it was here that mohammad visited her in august 1947 in the days before he left for karachi. the last days he would ever spend in bombay. here the grave of the women he had lost for the sake of the country had to create mohammad was said to have wept. when your he too would lie dying far away in newborn pakistan. in september 1948 almost 20 years after the death he too would be gone. mohammed had gained a country but lost his love. he was buried in the center of karachi and over his grave a pristine mausoleum of marble was built. its unblemished dome could be seen far and wide. mohammed came to pakistan to die and in that he belongs to pakistan. the children of pakistan learned a lot about him about his education, his political acumen, his strategic prowess that we never learned about his non-muslim wife, about the woman he had loved. >> that's beautiful. thank you for reading that. and i'm curious the title of the book is an intimate history of pakistan but the fact that we have many books about political history and all of that what you meant by wanting to sort of have this

karachi. so, you know, more than anything here you've got an environment, my environment where choices are very circumscribed. i was definitely being raised to be married and have children, and, you know, i wanted very much for her not to do that 'cuz i wanted at least one example of a woman who was not doing what every other woman i knew was doing and was sort of, you know, their lives centered around marriage and childbirth. and so i remember watching benazir's wedding on tv and being sort of sad because it's like okay, here's the freest -- and it is true, this is the freest woman i know and she also has to marry this man and, you know, to the child rafia, he wasn't a particularly good looking man. [laughter] i mean no political subtext whatsoever. but as a kid. and you're thinking, why is she doing this? because i wanted at least one way to say, you know not everybody has to do this. not everybody has to make these compromises and fit into these very constricted roles. and that's kind of th

it was here that she visited her in august 1947 in the days before he left for karachi. the last days he would ever spend in bombay. here the grave of the woman he had is lost to the sake of the country he had to create mohammed -- the one year later he too would lie dying far away in newborn pakistan. in september 1948 almost 20 years after the death he too would be gone. mohammad had gained a country that lost his love. he was buried in the center of karachi and over his grave a pristine mausoleum of marble was built. its it's unblemished on bbc's far and wide. mohammed came to pakistan to die. in death we belong to pakistan. the children of pakistan learned a lot about him come about is education, his political acumen, his strategic prowess but we never learned about his non-muslim wife the woman he had loved. >> that's beautiful. thank you. and i'm curious too you write the title of the book is an intimate history of pakistan we have had many books about the nukes in the political history and all of that. what you meant by wanting to have this be a historical record

cloud then what - roughly speaking 21 in karachi, before it went dark. and the rain circulating. it's started raining. in the next 24 hours, it will spread up and you have a big circulation, unusual for february and march. how much rain you might ask. well if the forecast comes off, it will be this order, 50mm around about mumbai. 100 inland not in these places and 120 further north. this is what you should expect to find at this time of year. maybe 15 in new delhi, and three in mumbai. maybe you'll get more further north. 18mm possible, but none of the figures are that big. if the rain comes off in the forecast. it's a big departure from what you might expect. it lasts through into monday and then tries up. >> we are off to peru. >> producers struggling with low prices. they are affecting peru's industry as well. let's hear from marianna sanchez with more from the cotton institute in peru. >> translation: it was a product, for century yeas peruvians wove a high quality product. now the industry is dying. it produces under a tenth that it used to. the country imports 90% of cotto

also cnn's jamana karachi in aman, jordan. will, let's start with you. japan's prime minister says his country will never give in to isis. he's saying they'd like to commit to more support in this humanitarian effort. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. japan, as you know, pledged $200 million to the coalition to fight isis. that was just two days before the first propaganda video showing kenji goto and had a ruin any yukawa with isis demanding a ransom. japan said they would not bow to terrorists. they didn't pay the ransom. haruni yukawa was beheaded. there was hope as kenji goto appeared in several isis propaganda messages. jordan said it may be willing to conduct a prisoner exchange in exchange for his life and the life of that pilot. there was hope goto would come out of it alive. all of that hope was dashed with the headlines people woke up to this morning showing the awful video of kenji goto in the final moments of life facing his death with dignity. papers are showing how he lived his life, how he covered the stories of children in war zones, how h

