i would love to get involved with cindy.a prank call. >> you did take the call. and you traveled to congo together. i want to put up for our viewers some facts to give them a sense of what is going on in congo right now. why you're so concerned about it. it's africa's third-largest country. home to over 68 million people. since 1998, violence, disease and poverty have killed over 5 million people there. and over 1.3 million people have been forced from their homes. ben, that's because of the scale of those problems there, that's why you decided, along with cindy, to try to take this on. >> yeah. as you pointed out there, that's great. a lot of people aren't even getting that information out. the scale of what's happening there is enormous. and coupled with the fact that it was something that wasn't on a lot of people's radar. if anything, sort of an actor has to offer, to try to build some awareness. and from there, to go forward to build this organization. the biggest hurdle is just getting it on the map. get people to pay

cindy i'm armen keteyian from cbs news, how are you? >> fine. are you guys married?eporter: i work for cbs news. i just wanted to ask you a few questions just to confirm some things about the adoption. you are pregnant, correct? >> yeah. >> reporter: and a boy, girl? two boys? two girls? >> a boy and a girl. >> reporter: can we get the doctor's name and the phone number? >> yeah. >> reporter: for the confirmation of the pregnancy? >> can you and i... could you let me know about this before you... i don't even... >> reporter: well, we want to make sure. >> well i don't know who you are. >> reporter: that's a good question. because we're not sure who you are. we're here to try to determine if you really are cindy stevens. >> can i use your bathroom a sec? >> reporter: well... >> you can go with me to the bathroom if you like. >> reporter: moments later she bolted for the door and into police custody. >> you're under arrest. >> i'm getting arrested? >> reporter: put your hands behind your back. need to get your purse from you real quick. >> for what? >> we'll explain ev

i want to tell you a little story about a woman i know named cindy who was battered in 1975. she was newly married legal experience severe abuse, her husband beat her with a metal plate in a public street in the middle of the day, broad daylight. nobody intervened to help. she went to the emergency room many times. she was too embarrassed to say what happened to her. the of the health care providers that how were these caused an or rice field injuries on your body, she called the police many times. they came to her door and said what did you do to make him so mad? every time she reached out for people people blame her and allowed the offender to escape accountability. i interviewed cindy ten years after the violence against women act and said what does it mean to you that we have ten years of violence? she said when i was going through this i was completely alone. every, reached out for people's help they told me it was my fault. shea sino is different today but that is how it was for me and followed me the rest of my life. but today because of the violence against women act,

cindy. a daughter of one of the plant workers who was staying behind wrote a log apparently today quote my father is still working at the plant they are running out of food we think conditions are really tough he says he's accepted his fate much like a death sentence based on what you know about the radiation levels do you think that these workers are on a suicide mission. what i know about the levels as of march fifteenth they had measured below the four hundred millisieverts normal background that's our normal background is to whom it was sieverts a year and that's a worldwide average so if you're getting four hundred millisieverts an hour on march fifteenth and the levels have been going up and down and up and down since then. i am not sure i can speak to his particular case but i would not want to be in conditions like that and the other thing that worries me is that if he's saying that he's out of food i am worried that aid workers will not be able to provide him with any food because o

cindy, i need a real moment of straight talk from you. when this hollywood actor calls you, you must have been a little skeptical. >> yeah, i was, quite frankly, because i'll be very honest with you, my past experiences with other folks in the same perhaps arena have not been good. >> reporter: but affleck's work in the congo is something of a mission. >> you look at a place where 3 million died over the last 15 years, and it's a humanitarian catastrophe. >> reporter: he took her to eastern congo where her skepticism vanished. there they visited the local organizations that get funding from the nonprofit affleck set up last year, the eastern congo initiative. one of the most moving stories they heard, that of christine whom they meet at heal africa, a hospital that receives grants from affleck's group. kidnapped by a militia at 14, christine was raped, part of congo's epidemic of sexual violence. she got pregnant. she had complications. heal africa took her in, and seven surgeries later she's back in school and helping other young girls.

