naomi campbell was appearing as a prosecution witness. the rules prevent the prosecution from giving their witness a tough time. the prosecution tried unsuccessfully to have ms. campbell reclassified. next week, the court will hear a conflicting account from ms. campbell's former agent and the actress mia farrow. >> i am pleased to discuss this with a lawyer who worked on the prosecution of cases at the international corporation for two years. i am working with a former blood diamond smuggling inspector who is head of the africa program. i am also speaking with a human rights activist. the think naomi campbell has upped the ante at this trial? >> it has been going for two years. i think it is important to remember, because many people are saying that if you need to pull miami campbell that could mean the prosecution case is weak. the answer is of course not. the prosecution case went on from january 2008 to january 2009. they have called more than 90 witnesses. out of 90 witnesses, 30 of them were what we call linkage witnesses who gave e

naomi campbell is not on trial. this is simply to find out whether charles taylor was responsible for the atrocities that blighted an entire country for a decade. it is unclear that anything that happened under nelson mandela's roof that night announced to solid evidence. bbc news, in the hague. >> linking it charles taylor to illegal diamonds is key to the prosecution's case. he denies responsibility for destroying, raping, naming, and mutilating more than 1 million africans in west africa. >> he faces 11 separate charges over his alleged role in the brutal civil war in neighboring sierra leone. he is accused of backing rebels were responsible for widespread atrocities. the charges include looting, burning, collective punishment, murder that announced to extermination, which is a crime against humanity, mutilation, and constricting children under 13 years old into rebel militias and forcing them to fight. sierra leone's civil war was largely driven by rebels brutalizing towns and villages. the prosecution was encou

naomi campbell is not on trial here. this is an attempt to find out whether charles taylor is responsible for the atrocity that blighted an entire country for a decade. it is far from clear whether anything that happened under nelson mandela's roof that night amounts to solid proof of charles taylor's culpability. >> with moscow shrouded from in smoke, city officials are saying twice as many people than usual are dying each day. they say an average of 380 people a day die in moscow, but this has risen to more than 700. richard with the report. >> for the fourth day in a row, the russian capital has been shrouded in thick smog. people hoping these masks will filter out some of the toxic gases which have now become so concentrated in the air here. but today, from the smoke-covered offices of the moscow mayor came the announcement everyone had feared, that the smog and heat were proving to be fatal. >> the average death rate in the city during normal times is between 360 and 380 people a day. today we have around 700. this

naomi campbell summoned as a reluctant witness. they were hoping that the former president of liberia used the blood dimets to hem fund a brutal country in neighboring sierra leon. james was at the hearing. >> i certainly hope miss campbell has not been conveyed from her hotel. where is she? >> irritation from the presiding judge, naomi campbell a most reluctant witness was late in court. she only came because she was subpoenaed to tell her story about the name someone center about uncut diamonds. >> i will speak the truth, the truth and nothing but the truth. >> the dimet came from this man, charles taylor charged with war crimes. this was in 1997. she met charles campbell for the first and only time. >> myself, charles taylor, mr. mandela. >> pointing to the photograph, she identified him next to her at a charity dinner hosted by nelson mandela. >> she said men knocked at her door. >> when i was sleeping, i had a knock at my door and i opened my door and two men were there and gave me a pouch and said a gift for you >> but naomi

naomi campbell was late in court. she only came at all because she was subpoenaed, compelled by the prosecution to tell her story of the night someone center in packet of uncut diamonds. >> i will speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. >> the prosecution alleged the gift of precious stones came from this man, the former liberian president charles taylor, on trial for war crimes. this was in 1997. naomi campbell met him for the first and only time. >> myself, charles taylor, mr. mandela. >> she identified him next to her at a charity dinner hosted by nelson mandela. later that night, after she went to sleep, men knocked at her door. >> when i was sleeping, i heard a knock at my door. i opened my door, and two men were there, and gave me a pouch, and said, "a gift for you." >> naomi campbell said she did not know who the men were or who sent the gift. >> do you recall why it is you did not ask them why they were giving you this pouch? >> i don't recall. it is 13 years ago. i just took them. it is n