. >> record wasn't lost on fans in karachi who labeled their team's performance disappointing and pathetic. people living on the outskirts of the indian capitol have been protesting protesting. they say women and children were beaten when police demolished their makeshift homes. kadrewel took saturday. he promised not to knock down the illegal shanty towns. a sri lakean president touched down down his first foreign visit. he is in india to strengthen ties with the south aidsian giant joint. relations had soured under previous government. the indian prime minister modi is expected to visit sri lanka, himself, in early march. >> let's give you some more detail now on that breaking news story we brought to you a few moments ago that isil says it has executed 21 coptic christian hostages in libya. they were rosteredly capped toured around new year's dave. the egyptian news is believed to be reliable and the same sources show what they describe as the it'slamic state carrying outs the execution in the province of tripoli. five men wearing the not orous orange jump suit and knowing while hooded

they lost thousands of weaps from karachi's weapons storage areas that have spread through the region. and the doctrine of when we use military force has become extremely vague. this notion of responsibility to protect or humanitarian intervention. it's not clear. we could -- the president would use that in ireland tomorrow for all we know. it's a very loose doctrine and it's not healthy for the country. host: a recent national journal piece, which is available on line, here comes trouble. do you think -- do you consider yourself trouble? guest: i read the piece. but my participation in the electoral process -- i spent a lot of time as a writer. when you write, you have a duty to get to the gut issues and write about them in as powerful a way as you can. i think we showed in a paralyzed environment how you get things done. the greatest example was the give bill. i wrote the g.i. bill before i was sworn in. i sat down with the committee counsel and wrote the bill. we worked across party lines. in 16 months we got the most , important piece of veterans legislation since world war ii thr

then on friday a look at pakistan through the eyes of a woman raised in karachi. and on tuesday night at 8:00 interviews with former korean pows. on wednesday, the 100th anniversary of the release of the film "the birth of a nation." the showing of the film, followed by a reair of our call-in program. and thursdays, historians debate the social changes of the 1970s. friday japanese american interment during world war ii. this week in prime time. >>> when president lincoln was shot on april 14th 1865 he was wearing a black great coat made especially for his second inauguration. the coat is cared for by the national park service and was on display in the lobby of ford's theater in 2011. currently, the coat is located in a storage facility for stabilization because of its fragility. it will be on display again in an exhibit at the theater to commemorate the 159th anniversary of lincoln's assassination. we visit ford's theater when the great coat was on display in february of 2011. american history tv documented the process of removing a replica coat and placing the o

karachi covered, the wind picked up. it's only just stopped, it wasn't a lot and the sun disappeared. a sympathetic crowd was nearby. it's not the same system. it looks like itself. it's a strong wind. the freeze is from the south-west and the rain has started here. not a lot. if we run it, it's a bit more development. tomorrow's forecast is still present. i would think we have a few mim meters of wane. 20 30 40. it's been dry. it's not the south-west monsoon period. it's an interesting development. for the time being, it's a nice change. >> thank you very much indeed for that. zimbabwe's long-time leader robert mugabe is celebrating his 91st birthday with a lavish party. in a country with an i'lling economy, spending close to a million dollars, it's foolish. kathryn sawyer reports. >> robert mugabe and his wife arrive at victoria falls to host another of his famous birthday parties. more than 20,000 from across the country are here to celebrate with him. the estimated cost roughly $1 million. mostly paid for by his poli

that includes many fans in karachi watching the game.istan have the better record winning 70 one-day internationals compared to the indians, but they are the defending world cup champions >>> pakistan are struggling to reach a tart. kohli scored a century. in reply, pakistan are 181/7 after 37.2 offers. >>> over in hamilton david miller hit the world cup nine sixers against zimbabwe. he and jp jiminy put on the highest ever one-day partnership, and got an unbeaten century. zimbabwe couldn't reach the big total falling short in the pool b match. >> the team has a little bit of trouble. i thought to myself you know that's what it will do from the start. you know continue with that rite until the end. if it's just a matter of getting the team out of trouble to start with then they can work on that >>> two seasons after winning 9-2, bayern munich gave hamburg another defeat to stay two points clear. they thrashed them at home in the bundislega. the man scoring the goal for germany netted twice, as did a dutch winger. robin. and thomas miller

