stan a former soviet republic became independent in one nine hundred ninety one. that were an independent state is important but it's only good as long as it's backed by economic performance. unemployment is the greatest issue in this independent central asian country meaning one and a half million migrant workers who flocked to russia from tragic to stand alone they have left their country to feed their families. after the breakup of the soviet union we had a very hard time but then we somehow learned to take things in stride. the situation got even worse following the devastating civil war that broke out during the first years of independence the nation still healing its wounds even a decade on the problems are numerous from drug trafficking from neighboring afghanistan to acute shortages of electricity and drinking water. ensuring a camel appears on this road running through the hills drive is paused to sign the animal to feed it. now it needs something to eat. local say the camel's owner deliberately turns the animal out there's no food for it in the man's hou

one of the biggest problems interjected stan is a shortage of drinking water. according to international humanitarian agencies nearly half of the country's population has no access to fresh water. each day may. embers of abdu curry family have to bring it from a nearby village even then it's only fifteen drinking after it has been boiled. at the water is turned kilometers away. bring fifty cans of water by will barrel. sometimes or get the donkey to do the hauling it makes the job easier what the. locals in the village of can do chey entergy is down south have built a water reservoir children of the most frequent visitors here there's a vision in this country is that the children i want you to supply their households with water. over time do you come here for what eric. yes. each morning. people fill up their pails and cans while animals use the reservoir as a watering hole. there is reason poor condition because too many villagers come here from all over to take water it will have to be fixed again when spring comes around. since independence came twenty years

in two thousand and ten stans law enforcement. bodies confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. closely need of criminals are different members have a particular role to play they include masterminds traffickers go betweens. and consumers. the whole network is a will machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin into a special laboratory here it becomes clear that drug traffickers are willing to resort to any trick to make sure their supply gets through in one of the consignments laboratory staff discovered heroin tucked away inside dried grapes. and these reasons were soaked in water before hand so this seat could be removed then tiny packets of herion were inserted in the place. the republic of tragic is done is situated in the foothills of the permian range in central asia which is a landlocked country bordering afghanistan in the south as biggest on in kyrgyzstan in the north and west and china to the east the country significantly lacks major transport routes due to its vast distance from th

for several years after the collapse of the soviet union various political clans interjected stan were locked in a bitter power struggle according to official figures the armed conflict cost one hundred thousand lives the country found itself on the verge of a humanitarian and economic disaster although the civil war ended in one thousand nine hundred seven the country has not yet been able to repair the damage done. one of the biggest problems intelligent has done is a shortage of drinking water. according to international humanitarian agencies nearly half of the country's population has no access to fresh water. each day members of abu collins' family have to bring it from a nearby village and even then it's only fit for drinking after is been boiled. at the water is turned kilometers away. bring fifty cans of water by will barrel. sometimes or get the donkey to do the hauling it makes the job easier but the. locals in the village of can do chey entergy is done south of built a water reservoir children of the most frequent visitors here there's a vision in this country is that the ch

after breakfast the workers sit about plastering the walls while on the job the conversation turns to stan and the hardships they went through bank home. if i had enough money i wouldn't have come here i would not have left my kids behind their growing up without a father it was better during the soviet union. my dream is to earn enough money to build a house and buy a car on. buzz otherwise she could of another worker from tajikistan has already earned enough for a wedding ceremony he wants to marry his daughter of by has been building houses in russia for six years now people living in a far away tragic village are looking forward to his homecoming in time for the ceremony. father somehow decided against buying any particular gift for my daughter molly's the most precious gift also new to her so that she can buy what she chooses with. the two hundred guests are invited to a wedding ceremony in tajikistan a special law forbids any more from attending in rural areas wearing ceremonies are held in the daytime some locals say this is a long running tradition others maintain that this is beca

