and so, on that basis, with our support, ethiopia invaded somalia and overthrew that government. well, now that relatively moderate islamic courts government has morphed into something called al-shabab, which is much more militantly islamic, and much more violent. in the meantime, we in the united nations were, had stuck together in nairobi by bribing and buying clothes for islam--for somali politicians and so on. a so-called transitional government, which was eventually installed in mogadishu, protected by... >> capitalist somalia. >> ...yeah. protected by african union troops. well, that government was never elected, of course, and now, it controls nothing more than a few square blocks of mogadishu. and if you removed the african union troops, which are primarily from uganda and burundi, they'd be gone in a minute. they might even be being driven out of their few square blocks as we talk. >> terrence, what do you think about the stabilization of somalia's government? is it possible? >> in somalia, it, there are, there are some two major forces, almost forces of gravity, that ev

he loved his family, sports and ethiopia. his mother's native country. he left for africa january 1st. nine days later he was in a restaurant. >> one of the guys that got shot heard americans humbled. >> he said friends were offended so they left. a police officer who was nearby opened fire. >> i blame the government because they are the ones who are training these so-called officers to act out in their behalf. >> according to this family, corruption within the ethiopian police department is commonplace. they think the ones making the racist remarks may have been involved. >> i am thinking they went up to police saying i will give you, here, $200 to shoot up this car. a lot was going in my mind. i don't have an answer. i need an answer. >> they want government and civil rights leaders to help investigate. an aide to senator barbara boxer told abc7 news their office is trying to get more information. >> they don't want this to be just another incident of someone being killed in our country. >> the plan was to return from ethiopia at the end of the month a

>>reporter: about the family says corrupt officers are common in ethiopia.that night the officer shot several people with his ak 47. according to the u.s. embassies in ethiopia the officer is in custody and is being investigated. the victim's family is asking government and civil right leaders to intervene and help get answers. difficult speck with an aid with senator boxer office tonight and told me she's already made phone calls to ethiopia officials and to the state department to try to get some information. live in san jose, lisa, abc 7 news. >>> thanks. >> san jose police shut down part of mainly street while they investigate the deadly shooting of young man during rush hour. officers found the victim just before 5 at story road and east capitol expressway. item shut down in both direction rate now. victim not identified is between 18 and 20 years old. so far there is no word on any suspects or what led to the shooting. >>> substance lawls county family still holding out hope tonight in the state wide search for 4-year-old julian. tonight a sonar device

today a young girl from ethiopia will undergo live-saving surgery at children's hospital.llen wong tells us about her incredible journey here and the couple who helped make it possible. >> i'm going to look at your eye. >> it's been a long journey from ethiopia and 13-year-old blaine is anxious to undergo life-saving surgery on a cancer on her eye. >> this has gone all the way over to the other start of the eye and starting to hit on the cornea there, right on the edge of the cornea. >> they sold their only source of income. her tiny village chipped in the rest. >> most people in this particular region don't live past 40 years of age. one in five kids don't survive. it's very, very, very difficult to see. >> physician's assistant janet turns and her husband dr. john turns discovered blaine's cancer during a relief initial with a group called doctors giving back. >> within two years it would have riddled her body and she would have never survived. >> but the cancer hasn't spread and they hope doctors at the hospital can remove it for good. the journey from her village of 2,

it's filled with friends in ethiopia and in the bay area during happier times.n a span of just seven months the family's house burned down, they became homeless and now their oldest son is dead. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> his family told us about his story through youreport powered by youtube.com. you can e-mail us or just go to our website. the search for a kidnapped four-year-old boy continues this morning in a central valley canal near patterson. detectives will be back at 8:00 this morning searching a section of the canal where a farm worker says he saw a silver toyota corolla with two people inside go into the water. last night a 4th car was pulled from the canal but it turned out to be just another stolen car unrelated to this kidnapping case. the canal is still their best lead to find the little boy. >> there are no more credible leads that are taking us in a different direction. >> possibly did see two bodies in the car. >> that sighting was made on tuesday shortly after the boy was kidnapped from his grandmother's arms. they have been using sona

he loved his family and sports and his mother's native country ethiopia. he was in a restaurant. >> one of the guys got shot heard something. >> witnesses told the family that he and his friends were offended and they left. a police officer who was nearby suddenly opened fire. he died soon after. >> i blame the government because they are the ones who are training these so-called officers to act out in their behalf. >> according to this family corruption between the ethiopian police department is common place. they think the ones making racist remarks may have been involved. >> here i'll give you $200 and shoot up the place. that is going through my mind. i don't have an answer. i need an answer. >> the parents want government and civil rights leaders to help investigate. an aide to senator barbara boxer told "abc 7 news" their office is trying to get more information. >> we don't want to be just another incident of someone being killed in that country. >> the plan was to return from ethiopia at the end this month and continue to take classes at san jose c

