i went to the congo. and i heard stories that chattered all the other stories inspect 2007 we landed democratic republican of congo. and i heard stories that got inside my body. i heard about a little girl who couldn't stop peeing on herself because huge men had shoved themselves inside her. i heard about an 80 women who had legs broken and torn out of the sockets when the soldiers pulled them over the head and raped her. there were thousand of the stories. they saturated myself. i stopped sleeping. the raping of the earth, the pillaging of the earth. they were not separate from each other my. in the cob there's been a war ranching for almost thirteen years. nearly 78 million people have died and hundreds and thousands of women have been raped and tortured. it's an economic war. they enter villages and rape and murder. they force their sons and to rape their daughters and sisters. they shame and destroy families. they take over the minds. they are abundant in congo. of course by the time i got congo, i ha

i don't think all of eastern congo, maybe there's one cat scan machine in all of congo. and i'm really, world vision, we have cat scans in every country, and we start developing that. in the congo you don't get diagnosed with cancer. nobody talks about it because when you get it, you just die. do i feel privileged? i feel ridiculously privileged. all the time and care that went into supporting this body when people are surviving every day on a banana. and i think one just lives with that duality and contradiction and pull. and i do everything i can to find resources and support the women of congo and the doctor and the hospital, and i raise as much money as i can so he can do what he does. thank you for the question. mass -- [applause] hi. >> hi. i'd like to be a little more eloquent than i'm going to be because my brain and my heart are spinning a little bit. thank you, my first thank you is when -- [inaudible] monologues in 2004 and directed it at school, you've sort of been a little light in my life that's kind of followed me. lu those years since then -- through thos

>> when we traveled to the congo with the raise hope for congo campaign we partnered with grassrootseaders, congolese and international activist are saying no more to electronics that fund rape and war. the u.s. government has been a leading partner in public and private alliances setting up conflict free models in eastern congo. congo's vast resources can help to build communities and fund education and health. >> robin, what more would you like to see the obama administration do? >> well, as senator kerry, he led addressing conflict minerals and piece in the congo and now as secretary of state we have great hopes for peace with his help. >> with all of the other involvements that we have overseas and syria, and the middle east and all of his travel and worries about north korea how do you get the american people, consumers and others just to care about what's happening in congo? >> these last couple of years the rapid response of u.s. consumers and voters, we've seen a rapidly growing movement for peace in congo that spans well beyond electronics. i'm hopeful that my former home st

my surgeon operated on the women in the congo. tavis: i imagine that would happen, because when you're in a hospital, you were talking about the congo every day. "why do you not come with make?" you cannot talk to eve ensler without that coming up. >> you can come with me. amazing to talk to you, and i mean that, seriously. the passion about this work that you've been doing for so many years now. a five-in, cannot have minute conversation without that coming out of you. >> i feel like i got a second wind, and i kind of feel like i've died already. when somebody says you have staged the cancer, you are, "i am dead? " we can be dangerous now. i know we did this where we put out a call to 1 billion women and men go on the planet to rise and dance on february 14. >> we had on that show tandy newton. she spent the whole show talking about it. think we got close to 1 billion people to rise, and if you look at the videos of people dancing around the world, it is so exciting. you have got women in bhutan, and women in somalia, on the firs

in congo you can see there is something, some emotion. when you go to afghanistan, there is a different feeling. these women feel like they lost everything. there is no light in the eyes of most of them. ever wonder you see them smiling and happy and the feeling when you go around in the country because people are busy, people are happy. then again you go to bosnia and bosnia, for example, in congo is happening right now. every time she was seeking an interview, they talk about the above story. then they go and froze. for me, the beginning seems like fate. it doesn't feel real. but because it is too strong, it's like a story. they seek not the women repeat the same things, the same pattern. in bosnia it's different because in bosnia what you see as most of them process already the moment of being associated in the feeling for the border. [applause] >> outdoes to take questions if anybody has any. no questions? okay, go ahead. can he stand up and say who you are at the microphone? [inaudible] >> what is the important for women, two clicks

many here just want peace. ,alcolm webb, al jazeera, goma democratic republic of congo.click the drc is just one of several countries on the continent to see sporadic violence in recent months. the african union am a regional block thomas has tried to help mediate some of those conflicts. ahead of its annual summit on saturday, the union's credibility is now being called into question. ester cresta -- peter grasse reports. >> it happens every year. political and economic unity, regional peace and prosperity, respect for democracy -- every year it opens with leaders like omar al bashir who came into power through a military coup and is wanted for crimes against humanity. supporters say the au has helped draw the continent together. critics say it is a club of leaders more interested in protecting with each other than dealing with problems. impunity at risk all levels. i think everton will be above the move forward. the thing i recognizes the people that you want to put in place to address impunity -- [indiscernible] ,> of all the au's headaches eastern democratic republic

