. >>> we turn next to one of the most desperate places on earth, to darfur. but this story ends better than most. for one family, at least, who, after a long and grueling odyssey, is now living here in america. for 1-year-old hakim and his family, this is a very new world. martha's vineyard is a long way from darfur, that part of sudan where this family barely survived. when the militia attacked their village in 2004, the family narrowly escaped, losing their 5-year-old daughter in the chaos. "my daughter's name was munah," he told us. "i was only thinking to run and protect my children." they did run, to this camp. but their infant son wasn't strong enough to survive. "i lost him because of the starvation," he says. "he was a sick boy." their nightmare was just beginning. he was imprisoned for nearly a year before escaping and fleeing again with his family to the slums of nairobi. but this time, an organization heard their story. >> they're sick. they don't have any blankets, they don't have any mattresses, they don't have any food. >> reporter: back in the

vice president and secretary of state in the three senators -- senators are leading advocates of darfur inaction the congo they whether the first year-and-a-half for two weathers or the first 20 months of their administration with unprecedented problems and reasserting his fundamental priorities and i sought a man across the table friday when i met with him at the united nations, a president who has fired in his eyes for this issue of cdn in particular. it takes some time at the beginning of an administration, it is truly possible moment where we can make real changes but also at the individual local where anyone of us in this room and watching this has stepped up to become an advocate for others who are less fortunate whenever circumstances it may have had. mine came when i was 21 years old i injured my ankle playing basketball and could not get up in a lazy boy chair because i did not have a channel changer that newfangled thing back of the day. i had two whatever was on because i could not get up and walk and suddenly there is a program focusing on this story that had not yet broken

this is how all of sudan's warsa relate whether it's darfur, whether it's the south, whether it's the people in the east,r, whether it's even the northerners, the nubians. the central cabal based in cartoons is very small political, very powerful regime fights against its own peripheries wherever those areae against any terms they may be with. in the south, traditionally, they've used islam.ed christians and muslims alike in its own country.and you're right, darfur is muslim-muslim. these are the kindh of nuances which are essential to understand to try to decode some of this, oh, it'ss christian-muslim all the time. no, it's not. it's the fault lines within that are truly the most important to watch.fne >> host: we haven't talked about ethiopia orgy beauty.: >> guest: okay, ethiopia. probably my most favorite story that i learned in doing this book was i didn't go to ethiopia until very late in the reporting, and before i went i learned that in 615 s.d. when the prophet muhammad was a 40-something rich trader preaching to his own people inow mecca, in saudi arabia, theyh kicked him o

they should cook the food without facing rape and beating, as we see in darfur in other places. giving women the power to feed their families safe it is not that difficult. we've done is with the business darfur.d are foin woman did not have to go 10 climbers out to get wood in darfur. the average time the go without being beaten or raped is two weeks max. it cost $7 million to make sure there's safe access to cooking products. the technology revolution. technology can revolutionize the face of hunger. integrated in the community. today, they get a doctor from loss on a cell phone to spend in a -- today they get a voucher from lost on a cell phone. it saves money. we have a mobile shop that comes up. private sector business to connect to those refugees. in zambia, a hugely innovative voucher program, giving storekeepers and farmers access to the solution. even for us, the world food program spends less than 0.01% of the money on press. we want to get everything we can his cup.so t hist so we went on youtube and asked the world -- we set up a competition to produce hunger videos

if it's a place like darfur where there is no food, we will bring in the food. place like some plachese in haiti right -- some places in haiti right now where there are food markets after the rth quake but people have no cash, we can bring in a voucher or cash. we can do humanitarian action even up front in a way that will support the recovery of markets and be sensitive to their strengths. it's dangerous action. a couple of summers ago, 34 of our drivers were kidnapped and missing in action in darfur. we lose people regularly. i lost one of our staff trying to fill this exact type of cup in somalia and was shot right through the head. trying to do so. why? because some people would prefer that people don't get access to food. so this is a very important protection action. we need the support of the world. every penny we raise is voluntarily raised. but if we can prevent people from falling through the floor of resiliency, selling off all their cattle, selling off their homes, pulling kids out of school, they'll do anything to eat. if we can prevent that, and th

security council has received a controversial report on violations of the embargo in the darfur region that infuriated beijing. they found the government breached the embargo and that china did little to enis that your chinese weapons were not used in the conflict. medvedev said he was aware of the spy ring in the u.s. when the scandal broke. it led to the largest spy swap between the two countries since the end of the cold war. the funerals of eight policeman have been held in karachi in pakistan. the blast almost completely destroyed a police come pound and high security zone. the medical aid group msf said the number of new cases of cholera in haiti have increased seven-fold in the last few days. they are making a plea for more funds. they said the disease has so far killed about 800 people. >> haiti's latest torment. children with cholera on the streets over the capital. in the past three days there has been an explosion in the number of cases. the epidemic intensified. the overstretched hospitals are overflowing with patients and exhausted doctors are overwhelmed. >> increasing pa

