>>(vo) we went to bangladesh to investigate. it's early evening in dakar, and we receive a call telling us to go to the city's general hospital, where the victim of an attempted honor killing is being treated for her injuries. as we arrive we are told that a girl had turned down the marriage proposal of a neighbor, and so he had tried to kill her, and then himself. we found the girl in a crowded ward. we were then told that the perpetrator was in a ward in the same hospital, being guarded by armed police. the boy was in to much pain to talk, so we went back to the girl's neighborhood in a poor area of dakar to try and get some information about what happened. we eventually tracked down the girl's family, who are very angry at the boy for what he had done. the girl's father took us downstairs to show us just how close to them the boy lived. suddenly, a group of neighbors approached us as we were filming with the father. from the argument it started to become clear that marriage had been discussed between their parents. the girl,

in india and bangladesh, hundreds of microcredit providers are in competition.supervisory authorities in bangladesh says over 70% of all borrowers have multiple debts to pay off. but microcredits are still considered an ideal way to help people help themselves. global demand for the loans has created a lucrative market for hedge funds, insurance companies and major banks -- estimated at some 200 billion euros. similar schemes for pension plans and insurance are expected in the future. >> the philippines is a nation made up of more than 7000 islands. rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions pose extreme threats to the region, in the past few weeks, the philippines have the effects. one of our reporters was recently in the north of the country, and although sped from the disaster, parts of the island are still somewhat isolated. not everyone is connected to the electricity grid and operating diesel generators is expensive. now, solar lands have become an attractive alternative. >> it's afternoon on mindoro island in the philippines, and the sun's rays shin

he wrote a book called the poverty curve and jeffery sacks wrote the end of poverty in bangladesh a great example, they introduced 35 years ago to do a campaign to get all women and men or boys literate. it was 22% and today it's more than 75 percent if you look at a demographic curve with the population, you can see it's just starting to reach an apex in bangladesh. they're way ahead of india, and pakistan. it's an impact to stabilize the population there. also, um... excuse me. you know having hard cover thing fighting terrorism with education i've learned from islamic scholars. in the koran it's implicitly stated in the holy koran when a young mangos on jiha d and this is a spiritual endeavor to seek knowledge. it could also mean he's going into a group. but he has to get blessings from his mother first and if he doesn't do that it's shameful and disgraceful. after 911 the taliban had a high desertion rate and they were trying to get recruit groups to fight against intervention and coalition and they went in literally impoverished societies because educated women refused to allow they'

all four are of bangladesh origin. he was described as the linchpin of the group. the other guilty men are brothers. at the flat, police found a cache of incriminating evidence. >> inside was a handwritten letter, and on that list were the names and addresses for the mayor of london and two rabbis. as well as the words american embassy and the initials lxc which stood for london stock exchange. this website, he had been researching how to make a pipe bomb. >> and introduce something, targeting iconic buildings. i dare say they were trying to frighten people and make them reluctant to go out. >> not involved in the stock exchange plot, they have admitted other terrorism charges. as the man moved around the country, they were constantly under surveillance. this came their first significant meeting. young men from cities his inspiration was said to lie thousands of miles away. >> now dead, then the leading figure in the peninsula called on western muslims to attack their home country. some heated his message, they haven't actually made bombs. they were intent on bring

that is to say asia, plus southwest asia, to the east, india, pakistan, bangladesh. a lot of people. >> not such a huge area to the west. those communities are large as well. how do you draw the dividing lines? who is in it? who is out of it? who is in between? >> at one point in your book you suggest a strategic vision -- strategic division, and it is always interesting to see your take on the world. that down the road, the west should include russia and turkey. >> absolutely. in different way, they are increasingly partaking in the democratic condition -- tradition. pervasively so, they are a democracy, and have been in cage as such for the last 100 years. they were invited some 50 years ago to join the european union. in the case of russia, it is more ambivalent as an empire. it certainly has not had a deep, democratic and -- tradition. there are increasing signals that russian society is changing. i am relatively confident that the democratic forces in russia will be dominant. it would make the west bigger, more resource full and interesting. >> also, tipping the

