john liu on solutions from china, ethiopia and rwanda. coming up on "earth focus." [drumming] >> this is china's loess plateau. until recently, this was one of the poorest regions in the country. a land renowned for floods, mudslides and famine. but with the fanfare comes the hope of change for the better. my name is john d. liu. i've been documenting the changes on the plateau for 15 years. i first came here in 1995 to film an ambitious project where local people were constructing a new landscape on a vast scale. transforming a barren land into a green and fertile one. the project certainly changed my life, convincing me to become a soil scientist. the lessons i've learned in the last few years have made me realize that many of the human tragedies that we regularly witness around the world, the floods, mudslides, droughts and famines, are not inevitable. here on the loess plateau i've witnessed that people can lift themselves out of poverty. they can radically improve their environment. and by doing so, reduce the threat of climate change. >> [singing] >> when i fi

he also has a dream for the whole of rwanda. >> i'm old now. i'd like to teach the next generation how to build small hydro-electric power plants. i'd like them to continue my work and use all the water power that rwanda has at its disposal. >> before anastase tabaro sets off back home, he takes one last look -- and one last picture -- of the power plant. that way he can show other villages how easily the facility works. >> when the global financial crisis hit in 2009, it put only a slight dent in the demand for diamonds. unlike many other costly goods, the diamond trade is back into double digit growth. along with brazil and the african continent, india has some of the largest deposits. desperate for the one find that could secure food for days, weeks, or even months, many sift through the rubble of abandoned mines. we meet those who try to survive by finding the raw materials for the insignia of the rich. >> the indian state of madya pradesh. diamond mining has been thriving here for around 6000 years. diamond extraction is still the main sou

. >> rwanda's economy is booming.the country is expecting to post gdp growth of up to seven percent this year, and it is easy to start a business in rwanda, according to a study by the world bank. corruption and red tape are not a problem here, making the country and attractive location for investors. but so far, rwanda has failed to attract many german companies. with 51.2 million euros, can you is the largest investor in wanda. swiss companies invested for the 36 million euros in the country, slightly more than south africa. germany trails in ninth place with 14 million euros. rwanda wants to become africa's biggest i.t. location by the year 2020, but one thing is still missing -- a reliable power supply. in the past, rwanda had to import most of its energy from neighboring countries. only 11% of households are connected to the public power grid, which fails an average of 14 times per month. companies have to maintain diesel power generators in order to remain at least partially operating when the power goes out. th

. >> rwanda's economy is booming.the country is expecting to post gdp growth of up to seven percent this year, and it is easy to start a business in rwanda, according to a study by the world bank. corruption and red tape are not a problem here, making the country and attractive location for investors. but so far, rwanda has failed to attract many german companies. with 51.2 million euros, can you is the largest investor in wanda. swiss companies invested for the 36 million euros in the country, slightly more than south africa. germany trails in ninth place with 14 million euros. rwanda wants to become africa's biggest i.t. location by the year 2020, but one thing is still missing -- a reliable power supply. in the past, rwanda had to import most of its energy from neighboring countries. only 11% of households are connected to the public power grid, which fails an average of 14 times per month. companies have to maintain diesel power generators in order to remain at least partially operating when the power goes out. th

louise mushi kiwabo minister for the republic of rwanda. >> thank you, thank you very much mr. chairman secretary kerry honorable ministers, distinguished delegates. let me begin by thanking the united states and you secretary kerry for convening this most important debate in support of the peace, security and cooperation framework and for the presidential statement just adopted. allow me also to thank the secretary general mr. ban ki-moon for his statement as well as the world bank's president dr. jim yong kim and the envoy for the region of africa mary robinson for their valued contributions and statements this morning. taken together, their extraordinary efforts exhausting schedules and financial commitments to regional development priorities and please demonstrate their sincere commitment to the peace security and cooperation framework that we are discussing this morning. it is a visionary comprehensive and inclusive strategy to and decades of conflict and instability in the eastern democratic republic of congo. i also think the au commissioner for his regional efforts unde

