. >> it has residents in some corners of the african union. it does not mean to say that as a whole, it that, but if you go back to the disputed alexian, they were divided on what to do. they called from very tough action, and similarly, they have been split with botswana and particular taking out a tough line. there is a big player in the african union and in the southern african community. south africa, because it has a long border with zimbabwe, it has always been very cautious. the analyst i spoke to said that south africa has acted as a kind of break on formulating language which would otherwise have been stronger. >> the first official figures for the parliamentary poll in zimbabwe, they have 2/3 of a majority. a 20% rate in the first round, the prime minister, having failed to secure an outright majority, they will face the runner up. the election is the first since the military coup and sparks the political and territorial process. >> a fresh start or a return to turmoil. they have the results from their presidential elections. the pri

perfect, but i think there is an overwhelming sense that both the international observer, the african union, the southern african development community, as well as civil society in zimbabwe, are keeping a very waffle iron and using all the new technologies at their disposal -- keeping a very watchful eye. >> the u.s. government has offered rare glimpse into the spying operation that caused an international outcry. this comes a senior intelligence officials face lawmakers about surveillance operations. >> the american people expect and deserve honest answers. >> armed with evidence and arguments, u.s. national security officials asked congress to let them keep collecting millions of americans phone and e-mail records, all in the name of creating a terror attack. >> we are not collecting on record so we can wander through them. that is just to look at the connections. >> there was skepticism and hostility from both democrats and republicans. the u.s.a.215 of patrick act has for years been secretly interpreted to authorize the collection of americans phone records on an unprecedented scale. >>

the head of the african union in zimbabwe defended this week's election. he told al jazeera the poll was fairly fair. he appears to be heading into a seventh term in office. his opponent has called the vote a farce alleging the rigging was widespread. we have put some complaints to the former nigerian president who is heading the african mission.bserver >> i am not the conductor of elections. as an observer, i must go by what i can see and certified. is what we have commented or made statements about. when people start making generalizations which they cannot support with evidence, i cannot go by that. came to us and said there is duplication of names. they gave us evidence. the registered general. he went into his system. explanation out an that was satisfactory. that was evidence-based complaint. i cannot go on generalizations that 67% of people in an area were not registered. what is the evidence? how do you back this up? >> our correspondent joins us live from the capital. i want to ask about the assessment given by the former president. been to a news

. >> you have advised the african union, they have taken a strong position when it comes to egypt. >>hink the african union's stance was stronger than the european stance. >> they refused to recognize the interim government. >> and they also tried to have a role. special group has been appointed to try to help. but up to now the egyptians have not been enthusiastic about the african role. they're more enthusiastic about the european role. >> thank you for your thoughts on that. >> japan's nuclear regulator has upgraded it's alert level at fukushima to level three, the highest since the tsunami. radioactive water has been found leaking from a storage tank on monday. >> 300 cubic meters of water contaminated with dangerously high levels of radiation has leaked from the fukushima plant. this is a dangerous incident and not necessarily one that could have been prevented. >> it's not a situation where if we increase our monitoring there won't be any accidents. it's all very well to predict these things but these things keep happening one after the other. >> the nuclear regulation authority

shuffling between the parties, there is an african union delegation still in the country. they are all trying to find this common ground to kickstart this political process and it seems suffering on behalf of the muslim brotherhood. be theakthrough could leadership of the muslim brotherhood sitting down with the leaders of the interim government. >> still to come up, the australian prime minister called for elections on september 7, but is there enough time to pull back the lead in the polls? and we meet prisoners were taking lessons from the classroom into the court room. tunisian police have shot dead a fighter and injured five others during a raid on a house in the capital. thousands of people gathered to assure their support for the government. it was one of the largest rally is for -- showing support since 2011. people were urged to take to the streets in response. they said the coordinating negotiations would be with in the interim civilian government. to one week of anti-government protests. >> it was a police operation targeted in the southern area of the capital t

