then he negotiates with benazir who has problems. she wants to be prime minister but also a term limited as she had to returns and there is criminal charges against her and her husband. so the deal struck something of then national reconciliation board enact did so she could come home and your husband can come home with her to campaign and despite the fact mini charges were leveled men have never back improvement would in the issues you get into whether she committed and -- any violations under pakistani law but nevertheless the controversy affected her own political credibility. she did sell by standing firmly for the notion that if she came home she would restore democratic government to have a civilian government for once more dominant and the military and that was a radical thing for her to do. and she was in washington and she talked about the the the warrantor revolution and had she returned home and been elected to prime minister had she lived cover should have no choice but to leave the revolution to give pakistan the unique

when he goes to a benazir benazir, we go forward through 2007 what will the do? it is interesting again to watch these two figures as they jockey for power because they have strong assets and liabilities. of the one hand the country is tired of having musharraf as the chief of state you could only stay so long in politics before people get tired and he disliked benazir but he had a lot of problems. one was that he was terminated. he wanted to be both army chief of staff and president of the constitution prohibits that flatly and he kept looking for a way around that and could not and gave up but how he did that was interesting and in the end he does make the mistake to be embroiled in to a battle with the judiciary of pakistan which sent to the lawyers into the street. when you have thousands of lawyers demonstrating and writing in the streets been you know, you have yourself a very middle-class country the concept of sending lawyers into the street being a lawyer myself is that most of us have not in the bars and restaurants but in pakistan that bar association

come back, musharraf will be arrested in connection with the assassination of former prime minister benazir bhutto. >>> thanks for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in new hampshire. you can find today's interviews as well as analysis, web ex-clusex ex-cluesives at cnn.com. >>> up next for viewers here in the united states, "fareed zakaria gps". >>> this is "gps," the global public squarement welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. we have a great show for you today. i was asking myself whom would i like to hear from about the ups and downs this crazy republican race. my answer was alan simpson, the former republican senator from wyoming, legendary for his frankness and wit. of course, we'll also talk it america's fiscal future because he is the simpson of simpson-bowles. >>> next up, i'll talk to a scholar and former pentagon official about the administration's dramatic plan to cut the pentagon budget. is it too much, too little, or is it the goldie locks budget? >>> then, the west and iran are headed toward a serious showdown. wh

now, benazir bhutto was far enough to call it tuition to take that information can go straight to theief of army staff. now, we can ask, why didn't my sewer jobs go to this army chief of staff at this too was apparently paid patched within the military. so i guess i would just say that it seems that involved sowing seeds of dementia and that seems to be one that we can say for sure about him. >> so what are the u.s. options here in dealing with pakistan? and speaking more broadly not just the memo gate issue but that of course is part of it. one option is the cooling down scenario. and this is where each country takes a step back from the relationship, reassesses, maybe the u.s. reduces aids and maybe pakistan holds documents cooperation, its counterterrorism operation. certainly there's no strategic dialogue. there is no alliance as such, but perhaps some cooperation on overlapping interests and not a complete cut us of u.s. assistance. now the only problem with this scenario is pakistan itself is not cooling down. pakistan poses to the region to analog. extremists continue to wield

elections it faces arrest on arrival over accusations he failed to provide protection for prime minister benazir bhutto who was assassinated in two thousand and eight describe the allegations as baseless elections don't have to be held until twenty thirty but there is speculation that her and president zardari could call them for this year. our daily pathfinder series here in r.t. we introduce you to pioneering foreigners who have had business success in russia. despite a long cold war or perhaps because of it russians have always had a saying for hamburgers and bill shakes it's a yearning paul o'brian sought to satisfy when he brought the first american diner to the country. i got here in st patrick's day march eleven o'clock at night it was dark there was no neon on the street. to the hotel like going up to my room and i said to myself what if i do but i decided i want to stay and i met a young russian guy and became my partner and is still my partner. just started to move forward and not look. steiner came from the united states and went on a ship and came to st petersburg and then drove down

