joseph kony is just one.t week we have a pronouncement from the international criminal court in the hague on a suspected war criminal from congo. so the story and the situation is extremely complicated. and sadly the video has given us a rather simplistic view. if we could harness the following that has been churned up, this 70 million odd viewers to support people like evelyn then we would see a fantastic thing happen. >> and evelyn is so selfless she is saying it should be put on the children and not talking about herself here. she said why make joseph kony famous? she would like him to be caught or killed or whatever it is, him to be stopped. but she said it should be about the children, the victims of the lra first. do you have that same criticism of the film? >> she's absolutely right. if ever there was a war against children, though, this is it. and this was it. the lra is a shadow of its former self there are about 300 fighters now in the region with their dependents and so on. but is it -- the good th

not the face of joseph kony because joseph kony, he is the one who abducted those young kids.e it would be better to show the faces of the children. it's better than joseph kony himself. >> mm-hmm. evelyn, the kony 2012 nimr mafis say we should support the army to get kony and military strategy, right? you were there. do you believe that this is the best way to apprehend or kill him? i understand that you say we should be showing the children, but do you think this is the best strategy to apprehend him? >> i think there's no other way we can find a solution to figure that one out, trying to catch joseph kony. i have a very strong opinion about this. and i do not agree with this one because joseph kony is not in there in the bush right now by himself. he has 1,000 young kids surrounding him. and in order to do that, we need to look at a way to put a plan, a structure, to protect those kids if they want to catch joseph kony. >> as a survivor of joseph kony, and i'm not sure if you've spoken to any other survivors since this film has been out, what sort of memories and what sort

i did because his name with rhymes with so many things. >> it's like the kony thing. >> kony and not the bro niegs that are obsessed. of course you guys do. and i think that invisible children organization, they do spend a lot of money on social media and film making. it's weird. [ laughter ] >> teri, how i could forget. >> are we making tv babies later. >> later. >> but one acknowledges that he says quote, nobody wants a documentary on riaf ka. it's kind of a valid point? >> the messaging might be flawed slightly but the actual message is important. it's something we should pay attention to and i think it's amazing they were able to get tens of millions of people from live porn shot to something that matters. they looked away for a tenth of second. they had. >> you can never get enough. >> can we play that video. >> not tonight, teri. maybe after the show. >> okay, maybe they oversimplified the issue, they manipulated the facts. but i don't think it's fair they are as bad as kony? >> i didn't say that. don't you use your green room tricks on me. i have been doing this for five years

not the face of joseph kony because joseph kony, he is the one who abducted those young kids. like it would be better to show the faces of the children. it's better than joseph kony himself. >> mm-hmm. evelyn, the kony 2012 filmmakers say we should support the army to get kony and military strategy, right? you were there. do you believe that this is the best way to apprehend or kill him? i understand that you say we should be showing the children, but do you think this is the best strategy to apprehend him? >> i think there's no other way we can find a solution to figure that one out, trying to catch joseph kony. i have a very strong opinion about this. and i do not agree with this one because joseph kony is not in there in the bush right now by himself. he has 1,000 young kids surrounding him. and in order to do that, we need to look at a way to put a plan, a structure, to protect those kids if they want to catch joseph kony. >> as a survivor of joseph kony, and i'm not sure if you've spoken to any other survivors since this film has been out, what sort of memories and what s

first, jason, this isn't your first film about kony. did you do differently this time that made this one catch fire? >> well, i kept telling my close friends and my wife. my wife has written all the stories. i said this is the last one. i can't tell another one. i made 11 or 12 movies about ugandaen children crying. and i just -- i'm so angry. i'm so angry that 30 days ago when we set out to make this movie, it was birthed out of an anger. i can't do it anymore. i guess the world doesn't care unless they look like you. because it's their problem. it's their problem. it's not our problem. so that's how the movie came up. we just wanted to try it it not knowing it would catch fire, and it did. so of course, we're overwhelmed and so excited. >> jason, there are plenty of injustices, maybe not as great closer to home. many would wonder why aren't you addressing those? and you said you were angry. why has this story stuck with you over the years? i mean, what's in this story that hit a nerve with you in particular? i mean a young man from sa

