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[ female announcer ] swiffer gives cleaning a whoho new meaning. >>> it is a tragic example of politicalo human misery on a scale that defies comprehension. the famine in somalia threatete an entire generation of east africas with starvation and now deadly disease. abc's david muir first travels there over the summer. tonight, he is back. >> reporter: cynthia, good evening. as you know, we've come back to somalia because the fall lynn is worsening. it's not just the hunger here. so many children are now fighting something else. an outbreak of measles. and as we discovered, it is spreading fast. we flew back to somalia and straight into a famine that is worsening there are more than 2 million children acutely malnourished. so this is the main hospital here in mogadishu, where, inside, there are too many children to count. amid the chaos, we learn there are only four doctors for more than 300 children. >> this is a difficult job and all the staff, all the staff, of this hospital, is volunteer. >> reporter: you're a volunteer? >> yeah. >> reporter: already overwhelmed with cases of malnutri
[ female announcer ] swiffer gives cleaning a whoho new meaning. >>> it is a tragic example of politicalo human misery on a scale that defies comprehension. the famine in somalia threatete an entire generation of east africas with starvation and now deadly disease. abc's david muir first travels there over the summer. tonight, he is back. >> reporter: cynthia, good evening. as you know, we've come back to somalia because the fall lynn is worsening. it's not just the hunger here....
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>> better to ask whoho we used be. people whose professions are no longer a thing. once, i was called travel agent. we live under the subways, with the ceo of friend ster. >> there is a migration back. >> reporter: at least to those who survived. the internet did change the game, the game who lasted a very long time. >> before the internet, you had travel agents almost like high priests. if you wanted to travel, you had to go to that church. but there were 30,000 travel agencies in the 1980s. even into the 1990s. >> reporter: and shockingly, more than hatch of those are gone. but that also means that nearly half are still here. an amazing 14,000 retail travel agencies are still in business. and liberty is one of them. what is the secret sauce? >> it's our people. >> reporter: in short, dealing with a travel agent is still a human experience. >> you have a preference on the time? >>>>eporter: in a way that doing business on the internet maybe is not. humans you can talk to when you're booking travel. an airline website -- no. as traveler pat puts it -- >> wouldn't yo
>> better to ask whoho we used be. people whose professions are no longer a thing. once, i was called travel agent. we live under the subways, with the ceo of friend ster. >> there is a migration back. >> reporter: at least to those who survived. the internet did change the game, the game who lasted a very long time. >> before the internet, you had travel agents almost like high priests. if you wanted to travel, you had to go to that church. but there were 30,000 travel...
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. >>> all right, coming up -- i'm going to forget about that picture -- whoho may be the nex host ofmy awards. >> and the eye-opening picture of a "glee" cast member that's generating a lot of buzz. your "skinny" is next. údúdúdúdúd >>> welcome back, evybod >>> welcome back, everybody. time for your labor day edition of "the skinny." we're still months away from the oscars, usually not until february or march of every year. there's already rumors out there. >> the buzz begins. >> about who could be the next host. it's always a critical decision, who is going to host. people didn't love anne hathaway and james franco, kind of a lukewarm response. guess who they're saying now could be the man to do the job? eddie murphy could be the host of the oscars. >> nice, i like this one. >> decision's not official yet, could come as early as this week. it would be great to see him after so many years since the days of "raw" and "delirious," to see him back onstage. seems like an unconventional choice. that's probably what they're going for. >> eddie has my vote, i think he'd be great. >> he'd de
. >>> all right, coming up -- i'm going to forget about that picture -- whoho may be the nex host ofmy awards. >> and the eye-opening picture of a "glee" cast member that's generating a lot of buzz. your "skinny" is next. údúdúdúdúd >>> welcome back, evybod >>> welcome back, everybody. time for your labor day edition of "the skinny." we're still months away from the oscars, usually not until february or march of every year....
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this guy whoho from queens, his name is jason the joke guy.s rough, this is what you need to do. he stands in central park with a 40 by 30 inch sign that says $1 jokes, laughter guaranteed. . >> that's a deal. >> that's a deal. this guy is no dummy. university of pennsylvania grad, started going to the park back in april. his first day, made 140 bucks in six hours. if you don't laugh, i'll give you your money back. here ar few examples. who did the promiscuous cow sleep with? udderly everyone. >> that's good. >> where's another one i found here? why are sharks racist? >> because only the great ones are white? >> yeah! i thought that was a good one. >> the laughter sound track. >> he goes to starbucks every day at 6:00 a.m., does a four-hour writing session over his coffee, does 20 jokes a day, two of which he'll take to the park. we want to bring him on the show, test him on live tv. >> we're coming afteryou. >> jason from queens in the park. >> we're going to find you, jason, bring you here. this next story i think a lot of people can relala
this guy whoho from queens, his name is jason the joke guy.s rough, this is what you need to do. he stands in central park with a 40 by 30 inch sign that says $1 jokes, laughter guaranteed. . >> that's a deal. >> that's a deal. this guy is no dummy. university of pennsylvania grad, started going to the park back in april. his first day, made 140 bucks in six hours. if you don't laugh, i'll give you your money back. here ar few examples. who did the promiscuous cow sleep with?...