rwanda, uganda, south africa, jamaica, thailand, brazil, australia, singapore and norway and my overall vision was to part, one was to rethink some of the fundamentals of our criminal justice system and specifically our prison system by way of other countries and rethink the fundamental concept of which are prison system relies and the other one was that i wanted to broaden our conversation, which i think is certainly a growing public conversation around massac carson ration in this crisis of prison. i wanted to broaden the conversation to include the world and to include especially the impact of america's system upon the world in these various countries. so, each of these country represented a particular issue i wanted to explore such as solitary confinement in a federal super max prison in brazil or prisoner reentry in singapore. the role of arts in uganda and jamaica. forgiveness and restorative justice, which is a fundamental theme of the book in south africa and rwanda. host: there is a special prison philosophy or special prison and norway took what is that prison about? guest: so

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

, yes,r -- rwanda. the drone will be sent from a slingshot and will calculate the precise moments to release the payload so it lands in an area no bigger than 3 parking spaces. zip line will do about 150 deliveries a day and is primarying the technology to deliver immediate and blood in rwanda. the government is funding it because the lack of decent roads in that country make delivering supplies difficult. every year, 3 million children die world wide because they can't get medical supplies, and they are getting help from ups. >> we'll learn a lot about this process but this is strictly a humanitarian mission and we're excited to be part of it. >> reporter: amazon made a big splash when the company announced they were working on aerial deliveries, however, the drone delivery has stalled while feds try and come up for rules here in the united states. they hope to scale up the humanitarian effort world wide and hope to expedite the process here in the u.s. kiet do, kpix 5. >>> in texas' capital city of au

them have been flown up, are going to be flown up from her wanda to take part in the trial -- from rwanda to take part in this trial. annette: what has come out of the trial so far? james: there has been quite a lot of activity in this courtroom. everyone was expecting simply for the jury to be picked, and then for the file to be opened and the defense decided after the trial, to be stopped right away. they say it is an imbalanced trial, completely based on witnesses, and the fax took place 22 years ago. witnesses werehe incoherent, they could not remember, and they said they were denied the right to go to rwanda and the cross interrogated themselves. on the other hand, the prosecution is saying that these matters have already been put on the table, and that three separate jurisdictions have told these lawyers that indeed they had no right to ask for -- to rwanda.o be sent to everyone agrees that this trial is to be exemplary, historical, and the court will have to examine this request by the defense lawyers. the trial is due to resume at 2:00 here. annette: thank you. and the fight betwe

. >>> a startup company that makes drones is partnering with the government of rwanda to deliver medicalto hospitals. cnet.com reports. >> reporter: high in the sky south of san francisco, drone company zipline is partnering with u.p.s. to test aerial deliveries. it's not just any parcel taking off. starting this summer in africa, drones like these will be delivering desperately needed medical supplies. >> u.p.s., zip line, and gavie will be delivering lifesaving commodities, medicines, blood in rwanda. >> reporter: this isn't your typical copter, it's a six-winged drone capable of carrying 1.5 kilograms of medical goods and traveling a range of 120 kilometers. an operator packs the order and scans a code that gives the drone the route to the destination. flies automatically, dropping the payload in a landing zone the size of three parking spaces. >> the main goal of the project is actually using the work that the rwandan government's doing as a model to actually scale this up global so we can do things like global vaccination campaigns in other countries, as well. >> reporter: testing d

day, the courthe ordered his extradition back to rwanda. he had said, how can i, on the grounds of incitement to genocide? his argument was, i came to canada in 1992, i was seeking refugee status. the genocide in rwanda did not begin until 1994. how can you convict me? the court held that the very incitement of genocide constitutes the crime under international law. whether or not acts of genocide follow. view,ortant, and in my compelling precedent, in terms of combating state sanctions. i might mention, because i think it is important to do so, that we are on the eve of the 22nd anniversary of the rwandan genocide, that began on april 7 in 1994. i say this because what makes the genocide in rwanda so unspeakable is, not only the horror of the genocide itself, that would be bad enough. what makes it so unspeakable is that that genocide was preventable. nobody could say we did not know. we knew, but we did not act. just as in the case of darfur, nobody could say we did not know. we knew, but we did not act. fifthe just passed the anniversary