why won't rihanna retreat our kony story?isten to go the news media around the same time you had princess leia on your election coverage. even though johnny handsome has the music and the production value the video is not without some weirdness like where the director explains the war lord to his five-year-old son. >> joseph kony has an army. okay? and what he does is he takes children from their parents and he gives them a gun to shoot. he makes them shoot and kill other people. >> jon: good night, sweety. (laughing) by the way if you enjoyed that clip, you can order the film maker's whole time life series families tragedy horrible histories miss mysteries of human illness. it includes classics like people can die unexpectedly and for no good reason. sometimes you're at the beach and a giant wave can sweep everybody away. there are groups called terrorists who want bombs to kill everyone. and the psychological sweetness you feel is merely a bubble your mom and i have created. we're joined by senior correspondent al madrigal.

it is about joseph kony. they say the goal is to create a movement to stop kony.ere has been criticism of their film. they are planning a video to address that. until that comes out i talked with them about what critics of kony 2012 have been saying. first i had them react to a survivor. she shared her thoughts about the film yesterday. >> i feel really hurt because it's not easy to be a survive but i'm glad i was able to escape. maybe the purpose is why i'm sitting here. it is painful for me to hear joseph kony right now in the united states is a celebrity. >> she is a good friend of ours and e-mailed us last night after the show and explained that a lot of her comments related to the fact that joseph kony is not by himself. there are a lot of innocent women and children near him. so any approach to stop him needs to be sensitive of that and needs to do anything possible to protect the women and children. that's what we have been saying since the beginning. that is absolutely the mission and point of this campaign. >> go ahead, jason. >> the intention is built in

his name is joseph kony. kony 2012 was launched by the nonprofit group, invisible children.er and kony 2012 filmmaker, jason russell. kony 2012 was launched by the nonprofit group, invisible children. with me now is the ceo and cofounder and kony 2012 filmmaker, jason russell. ben, jason, thank you both for joining me. an extraordinary couple of days for you guys. you've gone from putting a video out there on the web, and suddenly, 20, 30, 40 million views. how are you feeling about this? >> we're excited the world is waking up. young people are saying, this is what we want this year. this is what we want. it's not about politics, it's not about money, it's actually about humanity. you know, our technology is global. and our finances are global, but our humanity, somehow, got left in the dust. and so, that's what this movement is about. it's about elevating the conversation of what we want to talk about, the youth of the world is demanding justice, and we're going to do it and we're going to do it quickly. >> and jason, tell me about joseph kony. for those who don't know abo

go get joseph kony. on the other hand, sometimes you get piece deals in these--peace deals in these areas if you say we're not going to put this guy away. maybe that's the better way to go to get peace. >> what is interesting about that, there was a peace deal being i guess formulated by the ugandan military and also the lra. and what happened was back in 2007 joseph kony said i will sign the peace deals but i need the international criminal courts do drop all charges against me. the court did not drop the charge. they said no, we need to bring you to justice. as a result joseph kony did not sign the peace deal. this film does not portray this as expect of it. should they have allowed ugandan government and the lra fix matters themselves? that's a great question. >> we don't know if they would have had a peace deal there but if it turns out that they would have that's a really tough question to answer. i might have taken peace rather than justice in that case. that's a tough thing to say because i'm obse

kony surrender.s will culminate on one day, april 20th, when we cover the night. this is the day we will meet at sundown and blink at every street in every city until the sun comes up. snow this film has school kids talking about -- my own 16-year-old cousin told me about this this past weeks, taking to the streets. a lot of parents asking, what happened to what's his name, harry potter, who is this? joining us from london, is annika with human rights watch. this filmmaker has millions of kids talking about this warlord in africa, kids' parents maybe never heard of and i know he has worked for years to bring joseph kony into public awareness. when you hear about this campaign, are you just shocked? >> shocked, yes, absolutely. but in a good way. we have absolutely been raising the crimes joseph kony has committed which are absolutely horrendous, trying to bring it to the attention of policymakers and politicians. this has been a tough sell. this is a warlord across the shown, a long ways away and har

joseph kony did not cause this. the man who caused this is the president of northern sudan brash irand brash iris the same one that supported joseph kony in his acts in the past and he hassa also said that he supported joseph kony. joseph kony has made claims that he had support from the president of northern sudan, so let's take all of the eyes that are concentrating on kony and let's make it president brashir/kony. >> you know, sam, do you know what's interesting -- >> i think they both need to be brought to justice. >> here's what's interesting. a lot of this criticism about this documentary centers around that it's simplifying a very complex problem and you are making that clear right now. so it's raising a lot of money. people that don't even understand the issue are saying, hey, check it out. link on to this. watch this, and then they're just giving money. what do you want to see on a deeper level, what do you want to see happen because you're living this. you're going to be on a plane within 48 hours headed b

