i learned that sharpening them knives on the floors in them cells at angola. >> joel baker, convictedicide, goes by the name white trash. >> the judge gave me my name. it's kind of ironic. upon sentencing they had me charged with three murders, drug deal gone bad in a hotel room, shootout. they shot me, i shot them, but the judge says in her final summation after the jury delivers a verdict, said a great injustice has been done upon society this day. due to a conflict in the prosecution by the district attorney you will remain in prison for the rest of your natural life, but you are nothing, mr. baker, but a pebble in the pond. you are nothing but poor white trash. all my life i was a bad boy. i look back and i see all the stupid mistakes i've made, and i see the young people that's here at this prison, and i hear all the stories because i listen, and i think to myself, you do not know how fortunate you are. you're going out there with another chance, whether it's five years, ten years, or what. you're getting another chance. i'll never get that chance. i would give my leg, my arm, fo

he was sentenced to angola in louisiana, death row, where they were executing people left and right. he spent 14 years. he had nearly half a dozen execution dates. and yet he survived and he's here today. and actually -- i know you are on the third panel. come on up. come on up. this is james "j.t." thompson. he came all the way from louisiana to be here today. [applause] one question, how did you survive? >> god. god. god. death row is a place that brings out the truest human being in you. it makes you realize you can't take nothing for granted. you need to love every moment of each day and praise and thank god for each moment you have out here. for the system to do what it did to me -- i was the only child from my mother. i was a father too. the system didn't see none of that. it did not see me not having a criminal record. it's hard to accept. it's hard to keep on continuing to accept a prosecutor or somebody that wants to sentence swub to death with a system that's corrupt as ours. all right. [applause] >> i want to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors who have made the su

now, after i left gabon, i had been researching oil and politics for many years and started in angola in 1993 when it was at war, and i remember this money, huge amounts of money from the oil industry and wondering where it went, and there were tax havens and everybody suspected it was dumped offshore, but i never understood the system. it was only until many years later, my first real awakening was when i melt someone called david spencer in new york, and he -- we were talking about corruption. he's an attorney in new york, and he started talking to me about tax exemptions on bond income and things like that, and i was trying to work out what this had to do with corruption, and it became -- he made a clear that the united states had been using, setting itself up up, itself as a tax haven offering loopholes to foreigners as a mean to reach deficits, and we're talking huge sums of money. that's when it began to click with me that this global system was not what i thought it was. it is something bigger than i had ever imagined. it's just not a few exotic islands taking money from wealth

and in the deciding say he was given a point penalty after hitting a ball into the crowd in angola that played into cold schreiber's hands he closed out the final say six games to one victory. elsewhere no show for twelve seed richard gask a the frenchman got past ukraine's alexander double pole in straight sets six one seven six the school they're. going under but asco did have a tricky tie against brazilian thomas dilute the spaniard serve well to take the first set six one and then won the second on a tie break wrapping up the match and just done the two rounds. close the contest so from each other lopez got the better of fellow spaniard one colace but i don't know that went to the deciding set for the tying ace. when it's six four and a place in the second rank. and another gang. of fourteen say viktor troicki former u.s. open winner juan martin del potro made it into the second round off to his opponent retired and played roger federer next time david nalbandian won his net to set up a tie with andy murray an american break. from cyprus and the women straw there was a bit of a scar

fidel castro spend doctors from angola to haiti. we find another purpose as well. cuba has sent 14,000 doctors to venezuela over the last ten years. in exchange, venezuela has sent millions of barrels of oil. for all that we americans spend on our medical bills, you would think that americans would be much healthier, but we are not. >> one of the things that comes up is the cost per capita here in cuba is much less than the united states. yet, life expectancy is about the same. childhood mortality rates are lower here. how? >> i think it is the way the system is organized. it is the emphasis on prevention. the articulation of primary health care with the family doctor. it is the way we have been forced to use resources. >> here is a key distinction. he is talking about prevention. not just catching problems early. >> for example, if i was telling you about the screening for birth defects. that is 100% of cuban mothers. the vaccination is 100% of kids. the screening for hearing loss. that is all kids at risk. >> why invest in a screening for hearing loss? it is conn

or strongest economies fail to claim calm fears of a deepening crisis angola merkel and nicolas sarkozy call for the creation of a central economic body which would ensure euro zone members take more financial responsibility but they brushed aside suggestions of expanding the e.u. bailout fund or releasing euro bonds to help keep the single currency afloat artie's daniel bushell reports. the key decision is they have announced a single united eurozone government they also announced a corporation tax to unite the corporation taxes of germany and france so we're moving slowly towards a fiscal union which is what many had predicted but of course there's one small problem which is the people of europe have been. because the the president of france faces an election next year where he's already trailing behind his rivals and suspected this may make him even more important because the people of europe haven't been asked but in polls in the opinion polls they say that they don't need to omit the european integration angle or merkel the chancellor of germany says they showed great courage to do

