booming economy in held a lot of people out of poverty and compare that to many countries in sub-saharan africau cannot compare it. the help needs to go more to the people who really needed, the poorest of the poor in sub- saharan africa. leaders here, ngo's have all been asking the donor countries to make their promises reality and give all the money that they have been promising to give. while on the german side, they say it is not all about the quantity of the money, but it is also about how this money is used. it needs to be used in a more effective way. that is what chancellor merkel said today. she is talking a lot about it. and she has a different agenda. she's talking to many, many heads of state and heads of government because germany is in for one of the non-permanent seats in the u.n. security council, up against portugal and canada. two seats and three countries. so she's campaigning for germany to get one of those seats in to douse an1. >>hat was from new york. the surge of support for a far- right party in sweden's national elections on sunday is sparking concern in protests in th

hiv infections have declined by more than one quarter in sub- saharan africa. the figures show that country's including nigeria, ethiopia and the zimbabwe are leading the drop in new infections. absurd is the verdict of rwanda's president dukeland that troops may have committed genocide. they may have been involved in the mass killing of thousands of refugees who fled to congo. speaking to the bbc, the president explained why he was enraged by the report. >> [unintelligible] [unintelligible] a genocide that took place. the thinking that there was a genocide [unintelligible] [unintelligible] the whole process of investigation, and if you read the report it speaks to its own weaknesses. the people behind did -- behind it. [unintelligible] >> they go to the polls on saturday for the second parliamentary elections. the taliban warned afghans if they cast their ballots they will be punished. 2500 afghans are competing in these polls. >> there is a new look in afghan politics this year. this 30-year-old tells his campaign team they should emphasize he is young, educa

figures reveal that hiv infections that declined by more than a quarter of the last decade in sub-saharan africae region worst affected by aids. the figures compiled by the united nations world aids program shows that ivory coast, it be a bit, nigeria, in zimbabwe are leading the drop in new infections. paul kagame says that allegations that rwanda and police might have engaged in who hate rwanda or have association with groups in the region that is well known. >> the white house says that there are serious security concerns over the afghan parliamentary elections which are being held saturday. richard holbrooke said the elections were likely to be flawed, but it was significant they were taking place at all. the taliban has warned afghans that they will be punished if they cast ballots. a record number of young afghans are competing. we have this from kabul. >> there is and you look in afghan politics this year. it is style. this 30-year-old tells his team they should emphasized young, educated, and conserve to people. he is one of 100 young afghans have been decided for all the failures of the

figures reveal that hiv infections that declined by more than a quarter of the last decade in sub-saharan africae region worst affected by aids. the figures compiled by the united nations world aids program shows that ivory coast, it be a bit, nigeria, in zimbabwe are leading the drop in new infections. paul kagame says that allegations that rwanda and police might have engaged in genocide are absurd. speaking to the bbc during a visit to london, he explained why he was so enraged by the report. >> the conceptions of making this report was total fraud. the whole idea of the thinking that there was an genocide -- it is flawed. second, the whole process of investigation. nothing is said about how this report came together. if you read the report, -- and then the people behind it. these are people who hate rwanda or have association with groups in the region that is well known. >> the white house says that there are serious security concerns over the afghan parliamentary elections which are being held saturday. richard holbrooke said the elections were likely to be flawed, but it was significant th

people, including the ngos, hope will translate into more money and more effort, especially for sub- saharan africa. >> max hoffman in new york. we will be taking an in-depth look at the millennium goal summit later in "the journal." afghan election observers have called for an independent investigation into reports of widespread fraud in saturday's parliamentary vote. the largest observer organization has published a document which says the vote was marred by ballot stuffing, repeat voting, and the use of fake voter i.d. cards. preliminary results from the election are expected early next month. you just as commissioner redding says her comments about the transport of rum up migrants may have been misinterpreted, -- roma migrants may have been misinterpreted, but she has not apologized. she compared it to actions during the second world war, which was criticized by nicolas sarkozy. the eu is said to be considering legal proceedings against france over its treatment of roma migrants. "just as commissioner earned the ire of the french government when she criticized the policy of deporting roma. pari

. >> countries in sub-saharan africa, in particular, have made little progress in eradicating povertythey urged stronger leadership among developing nations to tackle hunger and disease and attract investment. >> on the sidelines of the un general assembly, six major world powers including germany and the united states have announced a fresh initiative to negotiation with iran over its nuclear ambitions. iran has signaled a willingness to restart talks with the international community but little has happened. now russia, china, britain, france, germany, and the u.s. say they're ready to engage with iran and will take practical steps to achieve a solution as soon as possible. countries fear that iran may be enriching uranium for nuclear weapons. although it has consistently denied this. a bomb attack and western iran has killed at least 10 people and left dozens injured. the blast occurred on the northwestern city during a military parade marking the 30th anniversary of the start of the iran/iraq war. the victims were reportedly mostly women and children who had been spectators. irania

