welcome to "stories: reporter," i'm tom foreman. much of the week overseas trying to build up america's image which has taken a beating lately in terms of foreign policy over wars, trade, even the environment. so you might think that american leaders would be cheering over what many observers, left, right and middle consider an overwhelming success. but you would be wrong. with the economy still teetering along, this story from jim acosta is about how we may no longer be able to afford arguably one of our greatest triumphs. ♪ you're about to see what many call a miracle. >> i could not feed myself. >> reporter: this woman in africa is dying from aids, barely able to lift her arms or open her eyes. >> this is me. wow, they've done a great job. >> reporter: and here she is again, days later, after treatment with inexpensive anti-aids drugs. talking, walking. it is called the lazarus effect, this astonishing transformation has been repeated all over the continent thousands of times and michael gerson wants you to know the story because

tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> that's the what. for a closer look at the why, i spoke with dr.d some psychologists who say men with great power and status are more prone to affairs than the average person. is that really true? >> i think it probably is true, anderson, but it doesn't mean it's okay, and it doesn't mean the high profile or power status necessarily causes this. in fact, the research that i've done on celebrities and people in positions of power show something quite different. what it shows is the kind of person that strives to get themselves in those positions may have certain character liabilities that make them the kind of person prone to these transgressions. >> what's the correlation, the drive to achieve something and the impulse or whatever to cheat or to do stuff that's high risk? >> it's a topic we have talked about over the years, it's narcissism. it's the need to get pumped up from the environment to feel okay about yourself, so you have to keep getting positions of power to feel okay when you don't feel so good on the inside. narcissism has this liabili

tom foreman, cnn. >> you can join tom foreman for building up america special later today.h america's heartland on the cnn express. to find out how people are finding their way through tough economic times through industry, innovation and, yes, even music. that's at 2:30 p.m. eastern time right here on cnn. >>> well, he is a potential republican presidential candidate. and you probably have never heard of him and you probably can't recognize him. but, he is getting a lot of attention and part of the reason why is because just last week he worked for president obama. we'll explain. >>> well, he's a potential republican presidential candidate who has been noticeably absent at all the big political events. talking about john huntsman. who? yes, john huntsman the former utah governor. just a few days ago he was working for the president of the united states. he was the u.s. ambassador to china. but now that he's resigned that post, he is making up maybe for some lost time today and he is in the key state of south carolina. that is also where our peter hamby is for us this morni

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and as cnn's tom foreman explains, these men are simply the latest in a gallery of cheaters. even in the midst of this sex scandal, the former california governor has plenty of company. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> ever since bill clinton was caught fooling around 13 years ago, the public appetite for dirt have outed dozens of public figures for indiscretions. such public scandals have had an impact. newt gingrich led the charge against clinton, but twice had affairs of his own. senators david vitter and then senator john ensign have likely violated conservative family values. when the governor of south carolina, mark sanford was found with his argentine mistress, not on the appalachian trail -- >> i have been unfaithful to my wife. >> his wife suggested he take a hike. >> i frankly didn't know where he was. >> reporter: and it's not as if republicans have cornered the market on indiscretion. >> because i did not want the public to figure out what i had done, it's that simple. >> john edwards -- something at first edwards denied. >> when you were run

let's roll some video, police are telling us that the foreman told was taken some time after she was put to bed saturday night. her 58 year- old grandmother smack into the home, and known to the parents. wrapped the baby, called the taxi, took a cab all the way from the bay to loss angeles. with the baby. since you switch from a taxicab to a bus taking a bust your home. that is that is their story. police say they do not have a motive but the grandmother had did not have permission to take the child. >> she never had permission to take her from our house. we believe and she stepped into the home without the parents' knowledge. they had no idea that erica was in possession area's we have not specifically established a motive. we may learn that as our investigation continues. it's still in the very early stages. pop >> reporter: she's 58 years old, the grandmother of the child. she will be sent back up here in the next days. she's a been arrested for kidnapping. the reason authorities found a baby so quickly this someone the grandmother knows contacted authorities and tipped them. toda

tom foreman takes us to north carolina in this "building um america" report. >> reporter: burleson isying in another crop of carolina cotton just as his family is for years. this is much more than a job these days. >> it's a thrill. >> reporter: because a portion of his crop is going to cotton of the carolinas. that's an innovative program to build up the hard-hit textile industry here by turning locally grown cotton into locally made clothing creating locally needed jobs at places like ts designs. >> our shirts go from dirt to shirt in 700 miles or less. >> reporter: that matters because company officials like eric michelle stress green production, using less fuel which is difficult when cotton and cotton products are shipped back and forth to china, india, pakistan. >> we're a triple bottom line business, we like to look after people, planet and profit. >> reporter: what crushed the textile industry was lower labor costs abroad. these shirts still generally cost more than imports, but they have found fans in people who support local production and a competitive edge may be coming. >

. >>> i'm tom foreman in washington.onight in joplin, fear is starting to give way to frustration. more than 150 people are still missing since sunday's record twister, and the death toll is expected to rise. but families are frustrated they can't go to the morgue and check for loved ones. officials say they're using dna testing and fingerprinting to identify remains. early tonight, the coroner told eliot spitzer where specials are being exceptionally cautious. >> the situation that we had early on is we had some -- a family members that made identification on an individual, let's say start off with, and they got him to a mortuary, got him embalmed and dressed. and when they went back, it was not their son. >>> moammar gadhafi's diplomatic window is closing. the russian president changed course today, joining american and european leaders and calling for the libyan lead tore step down from power. medvedev's statement came at the end of the g-8 summit. >>> and the rest of bernie madoff's belongings will go on auction next

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tom foreman, cnn, richmond, virginia. >>> now to the big stories in the week ahead from the white houset. our correspondents tell you what you need to know. we begin tonight with the president's plans for the week. >> reporter: i'm brianna keeler at the white house. monday president obama will award two army privates the u.s. medal of honor. then in the middle of the week a visit from prinz charles. the end of the week is all about the economy as president obama faces uncertainly about what congress will do with the debt ceiling. vice president biden is hosting his first meeting on reducing the deficit with congressional leaders. >> reporter: i'm dana bash in washington where congress is returning after two weeks back home. that means lawmakers have been with their constituents as gas prices have soared. and when members of congress hear the kind of frustration they did, they try to show they are listening. so house republicans this week plan to vote to increase oil drilling in this country and senate democrats promise to take up legislation ending taxpayer subsidies for oil companies.

