i personally -- the congo.i personally have talked on their cooperation with each other that is the area of the lra. we made a point to go over to east africa, thinking that was about where he was last seen. he had another reign of terror since that time. we have legislation right now that will try to give more assistance to those countries and to try to end with that call one of the worst rains of terror -- reigns of terror i have observed. do you think we should be pursuing more resources to and that problem? would you support that? >> the work being done by that group of countries to come back in the atrocities has worked. it is important. our support is important. >> i think many members on this committee are co-sponsors it to be helpful to resolve that. -- co-sponsors. it'll be helpful to resolve that. all three of these presidents came from a military background and there is a little bit of concern over is this reflecting, i can't do it myself type of thing. we are in position to jointly work on this thin

. >> general, as you know the peacekeeping mission and democratic republic of congo is the largest it most expensive and reportedly the u.n. can begin withdrawing its troops from the western portion of the country i am to stand as early as june of 2010. an additional the u.s. peacekeeping mission reportedly plans to keep withdrawing from the unstable eastern portion of the country in june of 2011. and studies estimate up to 1200 people died each day from conflict really did cause as well as disease and malnutrition. rampant corruption and pervasive weakened government allows members of the national army and of armed groups alike to abuse civilians. can you please describe the affect a u.n. peacekeeping mission withdraw from the democratic republic of the congo would have on the stability of the country and the region and what plans are in place to counter the democratic forces for the liberation of rwanda the its focus on destabilizing the eastern portion of the democratic republic of the congo. and i will happy to repeat any of that. >> thank the center. i sure if i don't get everyth

there is a war that's been raging in the congo for four a lot of years. it's killed 4 million people. haiti is awful. but when i twittered the thing about the media is covering haiti too much, i got responses like, why do you hate black people? if i hate black people because i'm complaining about the media covering haiti too much, how do you feel about black people because you don't even know about what's going on in the congo where 5 million people have died? but when i twittered the thing about the media is covering haiti too much, i got responses like, why do you hate black people? if i hate black people because i'm complaining about the media covering haiti too much, how do you feel about black people because you don't even know about what's going on in the congo where 5 million people have died? the media just doesn't do a good job and the americans don't do a good job about getting on the case of things that are not immediate or completely easy to understand right away or have celebrities involved. you know? there's lots of issues that need our atte

democratic republic of congo. we have begun that program in earnest. about two weeks ago.t will run about another six or seven months, and should it prove successful, there is potential it could be expanded to other battalions as well to help a process of increasing professionalism of the armed forces of the republic of congo to move ahead. the work being done by the fdlr in the east, those activities, the congolese are addressing that through some of their activities, supported by the united nations, and i think that, too, is important work as a part of overall comprehensive way that those rebel groups have to be addressed and as we've also seen, i might add, with the cooperation that exists between uganda, the congo, rwanda, as well as the central african republic, and the regional way to address these common threats is something we also will continues to encourage. >> well, i'm extremely concerned about the number of people that are dying every day, and certainly the abuse of their men and women, it's just reprehensible. but thank you for your testimony. thank you. >> t

there is a war that's been raging in the congo for four a lot of years.on people. haiti is awful. but when i twittered the thing about the media is covering haiti too much, i got responses like, why do you hate black people? if i hate black people because i'm complaining about the media covering haiti too much, how do you feel about black people because you don't even know about what's going on in the congo where 5 million people have died? the media just doesn't do a good job and the americans don't do a good job about getting on the case of things that are not immediate or completely easy to understand right away or have celebrities involved. you know? there's lots of issues that need our attention. haiti was horrible, and i'm glad they're getting a lot of aid, but it wasn't the only thing that's going on in the world. >> larry: more with bill maher. we'll ask about sarah palin and other things and take your phone calls and have twitter questions as well. don't go away. ♪ what if one little pop ♪ could open a world of wonder ? ♪ ♪ so sensory ♪ so satisf

you talked to the senator about the cooperation between rwanda, uganda and congo. i personally have talked to them on their cooperation with each other in another area, the area of the lra or whoever they are right now. we made a point to go over to east africa thinking that was about where he was last seen and he had another reign of terror since that time. we have legislation right now that is hoping to try to get more assistance to those period presidents and to try to end what i call one of the worst reigns of terror i have ever personally observed. i have been there and observed it. do you think we should be helping with more resources to end that lra problem? would you support me on that? >> yes, sir. the work being done by that group of countries to combat the atrocity committed for over 25 years is work that's important and i think our support to the ongoing efforts is important to support. >> most of the members on the committee are cosponsors that we have that would be helpful. one of the problems is that all three of these presidents came from a military

