southern somalia. right now it is in a few districts in southern somalia. if it spreads tufl southern somalia, that would be incredibly bad. remember, 300,000 people died 19 years ago and they say the famine is worse this time because the drought is worse. it is the worst drought in 60 years. and because you have this el shabaab group. >> welcome to 8:00 p.m., by the way. >> thanks very much, piers. >> take care. >>> $1 trillion. a stunning number is the loss on paper today anyway, in this country's stock market. the dow suffering one of the biggest losses of all time. down 634 points. on the verge of a ban market territory. meanwhile the nikkei dropping, sync below 9,000 for the first time since mid-march. here to explain what all this means for your money, ali velshi and erin burnett. kim, what is the latest over there? >> let's start with the tokyo stock exchange. we will get this as a marker of how the rest of asia pacific will do. down 4%. it is falling below the 9,000 level. psychologically that

baidoa, stronghold of the islamist al shabab group, whose flag flies over most of drought-hit southern somalia. al shabab say they are the legitimate authority of somalia, but america and britain accuse al shabab of being a terrorist organization. caught in the middle, these somalis fleeing the worst drought in 60 years. the old presidential palace has become a refugee camp that's swelling by the day. i'd heard stories of widespread desperation and hunger, especially amongst the children, but nothing prepared me for the shocking scenes once i entered the main hospital. the u.n. says nearly four million somalis are in danger of starvation; the majority of them, children. mohamed janayo is in grave danger. his tiny body shows signs of acute malnutrition and dehydration. his big brother mohamud is there to comfort him, but years of not enough food has left him, too, looking much younger than he is. mohamud is 16. "my parents are out in the camp, looking for food with my four other brothers and sisters," he tells me. it's the same story next door. hamdi tells me she's been left to look after her s

the worst drought in 60 years made worst by extremist muslim terrorists who control much of southern somalia where the worst famine is. as is also the kargs it is the children who are dying. 29,000 children under the age of 5 have died in somalia in the last 90 days. none of them had to die. tonight we'll take you inside this human catastrophe and show you the people trying to end it. we begin elsewhere the breaking news. today's market meltdown in the united states. and we're watching what happens to markets coming up. there is looking life at the tokyo stock exchange just now, open for tuesday's trading. what happens here, both a preview of wall street tomorrow and reaction to what happened on wall street today. as you know, the dow industrial average plummeting down 634 points. below 11,000 for the first time since last october. down 5.5%. it was a dramatic day on wall street. the nasdaq and s&p down even more sharply. the market's volatility index way, way up. we've got extensive coverage tonight, starting with two quick questions for chief business correspondent ali velshi. it was the b

partner organizations in southern somalia. with more on the impact and the response to the crisis, we are joined by a couple of the sandwich panels. mrs. lindberg will be joined by admiral yamamoto, the former ambassador to ethiopia and djibouti. and the council on foreign relations. on the second panel, we will hear from the leader of the humanitarian operations throughout the region, and then the africa center and a former professor with madison university.

this is nearly 4% of the children in southern somalia. our fear and the fear of the international community and governments in the horn of africa is that the famine conditions in those two regions of somalia will spread to encompass the entire eight regions of southern somalia. the next rains are september and october, even if they are good, we could bear witness to another wave of mortality in the south due to watt earn-borne diseases -- water-borne diseases. in ethiopia and kenya the situation is grave but we do not expect it to deteriorate into famine or result in the level of needs as we are witnessing in the south. ethiopia and kenya have large areas of arid land. in partnership with local governments and international donors, usaid has worked extensively in both countries to increase the resilience and food security of these communities in drought affected areas. we strengthened early warning systems, we supported ongoing safety net and community protection programs, and work to increase productivity in arid lands. and just for examp

