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people in the south sudan and 3 or 4,000 people in darfur. the south now has right to vote for their own independence. and the international community, the -- the president, the congress, the u.n., everyone, believed that this is the place that's at most risk in the world right now. >> utmost risk in the world. a ticking time bomb. why, george? why there? >> well, i mean, it's sort of economics, in a way. there's oil on the border. so the north wants to move the border further down, because there's oil right on that edge. the south wants to keep it, because it's underneath their feet. and so there's economic reasons for it, in general. there's a lot of reasons, believe me, it's very complicated. but that's a big one. it's what's going to be required is, some form of prove profit sharing, coming up and designating where the border would be. there's a lot of complications to it. but right now, this is, you know, the governor has had two opportunities to act without war, and they have chosen war. and atrocities. so to think that they wouldn't th
people in the south sudan and 3 or 4,000 people in darfur. the south now has right to vote for their own independence. and the international community, the -- the president, the congress, the u.n., everyone, believed that this is the place that's at most risk in the world right now. >> utmost risk in the world. a ticking time bomb. why, george? why there? >> well, i mean, it's sort of economics, in a way. there's oil on the border. so the north wants to move the border further down,...
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where does that leave, for example, darfur? >> well, i think that darfur has to be painted into that exact same negotiation. it's not something that can just be, hey, if you just play a little nice, you're going to get some nice carrots of it. it has to be some real -- there has to be a tremendous amount of effort. in any negotiation, and that's what this is, it is a negotiation, both sides are going to have to give. there is no question about the fact that the border that both sides want is going to be somewhere that neither of them are particularly happy when they finally decide on it. these people who are allowed to vote are going to be disputed. it's never going to be where one group is happy or the other group is happy. but it's going to require negotiation. you can do this. either way, we can pick this up in five or six months when, you know, thousands and thousands if not hundreds of thousands can be killed and we can mop this mess up, or we can do everything we can to stop before it happens. we have an actual opportunit
where does that leave, for example, darfur? >> well, i think that darfur has to be painted into that exact same negotiation. it's not something that can just be, hey, if you just play a little nice, you're going to get some nice carrots of it. it has to be some real -- there has to be a tremendous amount of effort. in any negotiation, and that's what this is, it is a negotiation, both sides are going to have to give. there is no question about the fact that the border that both sides want...
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we didn't act fast enough in darfur.ppens when we don't. and it's going to cost us billions because we're going to be there. it's better to do it now. >> larry: we think of darfur, we think of you. how did you come to be so personally involved in that area? >> i was reading articles in "the new york times" and it was n'tgetting -- everybody was doing things. there were church groups and student movements and there was a lot of rumblings and a lot of things going on, great activists doing a lot of enough and ngos but it wasn't getting enough play. and i'm the son of a news man. my dad used to talk about how he would have a news story get bumped because some celebrity was on tv after he had gone and covered a news story. so i said, let's go to darfur and you be the news man and i'll be the celebrity and we'll combine them. and whether it works or not, i don't know. all i know is my job is to just try and make it loud because when it's loud like this, people tend to move. i don't know if movement is always helpful but you c
we didn't act fast enough in darfur.ppens when we don't. and it's going to cost us billions because we're going to be there. it's better to do it now. >> larry: we think of darfur, we think of you. how did you come to be so personally involved in that area? >> i was reading articles in "the new york times" and it was n'tgetting -- everybody was doing things. there were church groups and student movements and there was a lot of rumblings and a lot of things going on, great...
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so i thought, let's go to darfur.newsman and i'll be the celebrity and we'll combine them. whether it works or not, i don't know. all i know is, my job is to just try and make it loud. because, you know, when it's loud like this, people tend to do move. i don't know if moving is always helpful, but you can't do it without moving. >> larry: a couple of other quick things. at the emmys you were honored with the bob hope humanitarian award. i knew it meant a great deal to you. but you used that moment to speak and ask others to get involved. do you think that's working? >> my asking others to get involved i don't think would make much of a difference. i think people are involved. i think -- listen, let me tell you, go to south sudan into a tiny little village like lul, you have to ride for two and a half hours on a boat. it's impossible to get to. you get to a little tiny camp that's just been overrun, a village that's been overrun and a camp set up with some internally displaced people, and there sits 22-year-old girl w
so i thought, let's go to darfur.newsman and i'll be the celebrity and we'll combine them. whether it works or not, i don't know. all i know is, my job is to just try and make it loud. because, you know, when it's loud like this, people tend to do move. i don't know if moving is always helpful, but you can't do it without moving. >> larry: a couple of other quick things. at the emmys you were honored with the bob hope humanitarian award. i knew it meant a great deal to you. but you used...