five in the congo when he was providing weapons and so forth since ninety four ninety five i've been tracking him from one war zone to another trying to get different authorities around the world to take action finally the u.s. government undertook a sting operation to basically get victor boot he was convicted last year and after he was convicted the big question on everyone's mind is who was next who will fill his shoes and so right after victory it was convicted i set out to see who might be taking his place i came across two other traffickers who had been in this network says former lieutenant one of them with his major financial. assistance sergei dennis and go i know there was a lot both who had been active in africa different parts and looked at their activities where they were providing weapons everywhere from congo sudan into syria via iran. and i want to show you a visualization of a graph by pitch interactive it kind of shows the globe warms creed of course the u.s. is number one our exporters arms give us a sense of where these guns go where they end up and are there any

more king in places everywhere from colombia to congo liberia to afghanistan he took off in the early ninety's after the cold war and he worked with a lot of western groups and so there wasn't any idiology this was all about war profiteering i first came across that to be ninety four ninety five in the congo when he was providing weapons and so forth since ninety four ninety five i've been tracking him from one war so to another trying to get different authorities around the world to take action finally the u.s. government undertook a sting operation to basically get victor boot he was convicted last year and after he was convicted the big question on everyone's mind is who is next who will fill his shoes and so right out viktor bit was convicted i set out to see who might be taking his place i came across two other traffickers who had been in his networks his former lieutenant one of them was his major financial. assistance. another was a lot both who had been active in africa different parts and looked at their activities where they were providing weapons everywhere from congo sudan

the a u m f gives us authority to put boots on the ground in congo and yemen and boston as long as it's against al qaeda associated forces and then it might last ten to twenty years so when the president talks about reining it in or or change here for more on terror to more strategic against specific targets. you know doesn't quite jive well with what's been coming out of the administration's defense department and one of the biggest issues of course on this drone war has been the assassination of american citizens a very controversial policy i wanted to also play what he had to say about that. i'd only did congress authorize the use of force it is briefed on every strike that america takes for every strike. thet includes the one instance where we target for targeted american citizens so there he is saying that we've targeted one american citizen to die however we know that holder just confirmed that there was four american citizens who died under drones why do you think that he only referred to one because the seal when we targeted as far as what happened the other three including the

crash landings just in order to document a certain weapons flow going to an illegal rogue group in the congo for example i've come around like corners and met with a lot of somalia militiamen had to bargain my way out of those situations ultimately being asked to be married with a camel that would be presented to my father so there's just been a lot of crazy things that i've experienced just to track the way international weapons from exporting countries go to these wars and it's really one of the highest profile cases you've worked on as victor viewers might know through the film board of war characters played by nicolas cage talk about this case and what players have replaced him since his imprisonment and well i think victor boot is kind of the poster child or poster man for the illegal arms merchant the merchant of death so he is one of them he had been one of the most prominent arms traffickers and he had been working in places everywhere from colombia to conquer. liberia to afghanistan he took off in the early ninety's after the cold war and he worked with a lot of western groups and s

secretary and world bank president are in the democratic republic of congo. they'll also travel to rwanda. they met with congo's president and discussed a flair up in fighting near the eastern city of goma. >> we are deeply concerned about the arenrecent recurrence of violence. >> he says he'll visit goma to see the situation by hand. they brokered a peace deal in february to end years of violence. kim announced $1 billion in new aid for the region. he said the funds will be used to improve education, medical care, and build hydroelectric facilities. >>> africa. a continent of promise and plunder. more than one billion people in 50 countries fill a cultural mosaic. "newsline" is looking at the challenges and the opportunities on continent in a lead up to a conference in tokyo. don't miss our coverage on may 27. >>> japanese adventurer has reached the top of mount everest at the age of 80. this is not his first attempt, he beat it twice before at the ages of 70 and 75. nhk world explains miura's passion for adventure. >> reporter: muira at base camp at 5300 me

