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Miles deep into the mountain behind me there on the border between thailand and myanmar here in northern thailand. as we hear more about the remarkable rescue effort, we will bring that to you. i have to caution to you this is dangerous stuff. it claimed the life of the former professional navy s.e.a.l. driviver last week. nobody is taking chances and they are taking every possible precaution to make sure the people have been trapped and the rescue workers all emerge safely before this is all concluded. dave and christine. >> painstaking work. huge operation. ivan watson, we will come back whe...

Farmers nearby found holes in the rice fields. it is triggered by an earthquake. the former president of the united states, george h.w. bush is in the hospital again. his chief of staff says mr. bush, who is 93 years old, was suffering from low blood pressure and fatigue and he is alert and awake and not in discomfort. >> he fell ill a day after attending the veterans pancake. he was hospitaled ed inwas hos. he will stay in the hospital for observation. and president abbas will be released from the hospital. this video shows the 83-year-old hospitalized for ear surgery. >> he is now treate...

November 7, 1861. african-american history as we know it today actually started in south carolina. >> wow. >> when we talk about blacks coming to find out who they are and how we fit in american history, you have to start here. so, you're home, boo. >> i had no idea. >> yeah, boo. >> i had no idea. >> you're here. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. how come it's not in the books? >> that's why you have to come and find out. we have to keep telling the story because a lot of people -- part of our story is so painful we don't tell it. but if we don't tell it we cannot truly be free because our y...

African-american history as we know it started in south carolina. >> wow. >> when we talk with blacks coming to find out out who they are and how they fit you start here you home, boa. >> i'm glad to be home. >> how come i don't know about that. >> it's not in the books. that's why you have to come and find out. you have to keep telling the story because part of our story is so painful we don't tell it. but if we don't tell it we can't truly be free. because our young people need to know if our foreparents could make it through the middle passage voyage and 50% of us perished at sea we made it...

Plot. >> anthony: oh, that's okay. it all comes back to me as the world shifts and tilts. oh yeah. and though i've been looking out a whole lot of hotel windows these days, struggling to figure out where i am, being here, throwing back shots of rice whiskey with these guys, i know i'm back in thailand. [ laughter ] not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it's a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province. tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them ...