naomi campbell is to give evidence in the trial of the former librarian president, charles taylor. berian president, charles taylor. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting in the u.k. and around the world. is the oily tide turning? according to president obama, and and is in sight to the disaster in the gulf of mexico. new government figures show that three-quarters of the oil has either been captured, burnt off, evaporated, or broken down by nature. a senior member of the scientific team advising the white house has warned the impact on wildlife is likely to continue. james reynolds reports on an environmental crisis that became intensely political. >> the explosion in april left everyone with one question -- how bad is this going to be? at first, bp's chief executive insisted the environmental impact of the spill would end up being very modest. the oil kept coming. in june, president obama called this the worst environmental disaster america has ever faced. now the president has an update. it turns out that most of the oil in the sea has gone. >> the vast majority of the spilled oil h

. >> our top stories, naomi campbell testifies in the war crimes trial of a former liberian leader. >> wheat prices soar as a severe drought forces russia to stop exports. >> and a u.s. federal judge overturned california's ban on same-sex marriage. >>> british model naomi campbell has told international prosecutors in the hague she received a rough diamonds after a dinner attended by the former liberian president, charles taylor. campbell was testifying as a witness and the trial of charles taylor, accused of committing war crimes, selling diamonds, and using the profits to fund at the civil war in neighboring sierra leone. >> campbell arrived in the hague in a car with tinted windows. as you might expect from a super model, she was fashionably late. much to the annoyance of the judge. >> where a she? >> prosecutors were hoping her testimony could link the former liberian leader to diamonds. prosecutors believe the stones were black diamonds mined in areas under rebel control to fund weapons purchases, and directed by this man, charles taylor. he is alleged to have provided arms to r

naomi campbell is on the stand here at the hague for almost two hours. she faced tough questioning by charles taylor's defense attorneys, who tried to tear holes in her testimony. >> it is pure speculation that these diamonds came from charles taylor. that's correct, isn't it? >> i just assumed. >> reporter: campbell said she only had the diamonds for a few hours before she handed them over to a friend, who worked for nelson mandela charity. the charity says it never received them. supermodel says she never spoke with taylor directly about the gems. >> this is someone that i read up on the internet that's killed thousands of people supposedly, and i don't want my family in any danger in any way. >> reporter: taylor was in court for campbell's testimony and calls the allegations nonsense. and he insists he has never had his hands on blood diamonds. charlie d'agata, cbs news at the hague. >>> bay area beaches are among the worst in the state. that's according to an annual beach water report. testing the waters found that out of 450 coastal beaches, san fra

-- high heels the famously toppled naomi campbell. talking about draining a lake near mons long mont blanc -- mont blanc. water flooded the valley, killing 175 people in the past. >> europe's highest mountain, towering 5,000 meters above sea level. it overshadows the entire alpine village, a popular place for hikers and climbers, but between the summit and the valley floor is a hidden lake. these images show water trapped beneath the glacier. it is a volume equivalent to the size of 26 olympic swimming pools. at least 175 people drowned when the water escaped. so they will begin sinking applied to withdraw the first pocket of water. -- a pipe to withdraw the first target of water. >> it is an area prone to avalanches. we do not have much time to operate. we do not know if the weather will be ok. >> it should -- it could create a torrid eight times bigger than the original volume of water. it is a recent cold snap that is thought to have frozen the natural drainage routes. they do not know what happens once the water is removed, but th

