every minute, they become more malnourished. sickness, starvation, and death will surely follow if we don't get them food and medicine soon. every one of these little ones is precious in god's sight. won't you help save them by picking up the phone or going online now? it takes so little to do so much. just two weeks ago, carla almost died of starvation. at five years old, she weighed just 19 pounds, less than half the average for a girl her age. but she is slowly being nursed back to health at this nutritional center in san juan, guatemala. carla's family is very poor and lives in a remote village. her desperate parents carried her to a small local clinic, but her condition was so critical health workers brought her here. like most children who come here, carla suffers from severe malnutrition. most of her muscle mass has wasted away, and her skin is scarred and peeling from protein deficiency. she's weak and listless and rarely speaks. she's still too weak to play with the other children, or even stand, so she spends most of h

one of the biggest obstacles that health officials face here that malnourished children need treatment, but their families cannot afford to come back for a follow up, which means that children will not recover fully. there is also another problem, the lack of access to drinking water which also leads to the out break of diseases that causes malnutrition. >> yeyemen has economic problem, access to clean water and hygiene practices. >> reporter: agencies donate to help against its nutrition issues. at least $1 billion for the next ten years to be able to completely irradicate malnutrition, but yemen is hard to solve it's own problems, particularly political instability. then the government has to give reassurances to the international community that this is on the agenda. >> thank you. the al jazeera america says one of its peace keepers has been killed after it's troops attacked rebe rebels in the democratic republic of congo. >> reporter: the governments have been fighting with the m 32 rebels since sunrise. the gunfight something heavy, they're using rocket and they're right at the fr

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michelle knight was malnourished and beaten for years and the one who suffered the most abuse in the1 years in captivity. >> the days never got shto nigh night turned into day. the years turned into eternity. the penalty will be so much easier. you don't deserve that. you deserve life in prison. >> sitting shackled only a few feet ahead, castro looked straight ahead. he was sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years. >>> coming up, remembering little alaysha carradine. and get on board for better sleep. it's sleep train's interest-free for 3 event! get 3 years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. you'll never find an interest rate lower than sleep train's interest-free for 3 event, on now! superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ we're new to town.ells. welcome to monroe. so you can move more effortlessly... we want to open a new account: checking and savings. well we can h

she was malnourished, weighing only nine kilos before joining the feeding program.fter three months, she now weighs 14 kilos. her grandmother is thankful because angel has become stronger to endure their present condition. naftivida is also happy that the cbn disaster team brought food and blankets for them and their neighbors. >> first of all i thank god and people like you who have come to help us. it really means a lot because of all of the hardships that we face. >> reporter: she is also grateful to her pastor, who has partnered with cbn to meet not only the spiritual needs of their community, but their physical needs as well. cbn has deployed several disaster relief teams to the affected areas, to distribute food, mats, and blankets to the flood victims. medical assistance and life training will also be conducted in the days ahead, to ease their suffering and help them recover from the disaster. lucille, cbn news, lagoona, philippines. >> george: well, a famous world war ii battle that turned the tide for the allies in north africa also helped saved jews in the

estimates that 60% of yemen children under 5 are malnourished.ort from the capital of yemen. >> a new child admitted to the therapeutic feeding center of this hospital. 3-year-old suffers from severe malnutrition at birth. her family brought her here too late. her brain had been permanently damaged and she'll never be able to walk. for this doctor, the child's glazed eye, tightly stretched skin and the stunting are signs of malnutrition and says she needs vitamins and urgent care, therapeutic foods. >> many children in yemen are effected with malnutrition, if not treated the child can have complications like these chirp in this hospital. if not treated properly the child can easily do i in his first two -- dye i -- die in thr first two years of age. >> they have to spend a month here to recover. >> she moved to the st treat her child. it is not easy. she says she's spending $25 a day, her husband is one of millions of those in yemen living on less than a dollar a day. translator:>> this is my first child and it breaks my heart to see him sick. i

