the same an old journalist attained in a gyptian jails free mahmoud's and all his colleagues we stand for press freedom. from studio fourteen here at al-jazeera headquarters in doha. welcome to the new script it is the to the storm in several military member states to the central african country in the name of democracy we will look at what's given rise to be and if the family of decades is in any danger of losing it. and the attempted coup

in the barn is huge news online people in some countries as states protests outside their embassies. a.j. . also on the grid interview with egypt's president of. the united states despite egypt asking for. concerned he is cooperating militarily with israel in sinai but he also denied there were abuses of human rights going on in egypt and a huge new poll emerges in florida x. . time will now be able to vote in state and federal elections and those one point four million people could be crucial in a longstanding swing state. the newsgroups live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live in al-jazeera dot com has been restored in the central african nation of after some

tense moments on monday several military members staged a coup attempt control of national radio and broadcasting anti government messages the soldiers a part of a self declared group the patriotic movement. of the defense and security forces of the bombay claim the takeover was a way of restoring democracy to the country. the president of the bank i was not in the country at the time remember his family's actually ruled go on for more than four decades now government troops are now patrolling the streets of the capital and guarding the radio and t.v. stations mr understood. the message to the head of state. is that the bait on his health has reinforced doubts about the president's ability to handle the heavy burden of the responsibilities of his office. but doing as a good in the homeland has given us everything and made us the people we are we cannot abandon it so the patriotic movements of youth of the defense and security

forces in order to preserve the integrity of the country as decided to take responsibility this stop the ongoing move to seize power by those who are on the night of the disputed election in twenty sixteen killed our young compassion has the support of illegal and illegitimate institutions. so let's check in with militias in johannesburg but was recently in get on high for me to any thoughts first of all on why now as we've pointed out the family has been in power for decades now there was an election couple of years ago what has given rise to this. well i think among many may i ask the question of why not earlier possibly given that they've been issues around bongos credibility going back at least two years since the time he's been in power in fact that goes back to two thousand and nine but in the twenty sixteen elections there were

a number of protests after it was announced that he had won that election but that of course was marred by reports of an accusation is of fraud and manipulation of the vote those protests or at least three people killed at that time and the government the military at least coming down quite heavily on opposition protests protestors who claimed that there was indeed forward i mean in some areas a government stronghold a claim to have been a ninety nine percent turnout when in the rest of the country that was about fifty four percent and then going into twenty eighteen there were attempts to change the constitution and that was after early bango had suffered a stroke we understand it to be that was in saudi arabia from there he travelled to morocco rather than returning to go bonn he's been recovering in morocco ever since he's been out of the country for several months now but appears that. rather the bongos family has wanted to maintain this grip on power strategic positions that

have been given to family members so there's a bungle family really wanting to ensure that they preserve their position in government those constitutional changes of the attempts there to protect them further so this has been coming for some time bongo remains out of the country and perhaps for this faction within the military this was the opportunity to make a move a distance of just it was a pretty small faction the fact that it was over and done with seemingly only a few hours after it began and didn't really gain any traction. we do understand that about five soldiers involved when they appeared on social media and used the radio station to broadcast them message they are asked for public support we don't believe there was very much of that which is quite interesting given that we do know that there is a significant portion of the population that did vote for the opposition that isn't

necessarily in favor of this government and the so pongo dynasty but there was a very small limited response public response to this attempted coup and the response from the government to we do understand that special forces then launched an assault against these five mutineers killing at least two of them a sense of this attempted coup took place they have also a rested the lead tenant obiang and we are waiting to hear more from the governor's government about what happens next the minister of communication appeared to govern his television a short while ago to update people about what exactly had happened and maintaining that they had restored calm and order and that there was nothing to worry about in fact who in this attempted coup a joke at one point right in johannesburg from a tomato with the latest there thank you but we've also got

a what you need to know the hage up and running at al-jazeera dot com on the so just a quick little background on what has happened today also what gave rise to it or just a bit of context for a country that well we don't really hear a lot about very often so let's build on that just before we speak to our guest a bit more background president ali bongo on them but he has been in power since two thousand and nine fifty nine years old he succeeded his father who died after ruling on for more than forty years or was reelected in twenty sixteen as we heard there was a poll marred by allegations of fraud and he won by fewer than six thousand votes. it's a win which spot violence between protesters and police parliament was even set on fire when that happened the e.u. said it found anomalies in bangor a stronghold province of hauteur greer where he won his family to pointed out ninety five percent of the vote all right valentino will be out with us now west

