but the hardest hit and most vulnerable are in southern somalia. there, civil conflict has combined with the regional drought to produce famine. 10's of thousands of somalice have died and more than half a million -- 10's of thousands of somalis have died and more than half a million are on the brink of starvation. yet aid isn't flowing to where the famine is because much of somalia is controlled by the islamic insurgent group that's threatened and killed international aid workers there. what's more, u.s. antiterrorism restrictions make it a crime for any american charity to provide support directly or indirectly to al-shibab. today at the urging of major aid groups, the u.s. government eased that threat. us-aid administrator rajiv shah is back from the region. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> warner: you are back from visiting somali refugees from camps in kenya who fled. how bad was the situation? >> it's tragic and it's worse than most people believe. i met a young named habiba who had walked for 33 days with her two children and with lit

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but there is war going on in somalia. >> the failure to solve somalia's deep-seated crisis drives a new generation across the border. another mother building another shelter in this no-man's land of hopelessness. >> you have been watching news day from the bbc. i am in singapore. >> i am in london. a quick reminder of the big story. thousands of extra officers appear to have prevented a fifth night of violence in cities across england. we will keep you updated on our website. for now, from us in london and singapore, that is it. do not for get you can follow the laws on twitter. for now, from bbc newsday, thank you for watching us. >> >> make sense of international news @ bbc.com/news >> funding was made fun of -- possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vt., and honolulu. the newman's own foundation. and union bank. ♪ >> union bank has put its global financial strength for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> bbc world news was presented by kcet los angeles. by kcet los angeles.

scott will be reporting on the famine in somalia in just a moment. but first, the big story here at home tonight. a huge selloff on wall street in the first trading session since standard & poor's downgraded america's credit rating. the dow plunged 634 points-- or more than 5.5%-- the biggest one loss in more than two and a half years. and it comes on top of the nearly 10% drop in the past two weeks. today s&p also downgraded mortgage lenders fannie mae and freddie mac. and even assurances by the president could not stop the slide in stock prices. from the opening bell, a cascade of selling swept over the market. by just after 3:00, investors were just dumping shares. >> right now it's 1.6 billion on the down side, 24 million on the upside. >> reporter: even veteran traders like alan valdez were startled. >> on any given day the ebb and flow of this market is all confidence and right now there is no confidence in the markets. people are saying why buy stock in i don't know where it's going. >> reporter: ironically, even after standard & poor's downgr

they've expanded the famine zone to three more regions in southern somalia. the warning shots have been fired for the world to help. the question is ether they will, because they haven't had nearly as much aid or help from the global community as they'd like. >> why not? >> part of it, obviouslyhe complications you saw there when we were in mogadishu. alhabaab has moved into mogadishu, spread out across the city, and made it difficult for humanitarian groups around the world to get the aid in. so many people have written to me online, on twitter, why in earth would they want to keep the food from the people? part of the reason is, they control so much of the south. not only have they gone to the refugee camps in kenya, but migrated into mogadishu, knowing full well the danger of mogadishu. >>etter than where they are. >> they think it's the only hope for food. al-shabaab is nervous about it, because if they move to the south al-shabaab loses its group. >> rose: it's people as a weapo. >> it's absolutely scandalous. we're talking about the children, butadults

where we just went was a town just across the border in somalia. it is under the control of government troops. it's under the control of the transitional government of somalia, and that's why, frankly, we were safe going into that town. we had military escorts the entire way. but what's interesting is that town has seen very little aid because it just became a government-controlled town make a few months ago, so there are a lot of starving people there. we went in with a convoy this morning run by a canadian and a u.s. ngo. i believe it's the first time western aid has gotten into that town at all. there were two large trucks that we went in to cover, two big trucks filled with sugar and oil and flour, all the basic essentials, enough to feed 14,000 people for the next two weeks. >> and that is just a drop in the bucket when you talk about the way this thing is spreading. this is the worst tragedy on earth. and it doesn't seem as though the whole world is mobilized. you're there and the aid groups are there, but what more can be done? >> reporter:

