almost a quarter of a million people have fled eastern zaire because of fierce fighting in the region's begun evacuation of almost a quarter of a million people have fled eastern zaire because of fierce fighting in the region. the un says it's begun evacuation of humanitarian staff. corneille ewango, who is now the director of the wildlife reserve in the ituri ra i nfo rest. in australia in the 1960s, conservationists began fighting to protect the great barrier reef from mining and oil drilling and our next witness, eddie hegerl, has spent his life trying to protect the coral reef from destruction. the barrier reef has a wonderful array of fish. really, the things to me are the most spectacular are the ones i know the least about it, and that is the enormous variety of marine invertebrates. there is an enormous number of species, it's pretty hard not to go a day without seeing something you've never seen before. in mid—1967, there was an application to mine on ellison reef. the man who wanted to mine it for limestone actually called it a dead reef. i and a group of colleagues who'd be

susan zaire was trying to get the attention of the republican members of congress, and she had lost her son-in-law, i believe let's play what she had to say >> look at it. you have no guts no guts at all you don't even look at me. don't tell me you respect veterans because you don't [ crying ] >> and, i mean, just the emotion, the frustration, jon stewart, the anger, with not being able to get -- those were the leaders of the republican house members, they were going back to their office buildings, talking about their post-election agenda, for them not to have the humanity to walk over and talk to you guys. >> the whole thing, again, is a metaphor for everything. they were up there with a photo op and they had the microphones. we don't have microphones down here it's just family members and victims and advocates. and they're up there with a microphone and we hear from the steps, america is a country worth fighting for meanwhile, the people who fought for that country are down here saying they're sick and dying from an easily solvable problem. we have the money. the money exists in the p