. ♪ >>> but this story begins with the truck stop in rwanda. stocking up in rwanda. food in the congo are more measured. if you're looking to get to the eastern congo, and many would ask why you would even want to do that, the best way is to drive across from neighboring rwanda. this country, of course, not too long ago, suffered its own appalling genocide. behind the wheel, dan. he's been living in the drc for two years, working on a documentary about some of the several dozen rebel groups in the country. riding shotgun, dan's close friend and associate horeb, a congolese. they're taking me across the border. one side, rwanda, hotels, paved roads, internet, and paperwork to be filled out. just a few feet of barbed wire, machine guns and cement walls away -- this. welcome to goma. a city of one million, the significant number of whom are idps, internally displaced people -- sitting, rather inconveniently, at the base of mt. niragango. a still smoldering volcano. current street level is about 12 feet above where it was in january 2002 when it last erupted. lava everyw

about 30 different rebel groups are believed to be active in the area where congo, rwanda, and uganda meet. most are interested only in the region's natural resources, not in the local population. refugees from the fighting include many older people, children, and women. >> nobody cares about us, and it is the women and children who suffer the most. many women have miscarried or given birth to babies with defects or caused by the war. >> the regular united nations peacekeepers are not allowed to intervene, and a special 3000- man unit that was authorized earlier this year to intervene militarily is not yet ready for action. >> formula one boss bernie ecclestone has been indicted. prosecutors say a 30 million euro payment he made to a german banker was a bride linked to the sale and a stake of formula one. >> for his part, eccleston insists he did nothing illegal. >> one year ago, bernie ecclestone get -- gave evidence in a trial of a former banker. at issue was the $700 million sale of the state-owned bank share in a formula one holding company. bayern lb had acquired the stake follow

about 30 different rebel groups are believed to be active in the area where congo, rwanda, and uganda meet. most are interested only in the region's natural resources, not in the local population. refugees from the fighting include many older people, children, and women. >> nobody cares about us, and it is the women and children who suffer the most. many women have miscarried or given birth to babies with defects or caused by the war. >> the regular united nations peacekeepers are not allowed to intervene, and a special 3000- man unit that was authorized earlier this year to intervene militarily is not yet ready for action. >> formula one boss bernie ecclestone has been indicted. prosecutors say a 30 million euro payment he made to a german banker was a bride linked to the sale and a stake of formula one. >> for his part, eccleston insists he did nothing illegal. >> one year ago, bernie ecclestone get -- gave evidence in a trial of a former banker. at issue was the $700 million sale of the state-owned bank share in a formula one holding company. bayern lb had acquired the stake follow

when i traveled to rwanda and this is how it has resonated. ..ntions to improve this machine. mr. johnson and his engineers went to work to try to keep the mumpers very happy, and they came out with a style. referred to as a victrola. the i the name was coined when the horn was moved and put in a concealed area within the cabinet. now they also decided. a very clever idea to put doors on the front which allowed you to modify the sound. so now you hat volume control. you also could take the lid and close the lid, which would give you the ability to soften the sound, and also sometimes if you had a very -- hide that sound as well. ♪

should also recognise this goes across parties in this house -- that british investment in aid in rwandated one of the great success stories of african development over the last decade. we should continue to invest in that success and lift people out of poverty while delivering a very clear message to president kagame at the same time. >> prime minister, how many jobs should an mp have? >> all members of parliament have the clearest possible duty to their constituents. let me make this point. do i think the house of commons benefits from people like the right honorable member for blackburn and his experience? do i think the house of commons benefits from the right honorable member for sheffield, brightside and hillsborough, who comes to this house with his experience? i think we do benefit. i am not sure that we benefit from my immediate predecessor, but there are opposition members who give good service to this house. >> we are all celebrating andy murray's historic victory this week. the prime minister may not know that history was also made in 1954, when dave valentine, a scotsman, wa