more stories ahead for you this hour including car ringing in angola the report on the makes developments of the korean crisis reported exchange of artillery rounds between two sides. now there's always someone who seems to think the end is nigh but recently the number of such individuals publicly perceived as paranoid is on the rise the likes of the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan or the slumping global economy are among the reasons to blame and as alexander says the trick in the report some americans are ready prepared for the what. a typical house in a regular suburban town. where your family is preparing for the end of the world. german mouser and p. thirty eight from world war two a twelve gauge shotgun. a forty caliber pistol and a ar fifteen weapons and ammunition are key if we're carrying this out on the street for some reason and it's you know and the world troops and situation keith first cura certified and our instructor and order to business is sourced food and supplies to help him survive no matter what disaster might hit the breakdown of government is one thing a lot of

stars to my famous go under a kid in angola and teammates kept attacking conjuring up silly benson moves and so all the defending on the seven ends it seems russia will once again be more into the favorites in louisiana as they aim to regain the crown they claimed in two thousand and seven ninety one seven to six the final score it beats showdown likely on the cards sooner rather than later in the playoffs of euro busken will to win eleven no obviously this team is a little different than last for years because we have that quality factor of caroline go on a more mature goal of the most important thing though is that other guys that have played in the last few competitions are now showing their maturity and their level which is appropriate for playing teams like lithuania at the mercy of i really like the way we play tonight especially in defense we're working hard to improve it and and as a result we play more aggressively and put a lot more pressure on the opponent i think it will become our trademark joining the euro basket. with only the finalists automatically booking this board for

listin another extremely nervy angola told day and again today we see the russian markets aping this morning in negative territory other that they were then able to close the gap so more we then saw the nosedive again and the markets if blessing with the possibility of one point of maybe being able to close in the black but it wasn't to be the best place down r.t.s. down t. point eight percent and my six down no point one three percent there's a lot of uncertainty and instability his still now is simply the leaders come out and try and stabilize the market some of that hasn't had as much of a positive effect as it was we have had some good news and the oil and energy mages rosneft and look oil have actually managed to place in the black today albeit slightly we've been spared bank placing in the black as well now we had earlier an announcement from prime minister peter and he said the russian central bank and the ministry of finance were ready to complicated to into the markets after the u.s. downgrade hit the rebuttal of the russian central bank then admitted it is that you already

. >> in angola chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers, launch child's programs.not just good business. >> i'm hopeful about my country's future. >> it's my country's future. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: congress headed today toward votes on a long- sought agreement to prevent a national default. it called for reducing deficits and raising the national debt ceiling by more than $2 trillion over ten years. the final acts in the long debt and deficit drama employed out this afternoon first in the house. >> the direction is historic. we're going from seeing how much money we can spend to how much can we cut. >> this bill to me is a pig in poke. >> leaders on both sides spent the day lining up support. vice president biden

. >> in angola chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers, launch child's programs. it's not just good business. >> i'm hopeful about my country's future. >> it's my country's future. >> and by bnsf railway. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: wall street had its worst day since 2008, as investors fled stocks in a global rout. it was fueled by the downgrade of u.s. debt, worries about europe's debt load, and fears of a new world recession. swamped markets around the world, the sell-off, rolling across asia and europe and engulfing wall street. u.s. stocks plunged with the opening bell and never recovered. by the time it was over, the dow jones industrial average had lost nearly 635 points to close below 10,810. the nasdaq gave up

. >> in angola chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers; launch child's programs. >> it's not just good business. >> i'm hopeful about my country's future. >> it's my country's future. ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoingupport of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: a whirlwind few days in iowa has launched campaign 2012 into high gear for now. the republican field has effectively split into two tiers with three candidates emerging as the top contenders to challenge president obama. iowa's ames straw poll weekend came complete with all the normal trappings of a full-blown red white and blue campaign-- country music, corn-on-the-cob and plenty of games for the kids. as michele bachmann, the iowa- born congresswoman

nigeria, angola, kazakhstan, alaska, california, texas, mississippi who would all come together in houston for chevron's annual shareholder meeting. they came to share what it means to live in a chevron impact a community, at least for chevron operates. and while we were there, had been a couple of weeks during the course every time they are after the explosion happened, after the loss of life of 11 men come after the oil started flowing when we realize that this not only was an enormous gulf of life comes not only an enormous disaster, but a crushing reality to people like myself who had spent a significant amount of time setting the oil industry who has been a significant amount timer or the oil operation takes place something dawned on all of us. the oil industry about stopping no idea whatsoever what to do about a deepwater blowout. not at all. they said they knew what to do. they said they had planned to know what to do. the reality was that what they knew how to do is somewhat deal with a blowout at 400 feet. most of the time since really the 1970s, most deep, deepwater drilling perm

. >> in angola chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers; launch health programs. >> it's not just good business. >> i'm hopeful about my country's future. >> it's my country's future. ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: it was a day for clearing away the mess and and calculating the cost along the path of hurricane irene. generally, the scope of the wreckage was less than feared, but the storm did kill at least 35 people in ten states, and triggered ongoing floods. irene was long gone today, but a weekend of storm-driven downpours left behind a trail of damage, sometimes to lethal effect. >> we have seen record flooding in vermont, new york, still have rivers that are ye