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. >> warner: when people hear of conflict in sudan they tend to think about darfur the western regionere fighting since 2003 has killed some quarter million people and forced nearly two million from their homes but another conflict is brew over the fate of oil-rich souern sudan. it coul come to a head on or before january 9, less than 90 days from now. that's when heavily christiane south sudan is scheduled to vote on whether to break away from the predominantly muslim north. the january vote was scheduled under a 2005 peace accord ending a 21-year civil war between the two regions. as a temporary solution southern sudan was given limited autonomy and the promise of a secession vote in 2011. but recently sudanese president and other top officials in sudan's capital khartoum have sent mixed signals about whether they will be ready for the vote, allow the vote or abide by its results. complicating matters further, a tiny oil-producing district along the north/south border has its own plebiscite scheduled the same day on whether to remain in the north or join the south if it votes to sec
. >> warner: when people hear of conflict in sudan they tend to think about darfur the western regionere fighting since 2003 has killed some quarter million people and forced nearly two million from their homes but another conflict is brew over the fate of oil-rich souern sudan. it coul come to a head on or before january 9, less than 90 days from now. that's when heavily christiane south sudan is scheduled to vote on whether to break away from the predominantly muslim north. the january...
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activist george clooney will be on capitol hill today just back from sudan with 3 million people in the darfurn have been displaced by war, famine and genocide. the actor is scheduled to discuss the trip in a meeting with rankingenate foreign relations committee member dick lugar. later this morning a "today" show exclusive ann curry went along with clooney in his trip to sudan. they talk about their journey live in the studio. you can watch that here on nbc 4 starting at 7:00. >>> the admirer of a president used poor judgment when he threw a book at the president. he didn't even seem to notice it. the man hadritten a paperpark and was hoping president obama would read it. >>> top prosecutors in 40 states plan to announce a joint investigation into bank foreclosures practices as early as today. they report to a process called row bowsigning. it led bank of america to stop selling foreclosed homes in all 50 states. it won't sell propertiesntil it can verify that foreclosure documents are accurate. >>> for the first time doctors in the u.s. have begun a clinical trial using embryonic stem cells
activist george clooney will be on capitol hill today just back from sudan with 3 million people in the darfurn have been displaced by war, famine and genocide. the actor is scheduled to discuss the trip in a meeting with rankingenate foreign relations committee member dick lugar. later this morning a "today" show exclusive ann curry went along with clooney in his trip to sudan. they talk about their journey live in the studio. you can watch that here on nbc 4 starting at 7:00....
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we were late to darfur. >> and if people are sitting at home right now, getting tuned into this for the first time, what can they do to help? >> well, we're asking people over the united states, and there were constituencies that moved the needle on darfur, based in religious communities, based in universities and high schools. so, we're asking people to stand up again. and let president obama know it's okay, in this electoral season to do all that you can, diplomatically. it's not going to cost us anything. we're asking people to sign on to a website, sudanactionnow.org. and send notes to president obama. make their calls. and tell him this is a high priority of the american people, that we this time, prevent a war, rather than mop it up after it starts. >> george clooney, john prendergast, thank you both very much for coming in this morning. and to find out how you can help the enough project and sudan now, go to our website, abcnews.com/gma. >>> next, the host of "what not to wear," clinton kelly. riririr
we were late to darfur. >> and if people are sitting at home right now, getting tuned into this for the first time, what can they do to help? >> well, we're asking people over the united states, and there were constituencies that moved the needle on darfur, based in religious communities, based in universities and high schools. so, we're asking people to stand up again. and let president obama know it's okay, in this electoral season to do all that you can, diplomatically. it's not...
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the united nations say gunmen in sudan have kidnapped a member of the un peacekeeping force in darfur. it coincides with the visit of a top-level u.n. security council mission to the town. the prime minister of zimbabwe has expressed his disgust with president mugabe for ignoring the power-sharing agreement with his former opponent. he said he would not recognize any key appointments made by the present in the past eight months. the governor of province in northern afghanistan has been killed at an explosion in a blast. at least 14 others died in the blast. for the latest, i'm joined by our correspondent in kabul. this sounds like a very big bomb on friday during prayers. i suppose it was aimed specifically at the governor. what impact do you think it will have in afghanistan? >> this was targeted against the governor of kunduz, governor muhammad omar. it happened in the capital. of course, he is the governor of kunduz. so far as we understand from police and security officials, 15 people were killed and 20 were wounded. perhaps those figures will change as the day progresses. what im
the united nations say gunmen in sudan have kidnapped a member of the un peacekeeping force in darfur. it coincides with the visit of a top-level u.n. security council mission to the town. the prime minister of zimbabwe has expressed his disgust with president mugabe for ignoring the power-sharing agreement with his former opponent. he said he would not recognize any key appointments made by the present in the past eight months. the governor of province in northern afghanistan has been killed...