the world's poorest country is the democratic republic of congo at two hundred thirty one dollars a year compare that with the richest monaco with more than one hundred seventy one thousand dollars a year. but what else doesn't always mean happiness and it turns out to be happy live in australia according to the organization for economic cooperation and development australia is topping the list of the countries with the highest quality of life the always see these better life index analyzes more than thirty countries to find out which ones the industrialized nations offer the best lifestyle australia's economy has not seen a recession more than twenty years its unemployment was at five and a half percent in april much lower than in europe or the states and comparable only with. if money makes you happy though than the united states is for you it has the highest disposable incomes and household wealth denmark norway and sweden scored the highest in terms of the work a life balance. and that's all the latest from the business team the sour and just a couple of minutes meet the belgian m p

and the conflicts in congo. and the message that comes across very clearly is that we don't want to be indispensable in region, and by implicatn also maybe mor broadly. and the region is beginning to look at us as dispensable. >> rose: jason chaffetz, margaret brennan and vali nasr when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin tonight with libya. this week the white house clashed with house republicans over the september 11 2012 u.s. con sol attack in benghazi. in testimony on capitol hill on wednesday, consulate officials questioned the government's handling of the raid that left four americans dead. the emotional hearing widened the partisan divide and revived disputes over what happened in benghazi. new details about the incident ntinued to emerge. joing me now om waingt, congressman jason chaffetz of utah. he has been at the center of the benghazi hearings. i'm pleased to have him join me on this program this evening.

if you are in the democratic republic of congo, the toughest place in the world, all of that is reverse. >> but some developing countries are making progress. in nepal, for example, infant mortality has been almost cut in half in a decade. trained midwives and affordable medications have made almost a decade. the same could apply elsewhere. >> onto some more business news now. a new chairman has been named of lufthansa's supervisory board after a stormy meeting where shareholders voiced their opposition of the return of the longtime chairman. he stepped down in 2010 and had withdrawn his candidacy today before the general meeting, only to change tack hours later and re-enter the race. >> lufthansa has embarked on research, and have joined in bell-tightening measures. >> lufthansa has a workforce of more than 100,000. it is slashing thousands of jobs as part of its restructuring program. trying to cut costs sharply. airport fees and taxes are rising. operations are expensive, as our new planes, and lufthansa needs to buy a lot of them. in comparison to rival fleets, this is old, and old

we also had a meeting on congo. i spoke to the u.n.'s new envoy to the region. ms. robinson said she wanted the country's peace framework in february, to implement that free-market as soon as possible. she says time is running out for the people of that region. .he summit here is not over yet on monday, we are starting to get more information on what kind of message the african union is going to sent to the international criminal court at the hague regarding its case against the president of kenya. >> u.s. president barack obama has toured the tornado ravaged town of moore in oklahoma. he promised the people whatever they needed to rebuild. roslyn jordan has this report. >> u.s. president barack obama flew to oklahoma on sunday. he went to console, to listen, to promise. >> this is a strong community with strong character. there is no doubt they are going to bounce back, but they need help. just like any of us would need help. >> obama's visit to the town of moore came six days after an extreme we powerful tornado ripped through it. 24 people, including 10 children,

federal prison. >> just so everyone is cleeshgs blessed marvelous is not the son of the president of congot, the two are the same age, 41 years old. >>> oregon homicide detectives are in the bay area to talk to the man accused of trying to carjack his way to the russian consulate. police say jeffrey boyce had a small arsenal when he was arrested in greenbrae yesterday. his mother called police warning that her son was unstable, obsessed with the boston bombings and possibly heading to the russian consulate in san francisco to seek asylum, but a marin county woman he allegedly tried to carjack says he confessed to more than that. >> you know, i kept asking him lots of questions about himself, and he was real candid, sharing things, saying he had killed somebody already. >> he said he killed somebody. >> he said, quit took somebody out. ". >> a woman was found dead near an oregon lighthouse on sunday. >>> the bay area boy hurt in the boston bombings is back home in martinez tonight and just in time. tomorrow is his 12th birthday. aaron hern spent ten days in a boston hospital after he was wo

you have gone to carozza, rwanda, and eastern congo.u talk about experiences and what they left you with? >> the condo was the hardest because there i saw people will just do anything for gold and silver and whenever they can get and they care absolutely nothing about the suffering of the people. as you know, the congo is called the worst place on the planet to be if you are a woman. and i saw that in action. i saw the result of such horrible atrocities in that place. but this is something people should be very aware of in places where this type of atrocity has not yet happened because it is crucial to see ourselves always as a part of whatever is going on because we are. this is one planet and we are one people. we learn from each other. we learn the awful things just as clearly as we learn the good things. if you want to see what is the possibility for are really dreadful future, even here, go to the congo and places where people are fighting over minerals and resources that actually the people who live there will never benefit from.

