. >>> katy perry visited madagascar as part of her role as unicef ambassador.ith young children, played ping-pong and even attempted to jump rope. >>> ill-informed cher fans were shocked, confused and upset monday when they saw the twitter hash tag now that cher is dead. if only they realized it read now thatcher's dead. i'm richard lui. "way too early" starts right now. >>> as louisville -- >> they began the year as the number one ranked team in the nation, now the louisville cardinals are raising the trophy national champs. thanks for throwing that game on from 9:00 to midnight last night when none of us could watch it. i'm bill karins, this is "way too early." we have a lot of news to talk about on this tuesday, april 9th. the gun control debate heads back to washington today after another emotional day in newtown, connecticut. we'll hear what the president is saying about pushing new

a unicef spokesperson said "the needs are rising exponentially, and we are broke." new figures show the number of syrian refugees in jordan alone would more than double to 1.2 million by the end of this year. but they may be the lucky ones, millions more syrians remain in their country. and that's where hari sreenivasan picks up the story. >> sreenivasan: bab al hawa means "gate of the winds" in arabic. in northern syria, at the border crossing of the same name, it is also the gate into turkey, and escape from the slaughter of civil war. but for many syrians there is no way out and here at bab al hawa, in idlib province, thousands live in a squalid makeshift camp within sight of the border and refuge. videojournalist ted nieters traveled to syria for the "newshour" and found seven thousand people huddled by the frontier. syrian air force fighter jets overflew the camp, and sent its shellshocked residents scurrying. nawaf al moussa came from the countryside of idlib. >> ( translated ): it's not safe at all because at the moment the aircraft are over the camp. everyda

even if you look at three or if you do unicef website they give you a black screen and really ask you to thing a minute about the dreadful situation for the civilian population this has never been done for iraq well the situation is far far worse now i mean there are still four million people displaced. ok well let's talk about the fact that these series of blasts have happened as iraq is actually preparing for an upcoming election part of its democratic process but fourteen candidates have been murdered so far how can a country possibly hold sarah lections under these circumstances. well the mayor is going to most. i've spoken to that there can be confidence when iraq will be truly a sovereign country under the occupation installed government have gone i mean we're talking about fifteen thousand people in the biggest like an embassy in the world backed up a government. the government has probably taken on in. the states i mean how can. the work like that i mean this is possible. we do have a regime but it's sectarian fundamental element here the regime with the politician maliki who

the lack of food and nutrition is so bad in north korea that unicef estimates 28% of the children have stunted growth. one study finding, on average, north koreans are a full two inches shorter than south koreans. despite north korea's formidable military power, the u.s. is certain it would eventually be crushed in any type of war by the u.s. and south korea. but north korea could, no doubt, inflict substantial damage if there was a surprise attack. diane? >> thank you so much, martha raddatz in south korea tonight. >>> now we head to washington where today president obama drew attention to those across-the-board budget cuts with a personal action. those budget cuts, known as the sequester. the president said he will return 5% of his annual salary. that's $20,000, to show solidarity with government employees who will be furlough. the white house says obama will personally write a check to the treasury. >>> and also tonight, washington watchdog is back, watching out for the ways government squanders taxpayer dollars. after katrina, nearly a billion dollars was handed out for the rebuild

unicef's executive director said the legacy of the first 100,000 days of a child's life can last foreverght start in life is a right start, and only the start from which children can realize their promise and potential. he said we owe it to every child everywhere. the report further reinforces a growing international consensus that this nutritional focus deserves a much higher priority in international development initiatives than was generally, or previously realized. the unicef report emphasized, and i quoted here, assuring nutrient status of pregnant women and children, improves the health of expectant mothers, the growth and development of unborn children and survival of the physical and mental development of children up to five years of age. close quote. the focus is on improving nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life, is one of the most important contributions our foreign assistance can make to global health, and it works synergistically to mitigate malaria, tb, and other devastating diseases around the world, but especially on the subcontinent of africa. >> thank you, mr. s

the view of the un of kids and people trick-or-treat fourth unicef, that's not coming back.or the united states to do is resign from the human rights council. it's a clown convention anyway. stop funding it. his salary, we pay 22%. that's our assessed contribution for the u.n. regular budget. 22%. we should defund all the activities of the human rights council and then maybe they will pay attention. >> can we do that, can we say no more dough for this? >> i think we can. we are required to pay set contributions or some contributions to the u.n. but you are not required to adhere to any international treaty that's been violated and, lord knows, the u.n. charter has been violated more times than we can count. congress has the ability to suspend payments and historically when we do that, they finally pay attention to us. >> his term is, his six-year term and he started 2008 so he's going to be around for a while? unless somehow the financial pressure and somehow someone -- i assume someone could get rid of him, right? >> it's a gravy train. sometimes people like him show up as