garth was on his way home from bangladesh. while flying home to baltimore, he started to feel feverish and 8achy. >> my chest was hurt in really bad. i thought i pulled a muscle. >> his parents took him to anne arundel medical center where his vital signs dip. his lungs were full of fluid. he was transferred to the university maryland medical center and placed on the external 1 machine. without that machine, he had one hour to live. for two weeks, the machine did the breathing for him while antibiotics cleared up the lung infection. he is alive to tell the tale. >> a protest over the use of public restrooms. >> a celebrity chef was invited to an annapolis budget hearing. details are straight ahead. >> what is next for the legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in maryland. >> a winter storm slips south over the weekend. another warming trend heads this way. the 7-day is straight ahead. the 7-day is straight ahead. it is 48 at the inner harbor. today my journey continues across the golden state, where everyone has been unbel

. >>> bangladesh has joined muslims around the world to mark the prophet muhammad's birthday. the founder of islam was born in 570 in mecca, saudi arabia. tens of thousands of people, including the president ramin and cabinet members took part in prayers. colorful parades were held. to mark the day, many muslims provided alms that will be used to help the underprivileged. >>> malaysia's community has been gearing up for one of the most important days in the hindu calendar. the festival. on the day, they parade through the streets of kuala lumpur. they smashed coconuts, symbolizing the defeat of the ego. flowers and incense was offered. some people climbed the 272 steps to the temple in the caves in the area to fulfill their vows. >>> i had to open up my umbrella this morning and that cold snap we were having in tokyo has given way to a warm spell. sayaka mori has the latest weather picture. >> welcome back to the weather update. let's begin with japan. a lot of clouds are covering much of the nation. underneath them are heavy amounts of precipitation blankets much of japan. pa

record, jeffrey did checking and found the world's longest staples 422 feet create beside aman in bangladesh. >> i worked on it longer and longer until i got my own. >> record for everything. it took months of work, 750 feet this staple chain is more than 3 times longer than other one . he hopes to reach 1000 feet and used 20,000 staples and contacted the guinness world records. they are in the process of filling out the paperwork to validate the chain. i say i'm wrong. i gave charlie a hard time for the weird cake and baby. you are right. it is a mardi gras tradition. thank you for joining us. [clucking]. everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny. cause only he brings delicious cadbury crÈme eggs, while others may keep trying. nobunny knows easter better than cadbury! ♪ abracadabra. new hershey's milk chocolate with almonds in pieces. your favorites, in pieces.

language on what was then east ben gala created as much as anything the independent republic of bangladesh. i would hope we not try to accommodate the most extreme nationalistic or just extreme position of some elements in islamabad. because right now we're broadcasting and cindy is spoken by far more people in pakistan. we have a very complicated relationship with the pakistani government. we need to reach out to the pakistani people, particularly those in the sufi influenced south of pakistan where the version of islam is so compatible with american values. i know i won't be the only person up here to talk about camp liberty and how important it is that we assure the humanitarian safety of everyone who was there. there are certainly elements to how that camp has been set up that makes it look not almost like a prison camp. there are reports that the residents have no access to lawyers, their family, no freedom of movement. and, obviously, the iranian government is going to be pressing the iraqis to be as inhumane as possible to the residents of that camp. i hope that we will be pressing

. >> reporter: bangladesh home to 140 million people. for about 40 years japanese ode has helped country build railways, bridges and hospitals as well as other infrastructure and institutions. it changed the focus from building projects to directly helping people. here a corporation has been busy. they are working on reducing the number of newborn babies who died. the problem started four years ago. thisville ang lies about 60 kilometers from the capital. one out of 26 newborns used to die here. now all newborns survive. >> translator: thanks to japan's assistance program no newborns die anymore. >> reporter: they teamed up with local medical people to teach hygiene, to expecting and nursing mothers. japanese government officials expect to cover the whole nation. >> translator: we've recognized that not just construction, but humanitarian aid is so important. >> reporter: it is essential that medical prak in additioners be present when women give birth. she recruited volunteers and orzed a support group to prevent mothers or newborns fro

