, we're not going to effectively control the hiv epidemic in jamaica, and everybody in jamaica needs to wake up to that point. >> reporter: for "worldfocus," lisa biagiotti, kingston, jamaica. >>> and tomorrow we're going to look at efforts to reduce the stigma of aids and homosexuality in jamaica. for more on this issue go to worldfocus.org. >>> and finally tonight, you've heard us mention the muslim holy month of ramadan in recent days and the festival of eid that marks the end of that month. but what exactly are these observances all about? tonight we want to show you how the holidays are observed in pakistan. our report is from amna navaz, a fellow with the international reporting project at johns hopkins university. >> reporter: it's ramadan in pakistan. a holy month of religious reflection and dusk-to-dawn fast, no food, no water and absolutely no indulgences while the sun is up. city streets, usually teeming with traffic and a cacophony of car horns, are quiet. for an entire month each year during the daylight hours, the he country's mind-set also changes and becomes slightly

wh they don't know is that jamaica also battling the ds epidemic. a battle it may be on e verge of losing beuse of deeply entrenched ai-gay attitudes d laws. the ministry ohealth recently reported to the u.n.hat nearly one inhree young gay men in jamaica is hiv posite. this i20 times higher than in the rest of e population. >> it's a serious number because we have had really a latent epidemic in this population untoucd, unrespond to,nd we've created a situation that has been letl for the general population. >> reporter: she's the head of the uted nations aids program in jamaica. she's been closely monitorg the vernment's response to the epidemic. >> does jamaica have i epidemic under ctrol? my honest respon would be no. >> it is clear tus that atever work we've been doing among men who have sex witmen has not been working in jamaa. >> reporter: this doct ran jamaica's national aids prram for mo than two decades until retired last year. he now adms that the program has failed the gay communi. a national program needs to face up this. and the ornizati

. >>> we will take you to jamaica for part two of our "signature series" on the battle against aids. tonight one woman's personal crusade to end the stigma attached to the disease. >>> and from south america, from peru, an unusual twist on global warming. winters there are actually getting colder with dire consequences. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." major support has been provided by rosalindp. walter, and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. >>> tonight we want to step back a bit and assess where u.s. foreign policy is heading, especially on the critical issues of war and peace in afghanistan, the middle east and iran. the president has been in office for eight months now, and today he gave a major speech to world leaders here in new york for the united nations general assembly. in tha

she is expected to be buried in jamaica. >>> caught on camera, an armed robbery in vienna. this is surveillance photo of three men who viciously kicked the clerk working at the store. it happened on august 11th. the clerk was not seriously hurt. the men got away with cash and merchandise. police released the photo hoping someone recognizes the guys. >>> a major southern mfd drug ring busted. over the last three years, the operation distributed as much as 5 kilos of cocaine throughout sent mary's county. 12 men are under arrest. paul wagner was in the courtroom, too and joins us with the details. >> reporter: there is very little in writing in this case. the only thing that we have is this brief three-page indictment. so, shifting throh the die attention hearings this afternoon, we were able to learn a bit about the drug conspiracy. prosecutors say they uncovered the sophisticated conspiracy through wiretaps and surveillance. a conspiracy that includes allegations of gambling ring run for drug dealers allegedly by a former d.c. cop. from june 30th to september 10th, federal

we are not sure what happened. >> reporter: simone white was from jamaica. she did medical records for the washington eye physicians and surgery center. her colleagues there most upset. >> it's a shot. it's a very sad thing. she wouldn't hurt a fly. >> i don't think there was ever a time when i would pass her by in the morningnd she wouldn't say hello. >> she'll be imable to replace. >> reporter: simone white held down a second job in downtown washington. two years ago her sister says simone white married a man to accomplish certain things. >> he was not living there. he use to come and go even when we would visit. >> reporter: did she marry him so she could become a citizen? >> yes, hopefully. >> reporter: did they get along? >> yes. >> reporter: police say they are in contact with simone's husband. they say he's cooperating. there's a $5,000 reward posted in this murder case. jim, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. >>> the supreme court has been asked to take up the case that involves the name of d.c.'s football team. seven native americans have been

