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and today clinton had strong praise for ellen johnson-sirleaf and her accomplishments.ite a recent apology for johnson-sirleaf for giving an example to charles taylor, an infamiliar lus warlord and later liberia's president. tayl liberia's leader at the end of 14 years of a brutal civil war. and it was the advent of a woman's movement earlier in this decade that helped to drive him from power. in tonight's signature story, we want to take a deeper look at the power of women in liberia. in a story we first brought you earlier this year. "worldfocus" special correspondent lynn sherr shows us how the movement gave women the kind of opportunities they could never have dreamed of. ♪ >> reporter: the message from monrovia, the capital of liberia, is loud and clear -- women rule, literally in the person of ellen johnson-sirleaf, the first female president elected in africa, and optimistically, as in this four-day conference of women from around the world, strategiesing on everything from stopping violence against women to funding political campaigns. the international women's

[applause] >> ellen johnson-sirleaf became the president of liberia in 2006. previously served as that country's minister of finance and as an executive for citibank. she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by george w. bush. the oracle group organized this discussion for their weekly interview program in the cafÉ with mocha. for more information, visit the oracle grew.net and click on the show tap. >> douglas brickley looks at the first green president >> next, a portion of the tv is a monthly three-hour live program in depth. on the first sunday of each month, we invite one offer to discuss their entire body of work and take your calls. in depth also includes a visit with the author to see where and how they write their books. that's what you are about to see. >> this is my bedroom. this is the corner of my bedroom. i usually don't write here. i'd have a steady but my daughter is living in it for the summer. it's her bedroom actually. while she is home from college. so i'm parked here on this card table, and i do have this fantastic view, which is

she voiced strong support for liberia's president ellen johnson-sirleaf, first woman to become head of in africa. clinton's trip ends soon she returns to the united states tomorrow night. >>> on cape cod, the kennedy family is saying good-bye to eunice kennedy shriver, the sister of the late president and the woman who stood up for the rights of the physically and mentally challenged. nbc's andrea mitchell joins us from centerville, massachusetts. andrea. >>> good evening, ann. , the fa greeted the famo and the not-so-famous at our lady of victory church behind me. as the wake continues tonight. you have seen everyone here from of course, maria shriver, the daughter of eunice kennedy shriver, and her brothers, her siblings. alsof course, arnold schwarzenegger, oprah, caroline kennedy. and also, the not so famous. the special olympians who think of eunice kennedy shriver as their andmother. she mentored them. she loved them. in fact an inspiration. she single-handedly changed the way that the physically and mentally challenged are treated all over the world. and she will, tomorrow, be b

i asked president ellen johnson sirleaf what was the message for the rape victim and her family. >> wes take care of that child. if they don't, reach out to others, facilitated by our ambassador, to make sure she is placed in a situation where she can be administered to, that she can be loved and cared and call upon the parents to do right by that child. they cannot allow her life to be so interrupted by this incident and take away the future that is sobriety for her. >> he is just back from the mission of meeting with the little girl and her family and joins me live from washington. let me ask you, if you don't mind, sir, when you talked with this little girl, how is she doing, what did she tell you. what's your sense of her condition? >> let me say thank you for having me. when i met this very cute, pretty, 8-year-old little girl, she was very distraught. i took her a teddy bear that i told her was from the president of liberia. that she and liberians extended their love to her. it was a moment that i will never forget as a father and grandfather. this girl has had so much at the ten