. >> it's one your since the government suspended aid money because directly to the regime in rwanda over the role they played in supporting militia gangs in the congo. recently the u.n. confirmed -- still involved in such activities. does my right honorable friend agree with me that these actions are unacceptable for a commonwealth nation? will he work with its international counterparts by showing those committed war crimes are brought to justice? >> those committed war crimes should always be brought to justice and i've raised the issue of the support for the and 23 with the president on a number of occasions but i think we need to bear that in mind in looking at her a program as by right honorable friend the secretary of state has done. i think we should also recognize and this goes across parties in this house that british investment in eight in rwanda has created one of the great success stories about and development over the last decade and wish you continued to invest in that success and lift people out of poverty while delivering a very clear message to president mugabe at t

when i traveled to rwanda, i was stunned to see the degree to which clinton's visit to rwanda, his apologyor not having done more, how would had resonated with -- it had resonated with rwandans. on c-span twos "booktv," live coverage of the harlem book fair. at 11:45.oday host: joining us now is josh rogin. he is with "newsweek daily beast." there was a hearing on capitol hill that dealt with a woman named samantha power. who is she? guest: president barack obama's nominee to become the next permanent representative to the united nations, succeeding susan rice, who just became the national security advisor. power was a senior white house official dealing with human rights. she was a fellow in the senate office of senator barack obama. she was a harvard law professor before that, and before that, a journalist covering the war in yugoslavia. she wrote a book about it which won a tulip surprise. . she is an author, activist -- pulitzer prize. she is an author, activist. is known as the classic liberal interventionist. policylieves that foreign- should be conducted through the use of internati

rwanda welcomes the special envoy to the great lakes region. as well as the new fourth monusco.upport your statement. to see the efforts of the region included in the statement, particularly in support of our peace talks. been established under the auspices of the international talks of the region. talks, without any further delay, we need to move likely toward pacifying the region. her engagement would be a welcome and helpful contribution to moving forward. today, mr.hered president, out of a shared desire to make peace in the great lakes region a lasting reality. devastating conflict within our own borders, even as much as two decades ago, we have seen travesty. we are a peaceful and thriving nation, but we are also aware let me put it in the clearest possible terms. in order to secure a long-term peace for the one that in the future, we need a peaceful and prosperous democratic republic of the congo. as long as conditions persist that allow more than 30 rebel with -- roam with impunity or as long as men and boys see nothing in their future eon crime, such a future will be be

when i traveled to rwanda, however, having been very, very critical, i was stunned to see the degree to which clinton's visit to rwanda, his apology for not having done more, how it had resonated. >> this weekend on c-span, the senate foreign registrations committee takes up the nomination of samantha power to be u.s. ambassador to the u.n. today at 10 a.m. eastern. on c-span2's booktv, live full-day coverage of the 15th annual harlem book fair including author panels and your calls, tweets and facebook comments starting today at 11:45. and on c-span2's american history tv, lectures in history and a history of u.s. political parties. sunday at 1. >> sarah weinman, news editor for publish everybodies marketplace, joins us to discuss the recent ruling on e book pricing. guilty of colluding with five publishers to raise the cost of e job -- ebooks. >> guest: so back in april 2012 the department of justice sued five publishers which were pension wish, mcmillan, simon & schuster, harpercollins and -- [inaudible] book group for conspiring with apple to raise ebook prices as part of setting

in fact, in her book about rwanda, ?a problem from hell,?hich 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 welcome to start your testimony. if you have family or friends here, you're -- please feel free to introduce them. we understand this is a commitment not only of yourself but family, and we appreciate that. your full statement will be entered into the record, without objection. and the floor is yours. >> thank you, sir. and thank you, ran

i laugh at the rwanda ten year bond. this bond is 300 over where it began. this is the ultimate to me where people were running into a credit market. i think a lot of the banks have a lot of this paper on their books. i don't think they're going to be funding these things the say they were. i don't think the capital ratios are in jeopardy here and i thought people were going to start piling up. >> look at cni loans are up 12%. that's a pretty much leading indicator of consumer loans. that's the kind of company i'm looking for. >> even after june though? >> june stopped everything in its tracks. >> remember when morgan stanley had their bank financial conference -- actually bbt had pretty good things about loan growth. key bank was very conservative about loan growth but they're more profitable. in any event i think it's a company specific situation. >> i want to jump in here. look at the bottom of the screen here. s&p cuts racings on credit on barclays. that is the issue. >> i'm saying on deutsch because to me they have the biggest balance sheets to delever

