i could write a section in her voice and not only be in his voice. those things don't come until you need to work them out. that stumped me for awhile and came to with when she and the other villagers who contract lepercy decide to kill themselves to not bring shame to the village. and she can't do it. the man servant who's story that steven slowly finds out rescues her. >> even now i feel the cold waves pushing and pulling against my legs as a stood knee deep in the ocean. there was a flock of birds flying over head. their voices leading us on. as the water lapped around me i saw a man the father of a school friend walk straight into the ocean he never turned back. one moment he was there and in the next he was swaulode by the sea. one woman took a knife and slashed her wrists. i remember how the bloodstreamed down her arms. she turned toward me with a strange smile handed me her knife. it felt so light. i looked down and saw it covered with the woman's blood. i wanted to scream and saw i lost my voice. don't be frightened, the old woman said, find

to those who do not have a voice -- who have decided to give voice to those who did not have a voice. women are stepping forward, that is one of the reasons why i chose back in 1993 to come out when don't ask don't tell was being debated. everyone was allowed to talk about the pros and cons, except for those who were gay or lesbian in the military. they were forced to be silent. there was a lot of -- they were all fascinated with the men and showers. there were terrified of gay men in the showers. [laughter] i thought to myself, the lesbians must be dry cleaned. [laughter] you do not hear a peep about them. i decided that i would come out and tried to enter that voice for gays and lesbians. another thing i am hearing this afternoon, having strong women role models. my mother joined in 1942. was in the second class of women to go through officer candidate school in iowa. i have with me here this afternoon two more strong women, of my two sisters. [applause] later in her life, she decided to pursue a new career and went back to the veterinary school. she just graduated last may. [appla

men and women like listening to female voices, but they trust a male voice more. many believe women's voices can do the job. >> life evolves. i think it is the next frontier. i think women have that at their doorstep right now, movie trailer voices. >> it is still a man's world. >> it is definitely still a man's world. >> experience the adventure of a lifetime. >> any changes likely to be incremental. in the meantime, we have to make do with the rich baritone beckoning us to future attractions. bbc news, los angeles. >> that brings the show to a close. remember, find constant updates on our website. to see what we are working on at any time, visit our facebook page. for all of us here at the "bbc world news america," have a good weekend. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opport

(background voices.)ommunities need to celebrate recovery because every-believe it or not, every one of us knows someone that's in recovery, and we don't know it. the reality is that the phenomena of addiction is pervasive, and it crosses generations. it crosses families. august 19th, 1981, i ran away from the meridian home for girls just outside philadelphia to the streets of the fort lauderdale strip. i was 14. june 11th, 2011, 30 years later with 5 years sober, i started walking home. with my walk, walking up the east coast, i would walk about 10 miles in the morning, and then in the afternoons i would visit homeless shelters, treatment centers, battered women shelters. i'd go back into the alleys, under the bridges, and tell my story and share hope. i started sandraswalk.org to spread little mustard seeds of hope in places that there were none. and there's a lot of fantastic things going on in the recovery community, and i think the stigma of coming into recovery and the fellowships, and you can't do

a study revealed all both men and women like listening to female voices, they trust a male voice more. many believe women's voices can do the job. >> life evolves. it is the next frontier. i think women have that at their door front right now. they will have that opportunity. >> it has been a man's world. >> experience the adventure of a lifetime. >> any change is likely to be incremental. >> for these make-believe heroes -- >> the united nations send an estimated 1.5 million people in syria are in need of food aid. the special envoy to syria is due to meet present bashar al- assad in damascus on saturday. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. w

have you stop to think what some many of the trailers are voiced by men with deep voices? >> in a world within our world, they created a world unlike any other world. >> the hollywood studios rely on male voices when it comes to promoting their films. >> is a male-dominated field. they tend to go with men. there have been occasions women have done trailers, but there are few. >> why is the business so dominated by men? >> the physicality of the male voice tends to be a stronger presence, especially on trailers where it is in a theater and there is action, noise, special effects. >> welcome to paradise. >> she is one of the few women who has voiced a movie trailer, one face on television. she believes female voices can sell a movie but concedes male voices would be better for certain kinds of films. >> i think it is specific to a genre. like an action genre, i could totally understand. it comes to what i call chiclets, romantic comedies, i think women do it beautifully. >> what about the moviegoing public? what are their views? opinion appeared split. >> i think women shoul