stan grant joining us live from beijing. many thanks. andrew. >> reporter: the chinese economy is tied so close to the u.s. economy and so many other economies around this part of the world are becoming increasingly tied to the chinese economy. so it's also interlinked at the moment. take the second biggest economy. we're talking about japan. it has a huge stake in both china and the u.s., particularly with borrowings. japan is the u.s.'s second biggest creditor. kyung lah is live in tokyo. kyung, has there been any reaction to this deal? >> reporter: we just heard from the finance minister in japan. he's cheering on this deal and is pleased that the deal has been struck. he says, quote, we're expecting that this news will erase anxiety about the future. this is good news. now, the market also cheering it on, though not very loudly. the market closed up at 1.34%. we're also keeping a close eye on the dollar, what the u.s. dollar was doing versus the yen. that his been a very big story here in japan. the weakening u.s. dollar does undercu

and our senior international correspondent stan grant explains, the reason for the downgrade are bothonomic and political. >> reporter: he has poured over the u.s. financial books, and he doesn't like what he sees. he once worked as an accountant for a chinese firm on wall street, but now he says he's lost faith in america's economy and its political system. >> translator: the two political parties acted in a very irresponsible way and it quickly exposed a negative impact of the system in the economy. >> reporter: he heads up china's only independent national credit ratinging agencagency. while the big three, moody's, fitch, and standard & poor's, he's watched them downgrade it once. he says he's marking america down again. our duong rating of the u.s. reflecting reall. >> reporter: the people who work here pride themselves on being independent. it's not controlled by the chinese government and will make the hard calls where other international credit ratings agencies will not. >> translator: people are used to credit ratings by the big three, but a financial crisis has proved them wr

dancing with the stars makes for better ratings we haven't forgotten we haven't forgotten about them stan and if they're not willing to ask the hard questions we are on that note for our first guest this evening jim miller is the executive director of the brave new foundation and the producer of the documentary we think. jim thank you so much for joining us this evening now it is notoriously difficult to see see clearly in the fog of war especially when folks like you and i are in the comfort of our homes or studios in washington or los angeles but these death tolls in your view do they indicate that the situation on the ground in is unraveling. thank you so much for having me on and yes the statement that you made at the beginning of the segment just wraps it all up very clearly sixty six people dead this month that tops sixty five i believe in july of two thousand and ten which was the last hole we've had more troops put into the country and as a result more violence so if it's not helping at all well of course that's not helping a person nobody wants to see more casualties but what doe

one is this is not iraq organ stan.ou don't have the deep ethnic religious divisions in libya than you do in some of the other places. >> what about the berbers verses arabs the east verses west that used to be three different countries libya before the italians kinds of took it over and became a fascination after. i think it's a pretty severe division. >> it's nothing like iraq organ stan where you had the posh tunes and other tribes who were engaged in the civil war when the united states came in. it is true that is disturbing and it revealed under the surface there is significant division. >> they didn't just kill him they over killed they ripped it apart. there was an indication the savagery of it of the deep hate tried whoever killed him felt for him. >> if you look at what happened, it didn't collapse they didn't turn on one another. they have taken tripoli. >> that will be our cliff hangar. there are critical decisions coming up haej. i will take a quick commercial break and we will hear what they are after this

at the time i didn't know it was stan. >> reporter: nicholas tried to run after the two men who fledin a gray car. >> i was just covered with blood. everybody thought it was a gunshot wound. >> all we have right now are two light skin males wearing a dark hoodie type sweatshirt. >> reporter: this is the third robbery at a bingo event at this hall. the optimist club uses bingo money to send disadvantaged children to camp. nicholas says if doctors give their approval he expects to be back at the bingo games next week. live in santa clara, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu news. >>> legislative analysts say california is going to have a tough time reducing the state's overcrowded prisons. california is under orders by the u.s. supreme court to do so. governor brown wants to move inmates from state prison to county jails. but the analysts office says that won't meet the deadline in two years. the state has the option of asking for an extension. a new state law bans jurors from texting, twitting or using their smart phones from reading up on cases. jurors use of the electronics is becoming a threat to

