of the mortar haves been completely destroyed. now i have nowhere to go >> translator: i went to see my house and shop in the town. it was all totally destroyed and flattened, still burning. we ran for our lives and we left with only the clothes on our backs. we still can't go back there. the road and houses are destroyed. and still burning. >> some evacuees have been allowed to return but a one kilometer exclusion zone has yet to be declared safe. officials say the fire started

rishaad: let's moved to another country -- myanmar and their administration. ofhas an enormous amount influence. there was a lot of expectations. she is almost being set up to fail, isn't she? anton: i think she will have a rising through the high expectations that the voters have placed on her, but so far, there has not been anything that suggests that she has made a big mistake or anything like that. she's managed to keep relationships with the military stable. that will be very important indicator to look out for, whether she can maintain a cordial relationship with the head of the armed forces. but, in terms of the general outlook, we think myanmar, if you go back to the beginning of trajectory is for economic and political revitalization. there will be issues in terms of how the military manages the relationship with the government, especially the president. rishaad: great talking to you, anton. >> the stories making headlines around the world. the senate has voted down a series of measures intended to prevent terrorist suspects from buying guns. two of t

so we had a group--we found a group called myanmar storyteller in 2009. from that time on, we've--we've been starting to, um, collect stories across the country. we've been telling and performing stories in orphanages, monastic schools, islamist school, christian schools, even in senior homes, and everywhere. we do street performances when we need--when we need to do fundraising for disasters and everything. so that's what we do together. lee: so--and these stories are obviously universal if you're able to tell them to different kids and adults from different cultures and religions? htet: yes. lee: so tell me specifically--i mean, what are these stories about, some of them? htet: um, stories--stories usually reflect on peace, um, diversity, and tolerance. most of them--our traditional--traditional, um, stories reflect moral values and how a person should be for the other--like, how do we need to interact with the others, how should we behave in the society. so these are kinds of the story that we use to tell, but for--it's going to be--it is a bit differe

so we had a group--we found a group called myanmar storyteller in 2009. from that time on, we've--we've been starting to, um, collect stories across the country. we've been telling and performing stories in orphanages, monastic schools, islamist school, christian schools, even in senior homes, and everywhere. we do street performances when we need--when we need to do fundraising for disasters and everything. so that's what we do together. lee: so--and these stories are obviously universal if you're able to tell them to different kids and adults from different cultures and religions? htet: yes. lee: so tell me specifically--i mean, what are these stories about, some of them? htet: um, stories--stories usually reflect on peace, um, diversity, and tolerance. most of them--our traditional--traditional, um, stories reflect moral values and how a person should be for the other--like, how do we need to interact with the others, how should we behave in the society. so these are kinds of the story that we use to tell, but for--it's going to be--it is a bit differe

>> and tacoma park in maryland. >> i'm not sure how the tacoma park -- how big it is. >> and myanmar is in asean so i was interested, i was intrigued how could this be but there you are. >> that's part of the federal spirit of america and diversity. >> i'll tell you one thing. not only are you right but it's becoming much, much more intense with globalization and with capital being as noble as it is. it's amazing how competitive where businesses are looking that they're going to build. mayors and governors are -- that's a big part of their job and it's becoming i think more intense and more difficult. and so you'll find mayors fighting and promoting to bring business being big protectionists trying to protect dying industries. >> on that note i have to ask you tessa jowell before i turn the audience for questions. if the uk does vote for brexit, does london lose its global perch? >> well, let's hope that doesn't happen, jillian. [ laughter ] >> what's your betting -- >> i think brexit would be damaging to london's economy. >> and what probability do you give brexit right now? what pr

i will give credit to the myanmar government. with regulations, they were quite modern when they look at regulations, which i think the dry the telecom sector. gve, i wantuickly, si to talk about your asset stakes. i where are you in that conversation? sigve brekke: we are preparing for that happen. nothing is being sold. but we are quite definitely want to exit. however, we are not going to jump the stock. you will have a fair value. haslinda: what is a fair value? sigve brekke: that is yet to be seen. haslinda: when will you conclude talks/ sigve brekke: the time is right, we will exit. haslinda: sigve brekke, thank you so much. manus, back to you. live from the kuala lumpur forum. manus: great work today. well done, haslinda amin. live to paris next for the forum ahead of the interview with the organization's secretary-general. the one and only angel gurria, friend of the show. we will talk brexit after this very short break, with anna edwards and myself. ♪ manus: it is 6:30 a.m. 9:30 in dubai. let us get the first word news

