dob's advance against al-shabab rebels -- ethiopia's advance against al-shabab rebels. the opposition supporters in russia will be protesting today against vladimir putin. he was president 80 years until 2008. then he became prime minister. let's go to moscow for the latest from our correspondent following the events. >> everyone has been adjusting to a dramatic 24 hours over the election results. vladimir putin seems to have a resounding victory, but there are allegations of fraud from the opposition. now the report. >> apparently with tears in his eyes, russia opposes strongman vladimir putin appeared before and as supporters in moscow and declared victory -- russia's strongman. >> we have one in an open and honest struggle. = = have won. >> i promised you we would win and we have. in a cafe not far away, one of his opponents was holding court. a blogger and opposition leader pledging mass protests in the coming weeks and months. >> a substantial number of russian citizens, first of all residents of big cities, do not recognize these elections as legitimate and not re

melaku is from ethiopia. is it melaku? yes. melaku is from ethiopia.is family and being away from your family is not fun. angela is from the philippines. she's a "whoa!" kind of person. hi! angela, this is rebecca casey from boston. she'll be living here, too. hello. oh, terrific! nancy tells rebecca she has to pay rent. i'll need to ask you for some rent money to help pay the house expenses. speaker: that was something that she didn't count on. it was a little unfair of nancy shaw to tell rebecca that late. she was chosen to be the godmother, so she was supposed to be looking out for her. [captioned by the funding for this program [with captioning] was provided by: additional funding is provided by: and:

i'm going to ethiopia to deliver some food to children in ethiopia. i said, i've go to go to a funeral on monday. let's good on tuesday. just wait for me, mickey. i fly all night, come back, meet you pack, so i won't even go home. i will meet you out there. he said no, man, i got to go. young woman on my staff, on the district of columbia committee staff, came up to me and said, mr. dellums, i know you'd want to good with mick yes. i'm getting ready to celebrate a birthday and i was going to the care beep but i can't -- caribbean but i can't think of a better place to go but to go help congressman leyland help the children of ethiopia. can i go and take your place? and she went and took my place, and they both died in a plane crash in ethiopia. and i lost, um, a friend beyond my ability to describe. mickey was an incredible, wonderful, wonderful, spontaneous, just extraordinary human being. and i loved him. the first part of your question was? [inaudible] >> i got you. you know, i will pine for a moment, but one of the things that bothers me as i step

i know uganda, i now ethiopia, i know ghana, i know benin, i know africa better than anyone else certainly in the united states senate. i've spent a lot of time over there, i've developed close relations over there. when 9/11 happened, i was the only member of the armed services committee who knew where africa was, we were making a decision to get into africa to help train them to resist all the things coming into the state, into the country, into the continent. that's what i did. so i do know africa well. as far as doug is concerned, when you hear about -- i can't think of a better example. i wish you knew dug coe. i've never known anyone in my life who loves everyone. i see him persecuted and my heart bleeds for him. i'm sorry you did that. that's way out of -- >> i did that in 2009. that's what you were quoting me from totally out of context. the reason i'm asking -- >> i go with what i said. i think it's really bad. when you go after a guy like that just because he believes -- i'm sorry, go ahead. >> kill the gays bill sponsor has brought the bill back now. he's telling reporters as of

they're fighting for a homeland for it there people in parts of ethiopia and djibouti. >> return now to the united states and its super tuesday, meaning republicans in 10 states will be casting their ballots in primary elections. >> they do so amid brightening economic information. how is that affecting the voting? >> this company advises doctors and hospitals on dosage levels for anti-depressant and other psychiatric drugs. more than 60 million americans use these drugs at least occasionally. >> after they ramp up very rapidly, we went from about one dozen employees this time last year to 60. >> the economy is growing again. it is threatening the campaign strategy of the republican front runner, mitt romney. he emphasizes his business credentials in speeches. >> my goal, if i become president, is straight forward -- more jobs. for the people of ohio and of america. >> can romney still build an enthusiastic following with this message? most americans believe the worst is over. republicans begged to differ. >> we have almost gotten used to this stagnation. we should not be. our countr