mom just got back from her cruise to jamaica with new boobs and a 24-year-old cabin boy. ooh.edless to say, me and mr. "can i get you some more hot towels?"-- we didn't exactly hit it off. so after i broke his nose, i, uh, figured it was a great time to come visit my favorite aunt. your mom always did have lousy taste in men. so, uh, i figured i'd crash here for the night. then hitch down to mexico-- hang out, party. yeah, i'm thinking, like, no way in hell. you're gonna stay here with me until things blow over with your mom, okay? cool. thanks. oh, wait, you're 18, right? well, that's what my i.d. says. yeah, mine, too. hey, you are supposed to be on bed rest! i'm bored. well, why don't you try putting on a pair of pants? that should kill a couple of hours. (doorbell rings) hey, babe. hey, what is she doing out of bed? that can't be good for her. or the stairs. what do you want? the mediator was right. a month from now we're not just gonna be carlos and gaby. we're gonna be mom and dad, and i don't wanna be at war with the mother of my child, so, here. your mamá's pearls? car

the family, i -- it is heard breaking to see them travel all the way from jamaica. they have to take the body of sigh money white backhome. they told me that her funeral will probably be september 26th. they are waiting for the autopsy to be finalized. you can see here, this is her sister in the white shirt. she is being comforted by cousins. cousins came. they are all very teary aide and emotional. they say they haven't been that much in touch with simone in recent years. they talked to her from time to time but not on a regular basis and they were thinking that -- they feel sad that they hadn't been in closer touch because there might have been something she could do. she was married with a husband that was not living with her. he is not a suspect in the case. they have been talking to him and he is cooperating with the authorities. brian. >> karen gray houston live in the newsroom. >>> news edge on dc. starting october 1st, residents will no longer need to get a safety inspection or cars registered in the district. mayor fenty said the change will unburden reside

bush also ignored cheney's advice to attack switzerland, jamaica and antarctica. [ laughter ] he really- [as dick cheney ] "we're going to get 'em, see." in afghanistan, a presidential candidate named abdullah abdullah says there has been election fraud, and that he deserves to be president. yeah. abdullah abdullah said, "they're going to hear from my lawyer shapiro shapiro. [ laughter ] and you'll see something. larry king in the news. larry king taped an interview with controversial singer chris brown. and, in the interview, brown said he doesn't remember assaulting his girlfriend, rihanna. [ audience boos ] in response, larry king said, "hey, if we're going to sit here and start listing things we don't remember, get comfortable, buddy." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] international sign for larry king right there. >> andy: good. >> conan: do that anywhere in the world, and they know what you're talking about. >> andy: yep. >> conan: simple travel tip for you. >> andy: if it comes up. >> conan: if it comes up, yeah. oh, it comes up, yeah. this is weird. in illinois, get this, a a

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vida en una vivienda y sospechan que se trata de un homicidio suicidio el padre de la menor, vive en jamaicaentra una hispana que contrató a 2 policías en cubiertos para secuestrar a una niña que es hija de unos... en oregon las autoridades no revelaron los motivos que tuvo para planear este macabro rapto tras las rejas, está un turista italiano, acusado de besar en público a su hija.... todo se trató de un malentendido. de ser encontrado culpable puede ser sentenciado a 15 años de cárcel. arrestaron a 2 sujetos que se hacían pasar por agentes de la patrulla fronteriza en nebraska. fuer los im opositores fueron descubiertos. con luces de emergencia encendidas e intentaron detener a un empleado. levantó sospechas. >>> un violador en serie, tiene aterradas a las mujeres de new york, e volvió a atacar. agresor entró al eficio por el techo. y a punta de cuchillo abusó sexualmente de la víctima en su departamento y luego huyó con vari de sus pertenencias. el hombre del que ya existe un retrato hablado, es el presunto responsable de # ataques similares, ocurridos en agosto. - estalló como cor una

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the family was originally from jamaica, and they lived with two other relatives in the home.>> i thought maybe it was an accident or something like that. >> oh, my god, yes, because i have a little chihuahua, and she would come out and pet the chihuahua, and i would give her treats, and what a beautiful little girl she was. they've been very quiet, no domestic violence whatsoever. the little girl is absolutely beautiful. >> as of tonight police are not officially labeling the deaths a double murder-suicide, although that is suspected. >>> a stuping attack abe texas strip club. the whole thing was caught on tape. take a look when when a dancer walks up to another worker and zaps her with a stun gun. the waitress was shocked two more times in the face. the club's manager says he fired the manager just moments before this confrontation. >>> after years on the run, roman polanski is no longer a free man. he was arrested by swiss police when he flew into the country to attend a film festival. he now faces extradition to the u.s. accused of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. >>> i