th've expanded the famine zone to three more regions in southern somalia. the warning shots have been fired for the world to help. the question is ether they will, because they haven't had nearly as much aid or help from the global community as they'd like. >> why not? >> part of it, obviouslyhe complications you saw there when we were in mogadishu. alhabaab has moved into mogadishu, spread out across the city, and made it difficult for humanitarian groups around the world to get the aid in. so many people have written to me online, on twitter, why in earth would they want to keep the food from the people? part of the reason is, they control so much of the south. not only have they gone to the refugee camps in kenya, but migrated into mogadishu, knowing full well the danger of mogadishu. >>etter than where they are. >> they think it's the only hope for food. al-shabaab is nervous about it, because if they move to the south al-shabaab loses its group. >> rose: it's people as a weapo. >> it's absolutely scandalous. we're talking about the children, butadults

the president of somalia announced today that the rebel group that runs much of southern somalia has pulled out of the capital of mogadishu, the militant group al shabob is -- that news comes at the same time the united nations and international red cross announced a horrifying number of people affected by famine, gripping somalia now, the latest estimate, 29,000 children dead from lack of food and water in the past month alone. teams from cnn are on the way to somalia this weekend. look for reports from chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay group that and his team shortly after they arrived. >>> other international news now, the former prime minister of the ukraine went to jail yesterday. these people rallied jos the courtroom in ke yef. she left office last year and is now on trial charged with corruption. yesterday the judge ordered her arrested and removed from the courtroom saying she was disrupting the child. the president of venezuela says this is his new look. president hugho chavez showed up with most of his hair shaved off. he underwent chemotherapy in cuba. >>> chaves doe

refugees are pouring out of somalia, the failed lawless state. the lucky ones reach refugee camps just over the border in kenya, but already there are 450,000 people jammed in those camps that were designed for 90,000. in all, right now, 12 million people are at risk of starvation. those are the people tyler hicks and writer jeffrey gettleman of the "new york times" found in somalia's capital. we spoke to hicks earlier today. >> reporter: tyler, your pictures of course are about individuals. but i'm curious about what we can't see. can you give us an idea of how many people are affected this way? >> it's not like a place that you have to look very far. everywhere in the city there are people streaming in, particularly the thing that jumped out at me is the amount of children and how incredibly frail they were. the women, almost every one of them is carrying at times what looks like skin and bones, and i honestly, there are moments i didn't know if the child they were carrying was alive until they shifted and you could see that the child was movin

back to our interview that was interrupted earlier on somalia we've learned much about u.s. involvement in recent weeks but now thanks to robert young pelton of a small he reports and david x. that wired danger real waiting to read from a ship turns out that buried deep in u.n. reports there's evidence that half of all u.s. abide weapons to ugandan and burundian soldiers who belong to the african union's peacekeeping force that are supposed to be fighting al-shabaab turns out that have those weapons are ending up right in the hands of al shabaab and it's a familiar sounding story because it is it's happened numerous times before we have to wonder why we can't learn from our own history what it says for the wars that we might be arming in the future joining me to discuss this is scott horton contributing editor on legal and national security matters for harvest magazine scott thanks for joining us tonight we finally got got you on the screen there now am i right or am i right this is a familiar story how many times could you say that it's happened before. constantly i mean wh

growing fears for famine victims in somalia. half a million children could die as the threat of violence undermines aid efforts. >> it is to lay him in london, broadcasting on pbs in america and around the world. the credit ratings agency moody's has confirmed the united states can keep its aaa status after the country avoid defaulting on its debt. president obama has signed into law an agreement raising the government debt limit. but moody's has assigned a negative outlook to the rating to show there is still a risk of future downgrade if the government's fiscal discipline weekends. in the past hour, china's the state news agency has said the deal has refused to diffuse the bond issue. >> there has been little to smile about in the last few weeks as the president and his opponents try to cobble together a deal. but now it is done. disaster has been averted. the president who came to power promising hope and change has been pushed into presiding over cuts. he sounds cross. >> it is likely the uncertainty surrounding the raising

