you walked away from your business and your fiance for the women of the congo. >> absolutely.nce, but i have more than 1,000 women that consider them me their sister. >> reporter: soon, there were more sisters, all over the world, joining lisa's run. from snowy central park, where a journalist ran -- that would be me. to her first run in congo, with the survivors themselves. >> i was running next to jenna rose and after everything a militia had taken from her, she showed up in a red suit and pearls. >> reporter: so far, lisa's raised more than $700,000 and she's just written a book about her journey, which has brought hope to some 35,000 women in congo, determined to rebuild their shattered lives. deborah roberts, abc news, new york. >> and if you want to join in her incredible vision, it's all at abcnews.com. >>> have a great night, hope to see you right back here tomorrow. >>> a plea for police. tonight a deal in oakland to rehire dozens of laid off officers hinging on a dollar per day tax increase. >>> a tragic drowning in a pool. how a 6-year-old boy lost his life in a poo

you walked away from your business and your fiance for the women of the congo. >> absolutely.ce but i have more than 1,000 women in congo who consider me their sister and i consider them my sister. >> reporter: soon there were more sisters all over the world joining lisa's run. from snowy central park to her first run in congo with the survivors themselves. >> i was running next to jenna rosen. after everything a militia had taken from her, she showed up in a red suit and pearls. >> reporter: so far, lisa's raised more than $700,000. and she's just written a book about her journey, which has brought hope to some 35,000 women in congo determined to rebuild their shattered lives. deborah roberts, abc news, new york. >> never doubt that one person really can make a difference. that's incredible, that level of selflessness. >> the nice thing about this also that is these running groups are really picking up. not only are they now in the u.s., they are taking over in europe as well. wherever you are, you can find a group if you're inteáñáñáñáñáñáñ >>> funding fight. capitol hill de

for, for example, about things in the congo, you know, the congo is now considered the most awful place on the face of the earth to be a woman. and there are reasons for that. find out what they are, you know, and then see what can you do to make one woman feel safer in her home, and one child feel safe in the yard. that we can do. tavis: your point about not reading at night, thank you for the advice, a little too late but thank you. one of the things it did do for me last night looking at it was it underscored something for me that i had not really thought of -- shame on me perhaps, and i can be wrong about this, but something hit me last night that never hit me before, as much as i read your work, seen your work, talked to you in conversation over the years, your work seems to express -- this is my words, not yours -- your work seems to express -- your work seems to suggest to me that there is a burden that you bare in your soul for humanity, a burden for women. i don't want to describe what it is, but -- again, all of these years of having access to you, i finally, looking at your w

stories making news around the world people have been confirmed dead in the democratic republic of congo after a boat capsized tranche they happened on the everybody in the west of the country rescue workers a century and for dozens who are still missing officials say the boat was overloaded with congo passengers. a french mother has been charged with killing eight of her newborn babies she has admitted to the crime dominate trade as husband has been freed without charge police were alerted after the new owners of a house the couple had lived and found bones buried in the garden the borders of infants wrapped in plastic were eventually discovered there at the couple's current home. then president of haiti wave sweeping russia continues unabated it was july already the hottest month on record and as a result of the hate both flies meanwhile school is now in thick small also easy going off reports now from the heart of the problem. fires have spread well across the moscow region and scores of firefighters are being sent to fight these blazes every day but their efforts are being hampered b

. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are proud to see many of these students at the these masterful levels. this was one of the best panel'' we have ever had, extraordinary people. at the end of the process, they rank their top groups which are then merged into a master list. >> performers are judged on stage presence, costumes, and innovation. >> the four programs are created around an exciting and dynamic range so the soloists and groups selected each weekend will have enough dynamic range to be a society overall to are experience. >> hundreds of dancers from d

of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century is that in the north of the country in the congo. there are many homes which look like only museum this people living there still use this things in everyday life. is what often embellished by special architectural features for example rich wooden carvings which decorated the windows and such seconds of elements and the use of the russian of it still found in many modern country houses in the middle but nineteenth century b.c. attic windows were extremely popular they reflected the traditional view of russian life the top represented heaven with the birds the middle of present day underneath a very interesting depiction of help take notice of a whole range of weird and wonderful creatures such as this mermaid here. back outside the cell is blazing down on the town and it's picturesque more straight. it's like looking for a picture it's so beautiful there when the tourists visit so you get sad from all over the world it's also packed with history and interesting facts and figures the great took refuge years side these rules is buried

than 130 people are believed to have been killed in a boat accident in the democratic republic of congo. the boats were carrying around 200 passengers and crew. they hit a sand bag. the accident happened in the west of the country. at least 20 people have died in the kenyan capital of nairobi after drinking alcohol laced with toxic chemicals. a further 10 have been left blind by the drink. police believe it contained methanol. several people have been arrested. the internet giant google says the direction -- the destruction to some of its servers in china may have been due to a technical glitch rather than any blockage by chinese authorities. the incident comes three weeks after china agreed to renew google's operating license following a row over censorship. the french woman has confessed to suffocating eight of her babies shortly after they were born in an effort to hide the fact that she had become pregnant even from her husband. she killed the first infant in 1989, the last in 2006. the husband was arrested on suspicion of hiding the bodies but has been released without charges. fro

