the push towards tikrit. iraqi troops are making slow gains in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> the iraqi government in this case did not ask for our support. >> but the u.s. is taking a seat on the sidelines. another high-level drug cartel arrest in mexico. a look at why some of the most dangerous drug king pins in the country are both revered and feared. >> he spoke the people's language. >> the big political event in

china the start of the national political congress, what's at stake for region and the u.s. and the pursuit of justice 20 years after the bosnian war going after people living here and accused of committing war crimes. >> good evening and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. the iraqi army is pushing towards city of tikrit in the fight against i.s.i.l. but progress is slow. >> and human rights watch has issued a warning to protect civilians who are caught in the cross fire. >> heavy losses on i.s.i.l. in its attempt to retake tikrit, a city of historic and value. jane arraf has the story.

>> troops are moving slowly towards tic ritd. tikrit. >> the iraqi military has launched since i.s.i.l. seized territory last june. it doesn't show the militia component of this fight. shia volunteers and militias, the most powerful links to iran make up about 20,000 of the 30,000 troops involved here. the government says i.s.i.l. fighters are deserting and heading for mountains. the highway from tikrit leads to mosul. iraq's deference minister acknowledges it will be a tough road ahead. >> translator: we are in multiple phases of war. we are in the preparation phase for real battle. the obstacles are expected and we have taken many measures to avoid such difficulties. >> reporter: it is on the sidelines for this militia led

battle for tikrit. >> the iraqi gofs in this government in this case did not ask for our support in this particular operation and i think that we need to be watchful. >> reporter: there are others though who are eager to join in. turkey's defense minister said in baghdad his country was ready to provide military help. this is a difficult battle with huge stakes. iraq needs to take back tikrit to push on to mosul. the shia militias need to show they can operate in sunni territory. but even if the battle for tikrit is won the battle doesn't end there. the city officials need to make sure that the residents feel safe enough ocome back. video has surfaced online,

what appears to be shia militia killing a 11-year-old boy. an iraqi general says the operation because in retaliation for the june massacre of iraqi troops on the outskirts of tikrit. i.s.i.l. claimed it killed 1700 iraqis then. human rights watch has warned fighters in tic tikrit, committing atrocities against sunni civilians during the takeover of other towns. let's bring in joe stork. joe, good to have you with us. the atrocities documented by human rights watch have been in other towns. so this is somewhat unusual in that it's a preventive report. why do you feel it was necessary to do this in this case of

tikrit? >> we've done this sort of thing before in the fighting in gaza, for instance, during the war the civil war in libya so when you have a situation like this, urban warfare a fairly large city, civilians you know living the and you have these two forces coming at each other i.s.i.s. on the one hand, iraqi security forces government militias on the other hand, simply the cross fire puts civilians at risk. so that's one issue. but the second issue is what we've seen in iraq in the last several months following operations such as a.r.m. amerlie in early september we see militias going in killing setting homes on fire this kind of thing really terrible acts of retribution. >> how widespread is this among

shia militias going after sunni sunnies and iran is in charge of much of this. is there any iranian involvement? >> there does seem to be iranian involvement. whether it's in charge of these militias i don't know. if this happens again i do think that iranian commanders who are on the ground are going to have something to answer for as well as the militiamen who person trail these atrocities. >> how about iraqi government forces themselves, have they committed atrocities? >> well, they certainly have but as your report noted in this operation, two out of three of the iraqi forces are militia men rather than armed forces. these are militia men who are e-who in many cases are recently recruited, not necessarily very well trained not necessarily familiar with the basic rules of fighting, the fact that can you

not target civilians for instance. that is a cause for great concern. >> the conventional wisdom is that winning over sunni tribes is going to be essential to defeating i.s.i.l. how badly have these atrocities by the shia militias hurt that cause? >> they've hurt it a great deal, there's no question about that. there was a killing of a sunni sheik just about ten days ago and you saw the sunni members of the parliament simply refuse to come to the parliament. that was a political gesture. the sunnies resentful of the kind of discriminatory policies under former president maliki. >> and on the one hand, human rights watch has found evidence of the mass graves, the evidence

of i.s.i.l. savagery fueling this sunni versus shia reprisals? >> exactly what it's meant to do. don't forget, i.s.i.l. came out of what was known as al qaeda in iraq. blowing up and destroying the samarra mosque, designed to create these fissures in society. on the other hand, the government under prime minister maliki were extremely sectarian and likewise helped fuel what was a terribly vicious cycle. >> chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey said he was worried this fighting was the excuse for ethnic cleansing. good to have you with us. >> meanwhile occurreddish kurdish