growing fears for somalia's famine victims. the threat of violence undermines aid efforts. >> we are broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america, welcome to "newsday." the credit rating agency moody's has confirmed that the u.s. is to keep its aaa status after the country avoided defaulting on their debt. president obama has signed an agreement raising the american government's debt limit. they have assigned a negative outlook to show that there is still a risk of a future downgrade if the government's fiscal discipline weakens. the deal failed to diffuse washington's debt bond. >> there has been little to smile about in the past few weeks as the president and his opponents were deeply divided over the economy and they tried to cobble together a deal. failure followed failure but now it has done. the president became to power promising hope and change has been pushed into cuts. >> it is likely that the uncertainty includes increasing the debt ceiling for both businesses and consumers has been unsettling and just one more impedime

somalia is not an easy place to help. andrew harding, bbc news, mogadishu. >> now look at other news. the israeli government says it will postpone a planned increase in fuel prices, an effort to tackle the biggest popular protest in decades. hundreds of thousands are demonstrating against the soaring prices of food, housing, and basic services. benjamin netanyahu has set up a task force. american secretary of state hillary clinton has held talks with opposition activists in syria to convince the government to stop operations in hama. violence has continued. activists say more people have been killed by tank and sniper fire. in cairo tomorrow, hosni mubarak is to go on trial five months after he was ousted. there are still doubts about whether the former leader will appear in court. this is seen as a critical test for the nation. >> he inspires demonstrators to keep coming back to tahrir square. night after night, they demand justice for the deaths of protesters who battle to overthrow the president's regime earlier this y

there's a buy it in so mile it's even worse because in somalia. context like we see american and repeat about to famine in somalia nobody puts this into context the famine was caused along many reasons by defect to the united states via its european interfere with so why that has been interfered since two thousand and six and this government that is in mogadishu is the puppets it's your p.l.o. live in american aligned government so al shabaab yet it's not this. eager structure that is going to back to united states out of mogadishu or from southern somalia this is completely ridiculous and there are a lot of five hundred fighters at it off course he when they see that foreign intervention be a very leery of international aid mechanisms that are trying to go to somalia now to alleviate offended because they don't trust these people just like they don't trust any sort of intervention and they know because the americans are pretty intervening for over twenty years in fact and some of the weeping anchors that you've mentioned were anderson cooper of c

somalia? >> [unintelligible] >> the answer is no. their parents say it is a bad place. this massive aid operation sustains 300,000 people who have fled since the 1990's. they need help, but they are not starving. 3 out of every four people you see have nothing to do with the current crisis. in some cases, they have been collecting rations like this for a decade and more. it is a graphic reminder there is a deeper problem at work than this year's drought alone. >> it begs the question. is all this solving the problem or prolonging it? an answer, not one for the faint hearted. >> let the aid be stopped. then they will have to go back home. some will die. >> over the years, parts of the refugee camp have begun to look more and more like a town. there are markets, mechanics, even a juice maker. and has its own economy, driven in part by the aid that glows in. refugees spend what they get at one shop with other traders. >> of course, it would be better to run a business. this war going on in somali

somalia collapses and there's no government there. neither side -- neither camp in the cold war thought i would have been. nor was that the goal of the ussr or the u.s. the cubans were there to create a socialist alliance and revolution to improve people's lives, raise the standard of living of people. carter supported somalia because they strip people of the basics of a rates. best of intentions on both sides regardless of the consequence was the collapse of state that he destabilized. probably permanently destabilize the region. so that's how the climate crisis works through these preexisting problems. what you have now in northern kenya is essentially a state of war. intercommunal warfare that involves cattle raiding, rating traffic on the highways, cross-border raids by the military the kenyan police in their, back-and-forth. official numbers about 100 people at abc aired and that's probably about half the number because most of the deaths are registered. many of the roads are too dangerous to travel. it's an undeclared war, socia

