she got back from the congo with movie star ben affleck.e and voice to attention to the most unthinkable violence against women. we sat down with cindy mccann. nice to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> greta: you are just back from the congo. why did you go there? >> i sit on a board which was took me in. we are going to observe the elections and we have a ed interest in the congo because we support community-based organizations. it is a wonderful organization. it was founded by ben affleck. they've done remarkable work there. i'm proud to be part of it. >> greta: what is it like? if i landed in the congo and start driving around, what would i see? >> well, you would see what you expect to see in any under developed country which is poverty and just the people living in the streets, all those things. the undercurrent is different. as you know there's been a horrendous problem with rape. using armies, i'll use that as a loose term it is a band of a bunch of people doing bad things. they are treating their women and children very badly the

i want to hear more about the congo. >> dr.l farmer. >> well, paul farmer, as everyone knows, partners in health. and has worked so hard to develop health care in places like haiti. has a very interesting, you know, medical school kind of organization and practicing medicine on the ground in places like haiti. and the effect of the earthquake in haiti and the work they've done and the level that they got to know haiti, he just said, i want to write about it. i want to write about what has happened, what is happening? is the response adequate and is the response from world leaders being used. is the aid being used as best as it could be and he gives an opportunity to get haitian voices involved in this issue. he talks about how -- he gets different people involved in haiti that he has known often for many years to write about this so paul is not only talking about the experience of haiti but he has also been able to give voice to people in haiti who in all the brouhaha and all the publicity have not necessarily been heard from.

congo has one of the worst air safety records in the world. hira bora, that airline is on a european list of airlines banned due to security concerns and all carriers in congo are also banned. >>> leon pineta says the us is in reach of strategically defeating al-qaida. he made the remarks after visiting the country and says the us is focused on killing 10 to 20 key al-qaida leaders. he met with the afghan president and also us troops. he led the cia before being named defense secretary july 1. >>> uk tabloid news of the world is saying thank you and goodbye to its readers. you are looking at the final edition of the paper set to hit news stands tomorrow. this comes after allegations the tabloids journalists paid police for information and hacked into the voice males of murder victims, celebrities, and even the families of dead soldiers. it put 200 journalists out of work. >>> more than 2,000 bay area men and women are starting a 40-mile walk. we'll tell you the cause and the inspiration behind them. >>> dogs have been banned from one part of n

. >> 57 years later, he leads one of the largest churches in democratic of congo. he has 60 other churches around the country. like his fellow pastor in soeto, he bears witness to the power in people's lives. >> god is doing something special in africa in our days>> despite hunger, famine that millions face, the people living in this region rank the highest in the worlds in terms of their optimistic outlook. back in soeto, this pastor is thrilled africa is on the leading edge of christianity's growth worldwide. he has been calling on men and women from his church to carry the banner of christ to the ends of the earth. >> people came to us to tell us about christ. they were their dark continent. we realize history changes, we intentionally take the gospel to other parts of the world. >> yet another sign of africa's spiritual vitality. george thomas, cbn news, in soeta, south africa. >> unfortunately there is a drought gripping nations around the horn, the worst food crisis of the 21st century. thousands are leaving homes in search of water and crossing border into k

. -- 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

now know about congo corner how press the knob on me oh that was their words before this knowing they're in my own mind. oh yeah. just for. the young eyes of the day we're never seen where i've seen the young eyes of the day we're never see the mountains the with no limits no boundaries we can roam. gibson uses the land of k. for him to educate the public about the effects of mountaintop removal one of the biggest questions people asked me if i have a picture of the mountain before was destroyed. here people know. i said you take a picture of a mountain for it's going to be here for every. day by day seventy five hundred acres of active mountaintop removal mine continue to encircle his property another family cemetery sits across the ridge on the active mine site although regulations require the family members have access to the cemeteries requests are often not easily granted on memorial day of two thousand and six gibson and a group of supporters make a trip to the cemetery i want a day where we're going to go on the mine site in the cemetery over there and we've got to how lord around

they are smart of sky mine was named after the congo aftermath of a mining engineer two hundred years ago he was the first to study and make an inventor of this rich deposits of gannets and rare rock formations there are more than one thousand specimens of minerals from there much of scar mine in geological museums around the world many of them have been found by lex a trash can. by the way rocks give off energy energy some rocks generate negative energy others give off positive energy political. adventure ean is the stone that rules time tonight adventure in books sticking out of the earth turn any glade into impossible to arrange also washes away the earth to reveal the rocks after a long journey the wheels caravan reaches an altitude of one thousand one hundred twelve meters of of the sea level the most forbidding outpost of the national park is here on mt downey tyga night i buy how i. brought some food for you to the hungry oh. no no yes please make some tea commodities ready. mt don't need tyga ny is the northernmost peak at the grand tyga ny ridge from here one gets a good view

