and what's the description of the philippines? stanley cornell wrote in our image and he, he described the philippines as a country that spent 450 years in a convent. and 50 years in hollywood. we were colonized my spain and then the united states. and i think it's ironic that the country that div democracy is also the the place where silicon valley then as given someone like do, terry, they're bull sanara. all these types of authoritarian leaders who work, who are killing democracy, the power to do it, to manipulate people. but i think we all know that the are countries in the global south bear the brunt of all the tech decisions that have been made. right? i mean, how do we get power, how we've never really had a seat at the table in these things and we bear the worse. do you think that you should garcia the table? sure of. that's part. i mean, part of the reason i can speak about it is because i can articulate it in a way that the west can understand. you currently are, you know, challenging on an allegedly and arguably corrupt

passports, all kinds of things in the philippines. you know, they had an office there, you know, the story of the philippines. you guys kind of got trump before everybody else. okay. yes. you're facing present and quite serious charges, least 80 years. why do you care so much? because then wouldn't it be easier to just go somewhere else? i mean, i could tosses in question that you why you became a whistleblower right? because this is the time that matters. because if i didn't stand up for the standards and ethics, the mission of journalism, when it matters, then everything else i did beforehand doesn't matter. then i'm not who i am. defining who you are. oh, i hate this, i'm sure it's. ah, i hate that the baton was passed to me now, but i that's why it matters the how do we get civic engagement when people don't know the facts, i don't think we can as kind of like what we're doing right now. we're sitting on a stage, we're having a discussion. there is an audience they know that we're talking. and if i say something that's not true or

>> yeah, but, my wife's heart is in the philippines, her family. >> gerfa was born in the philippines and always felt safe there. her older sister married a u. s. navy sailor, moved to america in 1985. brought 16 year old gerfa with her, hoping to give her a chance at a better life. >> she was so excited about the opportunity. i remember, she went to little caesar's pizza, it was the greatest thing, to get a job. >> she had a son, josh, went back to community college to improve herself. there she met a german immigrant named heiko. from then on, that was it. they were a family! she became a lab technician, heiko a maintenance man. they bought a house in the leafy neighborhood of lynchburg, virginia and had kevin. and the immigrant son became an all american kid. he was 14 that summer of 2011. smart, studious, and looking forward to the start of high school in the fall. >> he is this normal american kit, likes pizza, hotdogs, burgers, hang out with his friends, play video games, right on his state board. >> they lived frugally, saved their money. which is how eventually heiko could aff

like if more people from the philippines or other countries were in leadership roles in type, do you think that that would make a difference? i'd like to say if journalists were the ones making some of the tech decisions, it would be a little bit easier. it would be better so ah, when mark soccer berg essentially said that it is okay for politicians to lie. that spells doom in this tech enabled world. right. that spells the end of democracy. because you cannot tell fact from fiction, the old before you can create a market place, you have to have rules of a marketplace and the rules that we have in social media don't work. you also talked about values. what are the values? what are the values of tech optimization? monetize ation. thank you. i right. you know, i think actually one of the things by lots of journalists, even celebrated back when tech was cool was you know, the mantra, facebook move fast and break things. and you know, the hubris of that, not really thinking that you know, what you could be doing is breaking democracy and not just in your own country back around the world

you know, heard bits and pieces about what's going on in the philippines by, from your perspective. like, what's the big deal? why should we care about not only way you and your organization are experiencing, but what's more broadly happening in the philippines. i think that the, our organization rattler has been fighting impunity on 2 fronts that are relevant to everyone around the world. the 1st is these information operations, the manipulation on facebook, on social media. because when you say a lie, a 1000000 times, it becomes the fast. and then if you don't have facts, you then can create whatever narrative you want, including journalists are criminals. right? the 2nd is still connected to that which is the impunity in the drug war president detector. our president was elected with the power of social media in 2016 may of 2016. actually, this was the beginning of the dominoes tumbling down may of 2016 or before the all right. got cool. but they're all connected now, i think, right? i our drug war, if you look at the numbers, the un, our own commission on human rights says in a

