hello and welcome to "live from paris." iraqi troops with the help of international airstrikes continue their campaign to take most from the islamic state group. thousands ofeds of people are now trapped in that besieged city. a 702i have an hour truce is set to begin on thursday per the

country plus president saying the cease-fire -- and it is all rate, the words of republican candidate donald trump -- it is all rigged, the words of republican candidate donald trump, even before voters have had their say. we begin in iraq.i supported by u.s.-led airstrikes and special forces, the iraqi troops have advanced onto the city of mosul l from the east of the south. the start of the long-awaited assault is raising deep concerns for the hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped inside the besieged city. the jihadists having seized most

more than two years ago. our correspondent is with the iraqi troops. >> i am literally on the front lines, just between the last village that the iriraqi forces have taken south of mosul, and currently they are striking another village, and basically 80 to clearout before they get to mosul. the convoy that we were in that left the base early this morning , you can tell that these villages are not completely retaken. there was some gunfire at our current position where i am at the moment. this is where the operations are being controlled in this offensive.

a strong position with an estimated 150 fighters. right now there are vehicles advancing toward the village, led by a bulldozer, one of those armored bulldozers that is clearing the roads from mines. also hummers with heavy machine guns are making their way toward the city. this is being followed just behind them from a system of drones. the commander has a satellite truck with a drone system, so they can actually watching call the next one taking place. annette: james andre reporting on the outskirts of mosul. officials are extreme the concerned about the safety of more than one million people as he battles take place for control of the city. refugee camps are being set aside. as pascal davies reports. >> many residents from mosul

have now become refugees. some have fled to war-torn syria. the town and northeast of the country with just the clothing on their backs. >> we are from mosul, from the bard area. we are refugees and we came here because of the humanitarian situation there, and because of the terrorist organization. when mosul is liberated, we will return to our cities, to our houses, to our lands. some timemay be before their city is liberated. if the battle runs into the winter, many refugees could be left with limited shelter to weather out the freezing desert nights. on monday, the u.n. said it fears up to 100,000 people from mosul would flee to syria. eight workers have noticed an influx of refugee arrivals -- aid workers have noticed an

influx of refugee arrivals. >> the numbers of refugees were minimal at the beginning. but now numbers are increasing, and there are big waves of displaced people. in collaboration with the united nations, we have brought tents and equipment. agencies may be well-equipped, some things are a major problem. ngo's on the ground do not have enough supplies to look after all the refugees who have arrived from mosul. annette: on to neighboring syria, where russia has announced it is going to have an eight hour humanitarian cease-fire that should begin on thursday. this coming as the e.u. warned that the syrian regime -- the moscow-backed assault on the regime could amount to a war crime.

thursday's planned cause in the fighting needs to be much longer in order to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid. in the meantime, dozens of civilians, including 12 members of the same family, were killed in heavy bombardment. sectors of thern embattled city yesterday. staying in the region, yemen's warring parties have agreed to a three-day cease-fire, the truce coming through at wednesday, midnight. has more on the story. andrew: the calls for a cease-fire have finally been heard in yemen. on sunday, the u.s. and the u.k. asked who see rebels loyal to president to stop fighting. they agreed to lay down their weapons just before midnight on wednesday. it is said to last 72 hours but could be renewed. ,audi arabia, a staunch ally

wants to give diplomacy a chance. >> it is not stagnant. we hope this matter can be resolved at the negotiating table and not on the battlefield. desperatevilians are for the bloodshed to stop. on october 8, a warplane belonging to the south led coalition drop the south led coalition dropped a bomb on a funeral procession in sanaa. 140 people,led provoking international outrage. huthie rebels -- rebels have called for a cease-fire. arcos is the fighting began, we have not seen concrete efforts to end it. conflict has devastated what was already one of the poorest countries in the arab world. more than 10 million children

are in need of humanitarian aid, according to the u.n. it blames the majority of civilian territory -- of civilian casualties on airstrikes. annette: unesco has just adopted a resolution establishing deep jewish connections to holy sites in jerusalem. last week, israel suspended its ties with unesco over the resolution, which uses the islamic name carron out sharif haram alom al h-- sharif. to the states now. the republican presidential nominee, donald trump, continues to claim that widespread voter fraud is taking place before next election day, in november.

in number of republican officials, including house speaker paul ryan, have said they are confident in the election processes. our correspondent philip crowther reports live from paris, illinois. where voting is already underway. paris, in the town of the essential election is well underway. bringing people like evelyn and merle to the polls. >> you are going to come over and did here in this box. >> evelyn is for donald trump. >> they have tried to take collections before. >> just like right now, they are trying to legalize all of these immigrants right now so they will vote the way they tell them to vote. ok, that is not legal either. many trump supporters believe in their candidate's views that the election could be reagan hillary clinton's favor.

in this one county in central illinois -- ballotill be issued a philip: bruce clark is the county clerk. three people said that their vote was being courted illegally. >> they are offered beer, cigarettes, and money for their vote. that was the complaint. whether or not that happened, it is an ongoing investigation. from the offers democratic they, they represented the democratic party. long historyas a of fraud and corruption, but even those reporting on the story do not see the conspiracy. >> even if they are unsubstantiated, which they largely have been for the past five or 10 years, all it does is cancel the poll over the election. very much any is exception, and the trump bank wagon -- the trump bandwagon

appears to be heading to a defeat. there are alarm bells ringing. hastte: melania trump defended her husband against allegations of sexual assault by questioning the women making the allegations. in response to her comments -- two comments by her husband, she said that he had been egged on by the television host he was with at the time. those words were offensive to me, and they were inappropriate. he apologized to me, and i accept his apology. we are moving on. annette: scientists have unveiled an ambitious project to map the antarctic. a team of researchers is hoping

to negotiate the continent. they will also determine the impact climate change has had on it. kick off from december. catherine viette has the details. an unprecedented undertaking to study the effect of climate change on antarctica. >> it is ambitious because we are trying to do the whole of the southern ocean in one season. that has been very rarely done before. we are including the island as well as the ocean in our investigations. we are trying to pull a data set together that nobody has. >> an international team of more than 50 researchers will carry out the first server -- the first circumnavigation of the continent. what is in the arctic and the islands themselves -- mapping whales come at

once and albatrosses to plasticg the effect of pollution, scientists will be working on a number of interrelated fields. takence samples will be to measure changes in the layers per the expedition will be divided into three legs. the team will set off from cape town in december and return three months later in mid-march. annette: in paris, a giant merrill has been unbound as a tribute to the thousands of immigrants who helped to build the country's postwar economy. north africang workers who flocked to the country after world war ii. they gave france a convenient source of cheap labor. they also suffered severe discrimination at the hands of their employers. our correspondent has the story. >> towering beside this road, it is impossible to miss his face. he is one of the chew bonnie's