. >> in bangladesh, one of the countries where save the children carried out the survey, food prices have gone up 50%. for many, they are now and affordable. this woman says that whenever she gets is never enough to feed her children properly. lessons to help mothers make meals that are as the dishes as possible. millions of parents have cut back on food for their families. the risk is that many more children will end up with physical and mental stunting. children have also been dropping out of school to work to pay for food. the agency is proposing a world hunger stomach -- summit when leaders are in london for the olympics. >> when i mentioned the name angelina jolie, you would think of her work in front of the camera. now, she is making her directorial debut with a controversial topic. "in the land of blood and honey" is set against the backdrop of the bosnian war. alan little, who covered the war for the bbc, met angelina jolie for the premier and he has been exploring why the film has been so divisive. >> for 40 months, these streets were besieged and bombarded. the memory is ro

. >> in bangladesh, one of the countries where save the children carried out there survey, food prices have gone up 50%. this woman says that whenever she gets is never enough to feed her children properly. -- whatever she gets it is never enough to feed her children properly. classes to help mothers make new lows as the dishes as possible. millions have cut back on food for their families. the risk is that many more children will end up with physical and mental stunting. children have been dropping out of school to work to pay for school. the agency is proposing a world under summit with leaders are in london for the olympics. -- a world hunger summit when leaders are in london for the olympics. >> some mention angelina jolie, her work in front of the camera comes to mind. now she's making a directorial debut with a controversial topic. "the land of blood and honey" is set against the backdrop of the serbian war. alan little, who covered the war for the bbc, met angelina jolie and he discussed why the film had been so divisive. >> for 40 months, the streets where besieged and bombarde

. >> in bangladesh, one of the countries where save the children carried out there survey, food prices have gone up 50%. this woman says that whenever she gets is never enough to feed her children properly. -- whatever she gets it is never enough to feed her children properly. classes to help mothers make new lows as the dishes as possible. millions have cut back on food for their families. the risk is that many more children will end up with physical and mental stunting. children have been dropping out of school to work to pay for school. the agency is proposing a world under summit with leaders are in london for the olympics. -- a world hunger summit when leaders are in london for the olympics. >> some mention angelina jolie, her work in front of the camera comes to mind. now she's making a directorial debut with a controversial topic. "the land of blood and honey" is set against the backdrop of the serbian war. alan little, who covered the war for the bbc, met angelina jolie and he discussed why the film had been so divisive. >> for 40 months, the streets where besieged and bombarde

we have a report on how the new approach is working in bangladesh. >>> when japan cut the budget, it changed the forecast from building projects to directly helping people. here, staff from the japan international corporation agency has been busy. they are working on reducing -- the program started four years ago. this is about 60 kilometers from the capital. one out of every 26 newborns used to die here. now all newborns survive. >> translator: thanks to japan's assistance program, no newborns die any more. >> they teamed up with local medical people to teach hygiene, to expecting and nursing mothers. japanese government officials will cover the whole nation. >> we recognize that not just construction but humanitarian aid is so important. >> jica is key role in this project. thinks it is essential medical practitioners be present when women give birth. she recruited volunteers and organized a support group to prevent mothers or newborns from dying. she had volunteers indicate where pregnant women and newborn babies live. she knew she had to accommodate local tradition into her progr

. >> in bangladesh, prices and food markets have risen by up to 50%. for many they are not affordable now. this person says whatever she gets is never enough to feed her children properly. >millions of parents and countries struggling with malnutrition have cut back on food for their families this past year. the risk is that many more children will end up with physical and mental stunting. children have also been dropping out of school to work to pay for food. the agency is proposing a world congress summit when leaders are in london for the olympics. bbc news reporting. works as a nutrition adviser for the world food program. she's joining us from the office in senegal. there are figures all over the report. it's something like half a billion children could be physically or mentally stunted as a result of hunger. how credible are these conclusions? >> in the sahara region of west africa we have a recurrent food and nutrition problem on going all year round and over the years. we have different types of malnutrition. stunting is a type of malnutrition