forbes, main offensive offensive -- forces, pairch more syrian rebels to fight against i.s.i.l. overrun two key oil filed in libya. security officials with the internationally recognized government in tobruk said fighters stormed the tobruk and lahi oil fields, fighting also reported around the darra field evacuated after an attack last month. >> secretary of state john kerry is in saudi arabia tonight to discuss the commitment to stop iran getting a nuclear weapon. he has been meeting with iran's foreign minister this week. the iranians say the program is peaceful and they want economic

sanctions reduced. u.s. and its partners want to guarantee that iran cannot build a nuclear weapon. video taken just after attack shows a bloody mark lippertrt leaving an art center. the alleged attacker is under arrest. the man reportedly shouted no drills for war an pattern reference to u.s. south korea military exercises. >> mexico has claimed another victory on their war against drugs. as adam rainey reports the arrest comes days after the mexican government pinned down another top cartel leader. >> the arrest of this zetasas cartel leader, days after the

leader of the knights templar was taken down. what's not clear exactly is what impact that has on ongoing violence in mexico. we've been speaking with the drug enforcement administration in washington and they say it clearly fractures these organized criminal groups and means that over time, they are make you mexico safer. but on the ground in these communities where these criminal organizations operate it doesn't seem to be bringing down levels of violence. now this man had a $2 million price on his head from the mexican government and a $5 million reward from the u.s. government on his head. that shows just how important both governments see him in leading alleged 30 zetas organization but there are many people vying to take control of that cartel now that he's been taken out of power. the crack down on mexico's

drug cartel was gun in 2006. but still they thrive. >> the sinaloa cartel operates as a confederacy of blood. >> the bertram le have evera organization, moves cocaine from mexico into the us. began as a military wing of the gulf cartel. >> the gulf cartel controls a cartel along the u.s. border into text. >> knights templar was formed in 2010 of the michoacan state. vigilante revolt sanctioned by

mexican authorities its leader has been arrested. >> that leader, was captured a few hundred miles west of mexico city. but there are mixed feelings now that he's gone. >> this is servando gomez would want to be is remembered, as a kind hearted cartel kingpin. gomez gave this woman $60 for her sick mother during one of his regular handouts. >> i that i yes people liked him because he helped them. >> unlike other mexican cartel leaders, gomez presented his cartel of the knight templar as a defact to authority in the

michoacan district. this school leader worked with him for several years and still considers him a friend. >> as a teacher he would bring the love of the kids almost instantly. he had charisma. he spoke the people's language. >> gomez and the knights templar, created medieval style accessories. the marketing campaign couldn't disguise the fact that they terrorized michoacan by regularly subjecting the local area to measured. this man took up arms after being kidnapped by the knight templar. >> translator: we're all scared of him because of the killings. if you didn't obey him you turned up dead the next morning.

>> when federal forces finally arrived in the beleaguered state the year long man hunt began and gomez was forced underground. he spent short periods of time in this care of when he wasn't running from other hiding places, a series of luxury houses and a shack in the hills. his new home is a maximum security prison outside of mexico city and despite his intermittent acts of kindness, gomez will be remembered as a violent and ruthless criminal. >> despite the recent arrests of mexican leaders president enrique pena nieto is under fire. his approval ratings are around 25% and he's done little to reverse the country's weak economic record. pena nieto has also been characterized to his poor reaction to the 43 students

missing since last september. it's china's biggest event the start of the national people's congress. >> tackling some of the issues. >> and a hint from edward snowden that he wants to return to the united states. daniel elsberg joins us

>> china is the focus of tonight's in context segment. the national people's congress essentially the chinese parliament have gathered for the annual meeting. >> people will discuss policy and set goals for things to come. adrian brown is in beijing. >> it's china's most important annual political gathering but a number of faces will be absent from this year's congress.

