zambia and zimbabwe are trying to are raise contributions to fix the dam. >> morning reveals kariba dam's huge size. one of the world's biggest. generating hydroelectricity. the wall is cracked, and needs to be fixed urgently to avoid what would be a catastrophic collapse. chief jackson is among the three and a half million people who live down river. his people believe a river spirit called the yami yami is to blame. >> it is true the yami yami is responsible for the cracks in the dam because it doesn't want anyone to tamper with the rivers. when the sadda zambizi is blockt will bring trouble to all of us. >> thousands that depend on the zambizi's constant flow of tourist. >> we don't want a tsunami coming up here. >> the governments of zambia and zimbabwe insist they are. but they do have to raise $ $250,000 before the complex repairs can begin. 24 and a half meters thick, if we look down this side of the wall at the sheer drop, you get a sense of the volume of water held back by the dam and how catastrophic it would be if anything went wrong. zambia's minister. >> we don't want to dela

. >> zambia and zimbabwe are trying to repair the kariba dam, one of the largest forming a border betweenthe two countries. cracks have appeared. people living below the dam are worried. tanya page has this report >> reporter: morning reveals the dam's huge size. it's one of the world's biggest. for more than half a century, it's harnessed the river generating hydro electricity for zambia and zimbabwe. age is showing. water gates are worn below the surface. the wall is cracked and needs to be fixed urgently to avoid what could be a catastrophic collapse. chief jackson is among the three and a half million people who live down river. his people believe a river's spirit called the numyyumy is to blame. >> it's true the numyyumy is responsible for the cracks in the dam because it doesn't want anyone to tamper with the rivers. when the zambizi is blocked, the spirit becomes angry and will make problems for all of us. >> fuller doesn't believe that. his business depends upon the free of tourists. >> it's a great concern to us down here because we are on the receiving end. we don't want a tsuna

in fact, that's why he left zimbabwe. >> when i was 18 years, the police catch us coming from a partywith my friend and we were in drag. they asked us, what is happening? are you a gay? what's happening? then my friend said, "yeah, we are gay." then after that they arrested us. they tortured us. they put our heads inside the water so that, when they were beating us, we must not cry loudly. some people they must not hear. then my friend he passed away. we just stay in police custody for about two weeks. then my friend died. he just died. to this day, he's not sure why. pukkie says he led a sheltered life as a child. his father was a soldier. pukkie tells us his life-story, including details of how and why he became a prostitute, working streets like this one. >> i was a sexworker. understand. it was not easy by that time. the situation, i never told my mama what i am doing to be a sexworker, even to my father. it was a little bit strange to me, but i didn't have a choice. i was supposed to do it through the situation because i was not working really. i was desperate for the money. >> o

. >> in mozambique close to the zimbabwe border. >> stephen: okay.gh it. >> yeah. >> stephen: okay. well, thank you for doing that. so i don't have to. i'm not a huge nature fanment i don't go for a lot of walks. what can we learn from walking through a national park, not america's national park, we've got the best natural parks, don't we? >> we do. >> stephen: we do have the best national parks. >> we dop. and we ought to be very proud of that and take better care of them, in my opinion. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: we should. >> but to get back, yes, to answer your question, you know, there is a huge amount of biodiversity, variety of species in a park like the one in africa that haven't been studied at all am you can be a real explorer. a young scientist can go to a park like that in africa and discover all sorts of new biological phenomenon and new species and so on. it's a voyage of discovery. >> stephen: now this park recovered after a war in mozambique. >> yeah. >> stephen: is it dangerous to walk through there, are there landmines, unspe

. >> one of the largest man made dams in the world is located on the river between zambia and zimbabwe. there are reports that there is erosions that could lead to collapse. the problem would be devastating for millions. >> morning reveals the dam's huge size. it's one of the world's biggest. for more than half a century, its harnessed the river, generating hydroelectricity. its age is showing. the water gates are worn and below the surface, the wall cracked and needs to be fixed to avoid what would be a catastrophic collapse. three and a half million people live down river. people believe a river spirit is to blame. >> it's true the spirit is responsible for the cracks in the dam because it doesn't want anyone to tamper with the rivers. when the river is blocked, the spirit becomes angry and will make problems for all of us. >> others don't believe that. his business depends on the constant flow of tourists. >> it's a great concern to us, because we are on the receiving end. we hope the government is doing everything possible. >> the governments insist they are, but they do need to ra

