department is hoping that a $5 million cash reward will lead to the capture of war criminals in central africa, including joseph coney. he and his gang steal children and then force them to fight with his troops. they are considered to be killers, rapist, torturers and looters. the state department says cash rewards have been helpful in capturing other war criminals, so it's time to up the ante against coney and his followers. >>> we are continuing to monitor san francisco international airport where president obama has just departed air force one. these are pictures. as you see, they're getting ready. the president is about to head to san francisco for a couple of fund-raisers. and our crews are there. we will bring you live updates throughout the newscast. >>> meantime, one of san francisco's unique traditions gets a new sponsor. the local company that's decided to put its name alongside. >>> and an truck accident. the cargo it was carrying that had people gathering whatever they could off the pavement. am i allergic to any medications? i don't know. last immunization shots? really? honey, w

very quickly, down towards parts of central africa. very heavy rain showers across the central region. this is what we expect for temperatures at 31 degrees. >> let me run through the top stories so far. soccer rea has told the north to allow access once again to a joint industrial zone if it wants foreign investment. south korean workers are allowed to leave the facility inside north korea, but those trying to enter have been turned back. malaysia's prime minister has dissolved parliament ahead of a general election expected at the end of the month. contest between the ruling coalition and opposition is expected to be tight. syria's military fired missiles near the northern border with lebanon. residents say two rockets hit the area. many living there are refugees from syria. the refugee camps inside syria are struggling to cope with a number of people fleeing the violence. new arrivals forced to sleep in the open. he and his family will sleep under the tree to night, the first night as refugees from serious civil war. they have just

is a big problem in central africa. if you are a woman, they will ask you to sleep with them to get a job. are also fed. the nine nations said most of the country needs urgent food and medical help. rebels took around 1/4 of the supplies in the capital from this warehouse. this is some food in the shops, but it is expensive. people cannot withdraw money from the banks that are empty. the soldiers' salaries have not been paid. people want to know who is running the country. >> the biggest problem for the country is who will guide us. we do not have the proper group of leaders right now. >> this is the man who says he will guide the nation to new elections. he says he will create a transitional body it will appoint an interim president. one minister told me it may be two years before elections can be held. we have security problems to sort out. people need hospitals, schools, and water. democracy is not just about going to the ballot box. >> the rebel groups as the best chance the country has at peace is a strong central

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we're we're arming or or arms of our worse through five or six degrees or ending up somewhere in central africa you know we're still going to do what we're doing any oh ok and i mean that's what i think i'm not saying i agree with it i'm just saying that that's the reality and that and that this treaty is everyone gets a trophy pat on the back and it's really not going to do anything yes or we acknowledge and there's a problem yes but ok well you know i want i want is a program to talk to you know action is i want to end the program in a positive note go ahead you got thirty seven thirty seconds you know. i think we have to remember that we do not have this treaty yet it's just a couple of days saying spend the whole trading paused and it will only open in signature line to these here so just to say that it's not going to work now is. premature maternal that's what it was but what we have today is all right we've had a fascinating conversation maybe something nice and banking like i said you're going to york and washington and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here are key so

department is hoping that a $5 million cash reward will lead to the capture of war criminals in central africancluding joseph coney. he and his gang steal children and then force them to fight with his troops. they are considered to be killers, rapist, torturers and looters. the state department says cash rewards have been helpful in capturing other war criminals, so it's time to up the ante against coney and his followers. >>> we are continuing to monitor san francisco international airport where president obama has just departed air force one. these are pictures. as you see, they're getting ready. the president is about to head to san francisco for a couple of fund-raisers. and our crews are there. we will bring you live updates throughout the newscast. >>> meantime, one of san francisco's unique traditions gets a new sponsor. the local company that's decided to put its name alongside. >>> and an truck accident. the cargo it was carrying that had people gathering whatever they could off the pavement. medications? i don't know. last immunization shots? really? honey, what's my blood pressure

