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>> a lot my iranian friends have been wary of the it bashir reactor opening. the german started in the 1970's, and you have chinese and russians, but if you plug it into the whole thing will blow up anyway. and now you have had japan. it is a very cautionary tale for the iranians. bashir has not opened. there were problems with the fuel rods, some say sabotage of the pumps. i think it will be awhile before the reactor starts up, if it ever does. if they do not have a functioning power plant, what did they mine all of the -- in range all the or uranium for? -- what did dave enrich all of the uranium for? it could be a factor in projecting that they might slow down. i do not think they will give up their determination on those who have a program and to say that they have a right to the program. that as a nationalistic issue. they will not go away. >> that is a lesson not just for iran but for the entire middle east. >> hit could be a great counter- proliferation -- it is a horrible cost and terrible for the japanese, but it could be good for the other countries

thank you. >> [speaking foreign language] my name is maria bashir. as was mentioned, i am from the province of herat. i am a prosecutor. you probably have some information, but i will be happy to entertain questions and share with you about the situation and the plight of the afghan women. >> ok. >> [unintelligible] >> this is for maria bashir. can you give us a sense of the condition of women in afghanistan post-taliban? and what role has the woman been given so far? >> [speaking foreign language] > >> the situation of women in afghanistan has been improving, and there are a lot of challenges we face. but i can tell you that the large number of women and having access to education, higher education, public education for a lot of girls and women, is influential and optimistic. we are hopeful that the situation is improving. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the situation remains a little bit vague unclear make comes to the early cancellation, as you mentioned before, about the afghan women. but one thing we shall see in the afghan government is it is

. >>> now to syria, where president bashir assad is expected to speak to parliament this morning about the past two weeks of anti-government protest. yesterday, assad's cabinet resigned. it's reported assad may lift a 60-year-old emergency law which is a key demand of government opponents. pro-assad demonstrators rallied in the syrian capital, and elsewhere, yesterday. >>> in japan, radiation levels at the crippled nuclear power plant continue to rise. sea water outside the plant contains more than 3,000 times the usual amount of radiation. the highest rate yet detected. government officials admit there is no end in sight for this crisis, and today japan upgraded its safety standards for nuclear power plants. tomorrow, french president nicolas sarkozy is due to visit tokyo. he is the first foreign leader in japan since the march 11th quake. >>> the president of the utility company that owns the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant has been hospitalized. he's being treated for high blood pressure and dizziness. he hasn't been seen in public for nearly two weeks. >>> also this morning,

syrian president bashir al assad said he'd consider granting syrians greater freedom. he's ordered the release of jailed anti-government protesters. >>> in yemen, protesters are demanding president ali abdullah saleh leave office immediately. he's refused, despite month-long anti-government demonstrations. the protesters are calling on leaders to draft a new constitution, and dissolve parliament. >>> and in jordan, hundreds of protesters, mostly students, gathered in the capital of ayman to demand the ouster of the prime minister and the establishment of wider public freedom. the group's leaders say they will not move an inch until their demands are met. >>> in this country, more wet weather is expected in california today, where a powerful storm system is causing flooding, and knocking out power. the trouble is particularly bad in the hills surrounding san francisco. yesterday, a two-foot wave of water ran down the hills into the town of capitola and then the local river overflowed its banks. >> all of a sudden we saw the water fly down the road and in about seven min

inda sure they committed crimes and their guilt was proven but i'm sure that had they been tried in bashir they would have received a much shorter term. i'm not saying that the judges in this terrible region were biased all i'm saying is that english judges had no moral right to disqualify themselves because they were good they rescue themselves because they fear good bench and what they claimed that they feared for their lives when i told them look police officers and you can get killed does this mean they shouldn't be doing their job or that i can get killed does this mean i should do nothing but. well if judges have concerns about their safety maybe it's not the fault of the judiciary perhaps is the fault of the law enforcement system. because billy's can't ensure their safety. no it's not like that anymore if you think your job is not see fit or that your safety is not properly insured you should resign and get another job where you know there were some good for nothing. if government officials all come up with excuses and see they could get murdered so i can provide for you border gua

