now an update as george dennehy goes to romania to meet his birth parents for the first time. >> see the remarkable reunion that will break your heart and make you smile. >>> it's a rare sight on rhino cam. >> there it is coming out of the rear. >> i don't think that's the rear. >> you know what i'm saying. >> witness the miracle for yourself. >>> plus another day, another ipad to give away. we've got thursday's buzzword. and stuff we southern women say. >> somebody stole my buggy at the piggly wiggly. >> my dad is going to kill me. >> that's the most accurate. >> check out security cameras in saudi arabia and tell me if you can tell what happened? >> an explosion? >> another angle from outside. i think this is a parking lot. >> what the heck? >> then there's yet another angle. you see someone barely walking in the frame. >> is it a bomb? >> this was by this tanker that crashed into a bridge near dubai. it started leaking and then the explosion. as you can tell it really shattered anything that was around it. >> we also found these photos. it shows the devastation it caused. >> crumb

what has become one of romania's biggest exports. environmental groups estimate that some three hectares of forest disappear each hour. authorities are trying to crack down in some places. in northeastern romania near the ukrainian border, a special police unit halts trucks, and checking for illegal transports. drivers often radio other drivers with the location of inspection points. when asked what he is carrying, the driver answers, "wood products." once the trees are top -- chopped, and is difficult to determine the origin of the wood. police are often helpless. most trucks are suspected of carrying stolen would on board. >> the wood is stored at the port. from there, it is taken home by export companies to sell it abroad. >> but the police do not bother checking farmers or their horse- drawn carts. they are aware that they are dealing with a kind of wood market in the carpe diem mountains who are very well organized. the region is dotted with lumber mills on the outskirts of the bigger towns. the factories often belong to influen

vi. [ speaking romania] nicolae, please. my romanian is not what it used to be. how can you forget your own language ? with e gone, i have no e to talk to. you should have ought me over before you beca samerican. oh, bless you. i must be coming down th something do you remember what mama used to do when we were sick ? of course. she would make a bowl of the best stew. - chorba. - chor that reminds me. i have a surprise for you. surprise ? yeah. these are more recipes fm home. now we can give these americans real taste of romania. yes, perhaps. oh, i'm sorry, victor. it was a stupid idea no, not at a. it's just that things are a little different here. and once you get used to the cafe it will all make sense. of cours i want to learn everything about what you've done. let me show you the bookkeeping system i have been using. that can wait, victo you should get some re. maybe you are right. you have had a long day. my first day in amera. let's go home. okay. that's great i ner would ha thoughof that. perfect that would make it just uer $3,000. now we can buy the sup

purple, and graveyards are rather somber places to be, but if you visit this cemetery in northern romania, you'll get a much jollier approach to the end of life. the brightly painted headstones become a big tourist attraction, and so are the epitaphs. some of them are brutally honest about just why or how a person died. >> the acetamide bucharest is romania's most famous concert house, but it is about to play host to a very unusual performance about a man fighting to preserve his life's work -- the athenaeum in bucharest. he makes crosses for the village. as one celebrates the life of two gun-loving brothers his dissolute life style contributed to their early demise -- two fun-loving brothers whose a dissolute life style contributed to their early demise. the cross must be returned unscathed. >> i have removed two cemetery crosses for this concert, as i want people to sense the uniqueness of these art works. each are one-of-a-kind and have made our village known around the world. >> here at his cemetery, he wants his colorful crosses to take the fight out of death, not a whitewash it. >>

and that's what was planned in romania. you see people gathering, and now they're about to implode the thing. >> it looks like a flying saucer landed on it. >> yeah. here we go, let's watch this implosion. >> oh boy. >> in the middle of going down, it decides to tilt over instead of keep going down. amazingly it missed the closest house by less than a meter. it starts falling, and thenning in happ-- then nothing. >> i think they should have just left it and painted it like a flying saucer and painted it like a tourist attract it. >> some of the people said they would miss it because it's been there so long. >> the funny thing is you would think this looks like a controlled environment, after it goes bad, everyone starts rushing and climbing on this old water tower. >> better hope all of that dynamite went off. >> right. >>> guys ready for a bad boy round up? >> yeah, with our resident bad boy. >> thanks, i think. >> a man in a walmart grabs a hammer and chisel, and breaks a lock on a gun cabinet and steals two rifles. simil

in romania men of my age do not date. in mexico they don't either. but this is america. you just have to get the word out. let the women know you are available. maybe jamal can make me a sign. what's the problem, victor ? you're pacing back and forth like an expectant father. look at this place. it's like a morgue. 12:30. why aren't there more people here ? maybe it's the cooking. maybe it's the service. could i have another cup of coffee, please ? sure. lately that guy spends more time here than i do. - hello again. - more coffee ? actually, i'd like a glass of water. the coffee's a little hot. i was going to add some ice cubes. - why don't i give you a glass of ice ? - great. there you go. you're all set. you've got your coffee, your cream, your sugar and your ice. - oh, there is one more thing. - yes ? i'd like to know your name. - my name ? - yeah. i mean, since you are my waitress i'd like to be able to call you by your name you know, instead of miss or ma'am or hey, you. - i'm katherine. - my name's bill. - it's nice to meet you. - nice to meet you too. excuse me.

