aleah cho in for don lemon. a high stakes battle against bullying with our own anderson cooper. >>> hey there, thanks for joining us. i want to start today with a disturbing number. parents pay attention to this. estimates are that one in five children is bullied at school. most of the time, it's verbal abuse. relentless name-calling that leaves emotional scars. we know those scars can last a lifetime. it's something we can play a role in stopping. i want you to meet a family and girl going through extreme measures to make the bullying stop. it's a parent's nightmare. >> when i was a little kid -- now i'm just shy. >> children for 14-year-old nadia, the bullying started in first grade. >> there was this girl, he came up to me and -- just -- speechless. because i didn't think about it until she said that. >> dumbo, elephant ears and much, much worse. seven years of torment. so withdrawn, still so hard to talk about. what is the -- do you remember the worst sort of taunting or teasing or, you know, whatever -- do

they believe one of aleah's older brothers was the target. >>> back to the spending cuts now a realityen't showing a whole lot of concern. and what's the risk to your own investments. what you need to know about hanging onto your own money next. >>> and this week's cnn hero spent 13 years delivering babies before a back injury forced her to stop and now she's found a new way to bring babies and mothers safely through childbirth. she calls it solar suitcase. meet dr. laura stachele. >> there's a traditional african saying that when you become pregnant you have one foot in the grave. there are so many women dying in child birth in the communities. pregnancy is feared. when i went to africa, i saw these women one after another coming in with complications and we didn't even have adequate light to treat them. welcome to the world, everyone. a lot of the clinics don't have any electricity. midwifes use care seen lanterns, they may use candles, they use their cell phones to deliver babies. once i witnessed the things that i saw, i had to do something about it. my name is dr. laura stachel. i