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New Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte’s major challenges

Clip: 5/10/2016 | 5m 19s

Rodrigo Duterte, whose campaign won him comparisons to Donald Trump, took a victory lap.

The new president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, whose campaign rhetoric won him comparisons to Donald Trump, took a victory lap Tuesday — to his mother’s grave. Sobbing, he begged for help. He’ll need it. A third of his people live in poverty and his victory comes as the U.S. looks to deepen its ties with Manila to counter Chinese ambitions in the region. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

05/10/2016 | Expired 06/10/2016 | Rating NR

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