Busy hour ahead here on cnn. Wed like to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im john vause. Good to have you with us. Im zain asher. A host of nations are gathered for the economic summit of the association of Southeast Asian nations or asean. But the pace of democratic reform in myanmar would be one of the main topics. President obama is scheduled to meet with myanmars president later today. He is expected to raise questions and concern cans about the countrys human rights record and freedom of the press there. Cnn International Correspondent ivan watson is in myanmars capital. She joining us live. We have seen a number of sanctions imposed on myanmar, some of them have been lifted, but have they done anything to increase the pace of democratic reform in that country . I think, if anything, u. S. Officials are arguing that the democrat ic reform process has slowed down, as have a number of human rights organizations. Growing concern here and in fact a Top Wh
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. And happy new year. Im kate snow in for brian tonight. And for most of the families of those onboard airasia flight 8501, its been another long day of waiting. Of the 162 passengers and crew onboard that plane, only nine bodies have been recovered. The search area is huge, extending some 5,200 square miles. And its easy to see how difficult the conditions are when you look at the weather radar for that region. Its the rainy season in indonesia, and wind and rain are making it very difficult for rescuers and investigators to do their jobs. The forecast for the next 24 hours doesnt look much better. We begin tonight once again with nbcs katy tur on the ground in surabaya, katy. Reporter kate, as you said, weather just a big issue out here. But they did manage to recover bodies eight and nine. And now family members are saying they just dont expect that anybody survived. The start of 2015 in surabaya was marked by the arrival of coffi
Youd be hardpressed to find a republican in washington today. Theyve all gotten out of town but what theyre up to is driving talk in d. C. Gop lawmakers making their way to hershey, pennsylvania for a twoday type of soul searching retreat in parts of deep blue california turning red as the rnc convenes its winter meeting in san diego. Well hear from mitt romney there tomorrow. Ahead of the rnc meeting kickoff, a potential game changer. Ellering up the convention now in midjuly instead of late august. Joining me now nbc Congressional Correspondent luke rumplt russert at the retreat in hershey and joining us from the rnc winter meeting, luke start with you. Everybody wants to talk about 2016. Republican lawmakers have to get 2015 figured out. Yeah. That little thing calm called governing. Right, jose . This retreat is extremely important because they have to mesh out difference on one big issue, immigration. Yesterday House Republicans passed a bill that went to the right of where a lot