eight years later, the black death devastated siena.t killed the artist lorenzetti and half the population of europe. it was the greatest catastrophe in the modern history of the west. but surprisingly, for some regions, the plague was a springboard for economic growth. [bells ringing] for the survivors, there were new opportunities. florence recovered particularly quickly. by 1400, this was the city-state that dominated central italy. but bankers and textile merchants were expanding their trading empires all over europe. over the next 100 years, an extraordinary interaction took place in florence-- the innovations of artists and architects, the excitement of rediscovering classical achievements, and the patronage of a wealthy commercial class. these key elements brought about a series of artistic and intellectual breakthroughs that came to be known as the renaissance-- literally the rebirth of learning and culture. in the church of santa croce, a series of frescoes painted around 1320 were to have a revolutionary effect on florentine p

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. >> siena playing. >> she blows a kazoo and gets in a vocal solo. >> a butting kazoo superstar. >> good girl. >> nice job matching grandpa's pitch. she has an ear for music. >> eight months old and musically talented. >>> that little girl is lucy, and that is a family dog lamae. he never walked the dog before and for the first time ever they gave her the leash and she let it go and she realized why because she likes to see the dog run with the leash trailing behind it. >> a great laugh. >> it is that laugh made her mom's day. dad says mom has gone for a job interview for a teaching position and he didn't get it so to clear her mind they went for a family walk and those giggles made their day and they said anybody else that hears the giggles, they hope is makes their day, too. [ laughter ] >>> i guarantee you have never seen somebody beating their dough as serious as this. >> what? >> time to make the doughnuts in japan. this is how they do it.

. >> and i'm siena. we'll start with our top story. >> if you think you're too young to do something about the problems our world faces, get ready to think again. diyu reports there's an organization that's ready to help you help others. >> planting a community garden in the middle of a city... delivering food to a soup kitchen... or cleaning up a street near a school in faraway india... programs like these have two important things in common. they're run by people like you and me, and they got a helping hand from youth service america, y.s.a. >> y.s.a. is a global nonprofit that reaches out to young people around the world, now in over 106 countries, and asks them to change the world. >> i help the senior citizens locally through a charity. >> i'm an adviser for prep for prep on saturdays, which is this program that helps low-income kids get into independent schools. >> i'm going to nicaragua to build for a community. >> i definitely want to start a charity for people and children in the world who don't

. >> and i'm siena. we'll start with our top story. >> imagine having to go to the hospital for treatments again and again and again. that's what kids with cancer have to do. as you might think, the visits are anything but fun. but as veronique reports, one hospital came up with a project that's not only unusual -- it's big, very big. >> you've probably heard of art therapy. it's a way to help patients deal with the difficulties of coping with serious illnesses. meet ian. he's an artist who works at the md anderson children's cancer hospital in houston, texas. when you think of doing an art project, you probably think of working on a sheet of paper or on a canvas or maybe even on a wall. but, remember -- this is texas we're talking about. so when ian found out how much one of the patients loved horses, that gave him an idea. he didn't ask her to draw a horse, but to draw on a horse. it was a challenge, but more importantly, it kept her from worrying about her medical treatments. >> i'm just gonna think a

. >> and i'm siena. we'll start with our top story. >> a lot of us join walkathons because we have a personal connection to the cause. but as emily reports, one boy's connection is not only personal, it's amazing. >> there's always excitement when an event like this is about to begin. the crowds, the signs, the different groups with their team shirts. >> let's go! [ cheers and applause ] >> this one-mile march is to raise money for the maria fareri children's hospital in new york's westchester county. it's also raising awareness about the need for transplant donors. that's why it's so special that 11-year-old tyler is here. this is not the first walkathon for tyler. the last time he joined this event, he was just hours from undergoing surgery for a new liver. >> i was really sick, you know? so i had to get a liver transplant. >> tyler had been battling a liver disease for years, and it was getting worse. to get a donated liver, you need to be on a national list. for tyler, time was running out. the hospi

katharine of siena described the cardinals as devils in human form.strong willed women are trying to break through the stained glass ceiling. sister mary ann walsh concedes the church hierarchy is male dominated but women do occupy important lay positions in catholic social and relief organizations. >> if you take the issue off the table if you take ordination off the table, for example, in the u.s., our statistics are better than the department of labor when it comes to women in executive positions. >> reporter: a bit of female advice would help the church steer its way through troubled waters, says professor of the gr gregorian college. >> when you listen to women especially and listen to their perspective and i think, you know, a lot of the ways that this crisis was handled in the church, you know to have had more women's input in dealing with it would have been a better thing. >> reporter: but for now, women have, at best, an indirect influence as the cardinal of portugal explains it. certainly the church is not a democratic society in the way civ

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