i've got responsibilities for a few bits of the world beyond texas. 27 countries from banff to bangladesh, and the way i characterize them, it's south africa, middle east, afghanistan, iraq. 27 countries and 13 have some form of major interruption going on. that leaves three. and you can never quite trust the canadians. and, again, those of you who have done your math will mean that leaves texas. so the point of civility in my life. so thank you for all that. i'm told this city is to energy as london is to finance, and i'm very pleased to be here at the heart of the global energy industry. my thanks to the first council for pulling this together and fto all of you for taking this time together. this is a busy time of world. we have her majesty the queen's jubilee in june. and then in july, the eyes of the world will turn to london for the olympic and the paraolympic games. it's a huge chore to put on the best olympics ever, but to be coming in ahead of time and on budget -- i'm not sure whose budget, but it's on budget -- is yet another reason why the u.k. is a place where you really can

climate and clean air coalition, has developed countries like sweden, underdeveloped countries like bangladesh, developing countries like ghana, canada. and we've had a really positive response from countries around the world asking how they can be involved. so we think this is a way to help cut down on about 40% of what the pollutants in the atmosphere are that affects climate change. so we're going to be promoting this issue. it's not as controversial. it's not as, you know, far reaching. we still have to deal with, you know, the greenhouse gas emissions and try to come to grips with, you know, co2. but it gives us something the people can do. i'll give you a quick example. we have a global alliance on clean cook stoves. how women cook, about 2 billion of them around the world, creates respiratory illnesses, puts a lot of soot, black cash sboon the atmosphere. if we can create a market for a more clean burning cook stove, we'd improve health and we improve the environment at the same time. there's a lot of win/win strategies we're working on here. >> great. thank you. i also wanted to follow

and it'll be good practice for the sponsored cycle for bangladesh that we're all doing. that's a great idea. have a lovely day. yep. will do. bye! bye! kids: bye, sue. right. was that barbara? yes, sweetheart. i like barbara. do you? that's nice. everybody likes barbara. she's lovely. always lovely and calm. yeah, lovely and calm. and i think she's a bit like a princess because she's so pretty, and her hair's always perfect. permanently perfect. why are there never any pens in this house? you've got some jam on your head. what? jam. on your head. oh, n-- karen, go and get your shoes on. ( clicks rapidly ) all right, jakester? yeah. are you all right? yeah, i was just, uh, checking some e-mails, see whether any needed action. so you weren't checking up on mum's new boss, again, then? yeah, well, it was... just a misunderstanding. i, uh, i was, you know, researching some unrelated topics on the computer, and i just happened to stumble across some stuff about tyson, that's all. yeah, do you want another go at that? look, i-- you might've told me i had jam on my head. well,

we've seen important results in places like bangladesh and tanzania where food production is up and the number of people and the number of children who are chronically hungry have gone down. we've implemented new partnerships such as with pepsi and ethiopia and walmart and central america that are reaching tens of thousands of families and stretching u.s. taxpayer dollars even further in delivering these results. third, we have a priority in our humanitarian accounts. across state and u.s. aid, these accounts help us deal with food emergencies, address water when water is not available to needy communities, address refugee flows around the world and support internally displaced populations in conflict and other countries everywhere around the world. in these areas as well, we've taken a reform approach and prioritized deficiencies investing in early warning systems that highlight faster where disasters are likely to occur. prepositioning food and supplies to reduce the cost and improve the time to delivery and expanding both local procurement and initiatives like the secretary's 1,000 d

. >> in bangladesh, one of the countries where save the children carried out its survey, prices in the food markets are said to have risen by up to 50%. for many, they're now unaffordable. this woman says whatever she gets is never enough to feed her children properly. lessons to help mothers make meals that are as nutrition as possible, save the children says millions of parents have cut back on food for their families this past year, and the risk is many more children will now end up with fiscal and mental stunting. children have also been dropping out of school to work to pay for food. the agency is proposing a world hunger summit, where leaders are in london for the olympics. mike wooldridge, bbc news. >> north korea is preparing to mark the birth date of its former leader, kim jong il, this week. his personality dominated the country for the better part of two decades, but since his sudden death in december, the country has been headed by a much less familiar figure. that's his son, kim jong un. our correspondent has been looking at their very different public personalities. >> id