-- one of the -- what the name given to thousands of immigrants from the new grip. merrill, we can help bring them out of the shadows from which they find themselves. unveiling --f its 55 years ago in paris, immigrant workers staged a protest against the war raging in algeria. around 100 protesters are thought to have been killed by french police. >> it was an opportunity to pay homage to those who have fought all their lives and help rebuild our country. on also to those who died october 17, 1961. >> despite billing away at any work he could find, he struggled to provide for his family.

now his daughter says the families finally getting the recognition they deserve. >> it is a touching tribute to my father and all the others, too. it is heartwarming to see how much work has gone into it. we must not forget them. >> the man behind it is the artist, known only as vince. although his work is not to a so distant past, it could provide a lesson for the future. that france has to take care of its immigrants if it is to avoid making old mistakes. annette: a reminder of what is making news this hour -- iraqi troops are continuing their city of to retake the mosul from the islamic state group. concerns growth of the hundreds of thousands of people trapped in that besieged city. also, a 72 hour truce -- yemen is due to begin on thursday, saying the cease-fire could be

extended if huthi rebels stick to it. and "it is all rigs," according to donald trump, who is continuing to declare that the presidential elections will be invalid before voters have their say. it is time for business news. i am joined by will hilderbrandt . e.u. trade ministers are meeting today, in hopes of improving the trade agreement with canada. we now know there is uncertainty. : belgium's french-speaking region has vetoed it, with concerns on the impact of social and environmental law. it is said it will boost the uk county by $13 billion per year, and canada up by $9 million.

some are optimistic the deals will still be reached. if not today, then soon. until october 27. if we do not succeed today, i am not all is lost. we will try to give our friends in belgium time to think. is it really the right path to block it? that october 27 date, referring to when justin trudeau is due to meet the e.u. leaders. before that, the e.u. will gather in brussels again on thursday, in hopes of tackling the dispute. now let's check in with on the markets here. .t is higher at the moment on the data front, u.k. inflation versus a 1% increase on here. that was better than what was

expected. the ftse trading up 1.9% on the news. the paris cac is up 1.1 percent. it is another earnings week with a banner quarter for netflix. the company stock soared as much as 20% in the aftermath of monday's close. quarterly sales past $2 billion for the first time with stranger things and narco's. more on the streaming service to content provider. a flame or a flickr. arequestion many investors asking about netflix. can the service be sustainable in the long run? the number of people subscribing to watch shows like "house of cards" is growing. in the last three months it gained 373,000 users in the u.s. and over 3 million world wide.

but this growth has been slowing down year on year. the california-based grand estates, with competitors like amazon prime and hulu -- it is the strategy to keep viewers investing heavily in creating their own programs. become which have instant hits, like sci-fi series "stranger things." we are now in the fourth year of our original content strategy and are pleased with our progress. release overan to 1000 hours of premium original hoursmming from over 600 this year. >> this comes at a cost in 2017. at $6 content will be a billion. far beyond most of the competitors. the group is in a challenging position but has a record of successfully going through changes. it used to rent dvd's by mail.

let's take a look at other company news. yours biggest airline is cutting its outlook. for 11%.s calling hasbro has easily beat forecasts and the toy giant can thank cinderella, snow white, and elsa from that. they have a new licensing deal with disney. the disney princesses helped girls lift toward 57%. will enter the iranian market. the telecom giant has signed an agreement with iranian operator high web. vodafone's brand will not be visible in the country.

it is the latest instance of a western company eager to tap iran's market. felt, onearl logger of the best-known designers in the world, is branching out and entering the domain of hospitality. he tells and resorts, which will include members clubs, residential building, will all be under a license agreement. he already has some familiarity in that area, collaborating on hotel designs in asia, the u.s., and right here in paris. diversifying his portfolio. annette: i think that hotel is about to reopen soon after it is about finished. thank you very much. that is marked tilde met with the business day, the press review. ise to take a look at what making headlines around the world. i am joined in the studio by

florence villeminot. are not surprisingly continuing to focus on the campaign to retake the city of mosul from the islamic state group. flo: it continues to be front page across the world. let's start with "the wall street journal," which is focusing on how forces are digging in as the battle for mosul unfolds. you can see a photo of kurdish security forces taking up position. lots of papers are focused on iraqi forces that are also taking up positions, through more about that. this is really a key battle for the future of iraq. what is interesting is the battle -- we see joe sacco battles going on away -- going underway to review have a iraqi forces advancing from the south. from the other, you have kurdish peshmerga forces advancing from the east. you can see two fronts in the same battle. enemy,ve the same common but the stakes are very

different. the objectives are contradictory. this article says the religious mosaic of the whole region can really change after this battle, and one thing is certain. a lot of people are saying there's going to be a victory. but what comes afterwards is going to be unclear. annette: to look at what you found. many in the area are concerned about the plight of civilians currently in mosul. a papera cartoon from from london. as a behind the militant, shadow, you can see a civilian calling for help because ngo's are really sounding the alarm. they say there is a major risk of a humanitarian disaster for the 1.5 million inhabitants of mosul to this is a question, a jordanian paper, the teardrop of coming from this woman, this iraqi woman. inside the teardrop, it is mosul," the name of

the city. they are focusing on the fears that what is going to happen to the islamic state group? can see all of these little militants jumping off and running away from the big militia, and there are fears that they can run off and disappear. annette: papers are focusing on the so-called jungle refugee camp on the outskirts of calais, the government announcing measures to dismantle the cap and relocate those people. flo: there is a particular attention for minors, underage refugees who have been living in the cap. negotiations with great britain have allowed for dozens of him accompanied refugee teenagers to be reunited in the u.k. with their families. you can see this photo here. beings 16-year-old harris reunited with his uncle, who he has not seen in seven years. his uncle says, "i recognized him because of his eyes."