bikes to eleven countries which might suit against the resolution included bolster its syria and zimbabwe. international news on new and more the british like commissioner to india james david bevan has made to rush to sink the head of the bjp india's main opposition party that interested. polling booths in the bouncy seat during stage seven of india's started milling phase general election presents. i've been traveling around india will sing the progress of this election at the last few weeks. wanted to see the present time is reduced to my support for the persisting in democracy and it's a very very great privilege to witness it. in vista seven state election a total of eighty nine constituencies in seventeen states and two union terrace response to the polls to vote in the country of one point two billion people is the biggest democratic election in history according to most opinion polls the bjp said to win in our image or seeking training the wrinkly response team which is struggling for re election of three decade in color blocked by anger at economic slowdown on inflation in a stri

located on a river between zambia and zimbabwe.lions are living down river an tanya reed has the story. >> one of the word always biggest for evere for more than a are century it's harnessed the zambeezi river. the wall is cracked and needs to be l fixed urgently. chief is among the three and a half million people who live down river. his people believe a river spirit called the yami yami is to blame. >> it is true yami yami is responsible for cracks in the dam because it doesn't want anyone to tamper with the rivers. when the zambezi is blocked it makes problems for all of us. >> but this man doesn't believe thathat. >> it is of great concern to us down here because we are on the receiving ends. we don't want the tsunami to come up here. we hope the government is doing everything possible to do it. >> they do need to raise $250 million before the complex repair work can begin. to get a sense of scale take a look at lake careba there, held back bib the many dam which is about 24 and a half meters thick. if we look down at the sheer

they call you someone in the making to turn this country into another zimbabwe with land reforms. >>at has nothing to do with it. >> political opposition is spreading as people grow tired of corruption and alarmingly high unemployment. >> we got nothing now. >> reporter: yet it's also clear many south africans are better off after 20 years of democracy. the rally here claims the credit. >> now i'm working. >> it is very difficult to argue with these numbers. they may have problems, but it has the power of the state behind it and enduring loyalty of millions of south africans. the president brushes off corruption allegations, promises more jobs and investment and prepares for something close to another landslide victory. bbc news south africa. >>> experiments with mice in the united states shows some of the effects of human aging could be reversed. scientists found older mice became stronger and performed better mentally when injected with plaza from younger mice. it's not sure what caused the improvement. researchers think natural causes can restimulate the brain. now they want to ex

you work hard for yourself, for your family because we love zum bab w zimbabwe. >> training in where there are better facilities. >> saw him becoming the welterweight international champion, a title for boxers ranked outside of the world's top 10 is often a stepping stone to a big money title but manuchi and his supporters fear a lack of help may stand in his way. >> he has some very fruitful ideologies. we need support from the corporate world. he has some youngsters he is training. and he, himself, needs support as well. look. in our country. ? >> i am not the only boxer that can do better than this. they need the support of the country. they are not fighting for themselves. they are fighting for national even for africa. >> it's a long way from las vegas and the prospect of another welterweight champion. floyd mayweather, he is said to earn more than $30 million for his upcoming world title fight. >> mayweather something a human being like us, and any time, it shall come to fight mayweather, i don't mind. >> manuchi is sent to meet robert mugabi to ask for more government support.

look at zimbabwe, across the boarder. many support because it helps end colonialism. >> look at mozambique. it's the same thing. that could change, if the liberation parties don't do more to address the needs of the poor. >> nevertheless, there are people who say that the leaders - the margin of the leaders will be smaller than in the past. where mite it not have -- might it not have fared so well. >> well, it may not have done well in places where after 20 years after apartheid the government didn't do enough. we speak to people saying they've been on a list for housing since 1996, they were waiting for decent accommodation, and water. that could explain why we see a lot of violent protests in some are areas. the a.n.c. got about 65% of the national votes. it could be a wake up call for the leadership. in public they'll celebrate that they've won the election. in private, they could be saying let's pull up our socks. the opposition parties, the democratic ascplirnings the kids on the block, freedom fighters. seem to do w

it pledged over $2 billion for a power plant and cole mines in zimbabwe. kenya signed deals worth $5 billion with china for a railway line and an energy project. we have nor from nairobi, which is the last stop. [ singing ] >> reporter: these students are singing m mandarin, preparing to perform for the chinese prime minister. they are aware how important his visit is for kenya. after years of studying the language, they hope to turn their hard work into jobs with chinese companies, based in kenya. >> this is a good opportunity to get a career and employ people. it's massive. >> their teacher is excited too. >> we encourage them to go to china and come back. they realise that there are so many opportunities for them. we have so many companies established here in kenya, and realise that the chinese people, and local people who can speak the language >>> students at nairobi see their economic future tied to china. ed. >> the place young kenyans come to learn mandarin is an entire institute. all the classrooms are labelled in chinese. there's a lot of evidenc

