the world watches a tarnished nation. >> mike hanna joins us from outside the court to tell us what we are expecting to happen today. >> what is happening at the moment is that the prosecution is deciding exactly which cases it is going to begin with before the judge. we understood that two people would be brought into the dock. there's discussion that more may be happening. this is the beginning of something that will be a long and exhaustive process. at the moment only one court is sitting. we are told that within a week as many as 10ourts will operate to carry proceedings against the 70 accused who will be appearing at the high court over the coming weeks. among these as well the pillars of malawian society. senior politiciansnd civil service, and bankers who the prosecution alleges were deeply cognisant in the wide-ranging scheme which took place over the close to a decade it would appear. >> what about the president joyce banda. some of this took place under her watch. when she came to office she vowed to fight corruption in the country. >> indeed, yes, joyce banda came to office

seven people have been killed mike hanna take a look back at egypt's very rocky history. >> it's another round referendum on another constitution. egyptians again going to the polls in a democratic process that has been overshadowed by political division and violence. three years since the popular revolution that brought down hosni mubarak, but peace by the people is still to be realized. it's a promise that briefly shunned as people voted on what was recorded as egypt's first democratic election bringing to power what for decades had been an outlawed organization, the muslim brotherhood. their dominance cemented a few months later. >> no constitution. no authority. none can be above this will, the will of you. your will. you are the source of the powers, the nation is the source of the power. the nation is the one to decide, and the nation is to give, appoint and hire. the nation is the one to fire. >> reporter: a fleeting display of christian unity as they came together to urge the government to seed power. it was proved to be an illusion. the largely secular opposition insist tent tha

we'll join mike hanna there later. >> now to ukraine. demonstrators occupy independence square in key eave. the resignation of the prime minister and abolishing of anti-protest laws are not enough. they are talking again today. what about, specifically? >> yes, they are talking. they have sat down for a few brief moments to schedule the debate. and then they stepped aside for a recess and a think in a couple of hours they'll sit and debate the proposed law. and the idea is there is an amnesty for all of the protesters, who have been detained since the protests began in november. the anti-protest laws criminalized people out here, putting up tents and protesting the rule of the government here. these people imprisoned at the moment don't have a chance of getting out. the idea is the amnesty will give them a chance to leave, but only if the protesters agree to a kid pro quo arrangement. at the moment we understand that that will clear the streets and the administrative buildings they are occupying. it also has them leaving independent squa

mike hanna reports >> reporter: it was a moment that defined the nature of a man, in a walk across the sacred grounds, aerial sharon demonstrated that israel had sovereignty over all of jerusalem. it was an action that sparked off a second palestinian uprising and resulted in sharon becoming prime minister in a matter of months. his willingness to take risks was legend area, regarded as a maverick by his superior, he continue lip produced results and his military career was marked by a series of audacious campaigns and victories. after years in the field, he was appointed defense minister. in 1982, sent israeli forces into lebanon. 40s that stood by him did nothing. his fighters killed some 2,000 people in refugee camps. it should have been the end of his political career. an israeli commission of inquiry found him directly responsible and recommended that he never hold public office again. it was a recommendation that sharon typically ignored, winning first the contest against benjamin netanyahu against the leadership and then after his walk at alexa, storming to a general election vi

well, those attacks come on the anniversary of the uprising that toppled mubarak in 2011 and mike hannaks back at the events. >> another referendum on another constitution, egyptians going to the polls this month for the democratic process that has been over shadowed by political division and violence and three years since the popular revolution that brought down mubarak but peace is still to be realized. and people voted in what was regarded as egypt's first truly democratic election and bringing to power what had been an out lawed organization, the muslim brotherhood and the dominance cemented a few months later when mohamed morsi was elected by the people. >> no institution, no authority, none can be above this will, the will of you, your will, you are the source of the powers, the nation is the source of the power. >> reporter: and a display of egypt unity as secular movements came together to seed the government and it was in parliament that it was an illusion and the largely secular opposition insist enthat the muslim brotherhood was pressing its own agenda in a new constitution i