are like, for example, epidemics we've had a terrible measles epidemic in the philippines. i've got current of ours right now, which has been significantly complicated by misinformation. do you see any hope that those kind of real world costs are gonna start being recognized by even some of the more authoritarian actors? so in the philippines, i'll say yes, the government has now talked about how they're going to run after the, the fake news that's being said about the corona virus, right? but then again, the government's own machinery is the one pumping out news because it is pumping out lies because it, it takes the um attention. it re focuses attention from things going wrong. i guess i'm curious why the west always calls it misinformation. it's disinformation. it is meant to manipulate you, the disinformation networks, go bottom up from each of our countries in the global south and connect to this kind of nervous system that in my country now is combining russia and china. it is scary as all heck, but this is how information is weaponized for power and who can control t

so it's interesting that you bring up the ductile of the current regime in the philippines. i think, you know, me, i'm, or where facebook was actually warned by, you know, journalists, the united nations about what was happening, where, you know, facebook's systems were being deliberately exploited to propagate hate messaging which contributed. and this is not me saying it's not nation saying, contributing to, you know, ethnic violence and ethnic cleansing, you know, i would, would have thought that would be quite a big deal for any c, e o to sort of be told by when you look at facebook's response about that where well, the world's complicated will try harder and while thousands of people get murdered . do you think that there are parallels between what happened in the m r and what either is happening or could even progress to happen in the philippines? it's in every country right there. nick violence is still continuing in the and mar, the information operations that's led by the military is still continuing. indian mar, on facebook. ah, the guy who led that un, that un fac

i was born in the philippines. then moved to the united states when martial law was declared in 1972. but when i was with americans, i never felt completely american. and when i am with filipinos, i don't feel completely filipino either. i guess it is the otherness part of it. and that is a good training for journalism. >> for whistleblowing. maria: for whistleblowing. >> do you find there is an overlap? not that i would ever call myself a journalist, but in some sense -- maria: similar. >> there is something similar about shoving uncomfortable information into people's faces in going, you have to pay attention to this, and then feeling the consequences of that. maria: i was going to say, that is the mission of journalism. you speak truth to power, and you will no power does not like that. in your end, i think you have been speaking truth. there is a cost to yourself, but you also seem to learn something more from each instance you have done that. has this been a good experience or a bad experience? >> it is a mixe

>> in the philippines, i would say yes. the government has talked about how they will go after fake news about the coronavirus, but the government's own machinery is pumping out news. it is pumping out lies. it takes the attention, it refocuses attention from things going wrong. i am curious why the west because it misinformation. it is disinformation. it is meant to manipulate. these networks go bottom up the global south and connect to these nervous system but in my country is combining russia and china. it is scary, but this is how information is weaponized for power. who can control this right now? silicon valley. >> this is to christopher. in 2013, you set up a similar company. according to buzz feed, you had told an acquaintance you wanted to build the nsa's wet dream. you also claimed that people pays more. >> that is not true. one thing i have learned is that when you go up against a company that specializes in disinformat ion, it also creates narratives about people who criticize. i do not take your assertion as va

let's get details from the philippine economy reporter in manila. let's start with the bsp's latest growth projections and its outlook. >> the bsp despite the challenges is confident the economy can expand within the government. there are emerging risks, including from the omicron virus, and that the economy in the philippines remains in recovery. it would be expected to slow back the government targets this year. there is likely no rate increase in the first half in the philippines. even as the prospects of a faster fed lift off casts a shadow over emerging markets, there is no one-size-fits-all to what is happening globally. as such, an official also said bsp would like to see four to six trade coders of steady economic growth and on employment falling to 5%. rishaad: looking at the peso, what do we have at the moment? peso up. is this affecting the currency? what is it doing for the rest of the markets? the philippines benchmark today is outperforming. >> for the past week, em currencies have been under pressure given the risk of fed tightening.

how does that apply to japan and the philippines? that's with china want is a kind of like instead of fighting everybody basically taken a few of these guys and the message goes around look, sometimes you're going to be put under the hot microscope and it will go poorly for you. the americans will talk a big game but magical. it's better to cut a deal. that's a very real possibility. at cutting remark about the ties fairly or not but he said they bend before the wind blows. it's an expression that applies to almost pre-much every country, which is they will see where the wind is going and if they think they're going to be left out to dry a will cut a deal. >> so, as the united states puts its strategies together to determine that kind of attack, deterrence theory, which i'm not a scholar, canada divides itself into these thoughts about deterrence by punishment, applying as more punishment than it at you can withstand and get them to deter, and then deterrence by denial. denying an objective, , the objectives of the enemy. your book e

