mariana chilton is here, too.she teaches public health at drexel university and is director of the center for hunger-free communities. she's also founder of witnesses to hunger, a group featured prominently in "a place at the table." in this excerpt from the film, we meet a rancher and a police officer in colorado, each struggling to make ends meet. believe it or not, they have to rely on the charitable food programs sponsored by the church of a local minister, pastor bob wilson. >> about a month ago we had three officers, including myself, but however, due to budget constraints, we're now down to just me. it was always kind of a prideful thing that i never needed anybody's help. unfortunately, i haven't received a pay raise in four years and what i used to spend on a month in groceries now gets me about two weeks. i have utilized pastor bob's food bank. the way it makes me feel, it's, it's very humiliating. well, i correct that, it's not humiliating, it's very grounding. the stereotype of food banks is always for

fusion's mariana van zeller goes underground. >> reporter: for our first target we aim high, an ak-47>> i'll punch it in under key words and see what comes up. >> hi nick, i'm calling about the ad. is it still for sale? >> yes, it is. >> i have $750 in cash. would you agree to that? >> yes, i can do that. >> can we meet now? >> yeah, at taco bell. >> cool, thanks so much. >> reporter: now i'm heading to a fast food parking lot to make a cash deal for an assault rifle. >> how are you doing? >> hi. >> thank you. this is good to go, $750? >> yep. >> all right. >> reporter: if it's that easy to buy an ak-47 from a fast food parking lot we need to aim bigger. we're going to try to buy a .50 caliber sniper rifle, a weapon so powerful that the u.s. military uses it to penetrate concrete walls and pierce steel. it's a gun that could do an unthinkable amount of damage if it fell into the wrong hands. >> so from here should be about three to five minutes to his house. >> reporter: we found someone who claims to be selling one in just a couple of minutes online. >> how are you guys doing? thank

. >> esta semana este domingo los espera mariana salinas aquí un adelanto. >> este domingo en al punto>> hay un grupo de cinco o seis que no están dispuestos a aceptar nada , incluso sean hasta 10. >> solo tener que lograr 20 votos republicanos , decir que no queiren cumplir. >> que tan seguro es volar después del accidente aéreo. >> la buena noticia es que estados unidos no ocupa el primer lugar en obesidad ahora la tiene mxco , todo en al punto. >> no se pierdan este domingo al punto , a las 10 de la mañana. >> joven pakistani celebró su cumpleaños n 16 , la pequeña que casi le cuesta la vida por querer estudiar dijo que las balas no la detendran la onu nombro este día como el día malala y con esto nos despedimos , que pase buen fin de semana y un buen día malala hasta luego. ♪. animal y el caso no del propÓsito de carola canseco. y luego quiere comprarlo por una bagatela. ah, pero yo voy a desbaratar tus planes, carola canseco. ¡esta, esta es la prueba que necesitaba, esta! >> anoche hubo un cliente que desbancÓ la ruleta, va a ser una perdida de mÁs de medio millÓn de dÓlares. >> ¡

pero mariana dice que la ayuda ningÚn llegÓ. >>> hay programas pero con muchas restricciones y o sea casas, creando pueblos fantasmas como este que ve aquÍ. ♪. ♪. >>> el primer ministro interino de egipto se reÚne maÑana para tratar de formar un nuevo gobierno, pero simtatizantes y opositores del derrocado mohamed mursi siguen con las protestas en las calles. termina la corrida de toros en san fermÍn, espaÑa con una decena de heridos, una mujer australiana estÁ en estado critico. bueno y las lluvias y que dejaron inundaciones en china dejÓ miles de evacuados y se cancelaron por lo menos 140 vuelos. el nacimiento del bebÉ del principe william y kate de inglaterra tiene a todos con la atenciÓn, es que si es hembra serÍa la primera en asumir el trono por primera vez mujer. >>> bueno nuevo deporte que mueve el motor del turismo en el salvador, las playas escenario de una de las mejores competencias que atrae turistas. las olas de el salvador han sido. >>> 50 mil dÓlares. >>> es la primera vez que vengo