already cloud is form be coming in toward karachi. this looks like an unformed massive cloud but i think more form will come to it. first of all you get this blob of green representing rain, then you get circulating arrows. it looks like that wind overkarachi will be an easterly first of all and gale-force. that's a huge change. first of all you've got the winds, then the rain itself will develop, as the whole system gross. that's the picture for saturday, 21 degrees, backed with a strong wind and rain. the rain's not just in pakistan, also forming in india. it looks like it will tend to run in the west coast over mumbai and further develop in new delhi so wet and windy weather for quite a few. back to you. >> thank you. still ahead we look at how the financial budget may effect india's massive food aid program. >> thousands march in the philippines, demanding the resignation of the president. >> coming up in sport alex rodriguez heads back to work with the yankees but did he impress the bosses? details coming up a little later. >> th

biographies of robert a lien josef stalin and a look at pakistan through the eyes of a woman raised in karachi. on c-span3 tuesday night at 8 p.m., interviews with korean pows. i wednesday, the 100th anniversary of the release of the film "the birth of the nation," and a re-air of q&a. and t american historical association meetinghe. both tv and american history tv this week in primetime. >> this presidents' day, we are taking a look at presidential campaign announcements. the moments of history when candidates officially declared their intention to seek the highest office in the land. we begin with ronald reagan in 1979 and bill clinton in 1991. they are followed by three other 1992 presidential candidates, ross perot, iowa senator tom harkin, and pat buchanan. >> ronald reagan officially announced his second run for the presidency during a paid nationally televised speech on november 13, 1979. speaking from a set in new york city, mr. wright -- reagan outlined his foreign and domestic agenda criticizing the country's political leaders without directly mentioning city -- sitting president jim

jim karachi is there. there's a huge amount of anger. >> reporter: absolutely this is a nation in mourning tonight but we've seen a number of demonstrations here. angry and shocked by what they've seen. many cannot believe muslims would do this to a fellow muslim and the calls for revenge. they're seeking blood, they say, the life of him should not be wasted in vain. we have heard the jordanian government and the jordanian military saying earlier they will be doing as promised there is going to be a retaliation, something they say is going to be equal to the tragedy of jordanians anderson. >> we saw and heard the reporting, king abdullah heading back to jordan early. do we know what's expected to happen in terms of military action or other action? >> reporter: well anderson you've got these calls for revenge from the street. you've got the promises of retaliation from the government. whatever the government is going to do they have to act fast. there's so much anger on the street and so far, we're seeing t

jomana is in karachi, and what are you hearing, jim sciutto from your sources?this is a part of the very broad based and tough response that jordan promised once this video came through that the executions are part of it but it is expected that there is a military response, and it is very quick, and jordan will say that these, both of these, not only the suicide bomber sajida al rishawi, but also, the founder of al qaeda in iraq and the predecessor, and both of them had been sentenced to death before and the death sentences had been commuted in jordan and there had been a moratorium on executions which was lifted just last month, so they will say that they were convicted already and carrying out the sentences that were handed down a number of years in the case of al raishawi the female suicide bomber and so that is part of the message conveyed from king abdullah is that this is going to be the opposite of cowering jordan and the impression from the white house is that it is not going to do anything but to double-down the reaction. >> jim, did anybody expect such

and then on friday a hook at pakistan through the eyes of a woman raise inside karachi. and on more than history tv on c-span3, interviews with former korean p.o.w.s from the korean war veterans digital memorial project. on wednesday, the 100th anniversary of release of the film "the birth of a nation." the showing of the entire 1915 film followed by a re-air of our call-in program. and thursday historians debate the social changes of the 1970s at the 2015 american historical association meeting in new york city. and friday, japanese-american internment during world war ii. booktv and american history tv this week in prime time. >> political scientist daniel disalvo has written a new book called "government against itself." he debates the value and impact

and then on friday a hook at pakistan through the eyes of a woman raise inside karachi. and on more than history tv on c-span3, interviews with former korean p.o.w.s from the korean war veterans digital memorial project. on wednesday, the 100th anniversary of release of the film "the birth of a nation." the showing of the entire 1915 film followed by a re-air of our call-in program. and thursday historians debate the social changes of the 1970s at the 2015 american historical association meeting in new york city. and friday, japanese-american internment during world war ii. booktv and american history tv this week in prime time. >> political scientist daniel disalvo has written a new book called "government against itself." he debates the value and impact of public employee unions with university of washington labor studies director michael mccann. this event from january is hosted by town hall seattle. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming out. i've been really looking forward to this having read daniel's book and whether you agree with it or no

