we worked with airtel in zambia. they were our first partner to rollout the suite of free, basic services. then within weeks we starting hearing these pretty amazing stories coming in of people using the internet. so an expectant mother using the internet for the first time to look up safety and health information for how to raise her child. a poultry farmer using facebook, setting up a page in order to sell multiple times more chickens than he had been able to before. a university student using the internet to -- using wikipedia to look up the information and save money on books that she needed for an exam. and it is pretty crazy. within weeks, these new experiences start to come back. and that is really what we are here to do. the internet is a big enabler. it helps connect people to the modern economy. if we can help do that, then that is amazing. emily: what is the likelihood internet.org could help you get back into china? ♪ emily chang: what kind of data are you gathering about these users, and how do you use t

we worked in zambia.n weeks we started hearing these amazing stories coming in of people using the internet. an expectant mother using the internet for the first time to look up safety and health information for how to raise her child. a poultry farmer using facebook, setting up a page in order to sell multiple times more chickens that he had been able to before. a university student using the internet, using wikipedia to look up the information and save money on books that she needed for an exam. within weeks, these new experiences start to come back. that is what we are here to do. the internet is a big enabler and it helps connect people to the modern economy. if we can help do that, that's amazing. emily: what is the likelihood that internet.org could help you get back into china? ♪ emily: what kind of data are you gathering about these users and how do you use that data? mark: i don't think it's any different from how people use facebook normally. the biggest thing we've had to do to make internet.or

i was just a teenager at the time and living in the republic of zambia north of zimbabwe. i recall there was great excitement in zambia around the independence of zimbabwe this certainly - there were concerns on a number of fronts particularly in south africa and western capitals about who was coming to power in the republic of zimbabwe. >> indeed because his agenda was prointijonisation. -- pro-indigenousisation. the british were spooked because they feared that their own interests within the newly named zimbabwe were not going to be respected or protected by him in the new robert mugabe government. >> well, the deal hammered out in lancaster house in late 1979 was a major compromise for all the parties involved. yes, the radicalism of robert mugabe and zanu pf at that stage, a socialist agenda. in the contents of resuscitated cold war set people's nerves on edge at this stage. what robert mugabe did, of course with his policies of reconciliation and constructive engagement with the white community and the west of that side at that time turned things around. for many of t

ambassador to egypt to india zambia and the philippines.is a foreign policy adviser for squire patton boggs and it is great to have you with us ambassador. >> lou, thanks very much for having me. lou: yemen. >> yes. lou: it blows up seemingly in the face of this administration without, seemingly intelligence that would indicate that a flashpoint is about to explode. and then without action by this administration as a result. your thoughts. >> well, yemen has been ripping apart for the past three years. in fact, almost from the beginning of the arab revolution in 2011. so we've seen this playing out. the united states has made it clear to the neighboring states, the gulf cooperation council saudi arabia and the others, that fundamentally they needed to get in, change the government -- which they did -- and for a while that worked. now it is not working, and you have the worst crisis in yemen's history. it needs to be addressed. the united states can support but it can't change the facts on the ground. the saudis are taking the lead. they're

days and so more showers on the eastern side of southern africa stretching across zimbabwe wayand zambia further south words through sunday and easing there for malowai and big downpours as well as rains and you can see the nice line of shower cloud coming from ethiopia and kenya and uganda and gulf of guinea and 57 millimeters of rain in 24 hours and the numbers are around for center part of kenya and 5 millimeters of rain in just 24 hours, same chain of cloud pushing across into here 150 millimeters of rain twice as much rainfall across this particular part of central africa and showers will continue right across central africa as we go on through the next couple days southern nigeria may say wet weather but the north is warm dry and sunny for a few days. >>> and northeastern brazil will drought is devastating cities, towns and villages and the brazil government is about to announce emergency plan to try to revive the region. and as allen fisher reports the lack of water is effecting everyone as well as farmers' crops. >> reporter: it is a good day here, the water truck came. that mean

boosted a women's for my project, renovated eight the nexta clinic, visited an orphanage, and visited zambia alone in 2010. the initiatives she pursued 20 years ago appeared to be the same she will pursue the next 20. two follow her interest for the rest of my life. 000-00-- i hope. while it may be easier to imagine her as the dutiful wife, is neither a complete nor wholly accurate picture. based on her time as first lady, in this country and abroad, the public at home must reconsider their view of laura the librarian with laura, the international activist first lady. [applause] >> difficult following such terrific papers. but i will try. my name is ann. aannn: i had the pleasure of working with mrs. bush on a number of projects. i would like to focus on her work in the arts. in fact, i want you to know that i had the pleasure of serving also george bush senior when i was the head of the national endowment of the arts. president bush 43 and the laura bush were people dedicated to the arts. in fact, i like to call their administration the most money ever given out by the government for the ar