. >> the african union tries to negotiate with little success. egypt has clashed publicly with over what it sees as undue interference. these are tiring times, and worrying, too. >> it has been adopted in tunisia, libya, and the entire world is watching closely, the developments in egypt. >> the operator of the crippled fukushima nuclear plant says workers need help to stabilize and safely decommissioned damaged reactors. two more storage tanks had been found to be leaking radioactive water. it has been building up ever since the 2011 senomyx regard a triple meltdown. we talked to frightened nearby residents. >> since the accident, the residents have never had time to ease their minds from radiation fears. they fought to reassure safety of their products and displaced residents dreamed of returning to their homes. but contaminated water leaks to trade their hopes. -- betrayed their hopes. many asked if there will be a time that they can come back. the water is being pulled continuously into the soil. >> tokyo electric admitted 300 tons of water l

do you need the african union to take more control?>> you need to have reasonable collaboration in order to control the borders and to define how the different countries can collaborate in order to secure the zone. there has been confusion, drugs going around, arms being traded. no one has been able to control it. i do not think any leader has the ability today to ensure the population that they can control the zone. >> the point is not about that tuareg, but about rebel groups. it is not as clear-cut in this part of the world. we cannot go on troubleshooting. the french army cannot step in every time. we cannot throw billions of dollars at the problem either. looking at a longer-term solution is quite tricky. click the longer-term solution hast -- >> the longer tomb solution has -- the longer-term solution has to do with regional -- eventually, they will have to step in and will have to create and show that they can do that, they can have the responsibility. that will be a very long time. these are among the world's poorest countries.

. >> the african union described the vote as credible and fair. the southern regional bloc is urging all parties in zimbabwe to accept the outcome. >> a tenant in the german city of dÜsseldorf discovered when it comes to smoking, his home is not his castle. a court upheld the landlord's right to innovate the man after neighbors complained about the smell of smoke. the court said people had the right to smoke in their homes but others should not be expected to suffer. he plans to appeal the ruling. >> on thursday, russia rented temporary asylum to edward snowden, allowing him to leave a moscow airport. his lawyer refused to disclose his whereabouts. place ofoncern is his residence? he will choose it himself, live in a hotel or live in an apartment. he's one of the most wanted people on the planet, so he will make sure he is safe. the united states has revoked the task force and wants him back -- revoked his passport and wants him to face charges. >> we are extremely disappointed the russian government would take this step despite our clear and lawf

the question now is what will the regional observers from the african union say? they now hold the key to this election. mugabe had robert insisted that they would follow the will of the people. the prime minister has accused your party of voter rigging. >> that is false. that can only be a statement made by someone who is accepting defeat. >> there is an anxious mood on the street. people will be hoping to avoid a repeat of the violence which marred the last election in 2008. a tense time in zimbabwe. italy's former prime minister silvio berlusconi is no stranger to court cases but today he actually lost. sentence was held against him for tax fraud. do not expect him to see him in prison stripes. due to his age, he is going to be performing community service or will have to live under house arrest. >> in the early evening, a crowd waited outside of italy's supreme court. at stake, the future of a man who has dominated italian politics for 20 years, silvio berlusconi. inside, five judges filed into court to deliver their verdict. they upheld the prison sentence wh

. >> the african union says the vote was peaceful and orderly, but human rights activists dispute the assessment. >> unfortunately, they have quite often endorsed elections that were clearly flawed. but it is everyone's hope, but given past examples, it does not look good. >> mugabe's party says allegations of vote rigging are unfair because "we do not do that." rightfully stoked up position in front of the prime minister's party's headquarters shortly after he went public with allegations of fraud. >> finally, guilty on 937 counts of aggravated murder, assault, kidnapping, and rape. a u.s. court has sentenced ariel castro to life in prison without parole plus 1000 years. >> that was the verdict after the 53-year-old leader guilty to of ducting, abusing, and holding three women cap there were more than a decade. he was arrested after one of the women managed to escape his cleveland >> welcome back. it sounds like another showdown is looming. egypt's rulers are urging protesters to abandon their camps. protests were even declared a threat to national security. >> protested -- supporter

