. -- unicef desperately needs notations -- donations. >> hundreds have made the journey. their arrival marks the end of the journey over weeks. once here, they receive food and shelter. >> we came here after god had taken all of our livestock. we could not find food, but we came here, they gave us food. we get a bit of help here, but not everything. this is our situation. >> unicef has launched a christmas fund-raising campaign to provide food and shelter for people in east africa. >> people are still in need and there are still hundreds of thousands of children who are suffering. they will die without help. >> she is helping coordinate the unicef aid program in east africa. four months ago, the united nations declared famine in the somali regions. now the situation is critical. >> at least one-third of the children in these regions are suffering from malnutrition. for children under 5 are dying every day from a population of 10,000. datasets hopes -- unicef hopes an influx of donations will help alleviate the suffering. >> it is thanksgiving day in the united states and

unicef allowed us to accompany them.n our way to an extreme little remote, extreme limb poor area in the northwestern corner of kenya called turkana. when we arrive at a tiny health center, we are stunned by the enthusiasm in the welcome, despite having so little. people here celebrate what they do have. we're about to deliverer those packages that started in cope copenhagen and end up right here. there are very few doctors. one for ever 50,000 people this is but one of the babies who now has a fragile grip on life. >> getting better. improving. >> reporter: 87 malnourished children under the age of 5 are dependent on this center for survival. as are over 100 pregnant women. an hour away, we're about to witness an unexpected form of famine relief. this unicef school serves 150 families here. and mcclain's brought pencils and notebooks. the idea is that teaching a generation of traditionally nomadic kids to read and write will make them less dependent on a land growing drier every generation. so, when we see the kids lear

unicef, i have to say, kyra, thrilled to have them here. here's what the head of unicef u.s.very thankful. i spent the several weeks asking america what mountaintop do i have to stand on and, obviously, when the royal family pays attention, the world pays attention. so, it's very exciting for us. >> it's all about raising awareness, really, kyra. >> all right, royal correspondent max foster there live in copenhagen. we're following the live pictures and we'll continue to bring more to our viewers about what exactly the royal couple will be doing to help in that effort. all right, well, you remember that 22-year-old who started a petition to get bank of america to drop its fees? well, she won. and now the bank is backing down. we'll get her reaction. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, if your car is totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. liberty mutual auto insurance. customers who ras outraged about a $5 debit card fee? you may be happy, because bank of america is back-pedalling, right, alison kosik? >> yes, this is

ball celebrating unicef's work in creating safer and healthier lives for children around the world. and 30 years ago today actress natalie wood drown in a boating accident at age 43, a case recently reopened by investigators. >>> also day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, a look at what's coming up later today on the "today" show. latest details on latest allegations herman cain is facing after a woman came forward claiming she had a 13-year affair. and american music award winning band, hot chelle rae performs live in studio. keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry, thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

in this village, the british government and unicef dug a well at a cost of less than $2,000. they were able to provide clean water. the vulture plate $3 million for condo's debt and he wants 100 million of their money in return forward. -- the vulture paid $3 million for the debt and he wants 100 million. >> this could help the children. >> $100 million, 200,000 children. >> how does a new york vulture end up claiming $100 million on a $300 million debt? the story began 30 years ago when yugoslavia build powers for the line. they had not finished paying for them. condo and yugoslavia's slipped into civil war. 100,000 died. yugoslavia went into separate countries and millions of died in the congo. somehow, the speculator got the right for this. the vulture paid $300 million but wanted more than 30 times that amount. we went to see how the vultures got their hands on this debt. two players are these men. first, an american and second, bosnia's former prime minister. these were made at a state owned company. the company would like the powerhouse of the economy and now police are

you had the unicef box.ne for you, too. it's right here, jimmy. >> jimmy: oh, see. look, it's my own little pumpkin guy. it says jimmy on it. >> you guys all know this box? >> jimmy: yeah, of course. i love that. [ applause ] >> it's great because you're educating also children to do something for other children. which i think is great. >> jimmy: it's so good. you get candy. >> and then you come to my party later. >> jimmy: get donations, as well. >> and we boogie. >> jimmy: all right. i'm going to come. i will totally, totally dance. yeah, it's going to be super fun. >> what do you think? is that going to be happening? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm just very busy. i'm just very, very busy. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but i want to -- i want to play a game with you. can i play a game with you? >> okay. >> jimmy: all right, good. heidi and i will be bowling with pumpkins when we comp back, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] if you like action movies... ♪ ...romance... ♪ ...documentaries..