years experience of working with adults with special education needs in london will shortly visit bangladesh to see they can use their expertise to establish people with autism. will the minister agree to meet with me and members of them to see how his department can help this initiative? >> i will certainly undertake a minister will meet with my honorable friend to discuss this. i would suggest to him that he and the charity engage in a global poverty action fund, a new fund to support ngos with matching money which was set up by the coalition government. i think you may find that a rewarding vein to mine. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker,. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in sending our deepest condolences to the families and friends of signaler jones from the 20th brigade, and lance corporal, attached to first battalion the yorkshire regiment. these were dedicated soldiers to who were highly respected by the college. they were courageous, selfish service will never be forgotten by our country. >> here, here. >> t

he was on his way home from bangladesh. flying home to baltimore, he began to feel feverish and 80. >> my chest was hurting bad. i thought i had pulled a muscle. >> his parents got into a anne arundel medical center where his bottle signs it. his lungs were full of fluid. there were not working properly. doctors have been transferred to the university of maryland medical center to be placed on the lung machine. doctors say without a machine, he had one hour to live. >> run it through an artificial lung. >> he regained consciousness while on the machine. that is unusual. out of the 5000 patients who get the treatment in the u.s., only three to five weeks up on the machine. two weeks, the machine to the breeding for him and let his lungs -- breathing and for him and let his lungs rest while antibiotics cleared up the infection. prior to this, he was in optimal health. >> is a big climber. his songs are about is optimized as they could be. s are about as optimized as they could be. >> is an agitator and does missionary work ar

-- india and bangladesh, making her one of the foremost south asia experts in the foreign service. she is one of our best, and it is only appropriate that she be tasked with one of the state department's most important postings. i think ambassador powell would agree with me that the u.s. and india interests and values are converging today as perhaps never before. and consequently, america is an interested stakeholder in india's increasing ascent to greater economic and greater global power and participation. india's economy is projected to be the world's third large in the near future, and total trade between our countries reached 73 billion in 2010 and could exceed 100 billion this year. on defense our security cooperation has grown so dramatically that india now conducts more military exercises with the united states than any other country. education is fast become withing one of the strongest linking between our nations, and i look forward to building on the progress that we made at the higher education summit last fall. whether it's helping india to build a network of community

. >> when compared to countries like china or bangladesh, we were always close to anything between 7%10% more expensive than those countries. with this, 8% edge that we get, we are not cheaper, we get on to the same playing field with these countries. i think it should help the indian exporters boost sales. >> reporter: he says that may not be enough for india to meet its export target for $300 billion this financial year, given the situation in the u.s. and europe. >> it's just like a perfect rose. >> reporter: demand within india is soaring says this woman who founded this flower shop 30 years ago. she says local florists are just as busy as export farms. >> now with a lot of young people, sort of expecting, it is a lot of western influence, sort of expecting they should get at least a rose or give a rose. so very often it could be just a small bunch of roses, but, yeah, there's a lot of give and take on valentine's day. >> reporter: and a lot of money exchanged. a rose that she usually sells for as little as 10 cents can cost five times as much around valentine's day. but when ther

i have the responsibilities for a few bits of the world beyond texas in the country to bangladesh, and the way i characterize them you know it is not africa or south asia or afghanistan, iran, iraq, 27 countries 11 have some form of a minor trouble and i am being generous with one or two, one is thinking and you can never quite trust the canadians. [laughter] and again the point is stability in my life so thank you for all that. i'm told the cities to energy as london is to finance, and i am very pleased to be here at the behalf of the global energy industry. my thanks to the world affairs council for their efforts in pulling this together and to all of you for taking the time to get here. this is a busy year to the united kingdom in the world. we give her majesty the queen's jubilee in june and then in july the allies of the world will turn to london for the olympics and the paralympics games. it's been a huge and challenging task to get ready for the greatest show on earth and put on the most sustainable olympics ever. the u.k. project management strength to be coming in ahead of tim

