is also taking their shape in south asia because india's concerns are china's so india. against china and india want to have for example. on the areas that are very close. but concerns that india is planning to expand its nuclear arsenal first came to light in a rather. unlikely backwater of rural south india the lush plains of. it was here that a group of local shepherds on earth details about the government's alleged plans to construct a secret nucleus city. for generations shepherds like. had unfettered access to common pasture land stretching on with thousands of acres they use this land to grow food and graze their animals i didn't two thousand and ten the indian government suddenly ordered ten thousand acres of these common grasslands be walled off no information about the intended purpose of the new facilities was made public and local community members claim they were not even consulted or informed about the appropriation of the sly and before it happened almost overnight even the local politicians and civil servants had been kept in the dark. knight. i want to m

pakistan situation because india has concerns of china as well so india builds up again against china and india wants to have for example a trial which we nuclear weapons on on the air as it has in the season somebody who and therefore pakistan would feel more certain and bug them are also going that action for those who track strategic weapons closely one area where the reasons most apparent is in the building and testing of bomb delivery systems such as messiah was. both india and pakistan have a large stockpile of subsystems most recently india tested the list of files from onboard its first nuclear powered submarine leading to fears that the indian ocean is on course to become a nuclear rise zone in november two thousand and fifteen even us president barack obama has own concerns about the direction south asia's taking at the nuclear security summit in washington d.c. the other area were i think we need to see progress is pakistan and india. making sure that. as they develop military doctrines that they are not continually moving in the wrong direction. india resents any attempts

the other countries are not really trips to india so we don't india shouldn't really be concerned not pakistan not trim pakistan as you know i mean i'm a very small country but the initial large. one can ever be certain that our nuclear weapons can be destroyed in exchange while we can be certain we can make an extinct as a social organization. the walls of china carry continue to obscure india's allegedly new nuclear program from view. but many on all sides agree that a nuclear arms race on the subcontinent is underway. the potential fallout in the wallet tiled region is thinkable and while the indian state seeks to secure its debt or into capabilities against its neighbors a lot more thought must be given on how to prevent the strays from spiraling out of control. business update brought to you by can talk they always going places together. business update brought to you by can talk i always going places together. let's talk about now. right now. right now it's happening so fast. you can barely keep up with it. right now we've got clowns protecting rhino. and mobile technology findi

the other countries are not really trips to india so we don't india shouldn't really be concerned not pakistan. pakistan as you know i mean for example a very small country because india show large. can ever be certain that our nuclear weapons can be destroyed in exchange while we can be certain we can make an extinct as a social organization. the walls of china continue to obscure india's allegedly new nuclear program from view. but many on all sides agree that a nuclear arms race on the subcontinent is underway. the potential fallout in the swallow tiled region is thinkable and while the indian state seeks to secure instead to bring to capabilities against its neighbors a lot more thought must be given on how to prevent the strays from spiraling out of control. in the aftermath of civil war peace and reconciliation i remain in the absence of justice. people in power on earth chilling testimonies of atrocities suggestion of storage we have failed to conduct full and proper investigations that could help heal resentment inflicted by conflict. cote d'ivoire partial justice at this time

the other countries an alternate threats to india should be to india should be concerned not pakistan not true in pakistan as you know i'm in pakistan the very small country because initial launch. time can ever be certain that our nuclear weapons can be destroyed in exchange while we can be certain we can make an extinct as a social organization. the walls of china carry continue to obscure india as a legit new nuclear program from view. but many on all sides agree that a nuclear arms race on the subcontinent is under way. the potential fallout in the swallow tiled region is unthinkable and while the indian state seeks to secure its debt or into capabilities against its neighbors a lot more thought must be given on how to prevent the strays from spiraling out of control of. a new executive order will cut off sources of revenue that fund north korea's efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to human kind. targeting pyongyang donald trump signs and new order to widen sanctions on north korea. hello i'm maryam namazie a watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up hope fad

develop but he is the unesco piece chair at moneyball university in india. i can be somewhat more cynical perhaps and asked the question can we realistically have breaks working without india and china talking in the way that they need to be talking. well russian would like to say that we saw from our chinese friends that the tone would be different now i just want to point out the old point about the toshiba's gorton's the third party the fact is that if india and china collide with each other neither country will gain some third parties will gain so you have that kind of situation between india and china no i was quite confident frankly that the leaders of the two countries prime minister modi and president xi jinping will ultimately resolve this for the simple reason the higher you go in your analysis that is that the more into the future you go the broader you go into analysis the more comprehensively you go in going to ship india and china not just not just a four thousand kilometer boundary but a whole complex of issues in which india and china are wor

