mr. taylor. you can sit down now. we come now to the sentencing process. firstly, i remind the parties of their obligation under rule 100, which provides for the submission of information relevant to sentencing by the prosecution no more than seven days after conviction, and by the defense, no more than seven days after the prosecution's filing. this seven-day period runs from the date of conviction, which is today, by the trial chamber's calculation, in order to comply with the rule 100, the prosecution's filing must be made by close of business thursday, may 3. the defense filing under rule 100 on the trial chamber's calculation must be no more than seven days after that, which would be by close of business thursday, may 10. under rule 100, the parties can provide information related to factors that affect sentencing, which would include written submissions and testimonials, if any. the extensive judgment summary that is being delivered today will suffice for this purpose, since it is a reasone

mr. taylor guilty of killing the war in neighboring sierra leone, in which 50,000 people died. mr. taylor will be sentenced next month. from the hague, our special correspondent starts our coverage. >> the special court for sierra leone is sitting -- or the hague is sitting in -- the special court for sierra leone is meeting. >> charles taylor was the president of liberia. he is charged with waging war in neighboring sierra leone. no one disputes that rebel forces committed terrible atrocities there. the charges include murder, rape, slavery, and the recruitment of child soldiers. many had their limbs hacked off by machetes or axes. question before the court was did charles taylor order those crimes -- the question before the court was, did charles taylor order those crimes? >> the judges say he is guilty of 80 -- guilty of aiding and abetting the crimes. the charges unanimously find you guilty of aiding and abetting. he supplied -- he was applied with diamonds from the mines. he gave the rebels arms and ammunitions, in the full knowledge they would commit crimes. in 2010, the super

mr. taylor and telling him to back off. paying them off, on the first line, that's pretty clear that mr. myler is angry because he knows that mr. taylor is blackmailing your company. that's fair, isn't it? >> it's hard for me to testify, mr. jay, to what mr. myler thought in a conversation with tom crone and julian pike. >> this is crane reporting back to pike. and crone is reporting back. mr. myler's view at the meeting, isn't he? >> i don't know. >> what else could it be, mr. murdoch? >> if it says here that miler was moving and not wanting to settle, that wasn't always communicated in the meeting. stronger vices settle the case is suggested. >> but this is a strong indication that mr. myler was getting extremely hacked off by all of this because he felt that he and the company got the wrong end of the litigation, which was amounting to blackmail, frankly. you were having to pay far too much money to get rid of it. and that message was communicated to you, wasn't it? >> as i said to you, mr. jay, part of that message aroun

mr. taylor's legal costs. but mr. silverleaf was saying any level from 250 to 250,000 or possibly even more, although i think it's extremely unlikely. now, my question to you was that that must have been communicate today you. >> not the gist of the likelihood of that. >> well, wasn't that the whole point of the waiting for legal counsel's view, to know what value he placed on the claim? >> yes. and i was told that leading counsel's view was that it was -- i think they gave it to me with cost, and i remember that it would be in that range. >> this just confuses it. i don't -- it would have been, frankly, ridiculous to have said, given you a global figure. they would have said, look, he's saying really worst case, 250k plus costs. they must have told you that, mr. murdoch. >> not, that's not what i recall. >> did you, did you not ask them why has the sum of 350,000 been offered without my -- that's your -- authority? >> they, the management of this, of this litigation, of this legal affair was something that i think, y

mr. taylor said it was a diabolical live. the defense team alleges that the case against the former liberian leader has been a political conspiracy by western nations, which want to prevent them returning to power in west africa. >> we segment that is to the shame of this prosecution that it has the smarts to the lofty ideals -- besmirched the lofty ideals of criminal law by turning this case into a 21st century form of neocolonialism. i am not apologizing for saying that. >> the verdict would be a critical moment. his trial has shown the international justice can bring even the most powerful. >> pakistan successfully launched a ballistic missile capable of caring and nuclear warhead and wednesday. it was launched into the indian ocean. it was described as an intermediate range missile. 3,000 kilometers. last week, india successfully launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile. i am joined by a lecturer in defense and strategic studies. thank you so much for joining us. what do you think prompted pakistan to launch