the reality is that american poor people are not malnourished. they eat too much food. >> if joe berg is the great advocate of food stamps, robert is the great skeptic. >> the hunger advocates are clearly distorting the data and creating a huge mirage of a problem that doesn't really exist. it distracts our attention from the real issues. how you really help the poor rather than making them more dependent on government. >> they denied you because -- >> 80% of people who turn to his coalition for help are ultimately approved. some people never thought they would be eligible. >> i am going to give you my number. my direct extension. my name is denise. she wasn't a waer that she can apply for her daughter. >> you stop and explain food stamps to just about every person on the street? >> yes. >> it could be construed as recruitment. >> we would never ever try to convince someone who didn't want the benefits to get them. >> this is not just an academic question. recruiting people to go on food stamps is against the rules. as you will see, the usda itse

the reality is that american poor people are not malnourished. they eat too much food. >> if joe berg is the great advocate of food stamps, robert is the great skeptic. >> the hunger advocates are clearly distorting the data and creating a huge mirage of a problem that doesn't really exist. it distracts our attention from the real issues. how you really help the poor rather than making them more dependent on government. >> they denied you because -- >> 80% of people who turn to his coalition for help are ultimately approved. some people never thought they would be eligible. >> i am going to give you my number. my direct extension. my name is denise. she wasn't a waer that she can apply for her daughter. >> you stop and explain food stamps to just about every person on the street? >> yes. >> it could be construed as recruitment. >> we would never ever try to convince someone who didn't want the benefits to get them. >> this is not just an academic question. recruiting people to go on food stamps is against the rules. as you will see, the usda itse

the realty is that the american poor people are not malnourished and they have too much food. >> robert r eveector is a skcep >> it is distracting our attention from the real issues of how you really help the poor, rather than making them more dependant on government. >> they denied you because of your income change. >> berg said that 80% of the people that turn to his coalition for help are approved. and most thought they were not eligible. >> i will give you my number, we can help you. >> she was not aware that she can still apply just for her daughter. >> you and your volunteers stop and explain food stamps to just about every person on the street. >> yes. >> it could be construed as recruitment. >> we would never, ever try to convince someone that does not want the benefits to get them. >> this is not just an academic question. recruiting people to go on food stamps, is against the rules. but as you will see the usda has gone right up to the line. did they cross it? their strategy to get past no. but first, john roberts and the new face of food stachs. a character you won't forget.

the realty is that the american poor people are not malnourished and they have too much food. >> robert r eveector is a skcep >> it is distracting our attention from the real issues of how you really help the poor, rather than making them more dependant on government. >> they denied you because of your income change. >> berg said that 80% of the people that turn to his coalition for help are approved. and most thought they were not eligible. >> i will give you my number, we can help you. >> she was not aware that she can still apply just for her daughter. >> you and your volunteers stop and explain food stamps to just about every person on the street. >> yes. >> it could be construed as recruitment. >> we would never, ever try to convince someone that does not want the benefits to get them. >> this is not just an academic question. recruiting people to go on food stamps, is against the rules. but as you will see the usda has gone right up to the line. did they cross it? their strategy to get past no. but first, john roberts and the new face of food stachs. a character you won't forget.

the reality is that american poor people are not malnourished. they eat too much food. >> if joe berg is the great advocate of food stamps, robert is the great skeptic. >> the hunger advocates are clearly distorting the data and creating a huge mirage of a problem that doesn't really exist. it distracts our attention from the real issues. how you really help the poor rather than making them more dependent on government. >> they denied you because -- >> 80% of people who turn to his coalition for help are ultimately approved. some people never thought they would be eligible. >> i am going to give you my number. my direct extension. my name is denise. she wasn't a waer that she can apply for her daughter. >> you stop and explain food stamps to just about every person on the street? >> yes. >> it could be construed as recruitment. >> we would never ever try to convince someone who didn't want the benefits to get them. >> this is not just an academic question. recruiting people to go on food stamps is against the rules. as you will see, the usda itse

