they were thought to be magicians. 1725, oh molly in the west africa. the drums -- be ware of sea birds, be ware of men that steal up the river through the great forest. and into the savannah lands. the moans and groans, hundreds, thousands stolen, we rarely speak the taken, i will this time because you have asked. come back, back, back, far edge of memory. we recall them and they are black smith, by all accounts a master craftsman, worthy of praise, honored as a powerful magician. one who could speak the old names of the mother elements, earth, fire, water, wind. they would do as bidding, think. people sing praise songs. he was a gifted black smith. he is not remembered for that. he is best remembered for being a loving father. when his beloved wife died only after a year and embraced his newborn son, i will raise you myself. the elder women with argued against it saying you'll grow up wild without a gentle hand of a mother, a gentle hand to guide him. must divide by custom, take another wife or give the baby to a mother who is childless. how will you

president on a great endeavor over in west africa.elcome to the show, sir. >> thank you, damian. >> you sent us a video clip and it shows the map of where you go, here it is, it's a long trip. tell us what you do and why you do t. >> what we do is try to prevent babies from getting aids from their infected mothers. as you know, the aids epidemic has shifted to africa, where 70% of the new cases happen and we think the most tragic parts is when babies get infected at birth, so our objective is to prevent all of those, and, in fact, our motto is getting to zero, zero infections of newborns within five years. >> how is it you decided let's do this half a world away, this is where we need our efforts. >> to give you a background, the project was started in 1989 when our president got up in front of the club and said, you know, unfortunately, my son came down with aids. in those days, people didn't want to talk about it, but the club rallied around him and formed the first aids project in the rotary world, so the last 20 years, their objec

world 256789% of exxon mobile's oil that they produced in the decade after 2,000 was produced in west africacompanies like chad, equatorial guinness, angola. >> stephen: isn't it like an american embassy, where they are drilling is technically america opinions they billed it that way. i traveled out in these countries and every exxon mobile compound looks the same it has the same security perimetre, the same lights. employees go in, stay for six weeks, they go in and out of the country almost without touching the country that they are working in. they also pay the salaries of the local military and police forces. >> stephen: so if i'm the president of an emerging country, okay, and we find out we've got oil, like right off our coast or coming out of our volcanoes, whatever it is. >> right. >> stephen: i'm the president of let's sale el diablo, that is the name of my country, president for life, what is exxon come say to me. >> exxon come says to you, do business with us, you'll get your project done on time, our safety record will be excellent. you'll get your money really fast. you can do w

from home after travelling power west africa tonight to church members prayed for the couple safe returnristine when to gonna to give four orphaned children family. police say detained at the airport and accuse them of child trafficking. from all over the world people are honing in on the story. people immediately started praying. the couple's log details their journey in has been removed but they're reunited with their two biological children is spent time at an orphanage after police arrested their parents. did we the country's top jim a sign says this week hoping to win a spot at the summer olympics in month before the start of the london games the international that the committee announced new rules. reporter kiet do learn on what some female athletes will have to do to prove their women. when south african runners smoke to competition in the 2009 world championships the finger- pointing and head scratching began. >>> it is the combination of a win its improvement and look at her this was because she is a man. the international olympic committee has recently adopted new rules say if

first involvement in local government but i did serve the country as a peace corps volunteer in west africa early in my career. in terms of public experience for this particular seat requires experience with public goods. when i was working in the private sector, i was responsible for working conditions for the purchase of university licensed goods from public universities. sports wear, and then in my most recent position, i was dealing with work wear, uniforms and connecting suppliers from asia to opportunities to sell work wear to cities and other public agencies here. i have had some involvement with sweat-free purchasing consortium, the national organization, and would love to be involved to promote better working conditions in san francisco's procurement of these times of goods as well as be a model -- have san francisco be a model for other cities as well in terms of how we manage this in our public procurement. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you so much. we don't have any questions from the committee at this time. thank you. next we have daniel maroquin. >> hello, how's it going? m