the capital manila is now on alert level 3, the 2nd strictest lockdown here, imposed by the philippine government. that means schools as well as amusement centers are closed again, and the movement of travelers is restricted. president rodrigo the 3rd to has implemented a no vaccination, no ride policy designed to restrict the movement of unvaccinated people on public transport. hoping to also convince many filipinos to get inoculated, but the rights group say the ban is unconstitutional, and penalize is the poor, will have no means of private chance sports and tent work from home. but across the street laurel in karen's or says, she doesn't mind to having to present her vaccine card. oh, it makes me feel safer, safer. but we also understand the vaccination shouldn't be forced on any one because it's not right. the philippines is facing another president of search of coal with 19 cases since the start of the pandemic. but the help of fissile sellers . 5 they remain hopeful that because hospitalization, rates across the country, they're mean manageable. at least for now, nearly half of

the philippines is facing another president of thirds of colvin 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic with health officials sellers. 5 they remain hopeful that because hospitalization rates across the country remain manageable, at least for now, nearly half of the country's population is now fully vaccinated. but with the controversy surrounding mandela's new anti corbet rules that may not be enough to stop the spread jamal alan dorgan al jazeera manila. us says it's distributing 400000000 and 95 mosques across the country for free from its national strategic stock. paul health experts say they're the most protective against the on the chrome variance they'll be made available at pharmacies and health center starting next week. the biden administration's face criticisms for shortages and high grade math sound at home testing kits. and that's the only con, drives up infections as well as hospitalizations to record levels. airlines including m routes and air india have canceled flights to the united states because the 5 g safety concerns that's this by u.

let's say the plea stays in san diego not moved to pearl harbor by the japanese bypass the philippines and guam and make no attack on the u.s., and declare the prosperity fearless gun and they guarantee the future security of australia and new zealand and to attack them. >> assuming they attacked great britain it and they take hawaii. sue met connie, could you give him the microphone please. and the panel looks in each other. >> that they get their southern initiative completed which does not include australia and new zealand in the get the oil and they declare that we are done and thank you very much and we are peaceful now. did we attack them. >> i think he still has to try for a declaration of that point and i think he has to look at that insane we are in the slippery slate and suffer this point we gotta stop. >> it is a political question really so what is fdr do and what is the u.s. congress doing how the market people react to that and what is the press do and the burden of being a democracy but i think that you've got have some consensus to go to war. i think it's an immensely d

i am today announcing my intention to run for the presidency of the philippines. bongbong marcos kicking off his election campaign late last year. running alongside him for vice president is sara duterte, daughter of popular authoritarian president rodrigo duterte. bongbong's father, president ferdinand marcos, ruled the philippines for two decades. his regime rigged elections, tortured and killed political opponents and plundered up to $10 billion of public money — corruption immortalised by wife imelda's extravagant shoe collection. in my four years as philippines correspondent, i've seen how social media has been exploited to revise dictator ferdinand marcos's corrupt and authoritarian rule to one of aspirational leadership. and it's been so widespread that many people up and down the country are now parroting the misinformation with absolute conviction. who will you vote for? of course, bongbong marcos. bongbong marcos, son of ferdinand marcos, the former president? yes! and dictator of the country? excuse me? please correct the word dictator. translation: |

the same could be said for norton bornea less so the philippines, equally. so for the south in northern australia, for the north though in japan of course is the opposite story. it is winter and a cold one. this means once again, there be warnings up for other effectively is a blizzard in hawkeye dough and increasingly likely heavy snow in western home. she recalled already been broken. they were last year about the same time. so whence is really showing itself in japan? whereas in china, not so it's fairly quiet looking picture, and it's mostly settled across india. the ne monsoons taken the renters for lank and not very much in town either. but there is rain coming across from southern iran into some pakistan during tuesday and wednesday, eventually work itself into the western side of india. now, you know, at this time of year, the settled northern part of india gets very poor air quality because nothing ever moves. well, this rate will move it. you could see the improvement in the air quality deterioration, the weather type. oh, the weather sponsored by

the philippines has reported the highest number of co, 19 cases in southeast asia. the army con variant is driving up infections in the capital, manila and surrounding provinces. the government has imposed new restrictions, especially on unvaccinated people. and as jamilla ended and reports many a feeling the strain of the meshes, joseph marinez, it used to have 8 barber shops like this one. but since the pandemic broke out, he's had to close 5. right now, only this one is making money. but we can't take anymore lockdown small business owners like us are suffering and the poor are getting poorer. the capital manila is now on alert level 3, the 2nd strictest lockdown here, imposed by the philippine government. that means schools as well as amusement centers are closed again, and the movement of travelers is restricted. president rodrigo the 3rd to has implemented a no vaccination, no ride policy designed to restrict the movement of unvaccinated people on public transport. hoping to also convince many filipinos to get inoculated, but the rights group say the ban is un

