out of this hatcher all this and this happened again 11 of the bacon of our freedoms in the region and this happened once we don't take this incident and extrapolate it on our minister they love can you claim to be a beacon of freedom when the allegations of torture carried out by your security services are widespread in june last year there was a leaked video showing members of your internal security forces torturing inmates in roomier prison north of beirut the interior minister confirmed that the video was authentic this is the kind of beacon of tolerance and coexistence that you say you have where torture is widespread not human rights watch said this was just the tip of the ice a perception. confirms the rule no we don't have the stomach this is an incident that happened there if you say the this is what happened in the guantanamo doesn't mean that in the us to live the torture this is an incident that happened once and confirmed that with this is not the case and let you know you know very well mr lowy to me this completely because we have so many things that we are not satisfied

hatcher was the mayor and they were coming together to find a black person to run for president. shirley chisholm had jumped the like, wherey felt does she think she's doing? she didn't get our approval. i would never get their approval, because they would feel i was crazy and needed to be placed in a straitjacket. thousands in this country who raise the money for me to make the bid. i possessed leadership qualities, had a clear understanding of the issues, i was a fearless woman, and i was intelligent. that was all. the only thing that bothered a lot of folks was i was black and i was a women -- woman. did the women's groups that existed at the time respond to your candidacy? it would have happen and some of them responded positively and some did not. but the women in the south responded to my candidacy more sincerely than those in the north. in the state of misses sippy -- mississippi, women lost their jobs because of the white male power structure. these women were responding, and she was a black woman but she , has what it takes to bring about change. white women lost their j

hatcher, the mayor, and they were coming together to find a black person to run for president. a name was mentioned. shirley chisholm had jumped the gun, and they felt that where does she think she's going? she didn't get our approval. the fact of the matter is, i was very cognizant of the fact that i would never get their approval because they would feel that i was crazy and needed to be placed in a straight jacket and i went ahead on the basis of the fact that there were citizens in this country who raised the money for me to make the bid because these citizens felt that i had what it takes. i possessed leadership qualities, i had a clear understanding of the issues, i was a fearless woman, and i was intelligent and that was all. but the only thing that bothered a lot of folks, i was black and i was a woman. >> how did the women's groups that existed at the time respond to your candidacy? >> it was half and half. some of them responded positively and some did not, but an amazing thing happened to me that shocked me i guess for about three years, that the women in the southern