. >> reporter: the shaky home video shows a little boy on a trip to cambodia. sumat lam's are these are the images that stuck in his mind. >> i was shocked. i had no words to describe what i was seeing. the things they were wearing, holes torn, torn shoes, rags, everything. >> reporter: it could have been him. sumat began to understand the history in his bones and how far his parents journeyings to give their children a new life. >> i wanted to show my parents gratitude for what they were able to do for me and i see that ultimate way of showing gratitude is excel in education. >> reporter: which he does taking college level classes. sumat lam graduated pittsburg high this year with a 4.56 gpa, better than perfect. >> sometimes i have to remind myself that he is a student because i think of him as another teacher. >> reporter: teacher andy kaiser recruited him for his student i.t. team, maintaining the school computers. >> got to log off, get back on the pyro tech. >> whenever there is a difficult problem one that maybe i even don't know how to solve i'll put hi

that they're imports and doesn't feel environmental degradation human rights violations not only in cambodia but in all of the countries in the region the government of singapore however has firmly rebutted the global witness report denying it condones sense smuggling ric's truck should reach british resource countries laws when environmental protection in the states has that sense of pliers a private firm spine from other countries who are responsible for policing their own environmental laws. notional want t. singapore. soldiers serving in armies are taught to follow orders but some of debt defied what your thorazine disappeared or to a special report tells the stories of those who did that really broke rank so they could stay true to their values. their god sergeant of the israeli defense forces. during their service scorched history trying. to frame sama colonel of the chilean armed forces participated in keeping down a military revolt. coming here the sergeant of the u.s. army. tried to become an american by getting pardon the. ranks and reasons differ but one thing brings them together

sure their imports and doesn't your environmental degradation of your rights violations not only in cambodia but in all of the countries in the region the government of singapore however has firmly rebutted the global witness report denying it condones sense smuggling ric's truck should reach the source countries laws or an environmental protection in the states has that sense of pliers of private firms buying from other countries who are responsible for policing their own environmental laws. aren't t. singapore. you're one of the bring you up to speed on all the business news in just a few moments stay with us. every month we give you the future the best in signs and difficulties from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our jeep now with. this is data data generated from an electrical grid honester data you can do to do in california preparing for alternative energy sources to help prevent blackout. that's going to sort of. hello and a very warm welcome to the program the budget deficit in russia this year may be at least twenty billion dollars lower than fo

sure they're imports and doesn't he or environmental degradation if you rights violations not only in cambodia but in all of the countries in the region the government of singapore however has truly rebutted the global witness report denying it can do is send smuggling ric's trucks should reach britain the source countries laws the environmental protection the states has that sense of pliers a private firm spine from other countries who are responsible for policing their own environmental laws. want to be single pool. here with r.t.i. where i live twenty four seven and there are also more stories features on blogs on our website you're free to check it out r.t. dot com there's more to discover here just a few of the items waiting for you there right now no clowning around this time but russia's most renowned just demonstrates their deep feelings on the make up and then read news. and if you think hollywood movies are told there is to know about russian wants to you just might have a few surprises in store for you this had to r.t. dot com and take a russian mafia quiz. on the way a former south

make sure their imports doesn't fuel environmental degradation human rights violations not only in cambodia but in all of the countries in the region the government of singapore however has truly rebutted this report denying it can do since smugly truck should reach the source countries laws the environmental protection the states has that sense of pliers a private firm spine from other countries who are responsible for policing their own environmental laws. want to see. on the way a special report from the global policy for when the russian city of the us level people of ellen is cross-talk guests discuss how to manage the rise of the world's new power players. how we manage the emergence of the new bric countries with china in particular and the u.s. chinese relationship evolves really be critical of terms of long term international stability here well that's all very true but i think i agree there is a g. two and it's a very important but it's quite limited range of subjects and the g twenty is useless more representative not every active decision making. international financial reform w

feed in corruption one causing misery to ordinary people the sound trade in cambodia has been extremely damaging and has the potential to have huge environmental consequences it's also an incredibly corrupt trade. two singing senators who we know to be linked with a number of dodgy land deals have been involved in force of actions of a series of complex allegations made about them control of this trade and none of the money is actually reaching government accounts single poor is world renowned for economic success but critics say the state needs to use its respected reputation to do more in the relation to the murky world of sending paul to singapore patrice itself as a regional leader in sustainability and environmental protection and they need to really put their money where their mouth is and make sure their imports doesn't he or environmental degradation of the rights violations not only in cambodia but in all of the countries in the region the government of singapore however has firmly rebutted the global witness report denying it condones sense smuggling rick's truck should reach