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this has some similarity benazir's father. how they coerced him to become approver in pakistani parlance. in our pa ever parlance, basically a witness for the state. one interpretation, indeed when i met with hussein haqqani last week, this is his interpretation. they're trying to use this proceeding to scare the bejesus out of him or put the fear of allah in him, whatever your prefered metaphor is, to get him to give up the goods on zardari to bring this government down. this is a well-worn playbook that this military has at its disposal. i want to also emphasize that before i wrap it up this is the second judicial mechanism this court is using to go after this government. you may have remembered when part of the u.s. effort to launder musharraf's legitimacy you there the ballot box through benazir bhutto there was rec sillization order. that order among other things dropped various core are up shuns charges against ppp members. oddly not pln. not oddly enough. that was the purpose of it. it paved the way for her to come back

he's wanted in connection with the assassination of the former prime minister, benazir bhutto.has been in exile for three years. right now in dubai. plans to return to pakistan at the end of january and run in elections next year. michael, we said is pakistan actually going to go through with this arrest? >> i think it's unlikely. last week, he was reportedly in touch with the saudis and they are apparently negotiating for a smooth return for musharraf and the saudis exert a lot of leverage over the military establishment, which is chief power broker in pakistan. musharraf is an army man. they want to protect him and do what it can to allow him to return safely and without getting arrested. >> rescue operations were suspended aboard the costa concordia today. now, sensors determined the ship shifted, which made conditions too dangerous for divers. at least 11 people are dead. two dozen are still missing, including two americans from minnesota. five days after the ship's hull was ripped open by rocks, many are questioning who is going to be accountable. matthew chance is in ital

come back, musharraf will be arrested in connection with the assassination of former prime minister benazir and in what's being described as new zealand's worst maritime disaster, a cargo ship that ran aground off the country's coast three months ago has split in two. the ship's breakage spilled up to 300 containers and sparked concerns about an oil spill. >>> those are your top stories. now back to "fareed zakaria gps." >>> iran and the west are locked in a dangerous game of brinkmanship, a war of words and sanctions that could turn into something bigger. so what happens next? i have a panel of experts here with me. iranian-born vali nasr, professor of international politics at tufts university. he recently served in the obama state department. bret stephens is the foreign affairs columnist of the "wall street journal," formerly the editor of "the jerusalem post." hillary mann leverett worked in george w. bush's national security counscil for director f global affairs. hooman majd is one of the finest authors and commentators, the author of "the ayatollah's democracy." born in tehran, he n

he's wanted in connection with the assassination of the former prime minister, benazir bhutto. he has been in exile for three years. right now in dubai. plans to return to pakistan at the end of january and run in elections next year. michael, we said is pakistan actually going to go through with this arrest? >> i think it's unlikely. last week, he was reportedly in touch with the saudis and they are apparently negotiating for a smooth return for musharraf and the saudis exert a lot of leverage over the military establishment, which is chief power broker in pakistan. musharraf is an army man. they want to protect him and do what it can to allow him to return safely and without getting arrested. >> rescue operations were suspended aboard the costa concordia today. now, sensors determined the ship shifted, which made conditions too dangerous for divers. at least 11 people are dead. two dozen are still missing, including two americans from minnesota. five days after the ship's hull was ripped open by rocks, many are questioning who is going to be accountable. matthew chance is in

ann curry's interview with benazir bhutto about the deadly attack on her convoy. >> the people put their lives on the line. i put my life on the line because god forbid if there is a taliban state or worse. then everybody's lives will be at risk. >> that exclusive interview on "today." >>> this investigation in fort myers employed the most cameras we've ever used. 13 hidden cameras. we had one hidden in a palm tree that could zoom in with enough clarity to read a license plate on a car that was down the block. >> he pulled into the driveway, del. >> is there anything that i need to say? chris, anything you want me the say? >> i liked your picture. >> he liked my picture? >> you like his picture. i want to see it for real. >> he's in the archway. making the turn. approaching the back door. on the top step call out. >> i made some chocolate chip cookies and i left them on the table. take a seat. i'll be right there. >> okay. >> the on-line decoy wasn't actually there. he thought he was talking to a girl named liz. now emily's got to play that role during her conversation with him. >> i rea