the philippines is facing another president in search of cove with 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic with health officials tell us, they remain hopeful that because hospitalization rates across the country remain manageable, at least for now, nearly half of the country's population is now fully vaccinated by play the controversy surrounding manella z u and take all the rules that may not be enough to stop the spread jamal alinda again, al jazeera manila, indonesian and peas have passed legislation to move the country's capital from jakarta to a new $32000000000.00 city being built in, borneo. chicago is one of the world's most crowded and polluted cities, but it's also sinking in is frequently flooded. the new capital notion, tara is 2000 kilometers away. the 1st government employees are expected to start working there. in 2 years, iraqi officials have gathered in new york to mark the repatriation of ancient artifacts. gold bowl from the 8th century. its just one of the items stolen from an iraqi museum in 2003 investigators say it was looted in later

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the philippines, vaccination rate remains below 50 percent. still ahead on al jazeera us present. joe biden reassured, support for ukraine, promising a decisive response if russia invade, said a man, is arrested in south africa in connection with a fight that destroyed the parliament building in cape town. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle at ways. last winter, japan got a huge amount to snake and it's starting again, their warnings out effectively for blizzards in ha carter in the far north hung chew as this wind coming across the open water. the shows itself building into big snow showers. the air come stronger on is 13 and but i guess the tech is plus 12, so all of our energy has gone in to snow, shout. if you're not in japan, it's fine looking whether it's a bit wet in the middle of china. it is not particularly unusual. the ne monsoons of the bay of bangor means few showers in india, but they seem to be concentrating on sri lanka. in fact, much of the energy the atmosphere is then further west. it's been a very active frontal system. on t

the philippines is facing another president of thirds of colvin. 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic, but health officials tell us they remain hopeful that because hospitalization rates across the country remain manageable, at least for now, nearly half of the country's population is now fully vaccinated. but the controversy surrounding manila view anti corbet rules that may not be enough to stop the spread. jim l as in dog and i'll just 0 manila, a palestinian family living occupied east jerusalem. her last find to stop is way the police demotion the home. the family of 15 had threatened to blow up the property if false from shake general neighbourhood. the hundreds of other palestinians are also face eviction despite protests by activists and international criticism of israeli policy. there is how we false it has all from the demolition site. was around 3 o'clock in the morning on a very cold and rainy morning here occupied the system that about a 100 is ready security forces moved in to the property, they cut off and a tricity of a cordoned off the

in the philippines. good to have you with us. when we last spoke you said the worst was over for the philippines. are you keeping with that assessment? >> i hope so. first of all, thank you for having me on your show. omicron did come as a surprise to everyone, but fortunately, as we've seen in different parts of the world, it rises very fast and also comes down relatively fast. in the national capital region which is really the center of the economy, it is already coming down, the number of cases. the rest of the country is still climbing slightly, and we have about 70% of the eligible population that has already been vaccinated. so most of the cases have been relatively mild. haslinda: so what does it mean for your businesses? take us through the numbers for q4 and ahead to q1, what are your expectations? >> if we go back a little bit, last year was a tough year. were going to be announcing our results fairly soon, but in terms of the economy in general, we are starting to see some good signs in the la

the philippines vaccination rate remains below 50 percent. the u. k. prime minister says the country's health service will be under considerable pressure in coming weeks as it grapples with surging case numbers. but bars, johnson says there won't be new restrictions while other european nations consider making their responses stronger. returns reports from london, pupils return to english schools on tuesday after the christmas break. and the head teacher at richard challenge school in south west london is worrying about staff absences of her for stuffing. the me saying they'll be an ice lation of beginning a turn. now we can manage that, but if that becomes 10 staff or 12 staff, we've got huge problems and not for the 1st time in the pandemic. english schools are implementing last minute policy directors from the government, all high school students miss. now, where mosques in classrooms. i like all the other teachers around the country found out about when mastering classrooms for lessons. when we read the national newspapers on sunday morning, whi