36 delegates and political advisors are under investigation for corruption. one of them is lynn yin wa, a former aid to china's president. many wonder who will be next. so far more than 100,000 low and high ranking officials across the country have been implicated. on monday 14 generals were added to the list. the president's 18th-corruption campaign that began more than two years ago is expected to be a dominant theme of this congress and it's a campaign that appears to be far from over. >> translator: the party's never haven for corrupt officials. we resolutely support and endorse series investigation into their cases. >> reporter: some analysts believe the campaign is merely a guise to stop political rivals. >> he has focused on two things.

mainly consolidating power for him self, abrogating power to himself and also fighting corruption and using corruption as a political weapon to intimidate. >> the drive to save money has hit the government's car fleet. more than 3,000 official vehicles have been auctioned with more set to go under the hammer. >> we're now joined by adrian brown, in beijing's beijing's tienanmen square. adrian aside from corruption what other big issues are on the agenda? >> reporter: well, antonio no economy matters more in the world right now than china. so the economy very much the focus today. and as i speaks premier leka chung is outlining his view for the future. he was talking about growth of

7.5% in 2014. in the end it was 7.4%, less than he had hoped for. now lowering his goals china would like to get 7% growth, outwardly the chinese government is pretty relaxed about this. entering what it calls the new normal, that means the era of stellar economic growth is now over. china's economy is starting to mature. now the premier has also been touching on the issue of unemployment. they're worried that if economic growth continues to fall, there will be larger segments in the future the unemployment rate in the cities stays at around 4.5%. interesting though antonio he didn't mention the unemployment rate in the country side. the government also said it

hopes to create 10 million more jobs this year. so the government is in a sense warning the people look, economic growth is slowing. but we are going to do all we can to mitigate the circumstances. let's put this into context antonio. china's growth rate of 7% would be still the envy of the united states. >> and to most of the world. these meetings have usually been well core yoa tbrafd. choreographed. has it hinted of anything sort? >> that the government will declare war on pollution. it says the premier says pollution is now a blight on everyone's lives and they will do all they can to eliminate it. the government is promising new anti-pollution laws. the problem is this antonio: introducing laws is one thing in china.

enforcing them is another. on the eve of this conference interestingly enough there was a documentary that was released online that detailed china's pollution problems. this documentary has become in a sense china's inconvenient truth. this documentary incidentally backed supported 50 government. it's indication that perhaps the government is perhaps taking its problems seriously. >> we have seen pictures ever people there wearing masks. adrian brown, thank you. >> china's budget pales in comparison to america's saudi arabia spends 67 billion.

in europe, france leatsd 61.1 allocates 61.1, and germany 48.8 billion. rounding out is japan at 48.6 and india at 47.4. combined those eight countries spend $607 billion on their militaries 40 billion less than the u.s. victor gow, of the international studies, affiliated, mr. gow thank you verythank you very much for your time. one in ten of the delegates at the people's congress i understand is in the military. china has been increasing its defense budget year by year by double digits, this year by 10% slightly less than last year. how much is a reaction to u.s. military strategy of pivoting

towards asia? >> well first of all i will say the chinese military spending is very much aimed at domestic and national defense. first of all china is one of the largest countries in the world. china is actually larger in size than the united states. and as the largest population, and unlike the united states which only has two land and neighboring countries canada and mexico china has 14 land neighbor being countries and six maritime neighboring countries too. and also don't forget. on choirn's china's doorstep afergz, afghanistan no sign that the war is winding down at all. and more and more complicated international situations including terrorism extremism and also allow me to put into this context: china now the

largest trading nation in the world. china has traiting interests throughout the world. therefore i think china needs to increase its military spending for the purpose of defending its territory and sovereignty but also increasingly defending its very legitimate trading interests throughout the world. it is not against any particular country, it's not you know trying to antagonize the relations with its neighbors. >> has china's military buildup however led to other nations in the region building up their military, especially in the south china sea? >> well, if you look at the world there are about a dozen country which have aircraft carriers. and china is the country which now is just starting to have its first aircraft carrier and

that's also a very old ship bought from ukraine many years ago. and china refitted it, that as you a training ship. and of course china is building its first nuclear -- its aircraft carrier for first time. and in the future it's expected that china may have altogether two to three aircraft carriers. now, if you compare that with the united states, which has about ten or 11 aircraft carriers and even countries like india which already have two or three aircraft carriers in active service i think nowhere in the world should come one any statement to deny china of the right to build up its navy sufficiently so that it compares with countries like france or great britain or the united states which are other members of the security council as the permanent members. there we're running out of time sir. before i i go id want to ask you

this question. president xi jinping you were english interpreter, is she the strongest chinese leader since your boss was in power? whether i think all evidence seems to indicate that president xi jinping is consolidating his power in the military in the party as well as over the chinese government and he's on the point of becoming another paramount leader close to on the part with late paramount leader duncan choodunn chau ping. owntd the new path of economic and political growth on this country. >> victor gow coming to us from beijing, thank you for your time. >> another deadly accident you

