i was in cambodia last weekend for this story. it's the first time they've allowed cameras into the joint project. >>> we begin with the mad rush of millions of last-minute christmas shoppers on this super saturday, one of the biggest days for retailers to ring up big bucks. jeremy hubbard is at the toys "r" us new jersey. >> reporter: good morning. people already shopping this morning. today could not be more vital for retailers. for some stores, sales over the next 24 hours are equal to an entire week's worth of receipts during the rest of the year. so, starting today, they're going big, shifting strategy, slashing prices, staying open all night to get procrastinators to spend. >> $140.02. >> reporter: with exactly one week until christmas morning, it is crunch time. >> this is going to be one of the highest retail careers in the history of mankind. every day from now until christmas will be massive. >> reporter: and now retailers are pulling out all the stops. 50% off at gap, plus another 20% if you buy this weekend. deep disco

she discovered that many children in a rural part of the country cambodia never get the chance to goschool at all. >> by not going to school myself, i realized how much i took education for granted. so i wanted to give these children a chance to get the education that everyone in america's able to get. >> rachel did some research. she was looking for a way to help provide a school for these children. >> and i came across an organization, american citizens for cambodia, and they had this whole organization already set up, where i needed an initial $13,000 to build the school. >> reporter: now, let's face it, $13,000 is a lot of money for a high school student to raise. so rachel developed a plan. >> my first idea was sending out fundraising letters, trying to get the community, my friends and family involved. >> she decided she wanted to do this, and she really took it upon herself and she did a lot herself. i was here with her because she was sick. so i helped her, you know, type on the computer, or edit stuff and sort things and stuff envelopes. so, you know, i was just her right-ha

sees it as that and we should remember that when richard nixon was president he secretly invaded cambodia and secretly bombed cambodia without any knowledge on the part of congress and that was one of the charges that he was brought up for impeachment with so that was extremely serious then and it's the exact same situation now secret bombings with the drones and secret invasion. now the u.s. has been trying to get pakistan to deal with insurgents but would this mean that washington is as given a given up trying really. if if i heard you correctly you are you are saying that the us is trying to get pakistan to. do its part. in this this is assumed that the. the way to do. security is through the military option and cranking up the violence in the military operations and every fact that we can see tells us that that's exactly the app is it that the more military operations you have the more civilians are killed the more people decide that they are going to take up arms against the occupiers and against the the people that are bombing them i mean it's just perfect sense but our government i

they developed their model program in cambodia. first they raised money to clear the landmines in a province, but that built up another dilemma. >> they lost a generation of farmers, a lot of the men had been killed. the sons young ones didn't know how to farm. >> constant wars in afghanistan cost a generation just like cambodia and other war ravaged countries. united nations learned about the success of roots of peace and asked them to help afghan farmers. >> we shipped night afghanistan in 2003. we did the model and we did it in three provinces to start out. now, we're active in 25 or 26 provinces. >> the $30 million usaid grant will help farmers in majority of 30 provinces. i saw the work being done in afghanistan in 2005 two years after the nonprofit started its demonstration. i traveled with the founder of roots of peace heidi and her daughter kylie. my cameraman and i joined them. they will were removing land mines from the shamali valley. we saw them move right behind the de-miners learning the new skills. they were taught b

thailand, vietnam, cambodia, so on and so forth. they forecast improvement of regional collectivity by investing in transport energy and water infrastructure. and this has already resulted in accelerated growth, substantial poverty reduction, and if you look at greater mekong subregion, the region is one of the fastest growing subregions in entire asia. >> and speaking of regional integration, there has been a lot of talk about a free trade zone within asia. >> yeah, yeah. >> how beneficial would that be? >> i think it would be definitely beneficial for all members of the free trade. as you know, there are hundreds of free trade agreements already in asia. but many of them, bilateral, small. that is, of course, good for the members, but may not be so good for nonmembers. but if you expand to include many more countries, and also many more sectors, the benefit for members would be much greater. and also members would not suffer. nonmembers, even nonmembers could benefit from what economists call trade creation effect. so i think big

forget the fact that a couple decades after the khmer rouge, we still have to be out rebuilding cambodia. >> charlie: the hardest part of doing this is what? >> i think the hardest part of doing it has been i didn't start with celebrity. it's a lot easier to change the world if a you have a billion dollars, b you're a celebrity or perhaps both. those are great preconditions with which to g out and creat global change. room to read has been bootstrapped. the hardest part is bootstrapping it, getting it off the ground, building the base and we're fortunate that it's gone very well so far but what frustrates me is all are the kids we haven't reached. there is still so much further we have to go. >> charlie: because of the billions that are there. >> exactly, there is 150-200 million kids who woke up this mork and didn't go to school so they need us. >> charlie: this is a book for children called zach the yak with books on his back" written by you and illustrated by iben. >> it's my first children's book, trying to make the room to read story accessible to young kids, the yak is my dople gan