now the epicenter of last nights quake was 80 miles east of cindie city. i want to show you some video from inside a billing the moment that earthquake hit. still assessing the damage this morning but a major power outage and gas leaks were reported in the city. following theet quake then we are hearing reports of 20-30- foot tsunami hitting the city port. it flooded homes and submerged the airport runway. >> seismologist in the bay area are monitoring the quake in japan. kraig debro is joining us live. what are the experts saying so far? >> basically it's a wait and see attitude right now. the waves are not expected to be huge. wait and see what they are when we get here. first they are monitoring it. i have a special connection with tokyo. my wife grew up in tokyo. we get nhk. she tells me it's not only the tokyo subway that shut down but the jr which is our amtrak. it's a lot faster however. and the people take the jr from different regions of japan. she says that is shut down well north of tokyo to a place called tokie that is near cindie. have not hea

i know they have been working hard to figure out the component parts, but adds cindy said, congresswoman lofgren's staff is ready to put the pieces together. i cannot tell you what his bill will look like, what senator schumer's bill will look like. what i can say it is all those pieces work together to ultimately come up with something that is hopefully, at least, something that we can create a foundation from. comprehensive immigration reform has to be broad enough to make -- give us the foundation to build more, but i do not think it will be done at that point. there will be a lot of issues that will not happen in the first go round that will need to be perfected, but me to do enough to turn immigration into something that is not so politicized and is more about really getting down to the problems. i wanted to address briefly some by pointing out, you cannot always tell what will happen based on one set of votes. in the dhhs appropriations bill for 2010, in the senate, and there were a lot of horrible amendments to make e-verify mandatory, inshore every inch of the fence was real, we

>> well, cindy, i have to refute a little of that from cuonzo. because there's really no way of him knowing. they just have no way of knowing what the committee on infractions is going to do to tennessee in june. they're anticipating that it's going to be directed much more at bruce pearl because they fired him in advance, so they're hoping that more of the penalty is sticking to him and his staff. a lot of these times, that's what the schools do. they try to get rid of the players involved and hope that the ncaa will come down a little less lenient. in talking to a number of people that have been on the committee of infractions, they can see the transparency in that. so i think it's a little premature for him to say that and for the a.d. to say that because they don't know. there could be some sort of institutional penalty, loss of scholarships that still could come down on tennessee. but as for martin, he did do a great job in missouri state the last three seasons. very well respected. has a tremendous story as a cancer survivor. and i think he

closest to the water. >> cindy with west coast advisory team.know you will be busy this evening and next few hours. thanks for coming on we appreciate it. >> absolutely. call back any time. >> thanks very much. >> what you are looking at here are pictures not far from the coast line of floodwaters tsunami water just rushing over farm land sweeping everything up with it. look at all the debris. see the roof top of a house there. you see cars p.farm equipment. all sorts of debris. now we are downtown tokyo. >> looking at a fire broken out there. this could we will be smoke that we are seeing from that large refinery fire which is burning about 20 miles east of tokyo. >> black smoke. >> that suggest an oil refiner refinery. >> so here we are about 2 hours after this earthquake roughly happened in tokyo and if you have friends or family in that area as we know many of you do living in that part of world obviously you are terribly concerned. know that at last report phone service has been interrupted. mobile phone service is out in many instances. >>

but today because of the violence against women act, somebody like cindy would have a very different story to tell. whether the law enforcement officer came to her door, he or she would be trained to interview the parties, collect evidence, write a report, make an arrest if there was probable cause to do so. when cindy went to the hospital emergency room the nurse or physician would be trained to ask about all of the injuries they saw on her body, to talk to her privately and link her up with services. and one of the pieces of cindy's story that i didn't message is she finally fled the violence after she was so severely battered she spent a month in the hospital but she left the hospital completely on her own and was homeless for two years. but today because some of the programs with the violence against women act and some of the other services somebody like cindy would find transitional housing and find services and support to help her recover. i tell her story a little different than the numbers we have been talking about but i tell cindy's story because it puts a women's face on t