in ukraine. >> and alleged bosnian war crilsscontracts, u.s. on the hunt to deport them.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. coming up this hour of international news, a new effort to find people in america who are accused of war crimes during the bosnian war. >> we'll talk about the case with daniel elsburg. >> in boston today jurors began hearing the case against marathon bombing suspect

dzhokhartsarnaev, opening statements the defense admittsarnaev was involved in the bombings but suggested his brother tamerlan was the mastermind. >> after a jewish shooting in paris, three suspects have been identified and international arrest warrants have been issued all three suspects are believed to have been members of the palestinian splinter group abu nidal. >> fire grew out of control firefighters said the flames had been at last extinguished. fortunately no fatalities were reported. ukraine is blaming separatists for death ever

trapped miners. as john hendren found the differing accounts are leaving families with unanswered questions. a warning some viewers play find some of the images disturbing. >> reporter: after the blast came the confusion. >> suddenly, there was dust everywhere. and people were growing. >> reporter: you outsideoutside the mine things were murky. >> there was an explosion. it's unknown where the people are what condition they're in no one knows so far. >> reporter: most of the 230 men who entered the mine were evacuated. some with horrific wounds. >> translator: there was a bang and then it threw me so hard i flew for three or four meters. >> reporter: for families of those who didn't make it out there was wait and worry. >> translator: he was supposed to retire next year. everyone is angry they say on tv

that 32 people died but no one tells us anything. >> reporter: the deadly blast leaves croongs prime minister ars anyarseny yatsenyuk said perhaps the crucial help for the miners. >> i gave instructions to send six brigades, but did not give an opportunities to ukrainian mine rescue brigades to get to the site and pull out people and to save the lives. >> reporter: then there's a question of what caused the blast. the separatist government the donetsk people's republic says a buildup of methane gas was to blame. the incident was reminiscent of

the deadliest mine accident in ukraine history. john hendren, al jazeera america, eastern ukraine. hearing on alcohol today lawmakerscapitol hilltoday, administration officials say the president is waiting to see if the recent truce between russia and ukraine holds before making any decision. >> meanwhile u.s. officials are holding extensive talks with european counterparts about more sanctions against russia. officials say moscow is behind a recent wave of bombings. al jazeera's paul brennan spoke with officials who say they have proof of russia's involvement of these attacks. >> reporter: in thein the east of ukraine, showing support for the government in kiev can prove fatal. this is char kharkiv.

a pro-russian bombing campaign which has been targeting ukrainian activists turned deadly. there was another rally on sunday but security and levels are extremely high. >> when people come to our rallies they know that it's potentially dangerous. everyone flos. >> reporter: the campaign of terror is clearly having an effect. turnout has been markedly down in weeks but the bombing campaign has cletted. it is not just kharkiv. this police video shows a car in mariupol and odessa. >> we have confession testimony

saying who recruited them where they were trained and it was on the territory of the russian federation. financial support came from the russian side. weapons and explosives were provided. this is introartable incontrovertible everyday. >> more than 700 pro-russian terrorism suspects have been arrested in the security services in kharkiv alone. in january 14 people were injured by a bomb blast outside this courthouse. the casualties included ordinary civilians. the intoangs the spread fear. >> one day they will be trying to kill us. but we don't think that fall will be like here in such a

place, in such a scene. >> reporter: the hundreds of arrests so far seem to have done lil to resthur public. >> we adapt we learn. the fate of israel and the united states awaits us. those countries which live under continuous threat from terrorism and this threat will continue while vladimir putin remains the president of russia. >> that would mean more bomb attacks like this one are inevitable. paul brennan, al jazeera kharkiv. >> russian president vladimir putin says the killing of one of his colleagues was an unspeakable tragedy. boris nemtsov first time he has spoken about his death since he was gunned down last friday. >> including the ones with the political subtexts. the one we recently endured and

seen the murder the audacious murder of boris nemtsov right in the center of the capital. >> a russian joint released a dash cam video apparently showing the moments right after nemtsov's death. nemtsov's girlfriend said the gunman fled in a light-colored car. the truck blocked overt security cameras from recording what happened. >> in our off center segment bosnian war 20 years after hostility ceased. >> monday serbian war crimes prosecutors charged five people from abducting and killing. back in 1993. ten other people are being investigated. >> the move is part of the ongoing effort to bring people to justice for war crimes committed during the conflict. more than 100,000 people died between 1992 and 1995, 80% of