a moving article talked about these families reuniting. it talked about a first bridge for these young refugees. we have more to follow, up to 300 youngsters stuck in the jungle. identified by the red cross that are eligible to go to britain. the interior minister of france actually penned the piece "in the guardian," the british paper today. calling on the u.k. to expand this policy even further. he says it is essential that the u.k. must fulfill its moral duty to calais's unaccompanied children. british prices are not so sure about that. they seem to be divided. flo: it is a real mixed in terms of reactions. the guardian has always been in favor of welcoming refugees. saying that this could only be the beginning. britain is the sixth biggest economy in the world. it is absurd to just we could the children. it is smug and mean not to do so.

let's take a look at the tabloids. "the daily star" -- they are focusing on claims that many of these child migrants actually look a lot older than their age. these three photos -- they are calling them calais's kids arriving in the -- annette: let's move from the atlantic to the united states. republican candidate donald trump has been drawing criticism sustained, that the u.s. election signal -- the u.s. election cycle is rigged. where would he be without twitter? flo: where would we be without twitter? this is one of many tweets. "the election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media." a lot of people are saying this is not another rant, that it is very serious. "the washington post" in their editorial, says that trump

produces enough -- an unprecedented threat. if you loses, he will claim it is a fraud. if he wins, he will jail his opponent.

announcer: this is a production of china central television america. lee: leonardo da vinci once said that simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication. this week's "full frame," guests are proving that simple ideas to foster change can have the most profound impact. i'm may lee in los angeles. let's take it "full frame." welcome back. see this bar of soap? well, did you know it has the

power to prevent millions of deaths worldwide? according to the world health organization, pneumonia and diarrheal disease are two of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years old, and both can be prevented by access to simple hygiene products that a lot of us take for granted. shawn seipler is on a mission to save millions of lives with soap while at the same time offering programs to protect the environment. he's the founder of the nonprofit clean the world, the largest global recycler of hotel hygiene products. since launching the effort in orlando, florida, in 2009, clean the world has doled out more than 30 million bars of soap to children and families in a hundred countries around the world. shawn seipler joins us now f frm orlando to tell us more about this fantastic program. shawn, welcome to "full frame." seipler: thank you, may. it is my pleasure to be here. lee: well, listen, shawn. i know that, uh, you got this idea in a hotel room.

it was, like, a light bulb moment. tell me what happened there. seipler: yeah. in 2009, i was a frequent traveler. uh, i ran a global sales team for a technology company, and i was typically on the road 4 nights a week traveling from one city to another, and as i traveled from city to city, i never took the little bar of soap and the little bottle of shampoo with me... lee: uh-huh. seipler: so one day in a hotel room, i was very curious as to what happened to those itemsms when i was done using them, and i called the front desesk at the hotel and asked what happened to the soap when i was done with it, and, of course, they told me that they throw it away, which i thought was a really interesting answer and probably a lot of waste... lee: yeah. seipler: so i did some research at the time and figured out that in the united states, we were throwing away about a million bars of soap every single day... lee: wow! seipler: which, of course, was a huge amount of waste, yeah, and so i did some more research and tried to figure out, you know, could--could we recycle soap, was there a way to take dirty soap and turn it into new soap,

and--and there was very simple ways of melting it down and reforming it into new bars, uh, but the--kind of the light bulb moment for clean the world was when we found studies that showed that two of the top killers of children worldwide, as you mentioned, pneumonia and diarrheal disease, which at the time, killed 9,000 children under the age of 5 every single day, that the-- lee: every day. that's phenomenal. seipler: every single day. lee: wow. seipler: the--the beautiful opportunity was, these studies showed that if we just gave those children soap and taught them how and when to wash their hands, that we could cut those deaths in half, so that light bulb moment was a million bars of soap being thrown away, 9,000 children underer the age of 5 dying every day to diseases preventable by soap and hygiene education, and so how do we make that connection happen, and that was how we birthed clean the world. lee: but there's a crucial element there, shawn, that not a lot of folks would be able to take that concept and that realization--uh, which is a

major, uh, realization, you know, not knowing that that happens, 9,000 kids die every day--to then make it a reality, right, so you were so committed to this idea, you left your job. you left your career and committed 100% of your time and effort to o this. seipler: that's correct. you know, i--i have 4 children. um, i had a moment sitting on my bed where sort of, you know, the heavens opened up, and--and, i guess, that moment happened, and, to me, it was a very simple math problem that could have profound results, uh, a million bars of soap being thrown away, 9,000 children dying, and i just got to figure out how to take the million bars... lee: yeah. seipler: recycle it, and get it to the 9,000 children, so really at thahat moment, it seememed ay easy response, i think, because of the way i was reared to want to help others, to--to want to help those who were, uh,

hurting, um, but, of course, i-- lee: yeah, but what about execution, shawn? i mean, you have to actually make this work, right, so technically speaking, you have to figure out how you're gonna get the soap and how you're gonna get it made and how you're gonna get the hotels to agree to give you the soap, so what were--what were the logistics behind how you actually made this work? seipler: yeah. well, you know, when i first jumped in, i--i'm one of those that just sort of jumps in the water and doesn't know how deep it is... lee: ok. seipler: and that was clearly the case in--with clean the world. uh, you know, very quickly after leaving my job, i--i was able to get my family members together, and we got into a single-car garage in downtown orlando, and we started approaching hotels in central florida with this concept, uh, to put a recycling bin in their hotel. we would ask their housekeepers as they clean the rooms every day to, instead of throwing away the soap and bottled amenities, to please put them in little bags that would make their way down to our bins, and we would then figure out how to pick it up and bring it into our

single-car garage, uh, cooking recycling center, uh, where, if you could picture in a--inin a-n a small garage, we all sat around on upside-down pickle buckets with potato peelers, and we would scrape the outside bars of sosoap and when they wee scraped, we thenen had a mea grininder that would grind it t, and--and then n we had 4 4 cooks that were cooking the e soap ino a paste and, uh, you know, all this effort, uh, for 500 bars of soap, uh, you know, in those early days, and that was a huge day for us... lee: yeah. wow. seipler: um, so, yeah, we-- it was pretty crazy. lee: yeah. i mean, that's, like, grass-roots effort right there, hands-on. seipler: that's right, and, uh--but, you know, hotels were very interested in the concept becacause they saw this waste every day. lee: right. seipler: uh, they were really interested in the concept of getting soap to those in need globally, and oftentimes in the hotel, the housekeeper comes from a country of need, uh, maybe sending money and other resources back to--to their home