it will begin in rwanda in july.t do, kpix 5. >>> the wet winter has spelled a good season but lingering effects from the state's drought could spark a wildfire, concerns with winds sparking a blaze in areas that have particularly dry conditions. >> this year is shaping up as not as severe as last year. but that could change if we get fires in the areas with an estimated 30 million trees that died. >> fire season is usually from mid to late summer and stretches into the fall. cal fire said that prevention is key. >> it's interesting. when i first moved into my house, the hill behind me was completely dry and brown and now it's green but you still have to be careful. >>> yes, because of four years of drought. what month was it when you first moved in? >> in april, in the month of april. >> it's still dry in april. >> yeah, brown. >> usually we green up in the month of march and indicative of st. patrick's day. [laughter] it's true. everything is so lush and breen -- green and that's why the grasss are so high and poll

and if most of it's coming out of rwanda and congo, what are the reserve numbers? a lot of the information is not available. we really don't know. so here's the production picture here where -- you can tell where -- production side has really changed dramatically in 20 years. it's gone up tremendously. and this is where production has taken place. again, it's the concentration of production. so when the united states is 100% dependent on niobium imports, you got 91% coming from one country, you have 95% of the reserves in one country. that's a cause for some concern at least to assess the vulnerabili vulnerability, we're talking about the vulnerability of supply more than how much we're importing. how vulnerable is the united states to disruptiondisruptions it be political instable or labor strikes, catastrophic disasters. if this one source of supply and there's no capacity or little capacity elsewhere, then that can be a concern. let's look down the chart here where we see tantalum again. 50% coming from rwanda, but there's no real assessment of reserves going on

case is based on testimony on events that took place 22 years ago in a small village in southeast rwanda hundreds of tutsis were massacred and the 2 defendants are accused of having organized this, having taken part directly in the massacres. they face life in prison. defense lawyers say they had no access to the witnesses until now. on the other hand come prosecution points to the fact that they are posturing and the court decided to overrule the objections and the trial will be carrying on until the first of july. there were over 100 witnesses, a lot of which are being flown from rural rwanda and have never left their village. this is a unique opportunity to try and understand what happens at the grassroots level in one of the worst genocides of the 20 century. thomas: let's go back to our top story good france's ruling socialist party has declared article 49.3 of the constitution to push through controversial label reform bill -- labor reform bill. it is the second time this degree has been used while francois hollande has been in office. the government says it is hightial to cut stub

because 50 percent of the polar so i am learning that is coming together that because we are in rwanda together is coming out of conflict and has done quite an incredible job for the third term. other security have the country but doing a spectacular job in an example of how to do this right. >> what struck me was the government an emphasis but yet it is a fragile moment had one of the concerns they expressed was the campaign reach back out to the trial routes that is so painful we have a hard time to fully comprehending i will close with the date and the emphasis on corruption and that the u.s. has an ambitious set of proposals of a but to hear more about that and i about of time. >> before the hearing and for your suggestion that the risk of ruining your political reputation and respect you very much. [laughter] >> keep it to yourself. [laughter] history tells us that we would not open to refugees from europe and after the war retry to change of policy in the direction in for the most part we have done that with the humanitarian crisis of our time coming up of syria and afghanistan.

they promised educational exchange with the national university of rwanda. we can learn a lot from them because they lost 10% of their people in 90 days to a genocide in 1994 and they came back because they refused to be paralyzed by the past. they joined hands across the line that led to all that bloodshed to create a common future. that's at the heart of your restorative justice program here. instead of figuring out who to punish, figure out how to repair the harm. instead of focusing on getting even for the past, focus on how we can share the future. if it is at the heart of your efforts here to improve the juvenile justice system. you, without knowing it, have often embodied the future of positive interdependence that we hope to build. you cannot have shared prosperity in an inclusive community unless we believe our common humanity is even more important than our incredibly interesting differences. so i will say this again. on every continent, think of the struggles in latin america, the political and social and economic struggles in america. think of wh