>> look, there's church and there's unicef and the pope and there's me. i've given all i can give. no, i've given all i'm going to give. you two stay together. everybody's happy. i know i am. >> 2-3. >> 2-3. god bless us all. >> lieutenant fox had a reason for releasing holloman and wright from segregation. >> the main reason i wanted to get them out as soon as possible is to lesson the impact they're going to have on the guy. laudone did pretty much everything he could to ruin his life in prison. and i did everything i can. i mean, i've talked to him, i've tried to get him come clean with us. i've kicked these guys out of seg. hopefully that lessens some of the impact on him. >> oh, i'm sure it will. >> lieutenants piper and fox have decided to question laudone again. but first, laudone asks to speak to piper alone. >> i'm feeling that nobody is on my side. i understand the predicament i put myself in. at the time i thought i did the right thing going to the officers and laying it all out there. >> and pointing out the shot caller? >> right. >> and the shot caller never put hands

unicef builds schools, trains teachers and runs health centers there.und the world." "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> with the tap of a finger and a click of a phone, a hacker takes over a plane. no, it's not a hollywood movie. there really is an app for that because it works. >>> and two girls in separate places, both allegedly sexually assaulted, harassed and commit suicide. is social media to blame? then shots are fired on "glee." the show is known for its music, but this week's episode hit a rough note

organizations that do still take funding and some of those are the largest ngos in the world like unicefhat would impact their funding. rockefeller foundation doesn't collect anymore money. we're fortunate to have the resources of our founder so we're in the position of being able to give it away. >> you have to generate. you have to generate 8% return. you're not earning a lot of u.s. government debt i'm guessing. >> absolutely not. in order to give away 5% a year or 5% on rolling five-year average, they have to pay out at a rate of 5%. given inflation that means we have to make at least 8% a year in order to stay even. now, one may ask is the goal to stay even? clearly we go up and down and that's fine. we're trying to respond to some of the world's greatest needs. >> that's a good challenge delivering delivering 8% a year when you can't stay in treasuries. >> you certainly can't. that's a good point to get back to what tony was saying about the likelihood of getting a grand bargain and looking at treasury rates and where they are. there's a lack of urgency right now in washington to g

i was going to start off with unicef jokes. after talking to some of you this morning, it sounds like there is a fair bit of knowledge here about the refugee crises around the world and the work that we do. a little bit about our office here. i work in the regional office, covering the united states and the caribbean. we are largely an advocacy ffice here in the united states. e work very closely with colleagues from the government of all branches. we do a lot of outreach. my role here is to be responding to inquiries. we work closely with the u.s. congress. there are a lot of staffers on the capitol hill interested in the work we do overseas. my role is to share information about what we do on a daily basis. i get questions about -- i heard that families move from this camp to that camp in south sudan overnight. i've been with unhcr for almost eight years. i have been fortunate enough to travel. nhcr is an emergency organization. you see us mostly in the headlines. yria is mostlying grabbing headlines now. those are all operat

the world's number two golfer was supposed to be in haiti this morning in his role as a unicef ambassadorexas open to better prepare himself for the masters beginning april 11th. he's been struggling with his game. his caddie convinced him to postpone the trip and keep playing. >> nice to throw the caddie under the bus. if he promised to go to haiti, s he should go. but the master ises is coming up. >> first job is golf. another story i want to bring to you, nelson, georgia might soon compel every household to have a gun. city council vote tonight would make it law. the council men says nelson only has one police officer and when citizens have a problem, it can take a long time for help toad 1982. >> every other time we've seen one of those votes, there is no way to enforce this. the town is just making a statement telling the world that they love their guns. >> a lot of towns have had a lot of budget cuts, they can't afford even like a fire truck now. so maybe some of those towns should make everyone have their own fire truck. >> and i think so it was a houston graduate student came up w

the lack of food and nutrition is so bad in north korea, that unicef estimates 28% of the children haveeans are a full 2 inches shorter than south koreans. despite north korea's formidable military power, the u.s. is certain that north korea would be crushed if it eventually came to an all-out war, but it could still inflict substantial damage if there was a surprise attack. martha raddatz. abc news, seoul. >>> remembrances held nationwide today. 45th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr. the civil rights leader killed at a motel balcony in memphis, where he was supporting a strike by sanitation workers. james earl ray convicted and died in prison in 1998. six of the sanitation workers who were striking in memphis in 1968 are still on the job. they are attending those services today. >> sheriff in new orleans has explaining to do when he testifies at a hearing about the city's jails. here's why. video taken by an inmate shows others openly using drugs, playing a game of dice, one guy has a loaded handgun. others are even seen drinking beer. the city's political lead

the world's number two golfer was supposed to be in haiti this morning in his role as a unicef ambassadors texas open. he wants to be better prepared for the mastest, which begins april 11th. mcilroy said it was a caddie who convinced him to do it. >>> a 23-year-old oregon woman recovering from severe leg injury and frostbite this morning. she spent six nights strounded on mount hood. hiker mary owen was rescued saturday morning by a national guard helicopter. she credits a stash of snack bars for her survival. >> i found out that nutri-grain bars, wrappers, make really nice kindling, oddly enough. and so i was able to put together a good fire. it didn't last very long. but it was just because i didn't have the range of motion to be able to go and collect enough to keep it going very long. so it was enough to dry me out, and heat up my hands and stuff, which was good because my hands were getting pretty nasty. >> owen was hiking alone last week when she suddenly encountered whiteout conditions and became disoriented. she found herself stranded after a 40-foot fall badly injured her leg. >

unicef issued a landmark report and the call for further action called improving child nutrition andhe imperative for global progress. the executive director says it is the first 100,000 days of a child's life can last forever. the right store in the life is a healthy start and it's only the start from which children can realize their promise and their potential. he says we owe it to every child everywhere. the report further reinforces the growing international consensus that this nutritional focus deserves a much higher priority in international development initiative than was genuinely were previously realized. the report emphasizes, and i quote here, insuring adequate micronutrient status in the women of reproductive age, pregnant women and children, improving the health of expectant mothers, the growth and development of unborn children and the survival and physical mental the look of children up to five years of age u.s. aid feeds the strategic focus on improving nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life as one of the most important contributions in our foreign assistance c