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darfur occurred during your administration. if you were secretary of state now, what would you do? to the u.n., they're doing everything they can do. but somehow the international community has got to mobilize to stop the potential slaughter. >> can it be stopped? >> it can be stopped. it can be stopped with diplomacy. there was a comprehensive peace agreement that was spare edded by president bush and colin powell that stopped the segregation between the south and the north. now it's gotten very much taken now to make sure that that doesn't result in another civil war. the international community has got to step up to the plate. >> it's got to be somewhat frustrating the wars in iraq and afghanistan both were started during your time in washington. we still have a presence in both places s are you surprised that we're still there. >> history has a long arc, not a short one, but when you're talking about changing decades even centuries of behavior when people are trying to learn to live in democratic -- i have seen democracy triumph, i even sue saw a little girl from birmingham, al
darfur occurred during your administration. if you were secretary of state now, what would you do? to the u.n., they're doing everything they can do. but somehow the international community has got to mobilize to stop the potential slaughter. >> can it be stopped? >> it can be stopped. it can be stopped with diplomacy. there was a comprehensive peace agreement that was spare edded by president bush and colin powell that stopped the segregation between the south and the north. now...
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. >> reporter: it was hit just two years ago in an echo of darfur and the 20-year civil war. between the arab muslim north and the largely black christian south. witnesses say arab militiamen and government soldiers descended, burning, killing, and looting. "i watched as my four nephew's throats were slit," this woman remembers, "while their hands were tide." she survived with her sisters and cousins. now bound together by that massacre and decades of civil war. another is saying, pregnant women were burned to death. old women were raped. this january, the south has a chance to control its own destiny in a vote to secede from sudan, a vote the sudan president said could provoke a more dangerous war. how will you vote in the referendum? they're saying, we all are voting for separation. we may be powerless, but our vote will allow our children to live in freedom. we're now on our way to a camp for people recently forced from their homes by violence between two southern groups, allegedly fuld by bashir's government. we land in a desperate place. this woman fled her home with eig
. >> reporter: it was hit just two years ago in an echo of darfur and the 20-year civil war. between the arab muslim north and the largely black christian south. witnesses say arab militiamen and government soldiers descended, burning, killing, and looting. "i watched as my four nephew's throats were slit," this woman remembers, "while their hands were tide." she survived with her sisters and cousins. now bound together by that massacre and decades of civil war....
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the film is about africa's troubled darfur region.urd says the document speaks about how key it is to learn about other countries. >> shane bauer, josh josh fattal are all -- all learned. >> shourd will also be part of the november 6th trial but will be tried in absentia. >>> stay with us. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. >>> hundreds are without power in the bay area tonight and today's issues on top of yesterday's problems. >>> a live look outside the fairmont hotel, the first lady will be speaking. we'll have more. >>> and the hospital worker killed. what investigators are saying about witnesses. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. >> we have new information about a concord woman who authorities say was kill evidencer the weekend -- killed over the weekend by a criminally insane patient. today the victim's brother spoke with ktvu as new details about the suspect emerged. jim vargas joins us in napa with the latest. >> reporter: julie, we're learning now there were no actual eyewitnesses
the film is about africa's troubled darfur region.urd says the document speaks about how key it is to learn about other countries. >> shane bauer, josh josh fattal are all -- all learned. >> shourd will also be part of the november 6th trial but will be tried in absentia. >>> stay with us. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. >>> hundreds are without power in the bay area tonight and today's issues on top of yesterday's problems. >>> a live look outside...
