. >> reporter: that's rajiv gupta's opening line as he's traveled west on his 30 in 30 campaign. >> i stayed on this trip for 30 days to meet 30 families across the country. so that i can show their stories back in india. >> reporter: he's making a documentary, and this was his route. every day he'd stop in a new place and start talking. >> nice to meet you. >> this was his final stop, berkeley. vince dee, whom he's never met, has agreed top not only talk with rajiv but also let him stay here. >> i'm looking forward to being able to talk to him and find out his -- things about his way of life. >> rajiv has found places to stay on this journey in three different ways. this was through a referral. otherwise he also uses this website, couchsurfing.org. it connects travelers with strangers who have some extra room. or he'll meet someone on the street or even knock on a door and ask for a chat. has anyone ever said no? >> no, not really. >> reporter: a slew of stories, pictures, and moments followed. he even stayed with cowboys, an lgbt family, and a single father. >> it has taken me some

. >> reporter: that's rajiv gupta's opening line as he's traveled west on his 30 in 30 campaign. >> i stayed on this trip for 30 days to meet 30 families across the country. so that i can show their stories back in india. >> reporter: he's making a documentary, and this was his route. every day he'd stop in a new place and start talking. >> nice to meet you. >> this was his final stop, berkeley. vince dee, whom he's never met, has agreed top not only talk with rajiv but also let him stay here. >> i'm looking forward to being able to talk to him and find out his -- things about his way of life. >> rajiv has found places to stay on this journey in three different ways. this was through a referral. otherwise he also uses this website, couchsurfing.org. it connects travelers with strangers who have some extra room. or he'll meet someone on the street or even knock on a door and ask for a chat. has anyone ever said no? >> no, not really. >> reporter: a slew of stories, pictures, and moments followed. he even stayed with cowboys, an lgbt family, and a single father. >> it has taken me some

. >> reporter: that's rajiv gupta's opening line as he's traveled west on his 30 in 30 campaign. >> iayed on this trip for 30 days to meet 30 families across the country. so that i can show their stories back in india. >> reporter: he's making a documentary, and this was his route. every day he'd stop in a new place and start talking. >> nice to meet you. >> this was his final stop, berkeley. vince dee, whom he's never met, has agreed top not only talk with rajiv but also let him stay here. >> i'm looking forward to being able to to him and find out his -- things about his way of life. >> rajiv has found places to stay on this journey in three different ways. this was through a referral. otherwise he also uses this website, couchsurfing.org. it connects travelers with strangers who have some extra room. or he'll meet someone on the street or even knock on a door and ask for a chat. has anyone ever said no? >> no, not really. >> reporter: a slew of stories, pictures, and moments followed. he even stayed with cowboys, an lgbt family, and a single father. >> it has taken me some uncondit

rajiv, the president knew when he took office that he was going to have an iraq strategy. he knew when he got re-elected he was going to have to have an iraq strategy. he now appears to have to have an iraq strategy and an isis strategy. >> yes. and this is a very challenging task for the president. he's right that the long-term solution in iraq is political compromise. you need a new and inclusive government in baghdad. but it doesn't look like that's going to happen any time soon. everybody is hopeful that the result of these most recent elections will lead to a new prime minister. maliki goes. but at present it doesn't seem that like you're going get the big tent government that washington is hoping for. even if you do, lawrence, trying to win back over the allegiances of the sunnis, trying to reempower the iraqi army, that's a long-term strategy. what we have to expect here, what the president's strategy here is going to be months and months of isis control, of large swaths of iraq as the political track moves forward, as the iraqi army seeks to bolster itself. all the

. >> rajiv, you mentioned the political -- sort of the political fight ongoing. you wrote what i take to be the definitive book about our time in iraq. you know all of the players here. can you give us a sense of nouri al maliki. you suggest that he seems to be on the way out. he continues to take to tv to say he's not. maybe that's bluster, maybe it isn't. tell us who he is and how he can be removed at this point. >> well, his key basis of support principally the iranian government across the border as well as his own security forces, if you will, because he's done a lot to politicize the security forces in that country, don't seem to be fully standing with him. so his days perhaps are numbered, chris. i think the challenge here is going to be he's going to probably put up a fight for a little bit longer. hopefully the iranians might offer him a nice villa in exile, get him out of the country pretty quickly. but he's done a lot -- he's put a lot of tentacles into the army, into the interior ministry security forces, into the intelligence services. trying to unwi