some of them are from tanzania and some of them are from the congo and some are from beyond. it is a good decision that they have made. we hope this will give us room to control them ourselves and have a more unified position as africans and to pay necessary attention to other species that have suffered. this resting. should give a strong -- this resting period should give us more room to be unified. >> they do not honor the borders. >> they do not. they try to do it without consulting us. but those elephants are neither there's more hours. we share them. the elephants have no idea. in tanzania, we have [unintelligible] in my samarra and serengeti, the elephant has no idea that these are two different countries. given that elephants have long migratory behavior, it would be a tragedy if tanzania were allowed to trade ivory. we are surrounded by sudan and somalia and parts of uganda where there are so many legal arms and there is a market for -- and having a market for elephants would tell people to go ahead and slaughter them. >> still to come for you on bbc world news, will

one of the great speakers at the conference was this doctor from congo who said this is really sexual nothing is happening about it. people are just standing by and letting it happen. so we were really trying to bring these voices together to say let's look outside our own country, just for a little bit. just for a moment, and see what terrible things are happening to women, and see what we can do to help the people who are trying to stop them happening. >> and i think what came out of that for a lot of people was putting a spotlight on it in many cases. are also, when you hear the horrific stories of rape, how it is used as a weapon, of trafficking of young women and girls there is also a stigma that in many cases is attached to these women victims. >> yes. >> because of the cultural issues. >> right. >> or the countries they come from. >> absolutely. they have the sense of shame after having these terrible things happen to them. instead of being able to proclaim the people who have done this, they have to hide it. what was great actually is we tried to focus on the people who are br

coming to "phila" now i had been doing a run of ruin about the war in the congo off broadway for overes you'll see off broadway and the same audiences you see on broadway and it's really just been about the story of people overcoming, as opposed to tying it in so closely to perhaps an american perspective or a particular historical perspective. "phila" is an iconic musician. his story is universal. >> to a degree, stephanie, stage has often been a more of a leveling playing field for female actresses than holly wood or even television has been. give me a sense of what you, as an african-american female, have faced in trying to make sure that people see you in the same status that they see others who come for an audition. >> i don't necessarily look at it as a race thing, and i think that as soon as i acknowledge that and i recognize that it's not, i'm not here -- i am a black woman, obviously, but i don't like to sort of like pigeon hold myself and as soon as i acknowledge that i think -- >> you know others will. >> you're right, others will, but i think it also depends on who you hav

in isolated camps, the kind of refugee camps you'd normally find in war-torn somalia, sudan or the congo. it started, we are told, in alexandra, a sprawling black township on the edge of johannesburg. >> the men came from this side. he was running, bleeding from that side in there. went over here and then he lost balance over here and then he died over here. >> reporter: you saw this? >> yeah, i saw this. >> reporter: there has always been an undercurrent of anti-foreigner sentiment in this country. but the level of the attacks and the intensity of the violence is unprecedented. and there's a common theme here. they all occurred in south africa's poorest townships. alex, as it is called, is one of the poorest. they have lived here her whole life. >> they say foreigners take jobs. >> reporter: what do you think? is that true? >> yes. >> translator: they take jobs? >> yes. >> reporter: which countries? >> zimbabwe, nigeria especially zimbabwe. >> reporter: you will hear the same story everywhere you you go. they are taking our jocks. and in south africa, it is a very big deal. this is a co

some people come on week long techs from other countries, too, from the congo and some visitors have come not for medical help but only to look at the clinic. when dao asked one of these travelers why he had come the man said to see america. when i first heard that i thought this was a misconception for us to live up to. but when i heard president obama's speech in ghana, i thought a little differently. if you recall he imagined a new partnership between the united states and africa, one that would be grounded in mutual responsibility. village health works seems to me one small example, a model of african and american cooperation, obama's lofty vision embodied in miniature. an instrument of peace. burundi is a country that was torn apart by largely artificial differences between two groups of people. differences that were exaggerated for the advantage of a few. dao has inspired an anecdote or the beginning of a potential anecdote. which focuses on something that unites all of us which is our common vulnerability to illness and injury and our common hope for life. personally i find th

