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we will honor all of our top ten heroes in a tribute this year, but first, actress kristen davis introducesitted to making mother hood safer. >> hi, i'm kristen davis. as an ambassador for ox fam, i'm committed to finding lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. now, i'm thrilled to help introduce one of this year's top ten cnn heroes. now, more than ever, the world needs heroes. the moment that a woman falls pregnant in indonesia, she is 300 times more likely to die in the next 12 months than if she was not pregnant. if you have money, you can get excellent medical services, but the poorest people don't always get the services they need. >> my name is robin limb. i'm a midwife. most call me ebu robin because ebu means mother. i've learned about the dangers of motherhood when my own sister, she died as a complication of her third pregnancy. i was just really crushed. i came to bali to reinvent my life. hi, baby, hi. we started a clinic run by indonesian midwifes. we offer prenatal care. birth services. no matter how poor they are, their race, their religion, we teach new graduating class
we will honor all of our top ten heroes in a tribute this year, but first, actress kristen davis introducesitted to making mother hood safer. >> hi, i'm kristen davis. as an ambassador for ox fam, i'm committed to finding lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. now, i'm thrilled to help introduce one of this year's top ten cnn heroes. now, more than ever, the world needs heroes. the moment that a woman falls pregnant in indonesia, she is 300 times more likely to die in the next 12...
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. >>> hi, i'm kristen davis.ing lasting solution to poverty an injustice. now, i'm thrilled to help introduce one of this year's top ten cnn heroes. now, more than ever, the world needs heroes. >> the moment that a woman falls pregnant in indonesia, she is 300 times more likely to die in the next 12 months than if she was not pregnant. if you have money, you can get excellent medical services, but the poorest people don't always get the services they need. my name is ron limb. i'm a midwife. most people call me ibu ron, because that means mom. i learned about the dane joers of motherhood when my own sister she died as a complication of her third pregnancy. i was just really crushed. i came to bali to reinvent my life. hi, baby, hi had i started a clinic run by indonesian midwives, we offer prenatal care, birth services, no matter how poor they are no matter their race or religion. teach new graduating classes of midwifes how to do a more gentle, natural birth. the women can stay as long as they want. each baby, e
. >>> hi, i'm kristen davis.ing lasting solution to poverty an injustice. now, i'm thrilled to help introduce one of this year's top ten cnn heroes. now, more than ever, the world needs heroes. >> the moment that a woman falls pregnant in indonesia, she is 300 times more likely to die in the next 12 months than if she was not pregnant. if you have money, you can get excellent medical services, but the poorest people don't always get the services they need. my name is ron limb....
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kristen. >>> peter and caroline davis have been playing tennis since they were old enough to hold racquets,ut it's not just their athletic ability that makes this brother and sister team special. they are using their love of tennis to help change lives halfway around the world. it all started with the coach, teza. he's from zambia, a country in southern africa with a lot of poverty. more than half the population lives on less than $2 a day. >> i know how some kids unfortunately do not have enough activities, and, you know, when i go to zambia, i try to teach them tennis and i know how important tennis is to them because it was important to me. >> reporter: one day teza showed peter and caroline a photograph that forever changed their lives. >> it was just the only time in my life when really a picture was worth a thousand words. there was a line of kids, and all of them were wearing shoes and there were probably only two racquets for the entire line and then we look around here, and we have all these extra racquets and all these extra supplies just laying around. >> reporter: peter and caro
kristen. >>> peter and caroline davis have been playing tennis since they were old enough to hold racquets,ut it's not just their athletic ability that makes this brother and sister team special. they are using their love of tennis to help change lives halfway around the world. it all started with the coach, teza. he's from zambia, a country in southern africa with a lot of poverty. more than half the population lives on less than $2 a day. >> i know how some kids unfortunately...
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davis. the 82-year-old owner passed away over the weekend. good money day morning just about 4:30 one. thank you for joining us, i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> police in san jose ticking action to end the week long protest in of city hall. activists showing solidarity with the occupy wall street movement. on twit they are morning they say police have swept away their encampment under a no camping ordinance. three 3 -- about 300 had been taking part since last sunday. they say they represent the vast majority of americans who have been overrun by the nation's wealthiest 1%. >> we are the 99%. we are middle classical callians. because of our outdated tax policy we are not able to have good jobs, good schools and lead a good life. >> the protesters are mixed of social classes, students, community activists, union leaders and even some business owners. more on the police an tells in a live report at 5:00. >>> today oakland join the cities around the globe where protester are showing solidarity with occupy wall street. occupy oakland begins at 3:00 this afternoon in front of oakland city hall. the mayor is showing her support for the move
davis. the 82-year-old owner passed away over the weekend. good money day morning just about 4:30 one. thank you for joining us, i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> police in san jose ticking action to end the week long protest in of city hall. activists showing solidarity with the occupy wall street movement. on twit they are morning they say police have swept away their encampment under a no camping ordinance. three 3 -- about 300 had been taking part since last sunday....
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davis. the 82-year-old owner passed away over the weekend. >> good money day morning columbus day, thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen szerators in san jose say they won't back down and will reestablish their camps, after police cracked down overnight. >> reporter: good morning. here's all that is left of their effort. five people here still protesting. they are digging in, refusing to leave. they believe in this. they say they will stay for the long haul this is not a big crowd compared to what they had. i was going strong and showing into signs of giving up. occupy san jose started last sunday at city hall. some put the crowd at 300, full of students, community leaders, union leaders. they say they represent the 99% of americans that they believe are being overrun by the wealthiest 1%. >> we are middle classical callians. because of our outdated tack policy we are not able to have good job, good schools and lead a good life. >> reporter: san jose police warned them they needed to leave. that camping is not allowed in the city. they did make one arrest when they came through and tried to sweep everyone else. everyone el
davis. the 82-year-old owner passed away over the weekend. >> good money day morning columbus day, thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen szerators in san jose say they won't back down and will reestablish their camps, after police cracked down overnight. >> reporter: good morning. here's all that is left of their effort. five people here still protesting. they are digging in, refusing to leave. they believe in this. they say they will stay for the long haul...