. >> over the last few months we've been working directly with the government of rwanda to use zip linesabout half of the trans fusing facilities in the country. >> with the goal of expanding air delivery. >> we have those challenges even here in the u.s. and a lot of first world countries. certainly a lot of other parts of the world whether it's conflict or poor infrastructure or washout roads. >> one flight and one payload. >> this is a standard unit of blood. >> at a time. >> as for a future of commercial drone delivery to our homes? zip line says it's in talks with the faa, ups a little more cagey, says it will learn from the current experience. in half moon bay, scott budman, bay area news. >>> it happens only once a decade, mercury passes right in front of the sun. the black dot, that's mercury. it happened earlier this morning, you can see it with binoculars and a solar filter. >> that was most of the bay area, it was overcast in the city, other parts of the city had sunshine. >> hopefully you were able to see it if you were trying to look. >> that fog stayed in place. our weather

most coming out of rwanda and congress okay, where are the rve numbers. lot of the information is not available. we really don't know. so here is the production picture here. you can tell where -- production side has really changed dramatically in 20 years. it's gone up tremendously. this is where production has taken place. again, it's concentration of production. when the united states is 100% dependent on nirobium, 95% coming from one country, 95 reserves in one country. that's a concern to assess vulnerability. we're talking about vulnerability of supplies more than how much we're importing. how vulnerable is the united states to disruptions, whether it be political instability or labor strikes. catastrophic disasters. if this one source of supply and there's no capacity or little capacity elsey, that can be a concern. let's look down the chart here where we see tantalum again. 50% from rwanda but no real assessment of reserves. china, 85%, lithium between two countries have well over 50% here. cobalt, manganese. and bonadium in china and south africa

zipline announced a partnership with ups to deliver blood and medical supplies to clinics in rwanda.>> tonight at 6:00, our business and tech reporter will take us on a first-look tour inside zipline's head quarters with more details about the new deals to test out the delivery drone. >>> now a first hand look into frechb fries. >> why not? it is monday. mcdonald's is hit on hands as customers are left empty handed. >> who would have thought it would be a smashing success. mcdonald's started offering garlic fries in a trial run. mercury news report all have run out of garlic. you can smell it from 50 miles away. mcdonald says it could be a few weeks before the fries return to the menu due to a shortage in high quality garlic. >>> 4:7:00. a call for a general strike in san francisco. next move for the hunger strikers. >> a little clouds and mist this morning. looking at sunshine this afternoon. details on that. >> we just missed that truck in our view here. i'll help you miss those. =steph/live= steph tease =sam/vo= plus- heading back to court.. >>> in about three hours we are expecti

starting in july, drones like these will send medicine and blood supplies in rwanda.rator packs the order and scans code that gives it a roof to the destination it flies automatically dropping the payload in landing zone the size of three parking spaces. >> so we will obviously learn a lot about this process but this is strictly a humanitarian mission. and we are excited to be a part of it. >> testing deliveries in rwanda will generate safety information to feedback to the federal aviation administration, will likely lay the ground work for drone deliveries in the u.s. >> very interesting. >> well, coming up: how your smart phone could help track your sleep. >> plus: a rare event is happening this morning we are talking live with a nasa scientist about what to look for and when. katy? >> well, guys, looks as though we will end up with more sun than anything at least initially, but clouds rye building in the forecast eventually some wet weather does too but overall i think you will be happy with the ends result on this seven day stick around the full forecast is coming

because you clearly have that great passion to make changes in a place like rwanda, but you also clearly have a passion here. >> well your first obligation is always at home. i mean you can't ever walk away from the responsibilities that you have at home. but i also think we have a huge responsibility internationally because we are a leader. and we need to maintain that leadership. and so for me, i don't see-- you can't separate them. they're both critical. you cannot-- you can never walk away from your responsibilities at home. >> woodruff: does it bother you that you're known to so many people as warren buffett's son? >> never bothered me ever, never, no. i don't think about it that way. i feel like i'm doing what i can do. and the truth is i'm ablto do so many things because of my dad that i couldn't do otherwise. he's been an amazing father. >> i see him as someone who has brought his own personal experience and integrity to probably one of the world's largest and critical challenges, which is making-- being able to generate food security for a billion people. and i think that takes

guardian says, for fantastically corrupt cameron c narrator: this is grace, a business woman in kigali, rwandaeight years ago, she was starving and unable to feed her children. many of her family had been massacred in one of the worst genocides of the late 20th century. but today, thanks to an innovative program, life is good. she earns up to $200 a month from her furniture business and employs 11 people.

