very hostile. she was very looking forward, going there and helping out the people there. well, firis, we appreciate your time, appreciate your input on the loss of dr. karen woo. we just had some video that we believed to be of the doctor. obviously, this was on one of her trips getting out to afghanistan. looked like she was loading up some supplies, talking about some of her work over there. and, you know, if it weren t for folks like this, the job in afghanistan for the united states, for the allies over there would be that much more difficult, i imagine. and so that is a terrible loss that was suffered out there with that attack on those aid workers. and firuz, we appreciate your time. thank you, sir. keeping the sidewalks clean one visionary trying to turn all of those discard eed cigarettes into something useful. but if you re like most people i know
london bureau is a friend of karen wu, who is believed to be one of the victims in that attack. he is also the co-founder of bridge afghanistan. fa rooj, we want to thank you for your time, and our condolences on the loss of your friend. what can you tell us about karen wu? she was a fantastic human being, and she was very dedicated to the cause of afghanistan, and she led a comfortable life in in london to go to afghanistan to do something and use her profession to help those who don t have any access to the basic health care in very remote areas. and what kind of work was she doing there? she was essentially providing, you just mentioned, medical care in remotes part of afghanistan? was this her first time over there? had she been doing this for years? you know, the folk who is go and do this sort of work are often very experienced and i imagine she s in that category. well, she has been in afghanistan for a number of
they were spying on the taliban, that they wanted to take them alive, and then they had to kill them. the police chief in that area is saying that they methodically were shot to death. so we have several different versions. but there is also the idea that perhaps this began as a robbery and then the taliban wanted to take responsibility. as time goes on, we re going to have investigations and certainly hope to find out the ultimate reason for that. and, jim, also, you know, some of the details of the people who were on this mission and who are presumed to have been killed nothing officially has been determined in terms of names and people who died because the bodies have to be shipped and they have to be identified officially. but one is believed to be karen wu, dr. karen wu. she was a specialist in women and children s helle, and she actually had a blog in which she talked about going into this very me re mote area of this
area. we may have a graphic on this. she said this expedition will require a lot of physical and mental resolve and will not be without risk, but ultimately i believe the provision of medical treatment is of fundamental importance and that the effort is worth it in order to assist those who need it most. and that s from dr. karen wu. the chief the top of the team leader was tom little. he s an american. he has not been identified. definitely is one person who died but he was on that team, and apparently all of them, at least the americans, did perish. jim? jill, it sounds like they were doing some very important work out there, and it s just terribly tragic that they paid for it with their lives. and so we appreciate you following that story for us. our jill dougherty in afghanistan live for us, very early hours in afghanistan so, we appreciate that. thank you, jill. devastating floods have killed hundreds and forced millions from their homes in
years old and retired earlier this year. and this is something that we don t see, too, very often, correct, inside the supreme court? is this something that in the past has been sort of closed doors, or are we seeing something new for the first time? this is only the second time that we ve had cameras inside the supreme court when a judicial oath was taken. prior ceremonies were conducted at the white house. but the past they ve been done here at the court. okay. i, elena kagan, do solemnly swear. ly administer justice without respect to persons. and do equal right to the poor and to the rich. and do equal right to the poor and to the rich. and that i will faithfully and impartially. and that i will faithfully and impartially. discharge and perform. discharge and perform. all the duties incumbent upon me. all of the duties incumbent upon me. as associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. as associate justice of the supreme court of