every six months we met in the united states or south africa. i was able to get a commission to authorize an independent investigation of the poisoning. when i tried to implement the decree of commission, every obstacle was placed in my way. investigation never took place. when i continue to push and refuse to stop talking about what i heard, i was removed from the commission. i was booted out of the office into another program i could not get the story at of my mind. in terms of the stories i had heard about what was happening to the community. i was able to get a couple girlfriends were medical doctors to travel with me on our own resources to travel to south africana and conduct our own investigation. tavis: fair to say at the time of your being removed that alcor -- al gore, the white house had been apprised of your concerns? >> no question about that. when daylight came into my office and there was a folder on my desk because the former head of transafrica had written to the vice president. there requesting to see any communication between

we talk in the first segment about your own personal history in south africa and as. an activist and leader. in a movement against and not just apartheid but unrighteousness or or i like a word you know. why green peace how does that translate into green peace after. nelson mandela was of the east worked what the of poland had me up at the set up they can see is an evil political party to prepare for the elections. in the course of the process that began more than the freedom struggle was one thing but preparing for formal caltex was something quite different i decided to stay out of the civil society and took my energies into actually. adult education and deal with nonprofit work and work in the nonprofit work strengthen civil society and also try to define the relationship between civil society and the beautiful credit government. most of her personal friends although in the cabinet. and so we all of the so called political some of that you know that we would sort of attitude is that we create a government but we want that civil society to be able to have the space

we talked in the first segment about your own personal history in south africa and as. an activist and leader in in a movement against and i just apartheid but unrighteousness or or i lack a word you know. why greenpeace how does that translate into greenpeace. know someone who was at least worked what they have volunteered me up with the set up and see if an eagle political parties are prepared for the missions. in the course of the process that you could vote in the freedom struggle was one thing but preparing for thought politics was something quite different and i decided to stay out of the civil society to play in the g.'s and to actually. adult education and nonprofit work and work in the nonprofit work to strengthen civil society and also try to define the relationship between civil society and democratic government because about most of our personal friends although in the cabinet i had so we evolve the cold critical solidarity you know that we and so to have people does that will create a government but we want civil society to be able to have the space to be.

or a little kit from south africa there are over 3 million street children under the age of 10 in south africa and that's all directly as a result of apartheid and it's just as day follows the night. so you see a six year old kid sleeping on the street. you can't have that. that's just not, or any of these things. the kids are unbelievable. they don't know how to complain. i never met a kid in any of these situations in any place in the world that complained to me about anything that was going on with him. ner. i think that comes later. >> charlie: yes. you got involved with nelson mandala. >> yes. >> charlie: he's got an organization dealing with street kids. >> i think he's kind of a saint. i think, it was a little bit like this other thing, until i met the man and got to ow him, which was a little bit serendipitous, i couldn't believe what i was reading. but it's morerue than what you read. he has locked away for 27 years for wanting freedom for equality for his people. he has absolutely no anger at all. i mean, i don't know him as well as some others. i know him fairly well. i canno

. >> south africa's governing anc finds youth leader julius malema guilty for division within the party. welcome to "bbc world news." i am david eads. another is earthquake in turkey has killed at least seven people. an american surfer has tackled a wall of water. thank very much for joining us. the forecast for growth across the euro zone countries has been revised dramatically downward by the european commission. previous projections of average to it -- of average growth for next year was 1.8%. now they're looking at 0.5%. the uncertainty in italy, the rise of bond yields to 7% has intensified fears that the country may soon day unable to meet its debt repayment. that is something cuts could further triggered the crisis of confidence. the expressions of concern have been made by the european commissioner. we will have more from him in a moment. also, christine lagarde, a managing director of the imf. she is in beijing at the moment. she has been living out her concerns for the euro zone. >> political calamity. it is much needed in greece and italy. very clearly some expectations and t

