around the globe, includg cambodia. as ryan maelzer reports, the glob slowdown has raised doub about cambodia's plans to tap recent fin of oil and gas. >>eporter: strong demand from the u.s. and e.u. had been keeping cambodia's sewing chines working at full tilt. but in theast year, garment ports to those markets have slumpe costing thousands of workers their jobs. arjun goswami of the asi developmenbank says it's a hu blow for a country that still reliesn foreign aid for close toalf the government's budget. >> thiis an open economy, it's a small economy,nd it's not very diversified, there have been serious iacts. >> reporter: with toism also hit hard, cambodia had hopedt wod start to see revenues this year from the country's firs ever oil and gas finds the waters off cbodia's coast are estimated to conin about

had been keeping cambodia's sewing machines working at full tilt. but in the past year, garment exports to those markets have slumped, costing thousands of workers their jobs. arjun goswami of the asian development bank says it's a huge blow for a country that still relies on foreign aid for close to half the government's budget. >> this is an open economy, it's a small economy, and it's not very diversified, so there have been serious impacts. >> reporter: with tourism also hit hard, cambodia had hoped it would start to see revenues this year from the country's first ever oil and gas finds. the waters off cambodia's coast are estimated to contain about two billion barrels of oil-- small by global standards, but significant for one of the world's least developed countries. subbu bettadapura of consultancy frost and sullivan warns that extracting cambodia's reserves will be challenging. >> they are not in a big reservoir where you can go in and tap them. they are in various pools, so there is a technical challenge for companies to go in and try to mo

: this simple two- lane road is what qualifies as a national highway in cambodia. it also qualifies as major progress. built with american aid money, it has slashed travel times between the capital and the country's only port. cambodia's infrastructure was in a pitiful state even before 25 years of war did its damage. >> it was just over a decade ago now that the khmer rouge guerrillas finally surrendered and the current prime minister hun sen cemented his hold on power. it was only then that the task of rebuilding-- or in most cases building from scratch cambodia's infrastructure-- could begin in earnest. >> reporter: multilateral agencies and foreign governments have pumped in billions of dollars to pave roads, build bridges, bring piped water and power, and provide irrigation. this japanese-funded irrigation project outside phnom penh has boosted rice production in the area from just one harvest a year to three. commerce minister cham prasidh points out that his country already produces a large surplus of rice with only around a third of agricultural land irriga

o'leary hds the world ealth organization office cambodia. >> i think it's largely a theoretical concer at this point, because we have many kinds of vuss around us all the time. so while we have to say that it's possible tat thesewo or oter virus may mix and reult in a new virus, that's essential always the case. we can have such a enario y time. >> repoer: he says the risk diseases that jump from one specs to another has risen in rece decades, with dozens of example from e bow la t lyme disease. >> theestruction of forests are ohhe urbanizion of people, that'sreated new opportunies for new kinds of interaction betweenumans and animals. another is the ease with which people move aroundhe world w. there ve been so ma emergi diseases in the last few decad, we've seen dozens of new diseases. h.i.v. bng only one. most of which did result from a sprd of an organismrom he animal world to the human world. >> reporter:'leary sayst wille important to strike a balance, watching for early signs of outbreaks while voiding socially disruptive measur like shutting down th rit bird trade or shtting do

cambodia has seen just eight human cases since 2005, almost all have very close contact with infectedchickens. so far the virus has not spread from human to human. still this doctor says bird flu remains a concern, especially if it affects someone who already has another form of flu, including swine flu, that spread widely in recent months. >> once flus are affected, with seasonal flu, that's a possibility for h 5 n 1 to mix with seasonal flu and come up with a new virus that would have the potential to be a pandemic one. how deadly? i don't know. but there's the po fengs -- potential to get a virus as deadly as h 5 n 1 and as trance missible as seasonal flu or swine flu. report he says cambodia doesn't have the resources to check on every days, but with agencies like pastor it is monitoring selected sites across the country for any signs of flu with chickens, and responding to major outbreaks. >> if there is something, from the culture of the veterinary service, that would go to the field and investigate the phenomenon. the difficulty again is to at the early stage so that you will b