military operations in somalia is not going to talk about the fact that half of the weapons that we supplied a foreign peacekeeping troops and now they handed off to scott horton contributing editor on legal and national security matters for harper's magazine. president barack obama signed the last minute deal to raise review as dead ceiling after the senate finally votes for the motion to avoid the vote but critics say there is little to cheer about as america still faces because we cannot make recovery. the u.n. security council resumes discussions on a resolution on syria after a bloody government crackdown on protesters in houma continues for it's a day with more demonstrators reported killed opting to sunday's death toll of more than one hundred rush says a new zealand decision must be driven by the interests of the city when. the israelis seized by a tidal wave of antigovernment protests demanding sweeping economic reforms but demonstrators complained that summer of discontent is launching a big pasta by the international media. as the headlines now let's go back to the end. download t

. >> the situation is so dire in somalia right now, the u.s. estimates that the drought and famine there have killed more than 29,000 children are under the age of 5 in just the last 90 days alone. >>> meanwhile, vice president's wife, jill biden, is going to be leading a fact finding mission to east africa this weekend to see what more the u.s. can do to help victims of the famine that's devastating the region. joining me live now is nbc's kate snow in kenya, near the somalia border. hi, kate. >> hi, richard, how are you. there are relief efforts starting to get in here, a lot of fact finding missions. that's a start. we caught up yesterday with one woman who decided to lead an aid convoy into somalia itself. the thing that is so unique about this is the history of amanda. >> i want to go in five minutes. this has been going on too long already. >> reporter: organizing a food convoy into southern somalia is a logistical nightmare. not many small aid organizations are even attempting it. >> these are trucks. >> i'm so excited to be bringing the

>> reporter: we actually went in to somalia today. we went up the border and crossed into a place in somalia. there's a lot of fighting and instability in somalia. it's a divided country. the place where we went is now government controlled. so relatively secure place. but that said, a lot of aid is not getting through. so it was really something to see this aid convoy, an american group and a canadian group working together to bring two big trucks full of aid in there. and people were saying to me, we need this so desperately. a grandmother of six grandchildren said, my grandchildren are starving. those pictures that you're showing, tamron, are not unique. i wish i could say they were. but we're hearing stories like that -- >> i believe we just had a technical problem with kate's live report. but as you heard her there, she'll have more tonight on "nightly news." sadly not enough aid getting to those people who are starving who are in need. we know the situation, the civil war and the chaos happening in somalia greatly affecting -- i

it was the second largest base in southern somalia. by this time of the year, it would have been very, very busy. but its completely empty because they were kicked out of this area by al shabab. now, the international donors are unwilling to rush money back into the area, fearing it will end up in the hands of militants linked to al qaeda. in his first television interview with the western media, i asked the al shabab spokesman if his group was deliberately obstructing the aid effort. >> ( translated ): there is a drought, but it has not reached a famine. the famine has been averted due to support and aid from business and somali communities. >> reporter: he dismissed reports that al shabab have demanded taxes from aid agencies as just propaganda. >> ( translated ): we have only refused those who were doing more harm than good, and those agencies with political agendas. we have allowed access to all other charities. >> reporter: and as the authority, it is al shabab which decides who's allowed in. the group monitors throughout every pr

back to our interview that was interrupted earlier on somalia we learned much about u.s. involved in recent weeks but now thanks to robert young pelton of a small he reports and david axelrod's danger real when even more information turns out that buried deep in u.n. reports is evidence that half of all u.s. supplied weapons to ugandan and burundian soldiers who belong to the african union peacekeeping force that are supposed to be fighting al shabaab turns out that have those weapons are ending up right in the hands of al shabaab and it's a familiar sounding story because it is it's happened numerous times before so you have to wonder why we can't learn from our own history what it says for the wars that we might be arming in the future joining me to discuss this is scott horton contributing editor on legal and national security matters for harvest magazine scott thanks for joining us tonight we finally got got you on the screen there now am i right or am i right this is a familiar story how many times could you say that it's happened before. constantly i mean with scott

