size of britain, but for aid organizations like the united nations world food program, it is becoming increasingly difficult to deliver the help that is so desperately needed. >> we are seeing both a shortage of products on the market but also very rapid price rises, which, obviously, creates issues of accessibility for people who in a part of their country which was already, as we say, food and secure, where people were still struggling to feed themselves properly. >> but basic foodstuffs like we have not only become more costly in pakistan. all over the world, the price of grain has soared amid growing market speculation on agricultural products. >> at the world food program, we deliver more than 1/3 of food aid as weak because people need it. when prices shoot up by 60% life in the past few weeks, it is a lot more expensive, and we cannot support nearly as many people. >> children are the most vulnerable. without rular meals, many are weakened, and thenmorerone to illness. the situation has become critical in recent years. in 2008 and now in 2010, speculation has led to price spike

. >> at the world food program, we deliver more than 1/3 of food aid as weak because people need it. when prices shoot up by 60% life in the past few weeks, it is a lot more expensive, and we cannot support nearly as many people. >> children are the most vulnerable. without regular meals, many are weakened, and then more prone to illness. the situation has become critical in recent years. in 2008 and now in 2010, speculation has led to price spikes on the weak market. what is not driving the trend is a lack of supply. a farmer in the united states, the world's largest wheat exporter, the season has had a bumper harvest on his 400- hectare property in kansas. that and the favorable prices could see his earnings jumped 15% this year. he says price fluctuations are part of the business. >> obviously, farmers who have their grain still in storage -- they will be able to take advantage of it, but it is a give-and-take thing. we win some years, and we lose some years, and that is the way we live. >> few know the rules better than charles. for the past 30 years, he has been a commodities tr

the world food program will be giving out their nutritious food to children under the age of 80. -- age of two. an israeli soldier who posted pictures of herself on facebook is defending herself. israeli army officials have condemned her behavior as shameful. a fire killed at least three babies and injured 8 more. >> a palestinian man who broke into the embassy has been sent over to the israeli police after holding the consoles and his wife hostage. the man was seeking asylum. we go to jerusalem to get an update. >> as we have seen from the television pictures, this someone vindicated the palestinian standing off. he stormed his way into the turkish embassy and earlier this evening armed with a knife and a real or fake gun. the israeli authorities were not allowed to go into the building and despite as though this man had two captives and either he released him or they managed to escape. there was a tense standoff and after several hours, a shot was heard and there may have been an injury to the man himself. how seriously he injured herself, we are not sure. >> two bombs have exploded i

the world food program lost thousands of tons of food other organizations lost a lot of other items we were able to response in fact that area has been better covered than others now it is clear that only earth fraction of the people has been covered satisfactory the problems of access are just unbelievable unbelievable if you believe that i mean if you imagine that eight hundred thousand people is not a million i simply cut off. anywhere in the world that would be an unsurmountable challenge for any government for any action this is one of the massive as we have agreed destructions that has been ever faced in the in the world or it's in the you know century. the flanders come from the north west and in the same then there is a. warning by the united nations that the diseases and the a chronic disease would spread in the areas was affected what is the how the u.n. will deal to corteen and contain these diseases in these within their fifty's well again the united nations has been present and working with the health authorities in the country again for decades on the over the question of

organizations, the world food program, high commissioner for refugees, the world health organizations, all the big n.g.o.s i mentioned earlier. it goes straight to them and straight from therj possibly involving some local n.g.o.s on the ground who we have faith in and straight to the people who need help. it doesn't go through the government, and some of the problems which might be associated do not apply in this case of immediate humanitarian aid. that's why i say people can be confident the aid will reach the people who need it. >> ifill: briefly, three weeks now into this disaster, any end in sight? >> not at the moment. as i stay say, the water is still coming down in very large qaunt in some of the main rivers and some of the dams are threatened by the sheer volume of water which would create a bigger disaster and the monsoon season is very far from over. to terrible rains may make the situation worse yet. we expect number needing humanitarian relief to rise further. >> john holmes, thank you very much. >> lehrer: next tonight, part two in our series on computer security. "newsh

the u.n.'s world food program says 7.3 million people are in desperate need of food. that is half the country's population. crops have failed and livestock died off. many people have resorted to eating leaves and berries. this woman says we don't have any food. it has beenmore than 3 weeks since i have even seen a single seed. many areas are dealing with flooding from tror torrential rains. 16.7 pcent of children under the age of 5 are acutely malnourished. the u.n. declares is an emergency when it reaches 15 percent. >> there is a vicious cycle between malnutrition and sickness. a sick child doesn't eat and an undernourish child gets sick more often. >> what others can do to help elevate the suffering. >> there is nothing that can take the place of praye we need to pray, god show us, i believe what orphan's promise is doing already is a god given tool to help out this famine. this is the time to do it. >> charlene israel cbn news. >>> turning to a story of martyrdom. three people ha been killed. people raided a home in pyongyang providence. they were arrested, 20 bel