. >> i lived in ethiopia at the time. wanted to climb kilimanjaro and what better way to see africa than go by bicycle much. >> so how is "ja-booty" holding up after such an aggressive advent's all through such terrain going from the lowest point to the highest point. tell us about that. >> when i started in the beginning, gasol has some of the hottest temperatures on earth, then i ended up on top of a glacier. >> any day on your journey where it seemed way too difficult? i broke every single spoke on my rear tire, some of them more than once. i thought i was going to fail because my bicycle was falling apart. at that point i was ready to throw in the towel. >> do you have a favorite experience or day from this trip? >> when i came up to the summit of mount kenya in the morning, i could see mt. kilimanjaro in the distance. i was like this is actually possible. >>> first glance, this looks like a couple of kids hanging a balloon or something out the window while they're speeding by on their car, but -- >> is that what i th

i met to ethiopia last year and met with the president of ethiopia. i asked them what has been the impact of china on your country. we stayed and spoke for another 30 minutes as he explained to me the dramatic changes taking place in ethiopia because of china. the numbers tell the story. when you look at what china offers today to ethiopia and the continent of africa, they are offering concessional loans. what it means is if it's a $100 million project that you need to start in africa, the chinese will give you $100 million and say you only have to pay back $70 million. oh, what a great deal that is. a 30% discount. with a few conditions. that you use chinese engineers and chinese construction companies and half the workers will be coming over to your country from china. well, they are building a base of economic support within africa. between 2008 and 2010, china provided more to the developing world than the world bank, loans totaling more than $110 billion. and what we are suggesting is that as this is a growing opportunity for exports, that we nee

but his intended victims in ethiopia did not laugh.y were a proud and fierce people determined to resist the italian dictator's aggression. benito mousse celini invaded the tiny african kingdom anyway, and another piece of earth caught fire. mussolini demonstrated for his friends how easy it was. the day germany invaded poland, george marshall, then a brigadier general, made the extraordinary jump from one to four stars to become the army chief of staff. for secretary of war stimpson the task of mobilization lay ahead. the resources of a ty n produce props for the great drama about to unfold. marshall had waited in the wings for 20 years for the role he was about to play. the country's manpower resources, the great citizen army in which marshall believed necessary. had to be activat and with each passing month in 1940 and '41, it appeared increasingly probable that the united states would be drawn into the war. the army numbered less than 200,000 men when marshall took over as chief of staff. it would swell to more than 8 million befor

baltimore rain wide seen and kwon boanld and larry fitzgerald are on a four-day trip across ethiopia and east africa raising awareness over a food crisis. they arrived earlier this week and this morning boldin joins us live via phone and it's a little after one in the afternoon there. thanks for joining us. how are things going so far? >> >> it's been an experience. you know i am learning a lot. we came over initially for the effort you know they have been going through a drought for the past three years. and you know we came over for relief to help out and try to understand as much as possible what they are going through and which ways to help. >> what have you seen in the two days and what did you share that you've experienced since arriving there two years ago? >> we have experienced a lot. today we are at at pretty much a school for farmers where they are teaching new technique as far as how to farm that land because as you can imagine, with the drought it's been difficult. but they have programs in place now where they are teaching a local farmers how to adapt to the conditions

why are they in cuba or mozambique or ethiopia? i decided i really needed to get to the bottom of this, how do you get into people's minds. how do you find out what motivates them? in the course of my research, i discovered that actually, many of these soviet leaders got a lot of their information from the kgb, not only for managing domestic affairs, because one of their main functions was -- it is the committee for state security, it's security domestically, but they had a foreign intelligence arm called the first chief directorate. that provided the bureau a good deal of their knowledge and insight into what was going on in the rest of the world. it occurred to a lot of us who were working on foreign policy accounts, to understand a little bit about why soviet leaders made the decisions they made, you better understand how the kgb operates, how it collects information and how that information is presented to the senior leadership. i'm going to stop there, i want to know the answer to that question. our featured speaker, mr. oleg