stan grant has the story. >> reporter: he's a big man with big ambitions. >> you have big dreams? yes, yes, of course. >> you wants to be president one day? >> maybe. >> reporter: you shouldn't laugh too loudly. in mongolia no one is more famous than asashoryu. that's his japanese sumo name. for 15 years as a grand master he dominated the sport. now retired and back home, locals call him simply the champ. is he the symbol of the new mongolia? there's that laugh again. >> maybe. >> my whole generation, he says, has experienced the opening of mongolia. so i feel a great honor to be alive in this new free country. the big man has slipped down, once 170 kilograms, he now taps out at 130. his appetite for success is as big as ever. it's difficult to say if i'll became a world famous billionaire. assume more and business are completely different, different worlds. it is my ambition to become a big business plan. we should all strive for success, especially as mongolia has such a bright future. from the back of his expensive black merc, they show off just how much he owns of mongolia's c

at the time i didn't know it was stan. >> reporter: nicholas tried to run after the two men who fledin a gray car. >> i was just covered with blood. everybody thought it was a gunshot wound. >> all we have right now are two light skin males wearing a dark hoodie type sweatshirt. >> reporter: this is the third robbery at a bingo event at this hall. the optimist club uses bingo money to send disadvantaged children to camp. nicholas says if doctors give their approval he expects to be back at the bingo games next week. live in santa clara, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu news. >>> legislative analysts say california is going to have a tough time reducing the state's overcrowded prisons. california is under orders by the u.s. supreme court to do so. governor brown wants to move inmates from state prison to county jails. but the analysts office says that won't meet the deadline in two years. the state has the option of asking for an extension. a new state law bans jurors from texting, twitting or using their smart phones from reading up on cases. jurors use of the electronics is becoming a threat to

stan case has the -- mass -- has more. >> reporter: they are calling it the deadliest day in u.s. afghanistan. 30 s.e.a.l.s died when their helicopter crashed. some of them belong -- belonged to the same unit that killed osama bin laden, though not involved in the unit. >> it looks like they were a quick reaction for us that was going to a firefight already in progress in a very remote area. >> reporter: u.s. military officials say that 22 navy s.e.a.l.s killed were part of a mission targeting a known taliban leader who was directly responsible for attacks against american troops. >> it may be that the taliban see this as an opportunity as the u.s. forces are drawing down to give the impression that they are getting stronger and stronger. >> reporter: president obama said the deaths were a reminder of the extraordinary sax are -- sark reifieses made by our -- extraordinary sacrifices made by our troops. >> as a s.e.a.l. you are trained to perfection. >> reporter: one civil krun -- civilian translatorrer and -- translator and -- translator was killed. one woman remembers the advice

you could send a youth to 3 years in law school in stan ford and yale. beyond that, every year we have looked to issues of critical importance. not only locally but throughout the nation. 2 years ago, we looked at undocumented youths particularly those from honduras and other countries where a hostile relationship were being deportd and sent back without parental support. so this year, we focus on the problems of guns and violence in our schools. both to and from schools and at schools. we raise this not as an insend iary issue. but as the headlines read and give the impression that youth themselves are to blame for these incidents that we often hear about involving guns and gun violence. but to recognize as a society, we have done little to decrease the proliferation of guns on our streets. we have done little. it's just like the war to drugs. you know, it seems almost strange toous those words since it's been such a failure. but the same thing we've seen with guns. particularly those of you who work with youth and in the communities, which are plagued

he leads off the first chapter on pollsters, along with stan greenberg. but you get into a lot of his personal life, and in a lot of these personal lives of all these people. what did youearn about frank luntz that you put down in this book that you felt people would be interested in? >> well, the reason we went after the personal lives in all cases is that i... i think it helps flesh out characters. it helps people understand that these are human beings, after all, who are struggling to live lives, as well as to change the y... the way we effect our government, the policies of our government. frank luntz is an interesting character because while he preaches the politics of inclusion, he's a loner. he... you know, he basically at a party, at a gathering in washington will be off to the side, maybe taking a book off the shelf and reading it. he's not one to... cocktail- party sort of a fellow at all. and we do have an exchange there with the woman who was then his girlfriend at the time, and she pointed out that at a crucial point, when she had invited him