so, without further ado, the first scholarship goes to mariana sanders who has been accepted to sweet buyer college in virginia. (applause) >> the second scholarship goes to juan, attending a two-year college. (applause) >> the third scholarship goes to gregory sail bury who has also been accepted and attending a two-year college. (applause) ~ >> the fourth scholarship goes to deja moore who has been accepted and attending san francisco state university. (applause) >> okay, juan has to be here. juan jones who has been accepted and attending city college. [cheering and applauding] >> the other checks will be mailed. thank you. [cheering and applauding] >> congratulations. and now we will hear from mr. justin davis who is the program manager of the college bound brotherhood [speaker not understood] for social impact. (applause) >> congratulations, lauren. wow. so, this announcement is really for you and some of your other fellow african-american graduates. [speaker not understood] formerlyedth mission k-4 foundation. we are based in oakland, california. we just moved there from san fran

this is our first report that we've aired from mariana van zeller.ter for our new partner with univision called fusion. >> reporter: for our first target, we aim high. an ak-47. >> what i'll do is punch in the word ak-47 under keywords and then we'll see what comes up. this one has a phone number. >> hi, nick. i'm calling about the ad. is it still for sale? >> yes, it is. >> okay, good. i have $750 in cash. would you agree to that? >> yeah, i can do that. >> yeah? do you -- can we meet now? cool. thanks so much. now i'm heading to a fast food parking lot to make a cash deal for an assault rifle. >> how are you doing, man? >> hi. >> can i take a look at it? >> thank you. >> this is good to go for me. $750? >> yep. >> all right. >> reporter: if it's that easy to buy an ak-47 from a fast food parking lot, we need to aim even bigger. we're going to try and buy a 50 caliber sniper rifle. a weapon so powerful that the u.s. military uses it to penetrate concrete walls and pierce steel. it's a gun that could do an unthinkable amount of damage if it fell into

now across the eastern continental asia we have a tropical depression that formed near the mariana islandsing stormy conditions and it's going to intensify over the hot sea surface temperature and it will likely become a tropical storm status. it will be a named storm into the next 24 hours. it's already bringing swells and rip currents across this area. watch out for that. a pacific high dominates much of japan. we saw a sudden burst of showers yesterday and that will continue to happen across the country. now the rainy season already has ended. it has been declared on saturday in tokyo. and this is when the heatstroke is going to be in the very high risk. we do need to take really well precautions for the heatstroke across the country. the northeastern area of china and down into says wan is gusty conditions. this is the area where we will find 100 millimeters on top of the 90 millimeters we have been seeing. now here across north america we have tropical storm eric. we have tropical storm warnings here in the tip of it. watch out for heavy rain there. across the northern areas we will b

this was an understandable exception, yankees hall of fame pitcher mariana rivera who is retiring at the end of the season. >>> ernest hemingway has many admirers but now we know his biggest fan was his mother grace. a series of scrapbooks she compiled since childhood went on digital display. scrapbooks contain letters, drawings, even homework assignments, clues to the childhood makeup of a mind that produced a winner pulitzer prize, "the old man and the sea." >>> this being national ice cream day, taste experts at baskin-robbins are trumpeting you are what flavor you eat. chocolate, you're supposed to be charming. vanilla fans are idealistic. we're surprised to learn mint chocolate chip fans tend to be curious while rocky road mavens are good listeners. >>> when we come back a jewel in the crown of the crescent city still singing after all these years. new orleans where the past easily ming else with the present and something old is always new, nbc's kevin tibbles and a band leader who is still keeping time with the changing times. >> reporter: in a city renowned for letting the bon

. >> mariana chilton: there's no opportunity for people who are low income to really engage in our democracyd i think that they're actively shut out as well. >> bill moyers: and -- >> greg kaufman: there are a lot of corporations that are, you know, want to be involved in the fight against hunger. and the best thing they can do is get onboard for fair wages. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the korg

. >>> the minnesota twins celebrated yankee mariana rivera's final season, oh, yeah, presenting him,elief pitcher, with a rocking chair of all things, kind of fitting, since the twins gift is made of shattered bats, some caused by rivera's famous fastball. >>> rapper jay-z continuing to make a splash in the sports world since launching rock nation sports in a new song off his album "magna carta holy grail." the music mogul brags about signing robinson canoe away from super agent scott boras. >>> did you see it yet, sportsillustrated.com had fun with an expose on ricky bobby from the movie "talladega nights" and according to the article the fictional nascar driver is broke but managed to pull enough money with antoine walker and warren sapp to open an r&b smoke and toke shop. never heard of that before, but maybe he's the comeback kid. ricky bobby. >> thanks. >>> james canned feeney's $70 million estate will be distributed. we will have details next. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer

. >> strangely, it was not yankees leader mariana rivera who closed out the gable and we'll tell youwhy. >>> stand your ground. attorney general eric holder chimes in on how he feels about the controversial law, plus how trayvon martin's death led him to a conversation he thought he would never have. >>> and a scary space walk caused the cancellation of a space walk at the international space station. this is "way too early" on a wednesday. >>> good morning, everybody. brian shackman here on july 17th. we have a 275 pound all-star hitting out a triple in the all-star game. you can probably guess who it was. really only two candidates. i won't give it away. we'll see that in sports in a few minutes. >>> we'll begin with what seems like a tom clancy spy novel. authorities find some soviet missile radar components apparently smuggled aboard a north korean ship. pan amainian authorities boarded a ship after what is called a violent five-day standoff with the crew. many were only reportedly armed with sticks. the captain ror

mariana sanchez, al jazeera, caracas. >> china's vice president is in washington with trade talks.t joe biden and secretary of state joe carey -- john kerry. climateent to tackling change by reducing greenhouse gases. john kerry said they must come together to set a positive example for the world. ways towe find strengthen our economic ties, it spurs innovation. it spurs growth, it creates jobs in both of our countries. cooperationen our on regional and global security issues, it helps all of our people to be safer and it projects stability across the world. environmental activists have scaled britain's tallest building in protest against oil and gas drilling in the arctic. the campaigners from greenpeace chose the shard in central london because it sits in the middle of three offices run by the oil giant shell. the protesters were using ladders to make their way up the 87 story building. police say they are monitoring the situation. a bit of color. a university of new zealand has nabbed itself a world record while also flowing in massive arty. more now on what turned out to be a m

so, without further ado, the first scholarship goes to mariana sanders who has been accepted to sweet buyer college in virginia. (applause) >> the second scholarship goes to juan, attending a two-year college. (applause) >> the t

so, without further ado, the first scholarship goes to mariana sanders who has been accepted to sweetuyer college in virginia. (applause) >> the second scholarship goes to juan, attending a two-year college. (applause) >> the third scholarship goes to gregory sail bury who has also been accepted and attending a two-year college. (applause) ~ >> the fourth scholarship goes to deja moore who has been accepted and attending san francisco state university. (applause) >> okay, juan has to be here. juan jones who has been accepted and attending city college. [cheering and applauding] >> the other checks will be mailed. thank you. [cheering and applauding]

>>> si. >>> te voy a contar quÉ galÁn de telenovelas a mariana seoane le echÓ ojitos es una niÑa bienros. >>> sÍ, aqui, mira. >>> vamos a poner a marinar, te gustÓ? >>> buenÍsima. >>> una pechuga de pollo, eso le va bien a todo. >>> muy bueno. cual>>> para el sandwich es rico, lo hace cremoso, y media pechuca sin piel tiene 150 calorÍas, casi nada. >>> buena proteÍna. >>> sÍ, magra, un poquito de aceite de oliva, vinagre balsamico. >>> ajito? >>> sÍ. un chef sin ajo no es chef. >>> sÍ, le da sabor, no tiene calorÍas, vamos a dejar marinando, no le puse sal para que no me le saque el jugo al tejido, pollo o carne, tenemos previamente, listo para marinar. >>> pechugas. >>> marinado y listo, como vamos a sellar en la parrilla, le secas la marinada, sino se te hace un sancochito. >>> marinas pero lo secas. >>> el otro truco nunca le pongas aceite a la parrilla. >>> directo. >>> el aceite al pollo o carne. vamos a poner a dorar. >>> ajale toro. >>> vamos a dejar dorando, quÉ rico no? >>> sÍ. >>> vamos a poner acÁ. >>> el Último? ahÍ estÁ. >>> esta acÁ, vamos a dejar ahÍ. cocinando. >>> nad