another man red carded just by many slight water flow is given his marching orders for a challenge in congo and sure with campbell then to. costa rica is late so to no finish leaving costa rica in second place in the group are fine colombia probability of a bottom will face be knocked out along with argentina with just a point above then. another football use locomotive for on the brink of signing ecuadorian striker philip because sado they've agreed a fee of ten million euros with his current spanish club event say that the twenty two year old but now take a medical but is expected to sign a four year deal and will have his current wages quadrupled to say they have scored thirteen goals and twenty seven matches for divine take he made his debut for his country aged just sixteen and despite the bars of much of the city and sporting while english premier league side sunderland have signed munched united defensive gio john o'shea and wedge brown on four year deals for undisclosed fees o'shea is thirty years old and brown is thirty one and between them they made over six hundred appearances fo

problems and the puncture but he shrugged off those problems to catch up with the palace in place of the congo or the spanish three time champion came up short by a mere ten centimeters in a dramatic final sprint mostly flat for the state into the steep climb at the end of the remains one second behind still push out of norway in the overall standings . golf now and unsurprisingly former world number one tiger woods has confirmed he will miss this month's british open because of his ongoing leg injury the thirty five year old has not played competitively since suffering a recurrence of the problems in his left leg at the players' championship in late may the record player because neither holes in his world ranking has now said to seventeenth australian brendan jones will replace with the sandwich golf course open starts on july the thirteenth. i sad news is coming from finland where former cross-country skiing great nico millionaire has been found dead at his home in the town of coca-cola the finn was only forty one and police say they did not suspect any crime was committed malaria won an oly

thousands of libyans have taken the streets of tripoli in support of congo duffy and in the province of nature's bombings there nor your message to the nation libyan leader threaten to attack europe in the months carries on its airstrikes. and international vessels with several hundred police activists on board along for monetary and eight ok to a stop in the greek ports by coast guards comes just to give us insight to his from another foot soldier killed by israeli forces. but next almost go out team discovers a place in the capital associated with a divisive figure so that dictator joseph stalin. hello welcome to the pride on this week's moscow out so we'll be taking a look at our less famous figures in russian history joseph stalin and we started the alchemy is the old sculpture park that's the famous life of thirty eight granite sculpture of a soviet leader though many interesting locations and places connected to the soviet leaders life and death. this is sinister monuments represents the victims of stalin's purges in the one nine hundred thirty seven million people were held in

it expands in the democratic of congo and central african republic. it is the deadliest group and has displaced several of hundreds of thousands of people where u.s. investments in peace and stability are critical as the region establishes independence. mr. chairman, we could have a decisive impact on seeing one of africa's most long-standing human rights crisis brought to an end by implementing the administration's plan. i yield back to the gentleman from nebraska in hopes that we implement this strategy. mr. fortenberry: i thank the gentleman for his leadership. mr. chairman, my colleagues and i believe that resources in ending this conflict will not only save innocent lives but will reduce the need for a very expensive humanitarian aid and promote stability in one of frabling's most volatile regions. i would like to yield to the gentleman from florida. mr. young: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank the gentleman both for their attention to this important issue and i want to work with them to continue to work with them as we move this bil

ten week program and the officers don't cut the many slack when it's over the be deployed in eastern congo or province one of afghanistan's most violent corners. but we must push them hard so they can perform under pressure day by day we're making progress the afghan national army has already come a long way it's rates have swollen to about one hundred seventy thousand troops thanks to fresh waves of recruits attracted by higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to beat back the taliban led insurgency regardless of age or ethnicity then in yarmuk we are old brothers and we are all called by one. hard by the call of duty is also struck a chord beyond able bodied males the first ever class of women soldiers has just graduated. and there's even a mujahideen unit made up of hardened veterans of the anti soviet your god this is all good news to u.s. military planners who have sent two thousand and fourteen and over security responsibilities to the afghans the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation in the police force and has even been featured in