stan grant is standing by in beijing watching the shanghai composite index. >> reporter: it's openedek took a bit of a hit with concerns about the potential default in debt. china is the biggest holder of u.s. treasuries and that made them a bit nervous their investment could be dented by this political process in the u.s. really it's been about politics here. there's been frustration amongst leaders in china about the process in the united states. they'll be breathing a sigh of relief now because they hold a lot of money in dollar denomination and this is the only place for them to invest. >> the asian markets are now open. they apparently, at least so far, like what they've seen and heard coming out of washington. >> what a difference just a few minutes make, right? as you've been saying, it appears there's a deal. even with the debt deal that's on the table, the u.s. economy is still facing soaring unemployment, you know that, a sinking gdp and really a fragile housing market here. >> it is still a fragile recovery if we can call it that. let's bring in once again ali velshi in ne

louis cardinal red to this very moment -- [laughter] even stan, swinging stan the man, the legendary cardinal outfielder whose name was literally etched in granite at the top of the list, even the man was in threat of being toppled. by the time the first image aired, that marine from texas, that 29-year-old was firmly in my mind. i didn't consider staying up for strike it rich or i got a secret. i forgot about the promise of fresh snow and the good sledding soon to follow. instead, i went to my room where i poured over the world book entry for crockett and dreamed of this man with a proclivity for dangerous behavior which, of course, as a red-blooded american kid, i found it to be a most commendable quality, and as i would later learn that next morning when i ran into my brothers and japny, i was not alone. they had all seen it too. all of you had, more than 40 million people turned into disney land that wednesday night, and by the time the second episode davy crockett goes to congress followed by on february 23, davy crockett at the alamo, i with much of the nation, especially the g

but at the same time remember this is an order that came from judge stan strickland. he was the judge who handled the case on the check fraud casey anthony pled guilty. and he said that he sentenced her to a year's probation. the confusion here is did she serve that year's probation as she was sitting in the orange county jail here in orlando awaiting the murder trial, or does that probation begin when she left the jail? so her attorneys argue, and there is some paperwork from the department of corrections, that suggests she served that probation as she sat in her jail cell. so the attorneys are arguing now, within the last 20 minutes, judge stan strickland, who has received the file from jose baez and the defense attorneys has been recused from even handling this part of the probation. and now that part of the case is going to go to judge perry. perry, of course, is the judge who handled the murder trial. she was acquitted on charges of murdering her 2-year-old caylee. we're standing here and expect anything a short time a representative from the department of correc

stan, thank you very much for being here.l question about what now that gadhafi is, as the president put it, his rule is over. what is going to happen to him, what should happen to him? >> well, i hope the rope is tied and the scaffolding is up because i think that's what they need to do to mr. gadhafi, and i think ma gras hi should join him. megyn: what is your reaction as you see this, these events up folding, gadhafi losing power, new questions raised about the man convicted of murdering your daughter and 269 others? >> your question again? i'm sorry, i didn't hear. megyn: what is your reaction as you see -- >> my -- megyn: -- moammar gadhafi being ousted from power we think. we don't officially know where he is right now, but that's how it seems to be coming out as well as new questions raised about what could happen in connection with the man who murdered your daughter? >> well, i think they should, i think they should release him to the authorities in the united states. ma draw hi received a fair trial in the netherland

