liberia -- i'm visiting my very american daughter who decided to move to liberia after college. she says this is one of her favorite places in the city. the marketplace known as waterside. everything can be find here for a bearing an. from hand-made bags and shoes, to food. but you've got to love to shop. broad street is another busling part of the city. the pen pens in these parts for the constant annoying sounds of their horns. you can escape it all at the beach. tourists are exactly flocking to liberia, yet, but they are starting to come. several hotels have opened up and i'm told liberia has some of the best surfing in the world. sunday is beach day. >> liberia have a seeing that the country is sweeter and i'm hearing more and more of it these days. >> this is amazing time for liberia. >> this is the place to be right now. just happy to be a part of it. >> there's no doubt that a long, difficult road lies ahead in this struggling nation by the sea. an entire generation of children was unable to go to school because of the war. so for me the sight of kids with their backpacks

as leader of the national patriotic front of liberia and later as president of liberia, the accused is alleged to have acted in con andcert with members of afrc and members and former members of the other group. in that capacity, the accused is alleged to have assisted and or controlled the above mentioned warring factions in conducting armed attacks in the territory of silicone from november 30, 1996 to january 18, 2002, which is the indictment period. the attacks included terrorizing a civilian population including burning of civilian homes, murder, sexual violence, physical violence, illegal recruitment of child soldiers, abduction, and forced labor, and looting. procedural background -- the prosecution case commenced on june 4, 2007 and closed on debris 27, 2009. during the defense case, the prosecution was granted leave to reopen its case to call 3 additional witnesses who testified in august of 2010. 94 witnesses testified for the prosecution including three expert witnesses. a total of 782 prosecution exhibits are admitted into evidence, including 5 expert reports. the defense o

she said all hail liberia heal.mmediately sent all of us back to liberia. he wanted us to know this country. one year after the war ended we were back there in liberia. i think there's so much hope now that i saw through my daughter's eyes, but suzanne, i want to say one thing about this -- the hero of this who i feel nobody -- doesn't get recognition is george w. bush. he was the one who ordered charles taylor out of liberia. nobody really talks about the fact that george w. bush and america played such a big role in bringing peace to liberia. i don't say that because i'm bush. we're not related. this man -- >> brenda bush. >> yeah. we have the same name but no -- he's not a distant cousin, but i think george w. bush is probably sitting somewhere in texas today smiling because, look, this day couldn't have happened had he not said, look, i have got some u.s. troops ready to move you out if you don't get out of the country. so, you know, and now, of course, you know i have been back. my daughter is there. >> it is a

so it's sort of a history of liberia, which was founded by freed slaves who set up an antebellum societyhich led to the military coupha overturned that social order but it's also very much a coming of age story, finally confrting my own past and looking at where my family -- my family'ole in lot of what happened in liberia. chris: you became the a section reporter for the "new york time" >> and got to sit on "the chris matthews show." >> i hate to follow my friend, lene, with mere news, but the white house is signaling that a deal with iran over the nuclear issue may be possible and more interesting, iran is signaling the same thing. chris: how soo >> a deal may be possible. the next negotiating session is may 23. it probably won't get wrapped up then. if it happens, it's this summer. chris: great news. when we return, the question of the week for us, has hillary clinton signaled she's running in 2016? we'll start out, starting w rick stengel. like, but if you really want to make an impact, vote. then, what matters to you and the people you care about will really count. you'll want to vo

you are from liberia. good day today? but it is -- >> it is. we recognize justice may be delayed, but it is not denied for the people of sierra leone ore liberia -- or liberia. >> you are satisfied with him being found to have paid and abetted -- to have aided and abetted? >> it is ok. it means that he has been found guilty on all counts of war crimes. it also means there can no longer be a climate of impunity. giving weapons, financing, ammunition, other ways of supporting rebel factions, weather across the border or across the continent, all should be held -- whether across the border or across the continent, all should be held accountable. >> there has been little doubt of charles taylor's role in this. he has always said he has immunity because he is a head of state. this trial is being watched by judicial activists around the world. it is seen as a key issue. >> absolutely. since the nuremberg trials, there has not been a sitting head of state brought forward on charges and then found guilty for crimes against humanity. that means this is

