the liberian women have always been strong we have the only woman president in africa. and we want to make sure that they are more women that's what this coming together is about for us to sit down every three months if we possibly can to keep the. prince up liberia papa supply period. i welcome you all to see me get. into these women. they are placeholders. sometimes they are the boldest of all of the people trying to stop the war because they have so much invested they know it's their daughters that are going to get raped they know it's their sons their are going to be picked up as child soldiers it's their husbands who are going to get killed so they care deeply about stopping that violence. no could you who call them to. understand to educate into the being to nineteen to. one million people. who are not and they came with machetes spears shouting and looting hoeing us they were after the ethnic tutsi we thought towards. the shores there was so much negativity during the genocide people also showed humanity yet there's a there were people who dared during the genoci

bush, i'm the daughter of liberian immigrants.migrants had a deferred action program that worked very well for many years. there is even a song out where liberian immigrants thank george w. bush, and that being one of those reasons. but i think we have to be, you know, really specific about the community we're talking about, these young people who are future scientists, doctors, lawyers, contributing to american society, aspiring citizens. rick: understood. >> and prioritize the prosecutions. martha: let me just say i think it's very important to focus on who we're talking about. and there are very, very many worthy individuals, and that's who the program is designed for. i think it's great that the worthy individuals could qualify for some relief. the concern is that there could be an individual who is 28 years old at the prime recruiting age for al-qaida who lies to the government, said he's been in the country since he's 7 years old and that individual just by saying he went to high school is now eligible to work in the united

the women including the liberian president were recognized for working for women's rights and participating in peace building. they'll discuss those efforts at an event hosted earlier this year by harvard institute of politics in cambridge, massachusetts. this is an hour and a half. [ applause ] >> this is a pleasure to be here. this is the 14th time we've been able to bring extraordinary women from all around the world who are working in conflict zones. we wouldn't be here without this crowd and you are a result of the institute of politics and the carr center for human rights, the women in public policy program, the center for public leadership, i want to say a particular thank you to each of those groups for being co-sponsors here. you enjoyed, i hope the title. i had the enormous privilege of being in the entourage of president johnson-sirleaf who was one of the winners and graduate of the kennedy school. she was there with a representative of arab spring. i think it was because of this statement they were making about change beginning at the top and the bottom and how you have to have

resources and removal from liberia and secreting of liberian funds and property could still challenge liberia's efforts to strengthen its democracy and to orderly develop its political, administrative, and economic institutions and resources. these actions and policies continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the united states. for this reason i have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to the former liberian regime of charles taylor. signed, barack obama, the white house, july 17, 2012. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the house will stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> the house is recessing until 4:40 eastern when members will debate five bills. live coverage as always here on c-span. homeland security secretary, janet napolitano, will be on capitol hill this week. on thursday, she goes before the house judiciary committee for an annual review of the agency's actions over the past year. live cove

there is no backup and of the liberian and let's take a look at the san mateo bridge pit the light conditionsidge ride when a once southbound isn't currently from a drive time from nevada to the golden gate bridge at 25 minutes in >>erica: there is fog in your shots for the golden gate bridge. it is pretty much the same way in downtown st. the cisco. we are seeing more sensible for many of our inland areas pit naturally that cloud cover leeson's on a little bit cooler side feature cast for shows by lunchtime the be '60s and '70s in our area. by 3:00 p.m. some more of some of that orange will turn to read indicating some nineties. for getting pretty close to 89 degrees and lost goddess. and lives like we could reach 92 for fairfield and the same goes for antioch. the east they shores will be coming in from the low seventies. 67 degrees and mostly sunny conditions for downtown emphasis go. the with that statement is up. -- san francisco. and by wednesday we could see some triple digits. >>darya: said its is the mayor at least says that this can't be ground. breaking for the international contro

you have the former liberian president charles taylor who goes to prison in a special separate courtve lubonga here yesterday. do you think there is bias about who is prosecuted and tried for these crimes? >> i don't think so. the very first leaders actually were those who were involved in the war of bosnia and yugoslavia. many of them were sentenced, condemned, and some are still in prison. so there is no bias. no racial bias. i don't think so. >> when you look at the arab spring uprisings you have some of these dictators held accountable and some seem to be protected. if you look at yemen's president, he is an ally of the u.s. and he is seen as turning his security forces on unarmed protesters, but he is still living very comfortably in yemen. you have syria's assad who has powerful friends like russia and china. how do you hold those dictators accountable if their backers are permanent members of the u.n. security council. >> well, what can we do? they have the legal power and that is one of the basic principles of the united nations. it doesn't always please me but the fact is th

and syrians should be looking at the prosecution of the former liberian dictator charles taylor beforel on war crimes allegations and thinking this may catch up to us later. >> and ivan, real quickly here, has the syrian government responded to this report by human rights watch? >> reporter: no official response. and they've routinely denied accusations from the united nations high commissioner for human rights. when she has accused the syrian regime of crimes against humanity. just last week, the syrian ambassador to the u.n. stormed out in protest at a u.n. human rights council meeting which was, again, raising allegations of serious human rights abuses inside sere wra. >> all right. ivan watson. thank you. >>> syrian rebels are putting up a strong fight against government forces. what they lack in weapons training they make up in sheer determination. both sides are now suffering heavy casualties. bill knenealy is taking us on t front lines in the syrian capital. >> reporter: the face of revolution in the heart of the capital. these are syria's rebels, and they're getting closer to p