government representatives from different corners of the planet are in south africa right now. they're trying to confront a common enemy -- global climate change. but first, they must confront their differences over international rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions. the u.n. conference on climate change is looking at what happens after the kyoto protocol expires. nhk world's susumu kajima is covering this for us in durban. >> reporter: the conference just kicked off. delegates have gathered here in durban for two weeks of negotiations. developed nations except the united states have binding targets between 2008-2012 for their c.o. 2 emissions. the problem is, there's no agreement on what to do after that. the host, south africas, are urging delegates to find common ground. >> for most people in the developing world and africa, climate change is a matter of life and death. given the urgency, parties, states, should strive to find solutions here in durban. >> reporter: finding agreement maying discussed. developing countries blame industrialized nations for climate change. they

written in south africa in 1905, when gandhi was 36 come in the journal that gandhi had started in south africa, indian opinion, the journal was published in english and also in biscotti. in english translation of sentences from gandhi's article in the opinion august 26, 1905. these are condi's words. it is believed that the greatest and noblest man of the last century was abraham lincoln. only a person who is a clear picture in his mind of the america of those days can properly appreciate lincoln's virtues and the services. gandhi continues. nobody thought anything wrong and openly selling and keeping them in slavery. the higher the level, the rich and the poor saw nothing strange in owning slaves. religious minded men, pastors alike saw nothing amiss and did not protest. some even encouraged slavery and all taught that slavery was the divine dispensation and that the negroes were bound into it. even those who thought that slavery was wrong remained silent able to assert themselves. even today, gandhi continues, his writing in 1905, stands to hear the accounts of the atrocities inflicte

in these are gandhi's words written in south africa in 1905 when gandhi was 36. in the journal gandhi started in south africa at indian opinion the journal was published in english and also -- here's an english translation of sentences from gandhi's article in the indian opinion, august 26, 1905. these are gandhi's words. it is believed that the greatest and the noblest man of the last century was abraham lincoln. only person who has a clear picture in his mind of the america of those days can appreciate lincoln's for jews and services. nobody saw anything wrong in openly selling negros and keeping them in slavery. the high and low, the rich and the bourse on nothing strange in owning slaves. religious minded men, pastors and the like saw nothing amiss and did not protest. 7 courage slavery and taught that it was that divine institution and the negro's were born into it. even those who thought that slavery was wrong preferred to remain silent being unable to assert themselves. even today legal gandhi continues in 1905, our hair stand on end to hear the accounts o

conference on climate change in south africa are looking to the future, but representatives of at least one country suggest that the agreement that binds them is a thing of the past. canada and other nations are considering a pull-out from the kyoto protocol. nhk world's susumu kojima tells us how discussions with going in durban. >> reporter: people are still a long way away from getting over their differences. one controversial issue that has come up stems from a report suggesting that the canadian government is considering withdrawing from the kyoto protocol. ♪ >> reporter: ngos criticizing canada. they have given the country an fossil of the day award. the award is handed out to any nation that performs badly in climate change negotiations. when the canadian government signed the kyoto protocol, it promised to reduce its emissions by 6%, compared to 1990 levels. instead, emissions increased by more than 20% in 2009. canada is breaking the international commitment. it's also refusing to back an extension of the kyoto protocol, which expires at the end of 2012. developing nations are

switching to politics in south africa. the controversial leader has been given a five-year suspension after being guilty of creating divisions in the party ranks. he is not without his supporters in south africa's disaffected youth. he says he will appeal the decision. >> to his supporters, he is a brash populist, he speaks up for the poor. for the ruling party, rick perry -- julius malema has become an embarrassment and a serious threat. he is steering away for investor and he turned to his former ally. -- he is steering away investors and he turned on his former ally. he was charged with threatening the president and neighboring botswana. >> he is guilty of a very serious charges and has damaged the integrity of our party and our country's reputation. his membership is suspended for five years. >> julius malema would like to appeal this verdict but as things stand, one of africa's most divisive politicians has just been thrown. what is the concern is how his supporters will react. when this disciplinary process started,