. >> the franchise owner are an immigrant couple from ethiopia. she and her husband will share $100,000 prize for selling the winning ticket. >> customers are still buying lottery tickets from the 7- eleven in millford mill and still lamenting the big one that got away from most of them. >> that's so much money. i would have helped everybody. i really would have. >> my new best friend. [ laughter ]. >> i would have. i would have just gave money away. >> reporter: wthe generous dreamers in baltimore county, john hanrahan. >> i would have given her a hug, too. i didn't win either. five people in virginia did win $250,000 in last night's drawing. that would have been enough. that's not much money -- that's how much money you win for matching the first five numbers on your ticket. we are told that the five tickets were bought in fredericksburg, north hazewell, richmond and virginia beach. >>> turning to other news tonight, a shooting in northwest on the final day of early voting. it happened outside of one of d.c.'s eight voting locations. lauren dima

but don payne was everything from ethiopia and everywhere. he was in all of those, if you will, conflicts, where you wanted to bring about peace. he counseled presidents, republicans and democrats. i remember bill clinton's historic trip. i can be assured that donald payne was at the nexus of drawing him on that trip, and counseled others like george bush and president obama. i don't know if many of you know, but don pain was a long shoreman and worked in many places. but he is reminded of his work as a long shoreman and said i love the port, and i heard a member talk about that, i believe, but he loved the working person. let me conclude as i salute him for being the progressive who did not forget the poor and as well could speak eloquently with the leaders of international positions around the world, albeit he was coach, teacher, council member and ethics freeholder. i remember traveling to africa on occasions, plural, but in this instance what i would say beyond having known that some somalia he was almost taken down, but if any of you wil

i think furst got turned on by africa in ethiopia you saw pictures and said how can we stand tore this. >> we all remember live aid it save the world it saved a million lives. because people paid a little bit of attention. >> how did you get turn and to the sudan and darfur. >> nick chrisoff articles. he was writing pieces, really compelling, ann curry had gone, good reporters had gone. but it wasn't getting much traction. it was getting alot of, you know, i think nick won a pulitzer for it. it was getting really, the important people were hearing it but it wasn't getting out, you know there were students' groups and church groups and everyone, this subcurrent that was doing all of this really great work but-- . >> rose: it hadn't hit popular culture. and i called my father up and you know, i said you know, remember how you used to tell me how every time did you a story, you said you do a story, would you gym so where and cover the storind get bumped for elizabeth taylor story. and he said yeah, i remember. and i said okay let's go, why don't you and i go to darfur. and you be the news

in ethiopia we worked with peps to help them build out a supply chain to reach 30,000 chick pea farmers. they are able to have a product and the hummus product which they sell in commercial marks, but about half of the total product will be a ready to use pace that is provided in food aid for the stunted and vulnerable children. >> that's a good example of the partnership that achieves results and allows for positioning in the markets. we have a major partnership to help them develop and sell to low income communities and improved products to purify water. in slum communities, that's a major product and they have unique technology and can do that and generate great results. we have tried with the community has thought about partnering with the corporate sector and the private sector and try to engage in a more creative and results oriented approach to develop new business models and our development out comes and often at lower cost. and create a counter system to what we are seeing in some other countries. >> it would be great overtime to develop metrics so we can see results in that re

and leading the pack in the half marathon for women, from ethiopia and ricky flynn from lynchburg, virginiarall it was a good workout. >> reporter: another local man in the full marathon, no stranger to big wins, michael wardian. >> this was of. >> this is a huge win. i won almost every edition of this race. it's really special. my wife and kids are here. >> reporter: there were also folks running in packs for a good cause. >> my run today was for a dear friend, kimberly vaughn and her family and the loss of a navy seal, vaughn. we want to raise awareness for military and armed forces and all the sacrifices they make. >> reporter: top it off with a couple of wedding proposals and you can say it was a successful race all around. 9 news now. >> good stuff. >>> coming up tonight on 9 news now. >> it's getting a little closer. i think i need a little -- i woulding a little leery. >> talk about a nightmare. it's all too real for one neighborhood where overnight flooding brings a massive morning mess. we're going to take you there. >>> no letup on the campaign trail for the presidential hopefuls