the others were -- as well as miss knight, showing signs of malnourishment and such. there was serious psychological harm. she touched upon the captivity issue and how liberating it is now. we also heard some information about medical care and how they didn't even want to come out of the house because they at that point two of the women had been almost programmed to stay there. not because they wanted to but because they were afraid of what the repercussions would be if they did leave, that you would then see this as a test that they failed and hurt them. i think even without the testimony of the expert from michigan, any person in america would understand that a person who is held captive for between 9 and 11 years, sexually assaulted and such will hold and have serious psychological harm, as well as the physical harm. there's also economic harm. i know miss berry was coming from work and the others were all young and they had an opportunity to work which you deprived them of that and not just the wages, you also deprived them of the opportunity to be out in public,

the course of a year, i think starving is -- the reality is that american poor people are not malnourishedey in fact eat too much food. >> reporter: if joel berg is the advocate of food stamps, robert rutger of heritage foundation is the skeptic. >> hunger skeptics discourt the data, create a huge mirage of a problem that doesn't really exist. it distracts our attention from the real issues, how you really help the poor rather than making them more dependent on government. >> denied you because your income changed? >> reporter: he says 80% of people that turn to his coalition for help are ultimately approved. some people they spoke to never thought they would be eligible. >> i am going to give you my number, my direct extension. my name is denise. we can help you with that as well, okay? she wasn't aware she can apply just for her daughter. >> reporter: you and volunteers stop and explain food stamps to just about every person on the street. >> yes. >> reporter: it could be construed as recruitment. >> we would never, ever try to convince someone that didn't want these benefits to get them

. >> reporter: this is a young stray pit bull brought in completely malnourished, injured.omething that they see here every single day. one of the biggest problems facing detroit and the stray dogs is the fact that so many are not spayed or neutered so the problem persists. >> they are disposable in people's minds. they don't vaccine ate or pay or neuter. >> reporter: educating owners to spay and neuter their dogs and provides free food. >> a lot of people have lost their homes, lost their jobs and they don't have the funds. they love their animals but, you know, it is very hard to feed their own kids and their family. >> what are you going to do? >> exactly. >> reporter: are there more people living oin this street or more stray dog? >> right now more stray dogs. >> reporter: with the world animal awareness society took us to desserted homes. would tearing down abandoned homes help solve the problem? >> absolutely. people are quickly absorbing animals and passing them on to other people. there is no sense of guard insulinship and responsibility of having an animal. >> repo

the reality is american poor people are not malnourished they eat in fact too much food. >> if joe burg is an advocate food stamp robert of the heritage foundation is the great sceptic. >> they are distorting the data and creating a huge mirage how you really help the poor rather than making it moir dependent on government. >> 80 percent of the people who turned to his coalition for help are ultimately approved. some they spoke to never thought they would be eligible. >> i am going to give you my number this is my direct extension. my name is denise and we can help you with that as well. >> she wasn't aware she could apply for her daughter. >> you stop and explain food stamps to just about every person on the street. >> yes. >> it could be construed as recruitment. >> we would never convince someone who get it who didn't want it. >> recruiting people to go on food stamps is against the rules. as you will see the usda itself has gone right up to the line. did they cross it? their stratd gee to get past no. but first john roberts and the new face of food stamps. a character you won't forg

the reality is american poor people are not malnourished they eat in fact too much food. >> if joe burg is an advocate food stamp robert of the heritage foundation is the great sceptic. >> they are distorting the data and creating a huge mirage how you really help the poor rather than making it moir dependent on government. >> 80 percent of the people who turned to his coalition for help are ultimately approved. some they spoke to never thought they would be eligible. >> i am going to give you my number this is my direct extension. my name is denise and we can help you with that as well. >> she wasn't aware she could apply for her daughter. >> you stop and explain food stamps to just about every person on the street. >> yes. >> it could be construed as recruitment. >> we would never convince someone who get it who didn't want it. >> recruiting people to go on food stamps is against the rules. as you will see the usda itself has gone right up to the line. did they cross it? their stratd gee to get past no. but first john roberts and the new face of food stamps. a character you won't forg