india india is the country we belong to we have a different identity. we feel like. we speak our own language. we have our own customs our own history and we have no grounds to be ashamed of that. and then the chief leads us to the edge of the village to show was the grisly legacy of his ancestors. below the tree tops there's a kind of mass grave it's impossible to say whether the skulls are those of enemies or their own people. chris sharon number one question. it was the custom at the time to leave the bodies out in the wild. usually below tree. we only learn to bury our dead and when we became christians. i'll tell you look. at the way it took some time until our zing in the other naga has learned to forego violence after the end of british colonial rule they fought for their own state they achieved partial independence nagaland as a federal state within india now there's peace but other parts of northeast india are anything but idyllic. money poor a neighboring state is in crisis it too is home to many nagas but they are in the minority here they're fighting for

prepping for an important case lawyer calling gonzales is about to head to india's supreme court he's pushing for an independent investigation into the lynchings of about thirty people by hindu which is down to groups they were murdered in recent years for allegedly transporting cows or eating beef the rage against. against other communities and other religions is so extreme today. india is really on the brink of a precipice so that's a very important case that the supreme court is taking up today apart from handling politically sensitive cases gonzales is known as a defender of some for india's most vulnerable citizens he spent more than three decades campaigning and litigating to secure their basic rights. he's far from alone gonzales books with a team of young dedicated lawyers some have even given up lucrative corporate jobs his human rights law network provides free legal services to bonded laborers religious minorities refugees women and others go to the supreme court his petitions have led to some landmark rulings notably one of the directed india states to implement several fo

it is part of a package from japan for the development of western india. us president donald trump has blocked the sale of the us chipmaker toa blocked the sale of the us chipmaker to a chinese backed fund. a white house statement said the sale was rejected because it could risk national security due to the potential transfer of international property. an intervention by the white house in business deals it is rare. electric cars may be the future at what kind? at a motor show in frankfurt, manufacturers have been competing with one another to announce ambitious plans. japan has been moving in this direction the yea rs. been moving in this direction the years. recently investing heavily in hydrogen technology. but the problem is we need charging point and hydrogen fuel. was the wrong option chosen? we put the question to the company ‘s boss. chosen? we put the question to the company 's boss. i think toyota 20 yea rs company 's boss. i think toyota 20 years ago was ready investing in electrification of cards. we have a hybrid vehicle not required to be p

and how india responded? officials are not saying this huge floods india had wasjust because of this date are not shared, not in so many words. but what they say the mechanism is they are so that downstream countries like india and bangladesh can have those figures well in advance so they can evacuate people and help in flood situations like this. the bigger picture is it's notjust about monsoon season, other times, picture is it's notjust about monsoon season, othertimes, lean season, what hampers to the water, how much water is there? is china really not divert water? these questions. to secure all this they think the mechanism has to be in place and now because the data has been stopped they say it's going backwards. new images to show you from if you hours ago, another hurricane, strengthen from a category one to a category three. this is the projected course heading in the north—westerly direction. all expected to be hit by it. more detailfrom bbc expected to be hit by it. more detail from bbc weather.

and he has criticized india's treatment of minorities and fights for the poorest of the poor human rights lawyer called income solomon's house upon the by two likelihood it will go to the alternative nobel dropped. i'm phil gale welcome to the program french president emmanuel mccraw has delivered a long awaited speech outlining his vision for the european union speaking at paris this so bone university he described current e.u. systems as weak slow and ineffective he called for a shed budget for the eurozone while cooperation on terrorism and a rapid day your average european rapid reaction force to work in tandem with nato . europe correspondent catherine martin says that a welcome catherine president visit to europe with greater cooperation and all sorts of levels how does he propose together well as far as we heard in the speech the french president seems to be willing to use the same toolbox he's used to become french president he really focuses on a very local approach to get back to the european citizens to trigger a real european debate with the europeans as citizens about the do'

