making sure that the u.n. delivers on the world s promise of making sure every child in the world has access to education by 2015. yeah. this is a silent emergency. i mean, it is tragic that today seems like an impossible task. 61 million children around the world will not be going to school because they ve got no school to go to, no teacher, no classroom. and we ve been entirely complacent about the dangers that come when you ve got a youthful generation that is unemployed and unemployable in some of the most vulnerable countries in the world. now, i think you could make a huge impact this in a short time. part of it is money. part of it is better organization, part of it s training teachers, ending child labor, millions of young girls have become child brides are taken out of school. it s utterly medieval that that should still be happening. 10 million children a year are becoming child brides. 15 million children working full time under the age of 12 who can t be at school.
texas. remember, a jury this month found jeffs guilty of sexually abusing two of his child brides . i say quote because at the time the girls were but 12 and 15 years old. the same jury then sentenced him to life in prison. chris guiterrez is in dallas. he s not in prison anymore. what do we know of his condition? apparently when you don t eat and when you don t drink, your body grows weak. seems simple enough. that s apparently what happened in this case here. according to jeffs attorney, jeff who s is now 55 years old hasn t been feeling well lately. he was flown to a hospital in tyler, texas late last night. that attorney didn t elaborate on his condition and a spokesperson for texas prison system couldn t confirm that he s in a coma saying only he s in critical but stable condition and we re also hearing there may be underlying medical conditions we re simply not aware of, shepard, because they are considered confidential. he has a weird history behind bars. i mean, this guy
shepard: word the convicted polygamist cult leader warren jeffs is in the hospital in critical condition. he has not been eating or drinking enough since the jury convicted him of sexual assault charges a week ago. that would do it. and he now is everybody having life in prison for sexually abusing two child brides. the girls were 12 and 15 when that happened. and he is reportedly fasted in prison before and losing up to 30 pounds. nasa reports astronauts may have to abandon the international space station this fall because problems in russia could keep new crews from getting there. nasa retired the fleet last month and now relies on the russian space agency for trips to the international space station. the cost for one ride? $65 million. last week, russia launched a space station supply rocket that failed after lift off. no one was on it. and it crashed near china. no one on board. but the failed rocket is
best friend spoke to us today on behalf of his family. i say that robyn is more than a pretty face. a human being a huge heart. she is very loyal. she is definitely more than a half glass full kind of gal. gardner s apartment is in frederick maryland, west of baltimore. tonight the fbi office in maryland confirms it is now assisting the aruban government with this case, much as the alabama office of the fbi did back during the natalee holloway case. shep? shepard: phil keating with the update from south florida. thanks. it appears that the emperor has no clothes or at least the prophet has no hair. the texas department of criminal justice today releasing new mug shots of that convicted polygamist cult leader warren jeffs. check out the buzz cut there as you may know, a jury yesterday sentenced jeffs to life in prison, plus, for sexually abusing two underaged child brides. at the time the girls were 12 and 15 years old. but some expert and former cult
london as police struggle to take back control of their streets. now americans are being urged to use caution when traveling around the city. good morning again. i m carol costello. three members of the congressional super committee have been chosen. nine more to go. there are 12. they will have 90 days to come up with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. the selections and reaction to them on this american morning. all right. good morning, it is wednesday august 10th. ali is off today after working i think 15 or 16 straight days covering the markets and all that. more on the markets and the economy in just a moment. you seem a little short today. i know. i have a high chair. i think so. i like that. you re taller than i am, carol. good morning. i m carol costello. actually we have to talk about this first, london is burning a fourth night of looting and violence in the streets, parts of london resemble a war zone with burned out buildings and destruction. 16,000