people in eight west africa can nations are on the brink of starvation, and at least 3 million of them are children. >> reporter: this tiny village in niger is a stark example of the crisis that hits eight countries. here families depend on farming, but this hut, normally used to store the grain, is dried out by the drought. leaving mothers like mariama struggling to feet feed their families. today she is left to pick wild leaves from trees. >> i don't think any of us can accept this mother must pick wild food ford her children to eat. >> reporter: eight agencies are doing what they can to deliver food to the region. so far they have not been able to raise even half the money needed to help the millions in need, and even more people could run out of food before next fall's harvest. >> these people, these women, these children, they deserve our attention. they deserve our time. >> reporter: little nafisa is a 1-year-old who ways just eight pounds. >>> that's about the size of a new banne newborn in the united nations. she is one of many children being helped at this health clinic. red o

farmers in central and west africa grow black eyed pea s. they are hearty and protein rich. weave ils destroy half crop after it is harvested. or they did until receipt cases developed this nylon back that costs less than $2 and keeps out the bugs and increases poor farm family incomes by over 25%. that bag is a good example of the many partnerships our family has with aplu members across the country. the american public colleges and universities do the finest research in the world. you create knowledge not just for its own sake, but to improve people's lives. on behalf of the foundation, i want to thank you for that. today i want to focus on the one thing you do that is even more important in that research. that's providing great education to almost five million students. the moral act created a system of public colleges to promote the liberal and practical educa industrial classes. there were two breakthrough ideas contained in that single sentence. first, that higher education should be both liberal and practical. that it should address societies needs, and second, that a

contractors brings with it deny ability in case anything goes wrong and the second piece dealt with west africae horn of africa. and, specifically, ethiopia and djibouti and, he goes into another long detailed report on what we're doing in those countries. there's a lot of countries involved. i mean, in the west alone, it is mauratania -- i should say the east and west as far as mauratania, uganda, and djibouti and several more and the interesting thing is, he lists two sources, mr. whitlock in the "washington post" series, two sources, one are public contracts that have been signed between the government and contractors. who are running this big spy operation and, the second is, wait until you hear this, wikileaks. so, for all of the people out there who thought wikileaks was a harmless operation, this is the kind of thing you get very detailed military information about exactly what we are up to on the continent. gregg: and the president says, quote the writers of these articles have all stated unequivocally they did not come from the white house and that is completely wrong, liz. >> exactly.

only in brazil, cuba, other parts of africa, it's not being tested in the west. it's a horrible ethical misstep. it's not only that these people assume all the risks. and none of the benefits of testing. what they have said to me when i asked about it is leprosy is rampant in places like brazil and nigeria so we are doing them a favor with a new drug. no, we are not. because this drug efficient treat these conditions would never make it to these people. they can't afford it. and more to the point of the pharmaceutical companies cannot devise drugs for people in the developing world. for a long time researchers told me that there was an unspoken kennon that you didn't test for use of the tropics by the developing world. people there couldn't afford it and they didn't even want to explain why they were not using the drug there. but the data will also tell you the economist michael kramer route 333 drugs tested by pharmaceutical companies within a 25 year span guess how many were developed for the people of the developing world for the people that live in the tropic

drugs to the reemergence of methamphetamine, from the increasing presence of drug traffickers in west africa, to the emerging financial and communication tools being used by criminal organizations and so many more, we have our work cut out for us. but just because the mission is difficult does not mean we should give up or surrender. some argue that legalization and regulation even at the cost of untold human suffering and misery would strip the traffickers of their enormous profits. both common sense and history have taught us that those who are displaced from the drug trade migrate into other areas of criminality, and we have a responsibility in a nation of laws to enforce the law, and i've devoted my life to this duty and all the people at dea are committed to this goal and to this fight, a fight in which with your support, we shall prevail. and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today and i ask that my written statement be added to the record. >> without objection. thank you very much for a very comprehensive statement. let me use my five minutes to try to pack in as much as i

we have forces all over east and west africa, and opening missile bases in eastern europe and latin america. we react straighted the fourth fleet and reopening new bases in panama, colombia and peru. it seems like a disconnect between this talk of military spending reduction and what i see as an expansion of the military presence around the world which i am tempted to add which is in line with the increase of the national debt, but i'll resist that

west africa fighters with ties to al qaeda a claim control over the desert region of mali the day after clashes killed twenty militants patrolled the streets on friday detaining civilians and forcing former tour reg allies out of the town of. models are struggling to reorganize following a coup in march the start of the country's current. two are a gravel zone as well as little since seized control of the north in a fast moving offensive shortly after the military. now the us has the highest rate of obesity in the world almost a third of the population is classified as dangerously overweight despite more knowledge of the harmful effect of on healthy eating america's waistline keeps on growing the resident in new york is now are there to chew the fat with the people on the battle of the bulge. as the world's knowledge of science and medicine continues to grow so do our waistlines why this week let's talk about that most of the people is too lazy hey think we're just lazy i think that most of it is better to see your coach sleeping doing well to do the stuff even the cost of an early deat

