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Sweeter people in washington. i wanted to highlight something you were doing a charity that you are involved in. tell us about it. >> food for the poor. actually operates in 17 different countries. they are phenomenal. 9 5% of all the money. they get small contributions. bigger contributions as well. goes right to services that help the poor not just handing out food and water but self-sustainability. areas that havent gotten the benefit of a free market and havent gotten the benefit of a non-co...

>> after we were featured, people were like, youre doing a good job. it changed everything. it changed the perspective of a lot of people. >> in a country where nearly a quarter of the people live below the poverty line, efrens story of hope helped put a struggling population on the map. as the world began to focus on the plight of children living in poverty, more kids got the chance to learn. >> whenever we go from one community to another community, children were like swarming around, running ...

Of hope helped put a struggling population on the map. as the world began to focus on the plight of children living in poverty, more kids got the chance to learn. >> whenever we go from one community to another community, children were like swarming around, running towards us. they were waiting for us and smiling. they really have this hunger for learning. >> today, efrens simple little cart and a team of passionate volunteers have brought education to an estimated 40,000 children around the wor...

Change that this world needs to be. [ speaking foreign language ] >> efren says the "heroes" recognition came at a time when he needed support more than ever. >> after we were featured, people were like, youre doing a good job. it changed everything. it changed the perspective of a lot of people. >> in a country where nearly a quarter of the people live below the poverty line, efrens story of hope helped put a struggling population on the map. and as the world began to focus on the plight of chi...

Were, i think, like naive enough that we thought, well come down for a little while and try to help. and i never would have imagined that wed still be here doing this work. the thing thats always inspiring and a little bit scary to me is when people look me in the eye and they say, ill keep coming until you tell me to stop. i think, i have to keep showing up every day then. >> liz and her team are doing tremendous work. we cannot wait to see where theyre going to be in another ten years. in the ...

The world as a teenager and hasnt stopped since. >> whenever we go from one community to another community, children were running towards us. they were waiting for us and smiling. >> cnn hero of the year efren penaflorida used to push a single cart of books and supplies to teach kids in the slums of the philippines. today, his push carts are everywhere, and his classroom on wheels has been replicated around the world. meet a real hometown hero when we come back. this one is from channel islands ...

Whether you like it or are appaae appalled by it. >> half the country is smiling, the other half is bristling. thank you so much for your analysis. >> a pleasure as always, michael. >> keep tweeting me @smuerconi@. if kaepernick didnt vote, he didnt do anything he could. that was pretty much steven as point. im in that category. im one who says you have to vote if you want your voice heard. keep the tweets coming. of dollas on my car insurance with geico. i should take a closer look at geico... ...

Race, education or money? >> its probably about all three, and then additional things on top of it. there are working class -- but white working class voters are living in certain areas, the opioid crisis, of course is top of mind for a lot of these voters, but they areally in more sec gre gated neighbors, so its certainly -- all of these things matter and drive the divide we see. >> thank you very much. still to come in the -- the disturbing new military drills that have kim jong-un smiling. ...

441 here in gatlinburg, steve. >> mariana atencio, thank you. that rescue from the south pole. tom costello joins me now for the latest. tom, 86 years old, obviously an american hero. hes down in the south pole, hes now in a hospital in new zealand. what can you put together about what was happening here? >> it was just an extraordinary rescue operation, but the good news is the photographs, i think, may help tell the story. we have photographs that true to form buzz aldrin has tweeted out this ...

State right now, along with outgoing chair reince priebus. whos going to become white house chief of staff. its been a warm and friendly discussion, pretty engaging discussion for the last 20 minutes or so since they arrived at this restaurant. inside the trump international hotel. right near columbus circle in fact, just across from our studios at cnn. and from what we can tell so far trump sort of started out the conversation, talked for a good five minutes or so, and then mitt romney chimed r...