in the situation in vietnam when our government and our military said we have to go into cambodia in areas where the sanctuaries are where the training facilities are very limited as to make it safe for the u.s. military and i mean it just seems like the u.s. doesn't learn their lessons of these things just seem seem to escalate we go into situation very easily find ourselves stuck there with no way out in it's always a bad ending for all of those involved u.s. military and of course the civilians on the ground who are indiscriminately killed by these drone attacks and america's involvement in so many conflicts over the years has led to u.s. soldiers beginning to doubt if there's just cause for it especially reporters coming away twenty minutes. did i kill innocent kids or was it a call of course and that's never answered. miss sharp on the skull still with me i think of it every day. of the flyers fired from the memories. of so much so long time i'm just here trying to help. i was. i was ashamed that i had been. i was ashamed that i hadn't been a hero why. i got my legs. what i want

in cambodia they have three to a car and they pay hitchhikers to get in or they are fined. that would certainly help the pollution a lot more than what we're doing now. there are wheels all over the place. we don't need to re-invent them, we need to replace them in our situation and our government and do better than what's being done. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is leonard colley. i was born and raised in san francisco over seven decades ago. i'm here today as a resident, a voter and a retired person. item 52 is about to process. there's no question in my mind that you're going to sit as a committee as a whole. i think that will take you to item 26. the question says, "shall this hearing be heard at a public hearing?" i think the question speaks for itself. the obvious question is we all hope that we'll have another opportunity to speak when you get a little more specific about who you're talking about and what they represent. when you do sit as a committee as a whole, i hope all of you have heeded the letter to the editor in the chronicle

i recently went over to cambodia to see this technology in action as part of a new series we've launchedn with the gates foundation called "be the change, save a life." we went deep into the cambodian countryside, where we found this adorable little girl in the throes of a genuine emergency. >> you can feel it. >> reporter: dr. ann goldfeld, a harvard scientist who is one of the world's leading experts of tb, says this little girl is showing classic signs. if she has tb and goes untreated, how sick could she get? >> she could die. >> reporter: how soon? >> quickly. within weeks. >> reporter: so, she needs be diagnosed right away, because once tb takes hold, it attacks the lungs and then spreads, leaving patients withered and wasted. but here's the problem. even though tb now kills nearly 2 million people a year, the tools we have to diagnose the disease are decades old. it can take up to two months to find out what kind of tb somebody has. and that slow timing is making the epidemic of tb, which can be spread through a simple cough, much worse. the average person with tb infects 12 to 15

and the situation in vietnam when our government and our military said we have to go into cambodia in areas where the sanctuaries are where the training facilities are very limited to make it safe for the u.s. military i mean it just seems like the u.s. doesn't learn their lessons that these things just seem seem to escalate we go into situations very easily find ourselves stuck there with no way out in it's always a bad ending for all those involved u.s. military and of course the civilians on the ground who are indiscriminately killed by these drone attacks now pakistan being a nuclear power do you think the u.s. is taking a risk by sending troops into its territory without their permission. well i actually think the u.s. government does have permission of the pakistani government and leaders to be there all the pakistan from what i understand is denying this so i think there's a lot of underhanded stuff going on the. most of the citizens of both countries or not informed about. now the u.s. has been hammering pakistan's border regions with drone attacks for a long time why do you t

i will continue work in cambodia and ethiopia.eally just -- i follow, as you know with refugees, you tend to follow the movements of the people. continue to follow the afghani refugee, the pakistani people who have been displaced. as the needs come up and as the different -- you know, depending on what story's gone out of the headlines that needs attention, you tend to just be there and pay attention. when i get a call and they say, they need you somewhere, that's where i'll go. >> larry: how's new orleans doing? >> it's good. brad's worked so hard on that. he's learned so much. he commits so -- he's really so committed to learning about building and better ways of living. as you know, you've spoken to him about it. you know his focus and his heart is, you know, he's just -- it's a beautiful thing, his commitment to that part of the world and that project. >> larry: remember, before we interviewed him the last time, i stood next to you when he spoke to the crowd there. people thought we were a couple, angelina, they got thrown. >>