they say their son was murdered by a police officer in ethiopia. the 20-year-old was there seeing relatives. now the family wants the u.s. government to help them receive justice. abc 7's lisa amin gulezian has the story. >> a steady flow of visitors try to console a family that's experienced so much loss. >> he was a good kid to me. >> asanni died january 9th. he loved his family, sports and ethiopia, his mother's native country. he led for africa january 1st. nine days later he was in a restaurant. >> one that got shot heard. >> witnesses told the family he and his friends were offended so they left. a police officer who was nearby suddenly opened fire. assani died soon thereafter. >> i blame the government because they're the ones training these so-called officers act out in their behalf. >> according to this family, corruption in the ethiopian police department is commonplace. they think the ones making the racist remarks in the restaurant may have been involved. >> i'm thinking they went up to the police, here i give you $200, shoot at this ca

unlike egypt, ethiopia enjoys a fairly abundant rainy season. in recent years though, the rains have become less dependable, and ethiopia is determined to build a huge irrigation system to avoid further famine. ethiopia is also in the midst of bought a rebuilding an ambitious series of dams for hydroelectric polysemy -- hydroelectric power. the egyptians say that this and others is like asking them to abandon their nile culture and go live in the desert. the inflexible attitude is based on two unchangeable facts, and the population has reached unprecedented numbers one of the land is confined to a narrow strip. both food and energy supplies are inextricably tied to nile water. agriculture represents one- third of egypt's economy. all of it is dependent on nine water. rhetoric over the water issue is growing extremely heated. -- all of it is dependent on the nile water. they talk about not being able to win a war with ethiopia over the nile waters. the current treaty was signed during the 1920's during the british occupation. over 55entitled to b

this is during a trip to ethiopia. last month he traveled to ethiopia to finish family members and went to a nightclub. police reportedly shouted anti-american slurs at them. as they were leaving a police officer followed them out and fired at their car. one of the wults hit arafani. he died on the way to the hospital. his father says he's golten little help from the embassy or local politicians. >> i feel like there would be more involvement from the united states with helping this with this issue to push for reports and things of what happened over there. >> and his family wants to know if the officer will be charged. the embassy says this incident is being investigated. >> police in owningland investigating how two second graders could enghaij a sex act in a classroom with a teacher and other students present. vic lee joins us with the latest. >> dan, whamd here at marcum elementary school is not only shocking but school district officials are afraid that the kids in that classroom could be emotionally scarred. that

. >>> a teenager from ethiopia had life saving surgery thanks to one couple.the 13-year-old had a cancer on her eye. her family sold their only source of income, a truck to buy plane tickets. she and her husband discovered the cancer during a relief mission by doctors giving back and they're now raising money to help her recover once she does go home. if you can help look under see it on tv. >> and a san francisco family on the verge of deportation granted a stay this afternoon. the 18-year-old graduate elizabeth lee and her 16-year-old brother brought to the u.s. from per skbru ordered to leave on january 19th but now have been given until july to make a case to stay. >> what is going to happen because it doesn't work out i have to go back to peru. very no family there, no friends. i don't really know the conditions of the country, either. >> reform advocates say it would be inhumane to send them back to a country they no longer know. >> garage rates are about to go up this year because san francisco based recology will be the new trash collector taking over

. >> over 100,000 manuscripts from europe, the middle east, from ethiopia, from india. well over 30, 40 million pages, we've lost count long ago. >> reporter: the texts are recorded, catalogued and stored in underground vaults >> and our pledge is that those will be safe, forever. >> reporter: the library's effort began in the 1960s in europe, a time when microfilm first became available, also a time when there was fear of a nuclear war. next the librarians went to ethiopia, anticipating correctly, that many of that country's orthodox manuscripts could be destroyed in the political turmoil of the '70s and '80s. in recent years, the focus has been on the middle east. >> our goal since 2003 was to do as many eastern christian manuscripts in the middle east as possible. because we all know that these manuscripts are endangered from a variety of causes. the one people think of most is violence because they associate this region, whether its lebanon or a place like jerusalem certainly a ple like iraq with immediate physical danger to manuscripts. >> reporter: we followed fat

