>> the government of pakistan is organizing these campaigns with support of the world health organization, unicef, international partners. we do our very best to protect all polio workers in pakistan. but you know, this is a huge country and the government of pakistan is of course organizing these campaigns. >> but this is a campaign backed by the united nations and the world health organization. why isn't the world health organization involved more and the protection of these people? >> we are involved as much as we can, of course. we have a security system within who to protect people who are actually working in the polio program, including the polio vaccination. a huge program, affecting all parts of pakistan and the ownership of the programs, of course, given to the program. it is a collective responsibility for all of us. this has been isolated. it had never actually attained the problem we have seen at this stage. it is a completely new development. >> does the w. host: than accept responsibility for these nine deaths and do you admit a failure in providing or not providing cover ra

the world health organization is suspended vaccination drives across the country. international organizations are condemning the incidents and the disruption to efforts to end the disease. on wednesday a female health worker and her driver were shot dead in northwest pakistan. in the nearby city of peshawar a male team member was killed. the latest fatalities come after five anti-polio workers were killed on monday and tuesday. >> translator: i don't know what i should do. my mind isn't functioning. >> in a separate incident an 18-year-old woman who was supervising a vaccination campaign was shot dead on tuesday. in another attack a group of health workers were targets in a north western town on monday and three members of security forces accompanying them were killed. it's not clear who is behind the attacks. the taliban has denounced anti-polio campaigns. accusations condemn eed the attacks. >>> people have been dealing with widespread flooding in sri lanka. >> the rain has been in parts of northwest sri lanka. three days of severe wet weather had caused floods an

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the world health organization said the main hospital has up to 100 people every day that have been injured and it is running short of medicine and other supplies. the most common injuries are gunshot wounds and injuries from -- the battle for the syrian capital has entered its second month. they maintained a firm grip on their power base in the center of the city. the rebels were able to advance. the fighting is not likely to end anytime soon. >> a gunman in pakistan have killed six women who were working to vaccinate children against polio. >> their job was to help stop the spread of a devastating disease, and they were killed for doing it. on tuesday, gunmen shot to death six pakistani women who were working on a government- backed polio vaccination campaign. five of the women were killed in the largest city. >> they shot her from behind. there are no threats, nothing. she is my daughter. >> police say the killings were well coordinated and occurred simultaneously in three areas of the city. the sixth woman, believed to be 17, was shot to death in egypt. on monday-- in peshawar. all of t

air pollution is 23 times above the standards set by the world health organization. it is difficult to describe the smell of the river. it is a mixture of topic -- toxic chemicals with human feces. it is unbearable. yet millions of people use the river every day. it is the entry point to the capital. those who live in nearby slums dump their garbage in the river. they also washed themselves and their clothing in it. >> it smells, but with so, it's the clothing cleaned. >> authorities have left it to people to care for it. for millions of hindus, the river is sacred. every year, they immerse their gods in the water. for some, bathing in the river remains a sacred ritual. >> more than $3 billion is being handed out across spain on its 200th anniversary lottery. millions of prizes will be awarded. the biggest payout went to people in the town on the outskirts of madrid. they were very happy about it. the spanish government is desperate to revive the property market. it is offering foreign buyers an incentive to help shift almost 700,000 unsold properties. >> in the span

the world health organization this week launched a nationwide drive to vaccinate children against theisease. officials say that the campaign has been suspended and that pakistan is only one of three countries in the world where polio is endemic. these appear to have been coordinated attacks. >> i just spoke a short while ago to the pakistani government. while they expressed concern and regret, they were not sure that this was because they were administering polio vaccine and that they were not just accidentally caught up in the violence of the city. the evidence does not support that, police said that this was four shooting incidents where four women were shot dead and injured, it all happened in the space of 20 minutes. it very much seemed like a coordinated attack. in the past the taliban said that they would issued threats against these workers because they feel they are working for western interests, somehow gathering intelligence for foreign spy agencies and perhaps these health workers are somehow administering some kind of mitigation to sterilize muslims. they have an increasin

the plaintiffs argument the government should have banned asbestos after 1972 when the world health organization declared it to be cancer causing. >>> members of japan's coast guard are warning their fleets are being stretched to a breaking point. crews have been working overtime, patrolling around the always that japan controls but chesapeake and taiwan claim. on top of the monitoring of countries in the territorial waters and being on stand by for salvage and disaster operations, our team and western japan shows us, aging coast guard ships can't keep up. >> it controls the sea of japan. the coast guard ship is on the prefecture on the sea of japan. she's a large vessel, 78 meters long. after 32 years on the job, she is showing her age. the coast guard would like to replace each of its 120 vessels every 25 years but about three out of ten have been in service longer than that. with the yearly budget of $2.2 billion, the coast guard can't afford to replace old ships at the rate it would like, so they keep the ships going with makeshift repairs. >> translator: we have to deal with leaky fuel pipe