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government protested the release of the report and threatened to withdraw from the peacekeeping mission in darfur. rwanda's foreign affairs minister. >> it is a report that is destabilizing for the region. we have seven countries named in the report. none of us have been contacted, none of us were given a chance to respond to accusations. we are accused by anonymous people. >> in political news, new york republican gubernatorial candidate carl paladino is coming under criticism for receiving $3 million in tax breaks by promising new jobs in the buffalo area. according to an investigation, he created only 25 jobs. to justify tax breaks, he sold vacant lots that he owned to himself and then claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars in real property investment. he is a multimillionaire real- estate investor backed by the tea party. the rupert murdoch-owned media giant news corp. has donated another million dollars to a business coalition campaigning against democrats in the election. the donation to the chamber of commerce comes two months after making a $1 million donation to the republican governor
government protested the release of the report and threatened to withdraw from the peacekeeping mission in darfur. rwanda's foreign affairs minister. >> it is a report that is destabilizing for the region. we have seven countries named in the report. none of us have been contacted, none of us were given a chance to respond to accusations. we are accused by anonymous people. >> in political news, new york republican gubernatorial candidate carl paladino is coming under criticism for...
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activist george clooney will be on capitol hill today just back from sudan with 3 million people in the darfurced by war, famine and genocide. the actor is scheduled t diuss the trip in a meeting with ranking senate foreign relations commite member dick lugar. nbc news ann curry went along with clooney on the trip to sudan. they will talk about their journey this morning coming up on the "today" show which starts in about ten minutes here on nbc 4. >>> president obama will hold a nationwide town hall tonight. happening on the george washington university campus, which will be streamed live on the web at 7:00 p.m. the president will talk about moving america forward in the upcoming election and take questions from the audience and online viewers. the white house says it's the first time ever a president will answer a question via skype. >>> this morning the federal government is asking usda employees tostay home today while crews clean up a weekend fire. all workers at the riverdale building in maryland can stay home. those who were able to work from home can do so. those not equipped to telewo
activist george clooney will be on capitol hill today just back from sudan with 3 million people in the darfurced by war, famine and genocide. the actor is scheduled t diuss the trip in a meeting with ranking senate foreign relations commite member dick lugar. nbc news ann curry went along with clooney on the trip to sudan. they will talk about their journey this morning coming up on the "today" show which starts in about ten minutes here on nbc 4. >>> president obama will...
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activist george clooney will be on capitol hill today just back from sudan with 3 million people in the darfurn have been displaced by war, famine and genocide. the actor is scheduled to discuss the trip in a meeting with ranking senate foreign relations committee member dick lugar. ter this morning a "today" show exclusive ann curry went along with clooney in his trip to sudan. they talk about their journey live in the studio. you can watch that here on nbc 4 starting at 7:. >>> the secret service says an admirer of t president used poor judgment when he threw a book at the president. it happened at a rly in philadelphia on sunday. the president was not hit by the book and he didn't even seem to notice it. the man had written a paperback and was hoping president obama would read it. >>> you could just write a letter saying, hey, would you read it. >>> the end of an rear ra in airline food. >>> new information about metro smartrip cards. when the price could be dropping. >>> two breaking news stories this morning. a deadly pedestrian accident on a deadly pedestrian accident on the equals chili
activist george clooney will be on capitol hill today just back from sudan with 3 million people in the darfurn have been displaced by war, famine and genocide. the actor is scheduled to discuss the trip in a meeting with ranking senate foreign relations committee member dick lugar. ter this morning a "today" show exclusive ann curry went along with clooney in his trip to sudan. they talk about their journey live in the studio. you can watch that here on nbc 4 starting at 7:....
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they are expected to zus actor's recent trip to the darfur region. 3 miion people have been displacedthat he is scheduled to occur on the "today" show. clooney spent a week onhis trip and we'll have more on "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. > still to come, fighting foreclosure. after nearly 30 years in business, a local man stands to lose his home and his store. how it happened and what he plans to do next. >>> the streets are being transformed for a big budget movie. >>> and was your ba born in october? why researcrs say your child's birthday could increase their risk of autism. i'm bob ehrlich. i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running -- make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. >>> hello, everybody. another great
they are expected to zus actor's recent trip to the darfur region. 3 miion people have been displacedthat he is scheduled to occur on the "today" show. clooney spent a week onhis trip and we'll have more on "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. > still to come, fighting foreclosure. after nearly 30 years in business, a local man stands to lose his home and his store. how it happened and what he plans to do next. >>> the streets are being transformed for a big...
