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For its unusually high percentage of citizens who live past 100. sara monetta has more. hidden in the hills of southern italy lies one of the countries best kept secrets — that of long life. this region that combines mountains and sea, where life seems stuck in a less chaotic, simpler past. people here live on average ten years longer than other italians and about one resident in ten lives past 100. scientists from the university of san diego have been studying the area for years. but if you ask antonio, who is 98, the answer is simple. translation: the peace here is incomparable. - people s...

Like nowhere else on earth, the pristine environment, the thick jungle, clearer lakes and rivers, untouched. at the same time, i think a lot of people don't appreciate what the spirit in africa. and that's what really moved my as a young man and totally changed my life. was this idea that you could have some of the poorest people in the world, who have so much less than most of us. and they still had -- they were still so warm and open-hearted and connected with each other. and that was one of the things i took away from the early trips was a sense of empathy. i showed up as a clueless 18-year...

Are mostly still poverty and conflict. what do you think of when you think of africa? >> i think of some of that, too. unfortunately, the states in africa are among the weakest poorer states in the world. and that breetd breeds all sor problems that we don't see anywhere else. like famines, for instance. where else do we have a problem of famine in the 21st century. and africa right now that's happening. one of the bigger stories i covered was the somali pirates. everybody loved the pirates. they represented modern-day outlaws. where else do you have modern-day pirates to that extent like in a...

There was al qaeda involvement, involvement of the affiliates. involvement of associate the tastes who said so in public and who have said so since the report was published so i think the report back fired. >> elise? >> my winner related to the storm we are experiencing here in the northeast. retailers who didn't have a great christmas who are now selling out all of their inventory who are afraid to leave their home because of the storm. millions of users on snap chat and skype hacked this week not so happy new year for them. interesting the rise of these hackovist groups. >> winner is artic p...

Many of the walls of some of those grand old buildings in rome. castel gandolfo you can see just from the looks of it is a much more pristine environment. i was struck as we watched the motorcade climbing the hill up to the hilltop next to the lake there that the beauty of the trees and the greenerry all around there must certainly be, well, just would give one a sense of peace and serenity. it looks like an absolutely beautiful location, that little hilltop village where he will spend the next couple months of his retirement. jenna: ashley, as someone that is catholic we talked about what thi...