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. >> bueno elh@primer impactoh@tz maestro la unicef comenzó ayu r ayudarlo. >> bueno, llegó el fin deo la llegada. cruza esta noche, las temo mataras estarían en 71. pero temperaturas en 68-69 otoño seco y en la capital 74 pero la capital del país, todo el sur aquí la historia es diferente, "primer ente del valle. láscasz impacto." >> las primeras vacunas contra la latemido influenza. aerosol nasal se estima que unos 20 millones de vacunas estarán disponible semanalmente. >> guardar el cordón im umbilical. y los que no. >> está a punto de perder un diente de leche pero esta vez no habrá nada para el ratón, pues su mamá mandó el diente para preservación. >> guardar lo que es el cordón im biumbilical. y mis hijos pudieran salvarse. podrán qo co las células madres. >> yo estuve en boston en los laboratorios. pude ver como se hace y lo voyacer en méxico. y es estoy muy entusiasta de poder tener la oportunidad. >> en new england de boston que tiene miles de cordones está dando nuevas esperanza a muchos. >> la tecnología comenzó la etapa de prueba y los resultados son alentadores. >> las cé

and kids who do go to school can be seen with their light blue backpacks from unicef. farmers like this man say it's not this year that they worry about. it's the future. "all my buffaloes, cows, everything is gone, seeds, everything, gone." "what happened?" he's asked. "we planted it. the rice never grew. i don't know what happened." he has no seeds to plant for next year's harvest. even if he did, he's worried th salty nothing would grow anyway. there are many who share his concerns. they believe by next year, the devastation of cyclone nargis will have disappeared from the headlines. food supplies will be exhausted. and few are relying on burma's regime to keep bellies full. for its part, the junta is never far away. but it seems its efforts are not so much about improving people's lives as they are about stopping the world from seeing the suffering on the irrawaddy delta goes on. cbc news, bangkok. >> that is "worldfocus" for this monday evening. for much more global news and perspective go to our website worldfocus.org. i'm daljin new york. thank you so much for j

, a goodwill ambassador of unicef, the communities that i go in the world, wherever it is in the world, i want to celebrate people who are experiencing that and who are, in some sense, and i use the term "becoming architects of their own rescue." billy: thanks so much, danny. when we come back, we'll talk to danny about growing up with epilepsy and how he was able to overcome the disease and then go on to become a hollywood star. narrator: some people say america's best days are behind us. the country that put a man on the moon has suddenly lost the will to tackle big challenges. we disagree. america's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies are working on a record 800 new medicines to fight cancer, giving hope to patients everywhere. so when president obama called on the nation to end cancer in our lifetimes, it reminded us that america's best days aren't behind us-- they're just around the corner. this is montel williams. in the last ten years, diabetes has nearly doubled, and chronic diseases like cancer, asthma, and heart disease make up 75% of the cost of health care.

that's according to an annual report from the u.n., the world health organization and unicef. overall, about 44% of people infected with hiv in sub saharan africa who need the drugs are now taking those drugs. that's a major increase in the distribution of aids drugs across africa. >>> time is running out. if you plan to vote in november in virginia. >>> mayor fenty breaks new ground for recreation. here's a look at some of the other stories making headlines in our area today. >>> a fire in annendale destroyed a home early this morning. flames ripped through this home on royceton street. a gas meter in the basement caused the blaze to spread. the first floor collapsed as firefighters arrived. no one was inside at the time of the fire. >>> metro is stepping up its cleaning routine in hopes that reducing the transmission of flu bugs. they'll be disinfecting cars and buses every week insad of every two weeks. they will continue to clean the cars and railings every day. the will be poster announcements reminding riders to cover, cough and wash those hands. >>> an important deadlin

tambiÉn quisiera felicitar la porque la unicef premiÓ a shakira por su compromiso con la infancia. gente colombiana.áádespierta americaá@ ♪ >> ¿quÉ tal, amigos? de nuevo muy buenos dÍas, colombia y estados unidos podrÍan publicar su acuerdo militar bilateral de lucha contra narcotrÁfico y el terrorismo que ha causado preocupaciÓn y tensión en esa regiÓn porque permitirÁ mayor presencia de tropas norteamericanaen esa zona. el embajador dijo que aunque no se permite divulgar los acuerdos de cooperaciÓn podrÍa hacerse si ambos gobiernos lo consideran conveniente. ademÁs agregÓ que no hay nada que esconder. bueno, del concierto llamado paz sin fronteras que el artista juanes brindÓ en la habana, cuba, sigue generando noticieros y ahora han salido a la luz de algunos problemas que tuvieron ahÍ juanes y algunos de sus colegas. mario andrÉs moreno nos tiene todos los detalles. >> nadie querÍa perderse el primer puesto al lado de la tarima, y cuando se abrieron las puertas la estampida fue gigante, todos querÍan ver de cerca a esos artistas, sobre todo a juanes.ero antes de comenzar el eve

. >> i moved a lot in america to work for unicef, many living with hiv/aids or faced abuse in their homes>> i taut twice a week. i changed by my experience as a teacher. >> kids don't care who your parks or grandparents are. as soon as they get to know who you are as a person, that's what matters to them. >> one year, for dr. suess' birthday she dressed up as hat in the cat. >> they would say there's the book lady. >> i would say i really miss her. she was a good teacher. >> so my plan is work for the "today" show and teach. i'm going to be a reading resource teacher and work for the "today" show as correspondent. i think it's going to be a really cool experience to do both. >> i was on a "today" show for "honor story" a book i wrote and i came back with my mom to talk about a book we wrote "read all about it." >> they read to us. they weren't watching television. they turned the tv off but did watch "today" show. >> that's when associate producer jim said you would be great on our show. i'm super excited. i didn't think he was for real but i guess he is. >> good luck, jenna. >> i wish he