a howard ounty firefighter just returned from a trip to liberia.... on a crusade to help his felllow firefighters oo the other side of the globe. kathleen cairns joins us now to explainnwhyy.. john butler describes the conditions for firefighters in liberra as deplooable... nnw he is iivolved in a massive effort to collectt donated equipment to senn overseas. att tation two in ellicott helping people " john butler has spent the past two decades fire force. now, in his ty - spare time, he's taking his expertise overseas. (john butler)"ended up going to liberia.. on thh west coast of africa. " years old civil war &phave taken their toll oo this small country. it's about the size of ohio... but it's &pfirefighting capabilities... donnt reflect anything on that scale. (john butler)"in monrovia.. theecity has 1.5 m people and they have one fire truck that is working it is a chinese fire truck that under any other condition would be condemned"butler and 15 ther firefighters from across the country.... spent two weeks... in liberia.. they saw first hand, fir

starting to heal in liberia.n nations one of the poorest in the world but as brenda bush report hope and optimism are evident all around. >> reporter: i came up on these kids dancing in the streets. and it struck me, almost ten years ago children this age were killing and dying in these same streets. i will never forget the horrific images of liberia soldiers that were kids, armed and deadly. difficult to watch my country, the place i was born and raised in one of africa's most brutal wars. i was a lucky one because i was able to flee the violence. i have made many trips back to visit family through the years but this time the spirit is different. liberia is clearly making a come-back and the family member i'm visiting now is my very american daughter who decided to move to liberia after college. she says this is one of her favorite places in the city, the sprawling marketplace known as water side. everything can be found here for a bargain. from bags and shoes to clothes and food but you got to love to shop to h

, it liberia,.ter, lack of electricity. there's lack of education, lack of health care, those things still exist. but the change is without a doubt in the mood of the people. there's optimism. it's reflective of africans' fight -- we have this fight in us to survive. and really it's the human spirit, really. all people, you know? so coming out of this war, people are really ready to improve their lives and we see it, i could see it. and i was just so happy. and i believe it, coming from you. you talked about how there were these child soldiers. do you think that violence that is -- will that come back? >> that is the horror of our history. we had children who were killers. they were forced to kill, taught to kill. and they were brutal. so we, the government with the international community has really done a lot to change the children from excombatants. we literally turned a corner and there were these children dancing. it was my husband, my daughter and me. they were doing the dougie, dancing hip ho

, we realized that liberia had turned a corner.rner. i realized my country had turned a corner, and this was a very moving moment for me because i saw liberian children had their childhoods back. and i don't think i'll ever forget that. >> thank you very much, brenda bush. what an amazing member of our team. just an honor to have you as a part of our group. >>> want you to watch this landing. it's a bumpy one. you think these folks glad to be on the ground? stay tuned. we're going to tell you what happened next. steady jobs across our country... ... scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists... ... adding nearly 400 billion dollars to our economy... we're at work providing power to almost a quarter of our homes and businesses... ... and giving us cleaner rides to work and school... and tomorrow, we could do even more. cleaner, domestic, abundant and creating jobs now. we're america's natural gas. the smarter power, today. learn more at anga.us. >>> are you one of those folks who applauds with the plane lands? you can't hear it

the other being liberia. and later, and this is where menard comes in, the government of the united kingdom through its colonies in the west indies, british honduras or modern-day belize and the modern-day country of guyana. menard was hired shortly after this particular speech which stirred quite a bit of controversy both in the white and black communities. frederick douglas denounced it. he said that the president had made himself look utterly ridiculous in taking on the approach of an itinerate colonization lecturer as his solution to slavery. menard, on the other hand, saw this as an opportunity. while he did not agree with the notion of separating the races on account of civil rights, on account of civil liberties, and the belief that the united states government should be a white man's government, which was the argument at the time, menard did see this as an opportunity to attain his own end through the immigration movement and find a location abroad that would accept african-americans as equals and all