detroit and to apply for commonalth status from the federal government similar to what the northern marianain our pr. hn: freedom to try new rules. >> we have our ownnlaws. the government taxation. we wld be business friendly. we try to model ourselves after singape. during that time the detroit has gone from 2 million people down to 700,000 from 1950 until the present, singapore has gone from 1 million the 4 million people. we would be business friendly. we would have some taxation principl which would make us very competitive. number one is we would not tax anything we want to encourage. number two, taxes have to be transparent. john: we don't want to tax anything. encourage. >> we don't tax investment or labor in come. john: you do tax. >> consumption. and the primary tax would be a real estate tax, but it would only be on the raw land value of the property owner, not upon the improvements that that person puts on the land. john: and you would have to speak english to come to your community and bring in $300,000 to be a citizen. >> however, we would have a process. we would waive the fee

. >>> the star of the all star game yankees closure mariana rivera. a standing ovation almost two minutes. rivera is retiring tend of the season. he pitched a perfect 8 innings in the american league they beat the national league 3-0. he also became the secondary leave ever to win the all star mvp award. selig calls him the greatest relief pitcher of all time. >> time now to turn to lauren simonetti she has the top business news this morning. >> hi, good morning. nearly 12 million americans are unemployed looking for jobs that don't real licks cyst at least not yoet yet. the folks at mckenzie identified five areas we want to tell you about where the u.s. economy can grow and where millions of jobs can be created. number one is energy. the boom can create 1.7 million new jobs ore the next seven years then there's the bulking up of our investment and medical devices exporting those can create jobs by 2020. we can't over look big data and infrastructure and talent. educating and training americans in science and math can boost economic growth by $2 trill

>> mariana. >> she is not interested in being a mom. she hands her kid off.>> and you start to lean in and have a little fun with your maid. >> well -- >> he just hugged her. >> i think that's what she said. when you hugged me -- >> maids take care of the home. >> yeah. >> oh. uh-huh. >> beyond grateful. for what? for your socks? >> so is your character a nasty character or do you play a guy who is just troubled? >> >> i'm a good guy. >> a little bit. he's a little bit of a buffoon. >> a little bit of a beautiful boy? >> i hope he is. ? he is but a little empty. >> but he plays this guy, a soap opera star. the character he plays on the soap is very dashing and debonair and masculine and smart. he's a doctor and everything. so he does -- occasionally i watch, spence watches lance to get tips on how to be -- >> oh, that's sad. >> it's so juicy. what kind of feedback have you been getting? >> we're doing great. the show opened two weeks ago, three weeks ago. ratings keep going up every week. so the word of mouth on it is good? >> it's terrific. yeah, twitter fee

detroit and to apply for commonwealth status from the federal govnment similar to what the northern marianain our pr. john: freedom to try new rules. >> we have our ownnlaws. the government taxation. we would be business friendly. we tryo model ourselves after singapore. during that time the detroit has gone from 2 million people down to 700,000 from 1950 until the present, singapore has gone from 1 million the 4 million peopl we would be business friendly. we would he some taxion principles which would make us very competitive. number one is we would not tax anything we want to encourage. number two, taxes have to be transparent. john: we don't want to tax anything. encourage. >> we don't tax investment or labor in come. john: you do tax. >> consumption. and the primary tax would be a real estate tax, but it would only be on the raw land value of the property owner, not upon the improvements that that person puts on the land. john: and you would have to speaenglish to come to your counity and bring in $300,000 to be a citen. >> however, we would have a process. we would waive the fee. john

nacional para asegurar la aventajado local en la prÓxima serie mundial, y contrario a o la esperado marianaara pasar a cuartos de final y lo consiguiÓ. y venciÓ a belize contando con una tru mret de martÍnez. >>> y recuerden que la quiniela es el lugar dÓnde puedes demostrar a todos que saben mÁs que ellos, y pre dice resultados de todos los partidos de la copa oro y obtener punto por eso participar por terno un resultado exactos y el equipo ganador, entra a la pÁgina web en pantalla y apoya a tu selecciÓn o equipo favorito. >>> y muy bien, recuerden que la copa oro continÚa su acciÓn, mÉxico, y trinidad y tobago y toda la acciÓn a travÉs de univisiÓn, y todo por el momento, regreso con ustedes. >>> un ab abrazo. >>> gracias. >>> y el medio a coyotes y silencia a indocumentados rescatados los lleva a ocultar la verdad. >>> aquÍ le contamos al regresar con la pausa, . >>> el miedo a delincuente es que controlan el trÁfico de in documento ademÁs es muy grande que cuando cuando inmigrante son rescatados no dicen la verdad como dice ernesto todos comienzan a perderse en un sinfÍn de versiones d