. >> it has been a long journey from ethiopia and 13-year-old blaine hennok is anxious to go through surgery on a cancerous melanoma on her eye. >> you can see it has grown to the other side of the eye and it is starting to hit on the cornea there. >> blaine's family sold their only source of income for airplane tickets to the u.s. her tiny village chipped in the rest. >> there is one car which we all use, and that is our one car and he sell that and we come here. >> most people in this region don't live past 40 years of age. one of five kids don't survive. it is very, very, very difficult to see. >> janet and her husband discovered blaine's cancer during a relief mission by the couple's non-profit group called doctors giving back. >> within two years it would have riddled her body and she never would have survived. >> the cancer hasn't spread and they hope doctors can remove it for good. the journey has been an eye opener. >> i hua the bridge and the buildings and i like that very much. >> reporter: she is positive she hillary cover and fulfill her dream to become a doctor. >> i wan

the political crisis in the ivory coast within a month the move came off to three days of talks in ethiopia following widespread on a rest since november disputed elections former ivorian leader. still refusing to step down despite calls from the international community who say the opposition candidate is the rightful winner. the european union has begun a preliminary probe into allegations of those prime minister once led to ring trafficking human organs follows a council of europe report alleging that she was the boss of a criminal underworld gang involved in the grisly trade during the one nine hundred ninety nine war against serbia the report also implicates the cause of liberation army in the crimes which are said to have involved killing prisoners. south africa's a former president nelson mandela is resting at home in johannesburg after being discharged from hospital the ninety two year old who was admitted for two nights with an acute respiratory infection has provoked a public panic over the health of the apartheid icon mandela's office says it received over ten thousand messages of

the political crisis in the ivory coast within a month the move came off to three days of talks in ethiopia following widespread unrest since november's disputed elections former leader. is still refusing to step down despite calls from the international community who say the opposition candidate is the rightful winner. and south africa's former president nelson mandela is resting at home in johannesburg after being discharged from hospital the ninety two year old was admitted for two nights with an acute respiratory infection provoked a public panic over the health of the apartheid icon mandela offers says he received over ten thousand messages of support from well wishers. what were also one line for you twenty four hours a day with plenty more stories for you to check out and here's some of the things you can find it right now. if. you can also stay in an exclusive emporio armani hotel. to open the design a hotel in russia. but just like it's clear it's not going to be a cheap stay. in one of the most famous clowns in the world. is back in moscow with this show but this performance is gu

not physical control but barack people with an to communist circuit mainly the horn of africa and ethiopia. they went into the southern part of an bola and nicaragua. we should be careful of what commitments we make but if we are perceived to withdraw from afghanistan-minimum requirements for our own security we can trigger the more aggressive expansion of the jihadists on the one hand and a shy away, those relying on us to get that job done. there are serious consequences. take on commitments of those necessary for our security. democratizing afghanistan should not be one of our objectives. >> we talked about federalism and make reference to the tea party movement. trying to come up with more optimism. that shows the american people are for individual freedom and responsibility. >> you use federalism earlier. from most glorious swelling of grass roots in constructive ways and some areas that are constructive, a tremendous sign of our hope. because of the underlying themes are less intrusive government, less expensive government and don't settle the next two or three generations with level

control but they brought people with him to be the communist circuit namely the horn of africa, ethiopia, yemen, they went into the southern part of africa and angola and nicaragua. i believe we should be careful of what commitment we make, but if we are perceived to withdraw from us give afghanistan on the domestic pressures before meeting the minimum requirement that we believe required for our own security then we could trigger that same kind of more aggressive expansion jihadists on the one hand on others who have been relying on us to get the job done. but it's also suggests we should take on commitments beyond those that are necessary for our security. afghanistan should not be one of our objectives. >> you talked so much about the federalism and did make reference to the tea party movement. do you see that, and i think we are trying to come up with some more optimism perhaps. do you see their success in the recent elections showed the american people are still for limited government, they are still for individual freedom and responsibility and they would like to have their congres

i will look at that. >> they were protecting the oil reserves in ethiopia. >> i may be incorrect. china is interested in the extraction of resources. they don't care about human rights in those countries and they bring in their own labor and transfer no jobs whatsoever to the african citizens. that is the major dissatisfaction in africa. >> the gentleman's time has expired. i recognize the chairman designate of oversight and investigation for five minutes. >> thank you. i would like to thank you for having this hearing at this moment because we have to understand that as we speak our country is officially welcoming president hu as if he had the same stature and acceptability as a democratic leader. we welcome him the same we do countries that democratic and respect human rights. this is wrong. we should not be granting monsters regimes engaged in massive human rights abuses and in this case the world's worst human rights abuser is being welcomed to our white house with respect to. what does that do to those people in china who only hope of a peaceful future, the people of china ar