southern somalia. right now it is in a few districts in southern somalia. if it spreads tufl southern somalia, that would be incredibly bad. remember, 300,000 people died 19 years ago and they say the famine is worse this time because the drought is worse. it is the worst drought in 60 years. and because you have this el shabaab group. >> welcome to 8:00 p.m., by the way. >> thanks very much, piers. >> take care. >>> $1 trillion. a stunning number is the loss on paper today anyway, in this country's stock market. the dow suffering one of the biggest losses of all time. down 634 points. on the verge of a ban market territory. meanwhile the nikkei dropping, sync below 9,000 for the first time since mid-march. here to explain what all this means for your money, ali velshi and erin burnett. kim, what is the latest over there? >> let's start with the tokyo stock exchange. we will get this as a marker of how the rest of asia pacific will do. down 4%. it is falling below the 9,000 level. psychologically that

moments like these may help to keep somalia in the spotlight. many are now questioning, how long will the attention last. >> and we have details of a royal visit. >> britain's prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall have been visiting affected areas of the riots. and the prince announced double spending in youth projects. our correspondent was with them. >> they have broken off from the holiday in scotland for the day to see what the riots have done in london. they have seen the ruins of small businesses, destroyed by the rioters. >> the shear terror that people experienced and still the unease is there wondering what might happen. >> in north london where the spark had first been ignited, 45 families who lost their homes. >> all our clothes, jewelry and art work. >> the next member of the emergency services, police men and women who did their best against impossible odds. and the ambulance and fire crews who found themselves on the front lines. >> and then the prince sat down with youth leaders to discuss what had gone wrong. first the prob

it's not somalia. kenya, it shouldn't be that difficult to get the kind of help that these people so desperately need. >> reporter: i think that the problem is not so much here in kenya, wolf. i think they are starting to get resources here, and those resources are improving. like i said, some of the camps here, some of them have been here for 20 years, really since 1991, when they went through -- started the beginning of a famine again at the beginning of that time. i think the problem has been in part because of the conflict that has existed in somalia for a long time. there's been a ban on any kind of western aid coming into the country. and as a result, aid workers in the past have been killed. that ban has been lifted, as you may know, over the last several days. but there's still an atmosphere of mistrust. so people still have to cross the border to get here to kenya. then they get the resources they need. obviously, they need to expand the camp to take care of the people, and that's starting to

we're about 60 miles from the somalia border here. think of this as an oasis. somalis know if they can just get here, they can get food and water and potentially survive. but it is straining the system. as we flew in today, we could see just how fast this tent city is growing. for hundreds of miles, nothing but parched bright orange earth. then we see it. the world's largest refugee outpost. the white tents are the official housing but look at the outer rings of makeshift shelters. signs of desperation. about 1,200 people arrive here every single day. everyone of them with an unreal story. how lima left her deaf husband behind and walk here with five children in tow. only four of them made it. habid arrived friday night. >> translator: we were attacked along the way, she says. all of our bags taken. we have nothing. we hope we'll get help here. >> this afternoon, at the newest official camp opened last monday, people were settling in. kids playing in the dirt. making water barrels into toys. u.n. agencies are building as fast as they can but they can't keep one

but there is work going on in somalia. >> and the failure to solve somalia's deep-seated crisis drives a new generation across the border. another mother building another shelter in this no-man's land of hopelessness. bbc news, kenya. >> that brings us to the end of today's broadcast. for all of us, and thank you for watching and see you back here tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet, los angeles. nouncer: this program was made possible by: >> chuck e. cheese's, proud supporter of pbs kids, who know of all the things a kid can learn, one of the most important is learning to laugh. pbs kids, where a kid can be a kid. rainforest cafe, proud sponsor of curious george, reminding you that anyone can make the world a brighter place by conserving our natural resources.

