an estimated 1 million children have been displaced, many growing up in refugee camps without formal education. those in camps across the border face a differently winter. zeina khodr begins our cover im in lebanon. we are at a tenth settlement. people here live in miserable conditions. they may be safe. they are warning of the danger to come. that is the cold. in this region temperatures drop to below zero. people barely have anything. the ground is mud, and these plastic sheetings really do not provide any shelter when the rain starts. just look around. just a few weeks ago there was rain, and the area was flooded. people here are worried. they are calling on the international community to help them. the international community can only do so much. the lebanese government can only do so much. they have to deal with economic problems. this is how people live. sometimes four to five families in one tent. people are talking about children suffering from respiratory problems,
held there for more than a month. merrill newman is a korean war veteran. north korea charged him with hostile acts against the state. kimberly perry is in pal palo a with the latest. reporter: he does have a heart condition that requires medication. so far, the family said nothing in response to the video of the 85-year-old that surfaced yesterday. on that video on north korea s official news agency, he is seen reading a handwritten apology. he bows and then there is video of the korean war veteran putting thumb print on each page of his written confession. it s a forced confession. the language is not the language that would be used by an american and some of the syntax and grammar made no sense. it s something written by the north koreans. he read it. obviously with the hope that by making this kind of forced apology he would be released. daniel schneider, stanford professor and north korean expert says this country coerced confessions in the past. merrill has been m
tomorrow if we cannot get together and do something. without a deal that conduct the president, i income taxes will rise almost every american. new year s, new laws in maryland. game marriage became legal at midnight a marriage became legal at midnight this morning. david has more. the mayor officiated the first gay marriage at city hall, and as a precaution, she got ordained to do at. wedding bells rang in the near. street michael the archangel celebrated its first same-sex marriage ceremony. jesus loves everyone. i think he would be celebrating with us if we were walking with him today. i do not look at it as a religious issue at all. i look good as a civil rights issue. hat amanda and her partner april exchanged wedding bells before 7000 invited guests, including four foster children a plan to adopt. it is the best thing to be a part of marriage and the world to make it legal. is the best thing in the world for us. they broke their wedding vows. their fir
it s a very important step in our quest to ensure that there is that degree of certainty. this bill ensures that the american people will not have the largest tax increase in the history of our country tomorrow. we have to make sure that the most vulnerable americans do not pay for the rich getting richer. the house will vote on the deal as is there will not be an amendment an idea previously toss around it extends unemployment benefits for 2 million americans but it puts off tackling $24 billion in spending cuts for two months when a new congress will be in place dick durbin praised president obama for making the deal happen. he was successful in the senate i hope he will be in the house as well. the senate bill is expected to take place in about an hour or so thanks very much on this first day of the new year three homicides in chicago the latest late this afternoon in the gage park neighborhood of man was shot in the chest in a possible drive-by shooting. he just left wo
. and ready, set, go. we are going to tell you about the secretary of state john kerry, who is in the middle east on damage control. it s the start of a 9-day tour of the region, including stops in israel, jordan and saudi arabia. a goal will be to repair tensions with golf allies over syria, beginning when he visits riad. t the washington post says the are developing a gulf repatriation. the secretary of state is making an impromptu visit to egypt, the first since the ousting of president mohamed morsi. now bringing in sue turton. is kerry s visit a big deal to people in egypt? the egyptian people haven t really noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has landed in cairo. all the headlines at the moment in egypt are about the upcoming trial tomorrow, monday with the former president mohamed morsi. very few people turned up to the press conference to hear what john kerry and the minister said about their meeting. poddy language is interesting. they ve had strained rel