he was with john pendergast, co-founder of the enough project. >> george clooney, john pendergast, thank joining us. we're all trying to figure out whether south sudan, the newest country in the world, is going to make it, whether it's succeeding. there have been clashes and disputes over oil, but you put up -- you raised money to put up satellites to be able to tell us what was going on when no one was looking. >> right. >> what did the satellites tell you? >> it's an interesting thing. you know, we went to these people, digital globe, who, by the way, donated the time, and it's expensive to do. we said so what happens if, like when you google earth my house, why can't we do that to war criminals, basically? they said, okay, well well, let's see what we can do. in the last few months, in particular the last very recently, the last month or so, we have been able to get photographs of mass graves. it's very hard to catch things like antnovs. we caught pictures of them yesterday actively dropping bombs and the plumes of smoke on villagers. not military posts. these are war crimes. this is

and congratulations, john pendergast. and congratulations on your marriage. a happier guy for it. and george, this is such a trivial matter, but i did vote for you in s.a.g. for the best actor. i did think it was worth it. >> if you want to know, i actually voted for you, because i thought you played chris matthews in "ides of march" better than anyone possibly could have done. >> it was true. a very similitude, we call it. thank you. not like julianne moore did sarah, but pretty close. i loved the way you played that character over in hawaii. thanks for joining us on a serious matter, and we'll take it seriously. thanks so much, john pendergast, and of course, george clooney for coming on "hardball." >>> when we return, let me finish with the mano y mano slug fest we've been waiting for. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. if you took the top down on a crossover? if there were buttons for this? wouldn't it be cool if your car could handle the kids... ♪ ...and the nurburgring? or wh

he and his partner, john pendergast join us this morning. how are you?ry in the world. there was hope that with independence, it would end the violence. it hasn't. >> much of the same actors. there are three in particular. bashir, haroun and another one are bombing innocent civilians in the mountains and attacked the people. it's the same people, the same actors continuing to do the same kind of violence. >> i was just reading in the pa paper, they have new weapons. we're showing footage of your mission. tell us more what about you saw and were able to do. >> we were trying to -- we have a sentinel project. we've been lucky enough to actually catch athenov dropping bombs on innocent civilians. it's a tough thing to do. we wanted to get on the ground to see for ourselves and film for ourselves what was going on. we got closer than we thought we were going to. we got if the middle of a rocket attack. we got to a village that was hit a few hours before and a lot of -- >> and we're showing it. you came upon an unexploded bomb in the middle of the village? >>

the administrator still here and indeed listening and they also talk to and worked closely with john pendergast and george clooney. >> i want to thank you again for the attention you bring to this issue and the reality we have seen through the production this morning. those of us who travel to countries like this just cannot bring the attention to what that people like you can, so i thank you for that. i thank you for the suggestions you may not only here but in the back room and hopefully we will follow up on those. but again, thank you very much. it has been very moving. and for mr. princeton lyman -- prendergast, what you are here, since there has been a discussion about the satellite sentinel project, maybe you can explain to the rest of us and the others here exactly how it works and how it might be utilized in conflict areas like this? >> thank you, senator. it is a partnership between digital global, a satellite imagery company, harvard, and the enough project -- george's idea, frankly, we wanted to try to drive attention to deterring the war crimes before they have been rather than bemo

the administrator still here and indeed listening and they also talk to and worked closely with john pendergastnd george clooney. i am confident we will follow up on this. >> i want to thank you again for the attention you bring to this issue and the reality we have seen through the production this morning. those of us who travel to countries like this just cannot bring the attention to what that people like you can, so i thank you for that. i thank you for the suggestions you may not only here but in the back room and hopefully we will follow up on those. but again, thank you very much. it has been very moving. and for mr. princeton lyman -- prendergast, what you are here, -- while you are here, since there has been a discussion about the satellite sentinel project, maybe you can explain to the rest of us and the others here exactly how it works and how it might be utilized in conflict areas like this? >> thank you, senator. it is a partnership between digital global, a satellite imagery company, harvard, and the enough project -- george's idea, frankly, we wanted to try to drive attention to

we were joined by georgia's father and journalist nick clooney, john pendergast, our former colleague, tom andrews, martin luther king the iii, the president of the naacp, nicole lee, president of transafrica forum, fay williams, chair of the national congress of black women, activist dick gregory, rabbis david sapperstein and steve gahough. and ian schwab with the american jewish world service. we had a simple message. let food and humanitarian aid reach the suffering people of blue nile. stop raping, killing, and bombing innocent women, children, and men. i commend the obama administration for pressuring khartoum to let food reach these desperate people. more must be done. i urge the president to engage china to also demand unfettered access for human aaron aid. madam speaker, the world must increase the pressure on president bashir or watch another crime against humanity take place in sudan. we must not be silent. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the lady from california, ms. speier, for five minutes. 7 -- ms. speier: thank you, madam speaker. i r

the administrator still here and indeed listening and they also talk to and worked closely with john pendergaste clooney. >> i want to thank you again for the attention you bring to this issue and the reality we have seen through the production this morning. those of us who travel to countries like this just cannot bring the attention to what that people like you can, so i thank you for that. i thank you for the suggestions you may not only here but in the back room and hopefully we will follow up on those. but again, thank you very much. it has been very moving. and for mr. princeton lyman -- prendergast, what you are here, since there has been a discussion about the satellite sentinel project, maybe you can explain to the rest of us and the others here exactly how it works and how it might be utilized in conflict areas like this? >> thank you, senator. it is a partnership between digital global, a satellite imagery company, harvard, and the enough project -- george's idea, frankly, we wanted to try to drive attention to deterring the war crimes before they have been rather than bemoaning the