today a young girl from ethiopia will undergo life-saving surgery at children's hospital thanks to theorts of a san jose couple. an incredible journey for blaine who has a melanoma on her eye. her tiny village chipped in. physician assistant and her husband dr. john turns discovered blaine's cancer during a relief mission by the couple's nonprofit called doctors giving back. coming to the bay area has been an eye-opening experience. >> i was very amazed by plants and the bridge and the very buildings, very amazing and i like them very much. >> blaine is positive she will recover. she hopes to become a doctor some day herself so she can also help others like she has been helped. >> it's 5:57. just ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00, the latest on another american woman that iran has now arrested on charges of spying. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in hillsborough where residents are being warned to keep an eye on their small children because of the possibility of a mountain lion attack. [ female announcer ] this is a strawberry pop tart... and this is a warm, fresh baked strawberry toaster strude

and the ethiopi ethiopia girl who gave up everything to come to the u.s.ife change is surgery. >>> come on down and make your pitch. >> i will listen to you for a few minutes. 49ers owner recently said money would be no object in getting the right head coach. the 49ers brass met with harbaugh for five hours today. that location might as well have been a bank. think in the neighborhood of $6 million to $7 million a year for harbaugh. he has all the leverage in the world right now. the 49ers desperately need him to restore credibility. the broncos want him. twist comes with the facte that miami owner was flying to make an offer. stay tuned. mine while, harbaugh's alma mater has an opening. the university of michigan fired rich rodriguez today. the athletic director says he thinks harbaugh is nfl bound. it is believed he was looking there for a deal in excess of $5 million a year but the wolverines didn't want to go that high. >>> it is widely assumed that offensive coordinator hugh jackson who did interview with the 49ers will get promoted and take over for

by 1900 there was hardly a square foot outside of ethiopia that wasn't a colony, protected or something by europe. and americans, like theodore roosevelt who was sort of a closet anglophile. when the british were building this empire in which the sun never set, roosevelt and a lot of people who thought like him, god, you know, we've got to do something like it because if we don't, we'll lose the opportunity. and one of the few places that was not taken was the philippines. of course; the philippines was taken by spain, but if we're going to go to war against spain -- americans thought it was a war about cuba. but, no, the war declaration said it's a war against spain. so roosevelt sent the asiatic fleet based in hong kong, he gave them standing orders to go right to manila and sink the spanish fleet there. there was certainly a naval and military justification for this because ships are portable. and even if serious fighting was to take place in cuba, those ships could sail from the philippines and show up in cuba, so we might as well sink them as we can. so it had the side effect of of

. >> this ethiopia -- in ethiopia they were soldiers that actually were killed by the olf there in thes. >> i may be incorrect. china doesn't care about human rights in those countries, and they bring in their own labor and transfer no jobs what whatsoever to the african citizens, and that's a major dissatisfaction in africa. >> the gentleman's time has expired. i recognize mr. rohrabacher, the chairman-designate on the subcommittee of oversight. for five minutes. >> thank you very much. i'd like to thank you for having this hearing at this moment because we have to understand that as we speak our country is officially welcoming prime prest hu as if he had the same stature and acceptability here as a democratic leader. we welcome him the same as we do countries that are democratic and respect human rights. this is wrong. we should not be granting monstrous regimes that are engaged with massive human rights abuses -- and in this case the world's worst human rights abuser is being welcomed to our white house with respect. now, what does that do to those people in china who are our only h

. >> this ethiopia -- in ethiopia they were soldiers that actually were killed by the olf there in the ogadon region. >> i think they were u.n. peace keepers, united nations peace keepers. i'll look at that. >> all all right. they were there protecting the oil reserves. >> i may be incorrect. china doesn't care about human rights in those countries, and they bring in their own labor and transfer no jobs what whatsoever to the african citizens, and that's a major dissatisfaction in africa. >> the gentleman's time has expired. i recognize mr. rohrabacher, the chairman-designate on the subcommittee of oversight. for five minutes. >> thank you very much. i'd like to thank you for having this hearing at this moment because we have to understand that as we speak our country is officially welcoming prime prest hu as if he had the same stature and acceptability here as a democratic leader. we welcome him the same as we do countries that are democratic and respect human rights. this is wrong. we should not be granting monstrous regimes that are engaged with massive human rights abuses -- and in

