on the other hand, if you think about kosovo in 1999, milosevic wasn't defeated militarily. he was defeated politically and it was the russians that played a key role. the former prime minister together with the finnish foreign minister sat down with milosevic and said you've got to go. so it's going to be that kind of a conversation wf russia that somehow is motivated enough, maybe even embarrassed enough to say to assad you've got to go. then they make a deal with the international community that the regime will not go but assad himself will. >> it's only fair to turn the tables and ask about the united states. the united states is calling again for air strikes in syria to protect these innocent civilians. why is the president not joining them? >> well, again, to conduct military operations you've got to have allies and support in the region surrounding. syria is vournded by friends of the united states, turkey, israel, jordan, iraq. at some point in time, again going back to libya, we had bases in the mediterranean from which we could conduct air campaign close air suppor

when slobodan milosevic referred to her as a goat, a new pin appeared in her selection. to serve as the top diplomat, her courage and toughness helped bring paste to the balkans and paved way for progress to some of the most unstable corners of the world. and as an immigrant herself, the granddaughter of holocaust victims who fled her native czechoslovakia as a child, madeline brought a unique perspective to the job. this is one of my favorite stories. once at a naturalization ceremony, an ethiopian man said only in america can a refugee meet the secretary of state. and she said only in america can a refugee become the secretary of state. we're extraordinarily honored to have madeline here. and obviously i think it's hair to say that i speak for one of your successors who is so appreciative of the work that you did. it was a scorching hot day in 1963 and mississippi was on the verge of a massacre. a final procession of medgar evers had just disbanded and a group was throwing rocks at policemen. and suddenly a white man in shirts sleeves walked towards the protesters and

he was internationally recognized and even milosevic dealt with him, so it wasn't a political vacuum. of brave people in there. we honor what they stand for. it's absolutely wrong what the assad regime is doing. it's murder. we know it, but we haven't been able to locate the political opposition, and we want to stabilize the situation. what we don't want is mayhem in a region in a region where hundreds of thousands of people die. syria is in a difficult position with pressures on all sides, so we've got to make the right steps not just an urgent step. >> general wesley clark, the former retired nato supreme allied commander. we'll continue this conversation. thank you. >> okay, wolf. >>> coming up, my one-on-one interview with donald trump who has very strong things to say about cnn's reporting, the issue about where the president of the united states was born. if you didn't see it, you're about to see it. we'll have the explosive interview. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while prot

you more than once stated that he's in poor health whenever that former serbian president slobodan milosevic died while being tried by the international criminal criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia in the hague will your father be able to stand the tribunals proceedings i cannot comment. about this my father of course has some. issues regarding his health we are already quite certain about that and especially. based on the turban or. we're going to read the works of man hours. for help. since he is not only seventy years old the but has some medical concerns of course. the facts that some of the people there are. still more. concerned for us have you met your father while he was preparing for a tribe you know when still last time you saw him while we. are. many times in recent years the last time i was a monthly gold there. he's more for proof. he's killed and gardening in france he's preparing with his lawyers and i hope. that. he will have enough time to do these preparations since we have something problems from regarding this closure of the materials from prosecutor's office doco

many were still there when milosevic himself was incarcerated here in 2001, while awaiting trial for corruption and war crimes. today it houses some of the nation's most dangerous criminals. including the assassin of a former serbian prime minister. >> translator: they have committed all kinds of criminal offenses. basically every criminal offense on the books. these include organized crimes, war crime and other serious criminal offenses such as homicide. >> like american prisons, cz faces the problems of overcrowding. but serbia incarcerates a much smaller portion of its citizens. one out of nearly every 700 versus one out of every 130 in the united states. >> at the moment, a total of 1,200 inmates are being held here which is 2 1/2 times more than the prison's actual capacity. >> while some parts of cz have been modernized, much of the prison shows signs of age of one especially haunting section is completely abandoned behind locked doors. the execution chamber. >> we went down probably three, four stories underground to an area best described kind of like a scene out of "aliens."