showers towards the south and bangkok and the rainy season out here dominating much of myanmar and towards thailand, over towards bangladesh and now as well in to southern india. in fact, let's show you some video we have coming out of southern india out here where, well, you're getting the heavy rainfall. now, the southern part of the country typically gets the onset of the monsoon before off there towards the north. any monsoon rains hit the state earlier and overall generates about 70% of india's annual rainfall. so you can see some flooding right there. but the good news is farmers really happy about this. actually, the indian meteorological agency expecting above precipitation this month. we had drought out here and definitely going to be some great news for many of the areas as it progresses off there towards the north and behind schedule, june 9th here. typically june 5th off there south of mumbai and seeing showers and thunderstorms even around the mumbai area, actually. temperatures 10 degrees cooler than inland. look at islamabad towards pakistan, into the 40s. even around new de

concentrated around parts of guangdong, extending back toward the west there, and hunan province and also into myanmar we've been seeing heavy precipitation associated with the southwest monsoon and kind of feeding into this. i want to show you video first we have coming out of hunan province here where we have been seeing the heavy rainfall taking place actually it's left at least one person dead and at least three others missing out here, over 230,000 people have been impacted by this and water flooding streets and surging in the villages here. at least 32 people actually in guizhou provinces had to be rescued because of the swift water rising. definitely this story is continuing and still more rain in the forecast across much of the area. the good news is that there is still more rain but it is going to be improving as far as the intensity. it's slowly lifting off toward the north with the seasonal transition and overall, this is starting to weaken out a little bit here as the bulk of that precipitation actually starts to shift a little bit further toward the east. some good news as far as that, bu

. >>> a team of japanese scientists has begun a break-through study of myanmar's plant and animal life, deep in the country's unexplored jungle. patchari raksawong in bangkok has the story. >> the research project is drawing the attention of academics as the jungle is thought to be a treasure trove of flora and fauna because it was practically inaccessible for decades under the former military regime. the researchers from the national museum of nature and science are conducting field work in the southern region. access to the area for non-military was strictly restricted until recently. years of conflict between ethnic minority insurgents and the government also prevented research. many parts of the area remained untouched for more than a century since the british colonial period. >> translator: we can expect to discover new species of not only plants, but also insects. there's been almost no research carried out in the past. >> the study will last for five years and the researchers are hoping to catalog new plants and animals as they work to highlight the importance of untouched ecosy

we can put hack us from an a but let's say bungalow -- and myanmar. spent lookingy is at the long-term relationships versus engaging with the big developed markets? perspective, it's the largest in terms of industry body, even the smaller ones, the big countries have consulted with groups like cii. -u.s.have the india hig counsel. we haven't with germany and japan. the great interest which is taking shape with our neighbors. myanmar two weeks ago and with us, there were something like 20 people who came in and i went there mostly as heart of -- as part of the delegation. i saw opportunities that we should be engaging in which are interesting markets. our neighborhood is an important market. in.re interested another company i am on the huge twois creating a wheeler company in bangladesh. there is lots of interest there because it's on our northeast border. now that the barriers are removed, we have a trade agreement with cambodia and laos and vietnam. that is an interesting route for countries and everyone is looking at those. we have engagements with

the two leaders agreed to prioritize the completion of an india/myanmar/thailand trilateral highway. >>> indonesian authorities decided on friday to tow a boat carrying more than 40 migrants out to sea after rescuing it last weekend. the boat is believed to be from sri lanka. it was found stranded off the coast of indonesia's northern province of aceh last week. the migrants were trying to reach the australian territory of christmas island. the aceh government said on friday the vessel had to head back out to sea after it was repaired, and those on board were supplied with food and fuel because indonesia was not their destination. officials advised the migrants, who included nine children and a pregnant woman, not to continue their journey to australia, but to head back to sri lanka. activists say they should have been given access to the u.n. refugee agency. >>> india's long-standing fondness for curry is legendary. but that seems to be changing as younger and richer generations broaden their gastronomical horizons. now two are hoping to cash in on that new-found spending power and

even today, there is genocide in myanmar, and no one even talks about it in parliament. >> if you look at what hitler did in germany, what we did is nothing compared to that. but of course, that would be if we committed genocide, which we didn't. damien: turkey's political leaders now worn the issue will heighten tension between germany and turkey at a particularly sensitive time when the eu needs turkish help to solve the migrant crisis. i have just had a telephone call with our prime minister. as a result of this, our decision is to recall the ambassador. this is to hold consultations regarding recalling the ambassador. the resolution made by the german parliament will seriously effect relations between our countries. after i go back to turkey, we will evaluate this issue and take necessary steps. damien: for german chancellor angela merkel, the timing could not be worse. her allies in berlin hope that because turkey also wants to make the migrant deal work, this explosive issue will not get in the way. >> i want to make clear, in the presence of the secretary general of nato, that t