but do you think india threatens your existence? yes. they walk into our territory, they capture our territory, and then they leverage their position and then they blackmail us. we should explain, the cold start is an indian strategy which they have acknowledged exists which would allow them to respond to crises, including attacks by militants from pakistan, but it has been made clear that it wouldn't threaten the survival of pakistan. that is their explanation. you know, over the last now ten months, nine months, in 2017, hundreds of violations... they have violated our line of control, our working boundary. in my own constituency, my own district where i live, last month there were five or six violations. seven women died over there. property was destroyed. so this is not the way... whatever they are saying, it's doublespeak and nothing else. you accuse them of doublespeak, but we're talking about, for example, attacks by... on an indian army base in kashmir, 19 indian soldiers killed, this was last year, india's national investigation

state of india. it was estimated that a million people died, ten million people were displaced. some muslims went to the state of pakistan. many hindus came to india. it was not just the country that was divided. families were divided, too. in the late ‘50s, my father took pakistani nationality, and that is when my family's problems began, because when india and pakistan went to war in 1965, the government laid claim to our properties. there was an act of parliament called the enemy property act, which empowered the government to take over temporarily the properties of pakistanis. it was notjust our family which was affected. thousands of families were affected. the properties are worth billions of dollars. but our issue is that only my father took pakistani nationality. i have always been an indian. my mother was always an indian. we had to fight our case from the lowest to the highest court, and in every court, we won. and the supreme courtjudge said that by no stretch of imagination could i be c

it wasn't india very recently yesterday for example. it is not just helping to forge security ties and strengthen diplomatic ties between afghanistan and india but the economic aspects. india has been a major player supporting development in afghanistan. that is not rated the freedom board throughout the province but also to promote commercial ties. i know there is a commitment on the part of india to expand trade in the next three to four years, i know the us program is helping to do that as well, that is the main focus so that will be an important player. >> on the economic side from a commercial trade perspective pakistan is still the largest importer of afghan goods with 39%, india is catching up at 9%. china only 6.1%, where exports from afghanistan, commodity trade exports which are largely opium as well but there are others, the official numbers that don't include opium show the 643% in pakistan, 28%, regionally their biggest trading partners are there next door neighbors, the chinese have attempted to strike, for lack of a bette

its landmass to get to india. the indians would buy a lot more from afghanistan. that is why it is impoant to trto woron t indi india-pakistan privately at the same te. it will juste hard to do that. it is important but hard to do. so, all of this leads to the conclusion that -- my conclusion that we need a very active regional policy with the mind, within mind how do w incentivize a path to a netiated solution using those otheactorshat cabe useful. none of them -- except pakistan ishe greatesinfluence on the televion but together there can be a mass that can make positive difference if they're organid in a way that helps brina positive impact about. the biguestion -- one of the big questions is iran. how will wget engaged and what will they do to mess things up th they don't like what is going on. do need to get through. i still remember back to the fit donor conferences that we had in the fall of 2001 in the beginning of 200in afghanistan afghanistan. iran was there and they actual wanted to play a constructive

india is a destination for medical tourism from myanmar. india has been a key market for myanmar. it is no doubt on the agenda. is india likely at all to use china's dominance? we know china is well ahead in terms of investing into myanmar and potentially reaping the benefits. could they exert power there? myanmar is interested in diversified in its engagements with various countries and not limiting itself to a few. are they likely to achieve anything? the headlines have been dominated this week by the rohingya reifers. narendra modi says he wants to deport 40,000 from india. how will they get past that? among the topics discussed was security matters. this could be grounds for further deepening those ties that we just discussed. we may see cooperation around maritime security and these two countries, they share roughly 1600 kilometres of orders, and it is important for both sides to identify ways they can co—operate, build trust, current issues notwithstanding. —— borders. in other news, facebook says it has discovered a russian funded campaign to promote divisive social a