countries in asia such as cambodia and bangladesh and so forth. and to some very security sensitive countries, pakistan in particular. pakistan has $3.5 billion of exports in the u.s.. reimpose a penalty on those products every year. meanwhile, the ministration is trying to get congress to get at this time $1.5 billion each year to promote growth and job security and job employment there. but one industry that is absolutely producing jobs today. this is not a sensible or reasonable approach. we need to look at ourselves and fix our policies that are damaging to our foreign policy goals and our national security needs. second, i think as an economic modern trade policy needs to be oriented away from fta's and toward the large industries that have employers here and our main trading partners. i point in particular to

traveling to cambodia to meet the monks out to save a forest one tree at a time. >>> good evening, i'm martin savidge. we are going to start here tonight with a subject that has a lot of people here and throughout the world increasingly concerned as we heard towards fall that. subject is the h1n1 swine flu virus, which according to the world health organization has killed just under 1,500 people worldwide. right now it's spreading through india with its vast and densely packed population, to use the words of "the new york times." it has been confirmed in 67 american troops at 6 bases in iraq, to cite just a couple of examples. it's a complicated health issue and tonight's lead focus, we thought it would be helpful to take a look at the flu pandemic from a world perspective as weigh help you understand the risk as the traditional flu season approaches. just last week in switzerland, officials of the world health organization had news about the timetable for the development of a swine flu vaccine. the organization said a vaccine may be ready by the end of september, but that more testing

a leading member of khmer rouge there ruled cambodia in the 1970's asked for harshest punishment at his trial for war crimes of murder. he tells the united nations- backed tribunal that he accepted responsibility for the sorrow and suffering of the 1 million cambodian people who lost husbands and wives. militants in northern afghanistan attacked a government building, killing a district police chief and at least one of his offices. the assault happened in the province where violence has increased in recent months. reports say the attackers struck before dawn with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades. starting a long gun battle. erin is here, so it is that time. we can look ahead to your business report. there are figures coming out -- a statement coming out of the fed in new york. >> the interest rate decision. but all expectations is it they will not do anything.

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but i do not think it was over cambodia. that certainly was an attempted article of impeachment, but the smoking gun was when it was revealed that nixon was in the oval office when the coverup was being discussed. host: and father drynan, was see an active anti-nixonian? guest: yes, he was liberal and an outspoken critic of nixon's. caller: good morning. i like that last caller concerning the father -- people should remember things like that. i would like to offer more context about nixon and the republican party. the southern strategy, we have had a succession of republican presidents elected -- and i do not want to put down southerners who but for these awful people, but racism, resentment. it comes up now with the whole health care thing. people who are just reaching they are being manipulated by a very corrupt corporations. the nixon i certainly reach more than ronald reagan who was a very demonic figure. the government is a problem -- people should wake up to the fact that the government is us and it can be bad or good.

three american men arrested in cambodia. they are now on their way back to the u.s.here they will face charges. william la jeunesse is that los angeles international airport, where those suspects will be arriving. who are these suspects, what are they charge of doing? >> let's go right to the new videotape of the arrest. the first one is jack spores. he would drive the streets dropping dollar bills behind him to lure little boys back to his home where he would molest them. the second suspect would go to these problems with the vietnamese girls and hustled them there. finally, a 41-year-old eric peterson of los angeles bought a 13 year-old boy and raped him five times. all of them had multiple victims and convictions here in the u.s.. one man served 12 years in the california penitentiary. they believe that as many as 500 young boys have been molested. martha: why is a country like cambodia's suffering from this? >> poverty and a weak justice system. cambodia remains one of the poorest countries in southeast asia and does not have the resources. they do not have very

we went even along to the vietnam/cambodia border, helps a couple thousand with the aid we brought.'s always more. there are millions of people that live in this kind of poverty and not only do we bring food aid but also clothing and shoes to help children like that that you see right there. and that's really essential, too, because this is a shot of us handing out some shoes. many of these children are walking around bare foot. a lot of them can't even go to scho school, and you were asking a moment ago about them and being able to survive like that. you build up an immunity. from the canals, bathing, using rest room and fishing. >> what do you take away from this, in nine years? >> that there is hope. despite all of it, you saw the little girl with only a second grade education. when ask you what do you want to be when you grow up? she says i want to be a teacher. despite what they don't have, they do have an abundance of hope. sometimes that will take you over what is needed to get to the where you want to be. >> i'm sure going to take you back there a tenth year? >> absolutely,

