bill cohen referred to it involving a former prizing star in the communist party, bo xilai, stripped of power amid a murder mystery involving his wife and the death of their british business partner. "the people's epic of scandal," this is one of the most interesting stories and you dug into it. this has ripped the scab off of corruption. a potentially more challenging issue for the rising chinese leadership. >> that's right i think it's a great story because it does demonstrate the degree to which the chinese leadership lost the narrative. they enjoyed especially since 2008 world side, they promoted this aura of bureaucracy that serves the people well and this has ripped the scab off. there's multigenerational corruption, feather bedding, helping cronyism and it's really exposed just how dire the situation is among the chinese elite. >> is bo xilai a scapegoat as part after larger struggle between when -- i mean this is really shorthand but is there a reform versus hardline component in the succession? >> it goes -- the 70 members of the bureau are worth $90 billion. so i think that

another case receiving a lot of international attention is the sudden fall of bo xilai, former party chief of chongqing and rising star in the communist party. so, susumu, are there any similarities in the way the chinese government has been handling this and the chairmanship? >> yes, there are some similarities. nhk's international tv reports on chen have been interrupted several times in china. the same measures were taken when bo's case came out. also, the search results for both bo's and chen's names are blocked on china's popular blogging sites. china seems concerned that if the chen issue drags on, it might lead to mounting criticism from human rights activists on the country's one-party rule. china will have its own leadership transition in the fall. what the chinese leader wants most now is a smooth transfer of power and to maintain social stability. >> susumu kojima in beijing. >>> greece may be headed for another round of national elections next month, if a coalition can't be created. voters rejected the government's austerity measures, that the partners couldn't gain a com

consulate and implicate it had wife of a top government official bo xilai in the death of a british businessman. u.s. officials say the man later left the consulate on his own accord but officials don't believe chen would leave u.s. supervision without a guarantee of safety for himself and his family. and, scott, this crisis would not come at a more inopportune time because the u.s. has been working so hard to gain china's backing and help on three hot spots-- tightening sanctions on iran and syria and pressuring north korea to end their nuclear program. >> pelley: and there was some progress in those areas. norah, tell me, how does the united states help chen and not anger the chinese government? >> it's the question. there are some officials talking about allowing chen some sort of medical parole. he doesn't want asylum, he doesn't want to leave china but this option about a medical parole is one on the table that would allow the u.s. to help chen and allow china to save face. >> pelley: a medical parole that might take him to the united states. norah, thank you very much. it was one year ago

this is a very sensitive time in china, not just because of the chen story, but because the bo xilai media is caught in the middle. >>> george zimmerman's lawyers entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment today in court. he is facing second-degree murder charges in the shooting death of trayvon martin. now have, his family said he was targeted because he was black and the police department has been under heavy criticism for the handling of the situation. richard richard myers is outfront tonight. you're not from florida, so how did you end up being the guy for the job? >> actually, i'm in the upper midwest, but i have served as a police chief with 35-year career in policing and so i ended up in florida i believe because i bring that experience that comes from a diverse background and i don't have a dog in the fight so to speak. >> and so this is just a challenge. your success or failure is going to be noted around the country. and you're up for that? >> well, you know, after being in this line of work this long, i don't see this as a win or lose proposition. i'm here to help. i'm

. >> the bo xilai story is part of this too. there are issues in the chinese government. >> they're looking forward to a smooth transfer of power, but these two stories have knocked it off course. people are wondering if the communist party knows what it's doing or has its act together and the communist party is trying to get through this because they're panicked. >> wow. all right, thank you very much. certainly sort of -- an amazing moment in history. just to watch all of this happening. thanks very much to both of you. >>> "outfront" story two is up next. still "outfront" -- adult sex slaves. >> this man is luring the women through internet sites. he started prostituting them. >>> and a cocky stance, all this when we come back. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice

bo xilai represent thissed emerging reality in two ways.f colorless man he was can i'ving and charismatic, and comfortable in front of crowds, eager to push himself forward and rubbed against the grain of consensus decision making. he also represented the new left, an idealogical movement that emphasized social and cultural solidarity, the power of the state, and other left wing pop list issues. whether he truly believed in these issues is irrelevant, like all good political entrepreneurs, he saw a market for these ideas and he filled it. bo's ouster is the most significant purge in the higher ranks of the party since tienamen square, and the party will hope as after those events the party can return to its technocratic path, but china has changed too much. politics in china in the future could be a nationalist, populist. they will be messy and unpredictable like politics everywhere. for more on this see my essay in the latest issue of time magazine. up next, american history. how linden johnson wielded power and what we can learn from that

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bo xilai, the can dal which is a murder mystery. there's sex, there's murder. to it and a lot of corruption. it could be that this is has pulled back the scab on the widespread corruption within china among the elites. is that a real challenge and problem politically for the chinese? >> i think it is because basically the message it says is that the elite that sets the rules and those rules apply to everybody other than the elite. and that's going to go to the issue of legitimacy. and, of course, the chinese authorities already have an issue, legitimacy because communist ideology is certainly in the wane. and their legitimacy is dependent upon their producing economic growth and having some sense of pairness in the system. of course, this raises a real question of fairness. so i think it's probably the most serious challenge to chinese leadership in decades. and again, this is a story that's in the second or third act and it's got a ways to go. >> steve hadley, thank you very much. >> nice to meet you. >>> and up next, the stalemate over immigration reform ahea

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