this is nearly 4% of the children in southern somalia. our fear and the fear of the international community and the governments of of one of africa is the famine conditions in those two regions of somalia will spread to encompass the entire eight regions of southern somalia. even if the rains are good, we could bear witness to another wave of mortality in the south because of waterborne diseases. in ethiopia and kenya, the situation is grave, but we do not expect it to deteriorate into famine or result in the level of need as we are witnessing in the south. ethiopia and kenya have large areas of arab land, populated primarily by pasteur lists. u.s. aid has worked extensively in both countries to increase the resilience and food security of these communities and drought-affected areas. if we strengthened and early- warning systems, support an ongoing safety net and protection program, and work to increase productivity and arab land. -- and arrid land. we have supported the safety net program. as a result, 7.6 million people have been remove

somalia, and that's because, as you know, there is an insurgent group that controls much of southern somalia and it's simply not safe to be there. where we just went was a town just across the border in somalia. it is under the control of government troops. it's under the control of the transitional government of somalia, and that's why, frankly, we were safe going into that town. we had military escorts the entire way. but what's interesting is that town has seen very little aid because it just became a government-controlled town make a few months ago, so there are a lot of starving people there. we went in with a convoy this morning run by a canadian and a u.s. ngo. i believe it's the first time western aid has gotten into that town at all. there were two large trucks that we went in to cover, two big trucks filled with sugar and oil and flour, all the basic essentials, enough to feed 14,000 people for the next two weeks. >> and that is just a drop in the bucket when you talk about the way this thing is spreading. this is the worst tragedy on earth. and it doesn't seem as though the whole

but the hardest hit and most vulnerable are in southern somalia. there, civil conflict has combined with the regional drought to produce famine. 10's of thousands of somalice have died and more than half a million -- 10's of thousands of somalis have died and more than half a million are on the brink of starvation. yet aid isn't flowing to where the famine is because much of somalia is controlled by the islamic insurgent group that's threatened and killed international aid workers there. what's more, u.s. antiterrorism restrictions make it a crime for any american charity to provide support directly or indirectly to al-shibab. today at the urging of major aid groups, the u.s. government eased that threat. us-aid administrator rajiv shah is back from the region. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> warner: you are back from visiting somali refugees from camps in kenya who fled. how bad was the situation? >> it's tragic and it's worse than most people believe. i met a young named habiba who had walked for 33 days with her two children and with lit

. >> reporter: this is kate snow in dobley, southern somalia, where pock-marked buildings and heavily armed men are evident the government just won back this town recently. we follow a convoy of aid groups, a grandmother of six says her grandchildren are starving. this is enough food to feed 14,000 people for the next two weeks. it's oil, sugar, water, all the basic essentials. it's not going to help everyone, but it's a start. dhabu has nine children. i traveled ten days by foot, she says. i cannot even wash their heads. one convoy isn't enough, she says. send more help. kate snow, nbc news, dobley, somalia. >> i know a lot of you have been asking for ways to help. we have been compiling a list of charities on our website, that's nightly.msnbc.com. >>> when we come back tonight, the end of and era in america for the muscular dystrophy telethon. >>> a solemn burial at arlington today that was long delayed. the remains of 12 u.s. airmen, the entire crew of a b-24 bomber from world war ii, laid to rest 68 years after their mission ended with a crash landing in the pacific. their remains

more than 29,000 children under the age of five have died in the last 90 days in southern somalia. >> dna evidence fail to link new suspect to d.b. cooper hijacking case. a man calling himself d.b. cooper parachuted out of the airline in 1991 and just collected $200,000 ransom in exchange for not blowing up the jet. but the necktie he left behind does not match the d.n.a. of the latest suspect. the f.b.i. points out it doesn't completely rule out the new suspect and agents look for items that belong to the man or rather compare to the necktie. >>> this morning, a new place to keep the kids off the street is open in the bay view district. >>> chinese dragons on hand to dedicate the community youth center on third street. it will provide resources for kids facing problems in school or economic hardship. they provided service for the asian community in san francisco, for more than 40 years. >>> it's 4:57 now. oakland police go on tactical alert after a 3-year-old boy is shot and killed. >>> next on abc7 news -- the high profile presence officers are showing on the streets this morning. >