the focus was this unicef emergency supply center. during the worst drought in 50 years.h danish prince. william couldn't wait to try it. they all did. all except kate. william now conquers these events, diving in with constant humor. kathryn was growing with confidence. she had to be stopped for a second. easy there, princess. >> we appreciate it so much that they have time to come here and refocus again. >> reporter: experts say east africa used to see drought every ten years but recently, it's every two. princess mary traveled to kenya in august. her husband cut her off mid sentence. >> absolutely -- >> we are here to raise awareness. >> it really puts things into perspective. >> reporter: then, in a very soft voice and slow start -- >> are you hoping people will -- >> really hope so. definitely. i'm shocked by some of the statistics. i think other people would be if they lost track of the story. it's really how shocking the situation still is. it's been going for 100 days or so. it's ongoing. >> reporter: the royal hard hats. they say they are ready to make a differen

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as a unicef ambassador, i am committing to supporting unicef's mission that the 2,100 children dyingle causes becomes the number zero. i am thrilled to help introduce one of this year's top ten cnn heroes. >> a child of war can be simply described as a kid caught between a rock and a hard place. we have about 2 million kids who die of sanitation issues, mainly because they don't wash their hands. i'm derek kayongo. >> soap is thrown away every year. we're able to get a lot of soap that we can reprocess and make it brand-new. we clean it, melt it, and cut it into final bars. box it and ship it. >> welcome, welcome! >> being here in kenya at this orphanage is coming full circle, but with good news. it's very important to have the bar of soap, but also to use it, so they can find off diseases. those are clean. that's very good. do i feel like i'm having an impact on them? yeah, i think so. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. t

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. >>> prince and princess were in england visiting a distribution center for unicef. they lent a hand by packing supply fwoctiboxes. >>> in southern wales. a lucky escape for residents of a trailer park who woke up to find a landslide had left their homes teetering on the edge of a cliff. no one was hurt and the homes were relocated. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,8 36 after climbing 178 points yesterday. the s&p jumped 19 points. the nasdaq gained 33. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei sank 195 points while in hong kong the hang seng plunged 49 is. >>> signs the fed is ready to act if needed helped stocks rebound wednesday and calmed renewed fear over european debt. ben bernanke left open the possibility of acting if conditions here or in europe worsen. the fed forecast growth over the next two years, but bernanke cautioned the pace will be frustratingly slow. european leaders vented outrage at greek prime minister papandreou at a meeting in france after his call for a f

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they visited a supply center run by unicef. the media was quick to follow their every move. this is from our royal correspondent. it does contain flash photography from the beginning. >> two wives with similar backgrounds. together, britain and denmark's future kings and queens on one prosperous continent to remind people of suffering elsewhere. children are still suffering from east africa's worst drought in 60 years. they are malnourished and need help. william kincaid are aware of this in every aspect of their lives. they are hoping to exploit that in every aspect of their lives. >> aid agencies are appealing for more money. prince william knows it will be a challenge. >> what is going on in east africa puts things into perspective about how terrible a crisis can get. >> kate wants to put the spotlight on this crisis. >> it is shocking. it has been going on for 100 days or so. hundreds of children are still malnourished at the moment. >> in an aid warehouse, the hard-headed british and danes learn about the problems for a day. the problems that they learn about will last