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now darfur is a region of which african country? cards up, please. the answer is correct. sudan.uestion number two. during debate this week jerry brown had a little trouble defending his aide's whore comments about political rival meg whitman. >> we have heard no outrage from you about the use of that kind of language which, to many women, is the same as calling an african-american the "n" word. have you been in charge of the investigation of your campaign? >> i don't agree with that comparison, number one. number two, this is a five-week old. [audience booing] >> conversation picked up on a cell phone garbled conversation very hard to detect who it is. >> bill: okay. now meg whitman made her fortune of as ceo of what tech company? cards up, please. and the answer is yes, ebay. they are both hot tonight. two for two is tied with three to go. in a radio interview this week former white house correspondent helen thomas denied being anti-semitic. >> the one thing i want to clear up right here right now out of your own mouth and then i don't want to talk about that anymore is people
now darfur is a region of which african country? cards up, please. the answer is correct. sudan.uestion number two. during debate this week jerry brown had a little trouble defending his aide's whore comments about political rival meg whitman. >> we have heard no outrage from you about the use of that kind of language which, to many women, is the same as calling an african-american the "n" word. have you been in charge of the investigation of your campaign? >> i don't...
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should be significant benefits encolluding normalization with the united states and dealing with darfur and seeing peace in sudan, they should get the package they hope for. however, if the regime or southerners plunge the country back to war there needs to be significant consequences. that's been missing. we heard yesterday and we've seen over the last couple of months that the united states is putting that package together. we don't know if it's strong enough. we're encouraging it be as robust as possible and be multi-lateralized so the europeans and others are fully on board with an approach to try to drive the parties to peace. >> george, in this trip where you visited, you and the others in the group and our own ann curry, what have you seen that's changed? is there anything that encourages you about the future of this devastated region? >> well, first of all, you know, it is although it's not a -- the government isn't necessarily ready yet, it's infinitely further along than it was when i was in 2006 in the south sudan. i'm encouraged by the hope of these people. they have been --
should be significant benefits encolluding normalization with the united states and dealing with darfur and seeing peace in sudan, they should get the package they hope for. however, if the regime or southerners plunge the country back to war there needs to be significant consequences. that's been missing. we heard yesterday and we've seen over the last couple of months that the united states is putting that package together. we don't know if it's strong enough. we're encouraging it be as...
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the ability to sit here in arlington and feel distressed by the homeless people in darfur or by the starvation of the whales in the pacific. or by the species that are being snuffed out as we talk. or by the people who are suffering in iraq and afghanistan. >> brown: and you have to take that sense of imagination and turn it into poetry that connects with people. that's what you've been doing for a long time. when we talked a few years ago, you talked about a simplicity of language. is that... is it part of trying to reach people? to express that imagination? >> i don't think it's as simple as that. i think it is that but the... i think any poet... it would sound extremely selfish because when i'm asked if... you know, who am i writing for i think about that and i think about writing a poem and i think "i'm not writing that poem for anybody, including me. i'm writing it because i want to write that poem." and the poem is the most important thing at that point. and i think that's true of the arts. i think that's... when the bird sings, this is the thing that we have in common. in this sense it'
the ability to sit here in arlington and feel distressed by the homeless people in darfur or by the starvation of the whales in the pacific. or by the species that are being snuffed out as we talk. or by the people who are suffering in iraq and afghanistan. >> brown: and you have to take that sense of imagination and turn it into poetry that connects with people. that's what you've been doing for a long time. when we talked a few years ago, you talked about a simplicity of language. is...
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the ability to sit here in arlington and feel distressed by the homeless people in darfur or by the starvation of the whales in the pacific. or by the species that are being snuffed out as we talk. or by the people who are suffering in iraq and afghanistan. >> brown: and you have to take that sense of imagination and turn it into poetry that connects with people. that's what you've been doing for a long time. when we talked a few years ago, you talked about a simplicity of language. is that... is it part of trying to reach people? to express that imagination? >> i don't think it's as simple as that. i think it is that but the... i think any poet... it would sound extremely selfish because when i'm asked if... you know, who am i writing for i think about that and i think about writing a poem and i think "i'm not writing that poem for anybody, including me. i'm writing it because i want to write that poem." and the poem is the most important thing at that point. and i think that's true of the arts. i think that's... when the bird sings, this is the thing that we have in common. in this sense it'
the ability to sit here in arlington and feel distressed by the homeless people in darfur or by the starvation of the whales in the pacific. or by the species that are being snuffed out as we talk. or by the people who are suffering in iraq and afghanistan. >> brown: and you have to take that sense of imagination and turn it into poetry that connects with people. that's what you've been doing for a long time. when we talked a few years ago, you talked about a simplicity of language. is...
