. >> we're on the trail of the biggest suspected illegal ivory dealer in togo, west africa, a man calledpped off to the raid? >>> and one of the biggest stars in baseball fights one of the biggest punishments in the game's history. it's a ban for the rest of this season and mention so how did alex rodriguez's day of reckoning end with a night in yankee pinstripes? >> announcer: this special edition of "nightline," "the hunt for >>> thanks for joining us tonight. it's the wild african elephant is ever driven to extinction, man will certainly have plenty of souvenirs of the slaughter. to many an ivory chess set or hand-carved letter opener seems too trivial to kill for, especially a creature of such majesty and intelligence as the elephant. but for so many others ivory is a good luck status symbol worth striving for, with the demand so high up to 30,000 elephants are poached each year just for their tusks. so tonight a trip into the black market for white gold as it's known. from new york city to china to africa and then back to the states. a journey where corruption reigns and a few wildl

. >> pelley: you'll understand why he stayed when you see the ship at work, as we did, in togo, west a lot of ways here haven't changed in centuries. most live on $2 a day. there are few medical facilities. when the ship comes in, folks line up by the thousands for free dental surgery, eye surgery, and maxillo-facial procedures for cleft palates and other deformities. "africa mercy" makes port in countries all along the arc of west africa, 1,800 miles where slave ships used to land. trace that coastline and you've put your finger on several of the poorest countries on earth. here in togo, the lack of development and the poverty mean that one out of ten children-- one out of ten-- dies before the age of five. they die of diseases that we just don't see in the united states, including a particular kind of facial tumor that is a specialty of the ship. what you're about to see can be very hard to look at, but if you'll be patient, it'll be worth it. gary parker is the chief surgeon. >> parker: hello... >> pelley: and one of his patients, edoh, was back for a checkup 17 years after surger

togo. >> leaving nigeria. >> 63 years old and hasn't played in nearly 20 years. as you can see in this video filmed in wisconsin in the u.s. mary houston doesn't seem to have lost her touch. she is enjoying massive success online and has racked up some 4.5 million hits on youtube making the woman dubbed grandma drama the latest web sensation. >> let's look at what weekly news magazines have been saying around the world. hi, flow. let's start with the situation in tunisia somewh. we saw massive demonstrations against the ruling islamist part and we look at the fracture between the islamists and rest of the country. it points out while across the arab world in egypt and tune initial they are seeming to have a hard time dealing with the reins of power. can he hold on and it has been a dangerous summer for tunisia after the opposition of the -- murder of the opposition leader and massacre where nine soldiers were killed. for now the islamists seem to be persistently in denial but this blind determination can become fire and they wonder could tune initial face a -- tu

are arguing that the cruz, if you will, approach is the opening offer in this dampt that is going togohat all the way out and bring the country to a brink of government shut down people will not like that and will really complicate the message. >> we have to leave it there. it is a great discussion and on going. we will bring it back. it will be the hot topic. >>> and remember catch governor sarah palin on cashing in on saturday. we will have her first reaction to more democrats agreeing with her warning about a death panel in the health care law. i will see you there and see you on "the five."

are arguing that the cruz, if you will, approach is the opening offer in this dampt that is going togohat all the way out and bring the country to a brink of government shut down people will not like that and will really complicate the message. >> we have to leave it there. it is a great discussion and on going. we will bring it back. it will be the hot topic. >>> and remember catch governor sarah palin on cashing in on saturday. we will have her first reaction to more democrats agreeing with her warning about a death panel in the health care law. i will see you there and see you on "the five." >>> it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." >>> that was greg. there is not much a majority of americans can agree on except this. washington stinks. president obama's approval rating plum sed. 82% think the lawmakers deser s deserve to take off the month of august. congress is never popular. washington doesn't rate

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but we don't know exactly what's going to happen, togo one come outside of a january 1. what i would ask and i speak also for senator mikulski. senator mikulski has been a leader on the reform issue of some things we talk about. her committee has done work on mac permissively compare notes all the time, our two offices. what i would ask as we start looking at the material coming through on the website on the different plants, as you start talking to the people that need to enroll and then we start seeing whether there's community services facilities available to provide services for people enrolling, that feedback would be very, very important to your federal officials. for senator murkowski, congressman cummings and congressman groupers burger. if you let us know that, we reduce you as a resource. jay knows that i've had health advisory groups for a long period of time it's made me look a lot smarter than i perhaps otherwise would be. i'm very fortunate to live so close to washington than i can get back impact to people all the time. your experiences here will be very,