let me start with cindy would question us how does radiation harm people well radiation can harm people by getting their cells and the thousand our body which makes the through we are. can be dividing or going through various prophecies and during some of the prophecies there are more. able to be harmed by radiation entering other processes but in general it will take the cells of the body and perhaps cause them to reproduce themselves incorrectly and that can rattle you know pieces the d.n.a. yes and that can result the n.a. and that can result in diseases such as cancers ok linda nuclear. east is a huge part of the story i don't think until just maybe the last six or eight hours the york times who started reporting that this morning there's been current benteke mention of it on the on the mainstream networks but nobody seems to want to mention this word you know that there's all there's there's hundreds of tons of nuclear waste sitting on top of each one of these reactors and that that's actually the biggest part of the problem that's what they're trying to cool with seawater that tha

cindy mccain who is with us today. she is a founding member of and investor in the eastern congo initiative and share's mr. affleck's dedication to end the suffering in this region. she also has dedicated her time and energy to other worthwhile projects. for example, she serves on the boards of directors of several nonprofit philanthropies including operation smile which provides reconstructive surgery to children with facial deformities and the land mine removal group, the halo trust. mr. affleck and his organization are making a major contribution in focusing political will on resolving the crises in the drc and bringing constructive recommendations to the table. but just as importantly, he is setting an example for all of us as to the need to direct whatever resources and influence we may have to help those who are less fortunate and without a voice to help themselves. his presence respective of an example for that, and the subcommittee is most appreciative. i am also grateful for our distinguished witnesses who are

but today because of the violence against women act, somebody like cindy would have a very different to tell. whether the law enforcement officer came to her door, he or she would be trained to interview the parties, collect evidence, write a report, make an arrest if there was probable cause to do so. when cindy went to the hospital emergency room the nurse or physician would be trained to ask about all of the injuries they saw on her body, to talk to her privately and link her up with services. and one of the pieces of cindy's story that i didn't message is she finally fled the violence after she was so severely battered she spent a month in the hospital but she left the hospital completely on her own and was homeless for two years. but today because some of the programs with the violence against women act and some of the other services somebody like cindy would find transitional housing and find services and support to help her recover. i tell her story a little different than the numbers we have been talking about but i tell cindy's story because it puts a women's face on the cha

she , brittany spears, sent photos >> cindy locker and a south american airport. >> and i am back. for support that you have given me along the way. and i appreciative of thing, the fan belt, support, everything--cindy locky luaper was footage from south america airport. now at 6:30, our top stories. more news, more crews, right now our top stories. >>reporter: in san francisco, dog owners are opposing a ban for off-leash public parks in the san francisco. with ocean beach, and other dog destination beaches. and dog owners are " barking mad " with a meeting with the national park service that fort mason. they are taking comments from the public. >> this is an extreme plan that would eliminate 90 percent of the trails that of already been legally be used for 40 years. there needs to be a balance. you cannot just ban a leash area for dogs. >> over the years a number of complaints with dog issues, and dog on dog issues. dog on vivisitor issues. >>reporter: the republican will reconvene may 29th. their voices are being heard and that is why they're out here. demanding that these laws b

about a year ago, joe and cindy hurston returned from a missionary trip only to find their home flooded because of a broken pipe. unable to make repairs, they lived in a small camper and stayed focussed on their ministry and serving others. then abc's extreme home makeover... >> one of televisions most popular shows put a missionary pilot in the spotlight this month, extreme home makeover chose the hurston family after water damaged forced them to live in a trailer. their personal problems overshadowed by the january 2010 haiti earthquake. they made a choice to for go their own needs. fixing their own house would have to wait. >> this is the most devastating disaster. we spoke the language. we know the route. >> what carried us through is keeping our hearts set on hearing jesus, i was thirsty and you gave me drink. >> it has been their mission for the past 6 years. an ingenious device has helped joe meet the needs of 10s of thousands. >> water is heavy. one day i encounter a remarkable inventer and dear friend of mine that invented incredible technology that we built into a very powerfu

