directing the epic film of india's mahatma gandhi took richard attenborough 20 years to achieve. the film won eight oscars, including best director and best actor. the life of gandhi was a topic close to atten bro's heart. >> the film has captured absolutely the spirit of gannedi. that's as nice a compliment as i would wish to have. >> it was as app actor that his career began, starting in the 1940s with bit parts. as his repertoire grew, he would appear in movies about the world war ii. famously as the leader of what history remembers as "the great escape", from the german prisoner of war camp. >> >> movie reel: by putting more men out of this perfect camp than ever escaped before. not two or three, about 200, 300, scatter them over jerp ni. >> in life richard attenborough was a campaigner for civil rights and liberties, brought to the films he directed. he returned to acting in the 1990s, taking on the role of hood's "joour asic park." he became frail, but his commitment to film endured. >> to work in the movies, to express my feelings and my hopes and aspirations and so on, in

i found a brief correspondence from 1934 with mahatma gandhi. so it's a very interesting correspondence. bonhoeffer issue now and if you don't i will tell you now, was a german pastor and theologian who in 1933, when hitler was in power and appointed chancellor of germany and the nuremberg laws were passed, bonhoeffer was really a kind of voice crying in the wilderness. he was one of the first is not the only member of the christian community at that time who spoke with clarity about the emergence of what he would later call the great masquerade of evil that was appearing in this time and in this place. within weeks of the passage of the nuremberg laws in this whole slate of anti-semitic policies bonhoeffer was going on record saying that a response to the rise of nazism. people of faith were not simply obligated to bandage the victims under the wheel but to smash the wheel itself. so this was dietrich bonhoeffer this extraordinary person of faith and in this correspondence with mahatma gandhi one year after the passage of the nuremberg laws bon

." >> directing the film of mahatma gandhi took two years to achieve. the film won eight oscars including best director and best actor. the life of gandhi was very close to his heart. >> saying that the film has captured absolutely the spirit of gandhi, that's as nice a compliment as i would wish to have. >> but it was as an actor that his career began. starting out in the 1940's with bit parts. as his repertoire grew he would appear in movies about the second world war. >> i'm going to cause such a terrible stink in this third reich libya by reuters. it has appointed a new prime minister. this is to say that it's not even safe to sit in between rival militias and we know that regional powers are meeting in cairo to try and deal with the regional issues. but for now libyan parliament has reconvened, appointing a new prime minister. >>> italian navy and cost guard has rescued 4,000 migrants in the last 48 hours. they were found north of the libyan coast. this year alone many flee fighting in north africa. >>> the democratic republic of congo has confirmed

. >> mahatma gandhi said, we must become the change we wish to see.t's made me look at me and i think there's not a person who is experiencing this that has not had to go through that. >> powerful thoughts. >>> coming up, the u.s. launching another wave of air strikes in iraq. plus the new fears about the prize jihadist fighters just captured. >>> then, the texas stunner. governor rick perry indicted. his reaction. plus a brand-new signal he's now sending about 2016. back in two minutes. back in 26 mitwo minutes. >>> now, our "closer look." breaking developments in the crisis in iraq. the u.s. launching another round of air strikes. this morning, there are real fears that the isis jihadist army is gaining momentum. chief foreign correspondent terry moran has the very latest from northern iraq. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, martha. the main battle in iraq is about 80 miles west from here. u.s. air power supporting kurdish troops on the ground in an effort to retake the huge dam outside of mosul. which, in isis' hands, is a potential f

is this optimism rooted in reality that has inspired so many readers, including the likes of mahatma gandhiwho when gandhi was 24 years old was given a copy of the kingdom of god is win you, and gandhi would later say this essay would be one of the most transformative pieces of writing that he encountered in his life. tolstoy inspired our own martin luther kick. and nelson -- king. and nelson mandel that when he was incarcerated was given a copy of "war and peace" to read, and he would later say that the it was his favorite novel. "war and peace" in his darkest hour, nelson mandela turn today "war and peace" for consolation and inspiration. tolstoy once said the hero of my tale is truth. with a capital t. it's a scary word to use in washington d.c. [laughter] but what he meant by that is not his truth or my truth or your truth. or the conservatives' truth or the liberals' truth or the christians of the jews or the muslims. no, the truth encompasses all of us. the truth of our shared humanity. tolstoy reminds us through his nearly 600 characters in "war and peace" that we are all on this pat

. >> reporter: it was a defining moment in his career, directing the epic film of mahatma gandhi, andt took richart attenborough 20 years to achieve. >> the film won eight oscars, including best director and actor. the life of gandhi was a topic close to richart attenborough's heart. >> the film captured absolutely the spirit of gandhi. that is as nice a compliment as i would wish to have. >> but it was as an actor that his career began, starting out in the 1940s, with bit parts. as his repertoire grew, he would appear in movies about the second world war. >> i'll cause a sting. >> as a leader of what history remembers as the great escape from a german prisoner of war camp. >> by putting more men out than ever escaped before. >> 200, 300, scatter them over germany. >> in life richart attenborough was a prime minister nept campaigner. something he would bring to the films he directed. richart attenborough returned to acting in the 1990s, taking on the roll of the creator of hollywood's joour asic park. he became frail, but his commitment to film endured. >> to work in the movies, to be

you educate a girl, mahatma gandhi has said it. you educate a family and a nation.just a person. [laughter] so we also have what we call the center of excellence. i'm mention it because madam bush visited one. in that school we transform it into a gender-responsive school. girls are empowered and boys also. teachers are trained to be gender aware, and now they know how to treat girls and boys equally so that the participation of girls even in math and science is much better. and it's amazing how the school now has an environment which is conducive to learning. there is no gender violence at all. >> wow. >> which is important. technical education. we have trained out-of-school adolescent girls in six countries which were postconflict affected. what we did was to give them the skills and competencies in the disciplines that will also be male disciplines such as mechanics, you know, electricity , carpentry. and they have, they did very well. and before they finish, we go and lobby the, we lobby the companies to the hire them when they finish their studies, and it has m