and president al-bashir announced he does not plan to run again. would only hasten to add, plan to change. i wouldn't go to the bank on that but i think it is a direct response to the developments in the broader middle east. 's one of the issues that was alluded to in the introduction and the framing of this discussion is, if separation goes forward, the condition in both the north and south, the south has a huge need to deal with development issues. and that goes from government, education, to economic, et cetera. and they are not well-equipped to do that. it is something the united states and international community will have to step up and provide critical assistance. and will have to be more intelligence in the way that we do that. nonetheless, the south benefits because they have proven to be a clever and effective leader of the south. he is the indispensable man, but i will hasten to add he will face political pressures from within southern sudan with various fractions that have been united against the common enemy of the north will no longer

as maria bashir put it, simply, if we women do not accept risk and work, no changes will happen. after being forced into marriage when she was just 12 years old, this woman became the first woman in her village to be divorced. >> she decided she wanted to fulfill her own dream and to become educated. and then, she decided she wanted to help others have the same opportunities. >> she says, something got into my head and turned my nerves to steel. many of these women know that the fruits of their labors will not be seen during their lifetimes. they're paving the way to a better life for their daughters and granddaughters and for their sons and grandsons, too. jianmei guo described it as, the meaning of life is about keeping our feet on the ground, undeterred and making our way toward our ideals. we have no complaints. we have no regret. we have you who will walk with us. >> and we salute them on this night. >>> in philadelphia, the roman catholic archdiocese suspended 21 priests today, suspected of sexually abusing minors. it's believed to be one of the largest mass suspensions of

north sudan and are for should we given that we're now intervening in countries should we go after bashir i mean he's a he's a water war criminal in the hague. well i you know you have to go to defense the but you certainly don't have to go to the office of management and budget because budget is off of the table even for discussion when you're talking about war but we have to determine where the humanitarian relief which we all would like to do whether we're prepared to pay for it not only in dollars but can pay for it and the lives of young men and women who actually do the dying well we had no one's that doing did that quote ration see here in washington so i can't even so we wouldn't go i know we do we miss some major opportunities. to do to humanitarian thing but i don't know whether that's constitutional. role that we should be doing and if so how do you select what is the policy what is the guideline do you need the oil and that and that seems to be it is is it seems that if you know if oil was the major output of northern sudan. you know well i mean you know we're out of time sir

rabic]eaking a >> my name is maria bashir. as was mentioned in my biography, i am from the province of herat. i am a prosecutor. you probably have some information that was written before, but i would be happy to, if you have any questions -- of would be happy to share with you about the situation and the plight of afghan women. >> with that, we will open it up for questions. >> getting to the defense of women in afghanistan after the taliban -- what will house the woman been given so far? >> [speaking a foreign language] >> the situation of women in a consistent is improving, in spite of a lot of challenges we face. a lot of challenges still remain. i can tell you that a large number of women having access to education and employment for a government officers -- we are hopeful. there are challenges that remain, but the situation is improving. >> [speaking a foreign language] >> at the situation remains vague and not clear, as you mentioned before about the afghan women's situation. with the afghan government, the constitution

officials said syrian president bashir assad could address the nation as early as tuesday to ease a nearly 50-year state of emergency. in yemen, a powerful explosion at a weapons factory killed at least 78 people. it happened in abyan province in the south. the blast appeared to be accidental, but it came one day after islamic militants took over the factory and the nearby town of jaar. government forces had pulled back, as protests spread. and there were more protests today in the capital city, sanaa. thousands of demonstrators again demanded that president ali abdullah saleh step down. some 250 people have been detained since a crackdown in bahrain this month, and more than 40 are missing. shiite opposition leaders reported those figures today, and said they've doubled since last week. the kingdom's sunni rulers dismissed appeals for an international human rights investigation. and police insisted their tight control of the streets is essential. >> for the person o does not violate any law or who does not commit any crime, the checkpoints do not concern him. quite the opposite, it reassu