of it is coming out of rwanda and congo. a lot of information is not available. we really don't know. here is the production picture. the production side has really changed dramatically. it has gone up tremendously. this is where production has taken place once again. when the united states is 100% dependent, you have 91% coming from one country, 95% of the reserves in one country. there is a cause for some theern, at least to assess vulnerability. how vulnerable is the united states to disruptions, whether it be political instability or , catastrophic disasters. if there is one source of supply and there is little capacity elsewhere, then that could be a concern. tantalum again, 50% from rwanda. there is no real assessment of reserves going on. lithium, between two countries, well over 50%. manganese.obalt, three countries dominating the production of manganese. the production side is only one side of it. when is cause for concern it comes to vulnerability, assessing the vulnerability of sources of supply. but, that is only part of the picture. i put this slide

. >> reporter: now the team is building a fleet of drones to fly over rwanda and the world's first national delivery drone network. hoping to make up to 150 blood and vaccine deliveries a day to hard to reach clinics within 30 minutes of a emergency request. >> and once it drops the package can fall within 20 feet of the intended target. and take a look inside here and you have enough medicine and enough blood to save someone's life. >> loading it is really simple. >> reporter: inside of his drone hanger -- >> they look like happy drones. >> a lot of people think about drones in a military context. and we're obviously trying to do the opposite. so if you hear one flying, you know help is on the way. >> it is like hearing an ambulance. >> reporter: other groups are using drones to help humanity. some to deliver vaccines and others to be used in disasters and rescues. >> i want people to think of these vehicles as guardians. >> new technology preparing for a future where people in need of help can look to the sky. gadi schwartz, nbc news, half moon bay, california. >> pretty amazing. >>> when

these silicon valley zip line drones to air-drop life saving supplies like these to hospitals in rwandap.s. says they are learning from this experience as they continue talks with the faa. >>> a judge ruled that staples may not merge with office depot, thus killing a $6 billion merger. >>> ahead, highlights from the invictus games for wounded warriors. >>> perhaps the best throw in history. sports is up next. no, no, no, no, [music] people are both soft and strong... yey! which is why our products are too. angel soft. vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me >>> this morning, on "today," nbc jeff rossen puts products to the test to find out if they really work. >>> now to sports. steph curry won his second straight mvp award and the first nba player to be unanimously selected. curry received all 131 first

to deliver life-saving supplies to hospitals in rwanda. now in talks with the faa about bringing commercial drone delivery to the u.s. >>> landon dowdy with cnbc business news. >> watch shares of disney. they sank in late trading tuesday after the media giant reported its first earnings miss in five years. while zootoppia power ed, there were also other numbers. >>> the dow and s&p 500 posting their best percentage gains in two months. tharpgs to the likes of caterpillar, goldman sachs and ge. look for earnings from macy's. the dow rising ç222 points to 17,928. the nasdaq up as well. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> about 20 minutes before sunrise and we're getting better view of the clouds that are starting things off this morning. that's a live view from center city. 5:26 and 56 degrees your neighborhood forecast just ahead. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> well, bill, we're watching the area bridges right now. this is a live look at the platt bridge. you can see no problems or delays in either direction ri

the genocide in rwanda did not begin until 1994. how can you accuse me, let alone convicted me, of incitement to genocide? and the court held that the very incitement to genocide constitutes the crime under international law. whether or not acts of genocide follow. and important, it in my view, a compelling precedent in terms of combating state sanctions, hate, and hate to genocide. i might mention because i think it's important to do so, that we are on the eve of the 22nd anniversary of the rwandan genocide, which began on april 7, 1994. and i say this because what makes the genocide in rwanda so unspeakable is not only the horror of the genocide itself, that would be bad enough, what makes it so unspeakable is that the genocide was preventable. nobody could say we did not know. we knew but we did not act. just as in the case of darfur, nobody could say we did not know. we knew that we did not act, or now as we just passed the fifth anniversary of the macabre killing fields in syria, where some close to 500,000 have been killed, 12