they lost thousands of weaps from karachi's weapons storage areas that have spread through the region. and the doctrine of when we use military force has become extremely vague. this notion of responsibility to protect or humanitarian intervention. it's not clear. we could -- the president would use that in ireland tomorrow for all we know. it's a very loose doctrine and it's not healthy for the country. host: recent nurel piece which is available on line, here comes trouble. do you think -- do you consider yourself trouble? guest: i vment read the piece. but my participation in the elect ral process -- i spent a lot of time as a writer. when you write, you have a duty to get to the gut issues and write about them in as powerful a way as you can. i think we showed in a paralyzed environment how you get things done. the greatest example was the give bill. i wrote the g.i. bill before i was sworn in. i sat down with the committee counsel and wrote the bill. we worked across party lipes in 16 months. we got the most important piece of veterans legislation since world war ii through the c

lee and josef stalin and a look at pakistan through the eyes of a woman who was raised in karachi. and on american history tv on c-span3, tuesday night at 8:00, interviews with corpser korean p.o.w.s. from a korean war veteran's digital memorial project. on wednesday the 100th anniversary of the release of the film "the birth of a nation" with an interview of author dick lehr, the showing of the entire 1915 film followed by a reair of a call-in program with civil war historian hari jones and author dick lehr. thursday historians debate the social changes of the 1970s at the 2015 historical meeting in new york city and friday japanese-american interment during world war ii. book tv and american history tv this week in prime-time. >>> american history tv visited ford's theater in washington, d.c., where on the night of april 14th, 1865, abraham lincoln was mortally wounded as he sat in the presidential box with his wife marrow watching the popular comedy "our american cousin." he died the next morning. we sat down with playwright james still and actor mary bacon to talk about ford's

and the bottom line came when they attacked one in karachi and one of the premier airports. once that took place at both of the dialogue process. and after a lot of liberation event for the options of the military operation. let me tell you that the process was important for the military operation to take place. as i've said repeatedly, there were a lot of divisions in pakistan's critical hierarchy the political parties particularly the parties of the right of center about the decision to eliminate the military operation apart from so many problems one of the main issues that was constantly talked about was the fact that this wasn't pakistan's were. this was where specifically the united states war which has been imposed on this region and the pakistan army is fighting the super war. so the option of the process on which all of the parties were united was to ensure that we play out the process. you are very honest and engaging in the other site and display of dialogue process. as i said it didn't last very long and then the decision to virgo or carry out the military operati

a look at pakistan through the eyes of a woman raised in karachi.on american history tv on wednesday the 100th anniversary of the release of the film "the birth of a nation" with an interview of author dick lehr, the showing of the entire 1915 film followed by a reair of our call-in program. and thursday historians debate the social changes of the 1970s at the 2015 american historical association meeting in new york city. and friday japanese-american internment during world war ii. book tv and american history tv this week in primetime. >>> the washington institute for near east policy held a discussion recently on the fight against isis and the role of iran and syria's bashar al assad. regional experts and a former army colonel who served in iraq took part in this hour and a half discussion. >> good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome to the washington institute. my name is david shanker, director of the program on arab politics here. it's nice to see such a large crowd. we're here today for a policy forum, the fight against isil, shiite militias

finally, biographies and a look at pakistan through the eyes of a woman raised in karachi.views from a pow. on wednesday the 100th anniversary of the re-lease of the birth of a nation. thursday, historians debate social changes of the 1970's. friday japanese american internment during world war ii. this week on c-span and prime time, three nights of tech. >> it should be a bentley or something, but it is just a taxi. for that, for the privilege of leasing that car for 40 grand a year, he gets to be impoverished. >> here from insiders at facebook and pay pal. >> israel probably the top high-tech country in the world when digital first, gdp growth job creation, health care education. >> three nights of tech starting on tuesday. "washington journal" continues. hubble the assistant directionor from --. guest: you have many issues where the skill sets acquired in the military can become barriers due to the fact that employers do not understand what have you learned and what have you obtained in the military and how is that applicable to the civilian workforce. you have the whole

