in breaking news from senegal, the trial of chad's former dictator hissÈne habrÉ has been postponed untiltember 7 after habrÉ's lawyers did not show up to court for the second day of trial. habre has been charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture related to his eight-year reign in chad during the 1980's. we'll have more on this story later in the show. a memorial service is being held today at prairie view and him university for sandrabland who died last week in a waller county jail cell after she was pulled over for a traffic violation. she was said to have committed suicide, a claim her family rejected. on the waller county district monday, attorney elton mathis said -- "it is very much too early to make any kind of determination that this was a suicide or a murder because the investigations are not complete. this is being treated like a murder investigation." also on monday, the lawyer for the bland family described newly obtained dashcam footage of the arrest, which shows that the police escalated a routine traffic stop by ordering bland to extinguish her cigarette.

now it's time for justice to talk and for hissene habre to face it. >> the question is will hissene habre show up. and he is here under -- [ shouting ] the trial will go ahead and for many here this sets a precedent making universal justice accessible to only african continent and perhaps bringing an end to impunity for african leaders that are allegedly involved in atrocities. >> u.s. president barack obama be meets with muhammadu buhari, president of nigeria. highlighting the importance of u.s. nigerian relations. improving his country's economic prosperity, the nigerian leader spoke about the elections earlier this year in his country. >> the materials of pressure by the united states mainly and europe to make sure that the elections were free, fair and credible, led us to where we are now. it could have been almost impossible if united states did not maintain the pressure on the former nigerian government, accepting anything less constitutional as far as the outcome. >> patty culhane joins us. what did they mainly talk about? >> reporter: well the new nigerian president lauren came to

first hissene habre' the former dictator of chad goes on trial accused of war crimes and crimes against humidity. that is in senegal is history making. it is the first time ever the courts of one country prosecutes the former ruler of another for alleged human rights abuses. reporter: after years of struggle victims get their day in court. >> i wish he had the courage to come to the bar and tell me why i was arrested and detained four years. reporter: these chaddians have come to senegal it testify in the trial of their former president apz prosecutor who ruled from 1982 to 1990 and they are determined to get justice. >> the time has come for the victims to regain their dignity by way of these explanations, this hearing in the course of which the accounts will be rbg reckoned to allow them to get closure and those widowed to mourn loved ones. reporter: the trial is unprecedented the first time a former african leader was tried elsewhere on the continent for crimes against aluminumity. one had cases against the chilean dictator and he says it is thanks to the doggedness of the victims. >

alleged crimes against humidity and torture should face their accusers. >> the big question was will hissene habrer? [ owner screaming ] >> it is his supporters, they are threatening the lawyers and witnesses. habre joins in. the shouting in french, it's a masquerade. [ screaming ] >> reporter: as he's removed from court he shouts, "god is great." and then he adds, "the court is a knees owe colonial tribunal." the trial will continue without him. >> translator: for victims and human rights organizations. this is history in the make. the moment jacqueline modena has been waiting for. nicholas honk, al jazeera dacca. >> how the european union is struggling to locate tens of thousands of immigrants across europe. >>> the banks in greece have reopened you but serious challenges remain. >> the greek government met two debt payments today to the international monetary fund and the european central bank. it used an emergency $7.7 billion loan from creditors to meet the dealt line. also banks reopened for the first time in three weeks but strict limits remain on withdrawals. the country is not close to be

stuart: the former chadian dictator hissÈne habre has been forcibly brought to a court in senegal.the reason, to allow appointed lawyers to prepare some kind of defense after he said yesterday he will not be offering any of his own. habrek, often dubbed africa's pinochet, refused to speak. reporter: hundreds of people traveled to witness what is a test case for african justice. the trial had barely started when judges decided to adjourn until september 7. the former chadian dictator had refused legal representation and was unwilling to cooperate. his lawyers say the court has no legitimacy. >> there are no defense witnesses, no possible defense no examination of the chain of command. we want the lawyers to listen to their conscience and we appeal to the president and the dakar bar to denounce these commissions that have no objective other than to rubberstamp the legal system. reporter: the court wants to give habre's newly appointed lawyers time to prepare the defense. the move could favor the defendant, according to families of the victims. >> there is an option that he says the l

hissene habre is a former u.s. alley who has been described as "africa's pinochet." he is accused of killing as many as 40,000 people during his eight years in power in the 1980's in chad. habre is being tried in a special court established after 20 year long campaign led by his victims. attorney reed brody of human rights watch, who has worked with victims of habrÉ's regime since 1999, praised the start of the trial. >> this is a chance to show that an african port -- court can deliver justice for african victims for crimes committed in africa. and it is one thing to complain about having abusive african presidents and leaders sent to the hague, it is another thing to show they can be prosecuted and get a fair trial here in africa. amy: newly unsealed legal testimony shows comedian bill cosby admitted in a lengthy 2005 deposition that he used his fame and money to lure young women. in the testimony, he also admitted to giving young women sedatives. when asked about nonverbal consent, cosby said, "i think i'm a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions in the