what kind of voices? >> yes. at first i heard the voices with my window closed. and pretty much back in that area people walk their dogs. you'll hear people talking and you can hear them very clearly even when they're not talking loud. so i thought it was rather loud but i had just shut my window because it had started to pour down rain. i thought who is out there walking their dog in the rain? and then i heard the loud voices again and i opened up the window with the screen. and yes, it definitely was a very loud predominant voice. as i kind of -- i couldn't hear the words, but okay, it was not a regular conversation. you know, this is someone aggressively, you know, yelling at someone. >> and how much time do you estimate had passed between the first time you heard the voices and the second time when you opened your window? >> well, i don't think it was that long, but i definitely would say that there was a gap of time and the reason for that, because they kept on arguing. i would have opened the window the first time. >> you said -- >> but it stopped -- >> you

and-and a voice that will be heard. you guys are the faces and the voices of recovery, and the state needs to see that and to know that giving us half a chance, we can turn out to be some pretty wonderful people. texas recovers is proud to present thomas "hollywood" henderson, a man in long-term recovery. how you doin', thomas? (applause) the suffering need to know that-that there is an us, and the us need to reach out to the suffering. and so bringing events like this around the country lets people know that people recover. people recover. substances took me down some roads that i shouldn't have gone down. i spent 7 months in treatment, aftercare, morning care, every care, give me some care, where is the care? i'm probably the proudest recovering alcoholic in the world. i haven't had a drink or a drug for 27 years, 10 months, and a few days. (applause) you get to build a new life- because a lot of times people who talk about recovery talk about they want things back. "i wanna to get this back, and i wanna to get that b

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of your voice?> it is everything, you know? i have some great songs, but i think my voice kind of gets people's attention, you know? it sets me apart. i do not sound like a lot of other people. it has been everything. my voice is definitely a big presence for me. it is not like i can even take credit for it. it is my vocal chords. it definitely seems like it was meant to be, you know? tavis: are you going to tour? are you already touring for this one? >> we are going out this summer, going all over the world, all over the states. tavis: you like performing in europe? >> i love europe. i have a lot of fans there. it is cool to see the world. you learn so much. every time we go, we see different things. i have friends i will see. i love traveling. tavis: is there a difference between how you are received in, say, europe, and here? i ask that because many of the jazz greats, you know, love traveling in europe. there were regarded in a certain way. are you received any differently there? >> massively. t

i urge all americans to hear these plaintiffs' voices. and go to our site, protect our defenders, and listen to others like sailor terry explain that her rapist told her she wasn't the first and she wouldn't be the last. and went she report -- when she reported her rape to a superior, she was threatened with arrest and discharged. hear an aviation commander, despite strong dna evidence, her rapist was found not guilty and she was not permitted to re-enlist. hear these voices and know there are over 500,000 others out there that deserve our support. as americans, our voices matter. there is strength in numbers. and when the country fully understands the extent of the abuse of power and the cover-up that protects the guilty, they will join this effort and demand change. thank you. >> thank you, nancy. we're pleased to have with us linda hallman who will be speaking next. she is the executive director of the american association of university women. that organization has been a phenomenal support to us and to the plaintiffs and we are very a

but my voice wasn't the sound of young america. so while they all knew me, they all watched me starve. so i've had the opportunity to tell several people nice things recently, and to see them. you should have seen when i walked out on the stage at the kennedy center honors, because you don't know who's going to be there, even though you've been there for two days by that time. you don't know who's going to perform. so wn walked o, there were several mouths that were... "the bettye lavette that i know... the bettye lavette that's my age?" >> hinojosa: "she's up there singing at the kennedy center honors, and i didn't know about this?" >> the o'jays told me, they said that... they were my very best friends in show business, and i haven't seen them in maybe 30 years, until recently. and they said, "we called everybody we know trying to be on that inaugural show. we called... pulled out every stop. so we decided we're going to stay home, we aren't going to go stand in e cold we're going to look at it on television." so he says, "we're