and central african analyst for the global collapse consultancy control risks and it's nice to have you with us from paris look of our correspondent i don't know if you could hear her there but she pointed out the fact that some people might be actually asking why this didn't happen sooner would you agree with that. well i think the timing is interesting the president has been abroad and with with considerable health issues and so you know if you were being a bit. i guess a bit skeptical or at least you know there's a window of opportunity now that there is dissension no president in country and that there is some some desire for change and quite a lot of anger so sooner you know it did not happen sooner but i think now the timing is. pretty well a spot on i would say what sort of shape does this leave the president in politically at least at stake his health out of the equation for a moment the fact that he's been in charge since well what ten years now the family

has been in for forty years is there a weak point here. i think there is i think you know you have a president has not been in the country for the past two plus month a president who you know we've seen very few photos and pictures of him and so there's credible allegations as to is his health status and his is ability to run the country i think the government puts on now has done you know as been able to maintain some sort of status quo you know we've seen pictures of the president he was able to deliver his speech on new year's eve and so they're essentially able to keep the status quo and to keep a sense of business as usual but they are you know legitimate questions as to what his actual health status is which was fueled by his his conditions during his new year's message and just in the long term whether he's actually able to run the country and that is a question that will remain until you know there is tension proof that he is well

and he is able to rule essentially you talked about being skeptical that's kind of what we definitely do as journalists we were talking this morning about the fact that only a few days ago the united states said it was sending forces into go beyond ostensibly because of potential trouble in the d.l.c. which is next door and they want to shore up support for american citizens and interests there and then this happens now we cannot definitively prove any link that the u.s. knew something was happening but say about relations between for example america and other african countries the influence of china there in the region all these different sort of elements of control over the area. well i'll leave the state department the pentagon to comment on their choices what i would say is gone logistically makes sense if you do go and help if you do need to deploy troops to the d.r. c. . and liberal itself logistically makes a lot of sense there's

a french base there with four hundred fifty french soldiers there's an airport and so if they did have to run operations into the r.c. i don't see why they would not be in cobol and you know as to you know motives beyond that i'm not able to comment further to be honest fair enough. thank you so much for joining us today from paris interesting relationships that just a couple of days ago this opinion piece popped up at al-jazeera dot com why africa loves china it's always something to just keep in the back of your mind when it comes to any developments there the very different which relationship which china has with the continent very different certainly from previous colonial mindsets you might say it's written by the academic top the mojave today modern why africa loves china it is in the opinions action at al-jazeera dot com we're going online now with a healer because this one got big pretty quick it really did come all the story is generating international attention from kenya rwanda nigerian also zimbabwe so

france and also the united states people online are sharing the hash tag keypads on this comes off of the government cut internet access after the attempted coup as you can see on the map and went almost completely doc especially around the capitol hill. now this talent is being said on twitter which shows a drop in online traffic in gabon indicating that internet blackout and or monitors and that disruption it says connectivity was reportedly restored shortly after authorities regained control now aside from pictures coming out of gabon some in the diaspora have also been involved in france this group of japanese gathered in front of their embassy in paris in support of the soldiers who attended the coup they sang the national anthem and called on the soldiers to return democracy to. the suffering in the flesh not to be able to live really under democracy we tell

our brothers who took on this morning not to shoot or kill but to resist in a peaceful manner to restore liberty to the people of god. well there's also sharing their thoughts online here's what french cabernets activists so find had to say. see if this is a coup d'etat it is very amateurish that's not how you do it first of all you've got to have an operational commander place secondly you don't simply tell people to come ahead and join us you have units that are already deployed to all important bodies and then we know when they will act that's how you carry out a coup d'etat if this is what they want you to do going again is amateurs but maybe this is not even what they wanted to do it because i haven't read anywhere what their intention was. and mary i want to also drawing parallels to other military coups around the world zimbabwe thailand and egypt for example now this map by