. >> reporter: some call bangladesh avenue, a multicultural community where a lot of muslims live ande worker of aladdin cafe says she's detegting a lack of enthusiasm. >> for prime, it's not really because base is not excited and not energized. >> reporter: in fact, the people in the community feel mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich aren't exactly beating down the doors asking for their vote, though muslims like nadia don't feel as though they've been ignored. far from it. >> so, i don't think they're ignoring us. i think they're using us as a pawn to strengthen a rather radical ideal of what it means to be american that's not inclusi inclusive. >> reporter: they say it's about how some have talked about sharia law, jihad. gingrich has made the dangers of radical islam a focus of his speeches. >> so, my view is that we need to have a president who is prepared to tell the truth about who's trying to kill us. >> reporter: rick santorum holds himself out as a champion of religious freedom, which could work in his favor in a religious community, but not this time. >> i think it

turns out there is. 422 feet and it's held by a man in bangladesh.ths and $5 worth of staples he reached 750 feet and nine inches [ indiscernible ] i should send a picture to them saying it wasn't easy. >> he spent months doing that. jeff is in the process of filing paperwork to validate his staple chain with the world record authority. >> where would you even think to find that record in the first place? >> no idea. >>> how about a burger in a test tube? sound yummy? scientists say they can fool even the biggest foodies. >>> a convicted killer drops another bomb. the potential third site for victims of the speed freak killers. >>> hayward police are looking for a man accidentally released from a psychiatric clinic over the weekend. coming up, we'll tell you how it happened and where he was last seen. >>> like it, on the ground the price of gas is -- like it or not, the price of gas is going up. hear why there's an increase in oil prices. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my

the first president of indonesia, bangladesh prime minister muslim women and of course ambassadors and governors who are winning. the new pakistan ambassador to washington again a woman computer take you up on them. my own daughter was a phd from cambridge university became the first-ever direct to the jewish muslims -- only jewish muslim center of the world at cambridge, the other georgetown. these are american, british, whatever, but still living in their own traditions and comfortably adjusting to the world. that's a dangerous conceptually. if you remove the send your comedy average reader who knows little about debate and discussion particularly in the united states, the danger that freedom may think all all of that is fair, fair, that muslim women are either completely extremeness is about to block the last, want to kill people and so on and on the other hand they want to reject islamism that's a terrible fate. so do you think there is a danger that in fact pushing the reader into that trap on the intellectual trap are missing out the mainstream of the central bold? >> a know one

that for wanting democracy women's rights and so on and there are hundreds of women like her in bangladesh, the prime minister muslim women and of course embassadors and governors and so on. the new pakistan ambassador to pakistan a very articulate woman. my own daughter is one of them come a ph.d. from cambridge became the first ever director of the center in the world of cambridge. the of the one at georgetown, cities are muslim women, american, british, whatever, but they are still living in their own traditions and comfortably adjusting to the world. now the danger is conceptually if you remember the center the average reader who knows little about islam and has so much controversy and debate and discussion particularly in the united states the danger is that they may think that is only their offer that the muslim women are either completely extremist and want to block the west and kill people and so on and on the other hand, they want to reject islam, said you think that there is a danger of an effect pushing the reader into that trap on the intellectual trap of missing out the main s

in south asia where you have a ton of very poor people who, for example, in some countries like bangladeshn people apply for diversity visa lotteries. there are a lot of people who are, if you will, waiting in line who are much, much poorer than folks coming from mexico and central america. if you care about humanitarianism and finding hard working people who might send remittances back to their families back home, you wouldn't necessarily prioritize the countries that neighbor the united states. you would think of countries like zanbia, seriously, have very few natural resources. >> and for the illegal mexican immigrants who are working as well. >> if you care about the humanitarian, you would think about it of who would get the maximum benefit. >> that's the understatement of the year. >> it dovetails with our earlier discussion because one of the areas there was a consensus is around something like the dream act which george bush supported, democrats supported it. it gives a path of citizenship to people who have been here. that ought not to be a political issue. >> i disagree. it benef

for those people the chains of remittances that they can provide for their families in bangladesh would difference. one argument that some moeks are making are that, look, absolutely, humanitarian case for immigration. also there's language immigration in the united states can help many parts of the world. but the question is, how do you distribute that. if we're going to assume that dls going to be limited number, i think that as long as we accept that there's going to be limited number of people permitted to enter the country, which, by the way, is a fair open argument we could have. if there's going to be a limit there are going to be tragedies necessarily because when you say that once you enter the country rather than going through the process that the 14 many people, africa and elsewhere in areas under tremendous distress who have not first arrived in the country and kind of get to experience -- >> quickly. two questions. future flow question which is how people get in and what do you do with the 7 million people who are here illegally. >> those questions are related. >> but they'