. >> in afghanistan that means death threats and arson for prosecutor maria bashir who makes sure womenm was forced into marriage at 12 years old. >> she has lived a life -- >> a divorce made her an outcast. yet, she became the first woman in her village to graduate high school and is now a tireless advocate for education. marsialla risks her life every day going after the drug cartel in mexico. violence which has leaked across into the u.s. >> they are activists. they are truth-tellers. their fearlessly inspires others to overcome their own fears, and so soon citizen networks emerge eager for change. soon it's possible to rewrite laws, to topple regimes, to transform people's lives. >> as you look at all the women that were honored today and you hear their stories, what gives you hope? >> i think times are different today social media. the technology that now connects people, connects both men and women. many of the young women that were in tahrir square were there because they were organizing on the internet. i don't think that that clock can be turned back? >> i hope now they will no

masiri told sudanese president bashir, -- quote -- "the corrupt and criminal zionist regime is harming not only the islamic world but humanity in its entirety. in order to save humanity from its different crises, there is no other way other than limiting of zionist influence on human society because the root and origin of most of the world's current crises are related to zionism. shortly after the discredited iranian presidential election of june, 2009, mr. mashaei was appointed as the presidential chief of staff after a very brief and unsuccessful attempt to serve as the vice president of iran. since then, the persecution and repression of people in iran has steadily increased. thousands of peaceful protesters, dissidents and activists have been detained after mr. mashaei became chief of staff. now, let there be no doubt, mr. mashaei, like his president, is directly responsible for human rights abuses in iran. he should not be granted a visa to enter the united states of america, and he, like his president, should be designated under u.s. law as a human rights abuser in iran. mr. mash

it is up to the syrian government and up to the leadership, starting with tosident bashir assad prove that it can be responsive to the needs of its own people. we're troubled by what we hear, but we will continue to urge that the promise of reform, which has been made over and over again, and which you reported on just a few months ago, i am a reformer, i am going to reform, and i've talked to members of congress and others about that, that we hear from the highest levels of leadership in syria, will actually be turned into reality. that is what we're waiting and watching for. >> in the final question. >> i wondered how he viewed the situation in libya at the moment. there seems to be a bit of almost ping-pong going on. the rebels seem to be withdrawing from some areas today. how easy the situation is evolving in libya, how long do you see it lasting? and if you're talking to gaddafi, what are his options? is there a third option where he could travel to another country? >> i think the what we are seeing in libya is a strengthening of the opposition, a consistent and very persistent e

bashir. >> thank you for the work your condition is doing in kentucky. there are exciting things going on. you mentioned a common core standards and i was proud the kentucky were the first to adopt as. there are now 44 of us. can you give us your brief thoughts about this? what will that do for us in the long run, to have those common core standards nationwide? to in is strange that there were ever if the standards, because math and reading are not that different in different parts of the country. we are the only country that had such a diversity of standards. it is graded this came together with states choosing to get involved with it so that they have some skin in the game. that is the real work in terms of getting the test of line to become a teacher training of line to it, taking place at the state level. right now is the math and reading in the riding, the sciences is coming along, that is a year or two behind. i think these things are quite spectacular. and people have talked about the value of the commonality, which is the common sense thing, but

martin bashir has a unique perspective on the royal family and now has his own show on msnbc.ph" in london. good morning to you both. >> good morning, matt. >> it's been a tough couple of years for sarah ferguson. she's shown bad judgment, she's been in debt. is she running out of apologies? >> she's almost like the uncle with a drinking problem you're worried about attending the wedding but you know you have to give an invite. if anyone was going to overshadow the nuptials coming in april this was the one person that many people believed would do that. >> she's saying she had no idea of jeffrey epstein's past, but from the other point she's saying it was a terrible error of judgment. so if she didn't know about the past, why was it an error in judgment? >> this is the latest in a litany of errors of judgment. she has been the victim of her own poor decision-making, but also there is some sympathy for her. do you know, for example, that the president of barundi will be attending the royal wedding but she will not be even though her two children will? >> right. >> so there is a