palin fine naps out attempted coups between nineteen fifty and twenty ten and as you can see the most common have been in the americas with forty eight point three percent they were successful and in africa fifty one point five percent were successful but if you are currently in the bond we do want to hear from you tweet us your thoughts on the story is the hash tag asian is going to come all thank you rick here already getting some comments through from you on the live stream at facebook dot com so how does the we don't get hashtag ajay newsgroup on everything you write to us marketers already into saying this for oil the military coup signal something dangerous maybe for other african countries they need to be careful try to mitigate indigenous problems in crises and that is true a lot of what we report on internal conflicts in african countries of what can spill over into this kind of thing also that number plus one seven four five zero one triple one four nine what's that and telegram of using either of those messaging apps you can get in touch with us mohammed is our producer on deck today looking for your responses and i'm keeping an eye on the live stream here as well

let's go to saudi arabia u.s. secretary my pompei or he's expected in riyadh in the next couple of days likely to press officials there about of course the murder of jamal khashoggi in a new report though about one of the suspects accused of killing the saudi journalist though is raising a bit of concern this is come from the washington post saudi authorities refusing to confirm the whereabouts of saw the hutton e in the vendor the kingdom confirmed he was being investigated and was forbidden to leave the country skiing there are now concerns he could be influencing the investigation itself. little bit more on the new who was a top aide to the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman he was fired in october just days after the murder of came to light it was among seventeen saudis sanctioned by the us government over the matter and also played a central role in efforts to bring exiled critics like kushal back to the country. now in washington for us on executive director of the arab center of washington

we've spoken to you a lot ever since the murder of jamal khashoggi does this kind of things surprise you i mean we're not saying that he's disappeared or that he's been or it it's simple fact we don't know what's happened to him but does that surprise you in itself. it doesn't at all as a matter of fact it's a kind of natural progression of the investigation particularly the saudi version of the investigation they have sheltered some of the keep personalities that were involved or accused of being involved whether by turkey or by the international community or even by saudi arabia in this case solid oak lakhani is very visible person very close to the crown prince and with the intention of the saudi campaign right now to keep the crown prince clear from any accusations with regards to the murder of questionably i think his disappearance is not true isn't the

reality that we will only ever know as much as the saudi officials want us to know and that's on the very simplistic but the fact is they are talking about trials going on there is a closed society it is a closed government it will happen how they want it to happen. i think you're quite right yes it might sound simplistic to some but the fact of the matter is it's somebody close he whatever news we get out of saudi arabia has to be authorized by by the government in many ways there is a lot of pressure on saudi arabia to deliver you mentioned earlier. the secretary of state is in the region one of his senior. advisors announced that the issue is on the agenda of that visit that he would like to see the progress made in the saudi investigation and what would like to have more details about particularly

the saudi legal steps that have been undertaken thus far and so we'll see i mean and the final analysis this administration has been controlled victory in this regard and that has given permission for the saudis to basically hold back and know not to proceed forward in a transparent matter so for the u.s. government to simply say that this hasn't reached that threshold of transparency and credibility is one thing but to really put pressure on the saudis to deliver is another story kelly hassan we always appreciate your time thank you so much well after all the hype the american t.v. network c.b.s. has broadcast its interview with the egyptian president remember this was the one cairo had not to be ed the fact they're all safe he told sixty minutes his country's forces were closely cooperating with the israeli military and he also denied human rights abuses in egypt diana estabrook as the story. u.s.

television network c.b.s. said the egyptian government demanded it not air an interview with journalist scott pelley in which egyptian president el-sisi said his government and israel are cooperating in the fight against the islamic state of iraq and the levant would you say that this is the deepest and closest cooperation that you've ever had with israel side that is correct that the air force sometimes needs to cross to the israeli side and that's why we have a wide range of coordination with israel other than a slightly futile sequence it's been estimated there are about a thousand terrorists and sharna with more than a billion dollars in u.s. military aid to every year why haven't you wiped them out with them as an up to stuff that went in and why hasn't the u.s. eliminated the terrorists in afghanistan after seventeen years and spending a trillion dollars l c c's comments could inflame public opinion in his country

which regards the jewish state as an occupier of arab lands the two countries have a forty year old peace treaty and diplomatic relations but despite that many egyptians still think of israel as the traditional enemy last year egypt's military denied press reports that it was cooperating with israel to root out i still affiliated fighting groups in the mountainous sinai region bordering the two countries it's been estimated the pelly also questioned about a human rights watch report that claims egypt is detaining sixty thousand political prisoners many of whom belong to the muslim brotherhood the political party o.c.c. outlawed i want to. i don't know where they got that figure i said there are no political prisoners in egypt and says whenever there is a minority trying to impose their extremist ideology we have to intervene regardless of their numbers. l.c.c.