plan would boost connectivity in india and china as well as smaller markets, such as vietnam and myanmar. the idf follows last month's formation of the value alliance coalition of eight budget carriers spanning japan to australia. profits.p in four-your though world's largest publicly --ded jewelry blames the saw the slump on a lack of enthusiasm and a lack of tourism from mainland china. tesla shares surged in u.s. trading after ron baron predicted the company will become one of the world's biggest over the next it decade or two. reaching a market value of about $700 billion. barry capital management holds 1% of tesla shares, valued today at $325 million. the 23-year-old says there is no competition for the electric carmaker and he expects a return of six to -- 6 billion dollars to $7 billion over the next 20 years. the new zealand interest-rate cut this week are waning. economists' views are also makes come expecting the rate will be held to 2.25%. that is a look at some of the stories making headlines. angie: the u.s. and china have wrapped up two days of talks in beijing, agreeing to

opportunity to visit southeast asia where we visited with ministers from singapore, government leaders in myanmar to new leadership in taiwan. participated in the shangri-la dialogue where we visited with leaders from around the world who participated in that defense dialogue including our own secretary of defense ashton carter. when meeting with foreign governments, when meeting with leaders they talk about u.s. leadership. and they talk about the positions that we are trying to secure positions that we are fighting for like the south china seas. when we are asking them to take a tough line perhaps on something like the south china sea, they see our lack of consequences in other circumstances and question whether or not they should take a hard line position against a powerful nation or a situation such as their neighbor china. and so we can't look at things in isolation as how we are responding to russia, because it affects what's happening and what's on people's minds in southeast asia, in singapore. people around the globe are looking at our lack of response and lack of consequence and decidin

also smaller markets like vietnam and myanmar. a tweak to its turnaround plan. no longer focused on connecting traffic through bangkok. opposition is heating up. that forced 8 of them, the likes of tiger airways, to form an alliance called value alliance. the main aim is to send noncompetition from bigger rivals like airasia. now, it does look like full-service carriers may be feeling the heat as well. angie: this is what is stoking the market here. what does this mean for thai airways? >> at first glance, value alliance looks like a big deal. the first pan asian low-cost alliance. it will stretch from japan to malaysia. it will sell in-flight meals across the grouping. dig deeper. it groups together smaller players. they will have a combined fleet about the same size as airasia, no more than that. even airasia is unfazed. it will be difficult for value alliance to coordinate schedules , match arrival and departure times. let's show you how thai airways has been trading. it is that almost 90% year to date. divided. 8 suggesting a buy or hold. angie: sounds like

could unite airlines across the region to booze connectivity in india, china, even smaller markets like myanmar and vietnam. thai airways becausethai airways does not -- because thai airways does not have the money, this strategy makes sense. it had focused on connecting , forcedthrough bangkok to do that by budget airlines. eight of them are forming an alliance called value of lines to fend off competition from bigger rivals like airasia. together we stand, divided we fall seems to be the mantra among airlines at the moment. rishaad: what are investors saying about the value of lines. is thai airways at risk of? >> not really. readingways could be too much into value of lines. that is what some analysts are saying. it plans to sell tickets and even agate allowance and in-flight meals across the grouping, but brings together smaller players that have a combined fleet the size of airasia. brushed off an alliance of a airlines. told me that it will be difficult to coordinate schedules. what the airlines can do is pretty limited. let's show you how thai airways has been trading. it has surged almo

we have 11 heads of state this year including newcomer such as the president of taiwan, the head of myanmar, coroner -- croatia. >> i love to see melinda gates on this. here is a woman who has her own career herself. she is very successful in her own right. of course, married to bill gates and she has done so much with the wealth in that family. tell me why she is on the list. >> she has extraordinary power. she is someone who has revolutionized philanthropy. last year the gates foundation gave away over $4.2 billion. almost $37 billion since the foundation's inception. it's not just about writing a check. it's about revolutionizing philanthropy, transforming how people give and the way the aid in philanthropy will forever be done. around the world. >> elizabeth holmes who was a wealthy woman worth four or five billion dollars suddenly worth nothing. and she is gone. what happened to her? >> she is gone. holmes was the youngest self-made billionaire in the home. founder of the blood testing company. what a difference a year can make. there has been huge questions around the validity of the

