development and dig a little deeper into the story i'm joined by jamila brown global strategist matthew international thank you so much for coming back on and i thank you for having me so you know when i heard this i was just kind of heartbroken because here you have this unprecedented trial he's convicted sentenced to. eighty years and now we hear you might be granted amnesty i mean how do we go from that to this you know i mean the sad thing is that as much as it's heartbreaking it's not really a surprise with myself having worked with indigenous communities of the genocide cases in another region. there were many regions not just the she'll but they believe that it was the best case to move forward with the shield because they had the most evidence in that case i was fortunate enough to meet with one of the community members that i worked with very closely with the president of the witnesses association and while they were heartbroken the one thing they're saying is that you cannot take away that conviction this is the first time any head of state in any country has been convicted for crimes of ge

no indication yet what form international vochlt would take and if it would help stop the violence allowing these people to go back home. >> for more we've joined by matthew smith live in bangkok. great to have you with us on this "news hour." scott said the violence isn't just getting worse but it's spreading for the past year. is the government unable to stop it, or is the government unwilling to stop it? >> i think it's a combination of both. we've documented security forces standing by and watching as violence unfolds against muslim communities, and i think beyond that, there are certainly policies in place and laws in place that violate the human rights of certain segments of muslim population. in that sense they're part and parcel to the violence we see. >> i think you've traveled extensively to some of the areas where there's been a lot of violence, particularly recently. what do people there tell you about what needs to be done? >> well, it depends who you speak to. the buddhist population in the western of the country desires for all muslims to be driven from their -- what they regard as their state. for the most part the authorities really need

matthews said, he's not going to give up his baby. >> let me tell folks why you were here today is it because you're a pull itser prize winning columnist at the "washington post"? no, an intern when you were a baby and he was running the "today" show and nightly news? >> no. it's because of what happened on saturday. >> for the democratic national committee on tuesday night, president obama said who has quote, the same hair do i had in 1978? >> jonathan. >> tour'e. >> it is not tour'e. but he would be flattered to know you thought of him. >> the correct answer is de blasio. >> i have to confess my afro was never that good. >> jonathan negative 100, anna marie, 100. the u.s. postal service announced plans to raise the cost of a first class stamp from 46 cents to what? >> jonathan for the win. >> 49 cents. >> is correct and jonathan capehart on the list, has stormed from behind defeat. anna marie cox, 500-400. >> i was indeed flattered you mentioned me and proud you one up against the clock. joining our own krystal ball and molly ball in the winner's circle. john is the first nonball to win. you got an appearance on "the cycle". >> it's great, it's always to be orn "the cycle"

matthew, thank you for that. i want to take you now to rome where a our cnn international correspondent ben wedeman isle following assisi. ben. >> reporter: pope francis' visit to assisi was a tour de force. 11 grueling hours of meetings prayers, throughout he focused on the poor, marginalized and forgotten. he also expressed his desire to shake up the church. he said friday was a day for tears for the victims of the ship wreck for lampedusa. and he blasted the modern obsession with vanity and pride. he shared mutual advice with comings. he said go ahead and fight, throw plates with one another, at the end of the day, make peace. >>> now to china where 42 people have died after being stung by giant hornets that are prone to actually chasing their victims. our paula newton is in hong kong. paula. >> reporter: it's been a terrifying situation in china. with 42 people killed. more than 1500 others injured. you're talking about stings that actually look like bullet holes. venom attacks the red blood cells and that can lead to kidney failure. why is this happening? a lot has to do with urbanization. the weather has be

international experts will take the first steps towards dismantling that country's chemical weapons stockpiles. arriving to prepare for field inspections that should result in the assad rah jegime losing most devastating tools. matthewis live this morning from london. what are they doing on the ground now? >> when they arrive in syria, they have been traveling road by beirut and travel to the syrian foreign ministry and talking about logistics. that is the biggest challenge of this because this is the first time the opcw, the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons are asked to destroy the armaments of a country at war and the 19 sites of chemical weapons have been stockpiled by the syrians according to the information they have given, seven of them are in active combat zones. one of the big challenges is going to be how are they going to get to the areas where the fighting is going on around the various installations? it may mean some delays and may mean they have to negotiate local truces between the rebels and the government forces to give them access to these stockpiles so they can take them away and destroy them. >> a complicated job to say the least. here in the united states, syria's foreign mini