s this is nearly 4% of the children in southern somalia. ur fear and the fear of the international community and the governments in the horn of africa is that the famine conditions in this those two regions of somalia will spread to encompass the entire eight regions of southern somalia. the next rains are september/october, and even if they're good, we could bear witness to another wave of mortality in the south due to water-born diseases. >> watch more from this senate hearing online at the c-span video library. >> next, a discussion about emerging nonviolent movements around the world. speakers include jack duvall, president of the international center on nonviolent conflict, and william zartman, former conflict management program director at johns hopkins university. the international peace and security institute in collaboration with the johns hopkins university hosted this discussion in washington d.c. it's an hour and 40 minutes. >> good evening. my name is cameron chisholm, and i'm the president of the national peace and security ins

partner organizations in southern somalia. with more on the impact and the response to the crisis, we are joined by a couple of the sandwich panels. mrs. lindberg will be joined by admiral yamamoto, the former ambassador to ethiopia and djibouti. and the council on foreign relations. on the second panel, we will hear from the leader of the humanitarian operations throughout the region, and then the africa center and a former professor with madison university. from thely, we'll hear associate director who was based in nairobi and returned to their visit of the drought affected areas. i highlight the growing urgency of this, and helping those as we continue to partner with the international agency in the warm-up -- horn of africa. i look forward to your testimony. >> i want to welcome all of those who will testify today. a headquartered in my hometown of atlanta, georgia. i have been on site in kenya and tanzania, and seen firsthand what they do to deliver humanitarian aid as well as in the case of life sustaining techniques tha

than twenty nine thousand children under the age of five have died in the last ninety days in southern somalia alone. syria's neighbors are turning up the heat on damascus to end its crackdown on protesters saudi arabia kuwait and bahrain have recalled their basters from the country and turkey's foreign minister is also expected in syria on tuesday with a quote tough message for president assad this comes as government forces are stepping up their assault on opposition. tank and artillery far more than three hundred people have reportedly been killed in syria over the past week the bloodiest of the five month uprising against the regime well asada earlier pledged democratic reforms which he claims damascus nice more time to implement political analyst patrick hastings the president is on the verge of stepping down from power . if assad is serious about promising democracy and sweeping constitutional reforms that he has promised then clamping down on freedom of speech and freedom of expression which is the cornerstone of any democracy is not sending out a message to the syrian people that he ca

they spent 40 days making their way here from southern somalia.etter here? >> she said it will get better. >> reporter: despite the often dangerous journey, thousands of somalis are still making the journey to places like this, an overcrowded refugee camp, which does offer them some hope, if there is still the question of what comes next, because now they face an uncertain future. erica hill, cbs news, dadaab, kenya. >> mason: erica will have much more from the famine zone tomorrow on the "cbs early show." and scott pelley will be reporting on the victims of famine and the urgent effort to help them, beginning tomorrow on the "cbs evening news." we'll be right back. we'll be right back. the heat.can take 'til it turns into heartburn, you've got what it takes: zantac. it's strong, fast lasting relief. so let them turn up the heat. you can stop that heartburn cold: (sssssssss!!!) zantac. i thought i was invincible. i'm on an aspirin regimen now because i never want to feel that helplessness again. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor be

than twenty nine thousand children under the age of five have died in the last ninety days in southern somalia alone. more news for you on our website or to dot com along with latest updates videos and blogs and here's a taste of what you can find there right now the so-called to this have carried out an attack against the syrian regime by hijacking the country that's ministry website. secret tapes of jackie onassis cherie who she felt was behind her husband's assassination have been on earth will soon be released to the public. we'll have a recap of our top story shortly but first business state news here next. hello and welcome to business here on ars now emerging markets are plunging to their lowest levels in months that's a combination of the u.s. credit downgrade and the eurozone debt crisis this points to a broad selloff in financial markets russian stock exchanges were among the worst performers on monday with the r.c.s. losing eight percent and the my sex over a five percent well let's not cross live to r.t. sara furthur news on the headquarters of the r.t.s. stock exchange hi sarah no