they will offer similar projects in rwanda. >>> deserts in china are spreading.ficates say they take up about a fifth of the country. but tomorrow farmers have come up with a way to reclaim land and earn a sweet reward from it. >> reporter: the gobi desert spreads into mongolia. it's the fourth largest desert in the world. the annual rainfall in this region is below 200 millimeters. the surface is covered with pure stand. but in the midst of all this baron land a patch of green lies among some dunes. it's a vineyard 1400 heck tars in size. poplar trees stop the sand from blowing in. the farm cultivates cabernet, merlot grapes cross bred with local varieties to grow well in sand. the company that owns the vineyard tried several cultivation methods. they even went to israel for irrigation technology. alfalfa grows among the vines. the leaves shield seedlings from sand storms. the men who came up with the method is -- the ceo of the vineyard. his technique is the result of ten years of trial and error. >> translator: i am proud of developing a technology that lets m

. >> in rwanda, they banned plastic bags fibe years ago. a look at the law that's exceptionally difficult to joup -- uphold. >> don't miss "down to earth." >> and welcome to the sunday night sports roundup on france 24. over the next 10 minutes i'll be bringing you the best of the action from this weekend. some football with the women's euro final between germany and norway. also the various finals in tennis and we'll tell you everything about the hungarian grand prix in bud abevt -- budapest. first the world swime -- swimming championships kicked off in barcelona today with the world's best swimmers ready to battle it out. first up, the men's 400 meter free style. taking the silver, the american, conner jaeger. in the women's final, 16-year-old katie lidekie took it. the american becomes only the second to swim the 40ometer in under four -- four minutes. in the women's 10ometer freestyle relay, team u.s.a. led by olympic champ missy franklin took the gold. the australians led throughout the race. but megan romano for the u.s. made the diff

when i travelled to rwanda, i have been very critical, i was stunned to see the degree to which clintonit to rwanda, his apology for not having done more and how it had resonated with rwandans. >> this weekend, the senate foreign relations committee takes up the nomination of some that the power to the u.s. ambassador to the un saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. a harlem book fairfax -- the harlem book fair. 3, lectures in history and a history of u.s. political parties, sunday at 1:00. "washington journal" continues. politics dinan is editor at "the washington times." you have eight utility index looking at the productivity of index and how much the house and senate get done and that land recently says -- guest: we called the legislative utility index and i developed it about two years ago. a lot of folks look at the number of bills that passed congress and try to judge congress by the number of bills enacted into law and i wanted to go deeper and take a broader look at legislative activity. i look at things like the number of days spent in session. sometimes they only spend a couple of h

in civil wars do so to make geographical gains on the ground, as we have seen in the balkans or in rwandathat does not exist in iraq. the worst that could happen is some kind of agreement. let's go into some kind of federation, the way iraq started back in the 1920's, so you have a federation and local governments splitting the country into three. >> thank you very much for your analysis. in syria, rebel fighters are reported to have attacked the government munitions facility. footage which cannot be independently verified. smoke was seen billowing from the building in the capital of damascus. now, they are in control of one of the largest economies in the world. exit polls suggest that japan's ruling coalition has been handed a resounded victory -- resounding victory in the election. it is being seen as an endorsement of prime minister shinzo abe a prospect economic reforms. -- prime minister shinzo abe a pass -- prime and their -- prime minister shinzo abe's economic reforms. >> rose ribbons adding up to enough for a big majority, in conjunction with the ldp's coalition partners, the ne

certainly that wasn't the command. >> again sir, i gave the rwanda example.i think sometimes we see in the course of battle you know we unlike most militaries around the world have put every target, every choice through the most vigorous scrutiny and occasionally there is collateral damage in the face even after all of that energetic effort and in those cases we engage with foreign publics. that can be done at the national level and that can be done at a local level. >> my time is about to expire. given an opportunity to restate what he wrote in the three article it sounds like you with stated differently. >> indeed, sir. >> in a 2000 out that you describe the bush administration's concern about iran is an imagined crisis and these are redundant reminders of military force strengthen the regime. do you still hold that view is that you held in 2000 with regards to iran? is still an imagined crisis and you believe reminders strengthen the uranium -- iranian regime? >> thank you, sir. i have never referred to iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon as an imagined cri