this may be just one small corner of cambodia.to just about every malaria drug started here and history shows once resistance is established, it can quickly spread worldwide. resistance spreads when people don't take drugs properly. here policy and conflict are to blame and fake and substandard drugs, often containing just a pinch of the real thing. >> it's like trying to put out a fire with gasoline. it's eventually going to explode into this resistance. because you're constantly undertreating it. >> reporter: raymond, an expert, has been part of a blitz for local pharmacies. officials say they are having an impact though separately our colleague was able to buy banned anti-malaria drugs in three of six pharmacies he visited. >> we have the ability to handle the parasites in the field environment. >> reporter: the alarm was sounded last year by u.s. military researchers. >> we have kind of come in at a very crucial time. what we're trying to do is come up with solutions and in enough time to address what seems to be an emerging i

. >> these are some beautiful hand made scarves from cambodia. >> scarves are big right now. >> theyre. >> the interesting thing about you is you can't buy it in a store. tough go online or go to a particular place. >> right i come to you. i sell very local and sell at both farmers markets in baltimore city. i guess there's more than two. waverly market on saturdays for one more week and the jfx under the jfx on sunday on the west side at j-fx. >> what do people say to you when they come across night they love it. and i have a great customers here and being at farmers market people are aware of buying local. and it's wonderful and fun. >> okay. so ellen's information is on the screen. you just missed it. three stone steps. >> www.threestonessteps.com. >> your stuff is gorgeous. thanks for bringing it in. >> my pleasure. >> and i love the message and thought behind it. >> thanks. >> charlie. >> it's almost 9:30. thanks a lot. you know winter is not quite here officially. but don't tell those in parts of the midwest and southeastern u.s. coming up, a round robin look across the country

differencess between two worse but i am concerned we are seeing an issue that happened in vietnam and cambodia. and we have temporary pakistan and we have been there 9 years. this war is winnable. the right way to go. is there a better way? i am also concerned about the war in afghanistan that only a small portion of the population in the u.s. is sacrificing contrary to vietnam where families got drafted and people were more involved. i see a lot of people, go to south beach and no one talks about afghanistan. the young people there are having fun. >> wasn't even talked about in the election. >> it is kind of concerning that 90% of the population, work is somebody else's problem. >> i have a visceral reaction to that. i was a reading in north carolina just outside fort bragg. a young woman came up with her husband and said another baby in her arms, wanting to sign a book and starts crying and i go with is the matter? she says my husband is shipping out the day after tomorrow for afghanistan. i said is this your second deployment? it is my seventh. what is the chance of that family surviving th

whether it's in the cambodia or the soviet union or china or cuba, whatever, you name it. again and again and again. and we're not learning any of it. and the reason why is the wretched, wretched states -- state of our universities. that are not teaching this stuff, that are horribly biased, do not believe in ideological diversity and, by the way, are way overpriced while we're at it. [laughter] i'll stop there, how's that? the. [applause] >> this event was hosted by the heritage foundation here in washington d.c. to find out more, visit heritage.org. >> rosemary niedel-greenlee, a former member of the u.s. navy nurse corps, presents a history of american women in the armed forces. she talks about the efforts made by women to fully serve in the u.s. military going back to world war i and discusses the challenges still faced by women serving in the iraq and afghanistan today. this event was hosted by the cincinnati va medical center. it was about 45 minutes. >> thank you, kelly, and want to thank the veterans' affairs medical center here in cincinnati and the all-women's am

currently, so much is outsourced in factory and labor and women and in laos and cambodia but are you aware now in the area right around here that still exist much lower number perhaps such conditions, what changes have happened in 100 years? what protections exist? >> it's funny because about a year or two ago i saw a movie called made in l.a. which was about this very, norman los angeles and it was amazing to see the kind of sweat shop conditions existing in the present day los angeles. of course that was a movie about people resisting it but still there was a lot of footage of the scene. i don't know what to say. there is a lot to be -- you can be depressed about a lot in terms of not only what has happened here but abroad where as bad as things are in the inner city of america with this kind of thing abroad you get into a whole different scale of human rights abuses, environmental abuse, this kind of thing and so it is even more vast problem and of course that labor is also low-wage, non-unionized. that is where the labor movement to can think of it into the large extent where it

yet the vietnam, laos, cambodia. are you aware right now in the area around here with all these that still exist, much no board member, perhaps, but what changes have happened in the 100 years? what protections exist? >> you are saying there are still -- >> yes. >> a year or two ago i saw an excellent movie called made in l.a. which was about this very phenomenon in los angeles. was amazing to see these sweat shop conditions existing in present-day los angeles. of course that was a movie about people resisting it, but still there was a lot of footage. yes. i don't know what to say. there was a lot to be -- you can be depressed about a lot in terms of not only here, but abroad. as bad as things are in the inner city, brought you get into of whole different scale of human rights abuses, environmental abuse, this kind of thing. it is a much more vast problem. of course that labor is always the low wage not unionized. that is really where the labor movement, if you can think about it in a larger sense, where it is right

