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there are other aj staff who were convicted. aj says they will continue to fight for their cases to be thrown out. the happy closure of one chapter, victoria, aj. >> the acting general released the following statement, well welcoming statement. it's hard to celebrate as this whole episode should not have happened in the first place. they've lost two years of their

lives when they were guilty of nothing except journalism. campaigning does work and this day would not have been achieved without you. they may not be behind bars, but their families and careers have been affected. they urge the authority to squash their cases and get on with their lives. they were deported from egypt in february after the news was released. >> i'm absolutely overjoys for family. fantastic news. we've been concerned for their safety, we've been concerned for their health. there was no reason for them to be imprisoned in the first place. having them not just out of prison, but pardoned is, at

least, chapters being restored. it's extraordinary news. justice needs to be served and everybody who was caught up in this case, including those of us still convicted, must have their names cleared. they have taken a very significant and important step in restoring confidence in the system. it is only a partial step. he has to finish this up. this is an incredibly complicated case, there are domestic political issues involved and tremendous pol political pressure on the egyptian government. there was enormous public pressure. we saw millions and millions of tweets for free agents and we would hope that those continue

for as long as there are people caught up in this. it's very, very difficult for us to say, this was the thing that got us this day. you know, all i can say is, that it's great news and we have to make sure that we keep in mind in egypt that this isn't resolved until everybody has had their names cleared. f . he has resigned amid the controversy scandal: this was how their recognition was announc

announced and value highly. >> we are joined live now. did the. >> reporter: no, it was very clear in the executives that spoke to the press from the board said they do not know who is responsible for the emission test cheating, the software that was put into the cars to defeat the emission testing over 11 million vehicles, so martin wintercorn, the former head of the company, also stressed in a statement that he didn't know

anything about that. it begs the question, exactly who did it because this was not something that was done, you know, by some low-level employee, this software was put into millions of vehicles and someone near the top or in a responsible position, let's say, had to know something about that. so the board said that in addition to all of the investigations that are under way around the world, in the united states, by the german's prosecutor's office, they're going to have their own investigation internally, they believe criminal matters are involved and they want to bring the whole thing do light. >> did they say how they might regain consumer trust? >> reporter: not specifically. clearly, this is a very

important priority for the company. our losses are not measured so much in the decline of volkswagen stock or in the fines or legal settlements we might have to pay, but in the respect and trust that we've lost from our customers and from the public of large. they're going to have to do a lot to regain that trust and i think first of all, the important thing to do that is to really be transparant and discover exactly what did happen and they say they are determined to do that, lay that out in front of the public and try to move on from there. wintercorn said volkswagen needs a new start at the highest level of personal. we don't know who is going to replace him yet, the board is going to have some further

consultations in the further days. >> thanks very much. european nations are going to give extra $1 billion to agencies. it comes in a draft statement in brussels. it comes a day after they pushed through an agreement on how to relocate 120,00 refugees. arriving at the meeting, hungary's prime minister says they have clear-cut views on border issues. >> we set clearly how we have to do that so it's not a question of your question, it's an obligation so i have to -- if the prime minister say that i should not do that and there is no need to control the border, i can find a solution.

now we have a clear-cut solution and they still exists which means i have to pull -- >> i understand that meeting is under way, what can we expect from that? >> reporter: hope for and what's expected won't be the same thing. there's a desire now, from the european commission, from the european council to have a show of unity after all the disarray, the fighting that we've seen in recent times between different european union countries who seem to want to kick the problem over the border to the next country. the president of the eu said it was time, really, for people to step up to the mark, show a united front. as we've heard, it seems there is a sideline of point-scoring

going on by some of the countries who are unhappy about the way that that vote went on tuesday about dividing up the refugees, those 120,000 who are already in the european union. >> this is all very quick, isn't it? they keep arranging new meeting and we can't expect new answers for a problem of this size? >> reporter: one thing that this meeting, on wednesday, is intended to do is look at the more practical measures that can be put into place to try to restrith strict the num -- restrict the number of eu's enter. discussions about deploying new eu forces to help the police, the immigration on countries like greece and italy who have been struggling to cope with the number of people coming in. that is also controversial

because it is a question of national sovereignty. so, a lot of controversial issues still to be discussed. another thing will be the desire to pledge more money to the countries to whom the refugees travel and the front line country, turkey, jordan and syria who have been carrying the biggest burdens in terms of housing the refugees. still ahead, why the interment president says he's returning to power days after being posed in coup. a mosque has opened after decades of construction work.

>> what do you want american's to understand? >> there's so much injustice.