the world health organization is temporarily suspending vaccination drives across the country. international organizations are condemn the violence and the disruption to efforts to eradicate the disease. on wednesday, a female health worker and her driver were shot dead in charsadda in northwest pakistan n nearby peshawar, a team member was killed. the it comes after five anti-polio workers were killed in karachi on monday and tues y tuesday. >> translator: i don't know what i should do. my mind isn't functioning. >> in a separate incident, an 18-year-old woman who was supervising a vaccination campaign was shot dead by gunmen in peshawar on tuesday. and in yet another attack, a group of health workers were targeted in a northwestern town on monday and three members of security forces accompanying them were killed. it is not clear who is behind the attacks. the taliban has denounced anti-polio campaigns, calling them a western plot to sterilize muslims. religious leaders have spoken out to debunk such misconceptions. accusations that immunization campaigns were dpoefrd surprise

world health organization aid workers. the other victims are the 280,000 children have not get vaccinated now. >> what is being done to protect health workers and what is happening with a pakistani public opinion when it comes to attacks on civilians like this? >> the nature of these tax and the attack on mulala and the aid workers is terror. people need heroes. that is why the world rallied around mulala, because she stood up. she was a champion of education before she was attacked. these aid workers have gone forward with the polio campaign in the face of f taliban threat. they are heroes, and unfortunately, victims as well. >> ambassador, thank you for joining us. five very brave woman shot dead in pakistan. for more news about the world, chief correspondent for nbc, richard engel, and members of his production crew have been freed from syria after being held captive for five days. they came under fire at a rebel checkpoint on monday. he said his captors talked openly about their loyalty to president assad. under hospita

. >> the world health organization is also speaking out against the violence, saying it is depriving the population of potentially life-saving health care. >> irrespective of the circumstances of the situation, attacks on health workers, health facilities or health services are completely unacceptable. >> women health workers held protests in the southern city of karachi and in the capital islamabad. they are demanding that authorities provide them with protection to accomplish their goal of ending polio. pakistan is one of only three countries in the world where the disease is still endemic. it is not yet known who is behind the multiple attacks. the pakistani taliban has long opposed vaccinations saying they are a plot to sterilize muslims. however, they have spoken out against such myths. there are also accusations that immunization campaigns are cover for spies. following the death of osama bin laden it emerged that the united states had used a pakistani medical team to gather intelligence on the al qaeda leader. >>> the shooting of pakistani teenager an outspoken advocate of wome

when the world health organization launched its campaign 24 years ago, polio was found in 125 countriesth around 350,000 cases every year. but now it's endemic in just parts of three countries-- nigeria, afghanistan and pakistan. and the cases have dwindled. 650 last year, and just 213 in 2012 so far. the eradication program has had setbacks before, like a ban linked to extreme islamists in nigeria that led to knock-on outbreaks in 20 other countries. but observers say this week's violence is something new and requires the who to rethink the battle with polio it has so nearly won. >> i think it needs to think about how to do it differently. maybe not as polio for polio's sake, but in the context of health. and i know that that's been thought about. i know that the idea of integrating and mixing with other interventions has been thought through but maybe it needs another look. >> reporter: the w.h.o. warned failure to eliminate polio from its last few strongholds could mean as many as 200,000 new cases every year with a decade. that would be cruel memorial to the young volunteers who wer

court and said we are going to have the daily sheet and go on to popular vice he led the world health organization group presenting the experience to the group and it became much bigger than we ever anticipated, but the number one priority we made and the test is bringing the first item going over the names and the members of the team coming over the roles, and it is just a simple introduction, and when he led our committee at the world health organization, he was particular that would be the number-one item as well. we all saw the value in making introductions just a simple statement of your name and what you have on the team to be a critical part only just to be friendly, let's face it that's nice, but it was to empower people to speegap to read at your workplace you have a conference room and you are sitting around for a meeting and you have to say something at the beginning or present something or speegap. it's easier to speak again. it is almost as if the first time you speak up and say anything, you are activated and that is what we try to do is have to feed every member of the team. >> host