mostly in poor countries of sub saharan africa and south asia.hat's a huge drop from 1990 in pregnancy complications killed 546,000 women. women in developing countries are 36 times more likely to die from a pregnancy related cause than those in developed countries. >>> almost all u.s. teen ablers get formal sex education in high school, but the centers for disease control survey says those lessons focus more on abstinence and sexually transmitted diseases and less on birth control. researchers also found that younger teenage girls were more likely than boys to have talked with parents about sex and birth control methods. the birth rate for teenagers rose from 2005 through 2007 and then dipped in 2008. if you think your kids are wasting their time and their brains are withering away because they're constantly playing on the computer, you might be wrong. the results of a new study that show those hours on the computer may actually be better for your kids than we previously thought. >> reporter: if you've ever worried about the hours your little on

because of their rapid economic growth really pulling indicators forward but many places such as sub-saharan africa for example are really putting the pulling the indicators back because they are having a very hard keeping up even countries strong economic countries like the united states have been having the hardest time we know these insane numbers where we have one in seven people living in poverty in the united states over forty seven million people living below the poverty line we know that one in five children in the u.s. is living in poverty that's. twenty percent of children in america so definitely these are some very staggering numbers and because of the crisis it is of course a lot harder for the leaders to try to promote more global idea when they're having these such a hard time within the country themselves now would you know on that note then when it comes to the aid in the promises that the respective countries have made in terms of what they're going to contribute to achieve these goals how is the u.s. doing are they at least keeping up with their promises. well the analysts who ar

the african union, but i think that issue, which in our government is not dealt with by the sub saharan africasentially dealt with by the middle east bureau. i personally think that i would urge the united states to follow the africa union's view on western sahara, but it is a separate and distinct issue that southern sudan were negotiating an agreement that gives the people the right to decide their future status. host: jendayi frazer has served as the u.s. ambassador to south africa, currently a distinguished professor at carnegie-mellon university. we'll be right back. Ñw host: charlie peters is the author of lyndon b. johnson. you speak about one of the tapes of president johnson's era. this is richard russell talking about vietnam, may 27, 1964. host: i don't believe the american people would want me to run. if i lose it, it would seem i pulled in, and i don't want to commit us to war. i'm in hell of a shape. i've got a study being made now. i want you to come over one night and have a drink and see how important the two of them are, malaysia and india, and how much it would hurt if we go

but they are native to sub-saharan africa. telling people, don't let jon stewart keep you from being afraid. >> he has the rally to restore sanity. >> which i don't understand at all. >> he called you out last night. take a look. >> stephen, i know, my rally is about being sane. in honor of the type of discourse i think we need to propose, i would like to say this, suck it, colbert. oprah's coming to my rally. not yours. oprah mentioned my rally. oprah mentioned my rally. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. >> yes. now, i know why they gave him the emmy. >> what are you going to do about it? >> i'm going to rock his world on october 30th. i don't understand why wow you'd have a rally to restore sanity. what does it mean to bring the moderates together to have their voice heard. they shouldn't be shouting. how can you be extremely moderate? that's like wearing extra medium. >> what do you think will show up? >> americans. you heard of them? >> how many? >> how many? early estimates are 1.5 billion people. all i want this is to be a generation-

little overall progress in sub-saharan africa and the goal to cut by half people living in just overay is unlikely to be met by the deadline. little progress in reducing the deaths of mothers and infants in birth. the summit runs through wednesday and will be followed by the annual meeting of the u.n. general assembly. >>> to french and the flap involving two first ladies. cnn's hala gorani had a conversation with carla bruni sarkozy, the first lady of france. in an unauthorized biography she was apparently quoted as saying michelle obama told her that life in the white house was hell. here's what the first lady of france had to say about the quote. >> of course michelle obama never said such a thing. i'm happy to tell you very frankly that this is not an authorized book. no one -- not only one book that came out about me was authorized. i never read the book. i never knew about the book. but i do live in france. and france is a free country where anyone can fantasize and print it. so of course i could do something legal, but, first of all, it gives a lot of publicity to all those bo

while traditionally food in sub- saharan africa remains hardest- hit, it had affected the united states as well. in 2008, one in six americans lived in households that struggled to afford food at some point. in the past year according to the u.s. department of agriculture. our speaker to the has spent more than 20 years fighting to reduce those numbers in the u.s. and abroad. the reverend david beckmann is the first clergyman to win the world food prize, an annual award established by nobel peace prize laureate to those who make vital contributions to food and agriculture. the reverend beckman shares this luck. award with joe he serves as president of bread for the world institute and is the founder and current president of the alliance to end hunger. the world food prize cited the organization of effectiveness in and its advocacy. it has grown into an organization that engage more than 1 million christians in an advocacy to end hundred. -- to end hunger. his new book "exodus from hunter." -- exodus from hunger. welcome to the national press club, reverend david beckmann. [applause] >>

africa. none of the sub-saharan african countries recently impacted -- attracted achieve more than 25% of the gains promised. things are so bad that mozambique itself is trying to get some of the land back is sold to investors because the government is now growing sugarcane or any of the other crops promised by investors. one of the worst things is, it is bad enough to have speculative [unintelligible] worse is when the speculators to do something with the land. with the world bank observed, the most probable and hit hard when things like sugar cane crops are being grown in developing countries. it is a very thirsty crops. what investors by is also access to water when they buy sugar cane crops. women are being shut out of their livelihood, collecting water, so foreign speculators can make money. that is the great tragedy of these land grabs, that they are compounding the natural -- not the natural but inequality -- the human inequality that already exists in developing countries and there are a poor substitute for a genuine investment and development and food sovereignty in these countries.