mike hanna, al jazeera. >> and today marks the 28th day of imprisonment for three of our al jazeera colleagues in egypt. peter greste, and badir mohammed, and mohamed fahmy. we hear from peter grest for example prison. he said, i'm nervous as i write this. i've been locked in my cell 24 hours a day for the past ten days. they sleep in mosquito-infested soul and sleeping on the floor. he expands on the egyptian government treatment of those it perceives as enemy arrests and it sends a clear and unequivocal message to all journalists. the freedom of the press will not allow the pressure from human rights and civil society groups. >>> to ukraine where the truce between protesters and police are over. demonstrations started two months ago now has spread to across half of the country. jennifer glass joins froes kiev. this story has been changing, how tense is it right now? >> i was at the barricades just an hour ago, and the truss holds as the opposition leaders are there at the president's office talking with him. they say they only went over there because the council of churches asked them to, th

mike hanna, al jazeera. the ink on south sudan's cease fire agreement had barely time to dry before one side was accused of breaking it. the deal called for a pause in fighting but the government says its soldiers were coming under fire although it's unclear who is behind those attacks. >> early today my colleague spoke to brad and kim campbell, the two american missionaries who had to leave 10 orphans behind in south sudan. she asked about their work in the troubled nation and about their feelings after leaving. >> i think we were hoping to do so much more. we always dream big and hope large, but we have been able to accomplish a few things that we would not have been able to do had we still been at the u.n. compound. so, it has been very difficult knowing the conditional our children and our staff were in, but by and large, i think it's okay that we came out and did what we needed to do. >> do you have any plans to return to south 1udan? >> we are hoping to return. it would be great to get back to malakal.

mike hanna reports from the capital. >> reporter: the high court is the setting for a corruption trialrecedented scale. charges are being brought separately against individuals, and within two weeks it's expected that as many as ten simultaneous hearings will be under way. appearing in the dark will be some of the country's most prominent politicians and businesspeople. the prosecution will in part argue that government computers were hacked into, and sums of public money were simply transferred into private accounts. the amounts are staggering. the country's current president estimates that as much as 30% of the country's budget has been stolen over the past decade. it was the president that ordered the investigation that led to the criminal proceedings, even though evidence indicates the widespread corruption that flourished under a previous administration did not end when she took office. she appointed a new justice minister to oversee the process, and the man she replaced was arrested this week on charges of laundering stolen money. >> i was amazed, because i never thought we could

mike hanna with a view of what happened. >> yet another round of voting in another referendum on another referendum. egyptians going to the polls this month in a developmentic process that has been overshadowed. it's three years before a popular resolution, but the promise of peace and government by the people to be realised. >> it was a promise that one as people voted in what was regarded as egypt's first truly democratic election, bringing to power what, for decades had been an outlawed organization, the muslim brotherhood. mohamed morsi was elected president by the people. >> no institution, no authority, none can be above this. the will of you. your will. you are the source of the powers. the nation is the source of the power. the nation is the one to decide. the nation is the one to give unity and appoint and hire and the nation is the one to fire. >> a fleeting display of egyptian unity as secular and religious unity ceded power to the government. it was within parliament itself that unity was an illusion. the secular opposition insistent that the muslim brotherhood was pressing i

. >> mike hanna has details on that. >> it was a day of joyous celebration, and one of defiant protest. from early in the morning a tight security cordon was established around tahrir square. the epicentre of the event that brought hosni mubarak down. but gradually people allowed to pass through. as long as they were demonstrating in support of the interim government, and the military that put it in power. those protesting the military-backed take over were kept well away from the square. on a number of occasions forcibly dispersed by the police, armed with new laws, including unauthorised protest, as well as with tear gas. >> and while one egyptian is arrested by police, other egyptians stand by and cheer the action. the people are here united to oppose the president. they could now not be more divided. on the one side those who believe the military-backed interim government has saved the revolution. on the other, those that maintain their hopes of democracy are now shattered. >> and today's the 28th day of imprisonment for three of our al jazeera colleagues in egypt. peter greste moh

and producers have been detained for a month now and unable to report inside egypt but we have mike hannaas reported extensively from cairo reporting events from our desk in egypt. >> the timing of the blasts would not appear to be coincidental and it's the third revolution that brought down mubarak and the egyptian authorities have been warning of security problems over this particular period. they have called for those who support the interim government and its military backers to take to the streets in support of the interim government. however, opponents have insisted they will make this period assigned to show deep opposition to the interim government and the military that brought it into power. the blast would appear to be coordinated, the one as we heard taking place at the main police station in cairo, the others at two separate sports in geza over the river of the downtown area where the police headquarters are. once again very surprising given the immense security presence within cairo and indeed other egyptian cities during this exceedingly sensitive time. this is what the egyp