>>> the phenomenon called "kony 2012." talk about the worldwide web, one short film has now been seen by 75 million people and counting. tonight, in search of the real story on the ground, we'll have a report from uganda. >>> and love letters, a side of richard nixon we've never seen before, the romantic side, madly in love with the woman who later became the first lady. in love with the woman who later became the first lady. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good evening tonight from our london bureau. the world woke up to terrible news from afghanistan where a u.s. army sergeant apparently went on a solo rampage and killed over a dozen afghan civilians including children outside of kandahar. beyond the horror of the loss of life and the initial shock of the news, beyond even the immediate threat of reprisals, this news has now led even more americans to question the mission itself. what america is still doing there and what long ago became our longest war. we talked to the b

, a survivor of joseph kony and his arm dwri.son and ben, i want you to stick around and address the criticisms. that will be next. we'll be right back after the break. montgomery and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >>> so here is the new information, the exclusive that i just said. so either ben or jason you can take it. to address that criticism, you're doing something you hope to have by midnight tonight but you're saying tomorrow. what are you doing? >> yeah. we're just going to release a ten-minute video that kind of clicks through some of the questions where we say, here's all of the answers. here's all of the figures. there's nothing to hide. invisible children has been transparent since 2004 when we start

where is joseph kony?entral african republic, which is a remote part of africa, one of the least developed countries in africa. actually, i've traveled with mia farrow through central african republic years ago. there is a sense that, yes, there are some inaccuracies to this video, to this kony 2012 campaign. he's no longer in uganda. in fact, he has left uganda and isn't cause anything trouble there and hasn't caused any trouble since 2006, so there is some confusion by some people who might be looking at this for the first time. the nra was pushed out by the military. they moved across the border into southern sudan, the central south republic and the democratic republic of conga. the fact is that joseph kony and the nra have wreaked havoc for many years now, and many want to see him brought to justice. >> we're going to have more on this later, including the words of the makers of kony 2012, the video which has gone absolutely viral this week. >>> this man, ben stein, says this week's jobs report has go

. >>> have you heard of kony 2012? if not, you will. is growing by millions of views each hour. it's based on joseph kony, a ugandan warlord accused of horrific crimes. a california filmmaker put out a film shining the spotlight on the alleged atrocities. jonathan hunt reports. >> so he can better kill us. >> reporter: that's jacob, a ugandan teen. tens of millions watching his compelling story on youtube. u.s. activist group invisible children made this documentary to jump start the effort kony 2012. the video calls attention to the atrocities in uganda committed by joseph kony and the records resistance army. >> -- and the lords resistance army. >> they start killing people. they rape women. they force children to be child soldiers. >> i think it's a good thing for people out there in the world to know what happened in northern uganda. >> a message in the film is to make kony famous in order to bring him to justice. >> kony is not killing people in paris or new york. kony is killing people in the south african republic. no one cares a

his name is joseph kony.ng that's terrorized and brutalized men, women and children for more than 20 years. kony 2012 was launched by the nonprofit group, invisible children. with me now is the ceo and cofounder and kony 2012 filmmaker, jason russell. ben, jason, thank you both for joining me. an extraordinary couple of days for you guys. you've gone from putting a video out there on the web, and suddenly, 20, 30, 40 million views. how are you feeling about this? >> we're excited the world is waking up. young people are saying, this is what we want this year. this is what we want. it's not about politics, it's not about money, it's actually about humanity. you know, our technology is global. and our finances are global, but our humanity, somehow, got left in the dust. and so, that's what this movement is about. it's about elevating the conversation of what we want to talk about, the youth of the world is demanding justice, and we're going to do it and we're going to do it quickly. >> and jason, tell me about