claimed any extremists that were being held would receive a fair. a contradiction for rights activists who say many are in prison and face long detentions c.b.s. says the interview with the egyptian president was taped a few months ago but didn't say why it had been held until sunday dion estabrook al-jazeera and so this whole story about the interview rather than its content it became very big and it was interesting to hear in this online clip from sixty minutes correspondent scott pelley and his producer rachel morehouse what went on behind the scenes and what journalists made of it all of a look is it fair to say the government of egypt pressured sixty minutes not to air this interview they tried to. they asked us that directly the interview took place at eight o'clock at night at the palace hotel in new york and by the time i got home my contact at the embassy sent me an e-mail that says we were formally

requesting that the interview not be aired yes did they have any sense of what the questions might be before the interview what they wanted all of the questions and writing before the interview i had a back and forth with them i would say for about a month saying absolutely not we can't do this this is not the way we work at sixty minutes as a viewer when you're watching the interview you think did he know what sixty minutes is before he agreed to do this well that was what i wondered to his. record on human rights. chronicled by the united nations of the u.s. state department is absolutely dreadful did you give that order but in a sort of silent to allow me to ask you a question are you closely following the situation in egypt from where do you get your information how he might have decided to sit down with us and imagine that those questions weren't going to come up by i do not know. really interesting is

that we've got i'm going to maggie with us now to talk about this middle east north africa researcher with human rights watch i believe also a contributor to that interview it was a lot of your human rights watch research and one of which was quoted by scott pelley to ward's. presidency see what you make of his responses. well his responses where laughable attempts that no one to to. conceal the truth about human rights abuses that some of them actually might amount to crimes against humanity that he himself supervised the whole idea of actually pulling the interview though that it's very dramatic i think for any leader who grants an interview with a big network or a big show like sixty minutes he obviously or his aides obviously thought well this isn't going to look good for us. yeah you get i

think the. presidency see government because in cc's government is controlling media in egypt very tightly and there is no room anymore for any free speech under his rule the only. space or place where he can be actually scrutinized or. the right questions is the international media but for i think for him as a military dictator it's important also to speak to international media it's a stage where he can speak before the whole world and perhaps as. b.d. explained he actually did not expect much critical questions and maybe it's the first time ever he was he came to an interview without actually having the set of questions that he would be honest before coming to the interview

yeah not something we do in this industry tell us more about the reality of human rights on the ground in egypt the types of figures and statistics which you provided and which where i refuted i guess by the president how bad is it right. yeah i would like to start with the massacre that he supervised he oversaw as a minister of defense in august two thousand and thirteen was it in c.c. in the interview said that the police or the reason why they killed hundreds of people in a few hours is that there were thousands of people in the broadest but actually his statements are not a bulletin tommy because it contradicts his own government statements the government just after the dispersal of the sit in said. sixteen weapons and then several years later in unfair mass trial of seven hundred thirty

people or more survivors of this dispersal. it is only presented around fifty weapons evidence again it's due is protesters that were arrested from the city and so even from government and the authorities the statements and evidence provided them to court you can feel you can see how this report the use of force was and how this was actually a disk in this cabinet systematic killing that actually might amount to crimes against humanity going back to from human rights watch great to talk to you thank you and as we are talking about human rights want to switch to iraq where the role of women has come under the spotlight as more of them assert themselves in all areas of iraq society but rights activists are all saying there is a long way to go before women are treated equally to men run as a report from baghdad. it's been fifteen years but finally the

iraqi women's wrestling team is back on the mat. the team like many other sports teams was disbanded after the u.s. led invasion and occupation of iraq in two thousand and three but much more than that it's part of a wave of women taking bigger roles in iraq a society that unfortunately our society does not accept women's sports but many iraqi women are defying these restrictions and adamant to bring achievements to iraq by raising its flag by women in international tournaments and it's not just in sports in southern iraq a farmer embassador wants to revolutionize the farming industry. she's aiming to grow tomatoes and other vegetables in greenhouses without fertilizers in other words to be completely organic. as a woman i took up the responsibility to cultivate my lens and aim to achieve progress as