when i traveled through rwanda, i was stunned to see the degree to which clinton's visit to rwanda and his apology for not having done more, it had a great effect on rwandans. up thesenate takes nomination of samantha power to be the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. tv, live 2 book coverage of the harlem book fair. and your calls and resent at k comments starting saturday at 11:45 a.m. commentsur tweets and starting saturday at 11:45 a.m. and american history tv. >> jackie was raised as her mother was raised. she was the same kind of wife and hostess. the home and the children and entertaining and the style. that was her heritage. she did it again and the white house. right after her administration and during the johnson years, the whole world erupted like a volcano. women who went to work and got divorces and demanded equal rights and flower children and free love. boy oh boy was it great for the young. i missed all of that. [laughter] the whole world changed. it became a new concept of women. i think mrs. clinton represents the new woman. >> we continue our conversation , the socialies se

by contrast, the vaccination rate in rwanda, 80%.is the most cause of serve call cancer. >>> if you have trouble sleeping, you're probably blaming noise or stress. maybe it's darkness, you name it. the moon may be causing insomnia. during a full moon, volunteers fell asleep five minutes later. and had 30% less deep sleep. >> now, we know the reason. >> and what's amazing about the study, it happens even if you don't know it's a full moon and you can't see the moon. it still happens. >> what's the story that i can't sleep during the day? >> there must be a full moon during the daytime. i suffer from that, too. >>> a fan favorite is putting pinstripes on and returning to the bronx. here's our friends at espn with all of the details. >> good morning, america. this is your "sportscenter" update from our studios in los angeles. he's stan verretts. i'm jay harris. top six. jay bruce says keep looking. two-run home run left center off of greinke. bruce's first homer of the year. reds up 4-1. bottom nine, carl crawford. two outs, tying run a

has been given a choice by the united nations to deal with the great lakes region, which includes rwanda and the congo and also uganda. she is working on that. she is with us today. she had to leave to go to another meeting. they would be with us today but they have been in russia meeting with the foreign minister to meet and talk about some of the same subjects. our next visit to the members of the security council, that would be going to moscow. that is what we do in general. we have seen with great pleasure and excitement the intense efforts john kerry has made to recommence the peace process in the middle east after five years of a wreck we essence date. no one has known exactly what he is doing because his mission has been very quiet. we also know from the news media, i am not quoting anything john kerry has told us, but we have known netanyahu has a coalition in israel that is heavily dependent on extreme, white -- right wing groups, but one state that controls all of the area, he is quite dependent in his government for their support. that opens up a very good chance that we shoul

when i travel to rwanda, i was stunned to see the degree to which clinton's visit to rwanda, having donefor not more, how it resonated with for wind and. the senateeekend, foreign relations committee takes up the nomination of samantha power to be u.s. ambassador to the u.n. .aturday at 10:00 eastern on c-span3, american history tv, lectures and history and the history of u.s. political parties, sunday at 1:00. >> the navy's top uniformed officer called sexual assault in the military one of the challenges of our time. here is a few of his remarks at the pentagon today. on what i call the challenge of our time, sexual assault. we are in it for the long haul. this is something we have to resolve. we will stay at this. i released some direction via a naval administrative message and a letter i sent to the director of supply corp.. it involved organizational changes to strengthen our staff and make sure we can coherently run this strategy, but also commanders theet sexual assault experts that they need. we will be bringing them in and putting them on their staff. it is to support the awareness