i'm not sure whether presenting evidence of these claims of vote-rigging on the african union is going to make any difference. >> gearing up for an election runoff on august 11 and political alliances are starting to form. one of the kingmakers, who was the candidate for the largest party, has decided to back the runner-up. let's take a listen. >> considering malian's deep aspirations for stability, peace and security and taking into account malyans' ardent desire to give malia back its dignity, i'm solemnly calling on all members of the party and all my fellow malians who voted for me to return to the polls in support of the candidate in the second round of the presidential elections. >> well, that's good news for kaita, who's already secured 39% of the votes in the first round, well ahead of his closest rival. our correspondents report. >> from 27 presidential hopefuls to just two. with more candidates reaching the necessary 50% milestone after the first round of voting, malians will return to the polls in just over a week's time to choose their new leader. ex-prime minister kaita cu

the african union delegation met with leaders of the anti-coup movement. head of this delegation likened ousted resident mohamed morsi to nelson mandela -- president mohammed morsi -- mohamed morsi to nelson mandela. there are those who have said that it is a threat to national security. them to hear from african leaders that those -- it is something they will use to try and propagate throughout the coming days. on the other, they do understand that there is a very real threat that there could be a violent response. say, they have nothing much in the way of the actual, tangible elements to try and repel such a force. they say they will stay here. it is important to remember the amount of women and children would makep -- that it practically impossible for a forceful removal of them to take place without widescale bloodshed. they remain adamant that they believe they have -- on their side. another day goes by with no solution. >> indeed that is so. thank you. speaking to us from nasr city. the u.s. says it is disappointed by the russian decision to grant te

the african union pressured mugabe to establish a government of national unity.n the end, mugabe named his archrival prime minister. while mugabe remained the country's most powerful man, he lost a great deal of authority. this time, both adversaries have ruled out any new coalition. >> earlier, he spoke to daniel from our africa department and ask what the chances are of this being a free and fair election. >> well, the party of the prime minister has already complained, and so have some of the election observers. western observers are excluded, but there is a delegation from an association of west african countries, and the head has complained that they have not been able to see the voters roll . there are allegations that there are up to one million ghost voters. these allegations are not proven, but of course, it is not a good sign that the election commission did not hand over to the voters roll -- hand over the voters roll to the observers so they could check. >> robert mugabe says he will step down if he loses the election. how credible is that, and were y

right so primarily as you mentioned cia drone strikes a little bit of defense support for the african union soldiers very little support for the small the national security forces you see the salary difference between a small these soldiers one hundred bucks a month versus an amazon soldier it's fifteen hundred bucks a month so we need to support the government's capacity on that front a little bit of humanitarian aid but not much investment meeting with somali women small youth groups now much investment in infrastructure roads bridges clean water sanitation power and lighting you know let's figure out a sustainable plan for agricultural development rather than just giving them food that kind of thing so what are some of the solutions here what are some practical things that the u.s. can do in the short term and then in the long term to kind of change the path that we're already on right so a lot of people think of somalia as a as a danger zone a war zone that's all they think of so we have to change that perception one two i think they want to partner they want investment they want people

i don't know what to think about it, the african union says everything was fine, the election was free>> the economy has gotten better and a lot of that was down to the opposition finance minister. there are very few people that know more about economics. the former bank governor is bad news because of the way the regime has been getting money out of the country for many years. the irony is that next year, he becomes the president of the regional southern africa groupings. >> he still embodies a lot of people, even some african pride. those they kicked out -- it might be something we don't understand. >> that is the thing that is mind-boggling. this guy was a hero. now peoplere starving. >> there has been a remarkable turnaround. you have people unemployed that our tobacco farmers. there is genuine agricultural progress. zimbabwe, with a little bit of capital, would be ruined. the stories i have been told, infrastructure is great. a little bit of investment. >> it will get to where it needs to go. >> of course not. >> before we go, the edward snowden saga that we thought was between th

