of congress has a connection to the city of timbuktu in maui. in 2000 for the library of congress entered a cooperative agreement with a major library in timbuktu to make available online important manuscripts. we also put the manuscripts on tour. >> the first exposure of "the bad-ass librarians of timbuktu" in the united states. everyone here had an opportunity to see what was out there before it was a secret. >> we will talk about that. i know many of you have personal libraries. 35,000 books -- >> and growing. >> i have seen more books today. when you left your house. >> we sold it and moved to new york. we have an apartment the size of this table. 35,000 books don't fit that. they are awaiting the day of their resurrection. >> packing my library. >> it is called an elegy. >> i wonder why -- i have quoted you. >> i always grew up among books, always considered myself a reader rather than a writer but before i get into that, if you will excuse me. we are talking about books. the idea of congress. some few hundred kilometers here there isn't a

the carman timbuktu is deceptive. and it's mainly down to the massive presence of u.n. peacekeepers rebels and the hottest still operating in northern mali at the edge of the sahara desert terror and violence have left their mark on the city. there are too few hospitals a many children are no longer attending school. mariam fatuma touré ambassadors for unicef the united nations children's fund. that's 15 years old and is still in school. and tim buck whose old town they regularly visit families to persuade them to send their kids back to school. and we go from door to door to make parents aware of how important education is so we've already persuaded a few to send their children to school. but there are parents who say that education is not important for children. and then some of them say it's more important to go to qur'anic school. not only parents objections like these are keeping children out of school fear is also a factor more than $800.00 schools that shut down after the political crisis in 2012 remain closed more than 80 in and around timbuktu alone the city my

my family left timbuktu in 2012. we lived in a refugee camp and more autonomy and.life was very hard there we didn't have a proper house just a hut. it was very windy and very hot in the camp it was hard. there are up to $100.00 children in each class. mariam's teacher. says the returning refugees need extra special attention. probably to get us through it is ok we have to work with someone to levels on the one level we have to support them psychologically because so many of them are traumatised on the other we have to give them extra tutoring so they can catch up with the others. many of the refugee children have missed an awful lot of school so even though there's not just a shortage of schools in timbuktu but also with teaching staff teachers have to contend with threats from the islamists who want to stop non-religious education. few children herrick getting the chance to finish their schooling. this year i'm really happy there's a proper school here with desks teachers and parks. i'm so glad i have the chance to learn here and there did last and then move to th

there's not just a shortage of schools in timbuktu but also with teaching staff teachers have to contendwith threats from the islamists who want to stop non-religious education. few children herrick getting the chance to finish their schooling. this year i'm really happy there's a proper school here with desks teachers and parks. i'm so glad i have the chance to learn here and that it's a last. minute to be a panther. and 8000 kilometer long belt of trees stretching along the edge of the sahara from mali through to ethiopia. that's the goal of the great green wall project the idea is that the plants will prevent further desert if a cation makes soils more fertile and reduce conflict and it's urgently needed bamako in mali for instance has a booming population and deforestation in the region continues. charcoal is big business in bamako the capital of mali. almost everybody needs charcoal to cook with and the population is growing. my mom is a charcoal match and. she's doing well but her very success is becoming a source of concern. that there are fewer and fewer trees. to do that scary i

obtain that information is a because maybe you threatened to withhold something from ukraine or timbuktu. and that's the reason you are getting that information. do you think this was thought out politically speaking so the other side could be on offense as opposed to defense when it comes time for the i.g. report? >> i think they leaked before they looked. the democrats. there was no quid pro quo. we know that. i read the transcript as i said. trish: they don't care, right? this is being fought out in public. >> one goal in mind and that is to undo the 2016 election. i didn't expect -- they didn't expect this president to win. he has done a fantastic job for this country. i will tell you it's just a matter of politics. i think this is trying to influence the 2020 election. that's their goal and that's what they are going to do. but i believe, trish, the american people are catching on to this. trish: it's shameful. this is all one big political ploy. congressman it's good to see you tonight. old man steve bannon is right. hillary wants back in. >> maybe there does need to be a rematch.