but he does this voluntarily and travels around the world into somalia, actually into ethiopia and into kenya, et cetera. but here's the problem, there's two. tom will answer the last part. the first part of the problem is, that there is overwhelming political dislocation in those areas. you have an al-shabaab, a group of -- some characterize them as terrorists but a group of extremists who have, in fact, cut off aid that the world is prepared to deliver into somalia to save all those people. my wife recently went this summer over to one of the camps and you may have seen it on -- one of the camps on the somali border where there were women with their children walking 20, 25, 30, 35 miles with nothing. the one woman, she was sitting with and -- when she was talking to her, she said, this is my daughter. i had to choose. i could carry my daughter but i had to leave my son. i left my son to die 40 miles back. they're the kind of choices being made just like in darfur and what they were doing in darfur. and visiting those camps. so part of it is the absolute political instability that exis

what's it doing we've also seen so many so many elements that we have a program that i was part of in ethiopia with the widows who we. supplied them with new goats a different type of go to seems very simple but these were women who had no voice in their community at all and then because of these goats and then the goats multiply and they can sell the goats and the goats have milked it feed their children and they suddenly had a voice in their community and they were listened to and that's what we would hear over and over again when we would visit the successful programs is you know this is giving us a voice and we've helped to make this change that we saw we need it seems that. you know going beyond just feeding people is like you know we all have to get we as there are thirty forty years ago the focus of her life was feeding people and now you are both getting very sophisticated about how do you create a situation where it's not just here some food and other problems even worse. later we have a lot of different kind of avenues of of attack and i also feel like in terms of the female experien

up to the front, ets year -- ethiopia, stretch your hands into the. ethiopia, africa. and the couple of years later and 17 he wrote his first real antislavery pamphlet. he became known throughout the world and america by his writings against slavery. how did he come about this? three components. the quaker religion. next, he get his enlightenment philosophy. in the 17th 50's and 60's and 70's there was a branch of the enlightenment. we know of at smith, but there were once before him. james ross, george wallace. i often say, bad are george wallace, alabama and the 50's and 60's. and he used those philosophies because what they did particularly was the notion that no one could hold another person in commission. if a person is someone they had the right to buy and sell. what these did is no. you did not have the right to hold any human being. so he used these. they have the right to revolt. the big question then became whether or not these people are human beings. they went from discuss philosophy to the study of africa. started reading everything he could. he read sever

. >> anquan boldin is heading to ethiopia.is traveling with a wide receiver for the international -- for the arizona cardinals. they will meet with ethiopian athletes. he released a public service announcement to raise funds for east africa. drought is affecting 30 million people in that region. >> there is a new bumper sticker you'll be seeing a lot of. it is part of a campaign to make motorists aware of the move over law. here is rob roblin. >> the new law went into effect in october 2010, but apparently many marylanders don't even know about the law. you are watching motorists breaking the law. we sat with a state trooper with her emergency lights on. >> the law requires the driver to move over and clear the lane, creating a safety barrier for firefighters or police on the side of the road. >> as you can see, most motorists did not move over or slowdown. that is why today, police organizations across the state held a press conference to make motorists aware of the move over law. >> we need motorists to move over when we mak

the top three women runners were from ethiopia. seems like not having netflix makes you faster. >> jimmy: rick santorum got some relaxing time in and someone, actually it was a gay cruise ship passing by for real. the ship wasn't gay. the people on it were. [ laughter ] they shot a photo of rick santorum topless. isn't tt perfect time for someone to write, i'm gay, on his chest in sunblock? rick santorum's latest thing, he wants to crack down on pornography. most political analysts say it could hurt him with the every single man in america vote. santorum said, when he's in the white house, he'll tell his attorney general to prosecute people who distributes any content that is deemed obscene. will he appoint a team to watch porn all day? if so, he could solve the unemployment crisis. he's not saying to get rid of all of it, just some of it, just the dirty stuff. this is what a porno would look like under rick santorum. ♪ >> hi. >> hey, did someone order an extra large sausage pizza? >> yes, i did. thank you. >> thank you. >> i'm ric