. >> he is set to leave zimbabwe and he will ask robert mugabe to ask for support. only with that backing does he believe he can one day fight for a world title. >>> the portland trailblazers are through to the western kverns play of semifinal. after a win over the rockets. they led 3-2. rock erts parsons scored with less than a second. putting them 98 to 96%. there was a three pointer with the last shot of the game, to see what the 99 to 98 win for portland. it's the first time in 14 years they reached the semis. >> i think i can speak for the team when parsons made the lay-up with 0.9 seconds much everyone was like man, we have to go back to houston. the first thing i did was look at the other end at the clock to see how much time was left. i knew we'd get a shot. i didn't know what the quality would be of the shot. we got as good a look as we would get. we executed the play that the coach drew up in the time-out. here we are. >>> in the west the dallas mavericks sealed their series against the san antonio spurs, winning game 113 to 111. rapt tors also won. >>> th

i'm 11 years old, there was a man working for my parents who grew up in zimm zimbabwe. he was studying at ucla, and he had learned about marcus daughter i have, he was doing a research project. so he told me about the harlem hellfighters. he said there was a unit of black americans that went off to fight, and they were given to the french, became one of the most deck crated units in the entire u.s. army although the american army didn't even want them. now, when you're a white kid growing up in the good part of l.a., that kind of injustice is not normal. so that was pretty shocking for me. you know, i'm 11 years old on the good side of l.a. did that really happen? [laughter] what? really in oh, my goodness. so i was constantly interested in this. and i kept studying about the hellfighters as much as i could. when i was 20 years old, i did my semester abroad at college. some of you know what happens, you go to college, you have a great time, and then you do a semester abroad, and you have a great time and get drunk and throw up over there. just like you do over here. exc

all over the world after the so-called democratic revolutions, look that castro and other places, zimbabwe, became dictators. washington was not only a brilliant general who helped lead the revolution against all odds and win, he was a brilliant statesman. the framers were united in their desire for liberty and representative government, a lot of opinions on how to get there, washington knew he could push it one way or another and understood he needed to be the invisible hand behind the process, the fact that he agreed to go to the constitutional convention, he had to think about that. you wanted to go back to mount vernon but he cared about his country deeply to the point where he went broke as many of these men did because they were busy in public affairs. so much about what washington did and said and so forth said the nation on of proper course of my give it to him in a close second would obviously be lincoln. even though the nullify years would disagree with me and the neo confederates. did lincoln do some things we would question today? yes. on the other hand nation was -- all hell w

we love zimbabwe. >> those challenges include having to train in zambia where there are better facilities before his last fight. >> contest saw him becoming wbc welterweight international champion, a title for boxers ranked outside of the world's top 10. it's often a stepping stone to a big money title fight. >> but manuchi and his supporters fear a lack of help may stand in his way. >> he has some very good possibilities. we just need support from the corporate world. he has some youngsters he is training. and he, himself, needs some help as well. in our country, we are aban oned in boxing? >> i am not the only bosser. we can be better than this. they need the support. they are not fighting for themselves alone. they are fighting for national and for africa. >> it's all a long way from las vegas and the prospects of another welterweight champion, floyd may skths weather is set to earn more than $30 million in his upcoming world title fight. >> he is a human being like us. the chance comes. manuchi is set to meet the president to ask for more government support. only with that sort of bac

it also work in zimbabwe and canada.oversight in promoting democracy after the anniversary of 9/11 and his full resume will remain a part of the record and is a very distinguished one at that. richard is assistant secretary in the state department migration bureau the position that has been held since 2012. previous government service includes time in the state department, peace corps, and she has worked with the council on foreign relations. she was part of a team that founded the international crisis group, a group we hear from often on this committee. if you could begin? smith andou, chairman other members of the subcommittee, for this opportunity to testify about the central african republic. concernedown more with the interreligious violence that continues throughout the central african republic. the u.s. remains committed to working with the c.a.r. tensions in all authority and the international community to end the violence and build a transitional rss leading to the establishment of a legitimate elected governmen