campaign to ensure that the united states does not allow mass atrocities to happen in the sudan or darfur. >> michael jackson's mother talked about raising his kids today on the oprah show. katherine jackson says she wants to give those kids a normal childhood so she doesn't make them wear veils. prince and paris are in private school and blanket, he's being home schooled for now. the tensest moment is when oprah asked joe jackson about beating his children as michael had claimed. katherine jackson stepped in there. >> he used a strap, yes, he did use a strap. >> let me just ask you this. knowing what you know now, would you do it differently? do you think it would be a different kind of father? >> i would have punished them. it was to keep them out of trouble and jail. my kids never been in jail. >> jackson's eldest son prince says he wants to be a film director and his sister paris wants to be an actress. >> we'll right back with the haow ceementut'osha s stirring alost conversation tonight. >>> one mother's blog about her decision to allow her 5-year-old son to dress up like a girl for

are behind a campaign to ensure the united states does not allow mass atrocities to happen in the darfur region. >>> you might want to splurge on dinner out for a good cause. dozens of restaurants have agreed to give 10% of their profits tomorrow to meals on wheels. the organization provides meals to home-bound seniors. celia's mexican restaurant, the burrito factory just a few of the participating restaurants. you can find a complete list on our website, just search dine out. >>> here's a good question for you. how do you get to carnegie hall? well, if you're a high school student, you practice, practice, practice and then you pack up your violin. let me show you this. this is mikayla from san mateo. she's 17 and a senior and she's been chosen for the 2011 american high school honors performance series at carnegie hall. guess what, here's mikayla with us now. she's just as beautiful and talented in person. let me find out from this, that's a major gig that you're going to. how do you get selected for something like that? >> well, my orchestra teacher, mark fish, he nominated me. and the

united states and the north but also greatly enhance our ability to advance the peace process in darfur. and all of that is to the benefit of both the north and the south as well as the region. i hope we can achieve that. >> warner: senator john kerry, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> suarez: now, the beginning of an ongoing series about health care reform. tonight, how the biggest experiment at the state level is working, and what lessons it offers for the national debate. health correspondent betty ann bowser reports from massachusetts. >> reporter: it's sider days in western massachusetts. a tiny cheer when people eat, bake, press and drink the elixir from one of the state's healthiest exports, the apple. but there's another home-grown product getting national scrutiny these days because four years ago massachusetts became the first state in the nation to pass a health care reform bill. and now with the republicans poised to take over the house and governorships in ten states next year, the new federal health care reform law is under the microscope. with supporters and critics ali

in support of the invisible children number ugonda, in support of the genocide survivors in darfur, and we call this point in time of the enough's moment when the enough people have finally had enough of the deadly status quo and t

bashir, some of you may know, is the first head of state to be indicted for genocide in this darfur. let's not be hasty and do sanctions on sudan. let's engage him with business. let's love him to death with business. let's do business with this oil-rich regime. anyway, he's now face 15g years, so we don't have to worry about him. we do have to worry about uganda. a country not a lot of people pay attention to, but the family did x. they did so, again w the best of intentions. the man who kind of forged that relationship between the family and uganda considers himself a liberal, was pursuing what he thought was humanitarian work, was supporting a bright and shining hope for this african nation. 1986 when he began sort of facilitating foreign aid, making connections for the new president many washington. in washington. the president had been a leftist, the family wrote in a document it's important that we keep this country christian. and so it has become christian and a revival nation. and you know that christianity in uganda? it's actually done a lot of great things. it kit grade thi

the women do not have to go to 10 kilometers out in darfur to get wood. the average time they go without being beaten or raped is two weeks max. the set but is the technology revolution. technology can revolutionize the face of auger. today in syria, the refugees from iraq that were not being very welcome are being acclimated and to the community. they get money to spend in the stores. the storekeepers loved it. it saves money. there is a mobile shop that comes up. private sector businesses can connect to those refugees. in zambia, we had a hugely innovative voucher program getting storekeepers and farmers access to the solutions. event for s, the world food program spends less than 0.1% of its money on publicity. we want to get everything we can enter this cup. our overhead is 7% by agreement with the world. we went on at youtube and set up a competition to show under videos so we have tools to _ our work against under. -- we have tools to underscore our work against hunger. we want to use technology to connect those to have food to those who do not have

