A debt and if we are doing so, the European Union is a key player when it comes to humanitarian aids. The block says its committed to upholding fundamental human rights and to protecting those let down by their own government, by loyal give us years go bow and everything stays the same. They dont deliver what they have promised. But what is the impact of the you action on the ground, and can its really bring about change with Early Morning in bogota, columbia. Yanna is lena church, and his team are on their way to the north west of the country, the department of chaco. This is where the spanish conquistadors found at one of their 1st cities in the mary cass today. The province is the poorest and columbia. Lena judge visits the Indigenous Community of 1000000000, whether more than 40 families lithia. What jose warming, they say that they have been forcibly displaced twice as a result of threats and violence by criminal gangs. They lost their home, their livestock, and they still live in
of all the people you learned about, who would you not want to meet because of what you learned about them? i can t think of one. i ll tell you why. this book was different for me in form than anything i ve ever done because if you are writing a biography or writing the history of an event or an accomplishment, there is a certain obvious track, a certain structure that s built into the subject. and you re obligated to respect that and cover it, write about it, in all fairness to your reader. the cast of characters is already ordained. with this book, i could cast the book myself. i would pick the people that i wanted to write about. it probably 12 major characters in this book. probably 20-some people overall who appear, americans. but that s a fraction of the number that went to paris during this 70-year period that i m covering. so in organizing the book, organizing my approach to the subject, i was in many ways like a casting director. they would come in, show me what th
quickly as it has. the number and proportion of americans who are obese has doubled in just a couple of decades. that s not because our genes have changed. they haven t. that s not because our tastes have changed. they haven t. we re hard wired to like sweet salty foods. it s because our environment has changed. there s more on healthy food around. it s more accessible, it s cheaper. there s less healthy food around. it s harder to get to. it s more expensive. until we change that environment. we re not going to tip the scales on the obesity epidemic that we re living through. and not only does obesity cause lots of health problems but it is driving to a large extent the increase in health care costs in this country. dr. frieden, we are out of time but want to thank you for being on nake. newsmakers. thank you very much. we have a few minutes left. but lets start with swine flu. what did you learn from what he said and compared to what the president s team also sai