. >>> new research reveals the gorilla population in the congo basin is diminishing faster than believed.u.p. and interpol say poaching and illegal logging may cause gorilla extinction in 15 years. it also says that hunters are killing the gorillas for meat. a report eight years ago suggested 10% of the gorillas would remain by 2030. the u.n. is calling for greater scrutiny of european and asian companies who extract timber minerals from sent tram africa. >>> we have an update on a dog badly injured and found in a dumpster last august. the dog's name is trooper. the humane society says trooper has made a full recovery. he was duct taped in a trash bag that was found in a dumpster. it took about five months to trooper to recover. but now, the humane society says she needs a home. >> ahh. >> what you got? >> they are the hottest ticket in town right now. >> pittsburgh and the caps? >> oh, yeah. capitals at home tonight. that is going to be a very fun game. we'll have the latest on the brooks laich injury. an explosive situation between wizards head coach flip saunders and his best player, andr

i'd been to congo and zimbabwe, and had an education background on the subject of water and i knew howportant it was and immediately signed on board. it was daunting, though, 19,340 feet is, you know -- the altitude can kind of get to you. i think we were both hallucinating at one point even. you get a little funny in the head. >> larry: did you get to the top? >> yeah, 45 people out of the 45 brought, we all got to the top. >> it was the largest group. >> larry: this wasn't easy for jessica. let's take a look at her on mt. kilimanjaro. >> kind of going in and out a little bit, you know? nauseous. stomach upset. >> do you have any idea about how high we are? >> well, i know we're above 17,300. >> you don't know much other than that? >> i don't even know if i want to know. because i feel like, oh what's going to happen at 18? i don't even want to know. but this is [ bleep ] challenging. >> larry: we'll jessica, emile, and kenna right after these words. [ crowd gasps ] [ announcer ] if you think about it, this is a lot like most job search sites. - they let everyone in, - [ crowd groans

begin to develop the muscle of thinking about where this came from the kids in the congo to mind the cold the workers in the pvc factory in my 10 gotten cancer or that it is loaded with heavy metals and and a grant receptors if you did not buy it in europe because they have different legislation and while you have it text stuff to the number 88769 you'll be automatically signed up on the list to find out when we have new films we have a story coming out next week about bottled water and updates about new films corporations, credit cards, subsidies and other gatherings and defense and all of the "the story of stuff" project is doing so text the word stuff to the number 88769 and then you can enjoy our mailing list and stay in touch. thank you very much. [applause] >> host: we are here at the conservative political action conference talking to jerry doyle. >> guest: the title of the book is "have you seen my country lately?" and if you have i think a lot of people would like to go back there. when i was writing it was hard to keep up with everything as fast as it was changing. we hear

and even today the south africans stopped a ship weapons bound to the congo to kill more people there. we're making the argument vigorously and lots of people are joining us to try to to convince china to join with the rest of the world. >> thank you so much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator boxer. senator menendez? >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, thank you for your service to our country. yesterday, a cuban prodemocracy human rights activist and political prisoner who was first incarcerated during the 2003 crackdown on dissidents in cuba died following a hunger street protesting the castro human rights abuses. amnesty recognized him as a prisoner of conscience and it's in his memory and the sacrifice he made and hundreds of political prisoners who languish in castro's jails that i want to ask you about some concerns i have with reference to how we are pursuing our cuban democracy programs. i sent a letter in january to administrator shaw whom i have not heard an answer yet answering what is an intent to an email that they sent to the grantees and

human rights released numbers from a previously unreported rampage in the democratic republican of congotance army, an infamous armed group there is said to have carried out the attacks in the villages for more than four days in december. cnn cannot independently con frm this report. >>> general motors says if you have one of these vans stop driving it now. the car maker is recalling 5,000 chevrolet express and gmc savanna passenger and car go models. it affects vans built over the past two months. the problem appears to be a faulty alternator that can cause the engine to catch fire. thankfully so far no accidents or injuries have been reported. >>> well, first it was reforming health care. the president can take that off his checklist. now many consider the next national order of business should be reforming immigration law. >>> thousands of folks descended on los angeles and other major cities urging president obama and lawmakers to create a new passage to citizenship nor the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the u.s. with 100% of the daily value of 11 essential vitamins an