still head on al jazeera, devastated by a typhoon un appeal financial support for the philippines. and ro hanger refugees stranded in indonesia, after a harrowing boat journey share their plight with elgin. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the weather sponsored boy cut on her ways. and away we go with your weather report for asia. hello, everyone. good to see you. you know, over the past 24 hours are seasonal rains. have just been hammering indonesia as java island at the range will keep coming on saturday. but i think the threat for flooding will also extend into west papua, so we'll be on the lookout for that. also for the philippines around loose on island, northern portions because this the dark or the color, the more intense the rain is falling. so we'll keep tabs on that in time. indo china just a few showers, working across the region. we've also got some showers dancing around central and eastern portions of china, so a damp day and shanghai with the high of 11 degrees, snow and wind has winded down for western areas of japan. we've seen those when shift around, so fo

in many countries, the philippines has largely been spared. but daily infections are on the right and all this possible, the virus variance is spreading health department official think it's too early to make that conclusion. a new wave of the virus is likely not only to stream the country's health care system. it could exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in regents, still suffering, and the impact of super typhoon right. as it is, there are already outbreaks of diarrhea and gastro enteritis in those areas forced hit by the storm. we have nbc of fish, i mean it sounds for an increase of h as in the urea. cough and cold. but, but you know, off and gone. i among the ceiling gums, lossy minute, aren't offered there. i know i'm practitioner, you the shine, evaporation sensor. so i, oh, there is an air wine and you see since i just back nbc on. so i spent 8 workers hope an increase in covered 19 cases would be the last thing they would have to deal with, as they're still struggling to provide basic needs like food and clean drinking water to the mil

the philippines, the vaccination rate remains below 50 percent. people in the russian city of saint petersburg have begun and their wake under new restrictions, restaurants and most shops will only be open to those who are vaccinated have recovered from the virus or tested negative and the half the population has received a job. there will then 800000 new cases of being reported in russia every day. about 1500 of those are in st. petersburg to other world news. now a fire at south africa, parliament building in cape town has flared up again. these live pictures of firefighters tackling the flame on sunday at blaze guarded the national assembly where parliamentarian sate extensive damage was caused to the building and parts of the roof caved in. a man has been arrested, but the cause of this new fire is not yet known. covering this story is julian wolf, who joins us on the phone now from cape town. hello there, joe. what modem we know about the 2nd blaze. hi emily. so i've just arrived on the scene and i can see that smoke is still away from the bu

the new move is expected to help revive the philippines tourism industry which has seen steep declines for nearly 2 years. >>> the city of burlingame will pay more than $35 million in settlements in a fallen tree branch tragedy. a san mateo couple was picnicking in washington park in september of 2020 when a branch landed on them. she was killed and her husband was left paralyzed from the chest down. another man was also severely entered. the san mateo journal reports the settlement money is split among the couple's estate and family members. the complaints allege city properly failed to maintain and inspect the tree improperly. the city also hired an independent arborist last year to provide inspection and maintenance services. >>> wall street ending a roller coaster week with a rally. the dow closed at 565 points, the best day of the year. the s&p 500 closed up more than 2%. apple led the tech rally up nearly 7%. tesla stock finished up 2% today after having its worst day in months. shares fell 11% yesterday, and took other electric vehicle stocks with it. came after elon musk spooke

the philippines is facing in an unprecedented search of coal with 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic with health official sellers, they remain hopeful that because hospitalization rates across the country remain manageable, at least for now, nearly half of the country's population is now fully vaccinated. but with the controversy surrounding mandela's new anti cove, it rules that may not be enough to stop the spread jamal alan dorgan al jazeera manila. a new vaccine plant has been opened in south africa to try and boost the continents manufacturing power. it's hope the plant will produce a 1000000000 vaccines per year by 2025, around half of the world's population has been fully vaccinated against corona virus. but only 10 percent of those living in africa have for me. the miller attended the plants lunch event less than 5 a nationwide with this project will advance medical key and innovation until meet in south africa. but across the continent, especially at a time when the income countries and so boggled with access to vaccines during the global pand

he is in the philippines. he invades china twice. he helps seize the land for the panama canal. he overthrows governments in nicaragua, haiti, the dominican republic, etc. he is also a general during world war i. so he had is very, very long and renoed resume in the marine corps. he was twice the recipient of the medal of honor. it made him a big star in america. he had a reputation as being sort of a marines general. he was somebody who had a deep and abiding respect of his enlistment. because of that resume of having overthrown a lot of democracies overseas and also having the loyalty of so many members of the marine corps, the best we can tell is why jerry maguire and probably his boss murphy went to butler to lead. amy: we went to get into this really history because it is fascinating most of when you mentioned the philippines, cuba, puerto rico -- people are not really aware, most people i think, of what the u.s. role was. i just on this plot in 1934, what did general motors and j.p. morgan have to do with this? what was the liberty league and how far did this go? >> the re