to which clinton's visit to rwanda, his apology for not having done more, how it resinated with rwanda. >> this weekend on c-span, the senate foreign relations committee takes up the nomination of samantha power to be ambassador to the u.n. saturday at 10 a.m. eastern. on booktv, live full-day coverage of the 15th annual harlem book fair with author panels, your calls, tweets, and facebook commentings saturday at 11:45. c-span233, american history tv, lectures in history and history of u.s. political parties sunday at one. >> what we do teach here at the museum on a typical tour is we do start with how the music industry started with eddison and the cylinder machine, and we go forward with the invention by the flat disk machine which is called a gramaphone, and we go ahead throughout that story and tell about johnson's very important inventions to improve the machine. >> mr. johnson, and his engineers went to work to keep customers very happy, and what they did, they came out with a style referred to as a patrol. the word "patrol" was coinedded when the horn was actually reremoved and

written very critically about the clinton's administration's response to the rwanda genocide in 1994 great detail about that. president clinton has come forward and expressed the regret that the united didn't do more in the face of the genocide. when i traveled to rue rwanda, having been critical i was stunned to see the degree to which clinton's visit to rwanda, his apology for not having done more how it resonated with rue dwan. >> this weekend on c-span the senate foreign relations committee talk up the nam nation of salesman that power saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span2 booktv, live full day coverage of the 15th annual harlem book fair. your call, facebook, and tweet comments. on c-span 3 american history tv, lectures in history. and a history of u.s. political parties. sunday at 1:00. now a discussion with democratic congressman adam smith on the issue of foreign aid and national security. representative smith is the top democratic on the house armed service committee and the guest speaker at the hour long event hosted by the u.s. institute of peace in washington, d.c. [

when i traveled to rwanda; however, having been very critical. i was stunned to see the degree to which clinton's visit to rue dwan, his apology, for not having done more had resonated with them. >> this weekend on c-span, the senate foreign relations committee taking up the nomination of salesman that power to be u.s. ambassador to the u.n. saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span political c-span2 booktv live full day coverage of the harlem book fair. i decided that he was -- the subject for a biography when it dawned on me he had not only at abraham lincoln's bedside mainly after his assassination but william mckinley in 1901 i thought who could the fellow be? of course, why opened the archive i realized what a rich subject it was. his life really has two bookends at either end of his biographical shelf. lincoln's one end. he lived in the white house with lincoln for four years. so much what we know about lincoln comes from heys imminent contact with him. at the other end of his life, he served only under mckinley. he was the secretary of sta

she worked most recently in rwanda hoping to create the country's first independent television news station those are some of the headlines, democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. i'm juan gonzalez. >> i'm juan gonzalez. an emergency petition was filed on monday asking the supreme court to halt the national security agency's collection of millions of phone records. also on monday, privacy international filed a lawsuit over alleged spying on internet and phone users in britain. brazil meanwhile launched an investigation into whether telecommunications firms operating in the country cooperated with the united states. over the weekend, a newspaper revealed brazil was the top target in latin america for the intelligence-gathering effort. this is the brazilian president. >> it is definitely in violation of sovereignty, without a doubt, just as it is a violation of human rights. now we have to see without brashness or prejudgment. we have to investigate. brazil's position is very clear and strong. we do not agree, in any way, with these kinds of interference

advocating to tear down but business executives called at dallas on word pledge of rwanda to thousand dollars to purchase the building and demolish it. after the city council closed the demolition permits dallas county public works director arranged by purchase as part of the 1977 bond package. after several years of renovation it was renamed it dallas county administration building housing the commissioners court and the civil division of the dallas district attorney's office with reopening 1981 it received a historical marker public the acknowledging for the first time its place in history. the question remains what do we do? and that is where the story begins today. your chair when the county bought the building. and your thought there was an exhibition? >> i will go further back than that. >> okay. it is your program. [laughter] has the historical commission chairman so i was down here a lot. so i gave the bus tours to the doctors and i remember going down elm street to turn the corner i remember the core house in to that is all they wanted to see in dallas. because i wanted to pu

international issues when you want to understand something and you end up in moscow or beijing or rwanda and i do that, but i also spent time in pennsylvania and colorado and ohio and detroit trying to understand what was happening on the ground and i want to tell you about one encounter that stuck with me. people in houston are familiar with the oil and gas industry. a lot of places where the country is being transformed is not so familiar. one of those places was in southern ohio and i went to them about wrapping. the first person i met was lauren taylor. a 4-year-old operation and i've actually watched him speak at the anti-cracking rally and he told me a story. he said that my parents have property down here and it's beautiful. the world war ii veteran had moved into the property in 1945 and hadn't allowed anybody can. by the 1950s like most places around here, this is a beautiful place. taylor had moved away and then moved back about property next door and he said to me that that property had won him a blue ribbon for the finest corn and two years later the runner story the bottom f