and popularized -- led the world health organization group. we presented our experience the group and it became much big irthan we anticipated. the number one priority that we made in the chick list was making the first item going over the names and members of the team, going over their roles, and it's just a simple introduction, and when he led our committee at the world health organization, he was particular that be the number one item as well. we all saw the value in making introductions just a simple statement of your name, and what role you have in the team, to be a critical part, not only just to be friendly -- let's face it, that's nice but that wasn't the goal. it was to empower people to speak up. actual work place you have a conference room and you're sitting around for a meeting, and you have to say something in the beginning or present something or speak up for any reason, it's easier to speak up again. it's almost as if the first time you speak up and say anything, you're activated and that's what we try to do is activate every me

world health organization aid workers. the other victims are the 280,000 children have not get vaccinated now. >> what is being done to protect health workers and what is happening with a pakistani public opinion when it comes to attacks on civilians like this? >> the nature of these tax and the attack on mulala and the aid workers is terror. people need heroes. that is why the world rallied around mulala, because she stood up. she was a champion of education before she was attacked. these aid workers have gone forward with the polio campaign in the face of taliban threats. they are heroes, and unfortunately, victims as well. >> ambassador, thank you for joining us. five very brave woman shot dead in pakistan. for more news about the world, chief correspondent for nbc, richard engel, and members of his production crew have been freed from syria after being held captive for five days. they came under fire at a rebel checkpoint on monday. he said his captors talked openly about their loyalty to president assad. under hospital

tokyo electric power company had earlier submitted the same data to the world health organization in march. more than 20,000 people including subcontractors took part in emergency operations at fukushima daiichi between march 2011 and the end of january this year. the youngest worker was 18 and the oldest 84. the maximum level of exposure for nuclear plant employees in japan is set at 50 millisieverts per year. that's 50 times more than for the general public. tepco says the highest doses among all personnel reached nearly 680 millisieverts. it was recorded on one of its own employees. workers in their 20s were the most exposed of all age groups with an average dose of nearly 16 millisieverts. those in their 40s were the largest age group with nearly 6,000 personnel, but they received on average a dose of less than 12 millisieverts. exposure to radiation makes it difficult for the operator to retain experienced workers. it will remain a major challenge to the decommissioning of the crippled reactor. the operation is expected to take several decades. >>> the co-winners of this year's

tokyo electric power company had earlier submitted the same data to the world health organization in march. more than 20,000 people including subcontractors took part in emergency operations at fukushima daiichi between march 2011 and the end of january this year. the youngest worker was 18, and the oldest 84. the maximum level of exposure for nuclear plant employees in japan is set at 50 millisieverts per year. that's 50 times more than for the general public. tepco says the highest doses among all personnel reached nearly 680 millisieverts. it was recorded on one of its own employees. workers in their 20s were the most exposed of all age groups with an average dose of nearly 16 millisieverts. those in their 40s were the largest age group with nearly 6,000 personnel, thaw but they received on average a dose of less than 12 millisieverts. exposure to radiation makes it difficult for the operate or the to retain experienced workers. it will remain a major challenge to the decommissioning of the crippled reactor. the operation is expected to take several decades. >>> co-winners of this

you know, that worke worked in e world health organization, it worked in unesco and the general assemblythe issue was dead for 20 years until the obama administration showed weakness on that point last year in unesco. that vote that admitted the palestinian authority as a member state foreshadowed what happened last week. it was entirely avoidable. the loss brought on by the united states weakness. >> eric: a group of bipartisan senators, or saying just that. they are threatening to cut off the palestinian funding. $500 million because of this. from your view, susan rice and the obama administration did what? >> guest: well, i think they gave up the most potent weapon that the united states has. the financial weapon. in almost any case that matters to us in the general assembly, we're going to be out-voted unless we're prepared to use the financial weapon. that runs contrary to every multilateralist instinct of the obama white house. they paid a price for it. israel paid a price for it, too. >> eric: why is it seemingly one-sided? i remember when you voted against the human rights counci

pentagon doesn't see lead mercury or depleted uranium as recognize hazards in about a month the world health organization organization is set to release its long awaited study on the lingering health effects in iraq and it's expected they're finding will make the same link that exposure to toxic medical metals excuse me a result of repeated bombings has not just ravaged the country cities but it's future generations bodies as well in washington little r.t. and here at r g twenty twelve brought us an exciting addition to our programming lineup breaking the set with host abby martin kicked off with the major headlines and a trending hash tag thanks so much for tuning in to the brand new show that i've been working here for hard all month to bring you i'm your host of the martin and this is breaking the set. you know when we started to come back to the point. we have a big computers be published that everybody's here for up to right you know i'm very pleased to be joined by producer director oliver stone so if there's one thing i can say to some of the last six months of nonstop election build up this for m