you are right, darfur is muslim/muslim.these are the kind of nuances which are essential to understand to try to decode some of this. christian/muslim all the time. no, it's not the. it's the fault lines within that are truly the most important to watch. >> host: we haven't talked about ethiopia. >> guest: ethiopia, okay. i didn't go to ethiopia until very late in the reporting. and before i went the prophet muhammad was preaching to his own people in mecca, they kicked him out. they didn't want to hear the message of one single god. he fled with most of his followers 210 miles away to what's now known as medina, the city of the prophet. he send a dozen followers to africa. why? that was the king of ethiopia. his own daughter was one of these 12; right? so they go to the court of christian king. and this is one of the earliest cases of political asylum that we have in history. they say to the king, they tell the king the story to try to safeguard their passage. they tell them the story of the virgin mary, giving wirth to --

they carried out humanitarian missions in berlin, darfur, rwanda, haiti. they've issued and indeed after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that was struck in haiti, 2010, team travis conducted the first humanitarian airlift mission, provided search and rescue personnel, medical equipment and delivered cargo during the duration of the haitian relief effort and they also set up the logistics at the airport which was destroyed. after the tragic 2004 tsunami that devastated much of south asia, travis delivered most than -- more than two million poubds of supply, provide -- pounds of supply. given the broad contribution to humanitarian causes around the world, it's clear that the 60th air mobility wing and team travis valiantly fulfill their mission of being america's first choice. not only is travis a vital and value base furthering humanitarian abroad, it's also a very, very important part of the solano county economy. they spend roughly $339 million in the county. they are the largest sector of the economy and at least 5,600 jobs outside of the airbase are includ

done films for amnesty international and worked on other human rights projects like the crisis in darfuride. >> reporter: and josh fattal, an environmentalist, headed a sustainable living community in oregon. their parents, who are profiled in the film, agonize over their release. >> we're hoping it strikes the compassionate chord and pushes for a humanitarian release. >> reporter: while the u.s. and iran have had broken diplomatic relations for decades, last month, secretary of state hillary clinton spoke out on fattal and bauer's behalf. >> we do not believe there is any basis whatsoever for them to be put on trial. >> we have enormous support from many parts of the government, but the kids are not home. >> reporter: sarah shourd says that's why she's working tirelessly to share their story with the world so shane and josh can finally make it home. >> i'm very hopeful. i just want it to be tomorrow. >> reporter: kareen wynter, cnn, los angeles. >> if you're interested, you can see the documentary. it's called "free shane and josh" on the website dedicated to their release. that web add

giving voice to the oppressed millions in north korea and being an outspoken critic of genocide in darfur. senator jim bunning. everybody knows about jim bunning and baseball. nobody who knows jim bunning would want to be a batter when he's throwing pitches. we can easily understand how he's the only person to strike ted williams out three times. but whatnot as many people know about him is that jim bunning has been a persistent leader in fighting for sick nuclear workers who served our country during the 1950's and 1960's and were sick because of their work in handling nuclear weapons and other matters. so, jim bunning deserves the thanks of all of the families of the sick nuclear workers in america for his service here. senator chris dodd, children and families are chris dodd's hallmark and his legacy. he's been here a long time, six terms, i think. but i felt privileged to work with him on the same subcommittee on children and families. he's focused on premature births specifically and a whole variety of other legislation. we'll also miss his congeniality, his good humor and his devoti

we condemned the persecution and sought to bring peace to darfur. work to secure the release of the first egyptian blogger to be jailed for his online writings and established the congressional commission on divided families to reunite korean americans with their north korean relatives. we fought to protect iraq's christian community from increasing violence and led efforts to combat the rise of global anti-semitism. we fought for women's rights around the world, basic education, health services and access to family planning. we stood up for our allies, poland, armenia, greece, ukraine and georgia, and increased oversight of the united nations' relief and works agency and demanded accountability in u.s. assistance to the west bank and gaza. we successfully changed policy on proposed arms sales to saudi arabia, protecting u.s. forces in the region and preserving israel's qualitative military advantage. we delivered eyes in the sky and the radar system to defend the state of israel. and in our bipartisan legislation, we moved it forward to probability

in rwanda, dark fur -- darfur, wherever they may be. we do not have no method of doing that. so we rely on what our customs of war insofar as they can be made to fit this to accomplish this. this is why afghanistan ling persson. it is not because anyone wishes to make war on the afghan people. it is because what kind of the state can be established so these people will not be living in a threat and terror of continued activity that threatens their security. we do not have a good answer to that. the way we are doing it now is a particularly good. but it is all we have. so we look to people like yourselves to come up with better instruments than the ones we currently have, instruments that would guard the rights and security of vulnerable people. >> the fact that you are here listening to this conversation and you care gives us all a bit of hope. we appreciate your presence. thank you. [applause] >> i will try to be brief. thank you out for your work. i will recommend the book "the code of war." your book and other works make clear how utterly important is to have a guiding mor