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. >> well, she was whisperin diamonds may be a girl's best friend but not for naomi campbell. she was forced to testif in an international court today. >> a heated exchange between a white house party crasher and day time talk show host. >>> a deadly school bus crash in missouri this morning. two people were killed and dozens injud when two buses carrying high scho band members an 18 wheeler crashed on interstate 44 west of st. louis. and we have a live picture of the devastating scene right now. you can see the school bus is just about to be towed away, still sitti on top of that big rig honor the 18-wheeler. authorities can't say whether the victs were riders on the bus. they are sorting out how the accident happened. they know one buhit the big rig an the second bus smashed into the rear of the first bus. most of th injured appear in good condition. the students were headed to an amusement park. >> british supermodel naomi campbell took on a new role as a witness testifyi in a war crimes trial. she s reluctant to appear. ruler charles taylor is on trial. >> arriving at the

what naomi campbell told the world today about two mysterious men, a strange gift and blood diamonds. >>> and a special family making a difference for kids who really need it. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. brian is on assignment tonight. i'm lester holt. history was made in this country today when the senate confirmed elena kagan to the u.s. supreme court. once she's sworn in this weekend, she'll become the current court's third woman member and the fourth ever named. tonight president obama calls kagan's confirmation an affirmation of her character and her temperament. still, today's confirmation vote fell largely along party lines, seen by many as another symbol of washington's ever-deepening partisan divide. nbc's kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill with more. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. when you look at today's vote, you can see history. justice kagan will give women a greater voice, making up one-third of the court and you can see politics. five republicans crossed over to support kagan while

now, defense attorneys will want to pick naomi campbell's testimony apart. she herself says she didn't know where the diamonds came from so it may be difficult to trace it back to taylor. >> ween campbell requested a total media blackout. what happened to that? >> reporter: the court wasn't willing to grant a total media blackout, but what they were willing to accept was no filming in or out of the courthouse. anyway ommy ca namemy campbell said it was from for her own safety. >> charlie d'agata joaning us live from the hague. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" stocks in asia mostly rose this morning. ashley morrison in new york with the latest on that. good morning. >> good morning. asian markets were up helped by strong earning reports by toyota. nikkei jumped 2% and the hang seng was off just a fraction. wall street will get the latest at retail sales. on wednesday, some encouraging news on jobs front pushed stocks higher. the dow gained 44 points while the nasdaq added 20. >>> on criminal the senate is expected to approve a new $26 billion jobs bill today. the

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supermodel naomi campbell told us there were no diamonds. she slapped our camera. but today in court, she had a whole new story. but is this one true? >>> monkids. people raising monkeys as their own children. >> i don't think there's much of a difference between a monkey and a human baby. >> but it's not all cute clothes and unconditional love. an inside look at the dark and dangerous side of extreme pet ownership. >>> and, roof to table. at a manhattan restaurant, ingredients don't come from a farm, but from a cutting edge roof top garden. is this the latest food trend, or is it the future? >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," august 5th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we begin tonight with the case of the diamonds, the dictator and the supermodel. when abc news first confronted naomi campbell about a mysterious gift of diamonds, she denied the allegations. but today, on the witness stand, at the war crimes trial of former lib

>> reporter: naomi campbell arrived, characteristically, a little late. waiting for her in court, the indicted war criminal charles taylor. >> are you a bit nervous? >> no, well, i didn't really want to be here. this is someone that i read on the internet has killed thousands of people, supposedly. >> reporter: taylor is charged with fomenting a vicious west african war, trading weapons with rebels for so-called blood diamonds. campbell's in court currently due to what movie star mia farrow told abc's brian ross a couple of months ago. she said after a dinner at nelson mandela's house in 1997, taylor gave the supermodel a diamond. >> you don't forget when a girlfriend tells you that she was given a huge diamond in the middle of the night. it was representatives of president charles taylor. and that they had given her a huge diamond. >> reporter: campbell denied the allegations to abc news. >> since you received this diamond from charles -- >> i didn't receive a diamond and i'm not going to speak about that. thank you so much, good-bye. we're not answering