citizen, a arrived from jamaica in 1990. she remarried two years ago, but was separated from her husband. he is currently not a person of interest. >> he always visited. as far as i know, they got along. >> police are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for any information leading to an arrest. you are asked to call montgomery county police. >>> the search is on nbc for a gunman in a wheelchair. -- is on in it d.c. for a gunman in a wheelchair. the woman was shot as she was getting off a s. she argued with the man two weeks earlier. the suspect escaped in his wheelchair before police arrived. >>> the university of maryland is dealing with a possible swine flu outbreak. many of the students have already recovered. six students are taking tests. >>> local authorities are preparing for a potential swine flu outbreak. security officials met to protect against a h1n1 outbreak along with a cyber attack to boot. speaking on my experience -- [unintelligible] >>> the house is ready to vote on a resolution addressing at joe wilson's out

in philadelphia, the housing development, a former congressman from jamaica, new york, who is doing the national urban league. these organizations that believe in transparency -- they believe in accountability, and they are hurt by this nonsense that corn is engaged in -- that acorn is engaged in. greta: i suppose if they went to all of the chapters, the numbers would not look so bad, but fights. what is with this organization? is this a freak thing -- but five? >> this is aided and abetted by big government. this is far away from the day- to-day execution, and so acorn does things under the banner of good intentions for poor people -- greta: but this is not good intentions. you are in no way out -- ok. >> know. the organization has these lofty goals, but in execution, you get this -- no. just think about it, greta. acorn from 1994 until the present as millions of taxpayer dollars. $8.30 billion in the pipeline. greta: and shame on the government for not policing this. it is terrible that all of this money is doled out, money that could have helped so many americans, including the peopl

white's sister came from jamaica to the murder scene today. she says the family would like to see justice. >> you know, she really didn't deserve this. she did nothing, nothing. everybody who you will ever speak to will have nothing but good things to say, you know? it's too sad. >> police say white did have a husband, a man she married for immigration purposes. they say he is cooperating in the investigation. >>> tonight there are new signs our local economy is beginning to recover from the recession. home sales are up dramatically throughout the region. the biggest increase is in prince george's county where the price of foreclosed homes dropped so much, the homes are becoming more attractive to buyers. christ gordon has more. >> reporter: natasha is a first-time home buyer. she chose this house in forte washington, maryland. she bought it in a bank foreclosure sale. it had been empty for 1 1/2 years. prince george's county has a lot of homes up for foreclosure. few like this one. yo see, it is located right on the thir hole of the national

in jamaica? or is it just something like that? >> i have no idea. >> you've got no answer? >> no, i don't know. what kind of shot is that, what kind of meteorologist are you? >> this is in charleston, west virginia. >> you know so much about all these things. >> they don't look real steep. you could probably climb them. >> why don't you give it a shot and you'll let us know? >> yes, we appreciate it at maryland. they drove all the way from st. mary's county to see that picture and he did everything right. go to our website on wusa9.com, click on weather, you'll see where to submit your best shot. please include your name and your hometown. >>> okay, next three days, still cool tomorrow. we're looking at temperatures, generally holding in the upper 60s. we do have a chance of showers tomorrow. upper 60s tomorrow and mostly sunny keeping the showers late friday. although much milder on friday. temperatures back in the mid-70s. now tonight, becoming mostly cloudy, breezy and chilly. upper 40s to the mid-50s. winds are not quite as strong as they were today. still northwest at

grieving relatives have came from jamaica and new york looking for answers.e have the story. >> reporter: the relatives had pain etched on their faces, tears in their eyes at a press conference on castle boulevard simone white's sister said words could not express the family's grief. >> she was my only sister. and she was one of my best friends. simone was hard working. she worked two jobs. >> reporter: one of those jobs was as a telephone operator at the hamilton crown plaza hotel on 14th and kay in dc. the other in medical records at an office of eye doctors in chevy chase. according to the hotel management, white was an ideal employee. >> she was very popular. simone was just a private individual that was able toraw people to her. she was just a great person to know and a great team player here. >> reporter: white left the crown plaza late the night of september 7th before being gunned down by an unknown assailant before she could even get inside her apartment. police say they have no suspects, no person of interest. >> and we're trying to flush out inform

in new york, the jamaica market will host the queens book in hell for >> from the 2009 virginia festival of the book in charlottesville, virginia, john grisham discusses his career as a novelist, his writing practices and his research on hiloan nonfiction title "the innocent man." mr. grisham's latest novel is "the associate." the program is 45 minutes. >> john grisham, who is deborah carter? >> she was a cocktail waitress, among other jobs, 21, 22 years old in ada oklahoma was murdered in december 1981. raped and murdered in a very, very brutal episode. and it took the police five years to solve her crime. or they thought they solved it. they got the wrong guys. they convicted the wrong guys and send them to prison. sent one to death row. ron williams went to death row. he had never met deborah carter. and he spent 11 years in prison and was exonerated 10 years ago, 1999, almost 10 years exactly. but he spent a total of 12 years in prison for the murder of deborah carter, and never met her. >> who was rhomboids and? >> ron williamson was a man i never met, never heard of him. he was one