we know one near cindie was covered in water. caller: yeah that is right on the coast. probably about 150-miles from cindi all of that area is low lying. it's a lot of farmland. there is not a lot of protection as far as any natural topographic features. >> i was going to ask you from a personal stand point, you were stationed there. you see these pictures. what was your first reaction? caller: wow. we went through a couple good shakes around '87- '89 time frame. i love that area. mom and pop farms. it's destroyed. it's heartbreaking. >> what information are you getting since our airports sit on the water as well. in the bay as opposed to along the coast. are you getting any information about the tsunami and how it can effect us here in the bay area? the water itself? caller: as far as which should not be a big deal as far as we're about 10-12 feet above sea level. we have a protective seawall along the edge of the runways. we are monitoring the situation. we will have people monitoring the runways. make sure there is no problems. i think we are going into a low tide wh

emergency crews have been down cindy fukushima -- have been dousing the fukushima nuclear power plant. many continue to shop for from food shortagesand cold weather. we willontinue to bring you all of the latest news and animation. stay tuned for "dw-tv. thanks for joining us. ,,

you can't go from tokyo to up to cindie. >> ktvu kraig debro live with a lot of valuable information in japan town in san francisco in the aftermath of that huge earthquake in japan. we'll take a quick break. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to the morning news. as expected the death toll from that huge 8.9 magnitude earthquake in japan and the tsunami has followed has climbed dramatically. we are understanding from japanese police that 200 to 300 bodies have been found in a coastal area. we are looking at pictures right now as we speak when that water was moving ashore. moving slowly but take a look at that just quickly took homes, cars, everything in its pot. moving along we are looking at aerial footage in that part of japan. sweeping everything in its path. again getting the latest reports from japanese police. 200 to 300 bodies found in that coastal area. >> waving sheets out of the window there in that picture there. >>> here in the bay area they may shut down parts of bart this morning because of that tsunami. tara, you have more information about that. >> yes. i was mult

cindy anderson. are your hair -- are you here? the women's action network also donated to us. and, of course, max's cafe. our cookies were donated by max's cafe. and the staff of the department and the status of women, their dedication and support. they support the friends, so we support all their initiatives of their projects. without them, all this would not happen, so i would like to recognize them. again, thank you to the friends of the board members. oh, and, we do have flowers for the chair of this event, so we have flowers for you. i will tell you, you know how events are. this would not have happened without her. at the last minute, she was sending out memos and reminders. thank you very much. finally, thanks to all of you for being here and helping us honor these wonderful women of the city. oh, and kimberly is out there. and we will see you again next year as we honor more women who really contribute to the city's growth and come up here for a photo opportunity. thank you again. please stay for some refreshments. and who rate to all women -- hooray to all women.

right now on capitol hill, the international problem that's brought ben aflac and cindy mccane together>> why britain's royal couple was flipping pancakes today? a good night's sleep. kim: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over the top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. i'm feeling sleepy already. nighty night. ♪ >>> all right. such a good time in new orleans kicking up its heels today on mardi gras. partyers were up earlier this morning on bourbon street with colorful beads and parades. more than a million people go to the city every year for this event. they say this year is the grandest since hurricane "katrina." fat tuesday, the catholic season of sacrifice, the 40 days leading up to easter. >> doesn't look like the weather was that great for the earning of the day! >> exactly. not all the parades are what you're thinking. >> people keep their clothes on. >> exactly. they're more family friendly. their weather down there, slight risk of severe weather. could get kind of interesting. let the good ti