them were bosnian muslims. killing an estimated 8,000 muslim men and boys. >> bosnian immigrants believed to have taken part in ethnic cleansing, that number could reach 600. >> more than 120,000 refugees applied for american visas while the conflict was raging in bosnia. knowledge concealed their are part of the ethnic cleansing from back home. >> joins us from phoenix where there's a large bosnian community and more war crimes investigations than anywhere else. the u.s. immigration officials are pursuing 300 people maybe 150 of them bosnians because of their suspected involvement in war crimes. is this why your clients are

being investigated? >> yes. unfortunately this is not new news. these emanated from 2006, 2007. i've represented cases that are still ongoing and won't be completed well after 2018 due immigration court blooghts. >> you are arguing that they did not commit any war crimes. >> failed to make any allegations towards any war crime activity, any type of persecution on the part of my individual clients. they simply are processing them on deportation cases based is soamly on their failure to disclose their military service during war. unfortunately we did have 120,00020,000 refugees that came over dur that period of time and only a half a dozen of those are being reviewed for failure to

disclose. the government itself is using this really as a way to continue their mission, rather than looking at the justice behind the individual acts. >> but shouldn't they face deportation in any case if they lied about their military service? they got visas when others who didn't lie may have been denied. >> absolutely. however only a couple hundred cases were actually reviewed by this particular investigative unit. and quite frankly with the anniversary of srebrenica this summer and the dwindling congressional funding for these investigative units, it is not surprising that certain individuals are trying renew these focuses on these individuals at the time. >> shouldn't they renew it if the money is is going away and there are war criminals living in the united states? >> absolutely, war criminals shr investigatedshould be investigated

now wrongly labeled as war criminals without any evidence whatsoever, i think is both a miscarriage of justice and a great waste of government resources. >> in the 1990s about 120,000 bosnians applied for visas. are immigration officials looking into thousands of them? >> bosnian serbs in and around the srebrenica area, however many individuals like my clients were in other areas of the country ethnically cleansed moved to certain areas and forcibly conscripted into these areas and are just low level soldiers and are now being accused of war crimes this they knew nothing about. >> you're concerned what would happen to your clients if they are deported to bosnia?

>> absolutely. just the label of being a war criminal here in the united states could gather them some very unfavorable policy decisions back in bosnia. >> possibly prosecuted there? >> it is possible. it is certainly their fear that they wok prosecuted in fairly there as well. >> thank you for joining us. >> well, can he get a fair trial? that's what edward snowden wants to know. >> daniel elsburg the man behind the pentagon papers leak joins us to offer his thoughts. >> also it's not way you want to get off the plane. the emergency behind this dramatic exit, next.

>> a passengers plane skidded off the runway today at an airport to kathmandu any nepal. it aborted one attempted landing then descended. two days of rain had made the tarmac desperately slippery,

slid off into a grassy area nearby. 230 were on board but only minor injuries were reported. nearly a thousand migrants were rescued off the coast of italy as they tried cross the mediterranean. seven rescue missions between libya and sicily over the last 24 hours. convoy of five dinghies and smaller boats. one of the vessels capsized killing ten people. >> edward snowden says he is willing to stand trial in the united states but only if it's a fair one. speaking on the internet today at an event published by the canadian broadcasting corporation, says that the u.s. government is keeping the evidence against him classified and secret and that he's been advocating for more transparency. >> if we're going to say that national security triumphs over all other sort of public

interests, public priorities and the normal dispensation and pursuit of justice what kind of messages are we sending to more authoritarian countries around the world diswhrm? >> the u.s. charged snoantd snowden with speej. joiningespionage. joining us is daniel elsburg and colleen radford. thank you so much for joining us. you have both supported edward snowden. mr. elsburg i want to start with you. you were also charged with the espionage act and you said this clearly, i did this at my own jeopardy and i'm prepared to answer the consequences of this decision. do you think snowden is facing the consequences? >> actually, snowden and i were -- have been charged with

very similar charges which by the way are not charged with espionage, with spying, though it's often described that way colloquially. it is violation of the espionage acts 18 usc 793 prafers d paragraphs d and e. i happen to know those because i was the first charged in that way. the espionage act which includes those paragraphs was never to be used against people who gave the information to the public couple it was meant for spice who gave information secretly to a foreign government especially during war time. the first amendment really should prevent any such criminal act which is like the british secrets act. president obama has used this three times more than any other presidents ever, as though it were an official secrets acts,

strict liability act which means you can't argue in court or present any testimony or evidence that did you this for the benefit of the united states without any intent to harm. >> i just wanted to play for you something that snowden said about the prospects for a fair trial were he to come back. listen to this. >> do you thigh fair trial would even be possible, thanks? >> we'd love to go back and face a fair trial but unfortunately as you surmised in your question there is no fair trial available on offer right now. i've been working exhaustively with the government now since i left to try ofind terms of a trial which would allow the public to look at these issues, its would be open, it would be clear we wouldn't have any abuse of procedure where we would say yes, we have this great evidence against him but it's classified, you can't see it. >> hold on i want to bring ms. rally into the conversation.

