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Thought. i think the people in his own country are wondering "what are we trying to accomplish?" what price are they willing to pay? for now, the question is you would argue that it's probably not a price that russian citizens are willing and intend to pay. >> brian: if there's anything about this, it has told the e.u. why nato needs to exist. they have a new sense of mission and have acted effectively. they've not done anything to stop the killing and carnage. to see how many kids have died, elderly have died, the horrific ways in which they have been going down randomly -- these unbelievably...

International rock star status. [ applause ] the man and the organization accepted the nobel peace prize in 2001, months after 9/11. >> we have entered the third millennium through a gate of fire. >> reporter: it would not be a smooth second term for annan. friends of annan reported he appeared depressed and distant, unable to stop the u.s. invasion of iraq. he later called the assault illegal. >> i think the worst moments, of course, was the iraq war which as an organization we couldn't stop. and i really did everything i can to try to see if we can stop it. [ sirens ] >> reporter: the person...

>> i think the worst moment, of course, was the iraq war which as an organization we couldn't stop. i really did everything i can to try to see if we can stop it. >> reporter: a personal nightmare when a suicide truck bomb killed a u.n. iraq envoy and many others sent by annan. >> you can imagine shock with the brutal death of my friends and colleagues happened. >> reporter: iraq brought more bad news. the so-called oil for food u.n. agreement with iraq led to corruption. a report later cleared annan, but his son was linked to the scandal. the reserved annan erupted when a reporter pressed him...

Something else, that he reminds me so much of you. we'll keep fighting until i get justice for you. >> cnn's rosa flores joins us now to talk more about the reporting. so, what did you learn that really stuck with you, because this is important. >> you know, we usually cover officer-involved shootings. an we usually just cover the actual shooting. well, we really dug deep, but unintentionally. because what started this investigation was a phone call from this woman with horrific photographs of her son postmortem. and after looking at those photographs, we couldn't stop. we couldn't stop diggin...

To stop. how did that get resolved? >> well we, made hey decision. that we couldn't stop. we couldn't, couldn't let the opposition have a victory. we were determined to see that, that the -- that the bus stations and buses and waiting rooms desegregated across the south. >> how many months did take it for you to prevail? >> it took, from -- from may 1961 and november 1st, 1961. >> how did you feel? when -- when the bus companies gave in, when the local communities, gave in? >> it was a great feeling. a great victory for the movement. and the movement need victories. dr. king was set from time ...