contradiction between the two stories. >> and naomi campbell's agent is also testifying. we'll have that. >>> could the food you feed your pets making you sick? a new study out today says you could get salmonella from pet food. how does it happen? dr. richard besser is here. >>> coming up on the next hour julia roberts, her big new film "eat, pray love" comes out this week. it's one of the hottest ones on the planet. we'll talk to her on what inspired her to take on the movie. >>> but we do given with actress mia farrow squaring off with supermodel naomi campbell in a courtroom drama about blood diamonds. this sounds like a movie but it's a real war crimes trial and nick watt is in london with more. >> good morning, george. mia farrow is still on the standing piece cross-examined. all of this hinges on exactly what is was said over a star-studded breakfast table that nelson mandela had 13 years ago. listen very carefully. >> reporter: under oath the movie star and the supermodel agreed campbell received an extraordinary gift. >> -- my door. and two men were there. and gav

campbell. charlie d'agata shows us why these two famous women are playing such a critical role in the proceeding. >> i solemnly swear -- >> actress mia ferrell promised to tell the whole truth at the war crimes trial at the hague but her version is different than naomi campbell. campbell denied that she knowingly received blood diamonds from charles taylor but mia ferrell recalls how the model excitedly told her about the gift. >> i was excited last night by men knocking on the door and charles taylor's men sent me a huge diamond. >> she says she received dirty stones at a charity dinner south africa but testified she had no idea who sent them and what they were. >> they were dirty looking pebbles. they were not -- i don't know. not what i'm used to seeing diamonds, i'm used to seeing diamonds shiny and in a box. >> reporter: prosecutes say those pebbles were blood diamonds charles taylor smuggled to fund sierra leone's civil war and he says he never owned any. ferrell says she is sure campbell

after the gala dinner. >> naomi campbell joined us at the table, and she said that in the night, she had been awakened. some men were knocking at the door, and they had been sent by charles taylor, and they had given her a huge diamonds. >> at breakfast, i to ms. farrow and ms. white what happens, and one of them said, "obviously, that is charles taylor." >> other witnesses were called to find out what happened during the dinner to honor nelson mandela in south africa. others were present at the event. prosecutors hope to prove that the former liberian president, armed rebels fighting a civil war in sierra leone in exchange for illegally mining diamonds. the accord is expected to reach an agreement next year. experts believe that taylor could be equated due to a lack of evidence. >> germany has garnered its first gold medal of the european swimming championships in budapest in the 400 meter freestyle, but one took the gold by 0.85 meters. and finally, thailand has come up with an interesting solution to disposing of unwanted battle tanks. they areumping them in t sea,ithhe full suppo

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the gift from taylor. >> when naomi campbell told you this, you said she was very excited? "he's going to give me some diamonds." did she say who this "he" was? >> it was charlepacing o di to arm rebels in sierra leone's brutal civil war, a charge he denies. different versions of where the stones came from have added more confusion to the trial. >> at breakfast i told miss farrow and miss white what had happened. and one of the two said, well, that's obviously charles taylor. and i just said, yeah, i guess it was. >> did you tell naomi campbell that the diamond or diamonds came from charles taylor? >> absolutely not. naomi campbell said they came from charles taylor. >> reporter: campbell had previously lied about receiving any gems at all in an earlier interview with abc news. >> had you received a diamond from -- >> i didn't receive a diamond and i'm not going to speak about that, thank you. >> reporter: if naomi campbell is found to be lying to the court, the model could face a fine or even a possible two-year jail sentence. sonia gallego, abc news, london. >>> democrats

this morning fashion model naomi campbell finds herself in the middle of a war crimes trial. campbell's being questioned at the hague about claims made by actress mia farrow that former liberian ruler charles taylor gave campbell an uncut diamond after a dinner party hosted by nelson mandela back in 1997. prosecutors say if that's true, it's evidence taylor received so-called blood diamonds from sierra leone rebels in exchange for weapons during that country's civil war. >>> elsewhere, msnbc.com's "the scoop" reports amy winehouse has a new drinking buddy -- russell brand's dad. ron brand and winehouse recently met at a concert. russell brand and winehouse are already friends, and it's rumored he helped get her into rehab after dealing with his own addiction issues. >>> and, finally, after decades of estrangement and several failed attempts at reconciliation, ryan o'neal and daughter tatum are finally ready to reunite. "variety" reports the two will try to put 25 years of acrimony behind them on their proposed reality tv series "lost and found." >>> and this comes to us from