make sure their imports doesn't he or environmental degradation if you rights violations not only in cambodia but in all of the countries in the region the government of singapore however has firmly rebutted the global witness report denying it can do in a sense smugly rick's truck should reach the source countries laws or an environmental protection in the states has that sense of pliers a private firm spine from other countries who are responsible for policing their own environmental laws. aren't t. singapore well little later we explore how far some soldiers go to stay true to their values while serving for their country. after a business update with you there coming up in just a moment stay with us. this is more a region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity doesn't realise its full potential after the construction of this you go to valley i t far can tell ya he has completed the id particle has r. and d. projects in the spheres of automotive construction aerospace and oil chemistry high tech

she's using money to earns as a tour guide to educate cambodia's poor. watch. >> in the countryside in cambodia, some children, they come to school. but not very regular. the school is free, but they don't have any money. how can they have the money for uniforms and supplies? my name is ponheary ly. i help the children go to school. at the beginning, i got only one girl. after that, 40 children. and now 2,000. after several years, i see the change. because they know how to read and write. and they borrow the books from our library to read for their parents. i need them to have a good education to build their own family, as well as to build their own country. >> larry: our hero and her organization have helped more than 2,000 children receive an education. to help our hero educate more kids, go to cnn.com/heroes. speaking of heroes, ralph franka is next. ♪ you're the one ♪ who's born to care this life was protected... ♪ seems you've always been right there ♪ this life was saved... ♪ soothing sadness ♪ healing pain and this life was made easier

the shaky home video shows a little boy on a trip to cambodia. sue matt lamb's parents saved every penny to show their children the country they left behind. but these were the images that stuck in that little boy's mind. >> i was just shocked, i was -- i had no words to describe, clothes, torn shoes, rags, everything. >> reporter: it could have been him. he began to understand the history in his bones and how far his parents' journeyed to give their children a new life. >> i wanted to show my parents gratitude for what they were able to do for me and i see that ultimate way of showing gratitude is to excel in education. >> reporter: which he does. taking college-level classes sumat lamb graduated pittsburgh high this year with a 4.56gpa, better than perfect. >> sometimes i have to remind myself that he is a student because i think of him as another teacher. >> reporter: teacher andy kaiser recruited sumat for his student it team, maintaining the school computers. >> got to log off, get back on the pyro tech. >> reporter: whenever there is a very

she's using money she's earned as a tour guide to educate cambodia's poor. watch. >> in the countryside in cambodia, some children, they come to school. but not very regular. the school is free, but they don't have any money. how can they have the money for uniforms and supplies? my name is ponheary ly. i help the children go to school. at the beginning, i got only one girl. after that, 40 children. and now 2,000. after several years, i see the change. because they know how to read and write. and they borrow the books from our library to read for their parents. i need them to have a good education to build their own family, as well as to build their own country. >> larry: our hero and her organization have helped more than 2,000 children receive an education. to help our hero educate more kids, go to cnn.com/heroes. speaking of heroes, ralph franka is next. don't go away. right now, there's a nurse saving a life in baltimore. 20 minutes later, she'll bring one into the world in seattle. later today, she'll help an accident victim in kansas. how can one nurse

. >> cambodia sentenced a leader to jail. he spent the past year in france said he simply down loaded the document from the internet. >> widespread strikes in france have caused schools to close, flights to cancel and chaos on public transport. raising the age of which think will retire saying he will stand firm. they are looking to get a million people out around france. these pictures from paris. are they getting out the sort of support they were working for. they were hoping for 2 million demonstrators today. 250 in all, i would say the initial signs are the first of these two national strikes. certainly, we are seeing a lot of frustration out in the country about these reforms going through. perhaps the representative is the fact that it is expensive to strike. it is unlikely they will increase from 60-62 and that the governments will retreat from that. the demonstration seemed to be the language if you bang on long enough and hard enough, the government will seem to lament. there has been strong attachments. they expect

they're in their 70s and 80s, frail and in poor health, but today, the four surviving leaders of cambodia's khmer rouge, blamed for over a million deaths, were ordered to stand trial for genocide. >> it hasn't always been easy with all the public notoriety about this and it hasn't been easy for me, either, but we have come to this today, which is obviously very satisfying. it's taken the investigating judges three years to get to this point, contomorrowation that they believe there is enough evidence to put the former senior khmer rouge leaders on trial for genocide. the right-hand man of the khmer rouge leader, paul potp and key figure in devising the ideology. as far as serving as social affairs minister, the leader's wife was paul potp sister. ku sam pau entered the party later. the four stand accused of causing carnage on a barely imaginable scale. supposed enemies of the revolution were, as the khmer rouge put it, smashed. investigators say minority groups were targeted for extermination. the trial is set to start next year. then, perhaps, cambodians will discover why their country had

