charles taylor the last we really want is to get to know one of these leaders in times of the two biggest war criminals at large tony blair and george bush let's have let's have them indicted first and then we're going to present a side that we have following through on how much you think we can trust the international criminal court on dealing with this particular investigation not much at all because it showed all the way along that we don't really have a very fair impartial system of international justice and people who've been in the dock in the last fifteen years or so have been leaders who just got in the way of the us what about the president of georgia who launched the war aggression against the people of south the sense of three years ago this very week why isn't he been indicted what about. what about bill clinton for the bombing. of iraq you know if we don't we shouldn't have got an international rule. judgment said the supremes international crime was to launch a war of aggression that is still at large and so let's deal with these people first people who was against iraq agai

genocide in the first place of holding those who commit those atrocities to account whether it be charles taylor who is likely to be sentenced by early fall. recently, the bosnian serb was finally found her there is no statute of limitations on crimes against humanity and genocide. he was hunted down and i was there a couple of times once for a mass burial of people who were slaughtered during an infamous couple of days in july. the same thing happened in rwanda. it is important that we be very robust and collecting that evidence while we try to stop it and died -- bringing to the committee how important that is. he made a number of serious recommendations and i would appreciate any elaboration on that. you say the united states cannot begin to consider normalizing ties with sudan and should not be listing them or approved this outlaw nation while these terrible crimes against humanity are occurring. you also say the u.s. and international committee must act. you also _ because of the bombing campaign, people have not been able to plant or tend to their crops. by october when the crop should hav

charles taylor, milosevic, saddam hussein, all were tried for the genocide of their own people. this corruption trial, and there are allegations about the abuse of protesters, has to be gotten through, gotten through quickly, but it needs to -- the egyptian people, frankly for their own sake and the sake of the country, need to look forward. and they have a very proud history, and so humiliating mu h mubarak won't serve much in terms of their future. >> fran townsend, we'll talk to you ahead later. >>> the dow breaks its losing streak, but just barely, and some say it's proof the recovery could stall into a recession. >>> and the syrian regime brutally cracks down on on government protesters and the united nations security council finally speaks up. that's next. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air.

whether libya will set up its own tribunal or gadhafi will be sent to the hague like milosevic or charles taylorit's quite slow there. ban ki-moon in effect warning or reminding u.n. member countries of their obligations to live up to this international criminal court treaty system where he can't be allowed to really stay in a country if they're a party to this international criminal court system. gadhafi could be seeking refuge elsewhere. brooke? >> we heard and i took note of the president speaking earlier mentioning the u.n., the next general assembly asking next month's meeting support the specific transition and when it comes to this transition because there are a lot of variables still, how can the united nations help moving forward? >> the u.n. may not be very good at preventing conflict but it does seem to specialize in post conflict discussions, improvements getting a country back on its feet from east timor to sierra leone, liberia, puts personnel in to talk about dearming, demobilizing conflicts, post conflict they're anticipating what occurred in tripoli overnight and basically the u

genocide in the first place but holding those who commit those atrocities to account whether by charles taylor who is likely to be sentenced. just recently as we all know a bosnian serb was found. he was hunted down. and i was there a couple of times including one of a mass burial of people who were slaughtered during an incident in july and same thing happened in the congo and same thing is happening in kordofan. so it's very important that we be robust in collecting that evidence while we try to stop it and i appreciate you bringing to the committee how important that is. i also -- you made a number of very serious recommendations and appreciate alabor ration by you or other waits that the united states -- cannot begin to consider normalizing ties with sudan and should not be listed as a sponsor of terrorism and while these terrible crimes against humanity are occurring. you also said the u.s. and international community including the african union must act. you also underscore that because of the bombing campaign, people have not been able to plant or tend to their crops and that means by o

genocide in the first place but holding those who commit those atrocities to account whether the charles taylor who by early fall is likely to be sentenced. just recently as we all know, a bosnian-serb was finally found. there is no statue of limitations on crimes against humanity with genocide. he was hunted down and i was in srebrenica a couple of times including once for a mass burial of people who were slaughtered during an infamous couple of days in july and the same thing happened in rwanda. the same thing happened in the congo in the same thing as happened obviously and korda found. it is very important we be very robust and collecting that evidence while we try to stop it and i appreciate you bringing to the committee with! how important that is. i also -- you made a number of very serious recommendations and i would appreciate any elaboration by you or other witnesses on that, that the united states should, cannot begin and this is your words, to consider normalizing ties with sudan and should not be listed a sponsor of terrorism or her proof approve this outlawed nation access to a na

genocide in the first place, but holding those who commit those atrocities to account whether it be charles taylor who by early fall is likely to be sentenced. just recently as we all know a bosnian-serb was finally found. there is no statute of limitations on crimes against humanity and genocide. he was hunted down and i was in srebrenica a couple of times including once for a mass burial of people who were slaughtered during an infamous couple of days in july, and the same thing happened in rwanda. the same thing happened in the congo in the same thing has happened obviously in kordofan. " continues. host: peter coy from of bloomberg "business week," the economics editor, joins us. all of the economics news in this morning's paper is not positive. is the u.s. poised to go back into a recession in your view? guest: i would say there is a good chance -- i do not want to put a percentage on it. president reagan's chief economic adviser told bloomberg television yesterday that he sees about a 50/50 chance of a recession. most of the economists put the number slightly lower, but if you look at the nu