there '94-'96, and actually the first time i met husain haqqani he was information minister under benazir bhutto's government at that time. but what happened in 995 was jaz apparently went to bhutto >> certainly, no strategic dialogue, there's no alliance as such, but perhaps some cooperation on overlapping interests and not a complete cutoff of u.s. assistance. now, the only problem with this she power in owe is that -- scenario is that pakistan itself is not cooling down. pakistan poses a threat to the region and beyond. extremists continue to wield influence in society. i think ambassador schafer talked about the assassination which is, you know, indicative of a trend of if not rising extremism in the country, an inability of people opposed to extremism able to raise their voices. you still have links between the lashkar-e-taiba group and the civil military classes that we're talking about today which actually open doors for jihadists to come in and exploit these problems. and just to add to the complications, pakistan is the fastest growing nuclear power in the world today. a study ou

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. >> this reminds me of a conversation i had with benazir bhutto back in 2007 when she told me she was told her i thought it was a bad idea. listen to this little exchange i had with her on cnn. listen to this. you're a relatively young woman. how scared are you. osama bin laden and other terrorists, they have attacked you in the past and would clearly like to go after you now? >> yes, of course they would like to go against me. there's a lot of threat. under military dictatorship, a situation has developed where the terrorists and osama have exploited. they don't want me back. >> your family has a tragic history, unfortunately, of assassination. >> i not the past has been trag tragic. i am an optimist and put my faith in god. i feel like it's for a good cause, for a right cause, to save pakistan from extremists and militants and build regional security. i'm prepared to takes those risks. >>> are you prepared to take those risks? >> frankly i'm pretty worked about your, your safety, if you go back to pakistan. >> well, yes, i am prepared for the risk. i have to be prepared for the risk

leaders warn he would be arrested in connection with the 2007 assassination of former prime minister benazirhutto. a senior official of musharraf's party says he'll wait to return until tensions subside. >>> a drive is underway in new orleans to have the sites of two levee breaches placed on the national register of historic places. leaders of the grass roots group levees.org say it was engineering failure that flooded the city in the wake of hurricane katrina, not the storm itself, and that historic designation would underscore that. >>> and the tampa bay lightning has reportedly fired its mascot. the tampa bay times reports that kelly frank, the woman who performs as thunder bug, that she was let go in the wake of this incident which went viral on youtube. you see it there. it shows her in costume spraying a hockey fan with silly string, and has you can see there, he was not too pleased. cnn has reached out for comment from frank, but so far we have not heard back. wolf? >> let us know if you do. thanks very much, lisa. rick santorum's taking a break from campaigning in florida. is he givi

benazir bhutto took that information and went straight to the chief of army staff. we could ask why the mons sort did not go to the chief of staff at this coup was being hatched -- why the monsour. it seems that he is involved in selling seeds -- sewing seeds of dissension. what are the u.s. options? one option is the cooling down scenario where each country takes a step back from the relationship and reassesses -- maybe the u.s. reduces aid and maybe pakistan pulls back in its cooperation. there is no strategic dialogue or any alliance as such but perhaps some cooperation on overlapping interest and not a complete cutoff of u.s. assistance. the only problem with this scenario is that pakistan is not cooling down. pakistan poses a threat to the region and beyond. extremists can seem to wield influence in society. teresita schaffer talk about the assassination, which is indicative of the trend of rising extremism and the inability of people opposed to extremism able to raise their voices. east of links -- you still love links with the military and the civil military