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Riky Rick's mom, Louisa Zondo, recently achieved the significant milestone of reaching Mount Everest's base camp.

Philippines were working sources on the ground. word was that gerfa and kevin had been taken to one of abu sayyafs strong holes, basilan, a large island about four hours by boat from where theyve been kidnapped. to a base camp deep in what was nearly impenetrable jungle. >> we travel to basilan to talk with politicians there who may have had influence over this group. >> heiko had the fbi to help. but government money? no. >> you dont pay ransom? >> the government doesnt pay ransom. >> any decis...

You had before any contact. no, thats oversimplification. they should change at their own rate, change if you want to, or not if you dont want to. we had endless conversations a0 years ago, when i first met him, when he was a full hunter—gatherer, and his family had never met an outsider before. and they lived this wonderful hunter—gathering life, which is very sustainable, and how we all lived for the first few 100,000 years of our existence. and he and i discussed at length whether he shou...

And he and i discussed at length whether he should settle. huge pressure from the government to settle, opportunity for the children to go to school, opportunity to have medicines. we had a big expedition with doctors on it and nurses, and they came and camped outside our base camp, and they were treated by the doctors for minor ailments that they had. and i travelled with him and we got to know each other very, very well. but ive always felt a huge guilt about what happened later, which was tha...

Ukraine flourish after its independence from the soviet union. and ukraine has kind of become a base camp for operations into other former soviet countries, oftentimes nonprofit groups or theyll start in ukraine and go and extend their efforts. so, one of the fears with this encroachment of the russian military is that were going to go back in time and were going to experience the oppression that my family experienced and my mom experienced when she was drawing up in the soviet union. so, right ...

Together because its not just that base camp where the missiles hit. there is a huge training area where ukrainian forces maneuver in that area. it is not a big base. it doesnt have that many people or that many buildings. surrounding the main base complex, which has relatively few buildings, are a lot of apartment complexes where ukrainian families that are married to soldiers live. so, it surprised me. i think it was sending a message. first of all, dont get comfortable anywhere in ukraine. as...

Palace you know preem better than you and it might irritate you or make you jealous but he did it in such a kind way you watch him work, and he -- be amazed. i mean, he was just a pleasure to be around a real good spirit. and i think a lot of people from all companies with loved this man. lawrence: interesting thing they always take is craft i never had the opportunity to work with pierre but i hear stories. ability to fix his own equipment to edit packages to produce when a producer wasnt there...

His name -- >> take your time. >> sorry. were still confirming the details. >> its okay. >> it might have been, he might have been killed in the strike at the base camp yesterday. which i was, i spent the entire day reporting on yesterday but only found out in the evening. but again, that needs to be confirmed. but unfortunately, these stories have been unfolding in front. us on a daily basis. we filmed with a paramilitary fighter in early february. he was killed in irpin last week. unfortunatel...

Palace you know preem better than you and it might irritate you or make you jealous but he did it in such a kind way you watch him work, and he -- be amazed. i mean, he was just a pleasure to be around a real good spirit. and i think a lot of people from all companies with loved this man. lawrence: interesting thing they always take is craft i never had the opportunity to work with pierre but i hear stories. ability to fix his own equipment to edit packages to produce when a producer wasnt there...

Palace you know preem better than you and it might irritate you or make you jealous but he did it in such a kind way you watch him work, and he -- be amazed. i mean, he was just a pleasure to be around a real good spirit. and i think a lot of people from all companies with loved this man. lawrence: interesting thing they always take is craft i never had the opportunity to work with pierre but i hear stories. ability to fix his own equipment to edit packages to produce when a producer wasnt there...