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LIVE THIS AFTERNOON IN LOS ANGELES.
>> NOW TO THE STORY OF THE FUGITIVE WAR LORD JOSEPH KONY, TERRORIZED VILLAGES ACROSS CENTRAL AFRICA NO QUESTION, AND NOW A FILMMAKER SAYS HE THINKS HE CAN TRACK HIM DOWN AND HE WANTS YOUR HELP TO DO IT.
JOSEPH KONY IS ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AS MANY AS 66,000 CHILDREN.
FORCING SOME TO JOIN HIS REBEL ARMY.
FORCING OTHERS TO BECOME SEX SLAVES.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THE ACTIVIST GROUP, INVISIBLE CHILDREN, LAUNCHED THE KONY 2012 VIDEO TO HELP SUPPORT EFFORTS TO ARREST HIM.
THE FASTEST GREG VIRAL VIDEO IN THE HISTORY OF VIRAL VIDEOS, RACKING UP 100 MILLION VIEWS IN LESS THAN A WEEK.
THAT GROUP HAS SUFFERED A SERIES OF SETBACKS, INCLUDING THE BREAKDOWN OF A COFOUNDER WHO RAN NICKED IN THE STREETS THROUGH SAN DIEGO AND DIDN'T HELP MATTERS.
POLICE DID NOT FILE ANY CHARGES AGAINST HIM BUT CERTAINLY SET BACK THE CAUSE.
MEANWHILE, THE WOES POST UP IN REPORT SAYS THE U.S.
SPECIAL FORCES ARE STEPPING UP A SEARCH FOR KONY.
THIS IS A FRIEND OF THE PROGRAM AND LIVE WITH NEWS SAN DIEGO.
DID I MILLS ANY LOWLIGHTS OF THIS ANIMAL, KONY? COULD YOU HELP OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND WHO HE IS? >> HE HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1987.
HE WAS A PART OF A GROUP, A TRIBAL GROUP THAT LIVES IN THE NORTH, FIGHTING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA, AND AS HIS REBELLION GOT MORE AND MORE FRACTURED, HE WAS PUSH INTO THE BUSH AND IT'S QUITE COMMON FOR REBEL GROUPS TO GRAB YOUNG CHILDREN AND USE THEM AS PORTERS TO MOVE THROUGH THE JUNGLE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS HE HAS TRAVELED UNABATED FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
I LOOKED FOR HIM IN 1996.
I WAS IN NORTHERN UGANDA AND SOUTHERN UDAN, WHICH IS NOW SOUTH SUDAN, AND HE JUST HIT THE SPOTLIGHT ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
HE HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME THING FOR 20 YEARS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS FESTERED FOR TOO LONG.
HE IS NOT OSAMA BIN LADEN BUT HE IS WORTH HUNTING TOWN AND BRINGING TO JUSTICE.
>> YOU SAID THAT THE SPECIAL FORCES ARE DOING THEIR BEST, BUT IN YOUR ESTIMATION, THEY'RE LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACES, YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA.
HOW COME? >> THE U.S.
SPECIAL FORCES HAVE 100 PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRAINING LOCAL TROOPS, AND THEY HAVE WORK IN FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
SO THEY'RE LIMITED BY THAT.
SECOND OF ALL, IT'S VERY LARGE AREA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IT'S AS LARGE AS TEXAS.
ACTUALLY AS LARGE AS THE UNITED STATES.
AND IT'S VERY, VERY BRUTAL ELEPHANT GRASS, SO VERY LARGE, VERY REMOTE.
SECONDLY THEY'RE LIMITED BY THE ACTUAL LACK OF A GOVERNMENT IN THE STROLL AFRICAN GOVERNMENT.
GOT SOME PUSHBACK IN THE DRC, WHICH IS CONGO, AND A LITTLE PUSHBACK IN SOUTH SUDAN SO THEY CAN'T COVER THAT AREA WITH THOSE TROOPS.
THE PROBLEMS ARE LIMITED BY THEIR MISSION.
SO, THEY DO THE BEST THEY CAN BUT THEY HAVE RESOURCE PROBLEMS AND HAVE LIMITED MANDATES.
>> IT'S YOUR THINKING THAT YOU CAN CROWD-FUND THIS -- HELP PEOPLE UNDER THAT -- AND HELP GOING IN AND GET HIM.
>> I WROTE A BEST ARE-SELLING BOOK.
I HAD A TV SERIES ON DISCOVERY, I RAN GROUND NETWORKS FROM SOMALI TO AFGHANISTAN.
MY GOAL IS TONE GAUGE PEOPLE.
I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THEY CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT WITH THESE PROBLEM AROUND THE WORLD SHOW.
LATEST THING IS CROWNED FUNDING GO TO INDY GO GO, A CROWD FUNDING SITE.
YOU TOSS IN YOUR $10, $50, WHATEVER, WE KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP, TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND AS WE FIND KONY AND MOVE ON TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE, YOU ACTUALLY BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION, AND ONE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IS THEY'RE TANGENTIAL TO THE ACTUAL CAPTURE OF CON I'M GOING TO FIND HIM A LAWYER AND TRANSPORT TO THE HAGUE AND DISCUSS THAT, AND I'VE DONE THAT MANY TIMES IN THE PAST.
>> HOW DO PEOPLE HELP SPECIFICALLY, QUICKLY.
>> DO MADE MOW GO TO INDY GO GO, TYPE IN EXPEDITION KONY, GO TO EXPEDITION KONY.com AND WE'LL BE ON THE NEWS.
>> GOOD LUCK.
TALK BAT GOOD CAUSE.
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