joseph kony is based in the jungles of central africa. u.s.ar. this sensitive mission has gotten little attention until lara logan's report on last night's "60 minutes." she joins us now from washington. lara, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. well, joseph kony has been on a murderous rampage that's lasted almost three decades, killing thousands of people and building one of the largest armies of child soldiers in history. he started out in northern uganda, but his campaign has spread to four countries and he's now freighting in this vast lawless area in the center of africa. we traveled there and reported on one of the largest manhunts that's ever taken place. >> reporter: you don't have to spend much time here to understand why it's so hard to find joseph kony. it's assolated and unforgiving it gets. unwth so thick, ev step is a battle. when our ucerod jf newton, joined this ugandan tracking team, they had been searching for kony and his army called the lords resistance army, or lra, for three months, tracking them the way you would an

book "army of god," describing the crimes of joseph cohnny and his lord's resistance army in central africa. tomorrow afternoon we'll be live with amy goodman for three hours of "in depth." submit your questions on twitter, facebook or e-mail us at c-span.org. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> melanie warner is next. she reports on how food science has created inexpensive products that, according to the author, are devoid of nutritional value, addictive and of potential harm to one's health. mrs. warner examines the proclivity of processed foods and the commonly-used ingreed crepts which makes up approximately 70% of calories consumed in the united states. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much and thank you, everyone, for being here to talk about the subject of processed food. i do hope that everyone has had their dinners already. [laughter] i always find that it's a little bit easier to talk about this once people have already eaten. i don't want to be responsible for spoiling anyone's meal. um, so this book, i think the origins of this book go way back for me

special operations troops deep in the jungles of central africa.ned several thousand african soldiers in one of the biggest manhunts that's ever taken place. their goal is to help kill or capture the world's most wanted warlord, joseph kony, and destroy his army. broader u.s. effort to counter the emerging threat to america from the growth of terrorist networks across africa. joseph kony has been on a murderous rampage that has lasted almost three decades, killing thousands and building one of the biggest armies of child soldiers in history. kony started out in northern uganda, but his campaign has spread to four countries, and he's now operating in this vast, lawless area in the center of africa. our story, which includes images you may find disturbing, begins in the central african republic, with an elite tracking team from the ugandan military that's searching for kony in some of the most remote jungle on earth. you don't have to spend much time here to understand why it's so hard to find joseph kony. it's as isolated and unforgiving as it gets.

the lady's question, there is an epidemic of sexual violence not just in the drc, not just in central africa, not just in africa, but in conflict zones all over the world. there's an epidemic of sexual violence. aka rape. and it's the rape of men and women, old, middle-aged, boys, girls, babies, i mean, it's the whole spectrum. the role in this plays in the conflict in the drc and congo is that rape is a weapon. it's a way of destroying the fabric of a community to make them vulnerable, and a vulnerable community cannot fight back. and i'll give you some oversimplified examples. there are lots of communities in the region that have mobile used themselves -- mobilized themselves to defend themselves against the lra. it's fascinating. they will make homemade shotguns out of scrap metal, and they will go on patrol, or bows and arrows, and they'll patrol the forest to secure the field. they call them arrow boys. and communities, if they are -- if they can work together,they support each other, if they just have that spirit can fight back. even without any foreign intervention. but if you don't h

it's decimating populations in parts of central africa, in parts of southeast asia, in parts of the indian subcontinent, and it's affecting whole generations of individuals. we know, for example, that there are probably about 25 to 30 million people in the world infected with h.i.v. this year, and that that number will continue to increase quite rapidly in the next few years, especially in those parts of the world where prevention efforts and treatment are very minimal. david bennett: the impact of h.i.v./aids in africa has been incredible. to lose the young people who are really the productive segment of society, so that you now have grandmothers who are looking after grandchildren because the adults have disappeared. so a tremendous burden. florence mwayopa: these are some of the children that belong to this household. they are being looked after by their great-grandmother. the... grandmother had twelve children she has lost all except for two. as i traveled to other nations in the world, and especially resource-poor areas of the world, one of the things that i'm struck with most is that

there's an epidemic of sexual violence not just in the drc, not just in central africa, not just in africa. but all over the world there's an epidemic of sexual violence. aka rape. and it's the rape of men and women old and middle aged boys and girls, babies. i mean, it's the whole spectrum. the role it plays in conflict in the rc and congo. rape is a weapon. it's a way of destroying the fabric of a community to make them vulnerable. and a vulnerable community cannot fight back. i'll give you some oversimplified example. there are lot of communities in the region that have mobilized themselves to defend themselves against the lra. it's fascinating. they will make homemade shotgun out of scrap metal and patrol or bows and arrow and patrol the forest to secure their village. they call them arrow boys. and communities if they can work together, if they support each other, if they have that spirit can fight back. even without foreign intervention. it you don't have the intangible ties the community individuals on their own are vulnerable. are powerless. the way you destroy the ties are by crea