romania, 83 kilometer hour winds. temperatures across eastern europe, as we look into the west though, we have a pair of 12s there in london an paris. here's a look at your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more in 30 minutes. from all of us here in nhk world, thanks for joining us.

child poverty rate and that among 35 developed nations in the world we are second highest only to romania. we have the highest incarceration rate in the world, we not only incarcerate more than any other country of our people, but we also incarcerate more of our people than any nation in history. we have 46 million americans living in poverty. and of course we have indirect, if not direct threats, to democracy itself in the form of things such as a supreme court united, citizens united decision. >> the citizen's united supreme court case aowed unrestricted campaign spending by corporations and unions. the recent presidential race is the first to have political action committees with unlimited funds attempting to influence voters with ads. williamson is one of the many who say this is the wrong direction. >> because as long as you have a politics that has basically been almost taken over by monied interests, particularly making our elections more like auctions, then those who have no financial leverage will have no financial influence. excuse me, will have no political influence. and of co

gas prices there are actually pretty high let's look at the numbers what we're seeing is that of romania has the lowest natural gas prices of any country in the e.u. by contrast swedish consumers have to pay almost five times as much and in the u.k. households on average pay an equivalent of about eighty europe per month something still similar to what consumers in the states have to pay but in the u.k. gas has nearly doubled over the past seven years as for every one percent increase about forty thousand people slip into what's known as fuel poverty defined as well having to spend about ten percent or more of your monthly income on energy bills and there are about five million people in the u.k. at the moment that fall into that category i mean regulators and watchdogs in the in all of these countries you've mentioned a very important bodies and you're saying that basically turns out the price rigging might have been playing a role in all of this it might have been and that's the thing that's exactly the point consumers to suddenly waking up to the fact that actually wholesale prices mi

high there in fact they're pretty close to the top of the range let's look at the actual numbers of romania has the lowest natural gas prices in the e.u. by contrast swedish consumers have to pay about five times as much. and in the u.k. households pay on average an equivalent of about eighty euro a month for their gas bills similar to what u.s. consumers have to pay but the one thing to remember is that in the u.k. gas which is the most that he used that utility has nearly doubled in price over the past seven years and there are a couple of factors that lead to doubt first the fact of course said gas prices is tied to prices that have been on the rise over the past decade and also the fact that the state does not subsidize gas bills in the u.k. whatsoever and for every one percent increase in the energy bills forty thousand people in the u.k. slip into what's called fuel poverty defined as having to pay ten percent or more of your monthly income in energy bills and there are currently about five million people that fall into that category that live bull that adds fuel poverty line but i me

by british ministry of defense listed canada, finland, france, germany israel, norway, poleland, romanian as country that's allow women 7u australia joined the list when opening it front line units to women. including in afghanistan. >> a bay area woman is not giving up a fight against the federal government after she was fired from the va she's for pointing out errors in veteran disability claims. jenny fox representing her snefl a lawsuit against the va saying she was fired after notifying a supervisor about a;h being rejected. straining her but she will not back down. >> i believe i can nevering forrive myself if i don't stand up and advocate for myself which is advocating for other va employees and veterans. >> an analysis found an error rate of 38% in claims. attorneys for the federal government declined to comment on this case. today's hearing was over issues involving evidence. the trial doesn't start until next year. >> to washington. congress and the president are no closer to a deal to avoid masigs, tax increases in spending cuts that so called fiscal cliff. the senate top rbi

it's also been passed around the globe from romania to russia to china.day, the officer himself came forward. he is lawrence deprimo, a polite 25-year-old who still lives with his mom and dad. >> my mom i said, buddy, where's your socks, where's your shoes? he said, i never had socks or shoes, but god bless you. and i knew i had to help him. >> reporter: when you presented him with the boots, what was his reaction? >> he couldn't believe it, he was like, this is too much, god bless you and be safe and everything. it was almost like you gave him a million dollars. >> reporter: the officer doesn't know anything about the man he helped or what's become of him, but he keeps the receipt for the $75 he spent on those boots in his bulletproof vest. a reminder for all of us about the pervasiveness of need and the potential for compassion. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> and that officer must live with two very proud parents. we thank you for watching. we're always here at abcnews.com and "nightline" will be along later. we hope to see you back here to close ou

many predicted that swarms of people from poorer nations like poland and romania would move to rich countriesgermany and france. that never happened. only 3% of working age eu citizens live in a different eu country. but the eu has not dealt well with immigrants from outside its borders. there's been a nasty political backlash. with anti-immigrant parties thriving in greece, the netherlands and france. rather than rejecting these extremists, europe's mainstream politicians have pandered to them. former french president nicolas sarkozy, british prime minister david cameron, and chancellor angela merkel have all declared that multiculturalism in their countries is a failure. >> they all agree multiculturalism is dead. it's amazing that they agree on that, but they do not agree when it comes to euro and other issues. >> chem ozdemir, born in turkey to migrant workers, is head of the country's left leaning green party. >> if you say we're not a multicultural society, it automatically forces me to ask, so what are we, then? are we a one color society? certainly not. i don't think anybody really wa