up the process of getting ratko mladic's trial underway is because of what happened to slobodan milosevic who was here. four years into his trial, he died in custody, so for many of their victims, they never saw justice. so they are looking at this trial as a possibly of him getting justice. >> now thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, the statens were more widely prescribed. that's the new research published in the report. they say statens provide protection even for those at low risk and relaxing the current guidelines would save lives. staying on a medical issue, donating a kidney to someone who needs it more than you is a kind act. the 83-year-old did it and became the oldest kid any donation. why doctors thought his kidney at the age of 83 would be good for donation. >> i had to pay 14 or 15 visits to the hospital to find out if it was suitable. and they had to determine whether i was fit. that was the first thing to do, and then they had to determine if my kidney was suitable as well. it turns out it was. >> i understand you had

by the serbian army in august one thousand nine hundred eight after that year was left president milosevic agreed. on a cease fire and pulling back troops and letting the observers into the country however the. situation in order to intensify their attacks provoke and provoke country actions from the serbian side and the same time they managed to present themselves as innocent of the freedom fighters and the victims and the serbs as aggressors to the western media and finally provoked. western intervention in march nine hundred ninety nine after the staged massacre in . apples therefore if not for the knowledge of fighting. it might be knowledge in p.r. public relations techniques. they were not decay was not effective in fighting but they were definitely effective in. making the western public believe that they would fight for for for just a justified cause but in fact. as we know the k.l.a. is about the k.l.a. we can only say the worst thing that things that could ever be said about the terrorist groups they caused ethnic violence killed also there are you know opponents are involved in

when slobodan milosevic referred to her as a "goat," a new pin appeared in her collection.first woman to serve as america's top diplomat, madeleine's courage and toughness helped bring peace to the balkans and paved the way for progress in some of the most unstable corners of the world. and as an immigrant herself -- the granddaughter of holocaust victims who fled her native czechoslovakia as a child -- madeleine brought a unique perspective to the job. this is one of my favorite stories. once, at a naturalization ceremony, an ethiopian man came up to her and said, "only in america can a refugee meet the secretary of state." and she replied, "only in america can a refugee become the secretary of state." we're extraordinarily honored to have madeleine here. and obviously, i think it's fair to say i speak for one of your successors who is so appreciative of the work you did and the path that you laid. it was a scorching hot day in 1963, and mississippi was on the verge of a massacre. the funeral procession for medgar evers had just disbanded, and a group of marchers was throw

when slobodan milosevic referred to her as i goat, a new pin appeared in her collection.an to serve as america's top diplomat, madeleine's courage and toughness helped bring peace to the balkans and pave the way for progress in the unstable corners of the world. as an immigrant herself, granddaughter of holocaust victims who ched her native czechoslovakia as a child mad len brought a unique perspective to the job. one of my favorite stories. once a man said only in mesh and refugee meet the secretary of state and she replied only in america can a refugee become the secretary of state. we're extraordinarily honored to have madeleine here. i think it's fair to say i speak for one of your successors who is so appreciative of the work you did and the path that you laid. it was a scorching, hot day in 1963 and mississippi was on the verge of a massacre, the funeral procession for medgar everers disbanded and a group of marchers was throwing rocks at heavily armed policemen. a white man in short sleeves, hands raises walked towards protesters and talked them into going home pea

they want at all costs to avoid what happened to, in the case of the former leader, milosevic, who died while his trial was going on. there were originally 196 charges separate incidents against mladic, and they cut the indictment to 106 charges. so they put him on the fast track. he is not in good health. he suffered several strokes while he was on the run. so it's anyone's guess whether he's actually going to last in the end of this trial. but today at least, he seemed in pretty good health. >> brown: all right, michael dobbs in the headache, thank soaches. >> woodruff: now to our series on the dropout problem in america. personal experiences outside of pure academics often contribute to whether a student may leave school. tonight, we visit st. petersburg, florida, where one eighth grader's enthusiasm for journalism has helped shine a light on problems in his school, while at the same time brightening his future. ray suarez reports for our american graduate project >> reporter: this is how 14- year-old deqonton davis starts every school day in st. petersburg, florida. he wakes up earl