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central. western europe africa and both americas interestedly in two thousand and eleven officially the country exported three hundred seventy six million dollars worth of trash and dried fruits spices carpets for that same year the u.n. estimates the country's opium in comes to that one point four billion dollars the lion's share of this money obviously goes to district officials insurgents warlords and drug traffickers while they have damp people get instability and poor pertains to add a third of the country's thirty five million strong population is jobless and more than twelve million people live below poverty line it seems they us led in during freedom operation all those years ago has left the afghan people with more than freedom to do are. r.t. moscow right now at r.t. dot com lim opposed his name appears on a criminal blacklist in finland which could theoretically have meant that the russian approach that would be subjected to automatic detention if he crossed the country's northwest border this connection with a major russian squad that led him to be ending up on this database also on

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i might add that central africa too. and the middle east rising tensions with korean peninsula, iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and deliver. infritswing cyberthrenst receding. and i'm concerned that such claims underlie the foundation naive view of the world. it's driving the administration's misguided search forward a peace dividend they don't believe exists. we went through that before in the '90s. i remember that discussion. it's depriving reduction to a time the adversary is there. we should be expanding ours. the cuts associated with sequestration are having a significant impact on the capabilities and the breech of our intelligence community. just the time when we are needing it the most. director clapper when asked about the affect that southwest ration on the -- sequestration on the intelligence community you stated, i've quoted you several times on this. i think it's profound, quote, we're cutting real capability and accepting greater risk for intelligence. this is not quite like shorter hours for public parks

central. western europe africa and both americas interestedly in two thousand and eleven officially the country exported three hundred seventy six million dollars worth of fresh and dried fruits spices carpets for that same year the u.n. estimates the country's all premium comes to that one point four billion dollars the lion's share of this money obviously goes to district officials insurgents warlords and drug traffickers while the afghan people get instability and poorer teens to add a third of the country's thirty five million strong population is jobless and more than twelve million people live below poverty line it seems that you ask enduring freedom operation all those years ago has left the afghan people with more than freedom to. moscow more of the world the main news and now two separate roadside explosions in afghanistan have killed at least four people including a local police chief one of the bombs went off when the victims were patrolling areas in the province the other in them a jar district took life of one civilian and wounded two more such attacks have been rising in recent mo

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ruling for many years in central africa said he it what he was worth millions and millions of dollars his life was famous for going to paris and shopping for shoes with the bank with $500,000 in cash that was looted from the american treasury there's all kinds of examples of that -- staffed and foreign aid being used to buy a tear gas to spray on the egyptian people so it doesn't buy the good will because it is stolen by the leaders who were not popular and it is counterprcounterpr oductive but we are missing the boat if you think we're stoking the fires and the people who don't already believe this it is already in the psyche of the people. people are upset and we would rather spend money at home. i would like your comments on the president's position and that foreign aid has been stolen by the leaders. >> senator, i think there's a difference between some of the nation-building we have seen sometimes it engaged in and good foreign aid programs, but that is maller issuewe argue let me try to fram it this has money been stolen? absolutely. but by the largest measure possible because o

central government come in and of the central government has its own relationship with its own periphery and there often is a troubled one. through the middle east, not africa, central asia and you find this. if the central government is tolerant and open and inclusive and gives its citizens the rights they deserve to freedom and education and health and job of attendees, there is no problem. but if it suppresses and brutalizes its own population, you would have problems under saddam hussein, whether it's syria where we see this bird was -- brutal you see especially the eastern tribes and the benghazi people pity we looked at 40 cases so it makes it a global study of what is going on in the world >> if you take it as a case study and what must give a different situations in your home country. >> pakistan is a central piece of the study. why? because waziristan that is in the tribal areas is one of the most targeted places on earth for the program. it's also one of the trials on the earth and its traditionally never been completely subdued and did

