khan seemsre imran to have done very well. he has defeated one of the frompowerful politicians the national party appeared his part also to have said swept the polls -- national party. it is party is also to a set-tos what the polls. there were acts of violence even in this province. it was one of the hardest hit. people braving the elements are coming out to work in large numbers. tonight you have jubilation because they national party was the former ruling party. it has been defeated. we have not been able to get a single seat in the national assembly. >> what about time out? this was a place where people's lives that come under threat. the pakistani taliban has been issuing threats. that did not seem to affect people's determination to get out and vote. >> absolutely. they have a lot at stake, it must be remembered. thousands of people have been killed. this is a bordering province with afghanistan. because of the conflict, the spill over cutbacks plus the fact that this is the closest target that the taliban can hit, and t

kan's campaign took a dramatic push on tuesday night. >> why do you think imran khan is the right man for pakistan? >> he has done everything good >> reporter: khan's story is nothing like other politicians. a sports superstar he captained pakistan's cricket team to their only world championship in 1992. handsome, rich and a playboy, he mixed with celebrities like princess diana. now khan has entered politics. and this campaign has turned out to be the most violent in pakistan's history, marked by deadly taliban attacks. it's this area up near the afghan border that has seen a lot of the violence. here in the city of pashawar just yesterday three bombs went off an two more were diffused just in time. we walked the streets with a candidate running for khan's party. >> you're going vote for imran khan. >> yes, definitely. >> reporter: but we found he isn't worried about being targeted by the taliban. perhaps because imran khan supports negotiating with them. >> you're also in favor of a dialogue with the taliban. >> yes. we were saying from the day one, the dialogue is the only solution

imran khan said he holds hussain directly responsible for the murder. he went on to say that he also holds the british government responsible as he warned them about the british citizen after his open threat to kill the workers. iss is an accusation that firmly denied. he does not know what he is talking about. >> hussain was the first person andcondemned the murder -- demanded a police investigation. demanding a police saystigation and would not this about someone when this is baseless and without foundation. arehe police in london investigating complaints of a politician to see if he is violating the law. >> the price of pink dolphins, by one tourist it -- why one tourist attraction is under threat. firstuld this be the south asian -- south african country to legalize cannabis? welcome back. let's recap the top story. government troops backed by tanks and airplanes have us all to the town of qusayr -- a salted -- assaulted the town of qusayr. a young protester has died in tunisia -- and in the -- a nigerian city is in lock down as the military seeks t

a may god grant imran khan quick recovery and good health. because of this incident, i want to announce i am suspending my electoral campaigning. >> this campaign was criticized for solely relying on the hearse and audi of one man. but as campaigning winds up, -- on the personality of one man. observers say the results of the country's election are edible, but they also say it was not fair. -- oppositionder leader noir abraham -- anwar ibrahim refuses to accept the results. >> you have the results because of what has been happening over the last few years. >> in the bangladeshi capital, dhaka, rescuers have pulled more bodies from the building that collapsed two weeks ago. they say the death toll now is over 800. authorities began distributing salaries and other benefits to the survivors. other news out of bangladesh -- ongoing violence has killed dozens of people. they are protesting for a new blasphemy law. the mass protests were organized by a previously little-known group. the senior leaders -- islamic93-year-old teacher brought banglades

. >> imran khan makes his ascent. he balances precariously on an overcrowded platform, ringed by security guards. then, this. he tumbles headfirst in full view of shocked supporters. sing hero was rushed away, bleeding from the head and apparently unconscious. he was taken to the hospital he founded, where doctors say he is in no danger. hem his hospital bed appealed directly to the voters, sounding weak and looking exhausted. on election day, he said, remember what the koran says. god helps those who help themselves. go out and vote for change. 's main rival has sent his sympathies and his prayers for a speedy recovery. the front-runner to be pakistan 's next prime minister has canceled his election rallies tomorrow. but this follows another day of bloodshed in an increasingly deadly campaign. bomb attacks in the northwest claimed 17 more lives. tonight, many here are gripped 's concern about imran khan condition. he is a national hero as well as a candidate in the election. doctors say he is in good spirits' and can

will mark the first transition between two civilian governments this is supporters of his rival imran khantook to the streets to protest the out official results the election campaign has been the bloodiest in the country's history with more than one hundred thirty people dead in the last month including dozens on a voting day artie's lucy caffein of has more from islamabad. despite the threat of violence pakistanis came out in record numbers to vote in the election which will determine the fate of the country for the next five years and as the votes are counted the man poised to come out of the very top is not and his party fourteen years after being ousted in a military coup he is on the road to a third term as pakistan's prime minister will have numerous problems to deal with from chronic power to a taliban insurgency will be pushing for a present free market economic policies and further strain ties with the united states but the vote has also crushed the hopes of millions of pakistanis who want to see real change in the entrenched political system they were counting on cricket legend