>> one of india's is a co-founder. we have a great theme that is a small character that appeals to the kids and take the form of different heroes, freedom fighters and characters that become the heroes in different stories. >> you brought some books. show us a couple of them. let's see the covers here and tell us about what each story represents and what you're trying to do to have these separate events. keep it up here. >> this talks about the diwali festival, there are five days of the diwali festival. and this is how the characters built a bridge of rocks across the sea to save them. to attract attention that these people can build rocks around the sea. there is a lot of things going on in the bay area. and the dance. she makes a robot and this robot teaches kids how to dance. it brings a cultural element to the story. >> what's going to happen at the festival? we have what diwali is based on. a lot of books and activities and storytelling where we tell stories about these things that you can tell these stories. a l

our correspondent has been to bihar, one of the worst—hit provinces of india. water was above his head, and came washing through. and you can see that it has just left absolutely terrible mud behind. president trump flies in for another visit to flood—hit texas, this time calling for nearly $8 billion in federal aid. the un says nearly 60,000 rohingya muslims have fled into bangladesh from myanmar in the past week, bringing with them stories of atrocities. so many people were killed. they just set fire to everything. i just ran. they were shooting at us, and i got hit. there were people whose throats were slashed with knives. and also ahead: it's a girl. the tennis world congratulates serena williams, as she gives birth to her first daughter. baby girl? well, i hope she doesn't play tennis! hello and welcome to the programme. aid agencies say around 45 million people across south asia are now affected by catastrophic flooding. more than 1,400 people are known to have died following torrential monsoon rains. the international red cross is warning that the floo

can live bollywood musical transform india's theatre scene? it is monday, good morning, asia. hello and thank you forjoining us for this edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. new zealand's dairy giant fo nterra hizon. new zealand's dairy giant fonterra has reported a slump in profitability. new zealand's largest company reported a net profit of $546 million for the year ending 31 july, $516 million for the year ending 31 july, down from $612 million the previous year. earlier i spoke to fonterra's chief executive live from auckland and i started by asking him why profits were down. we have a difficult and to the season, so less volume, you can difficult and to the season, so less volume, you can see difficult and to the season, so less volume, you can see that in the figures and during the year at 57% increase in milk prices, and also normal milk price product, another 200 million in price to deal with. when we spoke to the federated farmers dairy group, they described the result that you came out with very positively, because it is putting more cash into farmers' h

india is really on the brink of a precipice so that's a very important case that the supreme court is taking up today apart from handling politically sensitive cases gonzales is known as a defender of india's most vulnerable citizens he spent more than three decades campaigning and litigating to secure their basic rights. he's far from alone gonzales books with a team of young dedicated lawyers some have even given up lucrative corporate jobs his human rights law network provides free legal services to bonded laborers religious minorities refugees women and others go to the supreme court his petitions have led to some landmark rulings notably one the directed india states to implement several food security schemes that means millions of poor children now get free school lunches the supreme court of india and the high courts of the states already future for people like us and our clients it's a place we can go to it's a place where. they can get relief from persecution. and it's a very quick remedy the indian remedy of public interest litigation is unique. his organization operates fro

is the central bank of india the bank of into they have a central bank and their own bank of india supports a fee on money system that is open to all terrorist them. and actual terrorists to print and buy arms and kill each other and they call the g.d.p. growth korea paul krugman york times is g.d.p. growth not far from nine eleven o'clock paul krugman celebration nine eleven as a g.d.p. booster is like oh right let's go to our car well of course indian people themselves are the biggest holders of gold so they at least were a little bit more i mean you to the ravages on to the economy in the financial system of the monetary system which economists and the brilliant geniuses of harvard inflicted upon them whether or not merican their europeans are going to be as well protected when their schemes these q.e. and all this sort of nervous stuff unfold but now let's look at some of the consequences max exactly how disruptive was to monetization well it may have eliminated over five million jobs is certainly ensure that growth slowed for weeks hundreds of thousands of small businesses struggle to

about 41 million people have been affected in bangladesh, nepal and india. millions have been left homeless and more than 950,000 homes have been destroyed. parts of india's financial centre, mumbai, are under several feet of water and in the eastern state of bihar more than 500 people have been killed. 0ur south asia's correspondent justin rowlatt is in bihar. we had one hour of heavy rain about an hour ago and these floods rose up in what is a regional capital of india. that's how vulnerable even a city still is to flooding. let me tell you, this flood water is absolutely disgusting. the first thing that happens is the drains back up and you get a toxic stew, a toxic stew of waste in the water. imagine for a moment what it's like, this is a city, imagine for a moment what it's like for a villager in a hut made of mud and straw, that's how millions of people still live here. for that villager sitting in a waterlogged field beside a river. rains come and the waters rise up again. this flooding is not isolated to bihar, the state i am in at the moment, this f