mike hanna is in doha with the latest on these three attacks and mike good morning, this weekend marksnniversary of the start of the arab spring that drove mubarak from power and is egypt bracing for more of these attacks? >> very much so, stephanie. the egyptian interim government had warned of attacks over this highly sensitive period. basically there are many within the opposition who are seizing the opportunity to express opposition to the interim government and military that put it in power. supporters of former post mohamed morsi who remains in a prison in egypt, so the interim government in egypt had been warning of security problems over this particular period and there had been an intensification of security in cairo and other cities of egypt clearly though are not sufficient enough in order for these series of explosions to take place in the early morning, clearly what would appear to be a coordinated series of attacks stephanie. >> mike, can you tell us a little bit more about the significance of these targets, you just described them as coordinated and we are talking about

mike hanna has more. >> four egyptian embassy officials were kidnapped in lydia, coming a day after theyere taken hostage. >> no group has claimed responsibility for those abductions. in recent weeks the number of foreigners have been abducted and attacked >> an investigation has been called for the rape of a 21-year-old woman, allegedly raped by 13 men on the orders of elders. that was punishment. the men have been tape into custody, lawyers and activists slammed the police for not arresting the suspects. the victim has been hospitalized and is in stable condition. >> rescue crews in canada resumed their search for up to 30 elderly people, missing after flames engulfed a retirement home. eight are confirmed dead. it's unlikely that anyone will be found alive in the frozen ruins. freezing temperatures made the search for bodies difficult. researchers are using steam to freeze the ice. >> good morning to you, i'm meteorologist eboni deon, tracking two clipper systems bringing know to the north-eastern around the great lakes. as we get into the weekend, for those of you heading out you'll

cowan with optimum, mike davis with general mills, john hanna and very former executive director of the colorado department of health care policy and financing and lloyd dean with dignity health. finally i would like to say a special thanks to our two major funders. first kaiser permanente and special appreciation to george halverson. and second to the robert wood johnson foundation which is represented by andy. now i would like to turn the program over to governor bill ritter who outlined the role of states in health care cost control and the huge number of policy leaders available to states to both enhance quality and reduce the cost of rate increases over time in the health care field. governor ritter. >> thank you. good afternoon. prior to talking about the states role and its many policy levers to moderate health care cost increases i want to take a minute to make a few general points. first there are chapters in our report on the health care problem, the affordable care act and what the federal government can do to help states control costs. this press conference is going to focus

commission on energy security, having an energy security policy with danny blair and mike and and john belushi and john hanna. opportunity in the energy world to work with china s they become the biggest consumer in the world. we found resources -- the right abundance in the united states, not energy independence. to control e enough the price of a barrel of oil. that's the middle east. saudi arabia o be and/or iran and/or iraq depending on understand what in countries in the tpaoutder and what happens with things like sanctions. have a policy and a strategy that recognizes. great there is a opportunity to help china in that regard in the long run. economic relationship with china we don't need to get into a fight with china. mean it won't happen. but that shouldn't be the objective. really the focus is important. brand new leader in china. brand new leader in south korea. leader or second time japan.leader in and it's very, very sense. -- it's ry worrisome very worrisome and we need to stay engaged. s we isolate out of war which is normal for us as a country, i careful need to be very about what we isolate

having an energy security policy with danny blair and mike and dennis ross and john hanna. we have an opportunity in the energy world to work with china as they become the biggest consumer in the world. we do not need to get into a fight with china. that does not mean it won't happen. but i think that is a focus. brand new leader in china. brand new leader in south korea. brand new leader or second time around leader in japan. and it's very, very sense. it's a very worrisome -- it's very worrisome and we need to stay engaged. as we isolate out of war which is normal for us as a country, i think we need to be very careful about what we isolate ourselves from. there's an expectation out there that the united states lead and whether someone loves us or hates us they have that expectation. if we're not meeting that things are changing and i don't know that we can predict what the outcome will be except generally worse than it's been depending on what region of the world you're talking about. >> i think that's such an important message where we would like it to affect us and not