want to see real change in the entrenched political system they were counting on cricket legend imran khan and his p.t.i. party he had rallied massive support here in the country with calls to end corruption and to end u.s. drone strikes especially among young voters but it wasn't enough to put him at the top still a significant victory for his party now the pakistan people's party which form the outgoing government took a beating in the polls paying a price for being seen as failing to tackle corruption unemployment and violence while in power of course this in many ways is a historic election it's the first time a democratically elected government is replaced with another the first time that a staggering sixty percent of voters turned out but also in a darker note the first election to go down as the bloodiest in pakistan's history now a string of bomb blasts disrupted election day killing dozens of people the violence came on the heels of a bloody intimidation campaign by the pakistani taliban which is claimed one hundred thirty lives leading up to the vote the group is fighting to topp

people really dislike the american program of flying drones into pakistani territory. >> jeff: liz, imran khan, the former cricket player and celebrity got a lot of attention in this race and took this awful fall less than a week before the election off a platform. what does he do now? >> reporter: well, he's still in the hospital recovering from pretty serious back injuries. but he has done an extraordinary thing. he did not get the number of seats he wanted to. but he's gone from a standing start. he had no seats in the last parliament. he's probably going to have a bloc of about 40 seats and he has become very suddenly a very real force and opposition in pakistan politics. >> jeff: elizabeth palmer, thank you. later big american movie does play in china but not before the government makes big changes. encouragement from prince harry at america's warrior games. and a case study in violent bullying at schools. does the expelled student deserve a second chance? those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal service®

the leader of one of pakistan's main parties the cricket legend imran khan is blaming a key political rival for the writer of his party's vice president russia he was settled outside her home in karachi by a gunman on a motorcycle imran khan says or the head of the m.p. when which is karachi is the most popular political movement as previously openly threaten to his party's members in public. and a couple of minutes meet the unseen team keeping one of russia's most exquisite museums in addition. although i was born after the vietnam era i remember t.v. discussions about the buddhist monk who burnt absolve to death as a form of protest the commentators on the news said that people there just have a different mindset that westerners could never understand you know which is probably true but they were implying that people in the west are just different and would never use the absolutely extreme form of protest which is also probably true until just recently with the cost of electricity exceeding the income of the average bulgarian and a new government coming to power that looks exactly l

to the job of prime minister polls indicate that it's a showdown between former cricket legend imran khan and former prime minister nawaz sharif the latter seems to be heading to victory but khan has ridden a wave of popularity among younger voters with his promise to clamp down on corruption it's a tight race that's been overshadowed by violence a landmark election that is proven so far to be the bloodiest in the country's history the attacks are a stark reminder that politics in pakistan is a dangerous game and that democracy can be deadly music out front of our team islamabad pakistan. rolling out the big guns in moscow spring sunshine and. the election day parade and fireworks. over the nazis we've also got the movie water time and reflections from the south. and here's what happens when your rep yourself in an american soldier accidentally triggers his parachute and is pulled from the plane the footage is online. the boston terror bombings reinvigorated debate over the role of public surveillance in the u.s. new york and other major cities have in recent years expanded the number of

to the job of prime minister polls indicate that it's a showdown between former cricket legend imran khan and former prime minister nawaz sharif the latter seems to be heading to victory but khan has ridden a wave of popularity among younger voters with its promise to clamp down on corruption it's a tight race that's been overshadowed by violence a landmark election that is proven so far to be the bloodiest in the country's history the attacks are a stark reminder that politics and pakistan is a dangerous game and that democracy can be deadly music out front of our t.v. islamabad pakistan why american drone strikes a major issue in the country's election campaign and a huge hurdle in relations between pakistan and the us have a declared illegal by pakistani court according to washington drones are used to wipe battle qaida and taliban fighters but pakistan blames them for scores of civilian deaths at r t dot com or you could have your say on the u.s. led drone wars well so far let's take a look at how the voting is going and as you. you can see the vast majority of our viewers see the dro

