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winners, leymah gbowee is a leading peace activist. ellen johnson sir live is next as well. tawakkoi karman, she's known as the mother of the revolution in yemen. look at that standing oef vags. being honored for their commitment to women and their safety in that region. congratulations. >>> all right. more top stories at the top of the hour when cnn saturday morning continues, but let's talk to one of our favorite doctors now. sanjay gupta, md is right here. >> good morning. welcome to s.g.md. this morning i'm sharing an amazing story. a live saving treatment that the insurance company says no. when the bill came, it was more than a million dollars. if you like science, you might know that animals like watts and dolphins can navigate by sound. we recently came across something remarkable. a man who trained himself to do the same thing. plus, would you deliver an electric shock just because a skin 'tis told you to push the button. the experiment that shocked us all. now a man who was there is speaking out. millions of americans know what it's like to wrestle with insurance c

the nobel peace prize was awarded jointly to three women: ellen johnson sirleaf, leymah gbowee and tawakkol karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work". and the world hit a milestone with seven billion people now inhabiting the earth. >> so, what do you thinkfuls the most important story for women in 2011? >> let's be candid. from a male dominated recovery to wholesale attacks on reproductive choice, this was annashoribbilous an expression by queen liz both. horrible year. >> i think the story in the u.s. at least for women really has it was for everybody is continues to be the stagnant economy, not a job recovery. i think that is going to continue to be the story we head in to 2012 and election. >> i think there are many bright spots for women this year but one of them was the three women getting the nobel peace prize i thought that was pretty fantastic and very well deserved. >> i think the ongoing financial crisis is the most important thing that's affecting women from the dote showdown over the debt

then we have leymah gbowee.istian and muslim woman to come together to demonstrate against a brutal regime. now she's the executive director of the women, peace and security network based in ghana. and tawakkoi karman is a journalist and an activist in her native yemen. she's known by many there as the mother of the revolution in her role for antigovernment protest. 32 years old. mom of three. has dedicated her prize to activists across the region. congratulations to all three of them. >>> well, 7:04 here in the east. i don't know if you missed it or not, but bonnie snyder can keep you up to date on the total lunar eclipse that began half an hour ago. folks living all across the country. if you're living in the west, you by far have the best seat in the house. the moon setting could turn orange or red. the eclipse lasts until 12:30 p.m. eastern just so you know. >> we still have some time. head out there now and you'll be able to see it in just about an hour i'd say for the west coast. the lunar eclipse will be

. >> next, leymah gbowee on her memoir about the co-founder of the women's peace movement in liberia.is credited with helping to end the second liberian civil war in 2003 and removing charles taylor from power. she spoke at an event hosted by the los angeles public library last october. she was awarded the nobel peace prize earlier this month.pr >> i want to encourage all of e you to buy thisnc book.h i am -- she is not paying me for saying that to you, but sheyou, really is quite an extraordinary journey. it is in the more of liberia's descent into madness and of your journey ended through it and out of it. i but for right now let's sl journey together across the america, of north coen across the atlantic, to theeat continent of africa and inin of particular to lead. america and liberia have aberiah particular relationship, in particular history together.re. would you speak to that briefly? >> thank you. thank you all for coming. but, a therapist who. this book was therapy. liberia is that country that free slaves from here in the u.s. went to in 1822. and everything about liberia is