she is currently being tried at the international criminal court in the hague but they insisted that this case would be tried at home. >> she is serving a 20 year jail sentence for crimes against the state. the committee that organized reprisals. the current president. some say the trial is assigned of his bias. this court was chosen to do just that. this is political justice taking his orders from political powers. president denies these allegations but says the trial has been dealt a blow as human rights groups have called out without a full investigation. >> our correspondent is there and we saw pictures walking around a court smiling and looking very relaxed and greeting her supporters. yes, she looked smiling and pretty confident. fromormer first lady areorters and indictments up for the jury members. there is that involvement trying to build in the electoral crisis. they achieve it to weapons. the militia groups in order to kill civilians. determined. >> this is a purely political trial because the husband lost the election to the man who is now the president. divisive and ivor

nixon through hague said, let's call bill ruckle's house and have him do it. ruckles says he will not do it either.next person in line is the solicitor general, who is robert bourke. bourke will carry out the order and fire cox and will forever be labelled by doing it. what a lot of people have miss ed is the argument that bork and rickles made to him. after you leave the third man in charge of the department of justice, it's any man's bet who has the authority to say he could be the acting attorney general. they put pressure on bork to do it. it would cost him a seat on the supreme court later that would nominate him. the hard feelings that would continue among democrats for decades. here is a clip of what happened the night that cox was fired. all the networks learned about it that night, and i had just plead guilty a few days earlier thinking that cox was going to do this right. i had agreed to cooperate with him and proceed accordingly, i was somewhat stunned when this interruption occurred and i was able to locate that clip. >> president nixon has dischar

hague faced a frightening situation after she received a disturbing phone call. >> i was scared it was him. be herman pretending to 21-year-old grandson called her, begging her to bail her to baylor out of jail in california after getting a dui. to this a cab alexandria walmart to wire the money to her son's attorney, but when she asked for help, she had a media concerns. >> how do you know? i said it sounds like a scam. she handed her cell phone to call a relative in california who confirmed her grandson was not in trouble. >> she said you saved my life. i said i saved you grateful for her safe grandson and this walmart employee looking out for her. >> i could not thank her enough. hutchens told us one of the reasons she wanted to do this story was as a precautionary tale to others to be on the lookout to look out for phone scammers. jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: a great ending. the white house, and inspector general's report found hillary clinton violated state department e-mail rules. i.g. reviewed communication policies and practices going back to the mid-1990's. they found that c

. >>> china says it will reject any ruling from an international court in the hague. chinese foreign ministry official has said beijing will not accept any judgment of the permanent court of arbitration that counters their claims in the south china sea. the country claims sovereignty over most of the waters in the region. but philippine officials have filed an appeal with the court over the issue. they say china's claims are unacceptable under international law. on friday, the chinese official accused the philippines of plotting to deny china's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights. >> translator: any court decision can alter the historical fact and present-day reality that china has sovereignty over the waters. china's resolve to defend its rights and sovereignty will never be shaken. >> the official also referred to the upcoming g7 summit that opens this month in japan. g7 leaders are expected to discuss the south china sea issue. >>> a u.s. navy commander says the u.s. will challenge what it considers to be excessive maritime claims in the south china sea. th

and that weather was different from the last few weeks and so striking that we pulled garrett hague off of the politics beat and asked him to investigate this unusual phenomenon in the sky. why i if there traditional signs like may like mother's day, you can be forgiven thinking we're stuck in an endless month of march. we got a taste of the real spring today. after two solid weeks of rain, plane in this soggy city have reached a breaking point. >> and i felt like going outside. i was tired of beinged in because of all of the rain. >> reporter: and some teetering on the edge of a weather- related emotional abyss. >> we're stuck in the house and the kids are driving me crazy, my wife is driving me crazy. >> reporter: we have become tunnel people. >> reporter: tweeting out our frustrations from deep underground and then this afternoon, the sun rushes. is any after tweeting about that, too, we turned our gazes upward and enjoyed them. >> and refreshing. >> reporter: along the potomac, everyone was done with being wet, even the fish. >> and that is amazing. >> reporter: this six-month-old n

unless you are taking off to hague gears town and pittsburgh, we will stay generally dry today. spotty showers. the showers will be later than we have seen as of late. with that said, the farther north and west you go, it's not so light. showers west of hagerstown and the day. temperatures in the 50s for now. we are heading to the 60s. it's not a warm day. another cloudy and cool one because we have the northeasterly winds. through the metro spots for most of the area, just a few spotty showers, generally dry, cloudy and cool. the farther north and west you go you are stuck with another day of steady rain. i have a good looking day before the weekend. we will get to those details in a bit. larry, over to you. >>> we have off to a great start. we have road construction in frederick for the commuters along 70. two lanes are closed on the eastbound side between maryland 144 and 27 there. around the beltway, still quiet. no major issues that will slow you down. southbound on 295, you are looking at a smooth commute overall. this is eastern avenue and kenilworth. toward the 11th stre