which, among 35 developed nations of the world we are second only to romania.emendous areas of humanitarian -- humanitarian disaster here at home. >> jennifer: we're going to get to the issues in a second because i think there are a number of issues women feel passionately about. the reason why sister giant became -- what does the name sister giant mean? >> women who are big. >> jennifer: big women. >> and sisters. >> powerful women. >> we're acting together. we're standing up -- in our strength. it is not enough to just say we got more power the other night. in any system, when women get more power the question cannot just be did i get power? the question has to be with what are we going to do with it? you become co-opted by the status quo that let you in. >> jennifer: i tell women all the time, the reason why i think women don't run is because they don't want to put their toe into the toxic waters of politics for one thing. but you have to remind them, it is not about you. you are here to serve and to make the world better. it is about the cause. it is about

austria, britain, france, italy, hungary, romania and the united states each, to between a quarter millionnd a half million dead. >> oliver stone, the good war. and of course, the war with must carnage in the history of the world. >> it is a huge story. that is where we begin. britain and the u.s. and the robbery between them, and a lot of school kids do not know the british empire is a dominant in higher. so many resources around the world and churchill is finding, among other things, for the retention of the colony's and all to the middle east, the oil supplies. greece very important. north africa. egypt, india. singapore. that is what he is trying to get back. he never starts a second front for about two years. it was promised to stalin in 42. meanwhile, stalin is rolling the germans back and winning the war as the british and americans are perjury packing in retaining the british colonies. the british, for example, go into africa in 1944 after they have liberated, so to speak, but ending the fighting street battles with the communist resistance fighters who fought heroically against th

department posted to facebook, it has 2 million views, 400,000 likes and 28,000 comments and passed from romaniaand the officer himself came forward. he is lawrence deprimo, an unfailingly polite 25-year-old who still lives with his mom and dad. >> so i went up to him and i was like, buddy, where's your socks, where's your shoes? he said, i never had a pair of socks or shoes, officer, but god bless you. i knew right then i needed to help him. >> reporter: when you presented him with the boots what was his reaction? >> he couldn't believe it. he was this is too much officer. god bless you, be safe, everything. like i said, almost like you gave him $1 million. >> reporter: officer deprimo doesn't know anything about the man he helped or what's become of him, but he keeps the receipt for the $75 he spent on the boots in his bulletproof vest, a reminder for all of us about the pervasiveness of need and potential for compassion. dan harris, abc new, new york. >> just a pure act of kindness. >> and he heard -- just before he got the boots, he heard someone chuckle at the homeless guy on the street. he

she went to romania to help bring those little girls home. she made a trip to guatemala.d. it changes your perspective. it makes you more thankful and our parents showed us what it meant to give. >> gretchen: you have an amazing family. only you is the cd. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> gretchen: we'll be back with cheryl casone and jobs [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] woer what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relf ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. maybe you want to incorporate a business. orrotect your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like the help of an attorney. at legalzoom a legal plan attorney is available in most states with every personalized document to answer questions. get started at legalzoom.com today. and now you're protected. >> brian: 'tis the season, the hiring season. reports show seasonal hiring is at its all-time high. the highest in five years. so to celebrate, we have

they need a partner in washington with mitt romania any who is going to work with your governor, with to do things that will get more jobs for ohio and get this economy turned around and get those people back to work instead of having a $1 trillion welfare economy that nobody is happy with. people want to go back to work. >> let talk about your home state of virginia, coveted prize certainly for both candidates what. makes the romney campaign think that they can capture virginia at this point? >> well, we are leading in virginia with independents, just like we are leading in ohio and everywhere, and in virginia we're very concerned about, first of all, the president's tax increases are going to hit our economy just like they are going to hit ohio very hard. two-earner families are going to get hit hard and our small businesses will get hit hard. we have a big small tech industry and the tax increases will put our small businesses in jeopardy at the same time it -- >> let me interrupt you here -- virginia unemployment though is among the lowest in the country at 5.6%, so how will you c

that headline in the "new york times" that said let detroit go bankrupt, not mitt romania any's wordshe just wrote the column himself. they said that was too damaging, particularly in those critical states and most certainly in the state of ohio. >> peter, one of the fascinating human elements of any presidential campaign is what happens to the loser in the day after, the days following the campaign. can you give us kind of an idea of what mitt romney is going to be doing. one day you're in front of a crowd of 30,000 people with secret service protection and the next day you're home on the couch watching "the real housewives." what's he going to be doing today? >> reporter: he's a bigger snooki fan than a "real housewives" fan as we heard on a morning talk show. thought i'd cover you on that. one of the things that was interesting, one of the conversations with reporters a couple of days ago, a lot of fuss about what the last meal will be for the candidates before the debate, some of the nonsense that gets covered in a buildup to events like that. a reporter asked governor romney one