we're trying to improve senegal. we're seeking to gain investments at the national level, to strengthen the rule of law, to have an independent justice system. in countries you have to say things as they are, and even in many developed countries corruption is a fact. therefore, we pus constantly work -- must constantly work to reduce corruption down to a level that will be almost insignificant, and that is not easy because the traditions. and as long as we do not have the rule of law, as long as we don't have accountability, it will be very hard to fight corruption. but we're not losing hope. and i am convinced, i'll stop here because i don't want to go beyond the time that was given to me, but in general i am in favor of a reduction of the term of office of the president from seven years to five years, and i'd like to tell you africa today is a continent on the march. the africa of 2013 has nothing to do with the cliches that are often expressed to talk about civil wars, where you talk about coups. but bear in mind,

also sent an air tanker for refueling emissions and three cargo planes, stationed in neighboring senegal. >> britain is moving dangerously away from its own tradition of personal liberty and privacy protections enjoyed by the rest of the european union. that is the assessment of rights groups after the government announced plans to expand internet and cell phones surveillance. new measures would include monitoring your social media habits. >> this would authorize private companies such as internet service providers to collect and store the data for the entire population. the government says it is a cost-effective way to promote national security. >> britain leads the world when it comes to monitoring its own citizens. 2 million cameras keep a watchful eye on them. that number is set to double in the next few years. if the government's communications data bill goes through, internet connectivity will also come under greater scrutiny, and not just for those suspected of crime or terrorism. civil liberties groups are ringing the alarm bells. >> and a history of which websites we visit, whic

and i wanted him to actually meet with molly, from senegal who actually has changed over the course of20 years. she has been able to abolish female genital mutilation in the whole area of all these villages in senegal by simply co-opting the men. he has become an expert at changing the minds of men and i want him and her to meet because she has so much information about that, that she can share. >> the consciousness that it creates is not only with women. it's also with the media. and it also at the government levels. i mean ultimately the change, we need to connect for me, connect the women stories with the economy, with the society, with politics. >> part of larger issues as well. >> and judiciary, so it is a huge, it's hugely important that society stands up and the impact, the ripple effect of this young girl who stands up and saying i want to stop, you know. but that's one thing. but if also, we ultimately have to understand that unless we invest in women, economically and politically and socially, we cannot progress. we cannot-- this country is the number one reason for this coun

senegal one year ago was facing a period of instability and economic contraction.political and economic reforms since being in office and the senegalese government now is launching efforts to end the bomb conflict in the region. under president sall's leadership senegal's economy is expected to grow by nearly five are sent this year. president banda two took over in malawi nearly a year ago with her government immediately move to implement necessary political and economic reforms. together they devalued malawi's currency, removed price controls for fuel and cuts in government expenditures harriet in her first 100 days in office, president banda has turned malawi around. as a result the country's economy is expected to grow twice as fast this year. [applause] and last but certainly not least, cape verdi has risen from the bottom of any development indicators because of the visionary leadership of prime minister neves. the country is vibrant. it's a two-party political system and its strong rule of law also has contributed to cape verde having one of africa's highest

here to break it all down is jim senegal who follows jpmorgan for "morningstar". what jumped out at you from this letter? >> you know i think this letter is classic dimon. as you pointed out i started off apologizing for some of the mistakes the bank made this year. in all honesty it was a big year for mistakes at jp. not only the london whale. they had some other regulatory issues. even the stress test that came out a few weeks ago. they had only conditional approval. regulators wanted them to improve some of their internal procedures. i think the fact he once again apologized for what they have done wrong, but then laid out a kind of optimistic plan for future i think, classic dimon. melissa: yeah. we'll hear hear more about all the things you talked about. even they have really turned around their mortgage business and done some impressive things there but focusing on just the letter because of course they have earnings later this week, we'll get to all the details then, what do you think about his comment we need to prepare for e impact of eventual rapidly ris

in senegal where we're building for infrastructure, u.s. is providing training. aid through major policy reforms by creating the best environments for businesses to be invested in those countries. it's very difficult for the african countries to take advantage of the opportunity that exists. >> i appreciate that. we had a breakfast this morning and one of the things we hear from african countries is they want to move beyond aid. it's about trade. to the extent the countries are developed around the world that's more business for our companies in the united states. thank you very much. >> thank you. we now go to mr. cook of california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. a previous question was asked about the corruption in afghanistan. i want to kind of -- i was very impressed with actually the military, impressed with the afghan army and some of the aid programs. corruption is a big problem. i know there's a wink, wink, nod, nod you start talking about the poppy and the drug situation. it's almost analogous to columbia 15 years ago. i'm kind of a cynic on this and i'm v