i happen to have a three miles rwanda, mountain gorillas.r the screaming going on, you hear the screaming going on, watch that gorilla's response, by the way. he doesn't know what's going on. this is a silver back, not a female. he hears the response, you see from the face, he's alarmed. yes, he looks at the child there. what happens when you tranquilize the animal? whether a gorilla, whatever animal it might be, research in the wild with gorillas, i've seen what happens. i know what happens. when that dart hits the animal, you can imagine, the animal -- it's like a shot, he jumpgs. what would happen -- he jumps. what would happen if he had the little boy? i've seen a silver back grail take a green coconut which you can't bust open with a hatchet go like this. beyond the strength that you even know. choice between human life, animal life. >> you believe the zoo made the right decision. obviously the cincinnati zoo said a child's life was in danger and a quick decision had to be made. it sounds like you agree with them? i i work with gorillas

they announced a partnership with ups to deliver blood and medical supplies in rwanda. >> with a droneplane like this, we can fly farther, faster. >> scott budman will take us on a first look tour inside zip line headquarters. >> how about a first look at our solar system? mercury, you see that dot moving in the animation moving across the sun. it looks like a small black dot traveling across the face of the sun. do not try to look directly at it. keep that advice in mind. >> it is a big deal today. >> you do. could you use the observatory here. >> this is a time lapse of mercury going across the sun. we have conrad jones. i think the one thing that impresses me, this is not in realtime but reminds us how large the sun is in relation to us. >> very much so. the sun is a huge object. >> it takes about 7 1/2 hours from mercury to transit which gives you an idea of the size of the sun. anything astronomers hope to learn? >> mostly the event is one for personal enjoyment and to remind ourselves something about the dynamics of our own solar system. in this case, we are watching a planet tra

they just announced a partnership with ups to deliver blood and medical supplies to clinics in rwanda. zip line says this design makes for frequent and flexible flying. >> we can fly farther, faster and we can fly more reliably. >> at 6:00, a tour inside zipline headquarters with more details about the new deal. >> new predictions about automated cars. >> 2021. you recall last week, chrysler will work with google to develop an automated minivan. over weekend he said his car company would offer a fully automated car to the masses within the next five years. people who study technology predict one system made by google or tesla or somebody else will actually be the system all car companies end up using like different car companies use the same components for stereos. >> to austin, texas, say they will likely leave the texas town. they spent $8 million trying to defeat the fingerprint law and lost. >> reacting to higher oil prices. wall street like higher oil prices even if they come because the canadian sand region is on fire. apple will cut the cost of its apple music program to studen

when i traveled -- i was in rwanda. i was in cameroon, and the question i have to continually answer is, can we really rely on financing? we are beginning to see deals slip away. certainly buyers looking at other sources of goods and services in the u.s. -- than the u.s. because they can't rely on the financing we would be providing. places like africa and asia where financing is critical to close the transaction and get those jobs here in america. 2 congress reauthorized your bank until september of 2019. what is crucial for you to achieve to stay in business? fred: we have got to get on board so we can do the work we've been doing. we were running at about half the level of the year before. we are doing less volume. we are putting a lot of american jobs at risk. we last three satellite transactions, two to france and one to canada. and africa they talk about finding other sources of supply. some companies like general electric have the ability to produce globally. they have some leverage. but the fact is, don't we wan

it is going to start in rwanda and half moon bay said it will be able to fly, even a motorcycle can't reach. company founder say zip line was supposed to build quote cool consumer robots. and they changed their focus after they can change people's lives. >> still ahead. we are talking steph curry with report that he will be named the mvp, this is as the team gears up for game four in portland. we will be joined by jason apple balm to whether or not curry will play. >> we will check back with rosemary on details of this week's forecast. they are hoping to bounce back. and just a short time ago. we learned promising news on steph curry's condition and the title he is expected to receive. >> jason is with us. >> where do you want to start. up yaided from doubtful to questionable. we are looking at 15, 20 minutes. >> not 30. >> but getting him back on the court is a big deal. >> emotionally, too. >> the warriors are 6-2 without him. played only 38 minutes in the entire playoffs and worked out the knee in practice and before the game. if you watched it, he landed on the left leg. and steph