so the situation in somalia is extremely difficult. the u.n. refugee agency will start humanitarian airlift of urgently needed supplies into mogadishu next monday. >> pelley: william spindler of the u.n. high commissioner for refugees, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> pelley: syria's government said today it has retaken control of the rebellious city of hama. amateur video appears show the army continuing its assault on civilians there. at least 100 people have reportedly been killed in hama in the past six days. there were protests throughout syria today. tens of thousands demanded president al assad step down. there has been a sharp increase in the number of american soldiers losing limbs in afghanistan. what's behind the surge in roadside bombs coming next. with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem. today we have pradaxa to reduce the risk of a stroke caused by a clot. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there'

for somalia, those areas aren't picking up any rainfall. as we go through the next couple of days, nothing significant. you have to keep in mind, we're talking we need widespread rainfall across the region. the other flip side to that is if this came down heavy, that could cause serious problems with flooding across that region. as we go through july and december, for the outlook, this is according to the u.n., the july harvest will be less than 50%. displacement, this may impact crop cultivation as we go even further down the road. less pastures will be available and that means fewer livestock births as well as less milk available. and, rosemary, we have seen images out of east aftrica and they're so heart breaking. it doesn't look like anything will be cooperating weatherwise across the country. >>> protesters wreaking havoc across london. we will look at the multiple reasons behind that and whether it could have been prevented. >>> also ahead, small signs of hope despite drought and famine in africa. we'll take you there. >>> welcome bac

sardosa isn't afraid to speak out about somalia's repression of women. in somalia, it's a wash. the culture itself agrees to violence against women. >> reporter: the culture allows women to be violated? >> yes. >> reporter: and yet here she is, a 26-year-old confronting men, preaching that rape is a crime. you don't seem afraid to talk about any of these. >> i have always said that the situation is a bit overwhelming situation. >> it gives her immense satisfaction, she says, to help women move on. >> you cannot move on if you cannot live peacefully. women need to be left alone. >> reporter: so you're trying to teach them to stand up for themselves? giving a voice to a group of women who desperately needed. kate snow, nbc news, kenya. >> of course c.a.r.e. is just one of the organization gratefully accepting donations for the women of somalia. we have compiled a list for u you at nightly.msnbc.com. >>> the statue of liberty turns 125 years old this october, which seems like a good opportunity to get a little work done. lady liberty is getting a $27 million interior makeover so th

they come from a part of somalia controlled by the militant islamic group al shabab. he says men with guns threatened to kill him if he tried to leave for kenya, so they fled in the middle of the night. the first thing they did was they looted our property and stole our animals and took our farms, he says. inside somalia, only a small trickle of aid is allowed in by al shabab, mogadishu's government-controlled hospital is packed. back in kenya, the director of this hospital says one of the hardest things is convincing parents who have never seen an iv to trust the doctors. this ward is filled with children who have just started to respond to treatment. ibrahim sometimes has nightmares about them. how will they be tomorrow? but saving a child like lulu ali is what keeps the staff going. she may be tiny, but her dad says his 4-year-old is looking much better. kate snow, nbc news, dadaab, kenya. >>> and we had early warning of this last night. now it is an official government recall in this country. 36 million pounds of cargill ground turkey, some contaminated with salmo

. >>> somalia. the people are starving. the country is wracked by war. and there is one school, one dedicated to somalia's blind children, desperately in need of funding. we'll take a look inside next. oh, we call it the bundler. let's say you need home and auto insurance. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a discount on both. sort of like two in one. how did you guys think of that? it just came to us. what? bundling and saving made easy. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> the life and death crisis in the horn of africa is worsening. the international red cross says more than 29,000 children died in somalia in the past month, blaming drought, famine, civil war. facing such an emergency, somalia's less pressing issues being forgotten. cnn visited the country's only school for the blind. ♪ >> reporter: it's the children's break time. and although they're definitely having fun showing us their favorite games -- >> that is not good. >> so you have to go outside? >> reporter: this i