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cindy anderson. are your hair -- are you here? the women's action network also donated to us. and, of course, max's cafe. our cookies were donated by max's cafe. and the staff of the department and the status of women, their dedication and support. they support the friends, so we support

my name is cindy lu from chinatown community development center. i am also here to urge you to support the amendment. i want to point out that chinatown is the most denies neighborhood west of manhattan that 82% of the households in the neighborhood do not own cars. for us, it is not just a transit project, but a transit justice project, about getting reliable transit to the people who rely on it every day for grocery shopping, going to the doctors, going to their jobs, meeting their families. like linda, we want to work with the c.t.a. and others to make sure this is a project that works for the neighborhoods. we want to see the almost $1 billion in investment do to our neighborhoods, but we want it to mean jobs, open space and neighborhoods that we can believe in, not just the transit project ilt receive. i wanted to reiterate that the $1 billion in federal money cannot be spent on any or project, that this is solely for this project, and it a match of three-to-one for every dollar spent by local government. again i want to stress that we want re

a healthy baby boy, the third boy for cindy and marlon bryce.wing signs of a cold when he was just two weeks old. the bryce family knew something was wrong. >> so it just seemed like this cold-- it was just affecting his breathing. >> reporter: the family was aware of the whooping cough epidemic in california, from news reports >> state health officials say more than 6,400 cases of whooping cough have been reported this year. >> reporter: matthew's doctor suspected it could be whooping cough, also known as pertussis. she took a nasal swab and sent it to the lab. she also started matthew on antibiotics. six days later, with matthew just 23 days old, cindy bryce got a phone call from the california department of health. the diagnosis was whooping cough. from january to october this pertussis is a respiratory illness caused by the bacterium bordetella pertussis. at first, it can mimic a cold. but later produces a violent and persistent cough, a cough that leaves children gasping for air creating the distinct whooping sound. for adults, whooping cou

. >> reporter: earlier this year, cindy mccain, the wife of presidential nominee, john mccain, got affleck. >> it is an odd couple relationship. i had other people say that to me. and i don't know whether i'm oscar or felix in this. >> reporter: affleck, the democratic actor, who campaigned for barack obama and john kerry. the star of films like "the town," "armageddon," and "daredevil." >> i can't think it was him. >> a prank call. >> i did. >> reporter: affleck was calling because he was seeking her help in a part of the world largely ignored by the u.s., the congo. affleck's work in the congo is something of a mission. >> you look at a place where 3 million people died over the last 15 years. it is a humanitarian catastrophe. >> reporter: he took her to the eastern congo, where he skepticism vanished. there, they visited the organization that gets funding from the organization that affleck set up last year. one of the most moving stories they heard, that of christine, whom they met at heal africa, a hospital that gets grants from affleck's group. kidnapped by a militia at 14, chri

the challenge is, as cindy was saying, in other parts of the country, really getting people to see that being against immigration is being against america, and that we have to reframe the analysis that way so that people can't hide behind it and use that as their basis for bad votes and sort of running away from the issue. >> thank you. once department, thank you, panelists. >> i will make my comments. when i heard bat, for me it was good because it was like a recharging of the batteries. i needed that because i had been drinking the kool aid of the bad stuff out there and believing maybe there was no hope. but like most of you, i do believe there will be. i remember bart's story, that when we did go back to washington, the irish group. and we walked right back out. it told me that democracy is alive and well. after the kennedy-mccain bill failed, it disappointed me because i thought we were really close. we didn't just have an immigration problem, but we also had a public relations problem, and he talked about that this evening. you have touched on it so many times. that is our stronge

my name is cindy lu from chinatown community development center. i am also here to urge you to support the amendment. i want to point out that chinatown is the most denies neighborhood west of manhattan neighborhood west of manhattan that 82% of the households in

cindy, back to you. >> i thought little ones might have a temper tantrums but the 13 ones, sitting inthey're chauffeur, right, elizabeth? >> they're just texting on cell phones. they don't mind hanging out in the backseat. >> thank you, elizabeth. >>> not even talking to mom and dad. >>> a trip to san francisco trauma center is about to cost more and according to the examiner the cheat cheapest treatment at the general hospital will cost a minimum of $10,000 in the next fiscal year even if the patient is not admitted. why? offsetting rising medical costs and budget cuts and the city's public health department is reportedly increasing the cost of all hospital services by 10%. >>> can you hear me now? >> well, the cell phone deal that could mean the end of all of those dropped calls. but there is a catch. >>> and a reminder if you have a consumer problem or question, you can call our hot line, 888- 5-helps-u. volunteers are there right now. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, foothill in camino.. with a >>> well, the weekend storm drenched the bay area. we all know that. but it brought a lot of fresh sn