a story from the [inaudible] and so the indian epiics actually the indian epiics for very common in cambodia and bali and thailand and there is a different aesthetic. all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has to learn all those aspects. it's very, you know, my teacher i call him a guru in this art form you have to study very, very hard. you have to learn about all the cultural aspects. he says it's liberating because he enjoys and has to learn to bring up the feminine aspect. he's a strong character it's a challenge for him and he likes it. the stories are metaphor cal. i don't look at this

you in fact court in cambodia has indicted four senior leaders of khmer rouge for crimes against humanity and the war crimes. the four are likely to remain in custody until a trial next year. >> it has taken the investigating judges three years to get to this point. confirmation that they believe is enough evidence to put the four former khmer rouge leaders on trial for genocide. >> [speaking foreign-language] >> it has not always been easy with all the public notoriety about this. it has not been easy for me either. we have come to this today, which is obviously very satisfying. >> it was a ghost town under the khmer rouge. the area is thriving now. it was evacuated, like many cambodian cities. many never returned. survivors have been waiting for three decades for justice. here's one of the people and hold it responsible. nuon chea was the right-hand man of the khmer rouge leader and a key figure in devising the organization's ideology. the former foreign minister was another member. as well as serving as social affairs minister, his wife -- and started developing the radical philosophy

in a restaurant in cambodia you could eat your food and then the homeless kids would grab whatever food you left on the table after you walked off. the restaurant staff would shoo them away. i remember seeing their eyes looking from outside. i really thought there was enough and the world for everybody, we just need to get that to them. that's a big part of education. there's enough out there for everybody. we just have to get it to them. >> stephanie? >> my big sister karen told me there are no excuses. you can achieve. she would say, "stephanie, shut up and deal and roll with the punches." no matter where you come from or what you have experienced, it does not matter. you can overcome anything. that is what i take my students every day. no matter what's happening at home or what chaos you live in or what you experienced with your parents, you can overcome anything and become anything. >> kimberly? >> one thing i learned in life is that we are all born with natural intelligence. something that we are gifted in, we are geniuses in those specific skills. and with that natural intelligenc

after months of tension between thailand and cambodia over a border dispute and other issues the prime minister says, a meeting with his cambodian counterpart may take place by the end of the year. on friday, a thai envoy returning said the prime minister is willing to hold a summit meeting in order to reinforce bilateral ties. the two neighbors must find ways to live happily together. both countries' ambassadors have recently returned to their posts in bangkok. >>> china is sending trops for members of the shanghai organization. it includes defense, with russia and four central asian nations. 1,000 members of the chinese member and air force have left their base by train. the drills will take place tweents september 9th and 25th with the focus on counterterrorism operations. >>> hi, time for the weather again. let's go to eastern asia and talk about our tropical storm. you can see it here in the clouds. . this is a tropical storm moving at 30 kilometers per hour. we're going to see obviously very stormy conditions, a lot of heavy rain, strong winds into saturday and sunday across the

. >> a un-backed court in cambodia will decide whether a four senior leaders of the khmer rouge will be charged with genocide and war crimes. we will get more with our bbc correspondent in phenom penh. tell us more about these four that are being charged. >> that are the heart of the mon-khmer arusha -- surviving senior leaders. -- the khmer rouge. we have the foreign minister, his wife, the social affairs minister, and the head of state. these are the people at the top of the organization who survived. pol pot died more than a decade ago. they can provide answers to what happened in the late '70s, when millions of people died. >> the trial is likely to start early in the new year. >> we are going to hopefully see the initial proceedings in the trial in the first quarter of next year, and the full trial itself sometime toward the middle of the year. this is subject to all kinds of legal appeals by the prosecution and possibly the defense as well. they are hoping at the moment for a trial the middle of next year. >> thank you very much. security is just one of the many challenges that

sanctuary and you may recall one time before i told you like vietnam when your enemy has sanctuary there in cambodia and laos here in the fall then your enemy can rest refit we retrain and come back in whistling of course but it feels like yes we've had operations in pakistan for a while now but it seems like now it's becoming more public perhaps whether the military officials like it or not now in bob woodward's book he says that we have a cia has a three thousand paramilitary operation of afghans that constantly cross over the border too and i'm just wondering if they sure if they're using the word i reserve they're using are they using this this pressure as an excuse perhaps to me now you have intelligence officials saying that they've been getting increasing information and threats that there might be a large scale attack in europe you know how much of this do we believe and how much of it do we just think is an excuse for these operations in pakistan to grow and to become more popular you're asking the person incidentally who went through the lies of the want to the iraq war personally close wi

