in the united states, there is one doctor for every 413 people. in the african nation of cameroon, there is one doctor for every 5,000 people. in cameroon, most live in rural villages and often die from illnesses that are easily treatable because they lack access to medical care and they can t pay for treatment even if there is care. to introduce us to a hero who works tirelessly to bring health care to his country s poor, please welcome the chairman of the peace foundation which assists rural african communities with economic development, star of this season s boardwalk empire and the hunger games: catching fire, the very talented jeffrey wright. [ applause ] thank you. thanks, anderson. work doesn t always have to feel like work.
thanks, anderson. work doesn t always have to feel like work. it can be decent, noble, gracious, in its scope and in its promise. that is how dr. georges bwelle approaches his life s work. when he was young, his father was in a car accident, broke his arm, developed an infection, which spread to his brain. too poor to get the care he needed for 21 years, he slipped in and out of consciousness. that is why georges made a promise to his father that when he became a doctor, he would take care of his people. years later, he started the foundation. the villages, people walk for miles sick and in need of surgery and georges and his volunteers help them, nearly 32,000 people today. and he does it for free. his work lifts his people up and it is as decent, noble, and glorious as the sunrise they
are well rested, you re not overworked or anything? [laughter] i think i m going to file a complaint now. my job s too hard. we can convert it to a class action. jenna: a slippery slope, certainly, with some of these cases, and we ll get into that. jennifer, verbal abuse, assaults, massive amounts of work. the massive amount of work doesn t necessarily connect with verbal assault or verbal abuse. where do you even start with this case? it s hard to say what the actual allegations are. you have to look at the facts underlying the complaint, and ms. armstrong has alleged that she was required to work these tedious, long hours and was not compensated fairly because she wasn t being compensated overtime. and while the federal fair standards labor act does require that certain employees do receive over time, certain individuals are exempt from that. usually salaried employees, people with a professional type of job. and while on its face it seems that a senior accountant
about this late last july into august and it was to kick the can down the road, to create a special committee, the super committee. super committee didn t do the job, so the automatic sequestration goes into effect. and the department secretary panetta s talking about it, the military s talking about it. every soldier tonight and sailor and airman is working and is congress handling this problem? worrying about the budget? trying to deal with this problem? no. they are going to take off next week. they have known about this. well, i think the lesson in recent history, having congress in town and at work doesn t mean anything good is going to happen when they work harder, it isn t necessarily better. greta: it s appalling. the military needs some level of prediction of what is going to happen and whether this can be rescued. i think it is ark palling that the president s doing fund-raisers and they are doing vacation and think of the people, some of them don t come home. they co
about this late last july into august and it was to kick the can down the road, to create a special committee, the super committee. super committee didn t do the job, so the automatic sequestration goes into effect. and the department secretary panetta s talking about it, the military s talking about it. every soldier tonight and sailor and airman is working and is congress handling this problem? worrying about the budget? trying to deal with this problem? no. they are going to take off next week. they have known about this. well, i think the lesson in recent history, having congress in town and at work doesn t mean anything good is going to happen when they work harder, it isn t necessarily better. greta: it s appalling. the military needs some level of prediction of what is going to happen and whether this can be rescued. i think it is ark palling that the president s doing fund-raisers and they are doing vacation and think of the people, some of them don t come home. they co