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Cobe's Family

2m 35s

Cobe started to follow in the footsteps of his father, selling drugs and going to jail, and reflects here about how his grandmother's love helped turn his life around. "I probably have broken her heart a lot of times doing things I shouldn't be doing," he admits about his grandmother. "But she always reminds me of the good in me."

When Interrupters Return to Criminal Activity

1m 19s

Upset after learning from police that some of the interrupters are still involved in criminal activity, program director Tio Hardiman warns that they could be ruining the program for everyone else. "I'm not saying this job is everything," he cautions, "but this job does mean a lot to some people."

Kenneth: "I Call My Momma Every Day"

52s

"When you call and tell me you love me, I get worried," Toya tells her son Kenneth, "but I feel good at the same time to hear it." Their relationship is improving, and Toya says that Cobe made a difference in her sons' lives, "because they never really had a male role model."

Caprysha's Chance to Make Amends

1m 57s

Just a day after Caprysha walked away from Ameena on the park bench, she was back in a juvenile correctional facility for violating her parole. Here, Ameena visits Caprysha at the Illinois Youth Center at Warrenville. "When she gets out, what awaits Caprysha is her," says Ameena. "It's gonna be a rough road."

A Perfect Terrorist Preview

30s

Coming Jan. 10, FRONTLINE and ProPublica team up to investigate the American citizen who developed the blueprint for the most spectacular terror attack since 9/11 -- the 2008 attack on Mumbai, in A Perfect Terrorist.

British Aid Worker Kidnapped in Pakistan

1m 26s

A longtime humanitarian aid worker, Khalil Dale is no stranger to the dangersinherent in his line of work. He spoke to FRONTLINE in 1998 about how the dangers delivering famine relief in Somalia proved to be a turning point for the Red Cross.

Opium Brides

32m 46s

Afghan opium farmers have long borrowed money from drug gangs to subsidize their crops. Now, as the Afghan government destroys their livelihood in an eradication program, the farmers find themselves in a horrifying situation: repay their debts or give their daughters to drug-traffickers. Najibullah Quraishi reports on the harrowing story of the collateral damage of the counter-narcotics effort.

The Secret War

17m 18s

Stephen Grey and Martin Smith go inside the deepest front in America's war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban: Pakistan. They uncover new details about border-crossing CIA-funded Afghan militias, investigate covert support for elements of the Taliban by the Pakistani military and intelligence, and explore the Obama administration's escalated campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas.

Opium Brides Preview

31s

Afghan opium farmers have long borrowed money from drug gangs to subsidize their crops. Now, as the Afghan government destroys their livelihood in an eradication program, the farmers find themselves in a horrifying situation: repay their debts or give their daughters to drug-traffickers. Najibullah Quraishi reports on the harrowing story of the collateral damage of the counter-narcotics effort.

"The Madoff Affair" - Preview

30s

FRONTLINE unravels the story behind the world's first truly global Ponzi scheme - a deception that lasted longer, reached wider and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history. 12/6/2011

Gavriel Holtzberg Thanks Chabad House Donors

1m 51s

Filmed after the Holtzbergs moved from a Mumbai hotel room to the Nariman House. Their new multi-story building, purchased in part with a financial gift from the Rohr family, allows for regular guests, meals and study. The Chabad House was later attacked by Lashkar-i-Taiba during its siege of Mumbai in November 2008. Gavriel, his wife, Rivka, and four others were killed.

An Early Warning about Lashkar

1m 51s

It took the 2008 Mumbai attacks for much of the world to recognize Lashkar-i-Taiba's threat, but renowned French investigative judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere had for years warned of the Pakistan-based terrorist group's evolving international ambitions. In fact, a year before the Mumbai attacks, he successfully convicted a French citizen who had been deployed by Lashkar on an international mission.

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