think it does hold which is the way that in the vietnam war we went into the neighboring countries like cambodia which was also a place where there were sanctuaries, and when we were having offenses in vietnam. so, i think that's probably why. the one thing i'm a little concerned about it is we know about it, we shouldn't. it is an embarrassment, the pakistanis aren't happy when the leak is made and if this is all being leaked in private it shouldn't be, it should not be an irritant which we already have a lot between us and pakistan. >> bret: you're usually very critical of the administration, is this something they're doing right? >> absolutely right and kandahar and afghanistan, so it makes a lot of tactical and strategic sense. >> bret: mara. >> for anybody who thought that president obama wasn't going to prosecute the war vigorously this is a case where they might have been wrong or too pessimistic. he's pursued the bush policy and doubled down on it and war drone attacks and now taking advantage of the flooding there although the flooding is a terribly destabilizing thing for the pakistani

but to go back to the trafficking story, back last summer, i was on our humanitarian mission in cambodia, humanitarian missions every month, and our team found a little girl that was living with no clothes, no hair and we learned later, name. she was living like an animal on the dirt underneath a house where she had been abandoned by her mother who had worked in the karaoke bars nearby. the neighbors told us that the mother hopes somebody will take her had, we did and get her a safe house and i went to thailand, and i saw so many of the young girls that had been says basically sold into slavery by their families, working in the night markets of thailand so famous. i went back and read in our union newsletter a group called innocent at risk and spearheading a flight attendant initiative to train flight attendants in this issue i called debra sigman, and invite herd on my next mission. the interesting thing when we left our small humanitarian team, we were aware of the issue. >> every airline -- >> do you end up having to work with the u.s. state department as well because you are interven

according to unicef, there are tens of thousands of prostitutes in cambodia, at least a third of them vietnamese and under 18. [ foreign language ] >> reporter: she is trying to stop the problem from getting worse by taking young poor women off the streets... and putting them in the kitchen. >> this is a culinary school, program, and they train to be chefs. for many, this is going to be the only specific vocation they have because they have dropped out of school. >> reporter: her organization pacific lease in milpitas enrolls them in the saigon tours culinary school support from two chefs, martin yan and the owner of san francisco's anna men dara restaurant is providing financial aid to dozens of women through his nonprofit chefs without boarders. >> we provide full scholarship for them like room and board, health, everything. >> reporter: the program's recipe is straightforward: give the women job skills so they don't have to sell their bodies. >> otherwise, they can make money to send back home to help the family. >> reporter: the rules are strict. an 8:00 p.m. curfew and absolutely

[laughter] sure enough, and it went to cambodia and he bought two human beings. some of you may have read his stories about it. there were many ups and downs. he basically brought them -- bought them, got receipts for them, and he did try to move them from the broth all and bring them? internet -- brothel and bring them back into normal lives. it is not easy helping people, as some of you know. and the upshot is that although there were ups and downs, we were able to help them in the end. they are doing pretty ok. in fact, one of them is doing very well. [applause] the second item on the agenda is maternal mortality. i do not know how many of you are familiar with maternal mortality, some of the issues there. basically, a woman dies every minute and a half or so some more of a world-somewhere around the world because of childbirth issues or problems in labor. that is almost three or four jets full of women dying every single day. it is remarkable how many people are dying. that is a dramatic improvement over what it was in the previous five years, which used to b

. >> it is so -- go back to vietnam where there were sanctuaries in cambodia, laos and so forth. and it's very frustrating and searing for the soldiers who are on the ground who say, oh, yeah, you can't go past that line. now it turns out that leon pa net thaer netta, the director of the cia has a secret army of 3,000 called the counterterrorist pursuit teams. these are afghans that are actually engaged in all kinds of operations in afghanistan but are doing cross border operations into pakistan now. >> speaking of leon panetta, your book describes in vivid detail how he got off to a very rocky star with the last cia director, michael hayden, who at one point, after watching panetta's first day of testimony picked up a phone and leveled a threat that leon panetta listened to. >> yes, it was very interesting. panetta earlier, before being appointed by obama, had said some things suggesting that the cia tortured in these interrogations. and this really said hayden, who was then the cia director off and he heard at the confirmation hearings, hayden suggests -- or panetta suggests th