[laughter] but even stan musial, swinging stan the man, the legendary cardinal outfielder whose name was etched in granite at the top of that heros' list, even the man was in jeopardy of being toppled. l so by the time that first episode ended, this image of crockett as portrayed by that gangly former marine from texas, the 29-year-old parker was firmly ensconced in my mind. i didn't even consider staying up for strike it rich or i've got a secret. i forgot about the promise of fresh snow and the good sledding sure to follow. instead, i made a beeline right back to my room where poured over the world book encyclopedia entry for crockett, and i dreamed of this swashbuckler with a proclivity for dangerous behavior which, of course, as a red blooded american kid i found to be a most commendable quality. and as i would later learn that next morning out in the snow when i ran into my good pal johnny, i was not alone. they had all seen it too. all of you had. more than 40 million people turned in to disneyland that wednesday night, and by the teem teem -- time the second episode aired foll

federation square the champion dressing his legs but not his wrist autographs very much of the day even stanplanned to join his family in his nearby hill. what's on their worst job ahead of their nation behind me on my son harry to me as long as i was giving my all a real was so supportive was resisting it's just going to get it wrong i didn't it's not over yet. and that was all this folder or he will bring you the news headlines right after the weather stay with our team hungry for the full story we've got it for us the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. that's. in india oh geez availability in the movie going to join the hotel rooms the violence the gateway hotel the grand imperial truly the tallest west coast coromandel you can a letter to the socialist good to see don't need to go publicly and read this in the kennel was her job as a retreat. richard to ride response to the u.k. government promising it tougher measures to follow the street mayhem exploits posed steps could make the situation even ones. as israel expects a fresh round of ten protests refug

an stan aren't the only ones getting a het start. take a look at all the backpacks they collected so far. family giving tree hopes to place backpacks on the shoulders of 20,000 under prig lean ledged bay area students. >> the kids that don't have the supplies end up not being prepared for the school year. it helps the students have the tools they need. >> you can help families in addition to money they need binders, scissors, and highlights. and for more information, log on to cbssf.com and click on nick link. >> she still makes millions left. >> fans remember the comedic brilliance of lucile ball on her 1 00th birthday. [ male announcer ] kentucky grilled chicken. now with new bigger white meat breast pieces, marinated for juiciness. freshly seasoned and slow grilled by real cooks. just wait until you try this kentucky grilled chicken. it's that good. today tastes so good. 100 years old today. and even though she's been gone for more >>> lucile ball would have been 100 years old today and even though she's been gone for more than tw

stan didn't make it out of the second. moto not much better. martinez, two-rung single. giants tie it up on a fontenot sac fly in the fourth. looked leak they had the game-winner but martinez guns down nate sheer -- sheer holesser at the plate. then panda steps up. with the diamondbacks loss they come home for their longest home stand of the year a game and a half houston in the national league west. >> a's hoping chewbacca will lead them to a win. perez was perfect through five, but weeks loaded the bases in the sixth. perez works out of it. coco crisp, hits into the 6-4-3 double play to end the inning. and on the other side, guillermo pitched eight terrific innings. bautista, his major-league leading 36 home runs. a's hit the road and face the yankees on tuesday. >> the stanford football team is looking forward to their season opener in two weeks as they host san jose state. the cardinal, who are ranked sixth and seventh in preseason polls are led by andrew luck. the quarterback was the runner up last year but all about the team and not individual awards. the cardinal

square the champ and resting his legs but not his wrist telegraphs very much they all of the day even stanplanned to join his family and his there by home job it's only a worse job ahead of you behind me on my side terry to me as long as i was giving my all a real was so supportive of me that's just doing it's just going to get it wrong it is not over yet. and that's it for me for the hour but stay with us for the weather update coming up shortly and then alex will bring you the news headlines hungry for the full story we've got it for us the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. it can hear dr swan's policeman swines ministers' wives i just. if you didn't find me if i could just live through the night that i would get my kids out of here because i knew that what was going to happen was that he was going to kill me many victims don't understand that domestic violence includes verbal abuse psychological abuse physical abuse and sexual abuse at least four million women are affected by abuse every year those are the two options i saw at that moment either i'm goi