. >> liberia's former leader awaits its fate on war crimes charges. it is 11:00 in the morning in singapore. >> it is 4:00 in the morning in london. broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and iran the world. -- in america and around the world. >> one of japan's most influential politicians has been found not guilty. of breaking the political fund- raising laws. the former leader of the democratic party had been accused of overseeing and false accounting by his staff in the 2004 tokyo land deal. his acquittal could prevent a major obstacle to the government plans to increase the consumption tax. >> during the hearing, there was no direct evidence to link him to the charges he faced of conspiring with his aides to make false reports about his political fund-raising. when he was found not guilty, to the judge. this is a man who is not a member of the cabinet in japan. he is -- his membership with the democratic party in japan is suspended. this could mark a watershed in japanese politics. he could challenge [inaudible] perhaps he could also try to sty

abraham was born in liberia during a time of civil war. his mother and father sent him to america when he was only 7 years old to find a better life. he joined our liberian community in rhode island, which is an important and valued part of our rhode island civic life. abraham grew of age and joined the marines. in june of 2009, and was promoted to lance corporal in august of 2010. in december, he deployed for a second tour of duty to afghanistan. he had earned the combat action ribbon, the sea service deployment ribbon, the afghanistan campaign medal, the global war on terrorism medal, the national defense service medal and the nato medal. he died thursday, april 12, from wounds sphreand an improvised explosive device during a dismounted patrol in support of combat operations in hellman district. he was 25 years old. his commanding officer said abraham had an understanding of suffering and sacrifice from his childhood and family ties to liberia. he also knew about disproportionate service, his captain said. he held no birth obligation to

he was the president of liberia. prosecutors charged him with waging war in neighboring sierra leone. no one disputes that rebel forces committed terrible atrocities there. the charges include murder, rape, adoption, slavery, and the recruitment of child soldiers. civilian populations were terrorized. many have their limbs hacked off by machete or axe. the question before the court was did charles taylor order those crimes. >> there is insufficient evidence to find beyond a reasonable doubt -- >> he was cleared of directly ordering the atrocities. the judges asked him to stand here that he was guilty of aiding and abetting of 11 crimes in the indictment. >> we unanimously find you guilty of aiding and abetting -- >> the judges said rebel forces have supplied charles taylor with diamonds from the sierra leone-. in return, he give them arms and ammunitions in the full knowledge they would commit crimes against civilians. charles taylor argued the, as a sitting head of state when the indictment was issued, he should be

>> ifill: and from liberia, special correspondent steve sapienza partners with a local journalist to ask why the government hasn't solved the country's water crisis. >> one recent world bank study found coax-- and indicator of widespread fecal contamination-- in 58% of water sources across monrovia. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been ovided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by ctribions tyour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today over arizona's immigration law. the justices appeared skeptical of the administration's claim that the state had overstepped federal law. following the arguments, supporters and critics of the measure made their case outside the court. >> this law is a paradigm of cooperation

headlines -- the international community welcomes a guilty verdict against the former president of liberiacharles taylor. commission says hosni mubarak's last prime minister can run for election after all -- egypt's electoral commission. >> we have not seen this since the end of the second world war -- an international court convicted a head of state. >> thursday, judges at the special court for sierra leone found the former liberian president guilty of war crimes. >> the court said that the war lord sponsored a rebel group in sierra leone's civil war response will for murder, rape, and slavery. i return, taylor was paid with illegally-minded jules known as blood diamonds. -- illegally mined jewels. >> after year of deliberating the evidence, the court found he was personally responsible for court to crimes committed by the sierra leone rebels. >> the trial chamber finds that the accused was aware of the crimes committed by forces against civilians including murder, a deduction of civilians, including children, rape, amputations, and looting. >> the atrocities caused by uncontrolled armed

from a mission to liberia.../ , where he descrrbed conditions .ip has onny fueled johnnbutler's desire to help firefighters in libeeia. right now, his newly formed rescue alliance', is in the process of fillinn an 18 foot container... with donated fire &pequipment. ttey hope to deliver it in august. at station two in ellicott of the laaest high tech equipment... john butler haa been with the fire depaatment for more then 2-decades. when &phe went to libbria... he was firefighting collegues are forccd to battle blazes. thhy do not have the proper clothing or breathing happen every week. (john butler)"in monrovia.. thh city has 1.5 m people and they have one fire truck that is working it is a chinese fire truck that under any other conditiin would be condemned" john buuler is now working with other firefighters to fill an 18-foot shipping frommfire stations across the country. they hope to deliver it to liberia in august. how are the roads looking tooig? tonight?brandi proctor has our traffic edge report. repprt.mapfiber-dulaney mdot-greenspring map