former british secretary william hague writing in relation to in part the upcoming brexit.n a topic that's very relevant here in the u.s. he says trade deals are the world's best hope of avoiding the new recession. he said when americans, british, germans start opposing it, free trade is in real trouble. trade is becoming the scapegoat for all businesses, economies, blamed for poor business practices. he mentions ttp. and highlights the original arguments for free trade in a very clear way. and i sometimes pause to think when we look at the election here it's not highlighted more often. an amazing amount of traction. that sanders and trump get in terms of attacking trade. you never see a clear argument from the benefits of it. >> it's sort of strange that president obama is in asia promoting ttp, transpacific partnership when none of the presidential candidates including hillary clinton are backing it. and members of his own party, democrats have come out against it. manufacturing has hit particularly hard in this country. >>> we're approaching the top of the hour. that mea

when the international court of justice and the hague ordered that the united states stopped fundingnd supporting the contras, michael and jules lobel and the ccr went into court saying, look, let's enforce this order. actually, michael asked me to go down to nicaragua to talk to americans who might be in harms fundinghe contra continued. i interviewed and took an affidavit from a friend named ben lender who wrote in his affidavit that if the u.s. kept funding the contras, he was in danger of life and limb. of course, the lawsuit failed. an iunction s not granted. was killed, the only american tbe execud by the u.s.-backed contras in nicaragua. michael defended the lender family and their suits for many years. smith, youel cohosted a show with michael ratner "law and disorder." talk about how you first met him and his perspective on the law and how lawyers dealt with the law. >> i lived around the corner for michael thirtysomething years ago. michael had just gotten elected as the president of the national lawyers guild. slept up one night and asked if i would be on the editorial guu

to the took this case international court of justice, the world court in the hague. in 2012, the world court ruleed by unanimous decision that senegal had a legal obligation to prosecute or to extradite hissene habre. months, the new president of senegal -- he was one of the many leaders of senegal who the victims had been visiting over the years, creating the political support here in senegal, creating the political conditions. since 2012, the government of senegal has been behind this court, as you said, a court established by senegal and the african union. the trial started last year. yesterday, we got the verdict. amy: we're going to talk about the u.s. role going back to president ronald reagan in 1982 with the rise of the chadian dictator hissene habre, but we're going to go to break first. we're talking to reed brody, counsel and spokesperson for human rights watch you has been working with victims of hissene habre's regime since 1999 andd played a critical role in bringing habre to trial. we are speaking to him in dakar, senegal, where habre was tried and con

. >> he's supposed to have masterminded the takeover of the french embassy in the hague, exchanging theprisoned japanese red army terrorist and $300,000. >> when you speak with him, he claim only, you know, political and ideological positions, but in fact he likes money, lots. >> carlos is also sought in the bombing of a crowded paris drugstore and a bazooka attack at orly airport last january. >> carlos maintained his cover as a playboy. he had learned to use women for safe shelter, to store weapons. >> he was a womanizer. he wanted to stay in the nicest hotels, have caviar and champagne. that was part of the romanticism of being a terrorist during that era. >> he wants to be loved. but if he's confront, he doesn't hesitate to kill. he was very violent. and everybody knows that. >> when paris police moved in on carlos last july, he killed two of them and then disappeared. >> the plastic smiles on the face of this new police unit in bavaria protect the anonymity of the first squad to be specifically trained to fight terror groups. >> what happened between '72 and '76 in germany and in o

and we were able to get his number two, who is now currently in the hague being tried. but coney has been elusive. but our efforts continue very robustly to get him, and the job is not over until that is done. >> and one time we committed 100 special troops and forces to c.a.r., i believe to go after coney. are they still deployed? >> i believe they are. i can't give you the exact numbers, but i did meet with the team when i was in uganda the last time and they are still working there. >> although not recognized as an institutional terrorist, there's probably no worse terrorist than joseph coney in terms of children and women. i'm glad we're still committed to trying to bring him to justice, as hard as that appears to be. >> yes, sir. >> talk about the african union for just a second. does the african union address the issue of terrorism on the continent? do they have a game plan to deal with terrorism? >> we're working very closely with the african union on terrorism on the continent. it's high on their agenda. in the case of nigeria, they have been very much a part of

i also see it as recognition for the lower hague merchants and neighbors association and alamo square neighbors who collaborate on the project, also the dedicated professionals at planning department, sfmta, public works and of course president breed and all of you who i love working together on solving problems in the city, so it does take a community to achieve progress. a group who takes responsibility and acts urgently for great public spaces in our neighborhoods, safe cross town routes for all san franciscans, vision zero, reducing injuries and deaths on our streets and simply put just respect for all citizens, and unlike any other place i have lived our community does this. we continue to look forward for more progress and we look forward to -- i look forward to celebrating the completion of the wiggle project after construction begin this is year. i look forward to page street prioritizing biking because hundreds of users use it everyday. i look forward to expanding our bike network in the district because biking is so popular. we're fortunate to be living in our district and y