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they said their foreman goodbyes to each other and the formal part of this visit is all concluded. and mr. the coverage tonight. >> in beverly is the prime minister cooking a burger and the president serving one up. this is the data that he went out of this will prove that he gets on with david and his country has not forgotten how much it needs hours. even joked about the typical london weather. the traditional soldiers are a reminder that the relationship, whatever it is called is forged by war. >> president obama and prime minister cameron presented themselves very different from the wartime partnership between bush and blair. today they are talking about how not to lose an old war in afghanistan and a new one in libya. >> of the talks focused on how soon they can safely get troops out of afghanistan and how they can secure victory in libya without sending troops in. it was david cameron who led an barack obama the considered and hesitated a. more than two months on, they are still in power. >> we should be turning up the heat in libya. i believe the pressure is on that regime t

and as cnn's tom foreman explains, these two men both very wealthy and politically connected, are simply the latest in a crowded rogue's gallery of cheaters. >> reporter: the former california governor has plenty of company. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> reporter: ever since president clinton was caught fooling around 13 years ago, internet rumors, cameras everywhere, and the public appetite for dirt have outed dozens of public figures for indiscretions. among republicans such scandals have had particular impact. former house speaker now presidential contender newt gingrich led the charge against clinton but twice had affairs of his own. david vitter and senator john ensign likewise have defended conservative family values but vitter was linked to prostitutes and ensign cheated on his wife. when the governor of south carolina, mark sanford, was found with his argentine mistress not on the appalachian trail -- >> i have been unfaithful to my wife. >> his wife suggested he take a hike. >> and i frankly didn't know where he was. >> and it's not as if republicans hav

i want to bring in ray foreman, a meteorologist at kode in joplin, missouri.ey, ray, thanks for joining us. don lemon here, jacqui jeras our other meteorologist a long with chad myers. bring us up to date on the situation where you are. >> well, this was actually a devastating tornado. it seemed as though most of the path, the damage path, goes right through the heart of joplin. in fact, the hospital here at st. john's hospital, one of the two we have, appears to have taken a direct hit from this. they're evacuating the hospital at the moment. they set up a mobile triage unit at memorial hall, one of our facilities here in joplin. >> chad myers, have you some questions for ray? >> we did hear this tornado was on the ground for a very long time and i know you were tracking it. any idea what the size was, potential wind speed was? i assume you've seen pictures. what are you seeing? >> yes, we can actually get some video on our tower cam. we can actually see the damage path. it appears to be anywhere from a half to three-quarters of a mile wide at times. and it w

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that occasion a three man team filled one hundred seventy such trolleys with coal after that shift foreman said geisha was given two weeks vacation and then he was back down the line people and on bass like to say that more than anyone else coal miners rejoice in the sunshine especially after a six hour shift five hundred meters on the ground. and see you seeing the blue sky the greatest pleasures for miners so well we don't always see the sun it's because when work night shifts to what you know you can sense in fresh air and the service is good enough. for most people in the city objections quest's again lives with his family working nine. it's all related facilities at thirty seven so gay is one of the youngest people to be awarded the hero of ukraine's gold star because it's a hazardous job miners can become pensioners of thirty five percent gay intends to continue for as long as he is fit. i still want to work in a coal mine what happens later is anyone's guess who live goes on regardless the ship i hope there is a long life ahead of me or. life in ukraine is gradually returning to nor

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edison nations, lewis foreman wants to help. our reporters, the bc's maggy shields and rich jaroslavski, from bloomberg this week on "press: here." >>> good morning, everyone in silicon valley wants to figure out what the next big thing will be. but perhaps no organization has more at stage in figuring that out than microsoft. microsoft made its fortunes selling the windows operating system for traditional pcs, but traditional pcs, desk tops and laptops have fallen out of favor with consumers. it's safe to say microsoft did not make the transition to tablets very well. apple's software powers most tabl tablets, a few run on android. microsoft is fighting for market share on cell phones, but has captured just a sliver of that market. so what's left? cars. microsoft leads the way on the automotive platform. notably, with the ford sync, a voice command car computer system that can tell you the traffic and manage phone calls. show you weather radar, find a track on your ipod, point you to the nearest gas station, and tell you how mu

trying to do quite a lot to improve the situation you know in jails and have their concept of the ring foreman of the bend different system in this country. before twenty twenty. we hope it changes ration greatly and for example we are going to to parade through stablish new jail accused of being more than i being built in a proper way no the poor not to lead the criminals to be united and to go on with the criminal activities but nowadays of course i think your right and ride the people who are having such a such a point of view it's terrible damage the mental health and to the to the human being staining the jail in every jail not only in russian one for years and years but whiles can't understand people. trying to. enforce all. to start our reform an activity they say ok we have quite a lot of criminal activities right now in our society it's not a time to talk about some liberalizations of the criminal just lation a criminal trial because i used. as a jd because we'll still have very big very serious final it is a very serious serious terms of in prison as well the real serious criminals b