but i do not think it was over cambodia.inly was an attempted article of impeachment, but the smoking gun was when it was revealed that nixon was in the oval office when the coverup was being discussed. host: and father drynan, was see an active anti-nixonian? guest: yes, he was liberal and an outspoken critic of nixon's. caller: good morning. i like that last caller concerning the father -- people should remember things like that. i would like to offer more context about nixon and the republican party. the southern strategy, we have had a succession of republican presidents elected -- and i do not want to put down southerners who but for these awful people, but racism, resentment. it comes up now with the whole health care thing. people who are just reaching they are being manipulated by a very corrupt corporations. the nixon i certainly reach more than ronald reagan who was a very demonic figure. the government is a problem -- people should wake up to the fact that the government is us and it can be bad or good. unfortunat

in this case, it is vietnam, laos, cambodia, give the information, give us the archives to give us what we need to go back in find the witnesses, like we did in this case and be able to read us back to crash sites or gravesites, not only for vietnam, but for we are getting significant accountability for world war ii and korea now as well. so to me, there is hope for anybody who has someone missing and unaccounted for. >> this is your brother. when you look at this image and when you hear about the news of the family, speicher's family getting this news that remains have been positively identified, you don't know the speicher family but you know the agony the family has been through because you experience it had for your brother. give me an idea what the family has been going through for 18 years based on what you have been going through for 37 years? >> we made a decision early on to be involved. i want bobby to be proud of what we've done. i want him to know we did everything we come i'm a housewife from georgia but i worked very hard. i have taken four trips to southeast asia, lobbyin

the video you are seeing now was taken in cambodia where these crimes occurred.als. they have multiple victims. one of them had bought a 13- year-old boy. the attorney gave his family $2 and a bag of rice. they call him the pied piper of pedophiles. he would crews these neighborhoods dropping dollar bills behind him to lure these boys back to his home. he had served 12 years and a california prison for molesting as many as 500 boys here, most not -- mostly on camping trips the third individual would go to these child brussels. girls as young as eight years old, he molested. that is according to an affidavit that i've read. it is an operation being conducted by emigrations and customs. they are going to unveil the results and the names of these individuals and about one hour. we will know their identities in about an hour. jon: a disgusting crime. if they committed them overseas, how can they prosecute them here in the west? >> it was because of the scrutiny that sex offenders have here in the u.s.. now that their names and photographs are posted on police website

trip was special for me because we went so far into the interior that we even reached the vietnam/cambodiak at some of the children we were able to help, not just food aid but also shoes. this was a little girl, a recipient of tennis shoes. a lot of these children don't have shoes, toys. they don't have access to education and barely enough food to survive. this is why this is so important and something really near and dear to my heart. for more information, you can go to help the hungry.org. we've got the website up right there. and also going to have more information on this throughout the morning. it's really a special journey for me and one that means a lot. >> i remember it like it was yet last year's piece when you came back. you've been doing it nine years. >> nine years. >> are conditions getting worse, better? what makes this year different from years past? >> i wouldn't say necessarily they're getting better because this is a third world country so poverty is just rampant, especially in those rural areas where you have farmers basically living off of the land and doing the best t

and poverty that continues to play out as we go from village to village all the way to the vietnam/cambodia life for the people who live here. it's a difficult life. no matter how much we bring and how many times we come, you never leave feeling like you've done enough. there's so many people in need here. which is why we continue to come back, year after year. proving the poor are not alone in their struggle and maybe, in some way, it will instill the kind of hope and determination needed to rise above seemingly impossible odds. and we've been making those annual help the hungry trips to vietnam for the past nine years. i can tell you, it can be difficult getting people to donate to international aid organizations and many non-profits are in trouble right now, especially the smaller ones. it is a subject that carol instern knows very well. she is the president of the u.s. fund for unicef and joins us now live. carol, thanks for your time. to give our viewers some perspective here, how much do americans give to international aid organizations? >> good morning, betty. well, there are about 2