." >> [translating] >> [speaking native language] >> "and to provide information on a madrassa in karachi. >> [translating] >> [speaking native language] >> [translator] ...guantanamo. [translator continues] [all talking at once in native language] >> [speaking native language] >> [speaking native language] >> [speaking native language] >> take a look at this poor bastard. 5 years in guantanamo to find out about a couple of refugees in tajikistan. it's not just this detainee. there's revelations throughout central asia about what's happening there. this is an extremely interesting strategic region between china and russia. this is the state department's brain. this is their--their empire in the 21st century. [both laughing] [laughing continues] >> the is the summary of the, uh, the cables from tajikistan. the first cable that we have is a scene setter for some, uh, for some important person that went to tajikistan. "regardless of our efforts, there's a limit to what tajikistan can offer." and that's to the united states. "it produces very little, is poor, the government has minimal capaci

that a play or two before that i can't remember like that but you know i tipped the ball up and karachied you know i tried my best to my best on that play and somehow i still ended up grabbing it and i was out for a play. i went to the side line. i'm thinking it was over with. so the coach called the line three corner. i said three corner. they got the best running back in the league why would we feed three corner? so i was thinking pass and the formation brought back my memory to practice the way the receiver where the line in. i got beat on that play by josh boyce at practice and i remember them telling me that you got to make that play and i knew it was do or die time and i just went with my instinct and made that play. >> wow! you know it's even more dramatic because of what happened before you reminded me. there was this amazing play by curse, chris falls down it bounces off his cleft. he catches it. everybody thought they were snake spit and lose the game and the guy caught the ball against his head t. same player winds up making the play. >> you vindicated yourself malcolm. so how

they lost thousands of weaps from karachi's weapons storage areas that have spread through the regionand the doctrine of when we use military force has become extremely vague. this notion of responsibility to protect or humanitarian intervention. it's not clear. we could -- the president would use that in ireland tomorrow for all we know. it's a very loose doctrine and it's not healthy for the country. host: recent nurel piece which is available on line, here comes trouble. do you think -- do you consider yourself trouble? guest: i vment read the piece. but my participation in the elect ral process -- i spent a lot of time as a writer. when you write, you have a duty to get to the gut issues and write about them in as powerful a way as you can. i think we showed in a paralyzed environment how you get things done. the greatest example was the give bill. i wrote the g.i. bill before i was sworn in. i sat down with the committee counsel and wrote the bill. we worked across party lipes in 16 months. we got the most important piece of veterans legislation since world war ii through the con

let's bring in cnn's ja man na karachi in amman, jordan. us about the attack on the base in western iraq? >>. >> martin, about 24 hours, more than 24 hours after that attack we're starting to piece together the details of this assault from what u.s. military officials are saying and what iraqi officials are telling us today. after isis militants seized complete control of the town of al baghdadi several miles away from al assad air base where as you mentioned iraqi and u.s. forces are stationed, a number of isis militants, 25 according to the u.s. military, carried out an attack on the outer security parameter of the al assad air base. iraqi officials are telling us eight of the attackers were wearing suicide vests and a tribal leader we spoke to today with fighters on the ground in that area says a number of those suicide bombers detonated their vests, killing at least 13 iraqi soldiers. now the rest of the attackers were killed. the attack was repelled with the help we're finding out of u.s. military air support in the form of apaches tha

a look at pakistan through the eyes of a woman who was raised in karachi. and on american history tv on drnch span 3 tuesday night at 8:00 interviews with former korean pow's. on wednesday the 100th anniversary of the release of the film the birth of a nation. >> we see here in u.s.a. today that the federal aviation administration today has released what is calling its long awaited proposal for governing small commercial drones. a setting of plans for remote controlled aircraft to share the skies with passenger planes. people flying drones would need to be 17 years old, pass aeronautics tests and be vetted by the administration. president obama signed a memorandum governing how federal agencies will use drones of all sizes. the memo ordered agencies to publish within one year how to access their policies about drones particularly about the collection retention, and disemination about the nation. >> the goal is to ensure that users don't violate the first amendment or discriminate against people. president obama last week requested authorization from congres