. >> the african union peacekeeping force for the central african republic has asked the u.n. for greater assistance to fulfill its mandate. the group doctors without borders has announced dangerous conditions are forcing it to cease operations in somalia after 22 years. in a statement, the group cited extreme attacks on our staff in an environment that condones "the killing, salting and abducting a few miniature and aid workers." the move will mean lower loss of healthcare services for hundreds of thousands of people read the pentagon has announced it will start providing benefits to same-sex military families beginning next month in response to the supreme court decision in june that struck down the defense of marriage act, which barred federal recognition of same-sex marriages. married same-sex couples in the military insulin pentagon employees will be entitled to benefits including health care, housing costs, and survivor benefits. couples station in states that will bar same-sex weddings will be granted leave to get married in states where such unions are legal. the calif

he african union has voiced support for the vote saying elections appeared to be peaceful, orderly, free and fair. the united nations is threatening to forcibly disarm rebels. the u.n. has given members of ae m23 militant group deadline of today to turn in their weapons or face a military offensive. in a video statement, the head of the new you in force for the drc said his troops will establish a new security zone surrounding goma. used weaponss resulting in civilian casualties. in m23 has also targeted you installations with its fire. risks to thehe civilian population in goma [indiscernible] security zone in goma. >> the u.n. forces operating under an unprecedented security council mandate authorizing offensive capability against the rebel m23 and other groups operating in the drc's border region with rwanda and uganda. rwanda has been accused of backing the m23's operations in the drc. on wednesday, the rwandan government said the u.n. ultimatum risks undermining ongoing peace talks in uganda. a national strike for a living strike. a right to chicagosupporters, workers rallied outsid

. >> holman: the african union endorsed the results, but other observers said one million people may have been barred from voting. it was a quiet day of trading on wall street. the dow jones industrial average lost 46 points to close at 15,612. the nasdaq rose three points to close at nearly 3693. a leading lawyer in the civil rights movement was being mourned today. julius chambers died friday in charlotte, north carolina. he won eight cases before the u.s. supreme court, including a 1971 decision that forced cross- town busing to desegregate public schools in charlotte. julius chambers was 76 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: there was new information about the closure of embassies and consulates in the muslim world. according to a number of news organizations the united states intercepted communications between the leader of al qaeda and the terrorist branch of that organization based in yemen. according to these reports, zawahri asked his colleagues to carry out an attack as early as yesterday. american embassies and consulates in

the african union said this, europeans said this, we can say this too. not just the short-term, but we should look at long-term integrity in the region. >> one country that's not said it is israel. they want to keep the aid flowing. >> they prefer the military rule to the muslim brotherhood ruling, and an awful lot of people prefer that. a lot of the arab governments prefer it. it's not clear we shouldn't. most of my friends in the foreign policy world are for cutting off aid. i'm not sure. you can only cut off the aid once. what would happen concretely? what's going to happen in the region if the president said we're going to cut off aid? i'm doubtful, and i think there's a lot to do with the egyptian military. >> white house officials haven't ruled out this step. it would create a fundamentally new relationship with a long-time ally. >> definitely. and you've got to remember this aid came about after the camp david accords. one thing that could happen is they monitor the aid more closely, making sure it goes into that funnel, making sure it goes to hel

if the african union can say it's wrong and europeans can say it's wrong, of course we ought to be ableo say it's wrong and we ought to step up to the plate, condemn it but put real meaningful meaning behind the condemnation. we've got withdraw that aid. >> i mentioned earlier that you have been busy during this recess. have you traveled overseas. i wonder if i might turn your attention to some of the issues in this country and particularly with regard to the issue of immigration. now, marco rubio, senator rubio told a florida radio host on tuesday this, and i'll quote what he said. i believe that this president will be tempted if nothing happens in congress, he will be tempted to issue an executive order like he did for the d.r.e.a.m. act kids a year ago where he basically legalizes 11 million people by the sign of a pen. a year from now, we could find ourselves with all 11 million people here legally under an executive order from the president." what is this man up to with this kind of wild speculation, sir? >> well, obviously, i think that the legal claims that he's making are certai