. ♪ ♪ john: coming up on "bloomberg until tomorrow, for myanmar, sayonara. mark: you're watching "bloomberg west." president obama angrily rejected assistance from republicans that the united states should describe terrorism's that happened to be muslim to be radical islam is. he said the term of validate islamic state and apply that america is at war with an entire faith. ms. tree ourma: reat our fellow citizens. his remarks came following a meeting with his national security council. french authority and say a man described as a john hardy intruder made a video after he's fatally stabbed an off-duty police commander and his partner. authorities say in the video the man says, i just killed a police officer and his wife. their three-year-old son was held hostage yesterday but was rescued when police stormed a home and kill the attacker. russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the democratic committee. the intruders gained access to the entire database of

from myanmar, sayonara. ♪ ♪ mark: welcome to a special brexit bulletin from europe's harrod quarters -- bloomberg headquarters in europe. i am mark barton. the first prime minister is talking with the eu. stirredturgeon also another scottish referendum is a real for -- real option. >> an independence referendum is clearly an option to be on the table, and is very much on the table. and to ensure that that option is a formidable one in the requied

cities like boston were posting more sanctions in myanmar than the federal government. i'm not sure -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> i thought, how can this be? >> i'll tell you one thing you see, it's becoming much, much more intense with globalization and capital being as mobile as it is. it's amazing how competitive where businesses are looking that they're going to build. mayors and governors, that's a big part of their job. and it's becoming, you know, i think more intense and more difficult. you'll find mayors finding and promoting, or being big protectionists, trying to protect dying industries. >> on that note, i've got to quickly ask you, before i turn to the audience for questions, if london -- if the uk does vote for brexit, does london lose its global perch? >> well, let's hope that doesn't happen, gillian. i think brexit would be damaging to london's economy. yes. >> what probability do you give to brexit right now? >> i think we'll vote to remain, but the important thing is that we vote to remain conclusively, so the issue is settled, certainly for the next

gillian: so cities were imposing more sanctions on myanmar? ambassador chan: and takoma park in maryland. i was naturally interested. i was quite intrigued. how could this be? but there you are. you know? gillian: that is part of the federal spirit of america, and the diversity. sec. paulson: it is becoming much, much more intense, with globalization and with capital being as mobile as it is. it's amazing how competitive businesses are looking to build. mayors and governors, that's a big part of their job. and it's becoming more intense, i think more difficult. and so you will find mayors fighting and promoting to bring business, or being big protectionists, trying to protect dying industries. gillian: just on that note, i have to quickly ask you, if the london, the u.k. does vote for brexit, does london lose its global perch? ms. jowell: well, let's hope that doesn't happen. [laughter] i mean, i think brexit would be damaging to london's economy. yes. gillian: what probability do you give to brexit right now? ms. jowell: i think we will vote

. >> i know that when myanmar and was breaking up, i hit it -- hid it from my parent for probably five years. >> wow. >> how long were your parents married for? >> they almost made 50. >> wow. >> may parent were married for like 30, and has to be just as long because they have such a great relationship and lasted, so like pressure. >> how old was your mom when she got married? >> i think like 28 or 29. >> so you haven't gotten there yet? >> well, she was a little bit later because all of her friends got married first. >> but you are right there have so she would say that basically all her friends start today get married and even to the point where they were getting divorced before she even got married. >> but she picked the right person and still married. interesting thing, my mom got married at 26, 27. and it is easier year past it, but when you get into that year, oh, a year, the pressure. >> came to the point where she thought it wasn't going to happen for her, oh, i've accepted, i love myself, her own home, doing all kind of stuff, then it happened. >> she happy? >> yes, they're ha

today only two other countries still have not embraced the metric system, liberia and myanmar. but metric is a good idea whose time has finally come. on the muddy racetrack of 2016, it now offers a rare political trifecta -- it's good for business, good for international harm any and good for kids. begin with business. getting our organizations on a single standard will avoid mistakes like the one a while back when a 125 million dollar mars orbiter exploded because nasa was using the international standard but its contractor was using pounds. metric makes international trade easier and smoother and eliminates labeling and manufacturing. next, america has a tattered image overseas, but going metric can help mentioned that by showing we're ready, willing and able to work with the rest of the world. and finally, children. those little creatures every candidate says are the future. our kids' future is global and high tech. well, 95% of the globe has already gone metric, so has 100% of science and technology. just as kids in china are racing to learn english, the global linguistic s