and, in west africa, finding a way to help people abandon the ancient practice of female circumcision. plus a commitment ceremony for older couples who want to spend the rest of their lives together but choose not to get married. >>> major funding for religion and et things knew weekly is provide bid the lily endowment. an indianapolis based family foundation. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customize individua and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter. the jane henson foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. after a two-year-long investigation, the vatican strongly condemned a 2006 book on sexuality written by a prominent american nun. the vatican's doctrine office said just love by sister margaret farley reflects a quote "defective understanding" of church teachinon issues including masturbation, homosexuality, marriage and divorce. sister farley taught christian ethics at yale divinity sch

and nato intervention is not the solution the solution has to be found in mali itself within west africa itself among the people. and some other news from around the world now including rising violence in destabilizing libya where fifty seven people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in tribal clashes in the last three days in the country's south according to local sources the fighting grows between two and zwei tribes and then the last reportedly supported by the so-called libor should brigade deployed by the interim government as a peacekeeping source clashes between rival groups so common as the country is still awash with weapons seized by rebels during the uprising against moammar gadhafi. police use tear gas as crowds protested against new austerity measures in the sudanese capital khartoum khartoum demonstrators showed their anger will rescind subsidy can't send rising prices for basic goods and fuel so in last year's breakaway of were south sudan overall nearly one thousand people have been detained and hundreds injured in clashes with police in the last two weeks

in west africa as large as fires with ties to al qaida are claiming control over the northern desert region of mali the day after clashes killed more than twenty people militants patrolled the streets on friday detained civilians and forcing former tour allies out of the town of gal mali's army is struggling to reorganize following it in march which started the country's current unrest to read rebels and islamic militants seize control of the north in a fast moving events of shortly after the military takeover. now the us is one of the fattest nations in the world and despite increasing knowledge of the harmful effects of unhealthy eating america's waistline kids growing so who's to blame for . the resident is in new york chewing the fat with people there on a matter of growing concern. as the world's knowledge of science and medicine continues to grow so do our waistlines why this week let's talk about that most of the people is too lazy if i think you were just lazy but i think that. is better to see your coach sleeping doing. even the cost of an early death yeah but nobody thinks

in west africa islamize fighters with time. still cod are claiming control over the northern desert region of mali a day after clashes killed more than twenty people militants patrolled the streets on friday detaining civilians and forcing former toorak allies out of the town of guile is army is struggling to reorganize following a coup in march which started the country's current unrest to iraq rebels and islamic militants seized control of the north in a fast moving offensive shortly after the military takeover. the us has the highest rate of obesity in the world with almost a third of the population classified as dangerously overweight yet despite more knowledge of the harmful effects of unhealthy eating america's waistline keeps growing the resident is a new york joining the fat with people on the battle of the belt. as the world's knowledge of science and medicine continues to grow so do our waistlines why this week let's talk about that most of the people is too lazy i think we're just lazy but i think that most of it is

and nato intervention is not the solution the solution has to be found in mali itself within west africa itself among the people. now some other news from around the world including rising violence in destabilized libya where fifty seven have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in tribal clashes in the last three days in the country's south according to local sources the fighting rose between two and is why tribesmen the latter reportedly supported by their so-called leaders shilled brigade deployed by the interim government to act as a peacekeeping force clashes between rival groups are common as the country is still awash with weapons seized by rebels during the uprising against moammar gadhafi. government morsi has been sworn in as the new egyptian president after taking the offer that the short oath of office it's so he's the country's first ever elected leader and the first civilian head of state since the toppling of hosni mubarak which was followed by more than a year over nationwide and rest of the country remains partly controlled by the army which has also declared it