in 2011 he made his broadway acting debut starring in rajiv joseph's "bengal tiger at the baghdad zoo." that same year he would marry his third wife, graphic designer susan schneider. in 2013 williams would return to the small screen, starring in the cbs sitcom "the crazy ones." where he would reunite with his old friend pam dawber, better known as mindy. >> i've never met anyone as screwy as you. you're like an alien. >> reporter: from stand-up and sitcoms and beyond, williams would delight audiences for decades with his wacky humor and joyful energy. he was the definition of full of life. and even now his comic legend is destined to endure. >> that was our nischelle turner reporting there. but across the globe people are expressing their condolences over the death of robin williams. rosemary, you were saying the u.s. president's quote was kind of one of your favorites you've seen. >> just amazing. i think it's beautifully worded. u.s. president barack obama called him one of a kind, saying this -- "he arrived in our lives as an alien, but he ended up touching every element of the hu

certainly are i want to play a clip of senator patrick leahy questioning usa idea administrator dr rajiv shah about the program. if we could. working. with the cuban government in child survival programs so it could be done. my understanding of the. amendment is that we would not be precluded from engaging in those kinds of. amendment would make sure that. we are we wouldn't we wouldn't. i like this claim right there i mean do you think that's really what's preventing actual cooperation at this point well i certainly think that the helms burton act is part of the larger the larger embargo the larger blockade is absolutely critical to understanding this reality certainly the u.s. embargo the u.s. blockade of cuba which has cost them over hundreds of billions of dollars in the years it's been in place has done quite a bit quite a bit to impact the humanitarian situation as well as the economy of cuba and the fact that they will covertly do things that they won't openly do shows how unbelievably byzantine this situation is eugene why why does a small island nation pose such a threat to the

friedman the zooms in a revelation prompted senator patrick leahy to grill usaid administrator dr rajiv shah at a recent hearing the legislation doesn't say anything about setting up a cock i mean the idea in cuba twitter accounts and all now this latest usa program was even more cockamamie recruiting young cubans stan type government activism theory number of fake civic programs including an h i.v. prevention workshop a ploy that could discredit the rest of us aid humanitarian missions all around the world. in two thousand and thirteen bolivian president evo morales kicked usaid out of his country claiming that the agency acted like a wing of the cia you may remember in a two thousand and nine speech in egypt president obama touted this new u.s. humanitarian mission today i'm announcing a new global effort with the organization of the islamic conference to eradicate polio well that mission ended quickly since the cia decided to use a fake vaccination program in pakistan to collect the d.n.a. of osama bin laden's family since then actual vaccination workers have been suspected of workin

the journey took rajiv to learn about 30 american families in 30 days and ended up in the bay area. he is making a documentary to share his stories in india staying with cowboys and lgbt appeal and a single father. >> it took unconditioning of my ode baggage to accept and celebrate this is another form of family. >> he found places to stay if three ways: through referral, couch surfing or meeting people on the street. >> more problems at a local skate park. a video is raising red flags for neighbors. >> richard nixon is living on today, 40 years to the day after historic presidential resignation. >> a new way to were cue updated >> a new way to were cue updated at this is the "name your price" tool. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. they're called winglets. winglets may not look like a big deal, but those little do-hickeys save about 54 million gallons of fuel a year. you know what that means? $73 airfares. thank you, little do-hickeys. for a limited time only, southwest airlines is

in 2011 he made his broadway acting debut starring in "rajiv joseph's bengal tiger at the baghdad zoo that same year he would marry his third wife, graphic designer susan schneider. in 2013 williams would return to the small screen. starring in the cbs sitcom "the crazy ones." where he would reunite with his old friend pam dawber, better known as mindy. >> i've never met anyone as screwy as you. you're like an alien. >> reporter: from stand-up and sitcoms and beyond williams would delight audiences for decades with his wacky humor and joyful energy. he was the definition of full of life. and even now his comic legend is destined to endure. >> now, as nischelle turner mentioned, williams recently returned to rehab in an effort to maintain his sobriety. a spokesman for the actor says he had been battling severe depression. we want to talk about some of the struggles he may have been facing. we've brought in a clinical psychologist, paula bloom. thank you so much for coming in to the cnn center. >> thank you for inviting me. >> to talk about this. and we should note you didn't treat robi

in 2011 he made his broadway acting debut starring in rajiv joseph's "bengal tiger at the baghdad zoo." that same year he would marry his third wife, graphic designer susan schneider. in 2013 williams would return to the small screen, starring in the cbs sitcom "the crazy ones." where he would reunite with his old friend pam dawber, better known as mindy. >> i've never met anyone as screwy as you. you're like an alien. >> reporter: from stand-up and sitcoms and beyond, williams would delight audiences for decades with his wacky humor and joyful energy. he was the definition of full of life. and even now his comic legend is destined to endure. >> that was our nischelle turner reporting there. but people across the globe were expressing their condolences over the death of robin williams. as you might expect. >> yeah. and u.s. president barack obama called him one of a kind, saying this -- "he arrived in our lives as an alien, but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. he made us laugh. he made us cry. he gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who ne