he won three gold medals for jamaica at the 2008 summer olympics and currently holds multiple world recordsd i am about to find out how fast he really is. ladies and gentlemen, give it up for usain bolt. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thanks so much for being here. you are known as the fastest man on earth. that just blow your mind sometimes? >> yes, definitely. yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: it does, yeah. do you just get bored of just running against humans. do you want robots or running against animals and stuff? [ laughter ] >> yeah, yeah. i think i'll try that sometime. >> jimmy: you could do that. well, things are going to be interesting here. probably all wondering why i am wearing these socks. [ laughter ] yeah. i am wearing little shorts, because you usain has agreed to race me on the show tonight. we're going to do a little speed walking. that's where you walk as fast as you can without running. you ever done that? >> not really, no, no, no. >> jimmy: no? that's perfect. [ laughter ] i dabbled a little bit in junior high, i don't want to brag. used to go mall walking around the food c

in new york, the jamaica market will host the fifth annual queens book and health-care. the tenth annual storytelling festival in kentucky offers fireside ghost stories and family storytelling at night. later this month, it is the 2009 fall for the book festival in fairfax, va.. atndees of sonoma county book festival can enjoy art, music, performance, and panels in northern california. at the end of september, the baltimore book festival hosts a weekend of workshops, author talks and literary events. from the national mall in washington d.c. book tv bngs you live coverage of the 2009 national book festival. please let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we will lead them to our list. e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> president obama plans to address students today at the start of the school year. we will have live coverage on c-span at noon eastern. the white house post to the president's remarks on students taking responsibilitfor their education. you can find a link on our web site, c-span.org. congress returns today from a month-long august break.

a mauritius boo-yah it sounds like if not like a jamaica. >> caller: wanted to know what you thoughtd m. are they going back to 15? >> no, they missed it. they blew their main drug. i don't like sequenom. if we're going to speculate let's speculate wisely and that is not one we're going to do it with. i just got started in this "lightning round." that is an insult. how about we go to adam? oh, man, a lot of clusters of new york, new jersey. adam in new jersey. adam. >> caller: hey, big old boo-yah to you, jim cramer. >> well, boo-yah right back at you. garden state, man. >> caller: congress is passing a bill with a tax credit worth more than double cash for clunkers for cars and trucks. and i was wondering if clne is a good stock for the future. >> okay. here's what we've been saying about clne. our line has never changed. this is clean energy. we had andrew littlefair on many times. this is a boone pickens company. i want to make this very clear. this is totally speculative. you need to have a major change in washington in order to be able to buy this stock and think you can go back

ranked behind jamaica and barbados.u can really see how the quality or the deterioration more specifically of the banking crisis really led to the u.s. being down a notch, down to number two, but it's still a big demotion. >> i want to know what put switzerland in the number one spot. >> well, switzerland hasn't suffered as much. it's loaned money from one of its biggest banks. ubs is in a position to give that money back, and it's really renowned for its sophistication of the business environment there, for it's close relations between act keeademia and the business world. and of course, finally, which is to say that if you go there on business, the skiing is great and so is the cheese. so consider that for our next girls' trip, kyra. >> exactly, what about the chocolate? don't forget that. but remember, it's also more expensive, the u.s. dollar taking a real pounding today. >> all right, thanks susan, great to see you. >>> health care reform is one of the city's hottest topics, now the debate is on the hall and on cap

. >> we always saw ireland as kind of like a jamaica type of situation.ays come out of community, family. >> reporter: as for american politics the band did mention chicago's own president obama at the show. you guys performed at the inauguration. >> around that election, you look so close as a country and politics was the way john mccain behaved with such dignity. obama was amazing. it was really something to see. and now america seems so divided again and it's getting really messy out there. >> we're here to bring peace. that's our whole message. >> let miami irish in the stadium. everybody going to be in a big hug. >> reporter: 30 years ago these four have not lost their sense of humor or the ability to inspire with an incredible show. it was a real pleasure to see the first show. you know it's very important. certainly important to everybody here. i wish you continued luck going forward. >> thank you. >> just a great group of fellas. rock legends to be sure. also known for their intelligence. great interview. go online abcnews.com we'll put the whole