and purpose of the trade with india being so low, pakistan won't let anything across to india. they would buy a lot more from india, so that's more important to work on the india/pakistan rivalry. it's hard, important, but it's hard to do. so, all of this leads to the conclusion that, my conclusion, that we need a very active regional policy with the mind within mind, how do we incentivize a path to a negotiated solution using those other actors that can be useful? none of them except, i mean, i think pakistan is the greatest influence on the taliban. but there can be a mass there that can make a positive difference, if they're -- they'll mess things up if they don't like what's going on. and i still remember back to the first donor conferences that we had in the fall of 2001, and the beginning of 2002 in afghanistan. iran was there, and they actually wanted to play a constructive role at that time for ideological reasons, there are some areas where we may be able to find some common ground, if we can talk to them and bring them into the process in some constructive way. big qu

all of us he's an indian human rights lawyer working to protect ranger refugees from deportation from india also coming up. on the macro begins her quest to form a new german government she's ready to talk to her former partners the social democrats they say they're going on to the opposition banks that would mean machall working with two parties that have a little in common also coming up. kurdish celebrations after a referendum on independence from iraq the problem fact that all the region the big players bitterly opposed the kurdish vote and have been pushing back. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start this program with the winners of what's known as the alternative nobel prize each year the right livelihood of ward honors those who defend human rights and the environment prize money totalling some three hundred thousand euros will be shared by three people the journalist khadija ishmael of john has courageously written about elite corruption in her own country undeterred by a prison sentence and ongoing harassment if yo b. as yet no bash legacy has been honored for h

angie: top risks about india? >> top picks in terms of sector would be consumer and what is happening in the internet space. with the reliance on smart accessible to 500 million people, it will be an incredible boom in every direction. we have to watch that carefully. tech stocks of by mostly across asia. shery: thank you for joining us. a whole hour, so that is great. we were discussing india and emerging markets. pressureeing downside across markets in asia and geopolitical tensions gaining ground, having an impact on everything across assets. angie: we're hearing from a lot of people with cash on the sidelines getting ready to go in, but the emerging-market picture as it pertains to mark mobius, it is still very helpful and healthy. bloomberg markets: middle east is coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the following program is a

taller news now in india's d. united nations chief rather and turning to terrorists is calling on me and mars leaders to end quote the nightmare facing ranger refugees fleeing the country his comments come after the drowning deaths of a number of ranger refugees his boat capsized off the coast of bangladesh dozens more are missing in the last month more than half a million were hand you have fled man more because of a violent crackdown by the country's no terry against what it's calling terrorists . schools of the hinge of refugees lined the shores of beach in bangladesh. they were fleeing violence in myanmar when their boots capsized in the bay of bengal most of the dead women and children. at the united nations security council frustration over the crisis is mounting the united states is now calling for action against military leaders in myanmar formerly known as burma saying their actions have forced the rohingya to flee. we cannot be afraid to call the actions of the burmese authorities what they appear to be

to get to india. indians would buy a lot more from afghanistan. that is why it is important to try to work on the india -- pakistan rivalry at the same time. it will just be hard to do that. it is important but hard to do. all of this leads to the conclusion, my conclusion, that we need an active regional -- withinh the mind mind, how do we incentivize a path to a negotiated solution using those other actors that can be useful? none of them -- i think pakistan is the greatest influence on the taliban but together, there can be a mass there that can make a positive difference if they are organized in a way that helps bring a positive impact. one of the questions is iran and how we get engaged and what will they do to mess things up if they don't like what's going on. we need to think that through. i still remember back to the first donor conferences we had andhe fall of 2001 beginning of 2002 on afghanistan. iran was there and he actually wanted to play a constructive role. reasons, theyl were not frie

this reform is expected to overhaul the way businesses pay tax in india. small businesses are finding it difficult to adapt and this will delay expansion plans. the imf and world bank had estimated india's economy would grow by more than 7% in 2017 out with these latest figures coming in, the target looks difficult. to achieve. chinese president xijinping difficult. to achieve. chinese president xi jinping will be meeting with resilient president later today ahead of the ninth annual summit of nations known as brics. china is now the south american country's largest trading partner. brazil recently came out of its worst recession in history written by agricultural growth. as a south american correspondent reports, a good harvest may not be enough to save the economy in the long run. work never stops in these fields in brazil. today they are covered in white as farmers harvesting cotton. just a few weeks from now, the land will be cleared to make way for soya bean plantations. this farmer knows how important his farm is to brazil. ablation macro we saved th