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he, of course, has made many trips to the sudan and darfur. about to happen there that is going to be, well, it is a crucial point in the lives of millions of people there and he will be along to tell us about that in just a couple of minutes. >> the worry he has is the violence that will break out there. and he once likened it to what would you do if you knew an earthquake was coming and you could prevent all the destruction? he says we can and will tell us how. also former secretary of state condoleezza rice with us this morning the first african-american woman to hold the office. she grew up in birmingham, alabama during the height of racial tension and credits her parents with guiding her life. she has written a memoir and will tell us all about it. >> a great read. >> good morning, everyone, an incredible morning as we've told you one by one the trapped miners pulled to the surface after spending 69 days undergrounds. miners are being pulled out at the rate of about one an hour. ten up so far, cbs news correspondent seth doane joins us on
he, of course, has made many trips to the sudan and darfur. about to happen there that is going to be, well, it is a crucial point in the lives of millions of people there and he will be along to tell us about that in just a couple of minutes. >> the worry he has is the violence that will break out there. and he once likened it to what would you do if you knew an earthquake was coming and you could prevent all the destruction? he says we can and will tell us how. also former secretary of...
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he's made many trips to sudan, darfur.that's going to be -- well, it's a crucial point in the lives of millions of people there. he'll be along to tell us about that in just a couple of minutes. >> the worry that he has is the violence will break out there. he likened it to, what would you do if you could prevent an earthquake from coming and could prevent destruction. >>> condoleezza rice here with us this morning. she was the first african-american woman to ever hold that office. she grew up in birmingham, alabama during the height of racial tension and credits her parents with guidi regular contact with the miners working with the miners there. he said he was in contact with them 35 to 40 time as day. so this victor, in this rescue capsule now was one of the regular people in touch with the surface. he was quite descriptive in some of his writing and a couple of things struck me very descriptive writing. he writes to family members, this hell is killing me. i try to be strong, but had i sleep i dream i'm in an oven. had
he's made many trips to sudan, darfur.that's going to be -- well, it's a crucial point in the lives of millions of people there. he'll be along to tell us about that in just a couple of minutes. >> the worry that he has is the violence will break out there. he likened it to, what would you do if you could prevent an earthquake from coming and could prevent destruction. >>> condoleezza rice here with us this morning. she was the first african-american woman to ever hold that...
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group the actor and activist george clooney who was very concerned about the great fear of the war in darfuring in now southern sudan. there's a lot of concern about atrocities and even possibly genocide. so he's on a mission to try to stop this war. and the u.n. security council went there last week. we'll be talking to george live the one of his first interviews actually in about three years, he says, here live tomorrow on "today." >> we look forward to that, and we look forward to you reporting on that. let's go inside, amy robach is at the news desk. >>> the rescue countdown has begun for 33 miners trapped under ground for more than two months. officials hope to start hoisting the miners out one by one in a steel cage on wednesday. >>> north korea has given its strongest indication so far that kim jong-il will -- kim jong-un was made a four-star general just two weeks ago. two americans were among the three men who won the nobel prize for economics. >>> and gasoline prices are on the rise. the nationwide average is $2.77 that's up about eight cents from just two weeks a lot. >>> the newe
group the actor and activist george clooney who was very concerned about the great fear of the war in darfuring in now southern sudan. there's a lot of concern about atrocities and even possibly genocide. so he's on a mission to try to stop this war. and the u.n. security council went there last week. we'll be talking to george live the one of his first interviews actually in about three years, he says, here live tomorrow on "today." >> we look forward to that, and we look...
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surrounding arab regimes that threatened with execution could find shelter acid muslim refugees from darfur were in bosnia. here's a country that absorbed hundreds of thousands of jewish refugees from arab countries, from the former soviet bloc. a country that was the only largely white nation in the world that airlifted adamant expense in entire community from africa, the ethiopians and offered them a home. but there was as yet no strategic alliance. in 1967, there was a war -- a six-day war. israel fought that war, defeated a number of arab armies. israel fought that war without american armaments. but in the aftermath of the work on the president on the president of the united states, lyndon johnson, woke up and said whoa, there is this major powerhouse in the middle east. it opposes the soviets in the cold war. we should be aligned with that country. and so, the alliance was born. and israel stood by the united states throughout the cold war. and then after the fall of the soviet union, israel stood by america in the fight against the perpetrators of terror. the result was the emergence
surrounding arab regimes that threatened with execution could find shelter acid muslim refugees from darfur were in bosnia. here's a country that absorbed hundreds of thousands of jewish refugees from arab countries, from the former soviet bloc. a country that was the only largely white nation in the world that airlifted adamant expense in entire community from africa, the ethiopians and offered them a home. but there was as yet no strategic alliance. in 1967, there was a war -- a six-day war....