eager structure that is going to back to united states out of mogadishu or from southern somalia this is completely ridiculous and there are a lot of five hundred fighters at it off course he when they see that foreign intervention be a very leery of international aid mechanisms that are trying to go to somalia now to alleviate offended because they don't trust these people just like they don't trust any sort of intervention and they know because the americans are pretty intervening for over twenty years in fact and some of the weeping anchors that you've mentioned were anderson cooper of c.n.n. of course who was wearing a bulletproof vest as poor innocent starving children were in a shopping high and unfortunate we're out of time but as of our thank you so much for your time as always for that have public enemy number one summit in london does not seem to have brought this country any closer to the end of the war on terror but it does seem to have given kollywood plenty of fodder for yet another blockbuster film and the same team that's behind heart lock arms actually scheduled to re

to twenty nine thousand children under the age of five have died in the last ninety days in southern somaliaalone. up next insulators business with marina stay with us. hello and welcome to the business here on artsy emerging markets are plunge and so their lowest levels in months the flammable call over u.s. credit downgrade and the eurozone debt crisis is promising a broad sell off on all financial markets russian equities are among the worst performers an hour and a freefall this hour star for us reports from the headquarters of the r.c.s. stock exchange. well it seems to just keep getting worse harris second day of losses they follow it is the last day of trading yesterday russian markets continuing at today's taipei with ing much the same story across the european markets as invest is the dumping their risk is looking for a safer place to put that money you know what was think it's a killing affecting russia is that their own great situation in the u.s. and throughout the year as a has continued to weigh down on the oil prices that's really having quite an impact on the oil and energy m

people are structured there is going to let that united states out of mogadishu or from southern somalia this is completely ridiculous bunch of five hundred fighters at most and of course the when they see out foreign intervention the a very leery of international aid mechanisms they're trying to go to some i don't know to alleviate defend it because they don't trust these people just like they don't trust any sort of intervention and they will because the americans have been intervening for over twenty years in fact and some of those weeping anchors that you've mentioned are anderson cooper of c.n.n. of course who was wearing a bulletproof vest as a poor innocent starving children were in the shopping heinonen partially we're out of time but as far as thank you so much free time is all right thank you thank you kyra. well the guess is that osama bin laden does not seem to have brought us any closer to ending the global war on terror but it does seem to have given hollywood plenty of fodder for yet another rah rah a military hollywood film and the same team that's behind the hurt locker

nearly 4% of the children in southern somalia. our fear and the fear of the national community is the famine conditions in those two regions will spread to encompass eight regions of southern somalian. the next rains are in september and october and even if they are good we could bear witness to another wave of mortality due to waterborne diseases. in ethiopia and kenya the situation is grave but we don't expect it to deteriorated to famine or what we are witnessing in the south. ethiopia and kenya have large areas populated by past moralists. in partnership with international donors we worked in both countries to increase resilience of these communities in drought affected areas. we strengthened early warning systems and supported ongoing safety net and community protection programs and worked to increase productivity in arid lands. in partnership with the ethiopian government with the world bank and other donors u.s. government supported the ethiopian productive safety net program. as a result 7.6 million people have been emerge

they control large parts of southern somalia. they're going to return to the city.ng a tactical retreat. peacekeepers are confident. they say there's no way to get back in the city. you talk to residents and they're not so sure. there's no way they can occupy the entire city and protect the spire city if al shabaab decides to return. the future is very much in doubt. for more than a year, the peacekeepers have been asking for 11,000 additional troops as well as air and sea support. but so far, no additional resources. >> you think there's an opportunity for the international community to rebuild mogadishu now, to move quickly? >> the time is now or never. the world has the ability today to destroy them in somalia. >> so there's an opportunity right now. time is short? >> absolutely. >> after 30 minutes in the market, the peacekeepers decide it's time to leave. they want to return to the relative safety of their base. night is coming, despite the gains of the last few days, mogadishu is a very dangerous place. joined by security analyst peter bergen and a corresponde