i'm pleased to recognize cindy mccain who recently joined eci as a founding member. we just returned from eastern congo where we saw first hand the tragedy and triumph of the people there. there are many reasons most of the people, to be hopeful about congo's future. i want to share with you a story about a woman who shows the potential of the people is there to transform themselves. she was tap tourcaptured at the of 14 and was raped every day by her captures until she found her freedom through the thick jungle in what makes up the second largest rain forest in the world. she discovered she was pregnant. counselors found her and took her in. they provided her with counseling and while caring for her new daughter used her skills to start a business and return to school. i met her, she is in her third year of studying law and advocates for the rights of women using her own story. i would witnessed remarkable efforts to promote growth and reduce conflict. the record is not promising. congo risks heading into a deeper spiral of violence that could lead to more fighting

the captain and his fastest quickly out of five and slower delivery until you do sham and in about cindy passes to think the thirty one foot so then jonathan trott modern the parking fine face sixty four one thirty eight it stands for much of the space center of the world cup before forty four eighty six to become the tolerance leading scorer. in all them also hit sifting england could only manage two hundred twenty nine to six didn't impress the crowd so in they needed a decent boning display which one was open as one having none of this and both his centuries people tauranga yes mocking graeme swann for six percent tremont wasn't quite quick enough to have him removed cotton balls. brought up his deserved time by dispatching swann to midwicket. the route his hundred the winning runs for the fourth travel it's so sure lancaster missed on two hundred thirty one for the last stay in colombo to face new zealand on tuesday a batting performance is under par but we thought the pressure is a big night and if we can get two or three early wickets hopefully that might be enough to. make that pr

we also have to the right of cindy, we have doctor aleksei yablokov. who is the leading russian expert on the consequences of the nuclear disaster at chernobyl. he is a member of the russian academy of sciences and served as the chair of the russian national security council in agency commission for ecology under president boris yeltsin. in 2009 he authored the book for people in the environment. a study that was first published in english by the newark academy of sciences. and this synthesizer the result in research studies on the effects of chernobyl nuclear disaster on the people and invite. and to his right, we have tatyana. my apology. i'm not going to double to pronounce her first name correctly. >> it is difficult. >> tie beyond is going to help with translation today for aleksei yablokov and she and her own right as a leader in making the public of the horrible consequences of nuclear accidents, and in russia able to the public. and she took part of the u.s., russia negotiations on nuclear issues and is a participant, participating doctors agai

good for cindy brady and younger siblings who sent us pictures on facebook but it's not all good.igence. one study found the i.q. of firstborns three points higher than second children and four points higher than third. maybe it's all that special time with mom and dad. >> when the firstborn comes along and there are no younger siblings, they've got 100% of parental attention and parental investment. >> reporter: but that can mean greater expectations and a greater sense of responsibility, hence, leadership, 21 of the first 23 astronauts were firstborn. a disproportionate number of our presidents and ceos, 43% firstborn, 33% middle. 23% youngest. maybe this all helps explain the differences between jimmy and billy carter, bill and roger clinton. in my family my older sister darryn plait is a ceo more successful and smarter. me, i ended up on tv. we younger siblings do have to do things to get attention, be more creative, take more risks, act like rebels. ben franklin was the youngest of 17 kids, stephen colbert, youngest of 11. we're also 50% more likely to play dangerous sports,