to the job of prime minister polls indicate that it's a showdown between former cricket legend imran khan and former prime minister nawaz sharif the latter seems to be heading to victory but khan has ridden a wave of popularity among younger voters with its promise to clamp down on corruption it's a tight race that's been overshadowed by violence a landmark election that is proven so far to be the bloodiest in the country's history the attacks are a stark reminder that politics in pakistan is a dangerous game and that democracy can be deadly. r.t. islamabad pakistan. and coming up on r t the international space station's brings a week omonia is pouring from the ice and it's not the first time this has all the facts and figures on the second decade old space mission after the break. also ahead in the wake of the boston bombing cities in the u.s. push for more surveillance cameras with many question whether a big brother or equipment will only create the illusion of safety that's in just a few moments here on our team. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you underst

some more of today's world news the leader of one of pakistan's main parties the cricket legend imran khan is blaming a key political rival for the murder of his party's vice president so harshly he'd say it was killed outside a home in karachi by gunmen on a motorcycle imran khan says the head of the m.q.m. which is the righteous most popular political movement has previously openly threatened his party's members in public broadcasting fresh voting is currently taking place and some parts of the city which saw the deadliest violence during last week's general election. north korea has fired another short range projectile of its east coast as part of a so-called routine test a launch came after saturday's triple launch which put the neighboring south back on alert young and staying quiet but foreign experts say the missiles have a range of one hundred twenty kilometers the u.n. secretary general appealed to north korea to soften its aggressive stance. out in just a couple minutes with the ensign team giving one of russia's most exquisite museums in tip top condition. the illusion of safety

let all who want to fuck you sons main parties or the crooked lead imran khan is blaming a key political rival for the murder of his party's vice president. of the same who was killed outside her home in karate by gunmen on a motorcycle imran khan says the head of the amp un which is russia's most popular political movement has previously openly threatened his party's members in public broadcasts. now coming up a ride to alba the continuing investigation into the b.p. spill saga and the lingering devastation cost. the illusion of safety trumping you're right seems to be the main political theme of post nine eleven america i noticed pushing the keep you safe at any cost or the new york billionaire mayor michael bloomberg originally had to defend his stop and frisk strategy after giving a speech to police brass stop and frisk is the practice of just being able to search anyone in new york only time for any reason with your hands this gestapo style practice has been in place since two thousand and two but thankfully was finally recently found to be unconstitutional. by a federal judge you k

the leader of the movement for justice party, imran khan, blames this on the opposing party. this was one day after she was gunned down in front of her home in karachi. a possible rerun continues because of allegations of voter rigging. the u.s. embassy employee has flown out of russia u.s. embassy is refusing all comment on this case. the state department confirms he worked at the embassy but has given no details about his job. russia has accused him of working for the cia and he was caught trying to recruit a counter-terrorism officer. moving onto the sports news. we start with women's football. defeateda champions -- pottsdman and take on -- but now, walsberg celebrates their victory. >> the bundesliga won the cup after a strong performance in the first hour. there was fancy footwork from poehler, setting up meuller. after the break, potsdam failed to clear a corner, and it was mueller who put it up in the second minute. three minutes later, polo put another past the potsdam goalie .nd it seemed sown up lisa evans picked up a goal at the one hour mark. when henning's foul

and particularly for the imran khan party.i wonder at this point whether the youth is disaffected it is the party did not win over all? or is their satisfaction that nonetheless? >> i think it is a bit of both. there was a huge amount of expectation. it was beyond reality. they thought there would be an upset and they would upset the election. -- they thought they would sweepthere was disbelief. of the election. never really in the cards. how could this have happened. that was never really in the cards. i think the people in pakistan are happy with the way this election went. i think there's a huge amount of anticipation about things changing. everybody is looking for change andwe hope that will happen sooner rather than later. thank you. [applause] >> i want to say our president has a whole collection. of these mugs. [laughter] with her permission, i will pass this on. to madame ambassador. thank you. we want you to come back. thank you. terrific program. [applause] >> what would with the world be like if they southern confed