. >> somalia is the focus for another resident trying to make a difference. she once lived in the world's largest refugee camp in kenya near the somali border where 40,000 new refugees arrived. now he's trying to make a difference by raising awareness for somalia. >> unfortunately we live in a world where media is interested in what happens to celebrities. these are 600,000 people, who are on the verge of death. that should make on the front page of all of the major media. >> the united nations has declared famine in five regions of somalia saying four million people are starving. the goal is to create more awareness of the problem and get bay area residents to donate to nongovernmental organizations. the funds go to relief in somalia. for more information go to abc 7 news.com. click on see it on tv. >> and there is breaking news in san francisco. three people shot in a western edition. police are at the scene of steiner and ellis. but can't say how severe wounds are. there is a crew on the way and we'll have an update for you on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> and fl

somalia can test the survival skills of anyone. for people with disabilities, life can be unimaginably hard. students at the school for the blind learn what it takes to make their way in a dangerous world. we show you their world and why their life there is now in jeopardy. >> it's the children's break time. and although they're definitely having fun showing us their favorite games -- this is more than just play i'm. >> so who won this time? >> in war torn somalia's only school for the blind, playing is a matter of survival. in addition to braille, the children must learn to be aware of their surroundings. and in a country where disabilities are viewed as a curse and the afflicted hidden away, they're also learning to be proud of themselves and their gifts. >> i felt lonely. >> she is a budding poet who wants to grow up to to be a professor. >> before when i was not in school, i was feeling that only all the world, i am only the gal who is blind. when i was in the school, now i learn something. i can do most things which i never th

>> thanks for watch ingo ingourcoverage from somalia. if you want to do something to help, and i'm not going to tell you how to spend your money, go to cnn.com/impact for a list of of organizations that are doing good work here in somalia and all over the horn of africa. "john king usa starts in a moment. >>> good evening, everyone. tonight, new u.s. sanctions on syria, and new evidence the outlaw regime simply does not care of the world thinks of its brutality. >>> and the white house said >>> but up first, more turmoil in financial markets and more detail of how washington will try to address one source of that wild volatility. you might remember we asked last night if tuesday's 400-plus-point gain was a blip or perhaps a building block. well, sadly, we got a decisive answer today, the dow industrial average plunged 520 points, 4.6% amid jitters about europe's debt crisis and growing resignation that the long-term prospects for growth here in the united states are bleak. alison kosik watched the massive selloff up close. >> john, we ha

and wet feeding is especially necessary in somalia. increasingly here, the hungry and vulnerable are being targeted for the little aid they're receiving. >> their food should be cooked and everybody benefits. it is better that way. other than their leaders taking away their food. >> reporter: it is not just corruption that worries them. one woman who was too scared to speak on camera said her son was killed by members of the al qaeda affiliated group for accepting western aid. these desperate communities, it is a seemingly never ending struggle. they mucht fight to protect even what little they have. cnn, mogadishu. >>> the numbers run imaginable. nearly 30,000 children have died in somalia in the last month alone. let's listen as they explain the trip. >> reporter: when you're talking about this part of the world, you're talking about a primarily agricultural community. they live off the land them grow cops. now you have lack of rain and several thing started to unfold. the crops obviously die off. the livestock living off the crops d

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somalia is the worst hit. almost 30,000 children have died there in the past 90 days. 30,000 children. cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta will be heading to the famine-stricken region in less than 24 hours. he joins us live this morning from new york city with a preview. sanjay, the united nations says this is the worst humanitarian disaster in the world, a combination of the worst drought in 60 years and this endless civil war. what is going on there? >> well, it is exactly, you know, that. i mean look, they haven't had a drought this bad since 1950 in this region and if you combine that sort of lack of rain with the conflict that you're describing, it is creating, you know, this tragedy that's unfolding here. i paint the situation like this. if you think about this area of the world and this country, so many of the people there live off the land, they're agricultural farmers, when the drought happened, obviously the crops died off and the livestock, many of these farms also went away. so now