we are beefing up our troops in iraq and we have are special forces all over east and west africa and we are talking about missile bases in eastern europe and talking about opening new bases in panama, columbia and peru. it seems like a disconnect between a talk of military spending reduction which i'm tempted to addwhich is in line with the in creaticrease in our national debt. is my perception wrong? >> i think i would respectively disagree with your perception in this sense. let's start with the administrations national security strategy which is a shift in focus and that being a very important part of the world in terms of our economy, and the entire world's economy. in conjunction with that, the administration had said they are going to keep the focus on the middle east and rightly so. if you look at what is happening right now with iran and producing the capability of a nuclear weapon, the strength that we have in terms of the protection and protection of our allies. so if we want, and i think we need to do, have the presentation we v. we also see other areas in the world where

lagos international airport is a major hub for west africa, handling more than two million passengers a year. in the wake of the crash, nigeria's president has declared three days of national mourning. tony guida, cbs news, new york. >> glor: george zimmerman, the man accused of murdering trayvon martin back on february 26th is back behind bars in florida tonight. from sanford just outside orlando, here's randall pinkston. >> reporter: shortly before 2 p.m. george zimmerman walked back into police custody ordered by a judge to turn himself in. zimmerman accused in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin earlier this year had been if hiding with his family since april after posting bail for 150,000 dollars. zimmerman attorney mark o'mara. >> he's worried about himself. he's worried about his wife. he's worried about his family. he's worried about everybody who has to be in hiding because of the enormous anger and frustration and hatred that has spurred from this case. >> reporter: the judge ordered the neighborhood watch volunteer to surrender on friday believing he and his wi

how ordinary people inside iran are actually getting affected by these policies or a straight to west africa to start the r.t. was update for you is that the bodies north and does that region have destroyed unesco holy sites in the city of mumbai two that comes amid conflict between competing rebel groups in the west african nation is the most fighters with ties to al qaeda say they are in control of the northern half of the country after driving out ethnic touareg separatists on thursday twenty one killed and. mohammed morsi has been sworn in as the new president of egypt after taking the official oath of office egypt's first elected leader since the fall of hosni mubarak on friday he rallied huge crowds in cairo's to rear square promise to stand up against the ruling military council huge protests have been demanding a complete power handover by the military since the toppling of the mubarak regime . now the u.s. is facing a growing problem with almost a third of its population classed as overweight it's got the highest rate of obesity in the world despite more awareness than ever about th

straight to west africa to start the r.t. what update for you now is the occupying armies of northern desert region have destroyed it you know holy sites in the city of tim buck it comes amid conflict between competing rebel groups in the west african nation is the most fighters with ties to al qaeda say they're in control of the northern half of the country after driving out ethnic to a record separatists just on thursday twenty one people were killed in gunfights. mohamed morsi has been sworn in as the new president of egypt after taking the official oath of office he's egypt's first elected leader since the fall of hosni mubarak on friday he rallied massive crowds in cairo's tahrir square and promised to stand up against the ruling military council huge protests have been demanding a complete power hand over by the military since the toppling of the mubarak regime . ok back in just a moment i will do a recap of the headlines that will be followed up by the latest edition of technology update. to the coolness the magic of t

i also reported from west africa for the associated press. and i also was a national reporter for the hartford current in connecticut before entering journalism education. >> before going into detail about any of these different incidents in history that you write about, would you give us -- first of all, give us an overview of what this book is about. >> the book discusses and debunks ten media-driven myths. these are stories about and/or by the news media that are widely believed and often retold. these are prominent stories about journalism and journalists. but these stories under scrutiny dissolve as wildly exaggerated. i characterize them as the -- akin to the junk food of journalism. they're appetizing, they're appealing, they're tantalizing, but they're not terribly nutritious or healthy in the long run. >> want to do this quickly and then come back to some of them. >> okay. >> let's go down the ten. i'll read off the chapter and you give us a little paraphrase on all of this. number one, i'll furnish the war, the making of a media myt

that the other the other guest mentioned the fact is that oil exploration and oil development and west africa has expanded dramatically and the united states and. this is going to do us a big piece of that another is that china's becoming a major player in africa are for a number of reasons mostly economic interest in life in new york city is trying to challenge that but again this is going to get some trouble are you seeing something that's at now some of that's on the problems for example in mali the coup there was a direct result of the u.s. trained officers now taking advantage of the situation that became militarized as a result of u.s. intervention and and the army i can see is an error somewhere a lot of america where all these assistance programs supposedly to stop. you know the extremist or terrorists or whatever end up with another round of military because it's just one that the continent is slowly going itself into a democratic direction leading the lead by his own people to end the domination of the military and so the more united states militarized is the region more united stat