they visited a supply center run by unicef. the media was quick to follow their every move. this is from our royal correspondent. it does contain flash photography from the beginning. >> two wives with similar backgrounds. together, britain and denmark's future kings and queens on one prosperous continent to remind people of suffering elsewhere. children are still suffering from east africa's worst drought in 60 years. they are malnourished and need help. william kincaid are aware of this in every aspect of their lives. they are hoping to exploit that in every aspect of their lives. >> aid agencies are appealing for more money. prince william knows it will be a challenge. >> what is going on in east africa puts things into perspective about how terrible a crisis can get. >> kate wants to put the spotlight on this crisis. >> it is shocking. it has been going on for 100 days or so. hundreds of children are still malnourished at the moment. >> in an aid warehouse, the hard-headed british and danes learn about the problems for a day. the problems that they learn about will last

they visited an emergency supply center run by unicef. this report contains flash photography. >> william and frederick, kate and mary. britain and denmark's future kings and queens getting stuck in on one continent to remind of the suffering elsewhere. the aid is for the children suffering by the worst drought. they are malnourished and they needed urgent help. william and kate are aware of the intense scrutiny. they are trying to exploit the global fascination to focus it on the needs of others. aid agencies are appealing for more money. prince william knows it will be a challenge. >> what is going on around the world, what is going on in east africa puts things in perspective. coruscate with like to put the spotlight on this crisis. -- to align >> kate would like to put the spotlight on this crisis. >> this is still ongoing and this has to happen with hundreds of children still no nurse at the moment. >> in a warehouse this side of three football pitches, the british and danish royals learn about the work done here. they have come for

observers say south korea hopes to make its neighbor soften its attude through more aid delivered by unicef and other organizations. >>> officials from japan's transport ministry and railway companies met dinish triverde on tuesday. the indian government plans to introduce a high speed railway system on six of the country's lines to help the economy grow further. the japanese delegation explained the shinkansen has not had any fatal accidents since its introduction in 1964. they were impressed by the safety of the japanese bullet train. >> translator: this is a dream project. the railroad reigns supreme in india. we'll do our utmost so that we'll be able to see shinkansen trains running all over that vast country. >> european firms have already begun surveys of the estimated number of passengers on four of the six lines to lay the groundwork for winning contracts from the indian government, but no japanese companies have taken part in the project so far. >>> talking robots have been around for over 20 years. now they can communicate through sign language. japanesemaker honda motter released

planning on doing it was just using the license to get out and it turned out that i truly enjoyed unicef's circular as well with my job where it was that it started with any company making despite bucks an hour for about four years five years which a lot of us had to do. i think. our fire code has played an important role in driving down the volume and spirit of fires and because that is the reality that we need is more ambulances. ten years ago with half the evidence is that we have now and now we have all of them some medical services in the city of los angeles. i'm a type of new dial nine one one here in our dispatch center the time to get to the hospital it's one surface what you want to family member to come with you to the hospital where he was you know to tell. him you. know you're. here. because. you know this. urgency really is very important. we see about three thousand patients a month who demurred sick or i think. we had a day the other day where we saw hundred ten in one day and it was exciting and your name is effortless and just reach your sorry buddy the lady looking for a

children's charity, unicef, they lent a hand by packing supply boxes. >>> >>> ant in southern wales, lucky escape for residents of a trailer park. who woke up to find that a landslide had lefter that homes teetering on the edge of a cliff. >>> here's a look at wall street. the dow opens at 11,836, after climbing 178 points yesterday. the s&p 500 jumped 19 and the nasdaq gained 33. taking a look at overseas trading, the hang seng plunged 491. >>> signs the fed is ready to act if needed helped stocks rebound wednesday and calm renewed fear over european debt. in his quarterly news conference, chairman ben bernanke left open the possibility of acting if conditions here or in europe worsen. the fed forecast growth over the next two years, but bernanke cautioned the pace will be frustratingly slow. >>> meanwhile, european leaders vented outrage at greek prime minister, george papandreau at a meeting in france, after his call for a greek referendum threw europe's debt plan into chaos. german and french leaders, as well as papandreau himself now describe the vote as greece's decision on whe

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