anquan boldin plans to travel to ethiopia to raise awareness about the drought and famine affecting 13 million people. his trip begins on the 27th. in november he recorded a public service announcement. more good news in the nfl this morning as well. tim tebow is now a member of the new york jets. it was kicked of on and off again yesterday. the broncos will receive a 4th and 6th round draft pick in exchange for him. the jets already have of course mark sanchez as their starting quarterback. he is expected to be used as their change of pace guy in certain situations. he became expendable in denver when they signed peyton manning. >>> it is sweet 16 action here, first syracuse playing wisconsin at 7:00. then the battle of ohio, the buckeyes playing the cincinnati bearcats around 9:30, depending on how long the first game goes, all right though right here on wjz 13. >> i am thinking that now denver will become the team that baltimore fans love to hate. you have elway, who didn't want to come to baltimore, with a former colt, whom the ravens have never seemed to be able to beat, now out i

customs agents say the woman flew from ethiopia to the united states, with nearly five pounds of heroin inside her stomach. a security officer noticed the woman's stomach was abnormally stiff during a routine patdown. she was taken to the hospital, where agents say she expelled 180 pellets of heroin, worth $150,000. >>> controversy surrounding the circus. ringling brothers is away from baltimore starting tonight. and folks heading to the show will be met by protestors. >>> it is called the greatest show on earth. but protestors on peta call it the cruelest show on earth. >> if it's okay to abuse animals, then it's okay to abuse people. >> you have to stand up for them. >> reporter: the circus controversy made news earlier this month, when local actress jada pinket smith wrote a letter to baltimore's mayor, urging her to protect the elfantsz. know oar -- elephant. unlike me and other actors, elephants do not agree to perform. the mayor rebuked the actress's efforts, wishing instead that she would offer support for other pressing issues. >> i'm a fan of the circus. >> reporter: ringling b

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when we start our journey from ethiopia to sudan, i was 11 years old.ed from ethiopia to sudan. it took about one month. it was 800 kilometers. tuesday 30 bodies buried every day -- to see 30 bodies buried, to hear the screaming and crying, for the kids and old. it was a traumatic experience. we arrived in israel on a sunday morning. it was a really exciting experience. we kissed the land. here, i feel home. nowhere can i feel home. i can do whatever and be whoever i want to be. when i got to study in boarding school, i start to hear that america was really involved w ith the operation. i started to appreciate it. they do not know me. they did not know who i am. i am just a jewish ethiopian girl. it took such an effort to bring me to israel. i start to think that if you give something to somebody that you do not know, but they needed that, what makes you a great person. the americans can be proud by being americans because it who i am today is because of them. >> the vote for the foreign-aid bill is the single most important and consistent about that a

they treated their people there, while we were in khartoum he was in -- and in darfur he was in ethiopia and somalia and the rest, always working, always working to have policy advice to all of us and caring about what the impact that have policy was on people. it was interesting to us, on that same trip to africa, which many members of the congressional black caucus were on, including our distinguished assistant leader, mr. clyburn, when we went to liberia, it was a boiling hot day. boiling hot day. and we all went to the a.m.e. college there and that the time the a.m.e. university and they were honoring donald payne for his everything. for what he knew about africa, for the values and how he was concerned about, get, -- again, policy as it related to people, the knowledge that he had, the great wisdom that sprang from that knowledge, the plans that he always had to make things better, and the way people just flocked to him because they would learn, they would be inspired and they would love donald payne. it was boiling hot and we go there and they decide that we're all going dress alik

crimes against humanity in ethiopia were very easy because it was coaching -- and presumably people who perpetrate human rights atrocities are beginning to not take a wonderful record. what will be the difficulty and how high will the bar before the future of obtaining enough forensic evidence to prosecute things. >> a set of cases does not involve genocide but does involve actions by a powerful stake abroad, that interfere with the democratic expressed wishes of local population in small country. for example -- cia actions in guatemala in the 1950s. another would be russia and chechnya, and the legitimacy of that kind of rejection of state power when incredible argument can be made that is contrary to democratic wishes and values. my question is should there be a set of rules for really powerful states like the united states, russia and china as they project power in their interests abroad. or might makes right and deal with that in some future age? >> i heard -- >> question about the forensic evidence especially in the cases you write about. and the question of disability. and questio

