the person leading the campaign is eve ensler. joins us on this program read thousands of organizations across the world have already joined her 1 billion rising campaign. this is activist and actress rosario dawson >> 1 in 3 women will be raped repeatedly in this country. i think it is scary and and same to imagine that women's issues and gross issues are a side issue but as long as the continue to stand up and not riot and make it a thing that is at the forefront, we will see every other issue before us continue to fail. >> rosario dawson, the actors, activist, supporter of the 1 billion rising initiative. to talk more, we're joined by eve ensler, creator of "the vagina monologues." talk about what is happening. on february 14, 2013. >> i am blown away in. we started this campaign a few months ago. we began to put it out into the world. we have a lot of amazing activists across the planet of began to work on this. today we're launching a new website. we have over 5000 groups across the world signed up. we have 161 countries. we

the story sticks with me because while i describe the eve ensler like to remember this is a very human story and i met his daughter in new york city and it always stuck with me. another story i think that is kind ever done the same line is one where the united states caught in the mind international waters designed the of the complete right to engage. but the problem is there is -- again, this is a huge story. the u.s. steel's board the ship the next morning and one has recounted the story he's searching some portfolio that happened to be dumping garbage on the u.s. open fire. probably had no idea they had no -- it wasn't in the decision process of doing the operation of this just a sailor there was told to do it and had to be dumping garbage at the wrong time. but as he searched his body for the intelligence value, we found a photograph of him and his 10-year-old son and even 15 years after he got very emotional knowing that some place in iran there is a son whose father wasn't coming home. >> host: that is a very touching story coming and it does leave me to imagine you have been for