rwanda? no we didn't.pick and choose who we want to boycott. >> you brought bill clinton in, where do you think you get the cigars from? cuba. >> monica lewinsky. >> i wasn't even going there. >> sorry. >> john: in fairness of timing, some would say that bill clinton was best republican president we ever had. i would like to thank karen hunter and basil smikle and tom doherty. thank you. we're heading south. it turns out virginia not so much for lovers. don't go away. they should self-deport? >> no, they said "make us a turkey and make it fast". >> (laughter). >> she gets the comedians laughing. >> that's the best! >> that's hilarious. >> ... and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there is wiggle room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. >> ya, i consider you jew-talian. >> okay, whatever you want. >> who plays kafka? >> who saw kafka? >> who ever saw kafka? >> (laughter). >> asking the tough questions. >> chris brown, i mean you wouldn't let one of your daughters go out w

she wanted them to intervene in rwanda and wanted them to help with moammar gadhafi. >> reporter: how to deter genocide while the u.s. stayed on the sidelines in syria as more than 100,000 have been killed in two years. >> jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. >>> the oldest daughter of the prior vice president wants to be part of a new generation in washington. carl cameron tells us the wyoming senate primary could come down to who can appear to be the most conservative. >> reporter: liz cheney, daughter of dick cheney, kicked off a major bat he will with the gop in wyoming with a run in the senate and attempt to oust the senior senator. >> we can no longer afford simply to go along to get along. we can't continue business as usual in washington. >> reporter: she launched her campaign with a video after moving to wyoming where her family has deep roots from virginia to plan a run. the former fox news contributor spent life in the public eye and service as a government official and pundit. one of the most low key members of the senate, enzi could be tough to beat. he was sworn

i don't want him to be like bill clinton when he's out of office that he didn't move on with rwanda.reporter: the justice department is deciding whether to file civil rights charges against george zimmerman. >>> an 88-year-old retired navy captain is heading to north korea this weekend hoping to find the remains of a fellow pilot who died during the korean war. he's in cheaun getting ready to enter north korea. 63 years ago he promise -- promised his dying friend he would come back for him. brown was the navy's first navy pilot shut down. his friend was beloved by almost everyone who knew him. >>> an airport customs agent went above and beyond the call of duty. hear what he did when a pregnant travel arrived in his station and went into labor. >>> and some raindrops may in our future. mark tamayo will be here for your workweek forecast. >>> it was an unexpected arrival at eep hair airport. a woman went into labor. two doctors had given her the okay to go on vacation. baby adam still had seven weeksing to. he decided he wasn't gonna wait. >> too much pain start suddenly. >> after anot

by contrast vaccination rate in rwanda is 80% of the target population.han half of people who are sexually active become infected. the viruses are responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer. >> wisconsin state trooper credits training for saving his life during what started as a routine traffic stop. trooper jim reece, dashboard camera rolling as he walking back to his car walking on the side of the road when the semitruck slammed into the driver's side of the squad car. he said the close call is why he always uses the passenger side approach. by the way he was not injured and the truck driver was eventually ticketed. that is some scary stuff. >> whoa. >> take a look at the weather now. heavy rain and showers across the middle of the country. thunderstorms in the rockies. rain in florida. sunny along both coasts. >> after a fall-like day in new york. today we'll be up to 82 degrees. it will be 80 in boston. detroit. indianapolis. 99 degrees in boise and dallas. 105 in phoenix. that's of course, dry heat. look at the northern plains there. high in