world food program says the floodwaters damaged grain warehouse stocks in the relief operations in pakistan and next door afghanistan. the needs are absolutely huge. snakes are a big problem after floods like these. water-borne diseases a big concern. where roads aren't washed away, a massive exodus. and the national government too diluged by undiluted rage. >> this is our fifth day. nobody has come from the government. we're staying on the pun taken. we lost everything. it's each man for himself and we have no help. >> reporter: islamist parties and charitable wings of prescribed jihadi groups are moving in to fill the vacuum. one of these a group has sent off 13 rescue teams and is providing food, medicine and water. the rich in a region where taliban linked groups have caused so much suffering n may last year a million people fled in terror from the swat valley as the islamists took on the army. today the taliban in pakistan told us they temporarily suspended attacks in flood-hit areas to give people a chance to seek forgiveness for opposing them. this is the u.n.'s latest map of the wor

to the response plan to be channeled through the world food program and unicef. this brings the total dutch contribution to 5.6 million euros and a total contribution to 6.6 million euros. almost $9 million. additionally, a consortium of are raising funds our republic. -- throughout the public. 2.5 million euros have been contributed by the dutch public. finally, a disaster of this magnitude requires coordination and cooperation among all other -- all organizations and institutions involved. the netherlands calls upon all stakeholders to work with the government of pakistan in a concerted efforts to ensure maximum effectiveness of the emergency operations. as we have seen, the coordinating role of the united nations and the role of the un are crucial for an effective response. this afternoon, with been made aware of the daunting challenges ahead of us. now we must also show resolve and commitment to ensure that assistance reaches of the people of pakistan as quickly and as effectively as possible. thank you. >> thank you. i now give the floor to the special envoy

food program. we stand ready to do that again. i am not aware that north korea has requested assistance of the international community, but certainly we are very much aware that north korea, like china and other countries in the region, are facing severe situations because of the weather. >> a political question on pakistan. [laughter] you may have seen some reports saying that the pakistan community is not happy with their governments and they are calling for martial law. today from london was a message to the pakistanis saying that we call on pakistan that there should be martial law in pakistan in order to control all the problems going on there. have you heard anything like that? >> i have not, and pakistan has a civilian government. we think it is the best form of government to take. >> on the nasa-chile thing, was it the u.s. government's idea or ?hile's >> i cannot say. we provided an offer of assistance to chile as a friend, and i believe they came back to us and said we would like to gain

of the world food program. we need their assessment, their appeal and see what the immediate needs are to fill that gap today. long-term, absolutely, it's something we have to think about in terms of how much damage was done to the agricultural base in the country and what we can do to jump start that for the next planting season. the timing of this was terrible. but the facts are the facts. and absolutely that has to be part of our planning for the future. our immediate concern right now is filling the food gap that's there. we are doing very well there. w.f.p. estimates work a lot of funding coming from the united states is that we, the united states, is filling half the food gap right now. that's very good, given how early this is in the crisis and the fact that we have not had access because of the weather to much of the country. we give a lot of credit to w.f.p. for moving a lot of food, even on days we couldn't get the helos in the air, they've been using four wheel drive trucks and they've been using mul

program in haiti -- that allows the world food program in haiti to say that they are managing and area. you can see that you want any information out of this particular area. you can specify a 10 mile radius. you can say you only want to get food distribution information or another key word. the idea is to let the end user define the information that they need so that they do not get bombarded with generic information. it is more demand-driven instead of supply-driven and spitting out information. the idea is to improve real time and real space situational awareness. people in the program and in the affected communities can get the information. that is the idea. think we have run out of time. right? one more question. >> i have a question about multi-lingual cooperation. i have worked in haiti. i also worked in the balkans and some other places. to help with haiti. it is available now. i made it for people who may not be in both places on facebook and in haiti. i found an interesting problem. we had this crisis in a place where the language is not spoken that much outside the region. t

i have seen everything from world food program bold items, food items, all the way to usaid, even to domestic producers providing bulk food items that we are flying into affected areas. that said, we are also delivering a substantial amount of non-food items, cooking utensils, portable water filtration systems, various kinds of things like that that fall into the category of equipment and supplies that are necessary to sustain a way of life until other assistance can get to them. the short answer is food and non-food item that come from a diverse set of domestic and international providers. >> after the food, there could be a health crisis. what does the u.s. army think about this, are they concerned? at the same time, are the terrorists taking advantage in the name of the flood? >> going forward, in the interest of time, i will have the reporter is really their questions through me seems -- because it seems to be working most efficiently. that question was regarding health needs, growing needs, and whether the u.s. military is following those lines. >> thank you for the question. i

>> slow food university. >> there is actual slow food university? >> university of the gastroano, ma'amic sciences. they send students around the world to intern. >> is berkeley teaching any of these things? god for bid, stanford? [laughter]. >> all of the forestry programs. i mean, definitely, we have michael pollen at new york university. we have marian nesum. kelly brown teaching psychology. we have to connect in a way. we sort of imagine this event moving around the country. we'll continue to always have something in san francisco. we want to go to chicago, new york, and new orleans and really bring people to experience different parts of the country to pull us together of a slow food nation. >> because of time, i want to wrap this up. we don't have time to talk about the work you have done in edible schoolyards in new orleans. the slow food nation is going to happen in san francisco this labor weekend. how can people get involved, not only slow food nation, but with also get involved in this whole movement? i want to learn more, i have to know

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