. >> oliver: the french colony of indoe china included vietnam, laos and cambodia.ands of french migrated to asia in search of wealth, made second class citizen nz their own country, the vietnamese resisted french occupation with violence. at the end of world war i, american president woodrow wilson envisioned a new world forum. founded at the paris peace conference in 1919, the league of nations was intended to be a new arena for people and countries to hash out their differences. this high minded concept appealed to one young man in particular. >> he showed up at the paris peace conference, wanting better treatment for vietnam and he was basically told, shoo, shoo, go away. that's for white people. >> oliver: the man ignored would later become known to the world as ho chi minh, loosely translated it means bringer of light. morn in 1890, the youngest of three children. he witnessed his father's frustration at the repression he felt under french rule. at age 21 he traveled to france as a ship's cook to see how the other half lived. ho chi minh would dedicate his lif

should cut it right away because i would hate to waste this with so many people starving in -- in cambodiai want to go to, let's see, brian deeds. i said this is how out of control this administration is before i learned the lesson. they appointed somebody to restructure the american industry, the car industry, who has no experience. "the new york times" did a big deal on him. he is 31. he has no experience. he even slept in his car. >> that is his claim to fame. >> glenn: let's find out who he is now that we have done some research. who is he? >> well, who is he? he is not really a left wing idealogue. he is a rich kid playing progressive. his parents are college professors. he is from middlebury college. he was a hack on the hillary campaign. he works for the center for american progress, the great nexis of left wing hack ry in the united states, which is another one of these soros and sandler-supported outfits, and his two big influences, i guess, have been gene spurling , who is sort of a neoprogressive f.d.r. guy who is working on the obama administration, and nancy bird song, an inte

. >>> what do you think about a miss land mine beauty pageant in cambodia?uld this even be true? apparently the cambodian government banned the event today, calling it an insult to the disabled. but we wanted to dig a little deeper and this is what we discovered. not only are the contestants beautiful, but they've got guts. they and the norwegian artist who created the pageant see it as a way to empower them and other disabled people and they view it as a perfect way to raise awareness about the dangers of land mines. believe it or not, an estimated four to six million land mines and other unexploded ordnance remain in cambodia from decades of civil war, and they kill or wound hundreds of people every year. so tweet us at twitter.com.kyracnn and let us know what you think. is the pageant a good or bad idea? (music plays) when you think about all you can do in an all-wheel-drive subaru... you'll find there is a lot to love. that's why we created the subaru a lot to love event. where you can get a great deal on any new 2009 subaru. and see theee really is a lo

the senator's trip also took him to loose, thailand, cambodia and vietnam. i asked him why he thought the reclusive burmese leader met with him, released the american prisoner and let him talk with with aung san suu kyi. >> the communications that went back and forth in preparation for our visit, there was a lot of, i think, testing on both sides going on beforehand and i believe all those things went into their decisions. most important thing, actually right now is that we have an opportunity here to try to construct a new formula and it's vital for the interests of the united states and southeast asia that we reengage across the southeast asian mainland. we are in real danger ole losig our position with the expansion of china with the this whole series of countries that i visited. >> warner: now, in an op-ed in the "new york times" this week you wrote the u.s. should lift sanctions on burma and you said the ultimate object is to encourage myanmar to become a responsible member of the world community and you talked about having it under an open political s

writing about the wars in vietnam, the death squads in latin america, what happened to vietnam in cambodia, what is happening today in israel and palestine, his opposition to the wars in iraq, his relentlessness that is such an inspiration to us all. i think, looking at the essential chomsky edited by anthony arnove, this bookcase that is on the cover is filled with noam chomsky's books. he has written over 100 of them and you is not just writing. because, when he explodes the allies, he is saving lives, because the lies take lives. i don't know who said this quote, but someone once said, i think back on my life at all the times that thought it went too far and i realize now i didn't go far enough. well, i think noam chomsky has clearly gone the distance, and as we celebrate his 80 years, i am encouraged by a woman, who told me about celebrating her grandmother's 106 the burke the ander grand mother stood up at your party and said, to be 100 again. we look forward to hearing noam chomsky for many years to come, beginning with tonight. noam chomsky. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank

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overwhelming importance to the exports of some very poor countries in asia and to some -- such as cambodiaangladesh and laos and so fortand to some very security-sensitive countries such as pakistan in particular. pakistan has $3.5 billion of exports to the u.s. mainly of clothes and textiles. we impose a $365 million penalty on those tariffs every year and meanwhile is trying to get give pakistan a billion and a half a year to promote growth and job security and employment there. as we penalize the one industry that is promoting jobs and growth today. this is not a sensible or reasonable approach. we need to look at ourselves. we need to look at those policies that are damaging to our foreign policy goals and our national security needs. second, i think as an economic matter, trade policy needs to be reoriented away from ftas and towards the large industries that are employers here and countries that are big trading partners. in particular to information in media to environment and energy technologies that the administration is really looking into to promote growth and to agencies like he

i just came back from one in june to bangkok and cambodia, where you're actually working with the cambodiane working with the kids in the slums of bangkok. you're really helping because you're delivering medical supplies, equipment, and delivering expertise. >> i need some honesty here. this was a worthwhile experience for snu >> i've done it a number of times, absolutely. >> it's not a phony kind of a ride along sort of -- because if you want to do something like that, you want to be involved. you want to get your hands dirty. >> this is up close and personal. when you take kids -- it's multigenerational. you take 12-year-old kids who lead a sheltered and privileged life, and they're delivering dental kits to these kids and teaching them how to brush their teeth, you think they're going to give grief to their parents after that? no way. >> how about animal lovers? >> in southern utah, 33,000 acre ranch, best friends animal society, is home to 1,500 adopted dogs, cats, horses, and birds, and you can actually visit. these are great day trips. we're not talking your immersing yourself for wee

that continues to play out as we go from village to village all the way to the vietnam/cambodia border. but this is life for the people who live here. this is a difficult life. and no matter how much we bring and how many times we come, you never leave feeling like you've done enough. there's so many people in need here. which is why we continue to come back, year after year. proving the poor are not alone in their struggle, and maybe, in some way, it will instill the kind of hope and determination needed to rise above seemingly impossible odds. it is indeed a difficult journey, and for more information on how you can help, please go to help-the-hungry.org and you can join us on cnn saturday morning that's tomorrow from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. eastern. >>> here's what's up next on "cnn newsroom." health care reform is boiling over, with those on either side of the issue trying to outshout each other. we'll show you one that turned violent. >>> and gi uniforms meant to provide brief but critical protection against fiery explosions, just who will make them? >>> and battling street violence. do

. >> a fifth policeman in hollywood, florida, under investigation after-cambodia surfaced last week.eming to take a crash reports and frame the driver involved? take a look. watch the tape. >> he was drunk, here is what it is. >> alexandra vias is the woman in the video that officers were trying to blame. she joins us along with her attorney. what happened on that day in february? you were driving with a cat in the car. it jumped out. you pulled the car over and were out of the car at the time that the police vehicle hit you in the rear. what happened after that? >> that is when i was met by officer presley. i asked him if he could give me a couple of minutes to save the cat and he wanted me to join him. that is when i see the damage done by car. >> you are saying that they made a perversion as to how the accident happened and that it was not your fault, it was their fault. correct? >> yes. >> you were drinking that night, correct? >> a little bit. >> they gave a breathalyzer? what did it show? >> at the station it showed that they were over the legal limit, but the problem is that i

here by our of overwhelming importance to the exports of some very core countries in asia such as cambodia and bangladesh and so forth. and to some very security sensitive countries, pakistan in particular. pakistan has $3.5 billion of exports in the u.s.. reimpose a penalty on those products every year. meanwhile, the ministration is trying to get congress to get at this time $1.5 billion each year to promote growth and job security and job employment there. but one industry that is absolutely producing jobs today. this is not a sensible or reasonable approach. we need to look at ourselves and fix our policies that are damaging to our foreign policy goals and our national security needs. second, i think as an economic modern trade policy needs to be oriented away from fta's and toward the large industries that have employers here and our main trading partners. i point in particular to information and media, to environment and energy technologies. that would create employment and growth. industries like health services and medical technologies. these are areas that americans look to as big

overwhelming importance to the exports of some very poor countries in asia, and to some such as cambodiaand to some very security sensitive countries such as pakistan in particular. pakistan has three and a half billion dollars to the u.s. we impose a $306 million pair of penalties on those products every year. meanwhile, the administration is try to get congress to give pakistan a million and a half each year to promote growth and job security and a job employment there. as we penalize the one industry that is actually promoting jobs and growth today. this is not a sensible or reasonable approach that we need to look at ourselves that we need to fix those elements of our own policies that are damaging to our foreign policy goes into our national security needs. second, i think is an economic matter. trade policy needs to be reoriented away from fda's and towards the large industries that are employers are in big countries that are our main trading policies. i would point in particular to information and media, to invite them in an energy technology that the administration is looking to