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and joining me now is because i am a girl global ambassador freida pinto and richard lui.ave both of you here. >> thank you. >> freida, you're an actress who's been an academy award-winning movie. why was this so important to you? why get involved? >> for me, i watched malala's interview, and she said something so poignant. she said we're human beings, and when we don't have that one thing that we want to have, we want to fight for it more. i think my case was kind of the opposite. i had it all. i had the education i wanted. i had the school books, the stationery, you know, whatever a little child wants, i had all of it. and i had the comfort of going to a good school where i felt safe. however, there was so many girls around me growing up in bombay that i felt did not have that opportunity and did not have -- they had the dream and the drive, but no one really pushed them in that direction, for various reasons, whether it was poverty, whether it was traditional reasons, which is a girl has to marry at age 18, and she's, you know, so what's the point in continuing educatio

they include freida turner, a democrat who runs her own chart. and packs free lunches for hundreds of local school kids. she said the hunger here is genuine, but it's made worse by generations of reliance on welfare payments >> i'm talking about 45% of the people that don't work with their families. we have a lot of parents on drugs. they get their ssi payments, and food stamps, and cash it in at the store. >> but cutting the food starches would hurt the truly needy, including seniors. >> some people think that everybody that draws food stamps are trying to live off the system, and they don't think about people like in my case that have to. >> the u.s. house of representatives has voted to cut billions in food stamps. and among those voting yes, most of america's congressmen who represent the hungriest. >> we'll be looking at the impact that cuts in food stamps will have on the overall economy. with ali belshi:. >>> cory booker today on capitol hill. he's going to beer officially sworn in as a u.s. senator. this will make cory booker the first af

. >> reporter: freida's mom had just given birth hours before sandy hit. >> how did you get out?> i walked down 13 flights. >> in the dark. >> yes. >> they didn't tell you would give birth and walk down 13 flights. >> william was 3 weeks old. he was being kept in the hospital after open heart surge. dad ran from sefrnl blocks away. >> we ran up the stairs and got to the top and it was pitch black. to turn around and run smack into them was euphoria. >> reporter: a year later, where did little william wander off to during our interview? >> is he staring at me through the monitor. he was waving at me from the monitor set up on the floor. baby emma less than two pounds when sandy hit was in an ink baiter. >> the first question was is she alive. >> you knew she was in an ink baiter. >> yes >> how was she breathing? >> she was given oxygen manually. >> reporter: the country saw the images, the nurses pumping air with their own hands, and baby cole, who we met a year ago, a few hours old. his mother remembers -- >> we could hear the howling of the wind as i was being told to push. >> r

actress freida pinto challenges viewers to take action. >> if you're able, the girls of the world needrd and help. but it's creating awareness. money, a very important part of it. >> reporter: today, on the international day of the girl, thousands of communities worldwide will host screenings of "girl rising," making one simple point. educate girls and you will change the world. it's really as simple as that. and let me tell you, it is a beautiful, beautiful film. and it's being screened all across the world today. it's in your neighborhood. make sure you go by. go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! to learn more about "girl rising," and how you can help educate girls all around the world. >> on this, the international day of the girl. >> i'm thinking of little sarina right now. >> so, am i. >>> coming up, vanilla ice. how to make the most out of a small space. does he know how to arrive or what? one year-since i received the itbest gift i will ever get... a life saving marrow transplant from my big sister, sallie-anne. and right now my first and only wish is simple. that you support

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