hundred twelve people aboard crushed it on the international airport of the democratic republic of congo as it was trying to land and mission reports say at least forty survivors have been pulled from the wreckage officials suggest strong winds and heavy rain could have caused the accident the country seeing numerous crashes in recent years with its jets playing by maintenance problems this is r t next modern undersea explorers some papers books museums mansions and theaters. hello and welcome to the program summer is the perfect time to visit russia a long weekend here in st petersburg is a must the former capital is bursting full of history and culture so join me as we visit major logs and take part in various fun filled activities and we start off here at the spectacular sight isaac's cathedral originally the city's main church in the largest cathedral in russia it was built between eighteen eighteen and eight hundred fifty eight the french going architects month around almost two centuries later the gilded dome mostly isaacs still dominates the skyline of st petersburg a trip to the

the example of that problem areas in africa and the southern sudanese people and the government how congo large by the do need international help and international assistance and imus also argue that i'm on the hopeful side and not nothing and i mean sense because you know we are in washington washington just celebrate a good life for over two hundred years of the end dependence if you cast your mind back it looked like a very impossible mission when windows peter was declare independence and so why people feel strongly about it they can take on the challenges i do think with my strength i'm to talk about the rule of khartoum and president bashir here because with all of the internal challenges are in sudan i do think are you would you say likely as we are after we return from a break after the break we'll continue our discussion and spend state. to. state. would be soon which brightened the advance from funds to pressure on some of. these flu stunts on t.v. dot com. you can. well imagine people go to mind you were talking about the birth of another sudan. if you can. ok mr mesereau like

into the world of business a very warm welcome russia is continuing to ease european vegetables but congo is to master market projects from spain and denmark have been given the green light from russia's public health watchdog a ban on all verticals from the e.u. was put in place a month ago after an hour break we days ago russia began licking the fine receiving best of all imports from poland and. another much longer standing ban has come to an end russia has returned to the global grain market inspired by optimistic harvest forecasts grain exports were put on hold last year because of a serious drought and then caused world prices to rise to their highest levels two years whether analysts believe the end of the band will not everywhere across impact on the market. supply has been affected globally by poor weather conditions so there is a there is a healthy shortage in crops so this comes as a welcome rest by in the short term the increasing russian supply but you only need to look across the border of ukraine and see that their figures are down roughly forty three percent on the year to

the example of other problem areas in africa the silence of the nice people in the government how congo large by the do need international help in international assistance and our minds also are about i'm on the hopeful side and not not in an i in sense because you know we are in washington washington yes celebrate the good life for over two hundred years of the engagement is if you cast your mind by it looked like a very impossible mission when when those patrons declare independence and so when people feel strongly about it they can take on the challenges i do think we might find time to talk about the rule of khartoum and president bashir here because with all of the internal challenges on the in sudan i do think are you with us i was actually as we as we are after we return from a break after the break we'll continue our discussion once again state the. state. the close up game is speed to the republic of north ascension where the area is occupied by nature preserve. this time our team goes to the region where men flock from all over the world to add a few centimeters to their self-

ten week program and the officers can cut the many slack when it's over the be deployed the eastern congo or province one of afghanistan's most violent corners to mark the start of the much easier for you must push them hard so they can afford to pressure day by day we're making progress the afghan national army has already come a long way and showing some swollen to about one hundred seventy thousand troops thanks to fresh waves of recruits attract the higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to be back with taliban militants urgency age or ethnicity then in your mind we are old brother and we are all calling my one. was right the call of duty is also struck a chord beyond able bodied males the first ever class of women soldiers has just graduated. and there's even the mujahedeen unit made up of for the better it's going to take some of this is all good news to us though it's been a pleasure as i've said in two thousand and fourteen to hand over security responsibilities to the afghans the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation of the poli

coordination and agreement is not a new problem how key global issues are resolved that on with even the congo recognize and realize the responsibility of both countries on these matters each school of the mind used to that's the issue and with this in mind we have discussed in our political slope aeration for the new year a new peace with us so that we can choose to cause a near future because we have discussed the cooperation that in russia and the european union that we will send with his new movie good in relation to the recent summit in nizhny novgorod grateful to transfer the leading role it has played to new nationalist with a good school but in promoting our strategic partnership in most areas fields including facilitating contacts among people crippling you to go where the people were buzzing and strengthening the legal base and legal framework of the you can loosen the will agree with you you've been floating a crisis cooperation and a whole host of other areas for and so you know that you and russia and france are members of the russian nato council so naturally we had touched a bit