a female farmer i want to break up stereotypes and restrictions on women in tribal society and will support the role of female farmers. rights activists are increasingly hopeful that things are changing for iraqi women but they still fill those in charge are resisting the change they tell until. that woman. among. women is woman quality this is one. of progress in iraq women make up twenty five percent of iraq's parliament they come from across the political spectrum and it's in shrine and in law rights activists say that is crucial and they're hoping that women will play an increasingly larger role in iraq iran card al-jazeera. lots of you commenting on the. story his interview with sixty minutes someone say they are from maine if you're not confident in yourself maybe you should do the interview in the first. lies and there was a lot made about the fact that you saw a presidency sweating

a lot in the interview looking quite nervous and then suddenly the next shot he was looking fine had its makeup put on it's also said i think he actually answered most of the kitchens pretty well however the government did the dumb thing by trying to contact c.b.s. and not actually let the show go on air thank you for your thoughts and comments the hashtag is a grid and if you're with us on facebook live those comments were from the facebook live stream a bonus story for you now from our friends at i.j.a. plus it's about how recycling trash is funding a school in indonesia and then later award season for twenty nine thousand begins in hollywood but the foreign correspondents who cover hollywood picking their favorites the golden globes are coming up. however the right has been folding of the last few days in afghanistan with bahrain

but it has caused a few landslides in this bit more to come although i think in the immediate future it is snow in the mountains the north of kabul and that is fine largely fine back through iran but once more a significant storm systems brewed up in the eastern med that darker green hitting the shores of lebanon israel on the up through syria will be substantial rainman he yet again miserable a lot of snow in turkey that spreads across the high ground northern syria northern iraq and into iran leaving fine weather behind but not until wednesday and further south the same system producing significant rain through kuwait and shear us in the western side of iran south of that it should be cloud the power for occasional light showers which are a possibility particularly in it's just a bit of a breeze in particular on the eastern side is saudi in qatar and bahrain where dust could be a thing once again not much is done the it has to be said significant shares have been showing themselves once again in zambia in zimbabwe to some remote zombie consultant towns in the air and can you spot the island of madagascar probably not

too can fairly wet here after say with occasional big showers further west in devon . water an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognize water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the european commission would be very very that is water privatization on anybody is the only kids. people who see every two years something to invest a profit of the one dollar. to the last drop on al-jazeera. short films of the hope and inspiration. small story of three young women challenging the world around them.

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and what's trending as well the latest from gotbaum that's pretty high today it all moved very quickly early in the day and seemed to be over pretty quickly but still keeping a very close eye on it the u.s. will assure israel's security before the syria pull out the result of the talks john bolton national security adviser he's in israel at the moment have a look for yourself that's what's trending this monday but i'm sure the. let's have a look at some other stories making news around the world now and a new round of talks between yemen's warring factions may take place soon in jordan according to a senior who's the fischel the u.n. envoy mouth and griffiths met the who these before heading to riyadh to ensure a recent deal reached in sweden is fully implemented more from her. peace in yemen won't be easy but the united nations ovoid martin griffiths remains

confident it will one day become a reality and griffiths is triggering the region to ensure all the parties will implement the agreement reached in sweden last month the deal calls for the who the is to hand over control of yemen's red sea port of her data of the warring factions remain divided over who should step in and run the facility where much of the food aid comes in. the exiled government says it's ready to take over and move dismissed by the who these who don't recognize the government of president opt out of the muscle had he. not and then we hope peace efforts kick off a gratian comes to an end and debility prevails in airports reopen. the un wants to bring yemen's rival factions to a new round of talks to discuss ways to improve the economy and tackle the

deteriorating humanitarian situation on his arrival martin griffiths was shown children affected by the almost four year old conflict. the war has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes yemen faces the worst humanitarian catastrophe in warden times according to recent estimates as many as eighty five thousand children may have died of hunger since the start of the saudi u.a.e. led war against the houthi is the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains fragile fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold the internationally recognized government insists