snowden has not been labeled a whis ulwhistle blower. how would he be immigranted that status? >> contractors in the national security field are not given whistle blower status. there is no law that protects him. he's been given several awards for having told the truth to the public about the dragnet surveillance and about how this threatens democracy and the accusation. i think he generally is considered a whisking blower except by the government and potential prosecutors. >> mr. elsburg snowden has compared himself to you. i know you spoke to him last year. have you been able to speak to him recently? >> yes, i saw hem in moscow with a couple of other people. let me say i gray with everything my friends colleen

rowley and edward snowden said. i did not get a fair trial i'm not singling myself out. not one person charged with, actually leaking, there is no whistle blower defense for them, not one of them has been offered a fair trial because they couldn't present their actual motives for presenting this information to the american public. by the way general petraeus wouldn't have as public -- >> let's bring our viewer into that conversation. general david petraeus reached a me deal for giving classified information to his mistress. let's ask ms. rally this question, what makes his case different than this case? >> he's not revealing anything the public needed to know

because it revealed wrongdoing or dangerous facts dangerous aspects or criminal aspects by the government. he was simply doing what most leakers do in the government which is roughly every day which is self aggrandizement in his case to his biographer. for his lover a very sympathetic biographer. >> ms. rally -- would you let ms. ralgy rally answer this question if you don't mind mr. elsburg. >> absolutely. it seems like the scooter libbys who transfer information and those who leak for self aggrandizement or people who mishandle classified information, if they're at the high levels they get at best the slap on the wrist. but people like edward snowden who are truly disclosing information for public and certainly even information that

threatens democracy and public safety are -- and we can point to all kinds in the last few years, who have actually been hammered and sent to prison for long, long terms. so there's a complete double standard. >> the question about public interest which is mr. snowden anticipates defense that he did this for the good of public interest mr. elsburg i want to ask you this. because this is what critics of snowden say. that you have to balance society's need for order and current with personal freedom. how do you see that balance? >> look very simply. when he says that's his defense that's his defense in his mind and to us and to the public and it's very good justification of his actions. he would not be allowed to 14 |1 th |0 in court. it's not a -- to presents that in court court it is not legal defense. let me say be very specifically, not one of the 15 people who have ever been charged with mishandling classified

information before petraeus, not one of the 14 have been offered the me bargain that mr. petraeus has just agreed to on the facts. not one ever them was charged with facts remotely as you serious as breach of national security as general petraeus other than snowden actually who could be charged similarly. if snowden who could be charged with the same charge that petraeus has just pled guilty to he could be charged with that, if he were offered that me bargain even at the maximum sentence that could be made which is one year and several years probation the case is not getting -- woe accept he would accept that. >> ms. rally do you think that would be the fair thing to offer him the deal that petraeus got? >> to fix the 1917 espionage act, there are law professors

who have been writing i've read two now very lengthy appeals for fixing this law. it was never designed to prosecute whistle blowers who are demonstrating that they want to give information for public and that's ideal solution. i think in the case uf edward snowden,of edwardsnowden, he would probably be happy to accept the light punishment that petraeus is getting. simply because he is motivated for good of the spire country. he is not doing this as you others are doing for self aggrandize ultimate. >> we should note that more than 50% of americans in recent polls have agreed to that. colleen rattly and rally and he daniel elsburg thank you for joining us tonight.

>> a catchy tune, the video of the song tout la vie all lifelong. >> been viewed 2 million times on youtube. complaining the song is paternalistic and eternally young. characterizes young people, lefigaro went so far as to ask its readers to come up with their own words. defending himself saying it's only a song. >> tomorrow night venezuela's

economic and political crisis, with the highest inflation in the world president nicholas maduro's plairp is 20% and maduro's popularity is 20%. >> that's its if. >> on "america tonight,." >> 87 year old celia van de grift remembers her time in the hospital at the lynchberg state hospital. for the epileptic and feeble minded. witnessing thousands of forced sterilization procedures. >> the end a superrace