number of us had the opportunity to visit southeast asia where we visited with with ministers from myanmar, new leadership in taiwan and shangri-la dialogue where we participated with leaders around the world in the defense dialogue and including our own secretary of defense ash carter. when meeting with foreign governments, when meeting with leaders, they talk about u.s. leadership and talk about the positions that we are trying to secure, positions we're fighting for, like the south china seas. when we're asking them to take a tough line, perhaps something like the south china sea, they see our lack of consequences in other circumstances and question whether or not they should take a hard-line position against a powerful nation or a situation such as their neighbor, klein. and so we can't look at things in isolation as how we are responding to russia, because it affects what is happening and on people's minds in asia, southeast asia, excuse me. in singapore. people around the globe are looking at our lack of response and lack of consequence, in deciding whether or not the u.s. is somebod

prior to that is impressive career including areas challenging themselves as afghanistan and even with myanmar. those are impressive speakers with that diversity that they represent and i hope we can explore more of that. so in two minutes when we try to lay out what i say in the development landscape as the first question on the set of issues to see that was a core mandate from what emerged insisted over about seven decades it is entirely fitting that we are here talking about the development talking about other issues today i will organize in three areas with a landmark sets of new commitments with the sustainable development goal as those are reflected there then in the savior and very mention of the understanding of the international community with that approach jointly at the same time you have a commitment with the new multilateral development bank and while it is regional in nature it is from latin america and europe and africa not a member it of the united states but with these challenges in the development very visibly the refugee crisis we have had pandemic threats over the last coup

leading engagements in areas challenging themselves as afghanistan and recently the banks engagement with myanmar, really an interesting case. so those are impressive speakers and really impressive both not only if in their own backgrounds but the diversity they represent in this development enterprise. i hope we can explore more of that. let me just try to, in two minutes, try to lay out what i see as big issues in the development landscape and hope to get your reaction as a first question on this set of issues. and i do want the say, because this is bretton woods, that it's important and perhaps this sounds a little defensive but we're saying the imf, not the world bank this morning. but it's important to recognize that development was a core mandate at bretton woods. and it's been a consistent element over seven decades now. so you know, entirely fitting that we're here talking about the development agenda among other issues today. let me start by trying to create a little bit of a laundry list. and i've organized these issues in three areas. from a policy perspective, we've had really a landm

career at the bank, including leading engagements in areas as challenging as afghanistan and recently, myanmar. really an interesting case. those are our impressive speakers, not only in their own backgrounds, but in the diversity they represent in this development enterprise. i hope we can explore more of that. let me just try to lay out what i see as big issues in the development landscape and hope to get your reactions as a first question on this set of issues. because this is brentton woods, it is important, and perhaps this sounds a little defensive, but we're sitting in the imf, not the world bank, but it is important to remember and recognize that development was a mandate at brentton woods. been a consistent element over seven decades now. so, entirely fitting that we are about theing development agenda among other issues today. but let me start by trying to create a little bit of a laundry list. i've been organizing these issues in three areas. from a policy perspective, we've had a landmark set of new commitments in the last few years. specifically last year, about te development age

human trafficking report, thailand was removed from the state department list of worst also knownnd myanmar as burma was added to the list because of forced labor and children serving in the military. [applause] >> thank you for being here, that was quite a reception, on behalf of the sea wrote -- heroes and secretary, thank you. the secretary will make some remarks. we will honor our wonderful heroes this year, nine heroes from eight countries, one of them will make brief remarks and i will do the closing. , you can take up your much-anticipated copies of the 2016 trafficking in persons report, thank you for coming. mr. secretary, thank you for raising issues pertaining to the human trafficking year round and for supporting the trafficking in persons office here at the state department. it is an honor to work with you as an honor that this issue has such a strong champion. with that, the secretary of state, john kerry. [applause] secretary kerry: susan, thank you very much and welcome everybody. event, my last one. not the least important i think in many ways because it represents a contin

overwhelming focus on the western hemisphere to have thing to deal with places like afghanistan and myanmar. there are areas that were not addressed in the early 1990s? yes, undoubtedly there are, and i would welcome a discussion with this committee and n the months ahead. >> thank you. senator flay. >> thank you. your testimony is -- talk about sub-saharan africa, many characteristics that make it prone to transnational terrorism and financing and criminal networks operating. let talk about east africa for a minute with al-shabaab. what evidence do we see there of transnational criminal networks operating? >> boy, huge evidence, senator, and in fact i would -- i mentioned in my oral statement and would say it again right now, africa is one of -- from my perspective one of my three principal focuses -- foci. as i look out of the western hemisphere in terms of direct criminal networks with direct impact on the united states. and the reason is that two specific parts of africa, west africa, and east or -- central to -- what die want to say -- southeast africa has become transit points for tra