the who these must hand over their weapons and pull out of the capital sanaa before there is any final peace deal by the houthi is who controlled most of the country remain adamant there are yemen's legitimity leaders. celebrations are being held in cambodia to mark forty years since the fall of the brutal her marriage regime and its estimated around two million people were killed under their rule january seventh known as victory over genocide day or more simply nation day scott have the reporting now from phnom penh. a victory day celebration at national olympic stadium here in phnom penh forty years since the overthrow of the camero rouge regime marked by cultural performances and speeches but it's also a day of reflection and there's a generational divide as to how it's view. cambodian father and son reflecting on the darkest of times for this nation as it marks forty years since the fall of the camaro rouge seen by many here as

a rebirth for the country. at sixty eight oatley is lucky during the four years the camaro rouge ruled cambodia from one thousand nine hundred five to seventy nine almost one in five people died that's nearly two million from either execution starvation or disease lisa says he still kasam has to feed his family and was tortured when he was caught. and i am thankful for what happened and you know i was have been it's a baby and my family from starvation. it. but at least the i don't feel that we had the freedom from the floor and we lost that authority to the vietnamese but some feel that regardless of the deep emotional and physical scars from the camaro rouge regime those four years need to be remembered through education and memorials like it one of the infamous killing fields just outside penn and it's. at this very high even though you want to change but we cannot change so in that it

would be. transformed. almost seventy percent of cambodia's population is under the age of thirty born at least ten years after the fall of the camaro rouge now most of them feel as though this country's dark period shouldn't and cannot be forgotten but that the government and the nation must not dwell on the past leeson any that was born after the camaro rouge regime he now has a son all three generations are hoping for more on the. congo and i know i make an effort today for the next generation with my son to help them have much more than i did try not to compare things in the past too much because even in my time things have changed so much. the only surviving senior camaro rouge leaders were found guilty of genocide just two months ago by war crimes tribunals. while the brutal regime came to an end thanks to

a vietnamese led invasion the government underlines the need for independence. forty years ago was a mistake for an independent and it was a mistake a cold war so that's why to prevent to have. a new young state i think so going to be and dignity and independent is a must. it's a cambodian tradition to release birds to shed bad luck as the people here feel lucky that the chapter of oppression and genocide is behind them then. still hoping for more more freedom and more opportunity and cambodia faces big challenges ahead its political process is on shaky ground its prime minister wants and has been in power for thirty four years the main opposition party has been deemed illegal and there's a growing political influence in economic or lights in china. and we had a tremendous series on al jazeera few years ago who i knew speaking to people who knew some of history's most famous and infamous people i knew pol pot falls very

much into the last a carrot category but this is a fascinating watch there are a couple of links there this is from a while ago but there are a couple things they do watch it on a you tube page the whole series is really really good i knew. now to a story that could have huge political implications on the u.s. presidential election in two thousand and twenty more than a million ex felons are expected to regain their rights their voting rights in florida on tuesday now this is potentially a huge pool of voters who were previously disenfranchised under state law amendment four as it is now and was on the ballot during november's midterm elections and almost two thirds of the voters bangin supported the measure passing with an overwhelming majority sixty four percent what it all means is that x. felons who have completed their terms of sentence will be able to register to vote except those ones who have been convicted of murder or sexual offenses here is a little bit of background for my friends that educate us. over one point five million people in florida are banned from voting for life because. that's about ten

percent of the state's population. he recently got well over the seven hundred sixty six thousand signatures needed to get an amendment on the florida ballot. back to. the point that really drove things over the. office. is that. florida is one of only three states that permanently banned from voting i wasn't. twenty years of probation i want people to know people that commit crimes. if someone commits a crime they shouldn't be punished for the rest of life to get the right to vote you have to complete your sentence. five to seven years after that you can submit

an appeal to the florida board of executive clemency. waiting process may take up to ten years then you may have to travel to. have to provide employment history letters of recommendation mental health issues drug use even traffic violations after all that. without any reason. so there's a background we want to give you a little bit of an idea what some former inmates actually go through when they go before florida's clemency board this is a clip from comedian jon all of his program tonight that is looking at the issue of voter disenfranchisement including a conversation with the next convict the former florida governor who's now us senator. just watch leon gillis he had served time for robbery and drug convictions but had been clean for is and was running a drug rehab program when he made his case to the board in two thousand and eleven rick scott actually commended him for the progress that he'd made and then said so

