azza karam from the united nations population fund and dennis dimick from national geographic magazine, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> warner: finally tonight, images of wounded warriors taken by a combat veteran who wants americans to see the impact of war one picture at a time. "newshour" correspondent tom bearden has the story. >> reporter: combat photographers have been documenting the terror, the violence and the boredom of war ever since the invention of photography. america's 21st century conflicts in iraq and afghanistan are no different. these pictures were taken by air force sergeant stacy pearsall. she is one of a very small number women to have been admitted to the elite ranks of combat photographers. >> i joined the air force at 17. it just seemed the natural thing to do since the majority of my family served in one branch of the military or another. and the military history of my family goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. >> reporter: she spent four years processing film from u-2 spy planes before she became a member of what is

. >> the united nations population fund is working with countries around the world to prepare for this milestone. the population fund is also concerned about the impact natural resources have on population and stability. >> there are many things we have seen with movements and people and circumstances. in many circumstances, we find the environment is impacting populations. >> and it's issues facing girls and women that impact conversations about population the most. >> about 1 billion young women are in the developing world. most of them don't have access to education, to health, to services and their rights are not well protected. so, you find in many, many developing countries a situation where young girls are married out too early, they have children too early, and in fact they are children having children. >> experts say women and children in the developing countries need quality healthcare, including access to family planning. >> the typical women in the developing world will tell you the reason why she's having more than 3 or 4 children is because she doesn't know who will survi

levels i'm joined by bob tuna or sitting here in berlin he's the executive director of united nations population fund in washington we crossed him arthur madison campbell sees a lecture at the school of public health at the university of california berkeley and in gainesville we have now if you conley he's a professor of history at columbia university all right frogs this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it but first marcia where does the world stand right now seven billion people and still counting today's world population is double what it was in one thousand nine hundred seven and seven times what it was only two centuries ago i met century projected growth will put that figure at nine point three billion people concerns are mounting that such a sustained expansion of the humankind threatens to run dry this planet's already overstretched resources. the business as usual scenario predicts that humanity will be using renewable resources and land at the rate of two planets each year by twenty thirty and just over two point eight planets each year by twen

united nations population fund said there will officially be 7 billion people on earth. some people fear overpaplation will lead to food shortages. others celebrate that the life expectancy has increased. some of hollywood's iconic item also go to the highest bidder. profile insist history store, they are auctioning them off. it includes dracula's cape and dorothy's ruby red slippers and marlin monroe's jewelry piece. >> this is one of her prized possessions. it is in the collection. we have it in at three to 500,000. >> i strongly suspect it is going to exceed a million dollars. >> the icons of the hollywood auction is set for next year. >> living on food stamps. millions of californians do it. now a bay area congresswoman said she wants to know what it is like. the are faux day journey she is going to start. >> this puts it down the line. the exciting finish to a triple overtime thriller. >>> outside the doors. subtle changes expected pore your sunday. what you can expect for today. halloween forecast and where we will see a cooler pattern approach. . >>> yesterday mor

last week, the republican-controlled house foreign affairs committee voted to defund the united nations population fund, an organization that supports life-saving activities for women and families in post-conflict and disaster situations. and before that, the very same committee vote todd reinstate the global gag rule which provided health care providers from discussing or offering comprehensive health care services to women and girls. this effects women and girls in subsahar and africa. and the republicans targeted planned parent hood and this nonprofit which provides affordable health care, black women, women of color, latino women, if planned parenthood wants to receive federal funding, they have to stop reproductive health choices, which is a tiny choice which planned parenthood offers. it's nothing less than shocking that after holding the fiscal year 2011 budget hostage over their controversial proposals, they seem eager to pick some of the very same fights this year. the republican appropriations bill continue this attack on women's reproductive health by eliminating the nation's family planning

united nations says the world population will mark a milestone next week. come monday, 7 billion people will be sharing the earth's resources. the u.n. population fund released an annual report on wednesday. the number of the people on the planet has more than doubled in the past 50 years, from 3 billion in 1959. forecasters say the figure will surpass 10 billion this century. asia, the world's most populated region, is expected to reach 5.2 billion people by the middle of the century. africa's population will triple and climb to an estimated 3.6 billion by 2,100. developed countries including japan and european nations are expected to see their populations shrink. falling birth rates are largely to blame. the u.n. reports say the global population increase will accelerate urbanization and spread poverty mainly in developing countries. it also says water shortages will worsen and developed countries will have difficulty maintaining economic growth and social security systems because of aging populations. the report calls on governments to respond by drawing up plans and investing appropriately. >>> starting next month, japanese politicians will be p

united nations says the world population will mark a milestone next week. come monday, 7 billion people will be sharing the earth's resources. the u.n. population fund released an annual report on wednesday. the number of the people on the planet has more than doubled in the past 50 years, from 3 billion in 1959. forecasters say the figure will surpass 10 billion this century. asia, the world's most populated region, is expected to reach 5.2 billion people by the middle of the century. africa's population will triple and climb to an estimated 3.6 billion by 2,100. developed countries including japan and european nations are expected to see their populations shrink. falling birth raits are largely to blame. the u.n. reports say the global population increase will accelerate urbanization and spread poverty mainly in developing countries. it also says water shortages will worsen and developed countries will have difficulty maintaining economic growth and social security systems because of aging populations. the report calls on governments to respond by drawing up plans and investing appropriately. >>> starting next month, japanese politicians will be p