it is a famous all it ethiopia. then a couple years later he became known throughout the world with his writings against slavery. three components. would join me buy-back? seventy-eight is '50s and '60s we know of adam smith would james foster who grew up in the south. alabama fifties and sixties broke what they did the notion, lockheed had written they said you do not have the right to hold any human being. so the big question became if they were human beings. benezet started to read everything he could on africa. man-made attracts a of the slave traders. they would say how could you read the slave trader? but it not just those but those who went to africa and steadied 50 of africa. some wrote about the african people. another one roach they were the muslim people. they knew was say religion there were muslims in the north. but then the africans did not produce what they did not need. we know many quakers were very wealthy but you produce what you need. a lot of time of the sure but by bringing these africans to as

we know you are just back from ethiopia, mr. ambassador. believe me, for all the members of this committee and for all of us, we thank you for all your tireless service and your efforts. we also welcome nancy lindborg from usaid. i also want to welcome our first u.s. ambassador to south sudan, susan page, who is in the audience today, as well as the senior adviser for darfur, ambassador smith. on our second panel, george clooney and john prendergast will join us. i want to thank both of them. i was there with them last year. i saw the focus and attention that their efforts have brought to this issue. they represent the satellite sentinel project, which has given us a window in to events in blue nile and elsewhere. they are just back today. i am pleased they were able to get here. i know they will be talking with secretary clinton and president obama and others. i think today we will have a good opportunity to really get some insights. we welcome it. on a note of sadness, as many of you know, congressman don payne passed away last week. he w

i believe deriving from that some of the crimes against humanity in ethiopia in the '70s and '80s were very easy to prosecute because the ddr had been coaching those perpetrators. as we run out of luck and presumably people who perpetrate human rights atrocities will be beginning to not keep such wonderful records, what will be the difficulty, how high will the bar be in the future on obtaining enough forensic evidence to are the? thanks. >> okay. >> i wanted to ask about a set of cases that doesn't involve genocide, but does involve actions by powerful states aprod that interfere with the democratically-expressed wishes of a local population usually in a smaller country or area aspiring to be a country. and i'll give four examples. two are historical, the cia actions in guatemala and iran back in the 1950s, another would be russia in chechnya, and a fourth would be china and tibet. now, in my view there is an issue as to the legitimacy of that kind of projection of state power when a credible argument can be made that it is contrary to the expression of democratic wishes and values by

i actually worked in ethiopia, uganda and northern sudan. i'm not raising money for myself. i raise money to help the people there. so let's focus on rebuilding uganda if we're going do anything. and listen, joseph kony is not a threat to the people of uganda or south sudan. he needs to be brought to justice, but let's be for real. there's thousands of other people that needs to be brought to justice, but let's go to the problem and the root of the problem i'll say it over and over and over is president brash brashirof northern sudan. >> sam childer, stay in touch with us while you're in africa, will you? >> i thank you. >> we'll check in with you. >>> now another documentary, but a totally different subject. we're ramping up to march madness, folks. so what better way to do that than to relive one of the biggest moments in ncaa history? aye the remarkable grant hill joining me live next. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help

we basically had a decision to make, are you going to shut down what you are doing in ethiopia where had hundreds of employees trying to build clinics for people, because people are still dying anonymously in ethiopia. they just live out there somewhere and there are no clinics. or are you going to bet that you can come back and blow what you save? and i chose the latter course. i thought, if this does not turn around, i am one dead duck, because there is no way i will ever be able to do this. i was really worried. i was afraid i could have another health problem. something could happen. i have all of these people's jobs and lives depending on me. what if i make the wrong call here? maybe i should cut back now? instead, i decided to roll the dice and try for one more year, and it worked out fine. but that was hard. and when you work at something and it does not work, that is tough. i had a much more ambitious plan trying to turn around businesses in inner-city areas and have them -- help them hire more people. we started off with a strategy to try to get consulting services across th

serving in 76 countries, this includes my constituent case rollins of santa cruz who is working in ethiopia, helping women develop honey production and dry fruits projects to help their income. and that's the work of one volunteer. today, i honor case and other peace corps volunteers, past and present. peace, prosperity and friendship, truly your service is more important today than it's ever been. congress must fund the peace corps. best job in america. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, as rhode islanders and men and women across america are hard at work trying to put our country back on the trite track, the threat of rising gas prices raises a spectrum of another difficult driving season ahead. while our government subsidizes big oil to the tune of $3 billion each year, they continue to run up record profits a