somalia is a land of chaos and sometimes pragmatism. but here in mogadishu humanitarian and military officials insist that they are putting tens of thousands of lives at risk. african union soldiers are fighting others in the ruins of mowing -- mogadishu. this is a dangerous area. >> we aren't doing enough because this famine came not by -- we expected it. we expected this problem. we should have prepared early and we should be now good to go. >> instead, mohammed who has just buried the fourth of her five children here in mogadishu. the city has been declared an official famine zone. many local organizations battling to reach the hungry say they're still not getting enough outside help. andrew harding, bbc news, mogadishu. >> difficult pictures to watch. you're watching bbc world news america. still to come. hitting the center. president obama turns 50 and we'll see why the celebration may be short lived. >> the japanese government has sent three nuclear power chiefs to fend off criticism for the poor handling of the crisis. the nuclea

cnn's andzerson comer who is in somalia heard a much more urgent call to action today in an interview with activist and musician bono. >> 13, how have died in the last few months. it's true, people seem to prefer to watch people on the high streets of london fight policemen rather than watching children of somalia fighting for their lives. people watch the values, you know, stock values crumble while, you know, i think about our own sense of values tumbling, because this will define who we are. this is a defining moment for us, and there's lots to distract us, and there's serious issues. people's livelihoods. >> live from somalia at the top of the hour and anderson is with us live from mogadishu. anderson, you hear the urgent call from bono. you are seeing the urgent desperation first hand, and then you hear things like a major donor conference postponed for two weeks, even though the food could run out in three. it has to spark a profound sense of outrage. >> reporter: well, i mean, it is shocking to hear that. not surprising, though. i mean, first of all, african union troops, by th

millions of them fled the famine in somalia. >> it took me several days, and on the way down and stole everything that i had. >> 12 million people in somalia and ethiopi are in danger of dying from starvation. this is one of the longest droughts on record. >> it is clear that we need to do much more in terms of being able to provide facilities and support within somalia. this means encouraging the political side of things. and there is trying to make this progress even faster. >> german development minister -- has made plans to visit the refugee camp on tuesday. >> the german development minister joined us earlier today, and talked about how this would affect countries affected by the drought and similar disasters in the future. >> in the past 15 years, the international community has neglected these regions, perhaps because e results are slow in coming. this is a major mistake. we want to provide education for farmers, to help them with new methods of irrigation and how to store rainwater. most gardeners at home know about these methods but herel+ this is about new technology. we also

millions of them fled the famine in somalia. >> it took me several days, and on the way down and stole everything that i had. >> 12 million people in somalia and ethiopia are in danger of dying from starvation. this is one of the longest droughts on record. >> it is clear that we need to do much more in terms of being able to provide facilities and support within somalia. this means encouraging the political side of things. and there is trying to make this progress even faster. >> german development minister -- has made plans to visit the refugee camp on tuesday. >> the german development minister joined us earlier today, and talked about how this would affect countries affected by the drought and similar disasters in the future. >> in the past 15 years, the international community has neglected these regions, perhaps because the results are slow in coming. this is a major mistake. we want to provide education for farmers, to help them with new methods of irrigation and how to store rainwater. most gardeners at home know about these methods but here this is about new technology. we als

this is the worst famine that somalia has seen in 60 years. the hospitals can barely cope. for many parents, that the last hope for their children. >> i have been in the hospital with my daughter for seven days. she has severe malnutrition. she is showing signs of recovery, then god. >> unicef estimates that some 640,000 children are not getting the food they need. militias are still blocking many deliveries. that is why so many are undertaking the long trek to hospitals like these in the capital. by the time they arrive, often it is too late. >> almost every day more than 50 children arrive at the hospital suffering from severe malnutrition, measles and diarrhea. nine have died in the past two weeks. >> the u.n. says that tens of thousands have died as a result of the famine. tens of thousands more will die soon if nothing is done. >> we have some shocking news from one of the biggest energy suppliers in germany. >> shares are at 11% on wednesday after the company announced a quarterly loss. they would like to cut costs by one and have believe euros a year. the government