as a bad thing when the world health organization the american medical association says there's actually extra health benefits to genetically modified food so then why are the european countries banning them there they're not banning them they're saying that they have to label them they're actually banned in several european countries france for example i believe the u.k. germany germany i mean they're labeled every place else erica i think and i think it is a broader conversation about nutrition and the role it plays in our obligation to feed our fellow mankind but also to responsibly you know farm there are major implications with climate change with water with fertilizers and fundamentally the art of farming and the job has changed and so i think this kind of tries to zero in on the kind of mass industry farming for people think that they're getting a type of food and they're actually not that you know that the larger conglomerate mega farms have actually changed food and that's something that's been happening for a long time we don't have to buy. diversity that we used to there used

the world health organization reports the polio epidemic is a problem in three nations: afghanistan, nigeria and pakistan. the united nations reports 50 cases of the disease across pakistan alone this year and it is working to immunize presidents of kids under the age of five. we have the former state department under secretary who is professor of international politics at harvard kennedy school of government. not the first time we have heard this tactic used to scare the people into thinking the good guys are the bad guys but this is especially worrysome. >>guest: it is infuriating. it shows the lawless nature of much of pakistan and especially it shows the cynicism and the ignorance of the taliban and the other terrorist groups who do not care for the children of pakistan. they care more about their own ideology. polio is nearly eradicated world-wide but for these three countries. it is infuriating to see the taliban not accept elementary standards of behavior toward their own children in pakistan. >>shepard: you look around the world for that matter and it is hard to find a place

he's a nicotine addiction scientist who was awarded a medal from the world health organization for his work on medications to help smokers quit. so you've been working with people who wanted to quit and just couldn't for years. >> for many, it's so difficult that they will never be able to give up during their whole life. >> even with the patch... >> even with the patch and all the combinations, et cetera. i mean, there are people that don't invest in the future. they don't even invest in tomorrow. they live for today. >> let's talk about some of the aids that have been around to help people quit, because a lot of people fail with those. >> mm-hmm. >> do you think that's because the nicotine level isn't very high? >> partly. there are some studies from sweden, and it seems that not only are as many if not more using snus to stop smoking. but they may also also succeed to a higher likelihood than those who use nicotine replacement. and the reason for that, we think, is that snus is cheaper, more available, but it also gives more nicotine, which is what they need. >> can you put a percen

a decade ago, the world health organization had plans to eradicate polio, followed by measles, but vaccine scares around the world served to chip away at herd immunity, pushing these goals into the future. >> many of these germs belong to us only, which means if we can make enough humans immune simultaneously, we could eradicate them. and then, yes, we could stop vaccinating. there was actually a campaign hoping to eradicate polio from planet earth, as we did small pox, and notice we're not vaccinating anymore for smallpox because it's gone. but at the moment, at least, while they're in the world, there still is the potential for outbreaks if people are willing to stop vaccinating prematurely. >> narrator: why is it so hard for some americans to embrace this communal aspect of vaccines? frontline turned to political scientist hank jenkins-smith, who surveyed a representative sample of americans on their views about vaccines. >> are you required, do you feel like society requires you to vaccinate your children? >> it never felt like a choice to me. i mean, from the moment i had him in the h

and go on the vitter popularized , the world health organization group. it became much bigger than we ever anticipated. the number one priority that we made in the checklist was making the first item, going over the names and numbers of the team, going over their roles. deshaies a simple introduction. when gore won the land, he was particular that be the number one item as well. we have setup a value in making introductions, just a simple statement of your name and what role you have in the team to be a critical part not only to be friendly. let's face it that's nice, but that wasn't the goal. it was to empower people to speak out. at your workplace to have a conference room and you're sitting around for a meeting and you have to say something in the beginning our present some pain. it's easier to speak up again. it's almost as if the first time he speak up and say anything, your act debated and that's what we try to do is activate every member of the team. >> host: settee members are activated. what about the patient? >> guest: absolutely. it's amazing t