the president of somalia announced today that the rebel group that runs much of southern somalia hasulled out of the capital of mogadishu, the militant group al shabob is -- that news comes at the same time the united nations and international red cross announced a horrifying number of people affected by famine, gripping somalia now, the latest estimate, 29,000 children dead from lack of food and water in the past month alone. teams from cnn are on the way to somalia this weekend. look for reports from chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay group that and his team shortly after they arrived. >>> other international news now, the former prime minister of the ukraine went to jail yesterday. these people rallied jos the courtroom in ke yef. she left office last year and is now on trial charged with corruption. yesterday the judge ordered her arrested and removed from the courtroom saying she was disrupting the child. the president of venezuela says this is his new look. president hugho chavez showed up with most of his hair shaved off. he underwent chemotherapy in cuba. >>> chaves does

they control large parts of southern somalia. they're going to return to the city. they say they're making a tactical retreat. peacekeepers are confident. they say there's no way to get back in the city. you talk to residents and they're not so sure. there's no way they can occupy the entire city and protect the spire city if al shabaab decides to return. the future is very much in doubt. for more than a year, the peacekeepers have been asking for 11,000 additional troops as well as air and sea support. but so far, no additional resources. >> you think there's an opportunity for the international community to rebuild mogadishu now, to move quickly? >> the time is now or never. the world has the ability today to destroy them in somalia. >> so there's an opportunity right now. time is short? >> absolutely. >> after 30 minutes in the market, the peacekeepers decide it's time to leave. they want to return to the relative safety of their base. night is coming, despite the gains of the last few days, mogadishu is a very dangerous place. joined by security analyst peter be

it's a financial web that spreads from the poorest regions of southern somalia to the richest neighborhoods back again. one example, the u.n. estimates al shababb makes $15 million exporting charcoal to the gulf and exporting sugar to southern somalia to smuggle throughout the region at markd up prices. >> a major moneymaker that is bringing in millions of dollars each year to finance the campaign of violence and terror. >> reporter: it's all going to pay hundreds of new fighters and possibly plan attacks in cooperation with al qaeda, intelligence officials say. and u.s. bought weapons are showing up on the ground. >> u.s. supplied weapons or weapons purchased through u.s. grants to african union peacekeepers or to the transitional federal government have been used to purchase arms, which ultimately leak to shababb. >> reporter: weapons seized after a raid against al shababb in february included components brought in by the u.s. firm under a state department peacekeepers and then illegally sold to fighters. the company was not involved. but for those who think al shababb will stay buttoned

>> there's fam anyone in southern somalia. and the fear is with no rain to come, that famine is going to spread. this territory control by al shaba shabaab, an islamic terrorist group, so says the united states. >> i think we just lost our connection, unfortunately. we're going to try to reconnect. let me just give you this programming note while we await so reconnect with anderson. "anderson 3606" has a new time tonight. live at 8:00. dr. sanjay gupta will be reporting live tonight from the region's devastating famine. it's a new time, 8:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. if you want to help with the crisis in the region, go to cnn.com/impact for more information. we're going to try to reconnect with anderson and get some more. obviously technical difficulties are totally understandable given what's going on in kenya and neighboring somalia. but anderson, sanjay, our whole team will report live starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight. meanwhile, the british prime minister david cameron is heading his vacation short and heading b

. >> reporter: organizing a food convoy into southern somalia is a logistical nightmare. organizations are even attempting it. >> these are trucks. >> i'm so excited to be bringing these trucks into somalia all right 30-year-old amanda's challenge is more impressive considering the last time she spoke from inside somalia. >> i don't know how much longer i can bear this. >> reporter: she had been working as a freelance journalist when she was kidnapped in mogadishu, held for 15 and a half months. >> take care. i don't want to die here. >> they didn't treat you well at all? >> no. it was about as bad as you can imagine. i was kidnapped by a handful of teenage boys. you can only begin to imagine the types of abuse i endured. it probably surpasses where your imagination can go. >> daily? >> daily. >> chained alone in a pitch black room, she began to dream about what she would do if she ever made it out alive. >> i found that the most positive way to spend the time was really to think about programs that i could create that would one day transform somalia into a better place.