country of need... lee: mm-hmm. seipler: so a lot of those things resonated with the hotels early on. it just became a matter of how operationally do we do it and then, of course, how do we create a--a financial model that was going to allow us to scale the business, continue the business, which was also a very, very tricky part of--of the early days. lee: right, right, and i know that, like you just mentioned, the hotels were willing to contribute because they also saw the waste, so you have some really big hotel partners now, don't you? seipler: we do. we--we were--early on in central florida, walt disney world resorts came on board, which was a--a huge name for us. when we--when we first launched into vegas, uh, caesars entertainment, uh, brought us to vegas, and shortly after that, uh, sands, the venetian, palazzo, and--and wynn encore came on board. um, sands helped us go to asia, uh, and so we launched in macau and hong kong, uh, not too long after that and--and have some great brands like mandarin oriental and hilton and marriott and starwood that, uh--that operate our program globally,

so the hotels, in--in terms of the impact, both environmental and social impact that we could drive, were absolutely on board. we then had to also convince them, uh, on the financial aspect, uh, and so we had to-- you know, in 2009, the economy was in--was in very rough shape, and so having a completely philanthropic model did not work for us early on. uh, we actually went broke very quickly and almost never got out of that garage, uh, so we had to ask hotels to not only participate from an operational standpoint, but we needed them to participate from a financial standpoint, and so we had to create a model, uh, whereby hotels bought the recycling program, and--and so they had to see value in it not just from a internal impact standpoint--what it means, you know, to their employees, to the guests, to the environment--but it also had to make sense financially because that was the only way we were gonna be able to scale the organization, and thank goodness

those brands that i mentioned... lee: yeah. seipler: uh, did that, saw the value, and got behind us i in--n every way possible. lee: and obviously now it's really working quite well, so let's talk about the impact that you've seen since you started this program around the world. i mean, as i read in the intro, you're in a hundred countries, right, this program, so tell me about the direct impact that you've seen on these communities, on these kids. seipler: that has been the most inspiring and fulfilling, uh, part of clean the world, being able to see the communities that we're touching, the individuals that we are helping. uh, when we started, there were 9,000 children under the age of 5 that were dying, uh, to these two diseases. today we fast-forward 7 years later, we've reduced that death rate by more than 35%. uh, there are now less than 6,000 children that are dying every day to those two diseases. it's still a child every 15 seconds, so there's still a lot of work to do... lee: right. seipler: but we have some great programming on the ground in

kenya, uh, in haiti, uh, in the philippines, as well as we work with a number of great organizations like children international, uh, operation christmas child, world vision, the american red cross, uh, international red cross. uh, these organizations are taking our product and inserting them into their wash programs, and so they're addressing, uh, clean water and sanitation and health and hygiene. lee: right. seipler: we just had a program. we just got some results back. there are 4,000 schoolchildren, for instance, in kenya, uh, who are in a--uh, in a very tough area, an area, some of it, controlled by, uh, uh, the al-shabaab terrorist organization, and so these kids oftentimes, uh, the girls who are going to school are--are sort of forbidden to go, so when they go, it's a risk for them to go into the classroom. when we went into this community, there was an 80%, um, uh, infectious rate of diarrheal disease. uh, we've handed out soap on a regular basis. we've educated, uh, the children in these schools, and the first

reports back are a 62% reduction in that rate of infectious disease, so... lee: that's incredible, shawn. seipler: it's--it's a huge result. lee: 62%. seipler: that's right. it's a huge percent, a huge reduction, so, you know, that-- that invigorates us. that inspires us to--to--to want to do more. we're now launching another program in tanzania. that program is actually supported by starwood, as well, so some of our corporate hotel partners are now jumping in on the impact, uh, development side of what we do so that we can do even more from a mission perspective, uh, so that's been a huge result. um, we've sent a couple million bars of soap to haiti since the earthquake. we've been able to see firsthand that impact, so just a--just a grgreat part of--of what we're doing is that--that mission impact side. lee: because it is so amazing when you think about it. it's such a simple concept that just washing your hands and just better hygiene with a bar of soap can make such an enormous impact in that way, and see--the fact that you're seeing it and doing it firsthand, i mean, you know, you don't need more proof

than that that something so simple can literally change the world. seipler: you're exactly right. i mean, we went through--in the developed world, we went through a hygiene revolution, uh, the united states. in europe, it happened in the early 1900s. uh, we sort of accidentally--a doctor one day delivering babies started washing his hands in between those deliveries and realized that the mortality rate of the--of the--of the babies started to reduce when he was washing his hands, and that's how sort of soap and hygiene came into, uh, you know, the medical industry and--and really, the--the developed, uh, world, so where--whereby we have that in our--you know, in our society, so many in the underdeveloped do not have--do not understand that. they don't have a culture of hygiene. they don't have the--the resources and the means. lee: right. uh, the supply/demand's just not there, so we're really addressing those areas that very simply just--just need to--to

have soap and--and--and know how and when to wash their hands. lee: right. shawn, i got to ask you a--a pragmatic question, and i'm sure a lot of people ask you this, as well, but when it comes to sanitizing the soap that's been used, you mentioned in the--you know, in the starting days, you guys would just use a potato peeler and just peel the soap, but how do you ensure that the soap is genuinely sanitized before you make it into new soap and send it out? seipler: yeah. it's a great question. so we do regular testing on our soap. we have a company that we send soap to on a quarterly basis. they test our soap to ensure that it's free of any, uh, pathogens or any, uh, uh, uh, bad, you know, diseases or items on them. through our recycling process as we surface-clean and sterilize soap, we are constantly heating it up and then cooling it down again and then heating it up, and--and through that heating process, soap naturally disinfects itself, so it is-- it's actually cleaning itself. w--we don't need to add the sterilization, um, uh, chemicals

that we add to it, which we do on a very, very small basis. we do it nonetheless, but actually, the act of--of heating, uh, itself up, soap actually disinfects and is cleaned, and, again, we test it on a regular basis to ensure that that's the case. lee: ok. well, th-- the social impact and the hygiene impact on--on these, uh, various communities that you're helping out is incredible, but we should also mention the environmental impact, , uh, the positive impact this is havivin, because it's amazing when you think about hotels and all the little bottles and the packaging every day that's used by guests in the hotel and what kind of a negative environment impact that has, so your definitely, with this program, also taking that out of the equation, too, right? seipler: that is correct. we have 4,000 hotels that run our program across north america, europe, and asia. we recycle about 750,000 hotel rooms on a daily basis, and in 7 years, we have diverted 18 million pounds of waste from