. >> this ethiopia -- in ethiopia they were soldiers that actually were killed by the olf there in the ogadon region. >> i think they were u.n. peace keeps, united nations peace keepers. i'll look at that. >> all all right. they were there protecting the oil reserves. >> i may be incorrect. china doesn't care about human rights in those countries, and they bring in their own labor and transfer no jobs what whatsoever to the african citizens, and that's a major dissatisfaction in africa. >> the gentleman's time has expired. i recognize mr. rohrabacher, the chairman-designate on the subcommittee of oversight. for five minutes. >> thank you very much. i'd like to thank you for having this hearing at this moment because we have to understand that as we speak our country is officially welcoming prime prest hu as if he had the same stature and acceptability here as a democratic leader. we welcome him the same as we do countries that are democratic and respect human rights. this is wrong we should not be granting monstrous regimes that are engaged with massive human rights abuses -- and in th

we had the awesome experience to join the peace corps in its third year and to be assigned to ethiopia. were it not for his leadership, this iconic and pure american program would never exist. shriver became our close friend as the years went by. with each meeting our love for sarg grew. as did our respect for his endless enthusiasm and desire to improve the status of all. in the 1990's patty had the opportunity to work closely with shriver, to spread the peace corps to eastern europe, asia and south africa. his enthusiasm once again motivated americans to join the peace corps and serve men, women and children in every part of the globe. america and the world will miss this compassionate and talented man. patty and i send our prayers and condolences to his family and we will personally miss this amazing individual. with that i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. under a previous order of the house, the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, is recognized for five minutes. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina ri

the president made a trip to ethiopia. general suleiman insisted he right in an armored limousine and there was an attempted assassination against president mubarak. he survived and thank him for having saved his life. as a result, he moved more closely into the inner circle. he is the chief of military intelligence in egypt. he is known in the united states as close to president mubarak himself. what we see is an effort on the part of the regime to position itself to survive the movement that transitions to a new political order. the regime understands the military, which supports and surround mubarak, understands that a change of leadership is not the same as a change of regime. they are hoping to be participants in what ever new political order emerges in egypt as this uprising unfolds. his appointment is very much a part of that. just to speak to one part of the caller's comments, which i agreed with completely, it is not only a question of mubarak been in government for 30 years. it has been in office for almost 60 ye

we served in a village out in southwestern ethiopia and put in place in our lives the vision that we could and should continue to serve. we're not alone. thousands affected by peace corps here in this nation found that same mission of being alive of service. in the 1990's, he returned once again to assist the peace corps as the clinton administration took the rebuilding and expansion of the peace corps. my work was working as the society director. they and the other staff opened the peace corps to the former soviet union nations, eastern europe and beyond and also to south africa. it was a period of growth and once again it was a period in which the shriver enthusiasm and determination to reach out to everyone in this world so they could have a better life was created -- these opportunities. we mourn his passage. our prayers go out to his family and to remind all of us that we, too, and in any way possible, should be serving our fellow man. we miss you. and we know that america and millions of people around the world that were affected by your programs will miss you also. let me now

. >> in ethiopia, they were soldiers killed by the ols. >> they were u.n.s. >> i'll have to look at that. i may be incorrect. china's interested in the extraction of resources. they don't care about human rights in those countries, and they bring in their own labor and transfer no jobs whatsoever to the african citizens, and that's the major dissatisfaction in africa. >> the gentleman's time expired. i recognize the chairman designate of the subcommittee on oversite and up vest gageses for -- investigations for five minutes. >> thank you, and also thank thank you for having this hearing at this moment because we have to understand that as we speak, our country is officially welcoming president hu as if he had the same stature and acceptability here as a democratic leader. we welcome him the same as we do countries that are democratic and respect human rights. this is wrong. we should not be granting a mons rows a regime involved with the worst human rights abuser and welcome him to the white house with respect. now, what does that do to the people in china

the president made a trip to ethiopia. general suleiman insisted he right in an armored limousine and there was an attempted assassination against president mubarak. he survived and thank him for having saved his life. as a result, he moved more closely into the inner circle. he is the chief of military intelligence in egypt. he is known in the united states as close to president mubarak himself. what we see is an effort on the part of the regime to position itself to survive the movement that transitions to a new political order. the regime understands the military, which supports and surround mubarak, understands that a change of leadership is not the same as a change of regime. they are hoping to be participants in what ever new political order emerges in egypt as this uprising unfolds. his appointment is very much a part of that. just to speak to one part of the caller's comments, which i agreed with completely, it is not only a question of mubarak been in government for 30 years. it has been in office for almost 60 ye

jann know when to ethiopia with care on a trip there. she wanted to read that especially around her trip. >> what is the present rating? >> he is reading in excellent biography of of bon hopper that i am an anxious to get my hands on. >> we got that at booktv and will cover that at some point. laura bush is the founder of the national book festival and the author of "spoken from the heart". she was first lady for eight years as well. thank you for being at