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we believe he is in the central africa republic. i saw firsthand while visiting there what we are doing to make sure his rein of -- reign of terror comes to an end quickly. it turns out kony's reign of terror has been fed by the chinese demand for ivory. he is poaching the elephants, slaughtering them in the area and using this ivory to keep his men in arms and their reign of terror continue. the increasing american jobs through greater exports to africa act is something everyone should support. it's good for the u.s. company, helps u.s. businesses create jobs, is good for u.s. foreign policy, keeps america in a position of global leadership, and it's good for the people of africa. by making superior american products and services the standard in their future. i urge my colleagues to sign on to support this important effort. while we wait and do nothing, the chinese are acting every single day and america is falling further and further behind in africa. madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding of

for many years and central africa. he was said to be worth the lives of dollars.is wife was called gucci. is famous for going to paris and shopping for shoes with her louis vuitton bag. that money was looted from the american treasury. there are all kinds of examples of theft. there are examples of foreign aid being used to buy teargas and egypt that they use to spur on the egyptian people. by thet is stolen leaders who are unpopular in their country. i think it is often counterproductive. i think we are missing the boat if you think we are stoking the fires and the people do not believe this. this is something that is in the psyche of the people. people. we need money at home. i would like to comment on the president's position, but also on the idea that a lot of foreign aid has been stolen by these leaders. , i think there is a difference between some of that nationbuilding we have seen sometimes engaged in good that doesd programs not rise to the level of nationbuilding. we will wind up arguing about the smaller issue rather than the larger one here. let me try

central. easton western europe africa and both americas interestedly in two thousand and eleven officially the country exported three hundred seventy six million dollars worth of trash and dried fruits spices carpets for that same year the u.n. estimates the country's opium income students one point four billion dollars the lion's share of these mining obviously goes to district officials insurgents warlords and drug traffickers while the afghan people get instability and poor teens to add a third of the country's thirty five million strong population is jobless and more than twelve million people live below poverty line it seems the u.s. led enduring freedom operation all those years ago has left the afghan people with more than freedom to endure. our team moscow. well of the world's main news now mass rallies outside congress in washington d.c. is cross party senators race to finish an overdue immigration deal is expected to fast track eleven million illegal immigrants on the path to gain citizenship and is due to be adopted in the coming days tens of thousands protested over the sluggish pa

central. eastern western europe africa and both americas interestedly in two thousand and eleven officially the country exported three hundred seventy six million dollars worth of trash and dried fruits spices carpets for that same year the u.n. estimates the country's opium income student one point four billion dollars the lion's share of these money obviously goes to district officials insurgents warlords and drug traffickers while the people get instability and poor teen stad a third of the country's thirty five million strong population is jobless and more than twelve million people live below poverty line it seems the u.s. led enduring freedom operation all those years ago has left the afghan people with more than freedom to endure. our t.v. moscow. right now i don't call them saying a last goodbye. they wouldn't have missed environmental activist who passed away in hospital on monday five years off to be crippled in a brutal attack had online to find the respect of the people whose life touched. also that while scott was probably dependents latest says his nation would be an active nato p

look at the nuclear weapons free zones of latin america of central asia and of africa and look at the large number of countries around the world that do not have possess or want to possess nuclear weapons and you realise that it is not essential for security in fact it's a weapon of mass destruction there are five declared nuclear weapon states so i hope we'll all really seriously take steps towards disarmament of though they're not showing much signs but at the moment the norm declared weapon states are india pakistan israel and north korea iran is claiming just developing a nuclear weapon system but remains a member of the nonproliferation treaty the nonproliferation treaty review process begins at the end of this month in geneva with the press comm i think that would be a good opportunity to reengage the whole concept of a nuclear weapons free middle east which must of course include israel and try and ask them as part of a treaty process to. decommission the nuclear weapons otherwise the alternative would be a nuclear arms race in the region with many countries egypt saudi arabia

central. eastern western europe africa and both americas interestedly in two thousand and eleven officially the country exported three hundred seventy six million dollars worth of trash and dried fruits spices carpets for that same year the u.n. estimates the country's opium mean comes to that one point four billion dollars the lion's share of these mining obviously goes to district officials insurgents warlords and drug traffickers while the afghan people get instability and poorer teens to add a third of the country's thirty five million strong population is jobless and more than twelve million people live below poverty line it seems that you ask lead enduring freedom operation all those years ago has left the afghan people with more than freedom to endure. r.t. moscow so western nations are terms that controlling the nationwide drug industry through prohibition and destroying poppy fields has proved largely ineffective to little mary is a peace campaigner for afghanistan he things nato has failed to create alternatives to drug cultivation for the country's farms americans are not there or ne