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. >> super model naomi campbell is about to give evidence to the special court for sierra leone in a war crimes trial of former liberian president. the trial hopes to approve that more than a decade ago, she accepted a blood diamond from the former president, the product and years of civil war. she denies it. >> 11 years have passed, but the peculiar horrors of sierra leone's war are not easily forgotten. the mutilated victims of a rebel army. he was 16 when they came for him. >> they can to stop my right arm off. >> do you forgive the man who did this? and a very difficult. it is very difficult to do. >> this man, the former president of neighboring liberia, stands accused of orchestrating those horrors, abusing so-called blood diamonds to fuel the war. charles taylor is on trial. this week, his case takes a curious twist. super model naomi campbell have been called to give evidence for the prosecution regarding this dinner she attended with mr. taylor and hosted by nelson mandela. >> after the dinner party, she was visited by a man who gave her diamonds and said that the diamonds c

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naomi campbell back in court today. this has nothing do with throwing cell phones, allegedly throwing cell phones. she is there in the hague to testify at a war crimes trial. how does a supermodel figure into that? we will bring you the latest. >>> first to california where a federal judge has thrown out proposition 8. the state's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. his ruling could have a major impact in other states as well. the case could be headed all the way to the supreme court. cbs cbs' priya david clemens has the story. >> reporter: celebrations in the streets to outright disbelief. >> i am saddened. >> reporter: californians reaccount acted strongly to the federal judge's landmark ruling. calling the state's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. >> this is about equality and making sure that every citizen in this country has the same opportunities as everybody else. >> reporter: in 2008, california allowed same-sex couples to mory and 18,000 promptly tied the knot. voters overturned the law at the bal

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in the netherlands, british model naomi campbell appeared today at the war crimes trial of charles taylor, the former liberian ruler allegedly used so-called blood diamonds to arm rebels in neighboring see ceci sierra leone. it's been alged she received some of the diamonds at a charity event. we have a robert from robert moore of independent television news. >> ma'am, would you please give your name. >> naomi campbell. >> reporter: the key question for her: did the accused, the former liberian president and warlord charles taylor, give her some diamonds as a gift one night in south africa 13 years ago. >> when i was sleeping i heard a knock at my door and i opened my door and two men where there and gave me a pouch and said "a gift for you." >> when you opened up this pouch, what did you discover? >> i saw a few stones in there. and they were very small dirty looking stones. they were kind of dirty looking pebbles. they were not... they were dirty... i don't know. when i'm used to seeing diamonds, i'm used to seeing diamonds shiny and in a box, you know? that's the kind of diamonds i'm u

>> reporter: naomi campbell arrived, characteristically, a little late. waiting for her in court, the indicted war criminal charles taylor. >> are you a bit nervous? >> no, well, i didn't really want to be here. this is someone that i read up on the internet that's killed thousands of people, supposedly. >> reporter: taylor is charged with fomenting a vicious west african war, trading weapons with rebels for so-called blood diamonds. today, campbell was in court partly due to what movie star mia farrow told abc's brian ross a couple of months ago. she said that after a dinner at nelson mandela's house in 1997, taylor gave the supermodel a diamond. >> you don't forget when a girlfriend tells you that she was given a huge diamond in the middle of the night. it was representatives of president charles taylor and they had given her a huge diamond. >> reporter: but campbell denied the allegations to abc news. >> you received a diamond from charles -- >> i did not receive a diamond, and i'm not going to speak about that. thank you so much. good-bye. we're not a