. >> and to close it out mariana rivera. should be emotional tonight. turn it to fox right now. >> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> they paint this picture of white people hunting black people. >> bill: that was bernie goldberg last night saying that the media will not tell the truth about violent crime and young black men. tonight, we'll continue the discussion with allen west and tavis smiley. >> this guy looks like is he up to no good. he looks black. >> bill: nbc news used that sound bite from zimmerman 911 call it was edited and distorted now zimmerman's lawyers say they will take it to court. is it legal on the case. >> were alcohol and drugs ever a problem. >> yes, absolutely. >> how old were you? >> i was about 12. >> bill: yet another young actor dead from narcotics. tonight, we will tell you why america is not confronting substance abuse the way it should. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. violent crime in the media that is the subject of

huffman: i thank the gentleman from the northern mariana islands and, mr. speaker, i'd yield as much time as he may consume to my colleague, the gentleman from monterrey, california, mr. farr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. farr: thank you very much, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. huffman, for yielding. i want to congratulate the committee and chairman doc hastings on bringing this bill to the floor. i was instrumental in creating the national coastal monument along the california coastline and it had to be done by executive order because we couldn't get the bills out of committee. i really appreciate the fact that the committee's concentrating on this because a lot of these things that people kind of argue against don't realize what the positive unintended consequences are. what this bill does is talk about management of land. as the chairman pointed out, the substance of the bill allows the private enterprise, the agriculture to continue and to have it in a way that will be cost-effective management. this is a win-w

both teams stayed on the sidelines be of this moment to give mariana rivera his moment alone in the spotlight as he came out to the mound. the game's greatest closer received a standing o from the 43,000 fangs at citi field and also untold numbers of us watching at home. rivera who is retiring at the end of the season went on to pitch, naturally, a perfect inning. the biggest play of the night belongs to prince fielder's line drive in the ninth. that turned into a triple. it was a hustle play that even surprised the big guy himself. just take a look. >> he's going to motor all the way around to third with a triple. >> is that a great moment or what? his teammates were also pretty excited. e sweeter... because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet. [ herbie ] eh, hold on brent, what's this? mmmm, nice car. there's no doubt, that's definitely gonna throw him off. she's seen it too. oh this could be trouble. [ sentra lock noise ] oh man. tta think fast, herbie. back pedal,

. >> and to close it out mariana rivera. should be emotional tonight.to fox right now. >> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> they paint this picture of white people hunting black people. >> bill: that was bernie goldberg last night saying that the media will not tell the truth about violent crime and young black men. tonight, we'll continue the discussion with allen west and tavis smiley. >> this guy looks like is he up to no good. he looks black. >> bill: nbc news used that sound bite from zimmerman 911 call it was edited and distorted now zimmerman's lawyers say they will take it to court. is it legal on the case. >> were alcohol and drugs ever a problem. >> yes, absolutely. >> how old were you? >> i was about 12.

the big star, maury you a -- maury anna rivera -- mariana rivera was the all-star. retire at the end of the season. he's 43 years old. just ancient, isn't it? the only older pitcher to appear in an all-star game was paige. >>> the british own gets underway in scotland. former champion tiger woods says his injured elbow is doing just fine. he's ready to win his first major title in five years. he will be competing against phil mickelson, adam scott and graham mcdowell. >> and ernie els may have something to say about that. >>> trucks arriving at the port of oakland are being told to turn around. coming up how the death of a long shore worker is affecting this. >>> on the golden gate bridge, the traffic looks good. it's not really foggy here. we'll tell you more about the morning commute. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> more than 8 a passengers on flight 214 plan to be sue boeing, the plane's manufacturer over the crash- landing at sfo. a chicago law firm filing on behalf of the passengers said the crash may have been caused by a mechanical malfunction. the suit also says some escape ramps