. >> i got a letter from a lady in africa, actually senegal. the capital city of dakar. dear brad, you are the most handsome -- no, i'm just kidding. dear, bret, hi, dear, how are you today? i hope all is well with you. my name is miss linda. i just went through your profile in this site. my dear, i am interested in knowing more about you. waiting to hear from you soon. this is pretty cool. i was excited about it, you know what i mean? especially in africa. so i looked it up in the encyclopedia, because i didn't know where dakar was, in africa. so it was pretty cool. the hardest part about doing time, of course i miss my kids, my little niece i never met. so that kills you. but when they call mail, and go out there on the railing, and you stand up there and see all your brothers and friends getting mail, over and over and over, and you're just standing up there, as bad as you want it, it ain't going to come. so here we are. >> while bulmer looks ahead to the possibility of finding love, inmates eric glass and erik coleman look back to the past. and what they've lost. >>

in began in senegal.opped them off last night in san juan. >>> so spring has sprung in the northeast here, at least. >> yep. >> you can finally feel it here. that is a different story out west. >> jennifer delgado is live in the cnn weather center in atlanta. she's got the good news and the bad news this morning. >> i do. we'll start off with the bad. the bad is out west. we are looking at snow developing as we go later into the evening, as well tomorrow. we're talking a foot of snowfall. in fact we're also looking at potential for blizzard conditions to develop late tonight and that is for parts of colorado, as well as utah. what are we talking about? all this snow out there. but there is still some spring showers out. you can see moving through parts of illinois, chicago, you're going to be looking at some of that wet weather for your morning commute. you can see some lighter shower activity and a little bit of a splintery mix up towards the north. of course right along areas including parts of arkansas

book about the ocean, i went out one time to purr suv my great love in life, which is fishing in senegal, and first of all went to find the local fishing beach, and found four muslim fishermen who agreed they would take me out in their boat the next day. so i then scoured the city of dynamic car to -- da dakar and tracked down a frenchman and dragged out a backward spinning rod. aarrived at the beach at 5:00 the next morning and these fishermen took one look at me and said, what is that? i said it's a fishing rod. they said, throw that away. so we went out in this -- to hand lines to barracuda. and we got about six miles offshore and i had never been sicner my life. we were about this much about the water level, and they're doing the usual look at the horizon thing. and i'm going to die. and they just -- they almost fell off the boat laughing no white man can do what we do. no white man understands the ocean. at least one does. what took in to the yellowstone book was that love of fishing. but to a very circuitous route. i love to fly-fish. i worked on a book on a very esoteric subject,

some seven or eight years after senegal got its independence, there was a big epidemic of yellow fever, and it was all in children under 10 years of age, because they hadn't been vaccinated. when we started off at cdc, a lot of emphasis was on infectious diseases. that's really how cdc grew. but at the same time, i think there was a general feeling that infectious diseases were really conquered. it was really sort of a mopping up operation that we were about. the fact that malaria had disappeared from the united states, and we conquered smallpox in the americas in 1971 and worldwide in 1977, sort of lent us confidence that really, there wasn't much that we couldn't do. as a result, the center began to diversify, to broaden its focus. and so we expanded into chronic disease areas. the national institute for occupational safety and health was incorporated into cdc in the early 1970s. much more recently, we've gotten into areas surrounding injury control and prevention. and of course we realized in the last few years that the infectious disease agenda is not over. certainly it's not in th

. >> right, the landlords, a senegal ease french couple and they live downstairs. >> rose: so when you create these plays are they out of your mind, out of your imagination or do you sort of do some kind of research? >> this play there was some research there were a very ver famous stories of couples like this. one, there is a frenchman who is maybe the most famous example so i did a lot of reading. but not all my plays are research plays. and i believe firmly in doing some research and then discarding it and feeling liberated from it and really starting fresh. >> rose: you wanted to be an actor. >> yes. >> rose: maybe you are an actor. >> maybe i still entertain fantasies of being an actor, yeah. >> rose: but did you turn to play writing because you didn't feel like acting was going to be for you, a satisfying life? >> yes. whether or not that was true, i-- . >> rose: that is the way i couched the question that way. >> exactly. i tried. i auditions my first year out of college. i got a job touring on a children's theatre play. and at the end of the year i just felt like i had so littl

