. ♪ welcome to rio where just minutes from iconic beaches with names like copacabana and there shantytownsthe communities are home to millions of people. and most of these places aren't ruled by the government, but instead by violent drug gangs. now, with rio set to host the summer olympics in 2016, and next year, the world cup, police are mounting a military style campaign to take over the flavelas, it is a war, a war for paradise. and we are going to the front line. our goal, to penetrate rio's criminal underworld. >> ask this young man what happened when the cops arrive. he said the bullets fly. and find out what the cops are really up against here in one of the most dangerous cities on earth where we will see things few outsiders ever see. they shot a woman who had a baby in her arms. and ultimately come face to face with a heavily armed piely in t tim -- highly intimidating crime boss. our journey into gang territory begins in this church where these believers are preparing for some of the most extreme missionary work you will ever see. they are ev [ indiscernible ] this is a crackdow

just minutes from iconic beaches with names like copacabana and ipanema, there are massive shanty towns called "favelas," most of which are effectively ruled by violent drug gangs. this is an open air market. this is his best seller, this is $5 american of cocaine, he says this is his best seller. complete with piles of color coded drugs. i mean, it blows the mind to be in this place where everybody's selling drugs. no police. nobody's batting an eye. it's just business as usual. and this -- it just keeps going and going. is what's known as a crackland. it's just amazing. there's just no fear of the police. just smoking right out in public. in another crackland, this one, the length of an entire city block -- they've got kids here. we found this 16-year-old crack addict. we wanted to go to the source of this misery, the drug kingpins. in a tiny room down a back alley, we scored a very rare interview with a drug lord, draped in gold and carrying a semiautomatic rifle. he demanded we conceal his identity. given how serious the crack epidemic is here, do you worry at all about selling that

una favela azotada por la violencia en rÍo de janeiro, cargaron hasta una avenida principal en copacabanaitar que bloquearan el paso en la calle, el tiroteo dejÓ a dos heridos mÁs. un operativo logrÓ desmantelar una banda criminal mÁs peligrosa de ecuador, mÁs de 300 agentes lograron la captura de doce cabecillas del grupo, entre ellos policÍas activos y retirados, responsables del asesinato de mÁs de 50 personas, esta cÉlula delictiva se vincula al narcotrÁfico, fuga de 18 reclusos de una cÁrcel. >>> un policÍa fue atropellado mientras dirigÍa el transito en rumania, no precisamente por un vehÍculo, fue embestido por un toro que le clavÓ los cuernos, lo lanzÓ al pavimento, y luego se dio a la fuga. los ataques del asustado animal, continuaron, cuando se vio en un callejÓn sin salida, los vecinos intentaron atraparlo, lo tomaron por los cuernos, y se rindiÓ. >>> hoy se dieron a conocer detalles pamela del horrendo asesinato que comentamos ayer de una maestra en massachusetts. pero aÚn, es un misterio, le contamos televidentes, el motivo que llevÓ al adolescente a asesinarla. >>> sÍ, segui

imagine this is what we do every day in copacabana at the beach. ♪ tall and tan >> give him a hug. >>iversary of debra messing and eric mccormack. >>> and performances by gavin degraw and scotty mccreery. >> go home and do this. bye. >> i'm here to help. you and i will get through this together. [applause]

. >> reporter: just minutes from iconic beaches with names like copacabana, there are massive shantytownsctively ruled by violent drug gangs. this is an open-air market. >> this is the best seller. 5 american dollars of cocaine. they say it is the best seller. complete with piles of color-coded drugs. it blows the mind to be in this place where everybody's selling drugs. no police. nobody's batting an eye. just business as usual. and this -- just keeps going and going -- is what is known as a crack land. amazing there's no fear of the police. smoking right out in public. >> reporter: in another crack land, this one the length of an entire city block. >> got kids here. we found this 16-year-old crack addict. we wanted to go to the source of this misery, the drug kingpin. in a tiny room, down a back alley, we scored a very rare interview with a drug lord, draped in gold and carrying a semiautomatic rifle. he demanded we conceal his identity. >> you get how serious the crack epidemic is here? do you worry about selling it? he surprised us with a question of his own. i took a moment to absorb

just minutes from iconic beaches with names like copacabana and ipanema, there are massive shanty townsalled "favelas," most of which are effectively ruled by violent drug gangs. this is an open air market, this is his best seller, this is $5 american of cocaine, his best seller. complete with piles of color coded drugs. i mean, it blows the mind to be in this place where everybody's selling drugs. no police. nobody's batting an eye. it's just business as usual. and this -- just keeps going and going. is what's known as a crackland. it's amazing. there's just no fear of the police. just smoking right out in public. in another crackland, this one, the length of an entire city block -- they've got kids here. we found this 16-year-old crack addict. we wanted to go to the source of this misery, the drug kingpins. in a tiny room down a back alley, we scored a very rare interview with a drug lord, draged in gold and carrying a semiautomatic rifle. he demanded we conceal his identity. given how serious the crack epidemic is here, do you worry at all about selling that to the community? then, h

te vas a una playa en copacabana en rio, estÁn jugando. >>> sÍ, te voy a decir una cosa, fui a cubrir >>> se acuerdan cuando le dieron sus primeros tenis, sus tacos, y decÍan, yo no puedo jugar con zapatos, juego descalzo. >>> increÍble, no sÉ si hay estas historias que son verdaderas o no, no se sabe, se decÍa que pelÉ entrenaba con cocos. >>> quÉ? >>> sÍ, con cocos, y dominaba el balÓn con cocos. >>> llegÓ el entrenador y le dijo pelÉ, no, no, el coco no. >>> ahÍ estÁn los brasieleÑos. >>> no tiene la misma forma redonda, trata de hacerlo. >>> sÍ, asi entrenaba. >>> "chicharito" te voy a regalar unos cocos. >>> los de quien? >>> de la canciÓn. >>> pero vacÍos para ver si asi. oye. hijole. >>> bueno, la prÁctica hace al maestro, hay que hacer deporte, y mÉxico. >>> le hace falta practicar. >>> dijo un filosofo venezolano muy conocido, raÚl gonzÁlez, que la repeticiÓn es la madre de todas las habilidades, hay que hacer las cosas repetidamente para que funcionen. >>> sÍ, de perder mÉxico, repetidas veces. >>> eso no estuvo bien. >>> la verdad que yo aguanto a mÉxico. como dice el hasht

imagine this is what we do every day in copacabana at the beach. ♪ tall and tan >> give him a hug. >>s. for the second time in less than two weeks mother boat carrying hundreds of migrants have acapsized between setly and tunisia. a navy spokesman says about 200 people have been thrown into the medicine terrain wran. italian navy boats and helicopters are there working to rescue people. so far no deaths have been reported. though you very well know that could change, especially considering just last week a ship carrying some 500 migrants capsized also off the italian coast and more than 300 people died in that uns