>> host: we can, cindy. >> caller: okay. my question is, yes, i do want you to get tougher, and can i think you can create a lot of jobs for men and women and just like my grandparents when they came here, they came here legally. we need to do something. our country needs to do something not just in florida, but everywhere. and we do definitely need some t tougher laws. and people out there to enforces them. >> guest: thank you, cindy. >> host: what's your reaction? >> guest: well, you know, the big challenge we face is that thereng are anywhere from 11-14 million people who are here unlawfully, and there is widespread agreement that the present system doesn't work well, but what the answers to that are how we reform the system, there's, obviously, i widespread disagreement on that. my own view is that we need strong, thoughtful enforcement. you have to have a country marked by the rule of law, and at the same time we have to recognize that the system has not work withed well, if the for a year or two, but for decades. and w

. >>> an unlikely team, actor and director ben affleck, along with cindy mccain will be testifying onumanitarian process in the republic of congo. ben affleck visited that country back in 2008 and actually made a short movie about his experiences there. today's hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. >>> 7:47. uc bergly intends to -- berkeley intends to file a lawsuit that anti-semitic has occurred on the campus. the wombs of the palestinian group say the lawsuit is -- the members of the palestinian group say the lawsuit is an assault on free speech. 14 people have been arrested for refusing to leave the uc berkeley police where the standoff was held. >>> gay marriage opponents say the obama administration's decision to no longer defend the federal defense marriage act should have no wearing -- bearing on the case for same- sex marriage. the motion was filed yesterday. it was in response to a request made by same-sex marriage supporters. they are asking the court to lift a temporary ban on same- sex marriages, while the court reviews the legality of proposition 8. that's the voter- approved pan

cindy mccain who is with us today. she is a founding member of and investor in the eastern congo initiative and share's mr. affleck's dedication to end the suffering in this region. she also has dedicated her time and energy to other worthwhile projects. for example, she serves on the boards of directors of several nonprofit philanthropies including operation smile which provides reconstructive surgery to children with facial deformities and the land mine removal group, the halo trust. mr. affleck and his organization are making a major contribution in focusing political will on resolving the crises in the drc and bringing constructive recommendations to the table. but just as importantly, he is setting an example for all of us as to the need to direct whatever resources and influence we may have to help those who are less fortunate and without a voice to help themselves. his presence respective of an example for that, and the subcommittee is most appreciative. i am also grateful for our distinguished witnesses who are

i recognize cindy mccain and joined e.c.i. as a founding member. we just returned from eastern congo where we saw the tragedy and triumph of the congolese people. there are many reasons, most of them rooted in the strength and fortitude of their people to be hopeful about congo's future. i want to share with you this story of a woman who ex emapply files the potential of the people to transform themselves and their society. she was captured by rebel soldiers at the age of 14 and held as a sex slave for over two years. she was raped every day by her captors until she found her freedom through the thick jungle in the second largest rain forest. she discovered she was pregnant, child of one of her rapists. let africa live took her in and provided her with job counseling and while caring for her new daughter, she started a small business and earned enough income to return to school. she is now 22 years old and third year of studying law and advocates for the rights of women. since my first visit to congo, i witnessed efforts to improve governance, prom

cindy mccain and ben affleck will talk about the suffering they saw in congo with lawmakers today on exclusive interview today on "good morning america." >>> secretary of state hillary clinton and first lady michelle obama observe international women's day in washington. it's the 100th anniversary of that event. >>> also los angeles extends its smoking ban to restaurant patios today. violators may face fines up to $500. don't light up in l.a. >> that's expensive. >>> finally this morning, an update on a story we told about you a few weeks ago. the jig is up for one notorious california cat burglar. >> i'm a dog person but i like this cat. this thief, who was a cat, was caught on tape stealing from the neighbors and now giving it back. kgo reports. >> reporter: this is no ordinary rummage sale. >> these are from -- >> daddy, are these mine? are these all mine? >> reporter: everything here -- >> a towel company. >> reporter: -- was stolen. >> underwear. >> reporter: here is the culprit, dusty, also known as clepto the cat. >> dusty took all these things. >> reporter: dusty was featured