in a case causing widespread anger a young mother takes the most brutal allegations against african unione told local media that she was the street from soldiers from the national army and blind folded and forced in a car before being handed over to the peace keepers where she says she was repeatedly raped. it's a claim that they deny. >> that is a foolish thing and i cannot believe our soldiers. >> reporter: every soldier come to the ground, know what he has to do as far as human rights is concerned. >> reporter: but the somali government criticized for action against these type of crime say it was deeply troubled by the alleged rape by peace keepers. >> we moved as soon as we got the information. we created two commissions and a ministerial and technical one to investigate the matter. we are waiting for the outcome of the inquiry. >> reporter: the government inquiries however are not causing much optimism here. and they believe tackling the country's alarming rate of sexual violence begins with the acknowledgment that it is indeed a problem. mohamed with al jazeera, somalia. >> reporter

the african union doesn't have the ability to enforce a no-fly zone. the government doesn't have the ability to enforce a no-fly zone. only nato can. nato should act, etc.. militarization is occurring inside societies because the mccaul please rise in brazil, etc.. the heightened militarization just in the united states the there's a global militarization and that is telling would see that. the question of transmission of politics, give me a list of the 15 -- i don't validate -- keys symbol of teargassed is related in some ways to me to the palestinian issue and its related to an earlier campaign i remember being involved income. i don't know if you remember 89 that explore horizontally with hundreds of people. now you have a hundred people without legs they are alive. the most terrible mine it was made in louisiana, exporter of the world, used all over the place, different countries. in a sense of these struggles will always return to where you are if you are interested in them. so what is the point of saying somebody joining the antitear gas movement

[applause] >> obviously these two were prisoners after the incidents of african-american union troops. gm ever, and on seeing african-american prisoners, or does what we hear about take no prisoners from the confederates carry the day? >> there were black prisoners in salisbury and obviously as you suggested there were incidents in which black prisoners were simply executed but there were black prisoners at solve very and one incident after the revolt i mentioned, after that prison revolt, for sport which shoot dead prisoners at random when they got bored, in one incident they fired the stockade fence and killed the union guy and one of the confederate doctors at the prison when to find out what happened and he was informed by the confederate guard they had watched and they saw a three black prisoners standing together and fought they would never get a chance to shoot somebody as that presented themselves though they fired at them but ironically the guy they hit was a white prisoner who was standing nearby. to answer your question there were black prisoners there. >> tell us the story

the african union does not have the ability to enforce a november no-fly zone. the indian government does not. only nato can. therefore, the resolution more accurately should have said nato should act, etc., etc. militarization is occurring inside societies, yes, because as inequalities rise in brazil, etc., use the heightened militarization internally just as in the united states. but there is a global militarization which is in a different register. so that's how i would see that. the question of transnational politics, i mean, give me a list of the 15 -- i mean, i'm not the validater of, okay, that's not the thing. you know the example you gave of tear gas is actually related in some way, to me, to the palestine bds issue, and it's related to an earlier campaign 20 years ago that i remember being involved in against -- [inaudible] mines. i don't know if you remember, an olympic mine is a mine that explodes hour horizontally, therefore, decapitating legs of hundreds of people. now you have a hundred people without legs, but they are alive, whereas a mine will

african-americans, teachers, students, union workers, 30 of all creeds and people of many walks of life, came together to appeal to the conscience of the nation and demand action that would enable the patient to live up to our constitutional ideals. that would free african-americans from the shackles of poverty and discrimination and free all of us from the reality of segregation that was as routine as was immoral. in many parts of the country. in 1963. just eight weeks after the martian washington, college students right here in san francisco engaged in a massive sick and of a tiger on gary boulevard, for its utter failure to hire african-americans invisible jobs at the restaurant. so students won that fight and carried it onto retail stores throughout downtown san francisco and students from northern and western cities put their lives on the line for the cause in towns across the south a year later in freedom summer time making 64. the cause in 1963 was both economic opportunity and racial equality. racial equality was then and is incomplete today. without economic opportunity. econom