feels that if al qaeda and associated forces are in yemen or if they're in congo or if they're in boston the the president has the authority to launch military strikes and put boots on the ground in these areas to fight them and the sham michael sheehan is you know he's a top tier d. official he was asked how long do does the white house have this is. already for and he said that probably ten to twenty years oh my goodness ok sam so that's interesting i want to talk about the obama administration have they used to justify drone u.s. do you think well they've used to justify generous and germ use and so is the bush administration i mean if these military strikes against al qaeda associated forces that it falls under the a u.n. math and this is this is a really you know this is where the constitution starts to get stretched a little bit and this is what i asked congressman keith ellison about to what his reaction to a lot of this testimony that came out of your mouth about the about yesterday the senate there's a hearing in the senate yesterday with some dear dear fishel to. give a very br

with respect to the congo and place where's-- >> we've done a lot of documentaries on congo.ve done a lot of documentaries on syria. i think we've done eight in the past six months. what happened and one of the the biggest successes we've had on the youtube channels was long form news content. we just had an documentary about america withdrawing fromming afghanistan. the training of the afbegan police and army and how it's going. y we got leaked an e-mail from the american army to the afghan army and the police saying there's a documentary that just came out on vice about the afghan police. here are the interests to the questions. it's a fantastic documentary done by one of our people. >> rose: what happen between and you gavin mcginnes? we started out, there were three of us, we started the magazine-- there it is. >> rose: who designed this magazine which i always thought was interesting? >> we have an in-house art department. we do everything in house. around 200of 2006 we started . >> rose: american apparel. >> around 2006 we did more online video. >> rose: philosophical d

. >>> en el otro partido por el grupo a, francia ante la república democrática del congo, francia ganóvos buscaban la oportunidad de que gio viajara a houston en el domingo pero su gestión no funcionó, gio se unirá al tri. >>> mientras tanto que la selección mexicana se prepara para su partido ante nigeria, por unimás podrá ver el juego. >>> para toda la información deportiva, visite univisiondeportes.com los esperamos en contacto deportivo, pamela, adelante. >>> continuamos con nuestra campaña asegúrate para informarnos de la nueva ley de salud, cecilia ramírez harris con la información muy importante del medicare. >>> así es, pamela, muchas gracias, muchas personas que están cubiertas con medicare disfrutan los cambios de la nueva ley pero para eso estamos aquí, de cómo la ley de salud a bajo precio lo afectará a usted y su familia, así que preste atención. >>> morell está retirada y ahora da tiempo para las personas mayores. >>> ella tiene medicare, pero al preguntarle sobre el obama care, sus respuestas con sus compañeras son parecidas. >>> no sé mucho. >>> sabe los cambios del oba

we are intently focused on congo right now. it by working with more than the government is how you get the job done, by working with partners including faith based organizations. you cannote that succeed, particularly when you talk about getting to the last mile, getting to the people, and making sure that they use the nets and the right drugs, that the communities are particularly important. we had changed the way we operate. we have spun number of faith based services, world vision. the also work withhe faith community to raise additional resources. a large load of en route has raised $40 million around malaria control right now. it's also about implementation and engagement. in our new funding model, we have shifted the process around. it was always intended that faith base communities be part of our coordinating mechanisms, but it did not always work well. our new mechanisms are working on that more and more and are welcoming people into our dialogue that lead to a country plan from all walks of life. we're working with eig

the turbines are generating power in malawi, south africa, and the democratic republic of congo, the government has commissioned two that he is currently working on. the energy has powered payment systems like grain mailing for thousands of years. today, they believe it is is still one of the best hopes for removing our dependency on fossil fuels. >> if we could have thousands of micro hydros feeding into the national grid and shutting down our coal-fired power stations, that israel. real.t is >> when i first told my kids that i was joining, they asked if i was going to be a desperate man. today when the look at me and what i am doing and what they're learning about what their father is heading up, they have pride and passion. they often come to my project. >> mark for is working on the frontier of green technologies, creating electricity from trash at dumps around the south african city of durban. now this city of 3.5 million people is drawing power from this surprising source. >> this landfill is one of the largest in southern africa. approximately 4000 tons of waste per day. a por