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i also see it as recognition for the lower hague merchants and neighbors association and alamo square neighbors who collaborate on the project, also the dedicated professionals at planning department, sfmta, public works and of course president breed and all of you who i love working together on solving problems in the city, so it does take a community to achieve progress. a group who takes responsibility and acts urgently for great public spaces in our neighborhoods, safe cross town routes for all san franciscans, vision zero, reducing injuries and deaths on our streets and simply put just respect for all citizens, and unlike any other place i have lived our community does this. we continue to look forward for more progress and we look forward to -- i look forward to celebrating the completion of the wiggle project after construction begin this is year. i look forward to page street prioritizing biking because hundreds of users use it everyday. i look forward to expanding our bike network in the district because biking is so popular. we're fortunate to be living in our district and y

government collie, william hague said once, the euro is like a burning building with no exits.hey have no choice but to make it work. no choice at all. there had to be a bailout of course. but the rules have to change. if the u.s. bailed out argentina and then had no control over argentina policy after the bailout. you would not do it in the united states. who on earth believes countries in northern europe would go back to the way things work. that leads them down a single, inevitable path. it means political union. there is no other way. there has to be a single government for the eurozone. there has to be a united states of the eurozone. the plan is already taking shape. merkel, and her deputy, the italian finance minister, the french president, the speakers of the biggest eurozone parliaments, the presidents of the big eu institutions -- a have all called for political union. it means according to the french president a eurozone parliament, commonn touch it, and a cabinet. inevitably, it means giving up independent nation status. that is the decision they took back in 1999 w

as my former uk government colleague william hague, former foreign minister said once, the euro is likeurning building with no exits. they have no choice but to make it work. no choice at all. there had to be a bailout, of course, but the rules have to change. you wouldn't have tolerated a situation where the u.s. bailed out argentina and had absolutely no control over argentinean policy after the bailout. you wouldn't do it in the united states. who on earth thinks countries in northern europe would agree to things going back the way they were before? and that leads them down a single inevitable path. it means political union. there is no other way. there has to be a single government for the eurozone. there has to be a united states of the eurozone. the plans are already taking shape. angela merkel, the italian finance minister, french president, hollande, the presidents of the big eu institutions have all called for political union. it means according to president hollande a eurozone parliament, a common budget, and a common cabinet. inevitably, it means giving up independent nation

and wet got his number two, who is currently being tried in the hague, he'sing elusive, the job is not over until that is done. >> and one time we committed 100 special troops and forces to c.a.r. to go after coney. are they deployed? >> i think they were. i did meet with the team when i was in uganda the last time, and they are still working there. >> although not recognized as an institutional terrorist, there's probably no worst terrorist in terms of children and women than joseph coney. i'm glad we're still committed, as hard as that appears to be. does the african union address the issue of terrorism on the continent? do they have a game plan? >> we are working very closely with the african union on terrorism on the continent. it's high on the aend that. in the case of nigeria, they have been very much a part of the creation of the multinational joint task force in chad, and we have provided them some funding and some assistance in their effort there. it is the mission in somalia, amazon is an au mission and it's the largest au mission on the continent of africa with troop contrib

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with ugandans and other partners, and we were able to get his number two who is now currently in the hague being tried. but kony has been elusive but our efforts continue very robustly to get him. the job is not over until that is done. >> one time we committed 100 special troops and forces to see a are ugly to go after kony. by the still deployed? >> i think they are. i did meet with the team when i was in uganda the last time and they are still working there. >> although not recognized as institutional terrorist there's probably no worst terrorist in terms of women and children i'm glad we're still committed to bring justice as hard as that appears to be. talk about the african union. does the african union address the issue of terrorism on the continent? did have a game plan to deal with terrorism? >> we are working closely with the african union on terrorism, on the continent. it is high on their agenda. in the case of nigeria, they have been very much a part of the creation of a multinational joint task force in chat and we provided them some fund and some assistance. in their efforts

senior officials and we have concerns about japan's implementation of their commitments under the hague convention and that's something that i know you are focused on. >> also those that were left behind from the ratification, joe's cases are heartbreaking. >> absolutely. we are focused on those as well in the cases that had arisen after the eradication and with regard to china we very much share the concern that you express. we see across-the-board a crackdown on human rights and civil liberties. we have seen a crackdown against lawyers. i met with a number of lawyers the last time i was visiting in january. i've heard directly from them and what that community is experiencing. i've met with religious leaders as well and i've heard what's happening there. the laws that what you refer do we have been very much engaged in whether it's the ngo law the cybersecurity love the national security law and the counterterrorism law and we have concerns about the substance of the laws. the ngo law as you know, they move to the enforcement of that law to the ministry of public security which sends

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i want to thank daphne hague, nathan robinson, lydia collins and gus mayple, professional and deserving of the real praise for the work done on the floor. with that let me once again thank senator collins for her thoughtful leadership, her commitment to fairness, to principle. that i think is one of the major reasons why we're here today. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, the senate has completed its consideration of this appropriations measure which provides essential funding for the department of transportation, the department of housing and urban development, related agencies, military construction programs, the veterans affairs administration, and to combat zika. i would like to thank all of my colleagues for working together with us in an open and collaborative manner. i would note that the legislation that we just passed incorporates some 40 amendments. there were also recommendations from more than 75 senators from both sides of the aisle that were included in t