. >> as many as 130 people have been killed in a river boat accident in the democratic republic of congo. it happened on a tributary of the condo in one of the western provinces. the cause is not clear but it is reported that the bill was overloaded and the river was unusually low. the labor minister of france has been released after questioning by police investigating allegations of illegal donations to the party of the president. he was quizzed for eight hours about his relationship with a donor, one of france's richest women. he denied any wrongdoing. thousands of barrels filled with chemicals have washed into a river in northeastern china. state media said that happened when two factories were flooded. authorities are trying to fish the barrel out of the water and reassured people living nearby that the chemicals have not contaminated drinking water. stay with us if you can on "bbc world news." as russia experiences its hottest day ever, dangerous fires criticism -- create a serious health threat. people are biased to stay indoors. -- people are advised to stay indoors. lawyers for t

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. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are

making headlines around the world eighty people have been found dead in the democratic republic of congo after a boat capsized they tragedy happened on the river in the west of the country rescue workers are searching for dozens who are still missing officials say the boat was a loaded with cargo passengers in a french mother has been charged with killing eight of her newborn babies and has admitted to the crime dominick treasures husband has been freed without charge police were alerted after the new owners of a house the couple had lived and found bones buried in the garden the borders of influence wrapped in plastic were eventually discovered at the couple's current home. the month long heat wave that scorching parts of russia has sparked hundreds of forest fires across central russia the fire has destroyed almost a thousand homes and villages in the path of the flames that are being fined by strong winds have been evacuated authorities say over six hundred patterns of forest caught fire this week alone with the number rising every hour his ministry has deployed eleven specialist airc

the militants who set off bombs in kill two dogs of the hydroelectric power plant in the republic of congo you know paul coverdell on wednesday investigators say paul security maybe it's time that's of all. the galaxy of cost varies independence is being decided by the international court of justice that the hate the ruling will be known up windy and we're showing pictures of hearing a pristine that proclaim sovereignty in february two thousand and eight and did not spawn russia. and i mean israel and in israel has been joe eighteen months of the so-called rape by deception he persuaded a woman to have sex with him by pretending to be jewish. ok i'll be bringing you up to date in around the hall for an hour's time before about we take a look at the future prospects for russian football now that the team has a new coach out the hell will all go aloft as the spotlight on dig of the cult's own who the country's hopes on a resting. hello again welcome to spotlight on i'm al green our vented a my guest is dick advocaat there were two major events for football fans in russia and july this year t

then the congo region in up some enough rain and enough snow to keep the grass growing jamie's originally from mount dakota in america two years ago she and her husband eric moved to russia to help local farmers produce the best beef in the world in america there's already been many families have formed who have raised cattle and their children understand how to do it since they're little it's been a difficult challenge at first we do not have the infrastructure that america does in russia right now but it is improving the first real cowboy in the history of color erika's out of the whole day looking up to cars and teaching locals such know how has multiplied genetics we're going to get over two hundred steaks out of this cow standing behind me but here rags could produce even more about four hundred embryos in a year which means a whole new form one russian businessman decided not to sell meat but to sell the potential the bomb raises other d.n. angus beef which will ultimately end up on the table and steak but to feed such a country as russia the farm has to first multiplies talk to man

authorities say one hundred forty people have died in the democratic republic of congo after a boat capsized the tragedy happened on the river in the west of the country rescuers this is searching for dozens who are still missing officials say the boat was overloaded with cargo and passengers. in. a french mother has been charged with killing eight of a newborn babies she's admitted to the crime husband has been freed without charge police were alerted after the new owners of a house the couple had lived in spirit in the garden the bodies of infants wrapped in plastic were eventually discovered there at the couple's current home. british antiwar activists are claiming the massive leak of u.s. military documents in afghanistan is an omen marks the beginning of the end of international intervention in the war torn country the files posted online by wiki leaks suggest the situation on the ground is far from the official picture and one thousand pages details civilian deaths of the hands of nato troops as well as concerns that pakistani intelligence could be helping the taliban of course to end

the moscow region but already say one hundred forty people have died in the democratic republic of congo after a boat capsized the tragedy happened on the river in the west of the country rescue workers are searching for dozens who are still missing officials say the boat was overloaded with cargo and passengers. a french father has been charged with killing eight of her newborn babies she's admitted to the crime cortez's husband has been freed without charge police were alerted after the new owners of a house the couple had lived in a farm bones buried in the garden the bodies of infants wrapped in plastic were eventually discovered at the couple's current home. arizona's governor says she will appeal against a federal ruling to restrict sections of the state's controversial new immigration law the decision to revoke parts of the legislation came just hours before it's due to come into force the court blocks the section that insisted immigration papers would be carried at all times and police to question people over their status after the u.s. government said the legislation usurped fed