>> let's stay with south africa now and indeed with the weather because the 17th un climate change conference in durban as mentioned on monday with a warning from the south african president jake cobb zuma urged the thousands of delegates in attendance to look beyond their own for the common good and benefit. our robyn kurnow has been in durban and joins us. i suspect there's going to be a great deal of difficulty in getting the walk together there, robyn. >> reporter: absolutely. they talk about a collective response in this conference hall behind me, but deal or no deal in the next two weeks here in durban many people are saying that a radical green shift is already happening, and we're talking here about countries, about states, about companies voluntarily doing their own thing, from china to california, from brazil to australia. examples particularly in the last two years since the failure at copenhagen, examples of countries voluntarily trying to cut they're missions, cap they're missions, putting in carbon taxes, just some of the examples. corporate -- big corporate to small businesses,

. ♪ >>> divestment is a word most in my generation associate with apartheid south africa.end the racist regime there, demanding that american investment in the regime end immediately. eventually a federal law was passed in 1986 banning american investment in south africa in the apartheid state. four years later, nelson mandela was freed. four years after that, mandela was electedç south africa's president and apartheid was dead. divestment is becoming a household word again. people are not talking about a foreign police state an ocean away. people are talking about something much closer to home. people are talking about divesting from wall street. from big banks here in the u.s. in one major case, at least, that means bank of america. the bank from which a catholic church in san jose, california, announced last month that they would removing $3 million. occupy protesters across the country have turned their attention on their local city halls urging cities to divest from the big banks which played such a role in the financial crisis, have not been held accountable and con

of south africa, we decided to spend $10 billion on arms, mainly from european wes manufacturers.real reason for those deals because we didn't need them, we bought 26 grip and jet fighters from sweden, 11 of them have ever been in the air because south africa can't use them, can't afford the fuel, can't afford to train the pilots to fly them. why did the deal happen? $300 million of bribes paid to the decision makers who in the arms trade always very small group of people, and everything they do is hidden behind the veil of national security imposed secrecy. >> andrew, thank you for your time today. and for making us feel better after that depressing bank conversation we just had. >> dylan, let me -- let me add -- let me add a moment of depression to what you were talking about earlier. >> sure. >> it's just come to my attention that in greece where they're having to cut pretty much everything, where they don't have the most basic supplies in hospitals at the moment. but enormous pressure has been put on them by germany, france, and the united states not to cut a penny out of thei

australian was only third in his one hundred meter butterfly he's a short course taught him and south africa's child low gloss eventually taking gold or punish with my top gongs the two days before he could manage seventh place in the one hundred meters mentally on friday it was his first competitive outing in five years but of course live from it some of the london olympics and plans to use another two world cup makes an old pair of national trials in four months time. but to go from frederic of sin has a two shot lead going into the final round of the w t c h.s.b.c. champions event in shanghai and stars in today's big overnight leader in the cards he was quick to extend his read far in three birdies for us four holes course we drop to shorten the recovered to carter three further birdies including this one fourteen. sixty seven to your concern and sixteen on the bottom of a huge win at the chasing point is closing in who is supposed to hasan remains to shots back after a solo drive sixty eight south africa but the biggest movie of the day was a pretty tournament favorite rory mcilroy norther

as delegates in south africa try to find a way forward on climate change. welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. negotiators in south africa are arguing over the details of climate change under stormy skies. torrential rains hit the host city. it waterlogged the conference center, throwing the opening of meetings into disarray. we have a report from durban. >> reporter: they welcome participants from 119 countries. talks are taking place in africa where experts say impact of global warming can threaten lives of people. the day before, they suffered from the worst storm in years. local authorities say at least five people were killed. here the previous storm caused landslide when mud went into the houses. residents in eastern durban were hit especially hard. they were trying to repair their houses and remove mud from inside. >> translator: i am traumatized. i don't know where to start. even tonight, i don't know where i'm going to sleep. >> i've never experienced this. i've seen it happening in other places, but not here. >> reporter: climate change can lead to m