landfills, uh, on those continents, so it's a huge environmental impact. there are millions of bottles that are going into landfills every single day. uh, the hotel industry is one of the largest, uh, creators of waste, but it's great to see the industry really, uh, uh, you know, figuring out sustainable programs, initiatives, technologies, uh, so that they can become more sustainable, and again, i think that that response to our program has been one of those answers whereby they--they see the soap and the bottles going into landfills. they don't want that to occur, and instead, we--we bring a social impact, uh, result which is even better, uh, sort of a win-win-win... lee: yeah. seipler: but it's been a great sustainability and environmental story. lee: so, shawn, do you think there's gonna come a day where you're gonna be able to--through this program and, obviously, the efforts of a lot of other folks and a lot of other companies--that we're gonna be able to really almost eradicate, you know, these

diseases that can be simply remedied by just better hygiene? seipler: without a doubt, uh, we believe so. we've already seen a 35% reduction, uh, in the death rate because of the efforts of--of clean the world and other organizations that--that are really focused from a wash perspective and from a clean water perspective. lee: mm-hmm. seipler: we see great movement, for instance, in india, uh, a country of 1.2 billion. uh, over 600 million do not have toilets, and the prime minister there recently said that, you know, we need to build more--more toilets than we do temples, so we're seeing that hygiene and sanitation is--is at the forefront, uh, in a lot of--of countries that--that so desperately need it from an attention standpoint, so i do believe that these are simple answers--hygiene, uh, sanitation--very simple answers to, uh--to problems that, uh--that we see, you know, over a death rate that--that is--that can easily be prevented... lee: right. right. seipler: s so, yes, we really

believe that we will eradicate, uh, those two top killers of children through these hygiene efforts. lee: what a phenomenal goal that would be to achieveve. um, final question, shawn. any other projects that you guys have in mind for clean the world? seipler: yeah. yeah. we have seen a tremendous response from our volunteer community who come to our facilities, either in orlando, las vegas, uh, montreal, uh, hong kong, and they volunteer with us. they engage in giving back and serving and helping others. that has really been one of the really cool outcomes that--sort of unattended outcomes that we've seen. we need that help in order to-- uh, to process the products and get them sorted and--and--and get them recycled... lee: yeah. seipler: and so we really see a great opportunity to take that model and mobilize it and--and perhaps leverage those 4,000 hotels that we have which are already places where people come to. they meet. they--they--they rest. they--they do a number of

things. they dine. they--they come there, and so, you know, can we take that volunteering and mobilize it across the world so that, uh, individuals and communities can do something that i really believe everybody innately has in--in their dna, and that is to want to serve and help others... lee: yeah. seipler: and so we really see that as something we'll do in the future, bringing that--that opportunity to volunteer, to help, to serve, and--and bring it into the community, mobilizing it, uh, across different various communities where our hotels partners are so that we can engage so many who, uh, you know, in their dna want to help and serve others. lee: rigight. right. well, shawn, it takes one person, right, to make a difference and then you cause that r ripple effect around the world, so congratulations on the success of clean the world and what you're doing, so thank you so mucuch, shawn. great, great to talk to you. seipler: thank you, may. great talking to you, as well. lee: all right. well, coming up next, one american company is saving the world's children one nutrition bar at a time.

according to unicef, close to 160 million children under the age of 5 are chronically undernourished worldwide, and around 3 million of these children die due to undernutrition every year. our next guest is providing a solution by producing simple products that are full of micronutrients to treat and prevent malnutrition in developing countries. navyn salem is the founder of edesia, a nonprofit, u.s.-based food aid company. her organization has reached over 3.5 million children in 46 countries since starting production in its providence, rhode island, facility in 2010. navyn joins s us now fromm providence to tell us more about edesia's mission to save as many lives as possible in the developing world. navyn, welcome to the show.

salem: thank you, may. lee: well, let me ask you, of course, uh, w--why did you start this? what triggered you to begin this mission to, uh, nourish malnutrit--malnourished kids all over the world? salem: yeah, so there were a couple of different factors. um, one is, uh, that my father is from tanzania originally. um, i have a business background and also 4 daughters, and it was kind of those 3, uh, things pieced together that, uh, began edesia and the creation of a social enterprise that's mission is to treat and prevent malnutrition for those children that are most vulnerable, and so i did my research back in tanzania, uh, where my father, grandparents, and great-grandparents all are from originally. lee: so obviously, you had traveled to the area, so did you witness firsthand what was happppening to these children? salem: absolutely. i mean, i've been face to face

with kids and their mothers who are going through really tough challenges, uh, especially in times of drought or conflictct d wars, uh, and natural disasters, umum, that are a trouble in--in these countries all the time, and being face to face with these mothers is really challenging, um, to be a parent and to raise children, uh, in these kinds of situations, and so i realized that, you know, malnutrition really shouldn't be ki----killing childrdren in thiy and age. we know what the--the problem is and the solution, and there's a really easy way to be able to solve this problem. lee: the one thing, um, i wanted to ask you about, uh, one of t e productsts that you create is called plumpy'nut--uh, one of the most populular, i guess--and it's also literally life-changing to those who consume it, the kids who actually take it in. there are some transformative stories that you have, but i want to take a look at a picture of a before and after, uh, of a child who was taking--eating the plumpy'nut.

this was before--so very, very undernourished, obviously--and this is her after. that's remarkable, so is this a typical transformation? salem: absolutely, and so this transformation took place over a 6-week time period, and i think thatat's what-- lee: 6 weeks? that's it? salem: absolute--yeah. 6 weeks and about $50 worth of fortified peanut butter is able to make this transformation, um, and just to be clear, i didn't inventlulumpy'nut. it was creat b by, rlly,y, a llaboratn of people. a a ench food engineer, uh, dd nutrititnist and--and hehers, reallyolollaboted d toome upup with tsese forlas,s, a the reason thaththey'rere revolutionar t they me i in sachet that looks like this. this is plumpy'nut, um, and it's really revolutionary because it doesn't need to be mixed with water or refrigerated, and these are two things that are just aren't available in the developing world, and so this enabled us to be able to reach children, um, in really rural parts of the world who weren't