director of the rented boat on the ship's registrar were also arrested but all carry a sunken russians congo river nine days ago killing nearly one hundred thirty people and became one of russia's traditional vessel like the bank area continue to cruise russia's waterways as. it seems no one wants to see repeated. still in shock over the sinking of the river cruise ship big area that killed one hundred twenty nine. but the tension out there is the safety of the rest of russia's regretfully. to see for ourselves we traveled upstream to the city of us. like the vast majority of vessels on the river of this one was broken soviet odds and in the last twenty years and. it's one of. the lead closely most passenger ships a bit small operator the last vessel servicing remote areas all subsidized with tickets costing as little as fifty cents a piece but tourist craft gets thirty funding today there is no money for a place once. we are just a small company because we could never afford to build our old ships i think with good care the existing ships can be used for another fifty years but the only sen

democratic republic of congo as it was trying to land and mission reports say at least forty survivors have been pulled from the wreckage officials suggest strong winds and heavy rain could have caused that accident the country seeing numerous crashes in recent years with its jets plagued by maintenance problems. security forces in the pakistani city of karachi have been ordered to shoot on sight after three days of violence in which eighteen people have been killed government linked to rival political parties went on shooting sprees in several neighborhoods the city's virtually been shut down shops schools and roads deserted most people are staying indoors fearing more violence the government says an extra thousand troops have been deployed to deal with the situation. yemen's president made his first t.v. appearance since being seriously injured in a bomb attack in his compound last month in his speech. criticised the protesters and accused him of misunderstanding democracy he also gave no hint that he planned to step down from office but said that he is ready for dialogue with the op

week program and the officers don't cut the many slack when it's over the be deployed the eastern congo or province of afghanistan's most violent corners not the thought of the next year for we must push them hard so they can die for under pressure day by day we're making progress the afghan national army has already come a long way it's great some swollen to about one hundred seventy thousand troops thanks to fresh waves of recruits attracted by higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to be back to tell one of the surge and see the city age or ethnicity but many here are what we are old brother x. and we're all calling my one the. hard right the call of duty is also struck a chord beyond able bodied males a first of a class of women soldiers has just graduated. and there's even a mujahideen unit made up of all of them belittle me anti suv and this is all good news to u.s. military planners have said the two thousand and fourteen want to hand over security responsibilities to the afghans the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation in the

here is with us they have a lucky strike because they've tried several times i think you can protect congo it's reading by bombing places where they thought the chances are that the won't be a dramatic collapse of his regime survived the first shock impact and so now the question is will the rebels hope sufficient resources to push on through the transport. it seems to be difficult to avoid the conclusion that the crisis and abuse in certain great deal of the toil and one of the problems has been that the rebels thought that very quickly they would get whole group of all our search. term all exports into money. before the tour for if they feel they need money to maintain their forces because a they need money for the social services such as well but also we need money limited by support from other trade one subterranean aspect of this conflict is feed side pays for most nights we have a lot about kernel that are. involved look for the rebels right in return for cash and also. and this is one of the reasons why going to give up is also. better motivated maybe better paid about it should be

something else owes the congo leader my hope that. the whole issue in the process was reaching for the promise that each year the conference brings together christian and jewish leaders for prayer. speeches it would stand up and say no no he didn't want to demonize he is really not my helen thomas is no more just no more misrepresentations we can set the limit on one thing and a celebration of the special bond between israel and the united states when ever we kind of stiff israel something bad happens here. we pushed people out of gaza and so forth and then we had to train over here where people were pushed into different states because of a stone and people see almost a parallel between rough treatment to israel. and judgment happening to america to fight the tough stance of defending israel and some participants say they want to see more than sanctions used against iran it has really slowed. their nuclear advances and i don't know that is america that we can do anything we hope that the israelis should be preemptive other participan

enormous mess it is a big mess because after all britain and france along with united states pressed for congo to be indicted going to international criminal court or the hague buffer or they shouldn't really be in a position to decide what his fate is even here in this international tribunals. now and you are saying it's not a kid who rules libya i think if we look back. their statements in the last few months would have a very strong impression they had a good idea who should be interviewed and also what the fate of a doctor should be so in practice this symbolic decision to recognize robles kick out all his diplomats from london masks are indeed arsenal indeed a strategic crisis for going to the bridegroom promise not armand from out of the university many things and. all religious leaders from post so good nations are uniting in ukraine to celebrate the christianization of ancient russia georgia as a patriarch ilia is on his first official visit to kiev and stupidly with his russian counterpart to discuss the strained relations between the two states who cut off ties of more than five year