80% of china's arms transfers over the past three years have been to three countries, pakistan and myanmar and bangladesh. i don't think it's a coincidence that all three of those are bordering india. again, it's a rather limited set of states that china exports to. and, again, the united states market share is declining now we're about 32%. middle east market share is 44%. okay? so, even though we've pivoted to asia as a national security interest, we're still much more competitive or at least i'd say we're dominant in the middle east as opposed to asia. this is puzzling because the united states should be a world leader when it comes to weapons. mid-sequestration procurement budget was $100 billion 50% larger than the entire russian military budget. it gives us tremendous economies of scale. at $5 billion the program is about the size of venezuela or denmark or kuwait's military budget. the amount of money united states spends helping other countries buy weapons is bigger than venezuela's military budget. we fight a lot of wars and one way to show your stuff works is use it operationally

afghanistan's east and i was visualizing the map and it was very clear to me you were not talk about myanmar. second, you very clearly said, although not in so many words, that the administration's decision now, the u.s. administration decision to keep american troops for a little longer in afghanistan to assist the afghan national forces is a good idea. the third thing i noticed is while you were very confident about the fact that the security forces have enhanced their ability it's still a question th that second lieutenant takes three decades to become a gener general, it still needs more years before it can have all level of officers and speedy corps be prepared to compete with the neighbor to the east whose army, of course, has existed since 1857, when the british fully took over the subcontinent. the fourth point that i discern you talking about was that you're still concerned about those who use terrorism for political gains and make distinctions between good terrorist as and bad terrorists and the next point you made you're willing to work with all your neighbors and in that you incl

but as an ambassador in washington, i'm quite intrigued imposedtakoma park sanctions on myanmar, way above what the united states was proposing. and boston as well. so cities were imposing sanctions -- takomador chan: and park in maryland. i was quite intrigued. how could this be? there you are. gillian: that is part of the federal spirit of america, and the diversity. ulson: it is becoming much, much more intense, with capital being as mobile as it is. it's amazing how competitive businesses are. mayors and governors, that's a big part of their job. it's becoming more intense, more difficult. so you will find mayors fighting to bring business, or being big protectionists, trying to protect dying industries. gillian: on that note, i have to if the u.k.you, does vote for brexit, does london lose its global perch? ms. jowell: well, let's have that doesn't happen. [laughter] i think brings it would be damaging to london's economy -- brexit would be damaging to london's economy. gillian: what probability do you give to brexit write now? ms. jowell: i think we will vote to remain, but the

series of issues that then also led to the recognition of cuba, a change in relationship with burma myanmar, and restored our relationship. i was listening earlier, and i think that what donald trump talks about that america is not liked by its allies is absolutely not true. they count on us. and in her speech yesterday, secretary clinton made very clear that our alliances and relationships with our allies are absolutely key to keeping america strong and to make sure that we are able to operate in this very difficult world. >> his point of pushback is that they may like us, but they abuse us. they like us because we're weak and temperamentally, he is strong. and you put a lot of emphasis on temperament and decision making, especially in foreign policy as well. you put out a tweet, trump-ish fashion, i might add, that said donald trump would flunk my class on decision making in foreign policy. the commander in chief test is even tougher. no way he can pass. why would trump fail your class? >> because he is erratic. he changes -- he says crazy things. i have traveled abroad an awful lot. and

opportunity to visit southeast asia where we visited with ministers from sing pore government leaders and myanmar to new leadership in taiwan, participated in the shangri-la dialogue. when meeting with foreign governmentings, when meeting with leaders they talk about u.s. leadership. and they talk about the positions that we are trying to secure, positions that we are fighting for. like the south china seas. and when we are asking them to take a tough line perhaps on something like the south china sea they see our lack of consequences in other circumstances and question whether or not they should take a hard-lined position against powerful nation or a situation such as their neighbor china. and so we can't look at things in isolation as how we are responding to russia, because it affects what is happening and what is on people's minds in asia and southeast eesha. in singapore. it's people around the globe are looking at our lack of response and lack of consequence and decide wloog the u.s. is somebody that they should hitch their wagon to so to speak or not. and i think that's a great challenge.