able to be reached in the past, uh, and so to be able to make this change, really drastic change, i mean, sometimes, i'm looking for an earring or a braid or something on a child to even recognize that it's the same child because they've changed so significantly over those 6 weeks. lee: i--i'm stunned to hear that it--it only took 6 weeks for this little girl to become healthy again, so tell me-- obviously, these products are full of nutrients, micronutrients, as they're called. tell me why micronutrients are so important when it comes to nourishing undernourished and malnourished kids? salem:m: yup, so the plumpy'nut formula is peanuts, sugar, vegetable oil, um, milk popowde, and the vitamins and minerals, and it really is the, uh, milk powder and the vitamins, minerals, the micronutrients that are critical to be able to achieve growth at that high rate, and, um, little-- people need, uh, the micronutrients to develop their brains and their bodies, and if we don't deliver those

micronutrients during this critical window of opportunity, then it is lost. we cannot regain that intellectual capacity later in life, and so if we want children to learn in schools, if we want them to live productive lives and do well and get good jobs in their futures, we really need to make sure that we intervene at these critical times, um, to deliver the micronutrients, or the effects are irreversible, and the fact that we h have something so simple that can make this lifelong impact, to not do it is really, uh, you know, a really lost opportunity and something that we--we can't afford to not pay attention to. lee: i totally a agree with you, navyn, so, uh, in terms of--you said 6 weeks for this little girl that we just saw photos of. is that the average amount of time that a--a child should be eating your product, and, if so, how often? how--how many times a day are they supposed to consume the product? lee: ok, so typically, they're going into health clinics, and we're working with existing

health care systems and health care workers, and it's like a food by prescription, and so based on the child's height and age and nutritional status, um, on average, they're getting about 3 packets per day, and this is a--a full, um, daily allotment, and so if they're able to take this, between 6 and 10 weeks, we do expect a full recovery. none of these products are intended to replace traditional foods or anything of the sort. it's really to bridge during these, uh--these critical times of--of emergency, really... lee: mm-hmm. salem: um, in--in the many different ways that they come about, and so we're here to--to help bridge that gap so that children not only survive, but have the, uh, opportunity to thrive, as well. lee: wondering, though, , um, wt happens after they're done with the treatment? they become healthy, but they're still kids, and they're still growining, and they still need e nutrients, so is there some sort of follow through? uh, what if they can't get the proper nutrition after they finish the program?

salem: yup. that's a great question, so, i mean, every scenario is really very different. um, traditionally, you know, plumpy'nut could be used, um, during the lean season, during a hunger gap, so if you imagine that your family's harvest is two months out, and that's the time where you'll see a spike in malnutrition wards, uh, filling up with children because the parents have run out of money. they don't quite have enough supplies to be able to get them to that point, and that's when we come in and kind of cover that gap. once the harvest, it comes in, um, they're able to get back up on their feet, so we might have an exit program where they are still coming in to feeding centers, but we know that soon they'll be well on their way, and whether it's a, um, natural disaster or emergency, um, similar in those situations, we're there during that, the-- the crux of the emergency, and as they are able to get back up on their feet, then we, um, you know, can move them to their traditional foods and, uh, market supplies of--of what they

would normally consume. lee: i got to ask you, though, navyn-- you--you are a mother of 4, and you're doing this at the same time. um, i mean, i wowould call you superwoman, but, i mean, what's--what's your secret? that must--i mean, that's got to be tough. salem: it is, definitely. i can't lie. um, i've gotten pretty good at multitasking... lee: yeah. salem: and i'm not sure which is more challenging, being a mom of 4 girls or trying to feed a million children a year, and i would actually have to say that probably being mom is--is the hardest but most rewarding job, uh, and it makes feeding a million, um, seem actually a little bit easier. my girls will be surprised to hear that, i'm sure, but-- lee: um, ha ha! pretty funny comparison, but, uh--but the fact that you're doing both, i commend you, for sure. um, let's talk about funding. uh, how do you get your funding, uh, for your programs, and, um, is that steadily increasing as the word gets out on the work

that you're doing? salem: yup. yeah. i mean funding-- so we're set up as a social enterprise, which means that we're selling our products to unicef, to world food program, and the u.s. government, uh, and they're working with the--the smaller groups to do distributions, as well, all the way down to the--to the field level and that individual clinic level... lee: right. salem: and funding is always going to be part of the problem. lee: mm-hmm. salem: um, you know, it is increasing, and--and, uh, governments understand the importance of addressing nutrition, uh, in terms of looking at their whole country's health and--and potential for, you know, uh, increasing gdp, even. i mean, impact is that large, and so they--they realize that we need to invest more, but, of course, um, you know, it's never quite enough, and--and it's very difficult to balance resources, especially when we have, uh, a syrian refugee crisis over here, and we have one of the worst droughts in over 30 years in

ethiopia and we have post-ebola work going on in west africa. i mean, there's a lot of problems in the world, and so trying to balance where we're able to direct solutions is going to always be a challenge, um, but at least we know that the places that we are able to reach, like syria and ethiopia and west africa, we're able to see, uh, the results and--and the impact and hope to continue to do better each time. there's always room for improvement, and there's always room for more funding necessary, as well. lee: you know, uh, i was also really fascicinated, andnd i tht it was grereat that, uh,h, your plant and your, um, business here in rhode island, uh, you actually employ, uh, former refugees, uh, who have come from different parts of the world, so that, obviously, was another mission of yours, to try to help those here who've come to the states. salem: right, absolutely. i mean, no one can understand beining in the position of needg to depend on help from somebody

else, and no refugee thinks that they're going to be put in this situation, uh, and--and isn't prepared for that. they had normal lives with great jobs and families and everything, and the next day, you're put in a situation where you're depending on someone else for your--your next meal... lee: yeah. salem: and so the people who work with me at edesia, uh, really understand. they've lived through these experiences before, and that's what motivates them and motivates the rest of our team, uh, to work as hard as we do to get orders out on time, to make sure that the quality is the highest it can, and then--and we do it for the least, uh--the most efficient process that we can do. because of their stories and their strength and their resilience that they teach us every day is--is really what makes us special and like a family at our company. lee: so i'm sure every packet of your product is made with love and, uh, a lot more dedepth to t than just, like, churnining it out, which is great to hear. um, one last queuestion. salem: absolutely.

lee: how can people donate to edesia? where should we go for that? salem: so you can go to edesianutrition.org, and every little bit helps. even a $50 donation equals one life, and that one life is--can be revolutionary and life-changing to that family, and, um, so every little bit helps. please go to our website. check out the information that we have. learn a little bit more about us, um, and help us. we need all the help we can get to really make an even bigger impact, uh, in--in the years to come, so i appreciate the opportunity. $50 to save a life. that's pretty extraordinary. navyn, thank you so much for your time, and, um, the work you're doing is incredible, so thank you for sharing your story. salem: t thank you so much, may. lee: we'll be right back to meet a social entrepreneur who is giving fashionistas the chance to help school children in africa. stay with us..