nationalist way which scans sound to some a little bit but the message you may hear from iran and dumb in zimbabwe. he's out there we shouldn't these aunties and she ain't easy you were tempted into women's cycling team steve would respond to what to do the run is intended to keep them for pennies. so hence is going to be what could be given out so well. often when those three groups and up to knowledge of the finds he's the kind of sentence is open to all those different classes to attend inside things he does and says that since this is going to continue or is it tilting one way or the other. i think that i can see you when you learn the history and saving face and fifty different time different moment of history and i think that sarah when you know what's happening to us. i think that the pegasus he's strong enough to maybe meet a tendency to stay on the middle road you think mitterrand about continuing the use of the constitution for the ports because the seed dementieva twenty summit has fifteen forties his hero status by hearing those who fight for justice and against upper teeth. i'm no we

i have with me that i carry zimbabwe currency.hat is from 1998, zimbabwe was producing $100 bills that you could exchange a thomas cook for a $20 u.s. now flip it over, that's what they were producing in 2008. their currency collapsed, those were $100 trillion bills not worth one penny. but despite the fact their currency collapsed, their stock market actually did pretty well. it was the best performing stock market in 2008. so i cover this in the book. if a currency collapse happens, you don't want to avoid stocks. if a deflation happens, you want bonds. so the question is, what kind of economic attack would we be facing, what are they going to do and how should you respond? and that's why it's called "game plan." the plan is you look at the offense and say, well, they're going to pass. and if you want to pass, then you want a pass defense. if they're going to run, you want a run defense. so we cover all types of economic attacks and all types of investment and how you respond. >> host: right now what kind of defense do we have u

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worked in but run day, zimbabwe, at the state has done officer training.his full resume will be made part of the record, it's a very distinguished one. as well as for ms. ann richard who is the assistant secretary in the state department's population, refugee and migration bureau, which she's since 2012. her previous service includes time in the state department, the officeorps, and of management and budget. she has also worked at the council on foreign relations, international rescue committee and was part of a team that founded the international crisis group. that we hear from often on this committee as well. you couldassador, if begin. >> thank you very much, chairman smith, ranking member bass, members of the subcommittee, for this opportunity to testify again africane central republic. since i last appeared before you, we have grown more with the inner religious violence that anti-balacatween and militias throughout the republic.rican the united states remains committed to working with the c.a.r.'s transitional authority and the international communit

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after these so-called democratic revolutions, you look at castro, you look at these other places, zimbabweforth, that's what these men did, they became dictators. washington was not only a brilliant general who helped lead the revolution against all odds and win, he was a brilliant statesman. and while the framers were united in their desire for liberty and representative government, there were a lot of opinions on how to get there. and washington knew that he could push it one way or another, and he understood that he needed to be sort of the invisible hand behind the process. i mean, the fact that he agreed to even go to the constitutional convention, he had to think about that. he decided he'd go. he wanted to go back to mount vernon. that's where he wanted to stay. but he cared about his country deeply, to the point where he went broke, as many of these men did, because they were busy in public affairs. but so much of what washington did and said and so forth set the nation on the proper course, in my view. that's why i give it to him. a very close second would obviously be lincoln, ev

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with ambassador robert jackson previously served as ambassador to cameron. , has also worked in zimbabwe, portugal, canada. he has worked in commercial and concert sections. oversight and the office of promotion and democracy after 9/11. a part of the record as a very distinguished. help through 2012. as the previous government service includes time in the state department, the peace corps, and the budget, worked at the council on foreign relations . a group that we hear from often. mr. ambassador, if you could begin. >> thank you very much, chairman , ranking member, other members of the subcommittee for this opportunity is testify again about the central effort of the republic. since i last appeared before you we have grown more concerned with the into religious violence that continues between the two throughout the central african republic. the united states remains committed to working with the transitional authority and the international community to end the violence in build a transitional process leading to the establishment of a legitimate elected government in cr. destroyed the

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zimbabwe -- really, we are at the bottom of the list.ur infrastructure overall is ranked at 26, putting us competing with albania and places like that, and in terms of percentage of gross the mystic product, -- gross domestic product, we are down to about 100 and the world. it is pathetic. host: janet. maine, independent line. caller: as soon as i was put on hold, you answered my question, but i will be asking you to expand on it. i did not only thing, but i knew that when the financial crisis happened here was a democratic president, and i could not believe they did not do the same -- g fdr did the [indiscernible] caller: i cannot believe they did not do that. my question is would that have done as much for the economy? money have gone to the banks? if we had done that, would it have helped everyone, raise the boat, and i wish you could talk more about who did think of that? i thought i was the only one. who did think of that? when i heard you say president obama succumbed to the pressure of three republicans, it brought me back to what

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