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justin bieber, alina cho with us. mad talented.s. yes, he is. and you're right. i just found him to be incredible. cute as a button, first of all. but, yeah, he does have a social conscious at 16. there's no question that justin beeber is a huge star, so early in his career. already up for two grammys and swept the american music awards. all incredible. but what was most surprising to us is even at the ripe old age of 16 he is building a history of giving back. justin bieber. ♪ oh he is hot, hot, hot. so hot that hysteria around him has a name. bieber fever. the hair. the music. the movinging. ♪ baby baby baby oh and he's all of 16. with a passion for giving back. you know, you think to yourself, he's 16 years old. >> yeah. >> reporter: how does he know what charity is? >> for me, i grew up really not having a lot of money and for me, it's about helping people out that haven't had opportunity. >> reporter: in fact, it wasn't just that bieber didn't have a lot of money, four years ago he and his mother, a single mom, were broke. liv

at moscow could be disqualified from the europa league after crowd trouble in their match against alina the way for is waiting for a match report from the referee after players had to leave the field twice and so back here on wednesday night spot out fans invaded the pitch and threw flares in their final champions league group match the mosque a side one to one security seeded spot in the europa league but you a forewarned they could face sanctions and even be disqualified from the tournament he waved his disciplinary committee well announce their verdict on december the sixteenth a day before the europa league draw. with russian football union president surface saying to has also condemned the violence it's thought the crowd trouble was in response to the fatal shooting of a spartak fan in moscow in a separate incident this week and although sympathetic the sanka says that should not be used as an excuse it's just so brilliant first of all we presented condolences to relatives and friends of the killed we also made a statement together with all russian union supporters and we warmed to

the asian champions beat host side our water for one in abu dhabi jungle open stream morrissey i'm alina after some awful defending. i guess but the house where level on the half hour mark fernando beyond i produced a great head to make it one one however it wasn't long before the south korean side was back in front sasha not state with a goal and goals with just before the bright and two more playing in the second half choi could make the most of some space on the edge of the area three one. don't join sure of the trade close range lights on so comfortable one creation champion is not a fighter need to answer that. we don't come here to be had to if and when i do with complacency you know we come here to want to win and if not we'll. make sure that we've given give it everything that we've got so you know i will be sorry about everything everything and interim highfalutin wife are with. me long as my manager rafael benitez has dismissed talk his job is under threat after the european champions arrived in abu dhabi for the top world cup and he says took over from just a merino at the sta

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alina cho was there when they rolled tout heir apparent kim jong-il's son.ns us now. >> good to see you, suzanne, as always. >> you were there a couple of months ago and this is a country like no other country in the world. >> i say that all of the time. you are absolutely right. it is like no other country on earth. and it is really difficult, i have to tell you, suzanne, for westerners to truly comprehend what is it like to be inside of north korea. remember, this is a place that if you are an average citizen, where there is no internet access, and many people don't own televisions. if you do own a tv, you are only allowed to watch government-sanctioned channels, and there is propaganda music blaring across pyongyang and you don't need an alarm clock because the music starts at 5:00 a.m. coming from the train station. and speaking of propaganda, and anywhere you go in pyongyang, there are statute -- statues honoring kim jong-il. >> what will wolf encounter on the streets, and how will he be received as a western journalist? >> he will be received well as i

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alina cho will explain. >> reporter: call them modern day golden girls.ertain age are deciding it's practical to become roommates. they're saving money which certainly helps in this economy, and in some cases there's an added bonus. friendship. you seem like an old married couple to me. >> we sometimes argue that way, too. >> reporter: from the looks of it, you'd think jeannette brown and linda brown have been friends forever. not so. three years ago they were perfect strangers who came together out of necessity. jeannette needed help paying her mortgage and linda long divorced had lost her job. they decided to become roommates. what attracted you to this? >> well, i didn't want to bother my family and i wanted to be able to take care of myself. >> reporter: call them modern day golden girls, like the tv show. >> have i got a man for you. >> no, thanks. had one. >> reporter: single women in their 50s, 60ss and 70s choosing to live together to cut down on expenses without giving up standard of living. the recession, high divorce rates and the fact that wom

. >> alina cho is here to explain that as part of our series "big stars, big giving." >> without questionwood royalty, an academy award winning actress and also a tabloid figure, by the way. her work as a u.n. good will ambassador is what she says keeps her grounded. why did she get involved? her mother. >> a lot of my life, i've been trying to please my mother. and i suppose i still felt like i'd won an oscar, i've done this. my mom was still like -- and this is probably the thing she most responds to in my life. >> so that thing nicole kidman is talking about is her work as a good will ambassador for unicef, the united nations arm that fights for gender equality. and to end violence against women. >> take action, say no. >> a role she's held for nearly five years. >> we need women in this organization. they're working for nothing, you know. and they're so committed. >> ironically, it was a movie role, "the interpreter" that first threw kidman to the united nations. what she didn't know was that soon arts in part would imitate life. her work has taken her to congress, fighting for women'

>> our alina cho is here to, plain that as part of our special series.omething near and dear to halle berry's heart. >> it certainly is. she's very close and works with domestic violence victims. there's a reason for that. even now, many women are ashamed to admit they've been abused. but halle berry wants the world to know it's okay to talk about it. and she should know. she lived with it herself and it's inspired her to give back. >> reporter: it's been a personal crusade for halle berry for more than a decade. a secret she's kept hidden for the early part of her life. watching her mother being abused. >> how does that shape you as an adult? >> well, you know, honestly, i think i've spent my adult life dealing with the sense of low self-esteem that that sort of implanted in me. somehow i felt not worthy. >> do you know how many people in the world would say are you kidding me? you're halle berry. >> i'm sure because that's halle berry. but before that, i'm little halle, a little girl growing in this environment. and i've spent my adult life trying to r

alina cho here now with the story. >> can you believe that show has been off the air for 25 years nownd more women of a certain age deciding, well, to live together as roommates. maybe for the first time since college. of course, they are sharing expenses. and that helps. but in some cases, there's an added benefit -- friendship. you seem like an old married couple to me. >> you know, we sometimes argue that way, too. >> reporter: from the looks of it, you'd think jeanette brown and olinda young have been friends forever. not so. three years ago they were perfect strangers who came together out of necessity. jeanette needed help paying her mortgage. olinda, long divorced, lost her job. so they decided to become roommates. what attracted you to this? >> well, i didn't want to bother my family, and i wanted to be able to take care of myself. >> reporter: call them modern-day golden girls. like the tv show. >> have i got a man for you. >> no thanks, had one. >> reporter: single women in their 50s, 60s and 70s choosing to live together, to cut down on expenses without giving up standard o