von habsburg our: our parent company gem fields ownes the greatest gem mine in zambia, and in mozambiquevast territory, i think 33,000 hectares, the greatest source of rubies today as rubies in the far east are disappearing, so this is a major source. we pride ourselves, the source of the rubies ethically. meaning there is no hanky-panky involved. tom: what do these run? how much is it going to set olivia sterns back for her egg? von habsburg: if we speak of the ruby egg, that is 28 thousand dollars, $30,000, for instance. it opens up, it is delightful. tom: and the $20,000 bill is inside. [laughter] olivia: the new russian money. tom: who is the comedian who fell down? amy schumer is the customer for this. olivia: who is the customer? von habsburg: all over the world. we have a bluetooth here boutique here on madison. people walk in from the far east, the middle east. it is quite astonishing that people from the middle east actually are very keen on some of the eggs. tom: there are a good. i have never had to shift from faberge eggs to minor-league baseball, but i will do it right now.

she boosted a women's for my project, renovated a clinic, visited an orphanage, and visited zambia alone in 2010. the initiatives she pursued 20 years ago appeared to be the same she will pursue the next 20. two follow her interest for the rest of my life. -- i hope. while it may be easier to imagine her as the dutiful wife, is neither a complete nor wholly accurate picture. based on her time as first lady, in this country and abroad, the public at home must reconsider their view of laura the librarian with laura, the international activist first lady. >> difficult following such terrific papers. but i will try. my name is ann. ann: i had the pleasure of working with mrs. bush on a number of projects. i would like to focus on her work in the arts. in fact, i want you to know that i had the pleasure of serving also george bush senior when i was the head of the national endowment of the arts. president bush 43 and the laura bush were people dedicated to the arts. in fact, i like to call their administration the most money ever given out by the government for the arts. in the history of art

you're putting a significant amount of money into africa rwanda, zambia, why? perception of the investment opportunity in africa lags the reality by at least five or ten years. if you look 15 years ago, 2000 to 2010 the compound annual growth in gnp was almost 5%, just behind the middle east. from 2011 to 2015, it picked up. even this year with the dramatic reduction in oil prices we're going to see 4.5%-type growth. the imf has already come out and said by next year sub-saharan africa will be back above 5%. the young population, the demographics are awesome. the average age is less than half what it is in the u.s. urbanization, 52 nations in sub-saharan africa with over 50 million people. so there's a lot of very very positive trends. and we've just had a democratic election that was peaceful in nigeria. this is a big thing. >> bob diamond, we appreciate your views on banking, the financial markets and all your investments in sub-saharan africa. >> thanks, brian. >>> still to come it is one of the biggest shutdowns in the history of higher education. corinthia

whether promoting education health care or opportunity in afghanistan or zambia, burma or tanzania shewas an exceedingly active first lady particularly through her work described by her director of policy and projects and a medical diplomat. they established the traveling fellowship through the department of state and the diplomacy in action program. her initial soirÉe into politics as first lady as first lady came in texas between 1995 and 2000 laura supported a number of causes related to education mercy while addressing related issues to prevent children's health. specifically to reach out and read program is a pediatric program in which doctors follow and write a prescription to parents to read to your children every day. a medical directive that worked wonders. she also uses the ready to read her program concentrate on early childhood educational programs that serve as a predecessor to the national project ready to read them a ready to learn. establishing the texas book festival considered by many to be her crowning achievement in texas which laid the groundwork for the national b

but the celebration is on and while they're celebrating, the team from zambia scores the tying goal.ter this time st all right. up with more time. so you know i can do this. >> what? >> no way! >> and i have many times. oh well. >> even the pros have trouble. >> even the pros, right. now you want blame parecy if he blames rory mcilroy. first he throws the ball in the water, what you know what happens next? the golf club. our race of the month. in the rally of mexico the estoneia self-addressed stamped envelope dunk and nobody got drowned. and our athlete of the month, also members colorado a spectacular dumplth i didn't say it went in -- spectacular dunk. i didn't say it went in. >> oh my gosh. >> that's what happens when you put him in the bad seats. >> you give me a front row seat i'll give you a much happier story. absolutely. >> al. >> your prize? >> wow. >> oh. >> it's a food fight on the "today" show. >> remember i have a bat. >> oh! >> it's getting ugly. >> she is from >> we have chrissy teigen talking about the lip syncing. >> that song "united. >> who can see . >>> good morn