>> workers are being injured constantly. . a reminder, the top stories on aj, they have been released from prison, following a presidential pardon in egypt. martin resigns as the fall-out as the emissions scandal continues. the eu is getting an extra $1 billion for dealing with the ref refugee crisis. interim president has been released. the prime minister said the general elections may be delayed, adding it was impossible that the army unit

would maintain its -- current shap shape. >>translator: we fall together in misfortune, now that i am free, i returning to work and returning to legitimate government. we are taking back the exercise of the power of the state. vladimir putin is attending

to improve its standing. >> reporter: the new mosque is a vehic vehicles that helps russian in the middle east as it expands

refusive about the president's executive actions about reducing emissions to help with climate change. there you go, democrats 1, republicans, nil. he was firm in his statement that america is a nation of immigrants, perhaps something that we think might be terribly controversial. in the contexts of the republicans focus on preventing immigration. >> and what are they doing at the basilica, behind you? >> reporter: behind that game of democrats and republicans, this is the most controversial part of the pope's visit. in four and a half hours of time, the pope will be on u.s.

sole. he is talking about the man who brought it to california. by the time the mission system happened, he set up missions up and down the california coast. by the time it was disbanded, most of the native tribes have been wiped out. it was a cruel system. indians were kidnapped and forced into this. there was rape and disease. they are perplexed as to why the pope would want to talk about that. the pope has waived the second miracle, he wants them to be a saint. native americans and indigenous communities say this is a bit odd because the pope is supposed to -- he apologized for the crimes in bolivia and what effect that had on indigenous people. the catholic church, the pope

say know. they say he was a good man at bad times and did his best to stop abuses against native americans. historically, it is murky to support that position. it is part of an outreach for the hispanic community. they are growing catholics in the united states. he wasn't latin american, though. part of that outreach, the mass will be in spanish. indigenous rights activists say talk about latin america. the archbishop in el salvador fought for it in the cold war. this is the most controversial part of the pope's visit. >> thank you very much. chinese president is another

high-profile to the united states. he is in seattle, i he has been finalizing deals with boeing. they want to deepen investment ties. he also spoke about security. >>translator: the international community, on the basis of mutual respect and trust must work together to build a peaceful cyber space, china is ready to set up a mechanism with the united states with fighting cyber crimes. >> chinese president is headed for washington, d.c., and high-level talks with president obama, his first official state visit to the u.s. he'll meet with members of the congress and address the united nations. he'll spend three days in the

seattle area, meeting with business leaders. >> between our two countries, every day, flow almost $1.5 billion of goods and services and millions of jobs in america depend on that trade with china. our trade has grown astronomically over the next few years. >> reporter: he is scheduled to have dinner with bill gates. they are looking for insurances they can do fair business in china without government interference. >> obviously a concern about cyber security and firms in china, discrimination against foreign firms, as well as the lack of a rule of law and inadequate protections. >> he is the fourth consecutive

leader to visit the northwest. seattle times columnist sees this. >> they want to have them thrive internationally and what better examples are there than to come to seattle? >> reporter: it will be a soft landing in the west before a harder line, at a much higher level back east. >> we are preparing a number of measures that will indicate to the chinese that this is not just a matter of us being mildly upset, but is something that will put strengths on the bilateral relationships. >> it's a good cop/bad cop relationship. we can talk about trade relationships and hopefully obama's going to play the bad cop and take a firmer line on

some of these things. >> reporter: china is flexing its military muscle and trying to solidify territorially claims. those issues, along with cyber security and trade are expected to be on the agenda when the presidents meet. south korea biggest labor unions have clashed with police. they met with resistance when they tried to move them from a main road. they oppose firing employees for incompetence. they say they can only be sacked if they're involved in corruption or embezzlement. in indonesia,fore fires worsen. 120,000 have been diagnosed with infections. the forest fires are a practice

of burning. soldiers in the southern philippines are searching for kidnapping. two canadian, a norwegian and a woman. >> closed-circuit tv show our hotel guests were abducted. a group of around 11 heavy-armed men sped off with the hostages on monday night. the canadians and a resort manager and a woman. pursuit operations are well under way, aircrafts and navy boats have already been deployed. the identify isn't known and it's unclear if the victims were chosen at random or targeted.

>> we cannot predict what will be the out come of the investigation. >> reporter: the resort has just barely opened. they've been evacuated and some staff think the hotel will be shut down. the last abduction was in 2001 when they tried and failed to ubduct tourists from a nearby resort. three of the hotel security staff died in the process. the region has endured constant suffering. more than 100,000 lives and displaced millions mores. they have been spared the violence until now. >> the time comes when we will be able