Worlds children attended school now its more like 700000000. 00 thats almost 90 percent of all school age kids. The right to an education is even laid down in the 1948 un declaration of human rights. Education should be one of the global Success Stories and yet theres a widening gap between education standards across the world children in developing countries are around 100 years behind those of industrialized nations. So why is that while many children in developing countries have to work outside of school. And Armed Conflicts can prevent them from attending school regularly. In wealthier countries young people typically attend school for an average of 12 years in. Developing countries for just 6 and a half years. And there are differences within industrialized nations themselves to a childs background too often determines their success at School Poverty can be a huge obstacle when it comes to gaining a good education those who can often spend a lot of money on their kids school ing p
A final farewell full time and hes a kingpin we pop five days of ceremony and ritual for the moment you buy millions as a father figure second life to bangkok. The german human rights organizer is freed on bail from a turkish prison so does this signal an improvement in relations between the left. And in the german cup topside leipzig guided by a munich played even right to be at last nights big match had all the drama fans expected to let you know which clock on top in the final six hours. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Police in western kenya have reportedly been shooting live ammunition and tear gas to break up protests as the country runs its president ial election Opposition Leader run out of danger has described todays vote as a sham and called for a boycott in the capital nairobi mr a dingo supporters have been throwing stones at people trying to enter polling stations voting has proceeded in areas that support president kenyatta but turnouts appears to be lower than in j
Political unrest. That we pulled together a conference, and more people than just me are doing research and papers that come from a number of different perspectives. It kind of goes back and forth. A lot of it works like scholarship would work in a university. A lot of it works a little more likean inhouse, something the congressional record service, where your donor institution calls up and said, we really need to know about this from the time. Can you tell us more . Reporter thanks for speaking with us. Barbara next for having me. Announcer you are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Join the conversation, like us on facebook. Sunday night on afterwards, physician and journalist Elisabeth Rosenthal examines the business side of health care in her book an american sickness, how healthcare became big business, and how you can take it back. Dr. Rosenthal is interviewed by dr. David blumenthal of the commonwealth fund. Reporter i was wondering if your book
Today we are talking about 1968, a year when a heck of a lot happened, including a president ial election. A year where there were a lot of social, economic, political parallels that are in some ways familiar to us now because, in part, some of the changes the early 21st Century America has experience particularly in politics were set in motion in this late 1960s period. Lets get started. I want to start with an unlikely as official News Conference or address to the American People. March 31, 1968. President Lyndon Johnson gave a televised address to the nation. His subject but was the vietnam war. By this point the vietnam had escalated into a bloody conflict involving over half a million american soldiers. A war that had gradually started as a small engagement against communist, put potential Prime Minister aggression in Southeast Asia in the 1950s had escalated into a major conflict that was tearing america apart. Johnson gives a speech about the war. He looks tired. He looks old. T
Today is saturday, july 27, 2013. Good morning, welcome to today on a saturday. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe. We are back together again. It was all your fault. I shouldnt take vacation. Whats that like in. Its kind of nice. You should try it. My vacation is coming up in march. One of these days well take a day off. Nice to have you back. Nice to be back. Near miami, seven people are dead after a man opens fire inside an apartment complex. This is called one of the worst shootings in the history. We are going to update you on that. Thats coming up in a few minutes. The end of the korean war in north korea and south korea are marking the occasion differently. Ann curry is live in north korea with rare access inside the entry. New concerns over food safety. They have the fda looking add imported food. One sixth of our food comes from other countries but the fda only inspects some of them. Theres a new proposal to make sure the foods are safe to eat and tips how you