. >> they have taken a page out milosevic's book.on off the area, then they send in the death squads to do the assassinations. it's horrific. what can we do? we have to make up our minds that there is an opportunity for us geopolitically. while this is hard and challenging, i think we should be more hands on than hands off in terms of trying to influence the outcome. other thing, aside from the desperate humanitarian situation which appalling to all of us, we also have to recognize iran is our strategic enemy in the region and syria is their number one ally. that's why the quds force is if there helping them with these death squads. we either need to get assad out by brokering a deal, probably not going to happen with all this blood on his hands. but choosing to help the rebels on the streets. our intelligence services will say, a number of them are unreliable. we have jihadists, we have al qaeda. but we also have former military officers who formed these organizations and here what is they want. they want anti-aircraft weapons, they

this is part of like -- if you think of a troika of people from that war, milosevic, who was the president, he was taken to the hague to be put on trial. went through several years on trial, died before the verdict was handed down. and he was sort of the political side of this. >> why does it take so long? why are we just seeing this happen today? >> the trial -- in mladic's case, it's because he was able to be on the run for so long. only caught him last year. in terms of what we're about to see, this could go on for years. and as i say, one man has been on trial since twooun a2009 and halfway through the trial. there's a lot of details. getting witnesses in, these things take years which to the outside observer it's like why? in fact, they cut the list of charges from 15 to 11 to try to speed it up a bit. but it's going to be months, perhaps years. >> perhaps we'll see justice done at some point. >> horrible, unspeakable things happening. i remember some of those things you're talking about, the marketplace shelling where dozens of civilians were cut into pieces. >> michael, thank you ve

when slobodan milosevic referred to her as a goat, a new pin appeared in her collection. as the first woman to serve as america's top diplomat, her courage and toughness helped bring peace to the balkans and paved the way for progress in some of the most unstable quarters of the world. as an immigrant herself, granddaughter of holocaust victims who fled her native czechoslovakia as a child, madeleine brought a ewe meek perspective. once at a naturalization ceremony, an ethiopian said, only in america can a refugee meet the secretary of state. she replied, only in america can a refugee become the secretary of state. we are extraordinarily honored to have madeleine here. i think it's fair to say i speak for one of your successors who is so appreciative of the work you did and the path you laid. it was a scorching hot day in 1963 and mississippi was on the verge of a massacre. the funeral procession for medgar evers had disbanded and a group of people were slowing stones at police officers. a man in shirt sleeves walked toward the protesters, hands raised, and convinced the

. >>> election results in iran show rivals of president milosevic ahmadinejad have won a majority ofnejad cast his vote yesterday. the parliament can influence the election of ahmadinejad's successor next year. the new parliament will begin its sessions in late may. >>> people in japan are celebrating as the last of the country's 50 nuclear reactors are stot off. it was damaged in last year's earthquake and tsunami. since then no reactor stopped for maintenance has gone back up. the country now requires new tests that prove reactors can withstand natural disasters. >>> the blind chinese lawyer at the center of a diplomatic standoff between washington and beijing remains in a chinese hospital this morning. chen guangshen is there with his wife and children. officials talked to his wife this week and while the chinese government says the family can apply to go overseas, no date has been set yet for them to leave. he was imprison and placed under house arrested for exposing abuses against pregnant women in china juppe a new law is ending the use of taxpayer money for any planned parenth

milosevic seems strong and all of the examples people think they are strong just like mubarak three months before he was toppled. my arguments come from historical experience than i am just back from moscow. in the modern times, just to begin to think somebody could be in power 24 years? this is 21st century. . .