mrs. arroyo has very good lawyers, the same lawyers that joseph had. trials in the philippines take a long time. it could take another couple of years. this is the beginning of a very long process. >> indeed, a very long process. you have the trial of the former president, arroyo, and the impeachment trial of the supreme court justice. this is all part of an anti- corruption campaign. >> it is, exactly. the president really wanted to see gloria arroyo in court. at the moment, she is charged with electoral fraud. there are many other allegations. there is no love lost between the president and gloria arroyo. he is pushing for the trial to go all the way and to make sure she is investigated properly. >> negotiators from the united states and north korea will meet at a later on thursday to talk about the north's nuclear program. the talks are the first since the new leaders took power in december. the director of a mexican prison and 28 guards have been arrested on suspicion of helping organize a massive breakout and massacre last sunday. 30 inmates late

mrs. arroyo has some very good lawyers, in fact she's got the same lawyers that her predecessor has so they've got a lot of experience at this sort of thing. and trials anyway in the philippines take a long time. the supreme court justice is being tried in the senate at the moment. there's another trial happening in the philippines and that's taken several years and not got anywhere yet. that's going to take another couple of years. so this is likely to be the beginning of a very, very long process. >> indeed, a very long process. you have the trial of the former president, arroyo. you also have the impeachment trial at the senate of the supreme court justice and this is all part of the president's anticorruption campaign. >> it is, exactly. i mean, there's nobody probably more significant than the president himself. he really wanted to see this day, to see gloria arroyo in court. to face the charges against her. at the moment she's been charged with electoral fraud. there are a lot of other accu