she immigrated from bangladesh three years ago.sure from her partners to wear a hijab and enter an arranged marriage. >> that's not going to be a challenge for me because i'm going to be a doctor. i'm so glad to be here and have my rights to talk. >> reporter: maria was sent to the united states when she was 6 months old, illegally by her mother who was unmarried, uneducated, and barely surviving by cleaning houses in mexico. >> i'm just like any other teenager, trying to succeed in life. trying to go for my goals. >> reporter: now maria is thriving at hollywood high, but facing an uncertain future. she can't afford college and her illegal status blocks her from receiving most financial aid. >> i tried so hard. and to think that i won't be able to go on because i don't have the money for it. >> but most of the students say they relish being in this true melting pot, including alex whose parents are from russia and ukraine. >> i've learned to speak with different people, learn how to talk with them and to interact with them. and may

he was on his way home from a trip to bangladesh. when he was traveling home he felt awful, feverish, achy. >> my chest was hurting really bad. i thought by pulled a muscle. i did like five push-ups in the hotel. i'm like there's no way i pulled a muscle. >> his lungs were full of fluid and not working properly. doctors had him transferred to the university of maryland medical center to be placed on the echmo-external lung machine. doctors said without that machine, he would have an hour to litch. >> takes the blood from the body, run it through an artificial lung, add oxygen, remove carbon dioxide from the blood, and put it back into the body. >> out of the 3,000 to 5,000 patients that get echmo each year, only three to five wake up while on the machine. the machine for two-week period did the breathing for him and let his lungs rest while antibiotics worked to clear up his infection. he has climbed to the base camp of mount he have rest and he was prior to this in optimal health. doctors say his good health helped his recovery. >>

i have the responsibilities for a few bits of the world beyond texas in the country to bangladesh, and the way i characterize them you know it is not africa or south asia or afghanistan, iran, iraq, 27 countries 11 have some form of a minor trouble and i am being generous with one or two, one is thinking and you can never quite trust the canadians. [laughter] and again the point is stability in my life so thank you for all that. i'm told the cities to energy as london is to finance, and i am very pleased to be here at the behalf of the global energy industry. my thanks to the world affairs council for their efforts in pulling this together and to all of you for taking the time to get here. this is a busy year to the united kingdom in the world. we give her majesty the queen's jubilee in june and then in july the allies of the world will turn to london for the olympics and the paralympics games. it's been a huge and challenging task to get ready for the greatest show on earth and put on the most sustainable olympics ever. the u.k. project management strength to be coming in ahead of tim

if you go to not just the brick countries, but the so-called next 11, the mexicos, and bangladesh, vietnamsy people creating real value for their populations, through entrepreneurship and capitalism. >> you say that you, in the u.s., competition is like a religion. more people believe in it than practice it. what do you mean by that? >> we have a chapter in the book called psuedo competition. it's how you get efficient resource aloation and innovation. the mobile industry, they each spend $35 per subscriber on advertising. no market share is changing hands. look at air-tel, they spend, their customer spends $15 per year with them on service. so our companies spend twice on advertising what the average indian is paying for service and they're managing -- >> part of the argument, the yuntd lying theme in the book, a question mark around capitalism, i would suggest. is that -- >> no, i don't think so. >> that's the wrong take-away? >> that's the wrong take-away. >> okay. capitalism survived the transition from the agricultural economy to the industrial economy in the 19th century. it's going

please, sir -- >> thank you i am from bangladesh. one of the changes that happened to me i started asking all kinds of difficult questions. i seek your answer but i apologize if my question is awkward. [unintelligible] how is the term freedom fighters transformed? why are some freedom fighters and some are not. ? >> let me restate your question differently -- how do use a term like freedom fighter which is so positive in one situation and then you talk about other groups as terrorist? is that, in short? >> my understanding is i call someone who is a freedom fighter who is fighting for someone -- something that was taken away or he or she thinks that they are not allowed to enjoy. by that definition, i tend to believe that most of the terrorists whoalso have because they are fighting for but we don't call them freedom fighters. i would like to see what is the difference between freedom fighters -- what is the bottom line? >> thank you for asking that question. i will see what comments you all have. you are living in this situation. i