i have been living with these things, going to rwanda. i have had a home there.ling what you now what would have happened. i don't think any of us would be sitting on the phone saying the cincinnati zoo did the wrong thing. >> the fact that this little boy could climb under the barricade and drop into the enclosure, should that have happened? >> well, that's a very good question. if you actually take the zoo world and the billions of visitors, billions of visitors go, millions of employees. take a 20-year period and look at it, you will see there are fatalities and injuries. we'll be at the very top of safety of water parks, amusement parks, ride parks, going to maybe even who knows what kind of games and sports. we can only do so much. our safety is our number one priority in the zoo world. safety of our visitors, of our keepers and our animals. safety, we practice it hours and hours every week. we spend a lot of money on practicing this. how do you build something that if somebody wants to jump over the wall at the indy 500, how do you take care of them if they

and i say this because what makes the genocide in rwanda so unspeakable is not only the horror of the genocide itself that would be bad enough. what makes it so unspeakable is that genocide was preventible. nobody could say we did not know. we knew, but we did not act. just as in the case of darfur, nobody could say we did not know. we did not act or now as we just passed the fifth anniversary of the killing fields in syria or some close to 500,000 have been killed, 12.5 million have been displaced. close to 5 million are refugees. isis came in at the end of the scorched earth policy. it began with the criminality of assad's regime. and those who said atd the time invoking the response, that whenever you have a situation in any country or with any government of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, and the government in places unable or unwilling to do anything about it or in the case of syria is the author of that killing field then there's a responsibility on the part of the international community to intervene and protect the innocent civilians. but those who called four

we have a little house in rwanda where mountain gorillas have. for 30 years i have studied them and know them in the wild and zoo world. the power of this gorilla, no one has mentioned this, i have seen a gore ril lax the silver back, pick up a green coconut and squish it like a marshmallow. it is like a rock. what i'm saying, when i saw the gorilla's face, that is something alarming. like the lady said, i don't know if she knows about gorillas or not but that gorilla was not happy. you will see 20, 15 years ago you will see where a gorilla and a child 3-year-old fell in to the mote, the female picked up and held it because it was raised by people. we don't do that anymore. what i'm saying is there no doubt about it. the cincinnati zoo did what they had to do. we have the safety of our people first, safety of our animals, and safety of our employees all come together. when you have to make a decision like this there is not one second to delay. if you tranquilize and hit that animal with a dart, what would you do? when we research in the wild, loo

resembling a small plane can fly 70 miles at a time, delivering blood and medical supplies to clinics in rwanda. it's an early test on the promise of drone delivery. zip line says this design makes for frequent and flexible flying. >> with a drone that looks like a plane like this, compared to a quad copter you're used to seeing, we can fly farther, we can fly faster and we can fly more reliably. >> tonight at 6:00, business and tech supporter, scott budman, will take us on a first look tour inside zip line's headquarters and have more details about the delivery drones. >>> after months of delays, the new bay bridge bike path is expected to open in september. investigative reporter, jackson vander becken tells us that engineers have overcome a final challenge, ensuring that a super piece feature, an observation deck at the end of the path, is properly supported. >> reporter: on monday, crews are going to start putting in place the observation deck. a final hurdle in a project that cyclists say can't be done too soon. >> our members, we have about 4,000 members in the east bay. are -- ask me all

i have a home in rwanda. i can tell you when i first saw this on tv, when the child is there, he jerks the child, you heard the noise in my ear, but the people are screaming, the silverback. they have a human in theren do the alarm call. the girl gorillas go in the building. people screaming. all of a sudden he drags that child. that's a dead giveaway for me. i witnessed it in the wild. i witnessed it in the do long cal parks. i'm telling you that child would not be here today if they had not acted. deirdre: you are saying the silverback's job is to protect his tribe and the women are screaming. >> this animal is confused and upset. somebody would say why don't you tranquilize the animal. let's say that kid starting fighting that gorilla. you can't wait in a situation like this. i have seen a gorilla take a green coconut that you can't break open with a hatchet and break it open with one hand. if that kid had said get away from me and started fighting. why do they love gorillas? because they have seen hem in