the african union and subregional organizations are keen and willing and capable of playing a better role, and may be better suited to play a role in some of these scenarios. i think they are all connected to each other. the important thing is to make sure we are context-specific about the right tools to apply for a scenario. some options have more legitimacy and places than others. in certain places than others. -- in certain places than others. >> [indiscernible] addressonder if you can the basic problems for legislation and appropriation, the propaganda of special interest groups. problem, you have to support those who will tell you the truth, and then we can have real reform, but we did not address this issue, and we diverted the resources in the field. those resources are lost. [indiscernible] they give it to private interest groups. wonder if he should you can address -- i wonder if you can address the accountability andes, the resources, whether the issues will be addressed. -- we are shepherding the people, and then nobody know what is there or what has gone wrong. i want to

struggle of african- agoicans and in the 1960 the, people actually did go to the united nations, which is why again i think johnson, president johnson was so concerned was because the soviet union newly african countries were raising criticism that u.s. was violating the human rights of african-americans. just expected to start around 9:00 today. it is the 50th anniversary of the commemoration of the march on washington with activities planned and washington, d.c. at the lincoln memorial, the washington monument. we will show you pictures from that as we get going. jesse is from michigan, 81 years old, hello. caller: hello. good morning. thank you for letting me stick my opinion on c-span this morning. [indiscernible] civil rights in 1964. remember being a young man, and i was born in mississippi, and i've are member i can remember that me and my sister were walking down a country road one day, and some white kids was playing over on tricycles, and i asked them, can we go and play over thwith them, and he told me no you cannot. that is something i remember throughout my life. i left mississippi for michigan. there was so racism. had to do jobs that white man would not do. i hav

the african union and the sub regional organization are keen and willing and capable of playing a bigger role and better suited to playing a role in the scenario as well i think they are connected to each other. i think the important thing is to make sure where context specific about the right apply the scenario. some options have more legitimacy in some places than others. grt next question i have on the aisle here. then i have charlie stevenson next. >> thank you. my name is -- [inaudible] but i wondered if you could address the basic progress for -- [inaudible] [inaudible] tell you to choose and then question have a real reform. we -- [inaudible] address this issue and we just divert the resource to billions of -- [inaudible] build million of dollars. [inaudible] local vicinity that build and -- [inaudible] to give to to a few private interest groups. i was wondering for you could address the accountability issues of the -- [inaudible] [inaudible] i don't want to -- [inaudible] sheparding the people and nobody knows what is where. [inaudible] there is no excuse. i was wondering for yo

another or decision she worked with was the all african women's freedom union. a new yorker from trinidad who was jailed and exiled former economist believes, or her radical beliefs. they joined with her to embrace the african the asper and to talk about what liberation would mean in a postcolonial era for women all over the world. so holding up those issues i think was important. in terms of how we see black women, i think we are still in a martin malcolm syndrome and people fall into a. i've looked in books and it's embarrassing that people don't even feel like tokenism is necessary anymore. so i think there is a way in which there is an exclusion. is either a distortion in the case of rosa parks or deletion in the case of eslanda robeson. and particularly women who were married to certain in the movement i think there's a real distortion in one dimension of the. i'm still waiting for a great biography of coretta scott king. there is work on betty shabazz but there needs to be more. but women were partners of, are in the shadows. then women who can't be framed

african students. and they would tease us in the cafeteria in the student union.hey had, they were saying something like the whole of africa will be free, and we can't even get a soda and a hamburger. that's what they were saying. and there was a slogan free by '63 because it was the 100th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation. free by '63. and harry belafonte made arrangement for 13 young people in he's to travel to -- in to travel to africa -- in mississippi to travel in africa. and we went to africa in september 1964 to guinea, west africa. and we stayed there. julian bond was on the trip, bob moses of the mississippi summer project and others as the guests of the president of guinea. and then there was a young man who was a good friend of mine, he became the son-in-law of dr. kenneth clark, the social psychologist, and helped thurgood marshall in developing the case for the supreme court decision of 1954. we got additional money, and we traveled to other parts of africa. and all over africa people were asking, they knew something about the student nonvi