. >> if i take you back to 2009, with the swine flu hype, the world health organization was involvedtting flu shots around the world and it's a money, money game. and something i disagree with you on. in 2003 we had a similar strain that we had this year and now what? 48,000 people in the united states died of flu related illness that year. this year, we have a very good match on the flu shot. they didn't have a good match that year. this year, we do. so, the more people who get vaccinated this year, an early flu season, aggressive flu season as you said, it's getting widespread already. the shot works this year, the more people that get vaccinated, the more we protect the herd and less you'll see deaths in elderly people and chronically ill. it's a dead virus, you cannot he get the flu from it. it works and i'll come back on show and give it to you from free. stuart: you're guilt tripping america. that's what the medical business does, you're guilt tripping people. >> no. stuart: yes, you are. >> giving you sound medical advice. this year, works 60% of the time the flu shot. stuart:

the american medical association, the national academy of sciences, the world health organization among many others, or do you trust peta ask and the environmental work withing group, groups that are for the most part anti-gmo and anti-technology. always look which groups side with the technology. genetically-modified foods. so my final thoughts, i'm not into keep l scores essentially. my book is not a response to chris mooney's book. it's simply saying, as paul harvey would say, what's the rest of the story? so we're just saying, look, yeah, the right thing gets some things wrong, but to pretended the left is great on science isn't true, and the point of our book, revealing where the left goes wrong on science. data is data, it doesn't have a political agenda. and we have to learn to distinguish science from policy. you know, when scientists dabble in public policy, they sometimes get into trouble. so you need to learn to distinguish what the science says from what a scientist speaking as a public policy advocate says. and if we can put aside our political differences, we should be abl

we pay almost double for care that's ranked 37th in the world by the world health organization.s almost sufficient to handle our long-term stability. and i'm not confident we can get there. >> it certainly is, i mean having that discussion with the broad populous of this country is tougher than telling them you're going to raise taxes on the rich. >> oh, absolutely. i mean, unfortunately there's no easy solution to this, the health care problem. i think trying to squeeze providers can only go so far. ultimately it's going to be patients who are going to bear the brunt of that. i don't think we have any easy answers to the rising health care costs. >> we certainly have painted ourselves into a corner. rob, greg, thank you for your time. good to talk to both of you. retailer gap having its update of the day. jackie deangelis back at hq with the flashback. >> gap stocks down more than 4% today and more than 11% over the last week. this is after concerns about potential future discounting possibilities. now harrah's investment bank saying not so fast, that chatter is premature. whil

health. ktvu's rob roth is live where one organization is working hard to help young people suffering from mental illness. >> some parents are voicing concerns to protect their children from the world and protect the world from their child. >> reporter: she is a psychologist who works with teens and young adults with mental health. she says an early warning sign is isolation. >> struggling with depression or schizophrenia or a lot of anxiety. it gets in the way so this program is set up to help those individuals. >> reporter: the number of people suffering from mental health who become mass murderers is microscopic. a blog talks of her fears raising her 13-year-old son. she writes i live with a son mentally ill, i love my son but he terrifies me. they provide a host of different programs. >> if you have a young person and you are struggling with identity, depression or just worthlessness, really terrible ways to feel about yourself, to be ignored because people don't know what to do so they ignore you is one of the worst things you can do. >> reporter: each county has a mental health department and parents are encouraged to start there and learn what treatments are available but ma

he worked for a nonprofit organization and was a global expert on teen sexual health. >>> world war iiera explosives caused a scare in a west oakland neighborhood. the bomb squad was called to the home yesterday. a man said that he wanted to turn in some old tnt from world war ii. police closed off a portion of the area and had to evacuate residents action five and a half pounds of tnt was recovered and that amount could have potentially caused a lot of damage. >> officials connecticut are asking well wishers to hold off on sending gifts rather to the community. since the shooting at the school tens of thousands of toys, and other gifts have been going in to the community from all over the world. officials say they are deeply grateful but can't manage so many items. they say once they process everything they will let the public know the best ways to help. >>> in response to the sandy hook shooting guns for gross groceries program was held earlier than planned. long lines of cars and people waited to turn in their guns to officials yesterday. the event was first scheduled for mayn. run

health says a calorie is a calorie. >> it just hasn't been tested. one of the things we did when i started this organization. john: this being? >> the nutritionist study. we went back to world ii to every scientist that attempted to answer that question. we found 82 studies that have attempted to answer that. they were all probably the same limitations and problems. in 2012, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence. a calorie is not a calorie, necessarily. john: one thing that absolutely must be true if you should eat less fat. yet you eat lots of fat. and you're a doctor. a stanford doctor. what's that about? >> like i said, three or four years ago, when i got to the point where ms. chu overweight and my wife said i needed to be a little less not so thin, i realized that i probably had a carbohydrate intolerance issues in all of whole grains and things that i was eating were probably leading to be becoming fatter. and if i stripped that stuff out of my diet and i ate more fat, believe it or not, all of the metabolic derangement that was underpinning my propensity to gain weight would go away. lo and behold, it did. john: you are not fat now by getting fat. the question is, wh