the philippines recorded almost 3000 clover 19 cases on friday. that's about a true folding. crates in just 24 hours. the spy pumped, concerned about another wave of the virus at a time where millions of people as to reeling from a devastating typhoon banner below reports from manila filipinos packed malls in shopping districts. during the holidays as cases, colby late teams appeared to be dropping to new lows. the government had east most restrictions had one of the busiest seasons. but experts warned that there was no room for complacency. every thing, december, 19th we, we somehow had that alarm alert that there's already like a switch of that in, you know, and the increase in the positivity rate is very, very fast. and in terms of patterns we see that most of the gave this currently are . i think the might be in mild and the are coming from the 23rd is age group. so somehow, somehow weekend quarterly this, this kind of, they not mix to the mobility of people because of that highly, the more on the current patient had been identified. this week

and japan in the philippines. see now this exercise, this joint military exercise included to us aircraft carriers. and the u. s. navy said that this exercise was designed to preserve a free and open indoor pacific. now china considers taiwan a rogue chinese province that will inevitably be reunited with the mainland, and beijing has not ruled out using force in order to achieve this. in recent months, it's increased the number of military exercises taking place close to taiwan and the highest number of incursions in recorded and took place in october, which included $56.00 chinese war planes which flew close to taiwan on the same day . now, begging does the denies that these exercises are designed to intimidate the ty when he's government. but analysts say that that's exactly what they're meant to do. we have, can, taliban says it's taken a step towards international recognition. after the 1st day of talks in norway, the taliban met civil society groups on sunday and allowed you to meet us and your officials, dip

the force displacement of the philippines recorded almost 3000 cove in 1900 cases on friday. that is about a 2 fold increase in just 24 hours as fight prompted. concerned about another wave of virus at a time where millions of people are still reeling from a devastating typhoon. or we lay reports. now, from manila, filipinos packed malls in shopping districts during the holidays, as cases team appear to be dropping to new logs. the government had east most restrictions had one of the busiest seasons, but experts warned there was no room for complacency. i think, december 19th, we, we somehow had that alarming alert that there's already like a switch off then, you know, and the increase in particular the rate is very, very fast. and in terms of patterns, we see that most of the gave this currently are i think the might be mild and the are coming from the 23rd, this age group. so somehow, somehow, weekend quarterly, this, this kind of the mix to might be of people because of that highly, the more on the con patient had been identified this week. but the health department, well,

the un appeals for financial support for the philippines and the pandemic continues to drive film audiences online. sundance film festival is now going virtual. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways. this is your weather report for asia. hello, everyone gets a few. some fresh air is on the way for the northwest of india. this includes for new delhi, we've got some showers dancing in, and that is going to flush out the smog. now your temperature is by day are below average, but by night above average because we've got the rain and cloud hanging around. as we look around the baby gall, it's almost like we flicked the switch off for the ne monsoon, plenty of sun for sure long, and also for that southeast corner of india. while indonesia, as java island just being hammered, buyer seasonal rains here is still more to come on saturday and i think an increased risk of flooding across west papua to be expected. as we look around indo china, some showers that will dance into southern parts of china. so we'll pick up the story there. really soggy. forecasts for cent

>> whitaker: to catch joel sartore in action, we flew halfway around the world, to the philippines, home to hundreds of unique species. flew 20 hours to get here. and you came all this way to take a picture of a palawan stink badger? >> joel sartore: absolutely! absolutely. boy, is he stinky. >> whitaker: he's smaller than a skunk, but smells worse. he's part badger, part skunk and he fired a reeking rocket-- ohhh! --after he entered the photo cage. >> joel sartore: how can something that cute be that stinky? >> whitaker: it smelled so terrible that the next animal to leave the red carpet and head into the photo cage, a rare palawan binturong, took one whiff, smelled stink badger stink, and backed out. sartore said he should have photographed the stink badger last, but the little stinker is a pungent prize. >> joel sartore: there's nobody else coming along to photograph a stink badger. i'm the only one. and that's the case for 90% of the species i photograph, maybe 95%. these are things that nobody will ever know existed, if it weren't for the photo ark. if they could just see how beauti