secondly, far from being part of the solution, somolia's transitional federal government, the tfg, is part of the problem. in fact, a not insignificant cause of the ongoing crisis. the regime's unelected officials may be preferable to al shabab insurgents but they represent at best the choice of the lesser of two evils. hobbled by corruption, weakness and in-fighting, the tfg is of limited helpfulness in the face of the present emergency. tfg leaders are likelier to see the crisis as another opportunity to capture rents since their mandate expires in two weeks and is for want of a plan b and the international community is not taking issue with the tfg leaders arbitrary extension of their terms of office by another year no wonder the official position of the government of the united states, not with standing its engagements with the regime is not to recognize the tfg or any other entity as the legal sovereign of somolia. we need to pursue a permanent resolution to the ongoing crisis of state failure in somolia if we want to avoid humanitarian emergencies in the future. thirdly, the she

. >> they hide behind a mask of islam, but the way the rule after parts of somolia has nothing to do with the koran. al-shabab wages wear that has nothing to do with islam. >> 400,000 refugees live here. his eldest foster son completed his entrance exam. ahmed has been with the family for seven years. >> i am happy that he took me in. i get good food and they look after me. >> the financial support -- he has established a small business selling vegetables. the aid organization calls for the foster parents to have an independent income. >> they began by asking the long-term effects of the famine. >> the region is such that this is already very troublesome for somalia, and the center of this crisis is somalia. and then we have the piracy, and then we have all of these situations coming toge with two generations living there without hope. we have to do something there. this takes a lot of attention where it somalia has not on the forefront of the media, but now we will take care of the problems in somalia? >> what is all of this providing? >> we provided $30 million, with 20% of the eur

i mean, the reality is that it's a very difficult situation in somolia. you've got al shabab, a real threat to that area and thousands upon thousands who are straferring right now as well, and so what we have been doing, and what we have been doing on the military side is working closely through africa with the state department and with the diplomatic sources that are there, with the ngo's, to try to make sure we're providing whatever assistance we can provide to help in that region. >> logistical assistance? >> that's correct. we are working and doing that on a daily basis. we have made clear that any additional assistance, you know, we're prepared to provide, so it's a very good team approach to dealing with a crisis in that part of the world. >> i would just add a few points, you know. the united states was a principal funder of hughes net, the family early warning system network, and when we began seeing signs of a potential famine, we began to pre-position food and materials and that gave us the chance to be able to get our equipment and our food in

. >>> in somolia an investigation has found that meant for all of those star being victims is being stolen of food and cooking oil are being sold hopefully and market. the u.s. world food program acknowledge that provide aid in a woman that's country and very risky. stopping the program will lead to many more deaths. the government made a rare are -- last week, it broke raising fears that toxic chemicals would be released that led to protest yesterday and large police presence today. analyst say chinese authority are growing much more sensitive to influence to grow lower class. >> student scores are at an all- time high in california. the department of education released the results of 2011 standard used testing program. the number show 54 scored proficient or above. 50% reached that level in math. both percentages are the highest since the testing program began back in 2003. we checked three of the bay areas biggest districts, san francisco unified schools, 57% of students scored at that level in may. san jose started edge gas in houston by lower 54%. it's identified by scoring efficient

. >>> in somolia an investigation has found that meant for all of those star being victims is being stolenags of food and cooking oil are being sold hopefully and market. the u.s. world food program acknowledge that provide aid in a woman that's country and very risky. stopping the program will lead to many more deaths. the government made a rare are -- last week, it broke raising fears that toxic chemicals would be released that led to protest yesterday and large police presence today. analyst say chinese authority are growing much more sensitive to influence to grow lower class. >> student scores are at an all- time high in california. the department of education released the results of 2011 standard used testing program. the number show 54 scored proficient or above. 50% reached that level in math. both percentages are the highest since the testing program began back in 2003. we checked three of the bay areas biggest districts, san francisco unified schools, 57% of students scored at that level in may. san jose started edge gas in houston by lower 54%. it's identified by scoring efficie

journalist jay bahadur spent three months in northeast somolia getting to know modern-day pirates and to government officials about their exploits. in "the pirates of somalia. >> inside their hidden world" he explores their tactics and why they've been able to flourish and jay bahadur, a young, relatively inexperienced reporter goes to one of the most dangerous places on the planet, self-assigned and was there a point at which you thought "this was a bad idea"? >> it was mostly on the plane over there that i had the most trepidation about it because i knew that if the people on the other end didn't pick me up i would have about a half an hour before i would maybe not be kidnapped by pirates but by somebody and a lot of journalists actually relatively recently, british journalists had been captured by their own bodyguards. so i had a partner but i had never met him. i didn't know anything about him deep down. i had spoken to him on the phone so i was on the plane over there debt prily trying to make friends with anyone who would speak to me so i could have someone to take me home incas

. >> the july 20 declaration of famine in somolia reflects a dire condition of the people in somolia. data that has been verified by the cdc. we estimate in the last 90 days, 29,000 somolian children have died. this is 4% of the children in south somolia. we believe that the conditions in these regions will encompass the entire regions of southern somalia. the next rainfall is in september and october. even if this is good, there could be another wave of mortality in the south. >> watch more of this online at the c-span video library. ." recentlyhaley appeared at an event held by red states. -- red state. she talks about the deficit debate in washington. >> you know about the typical stereotype of a politician. this was strange. she and her family, they're actually real people. this is a surprising concept. she and her family, they are normal people. but along with being normal people, they live in the governor's mansion. she fights the good fight, and she is winning. it is my pleasure to introduce her. >> thank you. it is such a pleasure to be here. this feels like home because you a