leopold's agents of whom the mythical kurtz was one, raided, slaughtered, mutilated and pressed intoced labor much of the population, in a bloodthirsty quest for first ivory and then rubber. when independence finally came, the belgians trashed what they could, and left behind a completely unprepared tribally divided and largely ungovernable land mass, filled with stuff that everybody in the world wanted. and things pretty much went downhill from there. ♪ >>> but this story begins with the truck stop. in rwanda. stocking up in rwanda. my expectations for food in the congo are more measured. if you're looking to get to the eastern congo action and many would ask why you would even want to do that, the best way is to drive across from neighboring rwanda. this country, of course, not too long ago, suffered its own appalling genocide. behind the wheel, dan. he's been living in the drc for two years, working on a documentary about some of the several dozen rebel groups in the country. riding shotgun, dan's close friend and associate horeb, a congolese. they're taking me across the border.

you go i know he was almost the same age as leopold bloom, the character in the novel. now when gi in and read about leopold bloom walking the streets of dublin i can actually walk in my great grandfather's bodies. and i can feel his blood pulsing through mine, to the because i knew him but because i newly polled bloom. and this is the beauty of fiction. not that, you know, history is fantastic. and sociology is fantastic and all of these things together i will never prioritize one or privilege one over the other. but fiction can get into the small moments where whatever happens to be, leopold bloom turning the corner, somebody brushing their teeth, somebody, you know, feeling a hand on your face. these things that history doesn't necessarily write about but they are small moments that build up and they make the large moments. and so i believe that fiction can create history. and also. >> i want to come back how you used it here. there are three story lines here, the second is frederick, why was he interesting. because in 1845, the great man went to ireland on lecture t

newman took over the county executive role after leopold was found guilty of misconduct in office. >>> freckles was found abused and abandoned. look at freckles today. he looks like he's smiling at you. now in this picture you can see his belly. all his wounds are healing nicely. freckles is living with a trainer until he is rescued. don't you just wt to rub his belly right now? >> yes. >>> all right. what started out as a blog for her family has turned her into the nationally known scary mommy. tonight abc2 news charley crowson sits down with scary mommy to learn more about her latest project. >> reporter: there's no denying her. unless you've read her book, confessions of a scary mommy, she may not be a fan of yours. >> my dislike for other people's children, how i feel about school and teachers. >> reporter: confessions was a best seller. it was a let among fans. it's even been printed in a number of foreign languages. >> sold in funny place. this, i believe is the polish version. i think this is the czech one. >> reporter: now she is back for round two. >> mother hood comes natura

>> well, i'm obsessed with the book "heart of darkness" by joseph conrad and the king leopold belgiumdescribed in that book. it's a subject that i've long been obsessed with. so few people know what king leopold, one the king of belgium did to the congo, what he was able to do. basically make it his personal treasure chest and slaughter the population by the millions. this is an era of history that few people are aware of. it's a story i've wanted to tell for a long time. >> this weekend you visit peru with a particular quest in mind. tell us about that. >> much more lighthearted. i got into a high-end chocolate venture last year with my friend eric. i asked myself, well, we all like chocolate, we're obsessed with it, in fact. most of us in the western world. where does it come from? who makes it? who gets paid? you know, where does the money go on your average bar of chocolate? where does the money go on a high end bar of chocolate? >> i went to a remote area to a valley where they grow wild, very rare variety of it and answer those questions. >> a good season for you and for cnn. i'

but j.p.dowd, john amaya, chris leopold, anna mcmurray all did a great job. as most people know here, harry reid is one of my best friends in the world, and his unwavering support and confidence that we could get this done was essential. and he has a great staff to lent constant help to us -- kate leon, bruce king, they all did a great job. and the staffs of the other members. i want to mention just a few of them. i hope they are listening. kerry talbott, senator menendez' staff, joe zabi, menda silver, jonathan davidson, sergio gonzalez who worked for senator bennet. so many staffers, as i said, we got to know each other real well through all the meetings. we had a lot of disagreements and tough arguments. we all stuck together. and senator feinstein's team. senator feinstein put that section together. amazingly the growers and the farm workers, they are for this bill. that goes to senator feinstein's great leadership. and chris thompson, neil quintar and kim aldrin did a great job there. we worked as closely in this endeavor with the republican staffs as th