war fighting in the democratic republic of congo ahead of a visit by the un secretary- general. a man believed to be a serving british soldier has been murdered in what the u.k. prime minister has called a suspected terrorist incident. he was hacked to death by two men and a south london street. video footage filmed by an one of theows soldiers shouting slogans with his hands clearly covered in blood. a military training facility. >> the police are in control, but happen earlier shocked london and has potentially a far wider implications. the amateur video shows a man with a bloody hand holding what appears to be a meat cleaver. toi apologize that women had witness this today, but in our land, women have to see this every day. >> a man believed to be a soldier lies dead. a horrificay it was attack by two men. police arrived not long after. the 2 suggs -- the two suspects were shot but not killed. shows policeideo treating the suspect on the ground. victim was pronounced dead at the scene. eyewitnesses said he was butchered and his body left on the road. the prime minister cut sh

march 26, angelina took a humanitarian trip to the congo. summit in new york. appearing relaxed. the next day, she took her kids shopping. amazingly, one of the world's most chronicled celebrities managed to keep her secret from the press. until today. and that revealing op ed. on a personal note, she wrote, i do not feel any less of a woman. i feel empowered that i made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininitfeminini. she tested positive for the gene called roc-1. they have a 50% risk of carrying breast cancer. in 2005, jessica queller was a successful television writer. >> my mother had had breast cancer, which she beat. seven years later, she was diagnosed with stage 3-c ovarian cancer and she died two years after that. i thought i should for peace of mind take the test. >> the result -- positive. jessica was at a high risk for developing breast cancer. >> to me, it's the worst thing in the world. i don't want to gamble with it. i don't want to gamble that maybe we'll catch it early enough. >> she decided to have the double

rebels in the democratic congress of congo have declared a temporary cease fire during the visit from ban ki-moon. the united nations says 3,000 peacekeepers there. and 3,000 rebels captured the city before it was taken back by international forces. >> 20 people have been killed, . ny more wounded in niger the group said it carried out the attack on the government baracks in a french mine uranium mine in retaliation. our correspondent has this report. the aftermath of the bombing in agadez. until thursday morning this barack housed dozens of soldiers and cadets. then as sun was breaking the movement from oneness and jihad in west africa detonated a car bomb right outside. 19 people died in the attack. then a few hours later another car bomb exploded near a uranium mine to the north. the attacker was killed. 14 people were wounded. the government of niger put the blame scary on mujao. >> the situation is under control. we're currently looking for other attackers. the public will be informed of the events as they unform. our armed forces will protect the people and the country whatever

during that time she made a humanitarian visit to the republic of congo and attended the women in the world summit in new york and g-8 summit in london. jolie had her operations here in beverly hills. the actress says her surgeries were successful and her chances of getting breast cancer is now less than 5%. >> there is also a more conservative approach where women are screened every six months. >> reporter: jolie says her fiance brad pitt was by her side for every minute of the surgeries and they managed to find moments to laugh together. theresa garcia cbs news beverly hills. >> jolie says her gene testing revealed she has a 50% chance of ovarian cancer as well. >> there is conflict in the medical community about what women should do if they carry that breast cancer gene mutation brca1. kpix 5 reporter says some doctors say women shouldn't be too quick to get that procedure. kate. >> reporter: before women start seeking out genetic testing there are a few thicks you might -- few things you might want to know about. known as bra agenes. angelina jolie wrote in her new york times piec

end of the day i can look in the mirror and say, "michael, because of you, "some little kid in the congoelly full of rice this evening."

malcolm webb, al jazeera, goma in the democratic republic of congo. >> and major cleanup is continuingafter a powerful tornado hit the u.s. state of oklahoma on monday. residents in the town of moore are trying to rebuild their lives. often, they are being helped by people they have never met. with a fewe day volunteers from the american red cross. >> thomas has been serving his country his whole life. he is 62 years old and has been a soldier, firefighter, and for the past four years of volunteer with the american red cross. , rake,need a shovel anything? >> shortly after the tornado struck in oklahoma, he made the drive from new orleans. he has seen a lot of death, destruction, grief, and loss. ofa firefighter, he and some his colleagues were there after hurricane katrina in 2005. he says the fallout from this tornado might be the worst he has ever seen. toit is really heartbreaking .ee the people try to get back it is rewarding to help them. it gets emotional. >> everywhere you look in moore, people are pitching in. slowly, piece by piece, the debris is being cleaned up on the stree