indignation again, senegal, mali for religious freedom about five years ago. but now, there's definitely radicalization. egyptian ours had been in syria, libya and iraq. so why muslims are becoming radicalized and many other muslims are deeply worried because they become troubled as well. same forces that persecute christians are also persecuting the other minorities. and admittedly stare largest non-muslim minority. so they are taking the brunt of this, but muslims are definitely affected as well as groups. just a few examples of what's happening right now, there's an american pastor imprisoned facing possible death in iran right this minute. >> is he an american citizen? >> he's an american is the sin of iranian origin. he was sentenced to eight years, but often the sentences mean that he and can be changed at will at win. >> just to underscore this as much as possible, an american citizen is being held for his religious release imuran. the question is what is the american government done thus far? >> not enough. secretary kerry issued a statement after nine

here to discuss this, jim senegal, financial services analyst from "morningstar". for joining us. what do you think of the report in the first place? banks manipulate the numbers for instance, moving loan-loss reserves over to the balance sheet. other banks have done that. can we believe numbers and are banks worse perhaps than we believe with bank of america? >> bank of america did release some reserves. that is something all the banks are doing. it is something i don't think a lot of investors look at. there is some help to the bottom line there. other than that it was a pretty clean quarter, asking considering all of the unusual charges for bank of america has had in the past few years. i think the problem is, the earnings really aren't anything to get excited about. even though bank of america's problems are receding into the past they're still not making a lot of money and a lot of that has to do with the macroeconomic environment. adam: when you talk about problems receding into the past, the big problem would be countrywide. i thought that was all put to bed

. >> the crew set off from senegal in january.for an unassisted human-powered row across the atlantic ocean. they were very close to their final destination in miami when the accident happened. >>> all right. the body of a u.s. diplomat, anne smedinghoff returned to american soil. the 25-year-old foreign service officer killed over the weekend in a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan. the family requested the arrival ceremony at dover air force base be kept private. condolences are pouring in for former british prime minister margaret thatcher. after suffering from poor health and dementia, thatcher died of a stroke yesterday at age 87. abc's terry moran looks back at the amazing life of the woman known as the iron lady. >> oh, good idea. >> reporter: margaret thatcher was a woman who simply relished political combat. >> i'm enjoying this! i'm enjoying this! >> reporter: for 20 years she vanquished about everyone who took her on. >> no. no. >> reporter: she towered over her times, a grocer's daughter who busted open the old boys' c

recently, senegal's president told president obama exactly that in a meeting at the white house, arguing the west should pay as much attention to africa as china does. now, i have heard the same thing firsthand, not just from the algerian ambassador but from the former president of ethiopia. across the continent, it's the same question. where is the united states? this bill answers that question. no longer would africans wonder why american companies weren't doing business there. the bill bolsters u.s. government ability to support these companies, maintains a solid presence of u.s. commercial foreign service officers. it's going to help small and medium businesses in the united states compete in africa. it will increase the focus of export-import bank, giving it greater incentive to aggressively counter these concessional loans. it will help the export-import bank and the overseas private investment corporation more quickly process applications so we can be competitive. now, last congress, we almost passed this bill. you would almost think it's a no-brainer, but unfortunately we didn't.

two americans and two canadians left senegal january 23rd, their mission to row unassisted across thetic ocean a daring 4,000 mile journey to miami. the team was gathering data for studies ranging from marine life to their own sleep deprivation. >> two-hour nap looking ahead to a four-hour row. >> conditions were challenging along the way. >> the waves are far too big and we're just bobbing up and down. >> 2008 olympic gold medalist adam kreck was part of the crew. >> we were seasick and very tired, now we seem to be sliding into a little bit more of a gruelling slog. >> reporter: on saturday their 73rd day at sea and 850 miles from the finish line a giant wave caught them by surprise instantly flipping the boat over. >> we had a plan in place for what to do if this happened and it was successful in that we're getting the guys home safe but it's too bad we have to end now. >> those rowers are with us this morning from puerto rico, adam kreck, jordan hanssen, patrick fleming and marcus pukonen, good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> there is not enough dramamie in the world to

i would just comment that if you look at northern africa, say from mauritania or senegal on the weste way to sudan on the east, it's about 475 million people and very poor borders, weak security services and of course the place is awash in weapons. all these and most importantly a very high proportion of thepoond unemployed males who are frustrated and are easily attracted to the jihadists cause. that whole area i believe and the other countries you mentioned i think are going to be a tremendous challenge certainly for us in the intelligence business, a big challenge. we don't cover them equally and so we have focused on other areas. the challenge will be how to bring to bear particularly in the isr arena the capability to africa. >> well africa is unique in another way too. you can find a place right now where we have adequate intel and there is not a real threat there but when they change leadership in these countries. look at "debarred. i know the state department doesn't agree with my assessment of this but when they were taken over by -- all of a sudden you have a new threat tha