. >>> plus, rhinos to the skies over south africa. why the animals are being moved. we will look at that when we go around the world when "good morning maryland" continues on this thursday morning. >>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >>> around the world this morning a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck an eastern tucky wednesday night in the same area that was hit last month. so far, 24 people have been pulled from the rubble from a collapsed building. latest report say 7 people are confirmed dead and dozens remain trapped. magnitude 7.2 quake hit the area on october 23rd kill more than 600 -- killing more than 600 and leaving thousands homeless. >>> mexican security forces committed serious human rights violation. mexican police tortured and killed innocent people in the ongoing fight with organized crime in the drug cartel. the group says most crimes go unpunished and suggest insuring trials for misconduct. >>> a bird a plane, no that's flying rhino. 19 black rhinos were airlifted to a conservation site in south africa within the past 24 hours. part of an effort

the japanese government hopes it will die in south africa. its representatives are working hard at the u.n. climate change meeting in durban to stop the co2 reduction treaty from being extended. they want to replace it with what they call a fair and effective framework. one that will impose legally-binding targets on all major emitters. nhk world's susumu kojima is covering the conference in durban and tells us more. >> reporter: it's very simple. japanese representatives say the kyoto protocol is not a fair system. it covers only 26% of the total emissions in the world. the u.s. and china, the biggest kaurnen emitters have no obligations to reduce their co2 under the treaty. japanese leaders argue that in order to stop global climate change, it's crucial for all major emitters to get on board. their fear is if the conference decides to extend the kyoto protocol, places such as japan and the european union would shoulder the burden. another issue that is affecting the japanese position is the country's march 11th nuclear accident. the governm

i hear people say south africa. >> reporter: have you ever been to england? >> no. >> reporter: australia? >> no. >> reporter: south africa? >> no. >> reporter: any of these countries that you sound like? >> no. >> reporter: this is how she used to sound. >> how you doing with that name? oh, lord. >> reporter: but her south georgia twang disappeared in mid-february after she was hospitalized with strokelike symptoms. >> by the end of therapy i was speaking this way. >> reporter: what did you think? >> i could not believe this and is it going to stay around? >> reporter: dekalb medical center neurologist dr. joseph weisman said he's never seen a case like rins gariban. the scans of her brain show no signs of stroke that might have altered her speech. >> she seems to function entirely normally from a neurological point of view. >> reporter: there may be a name for what's going on, foreign accent syndrome, a rare disorder in which an injury to the language centers of the brain alters the way paren speaks. dr. weisman found only 30 -- a person speaks. dr. weisman

just people sense. >>> and in south africa, was it a bird, a plane or a rhino?he endangered animal sedated upside down blindfolded dangling from its ankles a half mile high in the sky, 19 of the rhinos were relocated to protect them from poachers and the worldwide fund for nature said this approach is the best because the rhinos are more relaxed this way than they would be nets and you can remove animals from areas inaccessible by roads. >>> a person of the week who saw a different need in africa. she found a simple way to bring a sample of our modern life here and saving a lot of lives. here's abc's sharyn alfonsi. >> reporter: what if you could save a life with a little light? inside this rural clinic in liberia, a woman named mapu is about to give birth in almost total darkness. then suddenly a light switches on, and they can see, all due to that tiny yellow suitcase on the wall. it's actually a solar-powered system delivered here by this woman, laura stachel, a doctor and mother from california. ten years ago, after welcoming her third child, she was stunned

. >> from south africa. >> i'm glad to hear it, trevor, welcome everyone in south africa. a beautiful place. >> from new york. no limo for me. i drove up there like you did from long island. and watch out richmond, virginia and atlantic city. we are coming to you. details on bill o'reilly.com. finally tonight, jon stewart went up against brian williams. >> are we entering kind of a permanent era are protest here, semi permanent for the next couple months, years? >> where does it stop? >> oh, this wasn't our society. >> no, no, no. >> we were kind of rousing along at 50,000 feet. >> no. tea party -- >> you didn't see public demonstrations like this. >> you are a newsman. go pack to the iraq war. there were a million people in the streets. >> the tea party started disrupting town hall meeting on the subject of healthcare. >> they are cutting off your circulation. do you recall the iraq war protests? >> thrives for all of it. >> the tea party was a protest. >> this is a new movement, is all i'm saying. >> that's why i like stewart. he challenges his own team. he is a patriot