at this point i'm going to deny restoration of civil rights and you know your question. how long is there. i'm not sure. you know. i think every kid every case is different. what should i do with my life if i'm doing everything i'm supposed to do. and i'm trying making sure to do the right thing i'm supposed to do then how long in nashville do we. know the answer but it is today and i don't feel comfortable doing it ok thank you. it's fraught isn't it gosh let's speak to melba peers now who's the deputy director of the a.c.l.u. in florida the american civil liberties union joining us on skype from miami nice to have you with us this is obviously this is obviously a very big deal we'll talk about the potential effect this could have in future elections in a moment but first of all the fact that it's actually happened how big a step forward was this for well florida and maybe the wider united states if this

was to happen elsewhere. this is huge a wonderful opportunity for people who have paid their debt to society they finished their terms of their supervision and they can now be really integrated as full citizens into the community and i hope that florida will shine as a light and be basically that example for criminal justice reform across the country we were one of four states that still had this prehistoric pre jim crow horrible regime and we hope that number one we serve an example to bring the other three states into the twenty first century but to also join the rest of the country in moving forward with criminal justice reform and my job here is to play devil's advocate with you of course and this is what some people will actually say the shouldn't have happened if you have done a crime like this even if you've done the time you must forfeit something to society and your right to vote is one of those things which should be forfeited.

and i would say that that is number one the person already forfeited something by either going to prison or being supervised by the criminal justice system so they earned their right back into society and secondly it had that right like sixty four point five percent of floridians voted in favor of second chances voted in favor of this amendment so it's happening and it becomes law tomorrow january eighth ok tomorrow january eighth and then of course the biggest thing we look ahead to is november twenty twenty the next presidential vote how important how crucial could this be in that vote given florida is generally a pretty tight state given the demographics given racial differences across the state how could this affect the vote. i think it's going to impact of those tremendously but again i want to caution everyone not to look at this as a partisan issue because both of the major political parties and the third parties

have an equal opportunity to reach out to these one point four million people and persuade them to vote in their favor so this is not about which way the election is going to go this is about what's right and wrong and making sure that people who pay their debts society are able to reintegrate into society and have a voice in how their roads should be thick some what their school should look like what their community should look like who should lead them who should be their voice whether it be in washington d.c. or in our state capital of tallahassee do you genuinely think that there's no. way to look at this that this wouldn't help one party over another i've read and i'm going to show two of us shortly an opinion piece where someone's talked about this was a this was a race to smoke this was something which unfairly went against african-american people maybe that could be more helpful to the democrats than republicans. so it may end up turning out that way but that is not the intent of what amendment four

stood for a moment for was about leveling the playing field and bringing people back into society now if one party is more successful than another that it is what it is but the goal is to make sure that we are advocating for people to get their voting rights because nobody is the foundation on what this country was founded upon you know one man one vote and that of course one woman one vote so every individual who is a citizen of the united states should be able to have their voice be heard from the a.c.l.u. great talking to you thank you very much. thank you on his that piece i was talking about an opinion piece it was written just after the midterms when as we heard this voting go was repealed the author david i love called it a major step forward in a nation with some laws rooted in a legacy of racism if you just search for florida vote and the opinion section a down to zero dot com you'll find that piece. all right the hollywood foreign press association has handed out its annual golden globe awards this year and

actually this is becoming an increasing trend isn't all the talk on the red carpet on the stage it's about things like diversity not just on the screen but also behind the scenes has our report. the star showed up on the red carpet in beverly hills as the two thousand and one thousand awards season kicked off with hollywood's first major award show the seventy six annual golden globes last year was the beginning of an ongoing with no everywhere is safe for women so this year's times out times today where they're making enough that to double the amount of people from minorities we not have women at the helm within this industry and within every industry and so simple to make so that we keep the conversation going those conversations included unity in the united states solidarity in the world and equality in the entertainment industry host sandro calling attention to one an expected blockbuster crazy rich asians made over two hundred million dollars at the box office sad asian moms everywhere.