ruling for many years in central africa, it is worth millions if not billions of dollars.ith a bagful of cash. that money was looted from the american treasur there were examples of t kleptocracy. gy ile d't think it buys the goodwill of the people because it is stolen by the leaders that are unpopular in their country. i think we are missing the boat here if you think we are stoking the fires. this is something that is already in the psyche of the people. it is also the idea that a lot of foreign aid has been stolen by these leaders. >> i think there is a difference between some of the nation- a don't we have seen rise to low-level of nation- building. is crumbling, and we will end up arguing about the smaller issues than the larger one. let me try to frame it this way. has the money been stolen? absolutely. because of the new accountability systems and the way aid is given now, something , aallenge with investment into the project and it is quite controlled. that is one of the reforms put into place. afghanistan pushed very hard to work directly with the government and w

we are hearing everything from afghanistan, central asia, to also north africa and libya. jon: we know, jennifer that not far where where you are in maryland an uncle has been providing information to the authorities, clearly there are some family members who are appalled by these developments, and are helping out, but apparently it's a far-flung widespread family and everybody is going to come under some kind of suspicion until proven otherwise. >> reporter: this is a chechen family that came to the united states, we are told, over ten years ago, that was back in 2003. this young suspect that we are looking for right now he would have been two years old -- sorry, he would have been nine years old at the time when he came to the states. so he was young. he spent much of his life here it seems. he's very american niced. has he ao when you look at that video he and his brother could blend in so well because they've been studying here. his older brother who has since been killed, he was a boxer, he was studying on and off for the last few years at several community colleges i

the world today, the inability of violence raging throughout north africa, and i might also add central africa, too. and the middle east, rising tensions in the korean peninsula, iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and icbms to deliver it. and growing cyber threats against our infrastructure. it's hard to take seriously the president's claim that the tide of war is receding eric i'm glad, greatly concerned great concerns underlie this initiations naÏve view of the world. it's driving the administration's misguided search for a peace dividend that a don't believe exists. we went through that once before ban t he90s. i wemember thaiscussion. it's driving drast cs our military, under myreadiness and capability. it's driving reduction to our nuclear arsenal at a time when our adversaries are expanding there. we should be expanding ours. further, the cuts associate with sequestration are having significant impact on the capabilities and the reach of our intelligence community colleges at the time when we are really needing it the most. director clapper, when asked about the effects of sequestration o

africa is being embraced like never before. nbc's stephanie gosk recently traveled to ghana where the church plays an increasingly central role in people's lives. >> reporter: far from the fresco chapels and guilded altars of rome, one of the few places in world where the catholic church is growing -- the west coast of africa. a catholic mass in ghana looks familiar in some ways, distinctly different in others. this mass runs 2 1/2 hours. and still the pews fill up with spillover forced outside. >> reporter: the experience of this church is in west africa congregations are big, and getting even bigger and the faces are very young. in the build-up to the conclave, ghana's 64-year-old cardinal peter turkson got a lot of attention as a possible pope, especially for those pulling for him back home. >> we never thought a half-black man would be president of the u.s. but it happened. they seem quite okay. so i think he can be the pope. >> reporter: there's bound to be some disappointment now that the cardinals have chosen. but enthusiasm for the faith is unwavering. >> he encourage me to believe in god and that help me to believe in m

that are being put in place for economic independence of first central south america and then recently moved to do that to bridge to africa and moves to work in conjunction with the brics nations it's an alternate economic structure global in its potential nature that the united states sees as basically a foundational threat and so you know you see us behavior elsewhere where minor interests are threatened this is an existential threat to the global germany of u.s. capital and they're going to try this to squash it if they can and clearly though the opposition itself within venezuela has got a lot of support and it is going to mount quite a challenge now to the next era is it not clearly the u.s. would like to see that happen but it's really his power really now being challenged and he doesn't have the charisma that chavez had to see that through particularly with the tough economic and domestic problems he faces. well a lot of people millions of venezuelans now have housing health care. education a future in venezuela as a consequence of what's happened since the election of google chavez about fifteen years ago all thos