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other stories from around the world a leader of one of pakistan's main parties the cricket legend imran khan is blaming a key political rival for the murder of his party's vice president who's on our show you saying was killed outside our home in karachi by gunmen on a motorcycle imran khan says the head of the and un which is caracas most popular political movement has previously openly threatened it is party members in public broadcasts fresh voting is currently taking place some parts of the city which saw violence during last week's general election. north korea has fired and other short range project will of its east coast as a part of so cold routine test launch came after saturday's triple launch which the neighboring south back on alert again stayed quiet but foreign experts say the missiles have a range of one hundred twenty kilometers the u.n. secretary general appealed to north korea to soften its aggressive stance. iraq is now the eighth most corrupt country in the world ten years after the invasion which was supposed to restore the country millions of dollars are handed out in f

a merging in this election, a third course in pakistani politics, imran khan's movement for justice may have only come second in the polls, but it was a staggering first inning by the former international cricketer. have moved forward, democratic process has moved forward. we have become a force. we will play a role as an opposition in the center. >> more importantly perhaps imran khan's party changed the way the political game is played. pti attracted a substantial portion of the younger electorate, including millions of first-time voters. in a campaign that began long before these elections, the pti set an agenda based on substandard issues like the economy and corruption. in so doing breaking up a system that was largely placed on clan ideology in which families and interest groups made political choices rather than individuals. , onee sweeping change thing stays the same. the other -- the ever present specter of lyrical violence that claimed dozens of lives during the campaign. it is this violence for dominantly based on extremist religious ideology is a challenge the new government

government, shoukar is looking to the party led by former pakistani world cup winning cricket captain imran khan. >> he made a promise to pakistan. so this will bring the opportunity and the improvement in that economic situation in pakistan. >> reporter: improvement for justice has set up a task force to attract young voters. it's using facebook and other social networks to provide information. task force members post photographs from khan's campaign rally. campaign workers say they are rallying support among young voters by directly listening to their concerns. the modern approach taken by the movement for justice has made the main governing pakistan people's party increasingly insecure. it's now struggling to woo young votes, too. at campaign rallies the people's party has pakistani president asif ali zardari as its leader and figurehead. the 24-year-old is a graduate of oxford university in the uk. the largest opposition party, the pakistan muslim league, led by former foreign minister nawaz sharif is also working hard to attract young pakistanis. sharif targets young voters. >> translator:

the man that may become king maker in the forming of a new government is imran khan, an internationalr cricket player turned politician. the 60-year-old heads the tariq- e-insaf or movement for justice party, which he founded in 1996. >> ( translated ): while casting your vote, you should not follow the advice of your relatives or the community. you should not follow the advice of your friends. you have to take into account one thing only, the ideology. we are bringing ideology back in politics. the ideology of a new pakistan. >> reporter: part of that ideology is khan's criticism of u.s. drone attacks inside pakistan. supporters also hope to capitalize on frustration with the pakistan people's party, which has governed for the past five years. >> they completely ruined our country. they completely ruined our lives. there is no electricity, there are no jobs, education facilities, health facilities. there is nothing, nothing is getting better. everything is getting worse. >> reporter: but while khan's backers keep up their efforts, the candidate has been unable to campaign since tuesd

to the job of prime minister polls indicate that it's a showdown between former cricket legend imran khan and former prime minister nawaz sharif the latter seems to be heading to victory but khan has ridden a wave of popularity among younger voters with its promise to clamp down on corruption it's a tight race that's been overshadowed by violence a landmark election that is proven so far to be the bloodiest in the country's history the attacks are a stark reminder that politics in pakistan is a dangerous game and that democracy can be deadly. r.t. islamabad pakistan. well for more now on the situation in pakistan let's go live to washington to talk to a peace activist from the coalition i mean with this almost daily we've been watching it every day we see these deadly bomb blast targeting political party offices and candidates it begs the question comes security forces first of all down to a vote is safety tomorrow at the polling stations i think they most certainly cannot guarantee that i mean obviously they're deploying massive amounts of people up to six hundred thousand security perso

at the moment, the former prime remster nawaz sharif is in the lead we saw remarkable video of imran khan falling at a rally. how is he doing? >> reporter: he was very lucky. he toppled backward off a forklift at a rally, apparently pulled by his body guards. he was wearing a bulletproof vest under his clothing which many people think in his team es.lly saved him from much, much more senior spinal injuries. ve it is, he is going to be in hospital at least a few more days and maybe a couple weeks. >> axelrod: elizabeth palmener alexander tonight, thank you so much. a the rescue of a young woman pulled from the rubble of the collapsed clothing factory snning bangladesh after 17 days is being called a miracle. doctors say she's in relatively good shape. the death toll now tops 1100. leter, the invisible war against .exual assault in the military. n urban gardener who is change mesing habits one draw brie at a time. ks. when you feed your plants... everyone grows with miracle-gro. everyone grows it's been that way since the day you met. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question o