to south africa where one rhino is killed every 21 hours.ening the animal's extinction. why the surge in rhino poaching? >> reporter: it is falsely believed in places like vietnam that rhino horn can cure all sorts of illnesses. this is fueling the black market which is run by organized criminal syndicates. coming here to south africa with very sophisticated weaponry, night vision, helicopters and hunling down and murdering rhinos. people here are feeling helpless. at the current ratele people feel they will be extinct within a matter of years. >> thank you. >>> now to occupy wall street. the new york supreme court overturning the ruling meaning while protesters will be allowed to demonstrate in the privately owned park during the day, they are barred from setting up camp again. in addition to today's eviction in new york, the officials have cracked down on protests in at least six cities, berkeley, tulsa, oklahoma lamd, california, st. louis, missouri, portland, oregon and denver, colorado. and late today the texas judge cleared the way for

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that's expected to be about $400 billion, which the company says could be diverted to south africa or south america. with the chinese demand for australian iron ore alone, said to be 437 million tons this year, the government says the warnings are unfounded. the bill passed through the senate, where it is expected to become law early in the new year. that will mean from july of next year, there will be a mining tax. in. one more global attack of -- one more global effect of the rise of china. >> the u.s. central bank has been given -- has been giving six big banks a health check amid growing fears that problems in europe could spread across the atlantic. the new stress tests would look at the impact of a major shock, like the default of a major country on bank of america, goldman sachs, j.p. morgan chase, as well as wells fargo. the result will be published next year. we will be watching for those closely. not a pretty picture on the markets. this is what asia did overnight. some pretty heavy falls. also, none. manufacturing numbers were worse than expected. it really is a global pict

the pear shaped stone was discovered in south africa last year. it's bright yellow color comes #k >>> california's christmas tree arrived today at the state capital. getting a similar tree to your house would cost about $20,000. in this case the tree and transportation were donated. >> it's a big move. >>> mark ibanez join us now, some college basketball history made tonight. >> yeah, bound to happen sooner or later. when he's been around this long. you think of any college basketball teaching legend, bobly knight. as of tonight none of them with more division one games won than coach mike sheshesky. doing it against his buddy tom izzo. and boozer offering his support. duke does it with today's guyses down on the court, andre dockins. hot hands inside. it's miles plumley behind the back for ryan kelly. nicely done, put it done. there you have it 903 coaching wins to pass bobby knight who was on hand. the all time leader now. >>> cal played a school by the name of austin pie. and cal happy to show them some hospitality. getting it to richard solomo

we've had the chance recently to visit ethiopia and south africa and zambia is a couple things that can through powerfully from that trip. i want to ask you to comment on and that is that enormous upsurge of pressure from the partner government upon a i.t., cdc leadership to reduce the number of implementing partners of our non-governmental implementing partners to streamline and consolidate them and move them towards a way from verdict service delivery and towards technical support to government organizations and move towards a greater direct funding by usaid and others of a partner and a government institution, and from the standpoint of the government of ethiopia or of south africa this is what the understand this country ownership is higher efficiencies, few are implementing partners not saying the partners don't remain very valuable, but it seems to be a core tension right now and a corps manager real challenge because we have many contact sought their implementing part nurse they can't just be in did overnight as a managerial challenges a political challenge in terms of whether yo

problem were flights into south africa. >> they had to stay on the plane. not stay on the hook -- in a hotel. it evolved when the holiday in .ent in they had an agreement with the attendants could .tay at the holiday inn >> it was the era of the bomb over lockerbee. nothing like today. >> the fear i had was taking off landing. this is my last uniform. >> she has kept the suit. does this still fit you? of course. >> it still fits. a size 4. how do you feel? >> great. >> she never became a chemist. a business lawyer whose world travels help mold her practice. of -- a globalse that allows me to analyze things differently. travel, experience, it was .nlike any other thing still love to travel. >> the bombing, regulation, and changing times ran a pan am out of business. loyaled what thousands of employees say was a class act operation. >>> still to come, occupy crackdown. the confrontation turned violent. is this the beginning of the end? a woman in big trouble with the law. we will explain. >> justin timberlake made one >>> you are watching abc 7 news -- on you