happy bir narrator: this is grace, a business woman in kigali, rwanda.ht years ago, she was starving and unable to feed her children. many of her family had been massacred in one of the worst gegenocides of the late 20thth century. but today, thanks to an innovative program, life is good. she earns up to $200 a month from her furniture business and employs 11 people.

. >> reporter: now his fleet is building drones to fly over rwanda in the first national drone delivery0 blood and vaccine deliveries a day to clinics within 30 minutes of an emergency request. now, once it drops, the package can fall within about 20 feet of its intended target. take a look inside here, you've got enough medicine and enough blood to save someone's life. inside the drone hangar. they almost look like happy drones. >> yeah, a lot of people think about drones in a military context. and we're obviously trying to do the opposite. so if you hear one of these way. >> yeah. it's like hearing an ambulance. >> reporter: other groups are also using drones to help humanity, some to deliver vaccines, others to be used in disasters and rescues. >> want people to think of these vehicles as guardians. >> reporter: new technology preparing for a future where people in need of help can look to the sky. nbc news, halfmoon bay, california. >> absolutely incredible to think where technology has brought us. >> and they're not going away, so let's do some good with them. >> absolutely. >> gre

half the production is taken place in the rwanda and congo. they really don't know what is going on with it. antium. australia you is not producing any longer. they were where are the reserve numbers? a lot of the information is not available. here is the production picture here. the production side has really changed dramatically in 20 years. it has gone up tremendously. and this is where production has taken place again. if the concentration of production. so when the united states is 100% dependent on niboium imports. you have 90% from one country. 95% of the reserves in one country, that is cause for some concern at least to assess the vulnerability of supply. how much we're importing. how vulnerable is the united states to disruptions. whether it be political instability, labor strikes, catastrophic disasters. if there is one source of supply, and there is no capacity, or little capacity elsewhere, that could be a concern. slip down the chart here where you see there is 50% coming from rwanda but no real assessment of reserves going on th

the country with the world's first drone delivery network for medicines -- >> sub-saharan africa, rwanda? yes, there is an example of a country leading in the future and doing the right through, bringing on the drones. >> i see the assisted automation and full driverless and modules and pods. who do you think is most likely at this point to be the winner sneer. >> i think over any decent time period, maybe not tomorrow or next month, over any decent time period, completely driverless is going to be the winner. i think there are about 30,000 hayden deaths in the u.s. per year. the majority are caused by drivers falling asleep or other kinds of error. let's get that error out of the system. the driverless cars are not perfect yet. that's not the right test. they are improving really, really happenedly and they're going to be better than us. i say bring those things on. >> it starts with freight and trucking and these sorts of things and then sits consumers? >> that feels right. the easiest, most routine driving is hong haul interstate driving of trucks. i wouldn't be surprised if a couple

the genocide in rwanda did not egin until 1994. ow can you convict me?ourt held that the very incitement of genocide constitutes the crime under international law. whether or not acts of genocide follow. an important, and in my view, compelling precedent, in terms of combating state sanctions. i might mention, because i think it is important to do so, that we are on the eve of the 22nd anniversary of the rwandan genocide, that began on april 7 in 1994. i say this because what makes the genocide in rwanda so unspeakable is, not only the horror of the genocide itself, that would be bad enough. what makes it so unspeakable is that that genocide was preventable. nobody could say we did not know. we knew, but we did not act. just as in the case of darfur, nobody could say we did not know. we knew, but we did not act. now, we just passed the fifth anniversary of the killing fields in syria, where close to 500,000 have been killed. 12.5 million have been displaced. close to 5 million are refugees. isis came in at the end of the scorched earth policy. it began w