peers spread the united nations continues the conflict is fueling this worse refugee crisis since rwanda genocide. ofonio iteris said most series 1.8 million refugees have fled since the beginning of the year. >> there are nearly 1.8 syrian refugees known to us in the region. two thirds of them have fled theous -- serious and beginning a year, an average of over 6000 people a day. we have not seen it escalated such a frightening rate since the rwandan genocide almost 20 years ago. this has been going on for much longer than anyone feared with humanitarian consequences. >> the official u.n. death toll for serious more than two-year conflict is near 93,000. egypt's interim government sworn in its first cabinet since the ouster of president mohamed morsi earlier this month. the army general who led the defensestays on as the minister the cabinet includes three women with no positions are held by members of the muslim brotherhood or other islamist parties. the muslim brotherhood says it does not recognize the new government, calling it illegitimate. more than 100ina, people, most of them wom

in 1996, uganda and rwanda invaded congo. seven more countries joined in and started stealing congo's resources. the invasion ended, but ever since, rebel militias and government forces have fought over local power, ethnic hatred, and control of the minerals. we heard it firsthand from former rebel soldiers. this a school that teaches guerilla fighters who've laid down their guns how to be civilians again. >> [speaking in foreign language] >> this former major told us that when his troops controlled a territory, he demanded gold from every miner every day. >> male translator: we collected gold, and then we went to buy medicines. we went to buy ammunition. we went to buy guns. >> who sold you the ammunition and the guns? >> we would buy those things from congolese army soldiers. >> he's saying that government troops sold weapons to him, the enemy. congo is so destitute that even its army goes without pay and becomes just another predator among the villages. john prendergast worked on africa policy in president clinton's white

marco rubio didn't hold back on his grilling over powers controversial over involvement in rwanda. >>e united states commit or sponsor thaw were referring to? >> i think this is the greatest country on earth, sir. we have nothing to apologize for. >> okay. so you don't have any in mind now that we have committed or sponsored? >> i will stand proudly if confirmed behind the u.s. placard. >> i understand. but do you believe the united states is committed or sponsored crimes? >> i believe the united states is the greatest country on earth, i really do. >> there you go. some former military leaders, national security officials, and skirveive political groups have been pushing senators to reject her nomination. >>> also today on capitol hill, the house will vote today to delay for one year. both the individual and employer health care mandates that were a part of the affordable care act. the bills come after the obama administration decided to delay the employer mandate by a year, citing issues with implementation. >>> a new quinnipiac poll shows the scandal hitting bob mcdonald has taken

visit to rwanda and his apology for not having done more and how it had resonated with rwandans. thehis weekend on c-span, nomination of samantha power to be u.s. ambassador to the u.n. saturday at 10 a.m. eastern. on c-span 2 on book to be, the harlem book fair. a.m. ng saturday at 11:45 and on american history tv, the history of u.s. political parties. sunday at 1 p.m. senator ted cruz was the keynote speaker in an iowa republican fundraiser in des moines. his visit as part of a tour. i would traditionally the first presidential caucus. this is part of c-span's 20 fifteen rd to the white house coverage. white house to the coverage. [applause] well, thank you. it is great to be with you. good afternoon. their sea for coming out. thank you for joining me. thank you for the incredible hospitality. today is the first time i have been to iowa. it has been a wonderful day. i'm struck with the values of iowa and my home state of texas. i would note that we have some friends outside that have a little different view than those of us in here. i am reminded of a few years back where i ha

considering how much bill clinton talks about his greatest regret was not intervening with rwanda, do you think this is the sort of human rights cot ast rophy where americans can sit it out? >> no, i don't. if you've seen the numbers that have come out it is crazy. this thing could cost as much as a billion dollars a month to do it right. >> john: as opposed to iraq which is a billion a week. >> so with that kind of money, i don't think there's going to be a lot of popular support for that. i don't think obama has any support for that. imagine the number of steak dinners we could buy for the american people with a billion dollars a month. >> john: healthcare, public schools. >> we could make kids really smart and not obese and they could stop being like 38th in math and 52nd in science or whatever the horrible, abysmal numbers are. >> john: 52nd out of 50 in math and science. rick, on the one hand, you have this tyrranical leader who got the shop job because of his tyrranical leader father. on the other hand, we have this myriad rebel faction that john mccain thinks he can personally