any movie sound like they go over. the civil rights film green book took home three prizes including best picture in the musical and comedy category and best original screenplay. it's good for the movie and i want people to see this movie because this movie is united brings people together i thought product. drinking. new regina king accepted the award for best supporting actress for if beale street could talk a film based on a novel by civil rights activist and writer james baldwin and directed by barry jenkins i love you with all my heart thank you for your empathy thank you for telling stories so rich and thank you for giving us a film that my son said to me when he saw it that it was the first time he really saw himself we featured who serves his for he could b.b.c. series a very english scandal actor ben whishaw and used his acceptance speech to applaud

the l.g.b. t.q. minority he won the best supporting actor award for his role as norman scott who took on the establishment with a coverage and. defiance that i find completely inspiring he's a true quit hero an icon and norman this is for you. the golden globes are handed out by the hollywood foreign press association and they're usually indicative of which films will get an oscar nomination bohemian rhapsody. this year's award show colonnade with the freddie mercury biopic bohemian rhapsody winning best picture in the drama category the full list of winners is on our website paul chowder john al-jazeera. just quickly comment from elizabeth on the prison story a lot of you have been talking about. calling rick scott out for the hypocrisy this is a point we know the prison system is a business like a business and ends up affecting poor and minorities the most it's supposed to rehabilitate and that's what i guessed was saying this is

a rehabilitation people have done the time would have done the crime down the time they should be allowed to vote.

barzee to talk sport big news in the cricket world today a historic win it's finally happened for them for the first time ever india's

cricket team have won a test series in australia the cricket mad nation has been waiting decades for this moment india's first series there was seventy one years ago the triumph came in a pretty anticlimactic fashion with the final test ending and draw after rain washed out the final day it meant india took the series two one they also become the first asian team to win a series in australia look at. it's obviously a very proud moment more so because. for the last twelve months we understand what we have gone through as a team we understand the kind of cricket that we have been able to play and i was just mentioning the fact that after losing to us as we have been in the competition throughout the games that we have lost. so we understood as a team we are on the right track but the fact that the reward has come in the most historic cities for indian cricket is you know a cherry on top of the cake. or add to that mad to video was posted online of the players celebrating with a bit of

a bunker up. oh earlier we spoke to any and cricket authors tunnel go away he believes virat kohli captaincy was a decisive factor in the wind. is one of mission managers in history this is indeed a historic moment i can juggle something else what are you hearing to your mind seventy one. i did want to go steam did some wonderful cricket in england and west indies and seventy one years later we have been able to good good australia we're going to be speaking in terms of cricket we haven't really concord anyone but it's still the fact that we have had a great week you there we could have made it three one in my opinion this is almost like you rewriting history and it was not been easy for indians to do some things some great cricket there but the fact that we have been able to do it and very

convincingly it's great news this victory is extremely sweet because we had a very poor four points in england and was the sea these was wired up. many people had started doubting some of the batsmen and bowl loose who had none for palmed off the mark but i think thanks to we not only he's a young guy energetic bright and a great player and a great captain who is fully charged all back to fighting if you push the team to a great limit to make it to one and then he almost made it three one if the gods of the sky is had no need to be so i think we need to give it do we not and his boys we don't call it's biggest advantage is he is a team player and he's got age on the site and he's a great batsman now he keeps charging up the team constantly twenty four hours

which is a. very very important segment been reduced sports beat football beat cricket if you have captains lead from the strike forward to the back of the defense that absolutely right so i'm very close to that we get and digs only bought in bulk and given the almost two others mark him to use a great captain that means he is ready to share of the white. team india and indian cricket team are the top trends on twitter and india today everyone from politicians to bollywood actors praising of the players in him prime minister tweeted this out to his forty five million followers congratulations to the indian cricket team for the hard fought and richly deserve series victory now bollywood actress pretties into said her message of congrats to the boys in blue to test take a bow she said and a tweet from indian royalty cricket legend sachin tendulkar an amazing day for

indian cricket proud of the boy. oh what do you think you can tweet me directly underscore is small we'll be back with more at eight hundred g.m.t. but for now i'll hand you back to thank you for i was enjoying that. can we have another look at that can we have a bit more bangor there. those are some moves there's been another request that they will start today. and i'm not going to. because i know my limitations. but the indy boys having that is a really big deal for a team as big and as powerful as india in world cricket to be winning in australia the playstation team to do stars are a very exciting day down and for the cricket team we'll see what happens when they go up against new zealand in a few weeks time thank you for joining us for this newsgroup. if you want to keep in touch with us on twitter facebook and whatsapp and that what's that number also

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a voice for votes in lots of different reasons was it different types of bricks or join the global conversation on al-jazeera and monday put it on. us and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war. rewind returns a can bring your people back to life i'm sorry with brand new updates on the best of documentaries there has been a number of reforms put in place since the program. begins with mohammed.

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