leaders don't want to leave after their terms in office, in the drc right and east africa as well, rwanda and barundi. what are your thoughts with unilateral sanctions or other measures we could take? we -- our influence at times is limited but we do have some influence. >> yeah. >> how should it be wielded? >> unilateral sanctions are never as effective as multilateral sanctions. we all know that. but there may be a time for those. particularly in instances like that if we, looking at it through the paradigm of selective engagement, if we say, okay, this is a matter that is of great interest to the united states, concerns the united states. we need to be endangered. we're going to be endangergaged putting sanctions on individuals who won't step down. do a cost/benefit analysis. what are we going to gain from it? what will it cost us? i don't see a reason we shouldn't do that if we think it's the right approach to take. >> thanks. we'll be hearing holdings in the subcommittee on that issue, so this is a good preview. thauc thausks you for your testimony. >> thank you. senator markey? >> i

according to our own data, our human services agency, one rivaled only countries like rwanda. for too many families, this displacement comes in the form of eviction. in recent poll commissioned by toddco this past week, it shows that 7 a% of san franciscans are concerned that the rent is too high and 10% is concerned that rent is too high. only 4% stated it's not a concern or certaining. we are seeing that we're becoming a city that is rapidly becoming unaffordable with record levels of evictions an rent here in our city. there is a pervasive sense that we're losing the city we once loved along with the community one person at a time from friends, parishioners. businesses to teachers nurses and artists. nimmune to the wave of displacement sweeping our bay area. but we can do more to address the tremendous anxiety with regards to our future. i'm proud to stand here with many members of the colleagues to fight for more affordable housing to work to protect our business legacies to fight to increase our minimum wage to 15 $15 and hour here in san francisco and fight for the stron

having had a home in rwanda two miles from mountain goorls 20 years and having the columbus zoo i have been here 30 something years and having the first gorilla born in the world here. twin gorillas born here only ones in the world. obviously i'm familiar with gorillas in the setting of the zoo. when i saw the animal jerk right now and taking that child through the water like that, i have seen big silver backs in the wild and zoos. one thing that would have happened, greta, if they had waited for the trannizer. that dart would have popped in that gorilla. this little thing here is doing it i'm just trying to think gorilla style now. that child would not even be here. they can take a green coconut and smash it like a marshmallow. the power is beyond comprehension. there was no other decision to make, greta. it's a terrible thing but it had to happen. >> how about the design of the zoo itself? how is it that a child can get under a fence, even have this happen? >> greta, that had been there 35 or 40 years whatever it is. the zoo is one of in the country. i have grand kids and kids. we al

. >> my favorite clip in my second video was in rwanda where i danced with a bunch of kids in the villagey, that's so much more interesting. i should have been doing that all along. so i went back to stride and i told them this idea for another video where i would take all the e-mails from the people all over the world who said why didn't you come dance in my country and i would go there and invite them to come dance with me. and we got thousands of people to come out and dance with me for this third video. >> there's movie star fame, rock star fame and even, reality show fame. but this was different. >> we came up with this term >> e-lebrity. which really represents someone who became a fame through the internet. >> with this status there's no going back to a day job. >> i make videos in which i dance badly for a living. i'm working on a book about making a video. from time to time i get invited to go speak at colleges, grade schools, corporate events and things like that. and i've been enjoying being at home as much as possible because the last five years, i've not spent a lot of time h

dramatically to stop genocide in the balkans but not intervening dramatically to stop genocide in rwanda, and kind of, well, why did we intervene one and not the other? and some of the answer to that isn't too pleasant. so, i think that part of the reason to have a hearing like this and part of the reason i applaud my colleagues who spend a lot of time in africa is we have to as leaders kind of challenge, and in some ways, it's kind of a media portrayal, too, that you know, terrorist attacks in cohad aren't worthy f the attacks in brussels or paris, and even those in ankara and istanbul and the sinai don't get as much attention. so, all of these are important, and having a hearing like this tries to put it on an equal scale and not suggest that some lives are worth less than others. i think there are some other reasons. the middle east, we've needed something. we've needed oil. and so, that has probably made us more focused on the middle east, and we haven't focused as much on africa because maybe we didn't perceive that we needed something as much. but also -- and again, this is a good