is just an example but you can tak this for many concepts that we now use in trying to translate jamaica information -- genetic information. one step is to have interdisciplinary dialog but the next step is transparency. so revealing the kinds of assumptions that different disciplines are bringing to the table in terms of how they're defining concepts. genetic ancestry may be very different for the geneticists than a person in the community. and it may mean -- including that type of transparent language in the studies themselves in defining how they're categorizing and naming their populations. that would be the first step, i would think. >>please. >> my name is laura hersher i'm a genetic counselor and i teach genetics and ethics. i wanted to respond a little bit to what you just said. i understand the field has moved o so greatly since 2006. and i'm se that alyssa from navigenics doesn't feel she has anything to offer with cats claw. in fact, legitimate organizations coming forward with legitimate products haven't replaced more nefarious offerings over the internet they coexisting with

there are no places to eat a hot meal unless you go way out into jamaica.ere is nothing in historic, long island city, koranic, jackson heights, nothing but in manhattan and parts ofhe bronx mike-it was every third or foth block you can get something deet, paradise. maybe that is why i gain so much weight. so it was impossible for you to start. there were times that would go into a restaurant, some places would serve me, others wouldn't. i must admit i did look like a maniac with my beard and everything else. but i was trying to keep myself clean. the main thing that worried me, gosh, that was so hard. but even after two weeks i consider myself street. i like the lifestyle. the first couple of days i was sleeping ona piece of cardboard and thereafter my travels i came across a dilapidated beach chair and i said, i could use this for a bed. that same day i came across these banners that mcy's throughout. it was in macy's clearance day. i w looking at them and, i could use these for blankets. so now i avgot a dilapidated beach chair and i have got blankets. s

those countries are vietnam, jamaica, china, india, ethiopia, laos and iran. these countries won't take back their convicted criminals. these individuals are really people without a country. so what happens to them? because they have served their time in our federal and state prisons for felonies, they are actually released back into our communities. they are people without a country. right now, there are over 1 60,000 of these criminal aliens roaming our nation and our streets. these people have been lawfully deported after they served their prison time, but their home nation refuses to take them back. so i'm introducing legislation that will plug up this loophole. my bill will make it more likely they will go back where they came from. this bill says that any country who won't take back lawfully convicted foreign nationals who have been deported will lose foreign aid. but china, for example, doesn't receive foreign aid. so what will happen to china is, they will not receive legal visas for their citizens to come into the united states. no more student visas

>> she came out of jail and got married in jamaica. >> what does she think of what happened for you? i've been trying to do this since i was 7 years old. >> a lot of people do put profanity and go to the edges in their music. why did you make make the conscious decision not to go there? >> i'm trying to make music for everybody. i wa i don't want it to be like, you know, i don't want to hear this music in my house. i was raised a certain type of way. my mom raise med going to church every sunday. i got a christian family, so i wouldn't curse like that even in real life. >> you have this really cool thing on the new album. how does work? >> it's amazing. right here in the booklet we have like a certain thing. it's like you have to have a webcam, but the fans can use the webcam and shot it out on a booklet and have little sean jump on the booklet. he can sing every kind of song. here's the website right here. >> it pops you up. they get to be little sean? >> virtual sean. >> look at that. that's sean. you are adorable in virtual land. who's your music for, sean? is it for young? who is

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host: what the jamaica of constituents confronting members of congress about this legislation and someof the heated exchanges? caller: i think a heated exchanges are deserved -- although it is impolite to call politicians liars' -- they really are, because they present such a slanted stories, whatever their side may be, that they are leaving out all the important details. host: here is a little bit from the town hall meeting from rep -- with representative barney frank. >> i am wondering can be pledged all of us here tonight that if a new government single payer system is this the to the that you would pop out of your cadillac insurance and into the same one that you would be forced to take? [applause] >> as i said before, first, unfortunately there will not be a government single payer. i wish there would be, and i would join it. apparently i was not clear when i said that -- i am just curious. you really think that advances your argument? i thought you were thoughtful people here wanting to lead the conversation. i am really disappointed at the level of response. >> we are disappoint

and did quite a lot of damage to several countries the worst of course being haiti, jamaica, but also the cayman islands and others. and it is this sort of experience of having frequt events that we actually capsulized on disaster preparedness for the pandemic that is played out in terms of the response. since 2005, we hav actually been encouraging all countries in the americas to bring their national and pandemic plan. initiatives with our avian influenza and it was a strong element of agricultural health and so on. we did actually see from the start that this was not just a health issue, and from the start it was conceptualize the pandemic would be an emergency or disaster like event which would be jointly handled between the people involved in surveillance, epidemiology, and health services, but also the disaster element. and the experience in the last few months have shown this to be true. we mobilized nearly a million. we flew to the country. also supplied personal protective equipment gears to all the countries from different sources, and also have mobilized i think the counties