we'll go to kenneth from mariana, arizona, on our democratic line.good morning, kenneth, you're on with bob cusack. >> caller: yes. i'm from mariana, arkansas, not arizona -- >> host: oh, sorry about that. >> guest: yes. what i would like congress to look into is these stand your ground laws. in 1947 jackie robinson got ran out of sanford, florida. he had death threats against him. the white citizens down there got together, and the mayor caved in, and they had to move the whole ball team out of sanford, florida, to daytona beach, florida, to complete their training. there is something wrong down there with that jury that was picked down there. but congress needs to look into these laws, especially stand your ground and how these juries are formed. because these citizens that ran jackie robinson out of sanford, florida, those are the jurors that were sitting on that jury. a lot of people need to look at this. eric holder's getting ready to do an investigation down there. he needs to look and see the relationship of what's going on, how these juries a

. >> mariana said it almost brought me to tears, i almost cried. >> i think in about four more monthsing to have to stay home and actually spent time with my family. i'm just teasing. you do something for it say start playing little league, you have been doing this for 35 years and all of a sudden, you go from that adrenaline rush to actually having to stay home and look at somebody. that is why they are crying. >> some people will sit home and tweet all day. >> some people think i'm being a wise guy but it is true. it is an adjustment. that is a shock for these pro athletes. that is why they are crying. they love the locker room and the banter and the travel and oh my god i only see my wife every six months and she's so excited to see me. when you see someone everyday, you know you are living. >> that the reason i realize that we do not see each other ever. >> familiarity breeds contempt. what do we do? we talk on the phone. >> people think that we are going to lunch and i see you all the time. >> i can't be bothered with you. we see each other maybe what? four or five times? >> that

magic moment of the night came when mariana rivera took the mound. he's the closer for the yankees.s retiring from baseball. this is his last appearance in the all-star game. the american league team cleared the field so he could stand alone on the mound and acknowledge the cheers of the crowd. >> he just took the mound by himself. and tipping his cap to the american league dugout of the national league dugout, getting a standing ovation not only from the entire crowd. but from both dugouts. pretty special moment here at city field. mariano rivera standing alone on the pitcher's mound. >> bill: a great guy and a great player. >> they do something really cool in baseball that i don't think they do in a lot of other sports is as a retiring player -- they did this for chipper jones, they sort of give gifts to the retiring player, the opposing teams. they pay a lot of respect to outgoing baseball players. it is really cool how they do that. >> bill: it is cool. coming up, we're going to be talking to reporters from the "national journal," university of virginia's larry sabato will be jo

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>> mariana. >> she is not interested in being a mom. she hands her kid off.he character he plays on the soap is very dashing and debonair and masculine and smart. he's a doctor and everything. so he does -- occasionally i watch, spence watches lance to get tips on how to be -- >> it's so juicy. >> i'm sorry, it's so juicy, isn't it? what kind of feedback have you been getting on it? >> we're doing great. the show opened two weeks ago, three weeks ago. ratings keep going up every week. so the word of mouth on it is good? >> yeah, twitter feeds. >> the stereotypical thing about the latinas are the maid. >> it's not. >> it's all tongue and cheek and it's a lot -- it's the same producer if people don't know, who did "desperate housewives." >> there's always that cherry take on things. >> if it's dramatic, there's a little twinkle. it's funny, there's a lot of heart. >> is eva longoria in it? just a producer? is she ever going to be in it? >> i hope so. >> when you look back at those "melrose" clips, dwhoot you think? >> i look back and go, good lord. that young a

acerbic, lightning-witted, and the depth of the mariana trench. appreciate her asking me to introduce her today, and i?ll just share a few thoughts additional to those senator chambliss said. as you know, i've traveled to sudan, i've traveled to rwanda, i've been to some of the places samantha has written about and been an activist about. in fact, in her book about rwanda, ?a problem from hell,? which was a great book, she wrote about her -- couldn?t believe that during the three months of the slaughter of over a million rwandans, there was not even a high-level meeting at the white house. >> well, we thank both of our colleagues for coming and joining -- [inaudible}. we welcome senator isakson back to the committee, as the -- senator isakson was a distinguished member of the committee, we miss him on the committee and we hope that at some point he?ll return in the future. and i know you have busy schedules, so when you feel appropriate, please feel free to leave as you -- as you need to. with that great set of introductions, ms. power, you?re wel