naomi campbell testified at the war crimes trial of former liberian president charles taylor last week. she was forced to testify about blood diamonds taylor allegedly gave her. she resisted going to court for a long time and even when she finally had to, she told reporters, quote, i didn't want to be here this is a big inconvenience for me. which coincidentally is what the slave who dug up her diamonds said. she claimed she got a bag of dirty rocks in the middle of the night and she didn't know who they were from. today, mia farrow testified that she had breakfast with campbell the next morning. she was excited about the, quote, huge diamond she got from charles taylor. here's mia far rope's account of the events. >> it was mia farrow's chance to testify about a 1997 charity event. she was asked to recall a gift from taylor to supermodel naomi campbell. >> they had been sent from charles taylor. and they were giving her -- they had given her a huge diamond. >> jimmy: well, that's -- she's very good with the cell phone, you know? [ applause ] so that's -- by the way, let's be honest he

one of fashion's most famous moments when naomi campbell topples. here is the woman who designed them. she is surrounded by more than 200 examples of her foot wear. >> everything has to be sexy. that is what my job is, and i expect it, but we have some good ideas for flat shoes, too. >> and play she has very good many you will not be allowed to afford. -- and place she has. many you will not be able to afford. many you will be able to assume -- not be able to wear. what happened when gravity got the better of her family >> -- of her? >> it looked like a gazelle in slow motion. she never looked more beautiful. she is a proud woman, so she laughed. when she got backstage, she was so angry at me. >> vivian wedgewood says she does not have a thing for shoes even though they helped make her famous. when she says she has fun with them, she is speaking from the heart. >> more news on line, twitter, and facebook as well. >> get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. bbc.com. >> funding for this presentation was made possible

sierra leone's human-rights commission wants police to hand over uncut diamonds given to naomi campbell given to her by charles taylor. she told the war crimes crile she received a late night gift of -- war kind -- war crimes trial she received a late night gift of diamonds. an american charity warns thousands of children could starve to death without emergency aid. the director of helen keller international told the bbc drought has wiped out crops and malnutrition rates are dropping -- topping 20%. russia says it will take a key step towards starting up and -- starting a reactor in iran's first nuclear power station. it could be six months before the reactor is fully operational. the white house shows this shows tehran has no need to pursue its own program. what is it that makes some people happy to eat anything while others run at the site of broccoli or fish? picky eaters are usually dismissed as fussy, but scientists find evidence this may be in your genes. >> this woman is a typical picky eater. she likes half a dozen different foods and will not touch anything else. >> cherry toma

campbell. jeremy ractiffe says he is sorry for keeping the diamonds. regional officials naming local mal malicia. a month long ban has begun on bloody, violent and grotesque images. the move is to protect the children from such images. but some say this is an attack on the freedom of the press. we explain what lead the courts to take this action. >> at the end of last week, a daily newspaper printed very powerful pictures of the inside of the main morgue in karachi, and it showed bullet, riddled bodies of young men. clearly that weekend's violence in the shanty towns. these pictures were taken in december, but it created a huge movement with the government to take the step to push for this court ruling. to ban all papers from printing what is called grotesque and bloody images. >> is there a good deal of public support of this ban? or much made of these accusations? >> it gets to the society of right of the crime and the right of the press to report in venezuela. and they will use this until th

naomi campbell a liar. i'm lara sponsor. >> "the insider" is on. row wha happened. >> they had given her a huge diamond?he trial of the summer today. >> naomi campbell said they came from charles taylor. >> i don't know anything about charles taylor. i never harry the term "blood diamonds" before.il?ing blood diamonds? >> the inside oprah's deal to get rosie o'donnell back on daytime tv. >> news on sandra bullock and jennifer aniston's alleged stockers.