according to a 2013 unesco study, a staggering 124 million children a and adolescents do nt have access to formal primary ededucation. the numbers may actually be higher but the tools and measurements to get more accurate figures aren't really available. one person who's trying to lower those numbers--a social entrepreneur, matthew clough. his company stone & cloth, specializing in backpacks and totes, donates a portion of its proceeds to a scholarship fund for tanzanian schoolchildren to ensure that their classroom time is supported and subsidized, and to think, this all started when matt climbed mount kilimanjaro. matt clough joins me now from detroit, michigan, to fill us in.. hey, matt, welcome to "full l frame." clough: hey, thanks so much for having me.

lee: you're welcome. well, matt, as i just said, uh, this all began because you climbed a really high mountain-- mount kilimanjaro. how did this all come about? what happened? clough: yeah, so, i mean, it--it started-- i was--i was in college at the time, just really, um, excited about and kind of obsessed with climbing mountains, and a buddy and i both wanted to climb the 7 summits which is the highest peak on every continent... lee: wow. clough: and we had the chance to go to africa to climb mount kilimanjaro and--and check one of those mountains off the list, so, um, i ventured out and started training and, uh, you know, uh, ended up going to africa and, uh, climbed mount kilimanjaro, um, so that's how it happened, and it's the only--out of the 7 summits, it's the only one that i've accomplished, but... lee: ok. ok. clough: uh, hope--hope to get to a few others in the future. lee: ok, but you got sidetracked because, obviously, you decided to start this company that was gonna help educate children in africa, so tell me where that all came about and how you were inspired to do that. clough: of course, so i was-- um, as i was climbing the mountain, when you're climbing

mount kilimanjaro, you have porters with you, and they're waking you up with tea. they're cooking your meals. they're carrying your heavy rucksack because you're just sort of carrying, like, a small daypack, um, and over the course of the 4 days climbing up to the summit, uh, you get to knonow tm pretty well, pretty intimately, and they're just the most charismatic, wonderful people. um, there was one in particular, benson, that i--i really just sort of connected with, he was just such a cool guy, um, and then i started learning more about just sort of, like, the area in tanzania, um, and learned that some of them don't get work often enough and sometimes don't get paid enough to put their children through school, so i came home. i kind of had this, uh, reverse culture shock when i got home after being over in tanzania and really just wanted to do something to help, um, and knew that i wanted to do it about education. um, i went to school for design. i grew up sort of creating. i've always been a creative guy, so i thought, "why don't i design a backpack that sort of represents the backpack that i used going to school every day?"

lee: oh. clough: and--and then partner with a nonprofit and--and have your purchase provide 25 classroom hours, uh, for a student over there, so, uh, that's how it started. lee: right, soso your effort, obviouslsly, is grass-roots because you kind of started on your own, and yoyou designed the backpacks and totes on your own, so what was that like, just getting started in that way? clough: yeah. i mean, so i-- when--when i started, i--i had just graduated from college. um, i had another job at the time, and i literally had to borrrrow $250 so i could buy a-a used sewing machine and some-- and buy some canvas, so i was--i was actually the one that made the first 20 or 25 backpacks... lee: wow. clough: um, selling them to friends, and then i kind of realized that wasn't, you know, very scalable, um, at which point we found some--some factories and some sew shops in los angeles that now produce all the goods for us. lee: ok. let's talk about who this benefits. um, as--as i mentioned in the intro, you know, you're trying

to help those who aren't getting the proper education, helping to subsidize actual classrooms and supplies, so tell me a little bit where the money goes and how it's used. clough: yeah, of course, so, um, like i said, your purchase provides 25 hours of classroom learning for students. that's sort of the baseline. we've helped out with other stuff, with lunch programs and-- and school supplies and, you know, help out where we can beyond that, uh, but primarily, i really just focused on providing scholarships, and we do that with, uh, a nonprofit partner. um, we found a nonprofit partner called knock foundation. uh, they have their boots on the ground in the foothills of kilimanjaro. they have a scholarship program, so what they do is, they vet different students that really want to be in the classroom. they have a great vision for their future, but don't necessarily have the resources to get to the classroom and--and actually go to school, so, um, i knew that, you know, i--i'm not the--i'm not the expert in education. i knew that i really wanted to partner with people that knew what they were doing...

lee: right. clough: um, and we found this great organization that--thatt really seemed to--we just sort of clicked with them. they're a small organization. we also knew exactly where our money was going to be going, uh, and really trusted them to do so, so--and also, you know, just really--i feel like their--their values were aligned with ours, and, uh, it just felt like the right partnership. lee: and since you started stone-e-tone & cloth, how many kids or how many schools have you been able to help so far? clough: yeah, so we're on--we're on track right now. the way that we sort of--our--our, you know, ticker or marker is--is how many, uh, classroom h--hours we have--we have supported, and... lee: ok. clough: we're on track to provide over 25,000 classroom hours, uh, for s students, um, d as we're starting to figure out how to--how to continue to grow, uh, we're thinking about bringing on different partners, um, and, uh, you know, hopefully, we'll continue to--to push that--push that forward. lee: um, let me go back, though, in terms of how you go about choosing the kids who you subsidize, uh, in the classroom hours that you give. you--you mentioned vetting, um,

and i know you do a lot of that, and that also includes vetting the families, too, because that's an important factor in the success of the--of the kid, right? clough: absolutely. yeah. um, that's--i mean, that's a really big part of it, and that's a big part of the reason why we've partnered with the people that we've partnered with, is--is-- you know, i--i mean, first-- first and foremost, it's--it's, you know, when i wanted to help, it--it was because there was that problem. i think the--the first thing to do is really start with asking questions and figure out, like, if you want to help someone figure out what they actually want and then go from there... lee: yeah. clough: um, so making sure that these students actually want to be in the classroom was--was really, really important, and also making sure that they have, like, a vision for their future was also important. beyond that, i mean, um, you know, if--if they didn't have the support at home, uh, from their family, then chances are they were gonna be really distracted in the classroom... lee: true. clough: and weren't gonna be getting the benefits of actually

being there, so, um, one thing that the knock foundation does is, they make sure that they-- the entire family understands the value of the scholarship so that they're getting the most out of it. one specific story, uh, i was talking to kim from, uh, knock, and she was explaining to me that they had a student in the scholarship program, um, but he wasn't eating his--his lunch. what he was doing was, he was-- he was taking his lunch home to share it with his family... lee: oh, man. clough: and--and--and when it comes to being in the classroom, like, if--if these kids aren't eating, then they're not gonna be able to focus. they're gonna be very distracted. they have all this other stuff on their mind, so, like, really just making sure that, you know, the--the--the family environment is--is positive and they're also--you know, there's food and the basic needs are--are taken care of is-- lee: right. clough: is really important. lee: right, right. the support system has to be there, but, boy, how heartbreaking that he was taking his food home to help out his family, too. clough: i knowow. yeah. lee: um, matt,t, what's next for you guys, then?