"kony 2012" tells he story of joseph kony, the eader of the lord's resistance army the.../ video's....../ film "kony 2012" --reporter pkg-as ffolows --it is a 30-minute video.itsshopea& to changg the worll.(clip from ovie) "in order for it to work you have o pay attention." what the narrator and filmmaker wants you to pay attention to: this man, joseph kony. he leads a ugandan rebel group called the lord's resistance army and his goal is to campaign kooy has allegedly kidnapped more han kidsa& foocing them to to s& maim their fellow villlgersaand sometimes - too prove their loyalty to kony - kill heir own family. konn saysshe's doing it all in the name of godabut the children's stories paint a picture of hell oo earth.cnn beginning."we were forced to bite him with our bare teeth and as he scceamed in pain, we continued biting until he was dead. he took a long time to die..and i can still hear him screaming every night." but russell and his charity "invisible children" are on a missiona because of a promise he madd to a 12 year old boy in 2003.jacob was kidnapped by the lord's ressstan

kony has been out there for some time.really think that this long standing war with kony can be ended without military intervention? >> that's not what we're saying. indeed, this has been a long meandering war. right now i just read a moving story from a ugandaen working in the north who has brothers held by lra. we have to make sure other channels are open to make sure others' relatives are not killed just to get one man. we must be very careful in how we coin the military solution. even the office of children in armed conflict has warned a military solution alone cannot bring peace. killing just kony alone will not bring this war to an end. >> thank you very much. we appreciate you weighing in on kony 2012 with us. our journalist from uganda. thank you. >>> uganda, of course, isn't the only place where women and children have been victimized like war criminals like joseph kony. the video has brought new attention to what really is a worldwide issue. not everyone thinks it's helpful. chairman for unhcr has been working fo

special forces to africa to aid in kony's capture.isible children says that it wants kony and his crimes to be so well known, that global pressure will force the u.s. and other nations to do much more. >> we are targeting 20 cultural makers and 20 policymakers to use their power for good. let's start with the culture makers-- celebrities and billionairs have a loud voice and what they talk about spreads instantly. then we're going after policymakers. the ones that have the authority to see kony captured. >> warner: the video urges viewers to contact these 40 prominent people-- from movie stars to lawmakers through twitter, telephone, and other means-- and pressure them to speak out, or act. but the campaign has generated an online outburst of criticism of invisible children, its fundraising methods, and its message. for example, a blogger in britain's "independent" newspaper argued the group should also be concerned about government abuses in uganda. he wrote: "when a bad guy like kony is running riot for years on end, raping and slas

he support 100trops to advice uganda on capturing joseph kony. >> for 26 years, kony has been kidnapping children into his rebel groups, the lra. >> reporter: on april 20ing, the filmmakers are launching a worldwide effort to post yard signs and pictures of joseph kony and making the unknown ugandan strong man famous for being infamous. >> and to give you an idea how quickly it's spreading, a kony 2012 washington d.c. group was built on tuesday and tonight, that group has 3326 members, brian, and counting. >>> and in developing news from calvert county, maryland, new details about a new born baby found dead in the trunk of a car and this discovery happened yesterday. the parents were cleaning out the trunk of the daughter's pickup truck when they found the remains of the new born. investigators are talking with a mother to determine what happened. >> >> if there was intent to a child and to speculate on that and -- that would show. >> reporter: an autopsy being conducted to determine how the baby died. the 32-year-old woman has three other children. the sheriff foiled a petition with the

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together we can make a change and stop kony.ration, kony 2012 asks people to take to the streets on april 20, putting up posters of joseph kony in every city on every block possible. >> the world will go to bed and wake up to hundreds of thousands of posters demanding justice on every corner. >> reporter: by harnessing the power of social media film maker russell hopes to change the world one view, one click and one tweet at a time. the momentum has not stopped. in the past two days alone it's averaged close to 1 is million hits per hour. ann? >> savannah, thank you so much. jason russell joins us now. good morning to you. you posted the film on monday. >> yeah. >> a lot of us heard about it from family. my niece lily told me about it. you looked at 50 million views on youtube. but we checked vineo and if you add them together, 64 million views. why do you think your effort to make joseph kony famous caught fire? >> i think because it's a human story. we are all human beings. for some reason we forgot our humanity because of pol