. >>> buddhist monks are praying for safety as a bridge reopens in cambodia.s where more than 350 people died in a human stampede last month. government leaders joined monks at the somber event. the government insists there will be a master plan to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again. on november 22nd, hundreds of people were taking part in an annual celebration and they were crushed as they tried to get off the bridge. it began to sway because there were too many people on it at the time. >>> also this morning, colombians are starting to bury the dead after a massive landslide killed many people. the president of colombia says he is declaring a limited state of emergency for at least 30 days. that will allow the government flexibility in securing the money for the rescue and the reconstruction. >>> an offensive and racist sign is causing a lot of controversy for a new business in the midwest. a wisconsin man plans to open a gentleman's club in clark county on friday. he has a sign in the window saying "no african-americans are allowed." the owner s

this was an entirely new thing, whether it's in cambodia or the soviet union, or china or cuba, whatever, you name it again and again and again. we are not learning any of it. and the reason why is the wretched, wretched states -- state of our universities. that are not teaching this stuff, that are currently hot dashing bias. and by the way, way overpriced while we are at it. i will stop there, how is that? [applause] >> this event was hosted by the heritage foundation here in washington, d.c.. to find out more visit heritage.org. >> we are here at the national press club with diane rheam, npr host an honorary chairwoman of the press clubs book and author nights. she is woman and her new book, "life with maxie." can you tell us what that book is about? >> maxey is a little long-haired of jalalabad who came into our home seven and a half years ago when we had a big home with a big garden, and then he had to move to a condo. and it's all about life with maxey. and that move and the impact he has had on our lives. he such a special dog. >> what are some of the changes that maxey have to be

whether it's in cambodia or the soviet union, china, cuba, you name it, again and again and again, and we're not learning any of it, and the reason why is because the wretched, wretched state of our university that are not teaching this stuff that are horriblebly biased that don't believe in this at all, and by the way, are way over priced while we're at it. [laughter] i'll stop there. how's that? [applause] >> this was hosted by the heritage foundation here in washington, d.c.. to find out more visit heritage.org. at number one, "decision points by george w. bush. america by heart, is number two. the awe to biography -- autobiography of mark twain is number three on the list. fourth is unbroken which tells the story of a world war ii prisoner who became an olympic runner. life is number five, and hip hop artist, jay-z is 6th with decoded. in the book, broke, they plan to refair the country's fiscal situation. the book is number 7. jon stuart is number 8 with earth, the book. cleopatra is 9th, and colonel roosevelt is number 10. >> we're at the national press club talking about the boo

you know, nepal, cambodia, thailand and russia, how can this happen? and yet it's pervasive within our own society. we would like to look the other way not knowing about it, but it's there. we have to do something about it. this bill does something about it. it establishes a foundation. it will create model programs. and then what will happen is that other communities realize the need. some parents will start to speak up. and most importantly, the victims will be empowered and secure enough to speak up themselves. they are leading this effort. we have a shelter called courtney's house, young victim of sex trafficking and named it after her daughter. we have to do this, it's the right thing. no good reason to oppose it. and i appreciate the fact it's bipartisan. this should be one of the last bills this congress passes and hopefully it is something we can all be proud of. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. poe: i yield to the gentleman from california, former attorney general of cal

. >> a year ago this week, cambodia 0 deported 20 leaders to china. do you have any information on their whereabouts? >> i will take that question. >> have you been able to figure out any more [unintelligible] what are you waiting for? this is a question about yemen. >> i have no further information. >> is the embassy's stepping up security? has anything been -- has anything been done since this? >> in a country like yemen, where our personnel have suffered through threats and attacks before, we always maintained a heightened security for our operations there. i am sure we will look at this most recent attack and if any adjustments are necessary, we will make them. >> what is the final take? who will be responsible -- >> i can go back over this again. south korea has a right to its own self-defense. and the exercise that south korea contemplates as part of its self-defense is not justification for north korea to take any provocative action. or to attack south korea. >> are you giving the go-ahead to south korea? >> we are in constant contact with our