campbell by charles campbell. she told the war crimes trial she received a gift of dirty looking stones in 1997. the human rights group wants to sell them to help thousands of victims. police in south africa ended a search for more bodies in a gold mine run by jacob zuma. they're continuing investigations that up to 20 miners were shot dead by security miners. bodies were recovered on thursday. the un secretary general has called on burma's military authorities to free political detainees and head of the elections planned. in the last election the party detained a democracy leader and won by a landslide, but the generals refused to accept the results. it is london's most famous landmark for tourists around the world and now they tower that houses big ben is being repaired. this involves hanging outside the space for almost 200 feet in the air. [bell rings] >> at 151 years of age is no surprise the most famous face needs a little work. this cosmetic repair requires, most -- requires the most careful work. they are

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. >>> supermodel naomi campbell is in court this morning but isn't on trial. she was ordered to testify about a "blood diamond" given to her by a former liberian leader. campbell isn't the only star involved in the trial. charlie d'agata reports. >> reporter: supermodel naomi campbell told a war crimes court at the hague she did receive diamonds during a 1997 trip to south africa. >> and when you opened up this pouch, what did you discover? >> i saw a few stones in there. and they were very small dirty looking stones. >> reporter: campbell said she didn't know who they were from but acts tress mia farrow told her they must have come from charles taylor. it's testimony prosecutors believe could help convict taylor of war crimes. taylor is accused of receiving diamonds from rebels in sierra leone in exchange for weapons during the country's bloody civil war. taylor allegedly sent campbell a diamond after a dinner party in south africa hosted by nelson mandela. actress mia farrow said campbell told her about it the next day. mia farrow is expected to testify next

campbell told her that taylor sent her rough diamonds in 1997. farrow was challenging the super model's testimony that she didn't know who the gift was from, although she assumed it was from taylor. taylor's accused of receiving blood diamonds from rebels behind sierra leone's civil war. >>> parts of russia is being choked by smog. the smog stranded air travelers as firefighters tried to put out flames threatening a nuclear facility. >>> it's been quite a summer vacation for president obama's daughter. yesterday sasha and first lady michelle obama had lunch with spain's king and queen at the royal family's holiday retreat in the mediterranean. >>> one of the longest spacewalks ever failed to fix problems with the space station's cooling system. an ammonia leak erupted during the eight hour repair job. the sixth longest spacewalk. the next one won't be until wednesday at the earliest. >>> and oscar winning actress patricia neal has died of lung cancer. despite a life marked by tragedies, including suffering several strokes and the death of a young

farrow says supermodel naomi campbell received so-called blood diamonds after a charity dinner back in 1997. campbell said she did receive what she called dirty looking stones but she did not know what they were or who gave them to her. >>> we, you heard matt gutman mention president obama's barbecue. it was preceded by a basketball outing. >> david kerley has the story. >> reporter: talk about a birthday dream. pause that. look at the president's smile, as he and the entourage head off to play a pickup basketball game with the dream team of nba superstars. we've seen the president shoot hoops with whether obama joking with chicago bulls players joakim noah and derrick rose. and a couple of hall of famers bill russell and magic johnson. up in the stands watching, kobe bryant. >> it would have been a dream come true. i grew up watching these guys as we all did from afar. >> reporter: and they weren't alone. the president invited several wounded warriors to watch some of the biggest names in the game. and some of those players joined the president for the birthday barbecue on the south l

naomi campbell testified at the war crimes trial of former libeerian president charles taylor. she was forced to testify about blood diamonds taylor allegedly gave her. she resists for a long time and she told reporters, i didn't want to be here. this is a big inconvenience for me. which coincidentally is what the slave who dug up her diamonds said. she claimed she got a bag of dirty rogs s aey rocks in the middle of the night and claimed she didn't know where they were from. today, mia farrow testified that she had breakfast with campbell the next morning. she claimed she had gotten diamonds. >> it was mia farrow's chance to testify about a 1995 charity event. she was asked to recall a gift from taylor to supermodel naomi campbell. >> they had been sent from charles taylor. they had given her a huge diamond. >> she's very good with the cell phone, you know. let's be honest here if some guys wake you up in the middle of the night saying they work for a ruthless war lord and hand you a bag of diamonds and you don't know they're from the ruthless war lord, you're lying or you hav