ironically, it was the bloodshed in liberia that freed the chimps. years the civil war, ordered to shut down its facility, now the future of the animals may be in jeopardy. demanding compensation for research carried out during the 1980s's some of that money would be used to continue feeding the chimps for the rest of their lives. food is the one thing they rely on humans for, even those unwanted visitors. >> we learn that if you don't throw food at the chimpanzees they will throw rocks at you. so we brought plenty of bananas for them. >> reporter: with the liberian government and new york blood center in arbitration, the long-term care of the chimps is in question. >>> well, brenda bush joins us live. you're from liberia. your daughter you went to go see. fascinating journey you took us on. glad you shared that with us. >> thank you. >> the question is we're feeding the animals. what else can be done to make sure they live out retirement well here? >> rob, i think we'll have to wait and see the outcome of this legal case between the liberian governm

he was president of liberia. prosecutors have charged him with waging war in sierra leone. no one disputes the rebel forces committed terrible atrocities. the charges included murder, rape, abduction, the recruitment of child soldiers. many were terrorized. many had their limbs chopped off by machete or ax. did charles taylor order those crimes? >> there is insufficient evidence to find beyond a reasonable doubt -- >> he was cleared of directly ordering the atrocities but if the he is still accused of aiding and abetting the crimes listed. >> you are found guilty for the 80 and abetting. >> the judge said that he sold the diamonds from the mines, in return he gave weapons and the full knowledge it would be used for crimes against civilians. he is the sitting head of state when he was indicted. the defense argued that he should be immune. the prosecutors rejected that. >> it is a very important case for the people of sierra leone and so that they can have some measure of justice. it is an important day for the victims to have some justice for their suffering. >> one of those

he was the president of liberia. prosecutors have charged him with waging war in neighboring sierra leone. no one disputes that rebel forces committed terrible atrocities there including abduction, rape, slavery and the recruitment of child soldiers. civilian populations were terrorized. many had their limbs hacked off by machete or ax. the question before the court was, did charles taylor order those crimes? >> there is sufficient evidence to find beyond a reasonable doubt -- >> he was cleared of directly ordering the atrocities, but the judges decided he was guilty of aiding and abetting all the other crimes. >> we unanimously find you guilty of aiding and abetting. >> the judges said rebel forces were supplied with diamonds. charles taylor has argued that as a sitting head of state, he should be immune from prosecution. the court rejected that argument. the people of sierra leone see this in a great -- as a great step forward. >> it is a very important case for the people of sierra leone, who demanded that this co

we were in liberia. mr. clyburn, you remember this very well. we're in liberia, and there was a big celebration of dedicating a library to congressman donald payne for his leadership. and we were there. and i am telling you, it was very hot. they gave us dashikis to wear, so it was even hotter. and every person who spoke, and believe me, the leadership of the world turned -- that was after presidents johnson had already honored donald and the rest of us at an event. but all the focus is always on donald. but anyway, we go to this library dedication at the ame college in monrovia, boiling hot. everybody turned out to honor donald. a long list of speakers. and every person who spoke, mr. vice president, you'll recognize this, mr. speaker, every person who spoke said what an honor it was to be on the program with everybody who spoke before. you've been to those events? they're like 19, 20 speaker. we get to halfway through, and one gentleman, distinguished gentleman gets up and he says, "to all of the speakers who spoke before me and who will come

the international court in the hague will deliver its verdict in the trial of liberia's former president charles taylor later this thursday. he stands accused of fueling war in the neighboring state of sierra leon in exchange for die madonnas. charges against him include terrorizing the civilian population and crimes against humanitarianty. a decade after the war ended, our competent allen little has been back to sierra leon to see how the country has recovered from mr. taylor's rule. >> a decade of war reduced sierra leone to the poverty it has not yet escaped. in the heart of free town, children scavenge in a rubbish dump for bits of plastic they might sell for pennies. this patch of land is still known as amputee camp, though the camp itself is long gone. in the 1990's it was home to a tent settlement of men, women and children who had their limbs severed by machete or ax. this was the signature atrocity of the rebel army known as revolutionary united front or i.u.f. >> chopped off my foot with an ax. not one blow. about five, six times. >> he said he had heard charles taylor on the r