host: congo is number five on the list. you touched on egypt. you have it it at 49. let's get to calls for blake hounshell. jacksonville, florida, first. stuart, republican. caller: good morning. i just want to make a comment. it is my opinion that we were and can still be an exceptional state or country. i feel now that we are kind of going downhill because we have 50% or more of the people that are dependent on entitlement programs and welfare and i think you should have put obama's picture in there of the group of fell also youed earlier. i wish we could come back to a country that people are independent and take care of themselves and depending on the country for everything. . caller: good morning. i noticed that you opened this episode by showing various men from around the world and associating them with the countries which they caused to be failed states. and shortly thereafter, you gave list of the failed states around the world. i noticed on there that number 7 on crour list is iraq. would you explain to us why that's a failed state and who was specifically

host: congo is number five on the list. you touched on egypt. you have it it at 49. let's get to calls for blake hounshell. jacksonville, florida, first. stuart, republican. caller: good morning. i just want to make a comment. it is my opinion that we were and can still be an exceptional state or country. i feel now that we are kind of going downhill because we have 50% or more of the people that are dependent on entitlement programs and welfare and i think you should have put obama's picture in there of the group of fell also youed earlier. i wish we could come back to a country that people are independent and take care of themselves and depending on the country for everything. . caller: good morning. i noticed that you opened this episode by showing various men from around the world and associating them with the countries which they caused to be failed states. and shortly thereafter, you gave list of the failed states around the world. i noticed on there that number 7 on crour list is iraq. would you explain to us why that's a failed state and who was specifically

the democratic republic of congo began two days of mourning today for at least 242 people killed in a tanker truck explosion on friday. more than 200 others were hurt. the truck tipped over near a site where people had gathered to watch the world cup soccer matches. dozens ran toward the truck and began scooping up fuel before the explosion. some 61 women and 36 children were among the dead. in mexico the ruling party managed to hold off a resurgence by the former ruling party in sunday's elections. president felipe calderon's conservative as lined with leftists to win control of three states from the institutional revolutionary party. the pri, as it's known h run those states for more than 80 years and it still won nine governorships. voter turnout in some states was low because of ongoing drug gang violence. poland's electoral commission officially declared a winner today in the presidential election. bronislaw komorowski, a probusiness conservative. he took more than 53% of the vote in sunday's balloting. his rival was former prime minister jaroslaw kaczynski, he is the twin brothe

put a moratorium on the drilling, and as a result you've had some of the rigs go to egypt, to the congo. in canada they're talking about new wells digging up to 6,000 feet and we'll lose the wells and they'll probably not come back for a long, long time. it makes no sense to me to cut off the drilling in the gulf when you've not had any real problems except for this one catastrophe, and i just don't understand why the administration has taken this carte blanche approach. can you explain that? >> congressman burton, having been involved in this matter in response to the deepwater horizon blowout every single day since the blowout, i can tell you that there are three fundamental questions that have to be answered before we take our hand off the pause button and those are the issues of drilling safety and oil well blowout containment as well as oil spill response capacities that's what we are working on with director bromwich as well with a whole host of other efforts. >> you've already stated that there's more of a chance from a leak of a tanker than there is from one of these rigs. it ju

put a moratorium on the drilling, and as a result you've had some of the rigs go to egypt, to the congo. in canada they're talking about new wells digging up to 6,000 feet and we'll lose the wells and they'll probably not come back for a long, long time. it makes no sense to me to cut off the drilling in the gulf when you've not had any real problems except for this one catastrophe, and i just don't understand why the administration has taken this carte blanche approach. can you explain that? >> congressman burton, having been involved in this matter in response to the deepwater horizon blowout every single day since the blowout, i can tell you that there are three fundamental questions that have to be answered before we take our hand off the pause button and those are the issues of drilling safety and oil well blowout containment as well as oil spill response capacities that's what we are working on with director bromwich as well with a whole host of other efforts. >> you've already stated that there's more of a chance from a leak of a tanker than there is from one of these rigs. it ju

put a moratorium on the drilling, and as a result you've had some of the rigs go to egypt, to the congo. in canada they're talking about new wells digging up to 6,000 feet and we'll lose the wells and they'll probably not come back for a long, long time. it makes no sense to me to cut off the drilling in the gulf when you've not had any real problems except for this one catastrophe, and i just don't understand why the administration has taken this carte blanche approach. can you explain that? >> congresan burton, having been involved in this matter in response to the deepwater horizon blowout every single day since the blowout, i can tell you that there are three fundamental questions that have to be answered before we take our hand off the pause button d those are the issues of drilling safety and oil well blowout containment as well as oil spill response capacities that's what we are working on with director bromwich as well with a whole host of other efforts. >> you've already stated that there's more of a chance from a leak of a tanker than there is from one of these rigs. it just d