you just keep doing what you're doing, or do you have sosome expansion plans? well, whatat's next? clough: yeah. i mean, you know, a really--a really sort of, like, big thing for us is--is really just focusing on our--our primary objective, you know? we really just want to be a--a business that's valuable to the world, and we've sort of found, um, you know, sort of, like, where we--where we hang our hat is really, you know, providing these, um--these jobs in the u.s. and--and making really, really high-quality products in america, uh, and then providing scholarships, so, uh, we're really just hoping to be a part of this movement of, uh, social businesses that really want to use business as a force for good. lee: yeah. w well, i think t t's a great mission, and, matt, i share your love of climbing. i actually went to everest and climbed up to kala p patthar... clough: oh, my gosh. wow. lee: so you might want to go there next if you have the time. clough: yeah. that--that might-- that might have to be my next stop, for sure. lee: ok. all right, matt. thank you so much for your time. clough: of course. thank you. lee: great, great work you're doing, love your products, and good luck to you guys. clough: thank you so much. lee: ok. well, coming up next, this week's "full frame"

close-up, so stay with us. this week's "full frame" close-up is a profile in cross-cultural curiosity. now a resident of boston, dr. nancy berliner lived in china for many years. she spent her time there studying the language and culture and collecting historical artifacts, artifacts that many chinese people themselves aren't privy to. now working for the museumum of fine arts in boston as a curator, nancy still travels to china often, uncovering treasures that help both the chinese and americans gain a better appreciation for the rich history of china. "full frame" visited with nancy in boston, where she is hard at work on her latest project.

berliner: i think it--it broadens a person's mind to understand that other cultures approach aspects of daily life in different manners. one of the aspects of chinese culture that i really enjoy is the depth of history that one can see in almost any object, so you look at a painting, and you can see references to many different aspects of history, of the culture, to thinking and expressions.s.

i had studied art in--as an undergraduate as well as chinese, and then i ended up going to the central academy of ararts in beijing, and though i had wanted to study painting, chinese painting, while i was there, i was actually put into the chinese art history course. suddenly, i was exposed to the wonderful history of chinese art and chinese painting and got excited about that history, got interested in all different types of chinese art. i wrote a book and put together an exhibition at the same titime and traveled it around the united states, and beforore i kw it, i suddenly was a curator of chinese art.

when i first came to the museum of fine arts, i gave a talk, and a woman stood up, and she was holding 8x10 photograph of a guanyin sculpture, and it was a sculpture that we now have in the song galleryry, and she sai, "when is this object coming back on view?" and i said, "i have no idea. i've just arrived here, but i will find out," and what i discovered is that this is an object that came to the museum in 1920, and it was on view in the museum until 1999, and it was a very much-loved sculpture, and it had been off of view and in storage because it needed some conservation,

and since it's been back out on display, so many people-- american people, people who have no connection to chinese culture--have come up to me and said, "this is my favorite object in the whole museum, and i'm so glad it's back on display." it's called "the bodhisattva of compassion," and it's really touching to see how this object that was made almost a thousand years ago in a country thousands and thousands of miles away, very different time, a very different culture, but somehow it touches people. the museum of fine arts is

privileged to have an incredible collection of song art. now, the song dynasty goes from 960 to 1279 in china, and the song dynasty was a very urbanized culture. they had a much more conceptual and abstract concept of art, and in putting together this gallery, really what i wanted to do was give our visitors, our contemporary visitors, a sense of the song aesthetic, the--the sense of refinement and--and refinement through restraint. [birds chirping]

i have been involved in a project in the forbidden city for over the past 10 years. the project is the qianlong garden conservation project, and i'm an advisor to world monuments fund, whwho collababos with the palace mumuseum on this project. we discovered more things behind other artworks that had been hidden for 250 years that were in absolutely perfect condition because they had been covered up for so long, and we were able to bring these to the united states and exhibit them.

the project i'm working on right now in chinese is called ba hua, 8 brokens, and it's a type of painting that arose in the sesecond half--half of the 19th century and kind of died away in the middle of the 20th century and was basically forgotten about. woman: ok. berliner: these are paintings that look like somebody took old calligraphies and paintings and old pages from books, ripped them up, burned them, wormholes eaten n through them, and then pasted themem randomlyn

a surface of the paper, but instead of these being collages, they were actually trompe l'oeil. they are painted but painted to look real... maybe... and when i first saw these, i thought, "wow, what is this about?" and i thought maybe this is all about being antitradition, just ripping up all the old, wonderful treasures ofof chinese art history, but, n fact, i--i slowly learned that it wasas more about nostalgia.a. it was people seeing their old treasures disappearing and deteriorating and pepeople losog respect and interest for these wonderful, ancient treasures. most people e didn't know anythg about them, and even today i

show them toto chinese art historians, and they look atat , and they say, "chinese people did that?" and "when didid theyo this?"?" when i look at chinese art, i think of it as chinese visual culture, not just fine art. i look at visual objects that are created by all different types of people within a society, that it's not the--just the fine artist with the well-known signatures, but it's also people in the countryside who are making patchwork quilts for their beds, or it's people

making woodblock prints because they can't afford to have original paintings hanging on their walls. chinese society is very rich in visual culture, and i think it's important to recognize everything that contributes to our visual surroundings. lee: and that does it for this week. join the conversation with us on social media. we are cctv amererica on twitte, facebook, and youtube, and now you can watch "full frame" on our new mobile app, available worldwide on any smartphone for free. get the latest news headlines and connect to us on facebook, twitter, youtube, and weibo. search "cctv america" on your app store to download today, and all of our interviews still can be found online at

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