when police finally entered the castro home after berry escaped, they found the women scared, malnourished and pale. police describe the scene in which the women literally jumped into their arms, refusing to be left alone. >> unsure if there was a suspect in the house, so we obviously go in very cautiously. i remember it was very dark because i didn't take my flashlight with me because it was a bright sunny day. i didn't think i'd need my flashlight in this house. fortunately, i had a flashlight on my firearm. he hollered out to the police again, then you hear some pitter patter of steps. someone running. but stopped. and when she -- we shined the flashlight. i remember i kind of shined the flashlight so whoever it was could see that we were the police. we later found out it was michelle night as she literally launched herself into officer espada's arms. he -- legs, arms, just choking him, and she just kept repeating, you saved us, you saved us. all of a sudden you see a face peek around the corner of the doorway and it was later, officer scott asked her, what's your name? she said, georgi

. >> reporter: this is a young stray pit bull that was just brought in xlelly malnourished, injured, hard time walking and this is something they see here every day. one of the biggest problems facing detroit and the stray dogs is the fact that so many are not spayed or neutered, and so the problem persists. >> they're disposable in people's minds. you know, they don't vaccinate, they don't spay or neuter. >> reporter: it's been a vicious cycle for decades. this cnn video shows detroit's strays back in 1997. >> they're overbreeding. they're running the streets. >> reporter: kristin houston is trying to curb the problem, educating owners to spay and neuter their dogs. she also provides free food to keep dogs in homes. >> a lot of people have lost their homes, lost their jobs, and they just don't have the funds. they love their animals, but, you know, it's very hard to feed their own kids and their family. >> reporter: so what are you going to do? >> exactly. >> reporter: howard fullerton lost his home to foreclosure. he couldn't take his dog cocoa with him. >> she's been in our family

. >> the retail is that american poor people are not malnourished.in fact eat too much food. >> the poor eat too much food? that's ridiculous. and offensive. the average food stamp benefit is just $4.50 a day, just 1.50 per meal. maybe they think the poor don't deserve $1.50 a meal. fox news has it all wrong. but here are some facts. 76% of households receiving food stamps include children, seniors, and disabled people. 35% are white. 23% are black, and 15% are hispanic. these people aren't parasites. they're americans trying to feed their families and make ends meet. did o'reilly and the gang at fox think we would ignore their poor logic? nice try, but we got you. picasso painted one of his master works at 56. doris taerbaum finished her first marathon at 50. not everyone peaks in their twenties. throughout their lives. passion keeps them realizing possibilities. an ally for real possibilities. aarp. find tools and support at aarp.org/possibilities. i'm bethand i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything w

that healthy weight is important but you can be obese or at a healthy weight but still malnourished.d healthy and community healthy but there's several that middle schoolers need. one that's really important for health at school time tetnas and pertussis. it causes a severe cough. >> talk about it. if you can have an open and engaged relationship your child, that's the first step. but if you're concerned at all, bring it up at your providers visit. >> i think pediatricians also can be a good person to talk to for this kids if they don't want to talk to their parents. >> absolutely. >> encourage that relationship. >> what's behind you, high school. >> this is where i leave. >> this is where it gets serious. >> sex ed, drugs and alcohol. >> no denying the fact that kids in high school and college are involved with alcohol and drugs and sex and the key is to give them the information and the resources they need to be safe and share your values about these topics with them, even from younger ages but let them know that you are there for them if they ever need to talk to you or have a que

he would do fine for a little while, at them and go back to being malnourished what they found was thatlate the micro biome and give these kids the right microbes to digest the food, they have a much better chance of recovering from malnutrition. host: we are talking about microbe research with richard conniff, his piece in "smithsonian magazine," "the body eclectic." let's go to charlotte. caller: good morning. i was curious as to, how does the body pick up its microbes, and if we are constructed by our dna, do we carry dna to make these microbes? thank you. we picked thete, microbes up from the world around us right from the start. one of the most interesting studies has to do with cesarean births. about 30% of kids in this country are born by cesarean, and they found that kids born that way have a consistently different -- have a completely different micro biome in early life, dominated by a skin bacteria. where is kids born vaginally pick up microbes from the mom's earth canal, and they turn out to be healthier as a result because that rich micro biome early on in life is essential