>> senator, it's been a year and a half since i was over there on the liberia side.vious contractor had been done, was unsatisfactory with the government. my sense in talking with both the president and the american ambassador there and the chief of defense was at that time they had been very happy. all my reports have been very favorable. >> admiral, do you agree with that? >> i do agree. it's a very worthwhile fund. >> all right. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator hagen? >> thank you, mr. chairman. general amos, i wanted to ask one question on the camp lejeune water situation. in a recent statement made immediately after the airing of the semper fi issue, the commander of the marine corps

he had used that strategy to get elected to the presidency in liberia, and he flat-out told the sierranian people they would pay a price for defying them. he wanted his buddy in charge there. >> so given everything, and just to give people a historic perspective, the former head of state has not been convicted of war crimes since nuremberg after world war ii, the nazi leaders' on trial so it has been many, many, many years and he cannot according to the international criminal court he cannot get death. >> he can get life in prison. >> what kind of a sentence is meted out to him, but when this is all over and he has his ticket punched by the creator the hottest spot in hell is reserved for this guy. >> ticket punched program jim clancy, we have less than 30 seconds. you were there, what's the one story, the one person you met that really stands out. >> the woman who not only lost her arms and legs, but she had the arms and legs cut off her child and to understand the suffering that these people go through every single day, and the further reaction they

>> ifill: and from liberia, special correspondent steve sapienza partners with a local journalist to ask why the government hasn't solved the country's water crisis. >> one recent world bank study found coax-- and indicator of widespread fecal contamination-- in 58% of water sources across monrovia. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today over arizona's immigration law. the justices appeared skeptical of the administration's claim that the state had overstepped federal law. following the arguments, supporters and critics of the measure made their case outside the court. >> this law is a paradigm of coop

. >> charles taylor, the former president of liberia and an african war lord became the first head of states this week to be convicted of war crimes by an international tribunal, a well earned distinction, many bad leaders for sierra leone during that civil war and credits to britain which intervened in that civil war and u.s. pressing the u.s t

. >> the president of the neighboring state of liberia has been on trial in the hague for the last four years. the indictment charges were terrorizing civilians, sexual violence, abduction, and the use of child soldiers. three hours away from freetown, the memory is raw. rebels swept through here, burning and looting. there is no economy to speak of. one woman makes palm oil through a process and change for hundreds of years. it is, essentially, iron age technology. they are, at last, rebuilding the town's water supply. when finished, it will bring the town back to where they were in the 1970's. a measure of the effect of war. but change is coming at last. it is the chinese, ever hungry for natural resources, who will bring it. china is about to put a rubber plantation here, a vast pineapple groves, and rice. back in pint -- freetown, there is more evidence of chinese change. they are changing lives here. >> i am so glad to work with them. >> what did they train you as? >> for a career. >> slowly, the wheels of economic activity are turning again. there are vast, untapped resources here

when he was a present liberia. he was accused of having ties with. our you have been serially young among other areas in the in the world of africa rather where he was accused of providing arms. usually when they want you they meeting federal authorities the a.t.f. f.b.i. they will arrange some type of operation with a lure you in an entrapment manner where you may be innocent of that particular crime but they'll use that arrest to pressure you to plead guilty on other arrests so having known the methods of the f.b.i. the a.t.f. which i work as the informant with those individual agencies not only the f.b.i. i would say entrapment is definitely there are other minority communities in america targeted asked in constantly as muslims no i think the muslims today are what the african-americans were in the fifty's sixty's and seventy's i think the order of today. where the f.b.i. needs an enemy they found it in islam. and i think unfortunately the so last a long time religious war yes but they will never say that because they can't supply lation of one's

. >> charles taylor, the former president of liberia and an african war lord became the first head of states this week to be convicted of war crimes by an international tribunal, a well earned distinction, many bad leaders for sierra leone during that civil war and credits to britain which intervened in that civil war and u.s. pressing the u.s. to hand him over to the court in the first place. >> paul: that's it for this week's edition of the journal editorial report and thanks to my panel and especially to all of you for watching. and we hope to see you right here next week. . >> jon: on fox news watch. >> thank you pennsylvania, delaware, rhode island, connecticut and new york. >> jon: no surprise, mitt romney becom