some hard chips and delays on the grant a share on the ground in other countries such as sudan and congotwo make sure other emergencies are not neglected in order to redress the tragedy in haiti? bereday agrees to that question and i about believe the bid is its cover has committed more than $600 million to the efforts in haiti and as you point* out, a large percentage of that has come from the account that provides flexible and rapid funding we will seek the supplemental to a refund of the ida account is fully as possible. we have been in close contact with their other partners and have asked them not to do they are slowdown program implementation working in the assumption those additional resources will arrive prior to this june timeframe which was when we would have to start making the trade offs and we would not have to make. i am aware partners may have to do that we have tried to reach go to those to say they should not slowed down programs three expect the supplemental to reconstitute ida. >> you assume the assumption of my a question is wrong. there has not been deprivation and o

concluded we found there were nine country specific resolutions for critical burma, north korea, the congo and guinea and the remaining five critical of israel. so that means five countries out of 192 were criticized and israel got over 50% of the distinction of having these resolutions. in short, this council is no different despite the u.s. produce a patient and indeed precisely as predicted during the bush administration and was its predecessor. the reach for restrictions on u.s. sovereignty i think is going to encompass a lot of territory in the economic and environmental area as well and they are particularly on the question of funding for international activities. ever since the mid 1980's when the senate began substantial with holdings of u.s. assessments to the u.n. system the advocates of global governance have looked for ways to fund multilateral a activities that did not depend on appropriations by national which as bleachers and particularly by the congress of the united states in fact almost exclusively their concern was the congress of the united states not providing money li

we deployed 13 members fair to say civilian corps to the democratic republic of congo to follow up onthe secretary's visit. we responded to the earthquake in haiti by deploying civilian response corps member to assist the embassy and the humanitarian relief effort and we activated the crc from across the agencies, from across the government to staff task forces here. we were asked one day to help provide support for a specific task force in the state department. the next morning we provided 40 people including all eight agencies that make up the civilian response. that is true interagency work. true interagency coordination. this is not to say there have not been challenges. the pace of hiring for the civilian response corps has been slower than anticipated. although we picked up the pace substantially over the last six months. but that is why the president's fiscal year '11 budget has flexible hiring authorities which congress has already granted for civilian staffing in iraq and afghanistan. i can understand why some are impatient with current efforts to unify the civilian side of t

mcgovern: i see a congo line developing over there. i will reserve my time. mr. dreier: let me just say to my friend there arexdá many pe -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman -- the gentleman from mass plifes the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: at this time i'm happy to yield for a unanimous consent request to another former rules committee member, the distinguished ranking member of the committee on resources, mr. hastings. the speaker pro tempore: the the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed piece of legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the distinguished vice chair of the republican conference. the gentlewoman from washington. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the gentleman from south carolina, mr. brown. mr. brow

we deployed 13 members fair to say civilian corps to the democratic republic of congo to follow up on the secretary's visit. we responded to the earthquake in haiti by deploying civilian response corps member to assist the embassy and the humanitarian relief effort and we activated the crc from across the agencies, from across the government to staff task forces here. we were asked one day to help provide support for a specific task force in the state department. the next morning we provided 40 people including all eight agencies that make up the civilian response. that is true interagency work. true interagency coordination. this is not to say there have not been challenges. the pace of hiring for the civilian response corps has been slower than anticipated. although we picked up the pace substantially over the last six months. but that is why the president's fiscal year '11 budget has flexible hiring authorities which congress has already granted for civilian staffing in iraq and afghanistan. i can understand why some are impatient with current efforts to unify the civilian side of

conflicts affect vulnerable populations, often women and children and in places like afghanistan, the congo sudan, it's often these vulnerable groups on the receiving end. we see these vulnerable groups in other contexts, the wgtd group where the conduct affects the death. and other countries including czech republic. and discrimination of hate crimes and the swiss population is 50% of banning of areas built. and throughout europe and middle east. we need to pay attention to promoting tolerance and underlying context. the president's speech in conga and the council that passed a resolution of 1820, preventing sexual violence in war. and greater access to technology is also an opportunity to promote rights and giving governments greater energy in curtailing freedom of others. we see that as part of a broader debate or tension where governments are trying to find ways to curtail local advocacy. no less than 25 governments in the last years have curtailed the right to organize or assemble or gather and collect funds from abroad. a third broad category we see is the use and misuse of initial se