export access like india, we already export a lot to the us. the one thing i would say there, though, you heard it from prime minister abe, he wants clarity on the deal, and every consequent deal will evolve from the shape that the uk/ eu deal house, because especially for investment, it is very important if you want to export. our biggest market is the eu. we want to know whether you can produce in here, and with these exports to the eu or not. i'm sure we will talk about this again very soon, thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the costs of storm harvey in texas are mounting — with some analysts now estimating losses could approach $100bn. the storm has killed at least 33 people and destroyed thousands of homes. many firms in the region — which is home to the oil and gas industry — don't know when they will resume normal operations. sales of vacuum cleaners that produce more noise and heat than suction are banned under eu rules from today. the ban affects machines using more than 900 watts and emit

one week in india was pretty cool as my first time in india didn't shoot you garble we had to fake chicago l.a. has some streets that. kin look very much like chicago and i was sort of trying to contribute as our on sat like chicago expert will now take a look at a clip from the tiger hunter. not long before he passed my father took out his polished rifle his hunting jacket in nearly everything else that made him who he was and sold them all so i could go to the best british school in india. how can i ever live up to a man like that listen to some. to be you cute. you must be i. must know how he feels how he seeks. and can you want to. have hot if i become to. be. the manhunt since. you are half indian and i have polish kind of weird. your mother was polish my both polish my father's indian saab the one where you were raised as a polish catholic i was an altar boy i. was raised in chicago your father wasn't really part of your life he was it he was initially he is now and in some ways we've kind of reconnected after the tiger on our actually which has been cool but early on i was raised po

nikesh: i grew up in a lower middle class family in india. my father worked for the indian air force like you mentioned. we moved every few years from city to city, wherever his job took him. we grew up with some degree of discipline in the house, because that is what you get when you work for someone in the armed forces. emily: tell me about how you came to the u.s. and your initial experience. nikesh: i got accepted to northeastern. we had a foreign exchange controls so you could cash about $200 or $300. i had $200 or $300 in my pocket, i had my father's retirement account of $3000. he said you can have it as long as you give it back to me before i need it. emily: and you knew you couldn't go back unless -- nikesh: no. emily: unless you were a success. nikesh: unless i was able to pay him back. emily: how did you end up at google? nikesh: i had done a small startup in the u.k., which got merged into t-mobile. i came back to the u.k., and i was trying to figure out what to do next. one thing led to another. i met -- we hit it off. he introdu

but it is not as if no cash is held in india. what happened was, people began using what came to be called money news. they had a huge amount of money, broke it into small batches, and got ordinary people to return that money to the bank. a small premium. not that there was not illicit cash out there, but people found ways to get it back so they could keep it? >> that is right. virtually all the cash came back. there was some illegal money, some illegal money. so that backfired. there was another reason for the demonetization, ted catch fake currency bone -- notes that it come into circulation in india. in india, one in every 12,000 notes is fake, which is a bit more elevated than in other countries. that was also completely uncalled for. once a currency has entered the system, there is nothing to be gained by catching it and changing it to a real currency note. system, therethe is nearly no reason to take it back. it was a miss plans, misjudged move, and the country pays a price in terms of economic growth. abigail: to me it sou

and nepal, all the way to the west coast of india and into pakistan. the death toll from the collapse of a single building in the indian financial capital, mumbai, rose to 33 today. police suspect it was weakened by the torrential rains. and 16 people have died in flash floods in karachi, the largest city in pakistan. eid, one of the holiest dates in the muslim calendar, is tomorrow. it is typically one of the busiest periods for the city as families come together for the festival. but the monsoon‘s fury is not spent yet. more rain is forecast across the region. justin rowlatt, bbc news, bihar. donald trump has declared this coming sunday to be a national day of prayer. the mayor of houston has warned parts of the city may remain underwaterfor warned parts of the city may remain underwater for two weeks. storm harvey has displaced more than 1 million people with more than a0 feared dead. the flooding has knocked out the water supply to more than 100,000 people in the town of beaumont. some estimates put the economic cost at more than $50 billion. tim