some other news making headlines now this hour a prominent female politician from cricket star imran khan's movement for justice has been shot dead in the pakistani city of karachi. saying it was assassinated on the eve of a controversial. recent an election last saturday's polls were among the bloodiest in the country's history over one hundred people who are going to run up to it. and ukraine thousands of opposition supporters of rutted in the capital kiev demanding the release of former prime minister to mission for political reforms fascism broke out between protesters and riot police in the east and people injured during the standoff when i was a say tens of thousands turned out the demonstration. right wing nationalist ronnie was confronted by these clamp down and crack off and wouldn't rescind demonstrators clashed in the city center security forces attempted to keep the peace in the annual gay pride parade and she was nationalists were protesting against legislation of same sex marriage. well coming up r.t. takes a look at the daily hazards faced like omar is in russia with us. weal

significant here is the turnout that we're seeing the at least according to preliminary results for imran khan the cricket star turned politician has seen a large turnout largely among young voters and is poised to become pocket stones second largest party which is quite significant also for the pops on people's party which has formed the outgoing government it shows a mandate for change that shows that pakistanis do want differences in their electoral outcome and it certainly shows that the large problems that the outgoing government has had to deal with unemployment economic problems the rising threat of violence they have not been addressed significantly so pakistanis with their ballots are saying that they do want change. international security specialist patricia de janeiro says the people of pakistan are so disillusioned with conditions that they headed to the polls despite threats of violence these things are very tough though you know we saw the same thing in afghanistan with the taliban threatening and you know as we're seeing they're very very serious about these threats and and it's

couple of other international headlines for you now a prominent female politician from cricket star imran khan's been justice has been shot dead in the pakistani cities. so our scientists say it was assassinated on the eve of a controversial rerun recent to lexan those polls were on the bloodiest in the country's history one hundred people killed in the run up to the folks. in ukraine and thousands of opposition supporters of rather the capital kiev demanding of release of former prime minister mr school reforms passes broke out between protesters and riot police with at least injured during the standoff organizers say tens of thousands turned out for the demonstration. well up next we explore the murky secrets of some of the world's biggest man a catastrophe that's coming up here. the illusion of safety trumping your right seems to be the main political theme of post nine eleven america i notice pushing the keep you safe in any cost more than new york billionaire mayor michael bloomberg who originally had to defend his stop and frisk strategy after giving a speech to police brass stop and frisk

thousands of party members have rallied in the pakistani city of karachi against imran khan the leader of the movement for justice party who sparked their outrage after publicly accusing the m.q.m. of involvement in the murder of a senior member of his party who say it was shot dead on the eve of saturday's controversial election rerun. coming right up a look at human guinea pigs and pharmaceutical drug trials in the u.s. . although i was born after the vietnam era i remember t.v. discussions about that buddhist monk who burned himself to death as a form of protest the commentators on the news said that people there just have a different mindset that westerners could never understand you know which is probably true but they were implying that people in the west are just different and would never use this absolutely extreme form of protest which is also probably true until just recently with the cost of electricity exceeding the income of the average bulgarian and a new government coming to power that looks exactly like the old government that collapsed at least six people gary and have

just just want to mention here that let's let's keep in mind whether it was the washer reef or imran khan to come to power if this is one area of foreign policy in which the military is still going to be first and foremost the military has got to be comfortable with whatever paul see the rule is and right now i don't again i don't see the military is ceding this to civilians as it's so unpopular. partly unpopular because of the way it's been put trade in pakistan it's been trying to trade in the military is partly responsible as a attack on pakistan's sovereignty bill is that it is not you know it was the best thing is that there is that an attack on their sovereignty marvin i want to stay with you isn't it an attack on their sovereignty to two countries are not at war not necessarily because remember of that for most of the history of this program this was a joint operation. not on every level obviously but it could not have proceeded without the intelligence being provided without the ability to take its planes off in pakistan on its back pakistan air bases and using pakistan's airspace

surrounded them continues their stars before a controversial partial rerun probably politician from imran khan's movement for justice party was shot dead while the u.s. is continuing its use of drone strikes in the tribal areas to move west are critics claim civilians are often caught in the crossfire just ahead people of bell and his panel of guests at the debate crosstalk. peter says the government which has permitted the toll of. the various elements of the insurgency to have sanctuary and to be able to come across that border so if you're going to provide that kind of safe haven there's a price to pay first of all when they talk about sanctuary and allowing them to go back and forth across the border can we keep the mexican border absolutely secure and we completely stop people from crossing that border and the people crossing here are just crossing because they're hungry you know so i don't think that we can expect any more from the pakistani government and military than we can from our our own in terms of keeping our border secure furthermore i think that this isn't just a drone strikes ar