mr. taylor guilty of fueling the war in neighboring sierra leone. 50,000 people died. mr. taylor will be sentenced next month. from the hague, our special correspondent starts our coverage. >> the special court for sierra leone is sitting in an open session in the case of the prosecution of charles taylor. >> it has been a landmark day in the international justice. charles taylor came to court knowing that he might go to prison for the rest of his life. 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 o

mr. taylor -- it's his perception. but mr. taylor is black mailing his company, it's fair, isn't it in >> it's hard for me to testify, mr. jay, to what mr. myler to think in a conversation related by tom crone to julian pike. >> this crone reporting back to pike and crone is reporting back, mr. myler's view at the meeting, isn't he? >> i don't know. >> what else could it be, mr. murdoch? >> mr. myler was not wanting to settle. had strong advice not to settle the case. >> this is a strong indication that mr. myler was getting extremely hacked off by all of this because he had felt that he and the company were -- the wrong end of litigation with the mounting blackmail, frankly, because you were having to pay far too much money to get rid of it. and that message was communicated to you, wasn't it? >> as i said to you, mr. jay, the -- part of that message around paying over the odds and so forth was not communicated to me. >> the reason why you ended up paying possibly 10 or now 20 over the as you was because if you didn't get rid

mr. taylor was an inventor and engineer, a first-class passenger along with wife julia business partner f. fletcher lambert williams. >> he estimated the ship was going 27 miles -- 27 knots just based on the rotations of the propellers that he could hear. >> of the night of the 15th, taborites "an impact woke me up there "he went on date -- he went on deck. >> i walked over and saw nothing peculiar except crushed ice under my feet. i went to my cabin and told my wife we struck an iceberg and went to williams' cabin. these -- i told him we struck an iceberg. >> clearly unfazed and content of the titanic was unsinkable, taylor and his wife only got into a lifeboat when ordered to. half a mile out, it hit him. >> this prevailed. a real tragedy. 1500 or more people were plunged into the ocean, all calling for help. >> taylor lived with that date for the rest of his life. >> it was said that he never recovered. it was the horror of what he experienced. >> at the time of the titanic disaster, elmer carol -- elmer taylor with a seasoned traveler. he had already crossed the atlantic 60 times. car

mr. taylor's book about talking about the war of 1812 being more like a civil war given that loyalives were from the states and largely in upper canada and lower canada because of the french and others that were there longer. it was more or less brother against brother and sometimes literal literally he got sent to the peninsula. the other thing to extend the henry clayism a little bit and project it into beyond the war of 1812, in 1867, during the civil war, the american athd bass dor in upper and lower canada, by saying which side are you on meaning the north or the south. he said we are neutral. he said then you are against us. that was an urge to get the rail line across canada. they keep it as a separate country. >> alan taylor is a historian and a scholar. they wrote a book published two years ago and the civil war of 1812. a fine study of what happened between detroit and montreal. particularly on the niagara frontier. they brought the new concerns and considerations that historians have about how to write history. race, genter, borders and approached his matter from this new perspec

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 radio threatening to make sierra leone taste the bitterness of war. >> this is my conviction that everything was his doing. >> charles tail -- taylor was president of the neighboring state of liberia. he's been on trial for the last four years accused of arming, funding and directing the i.u.f. he's charged with terrorizing civilians, sexual violence, abductions and use of child soldiers. a three-hour delimb from free town, the memory of war is raw. rebels swep

mr. taylor's book about -- talking about the war of 1812 being more like a civil war, given that loyalists were from the states, that largely offered canada, yes, lower canada as a different story. because the french and others who were there longer. but it was more or less brother against brother. and literally, because people lived on both sides of the river, and the same in niagara peninsula and that. and the other thing, just to extend the henry clay as a little bit projected into beyond the war of 1812. in 1867 canada became a country, confederated. but during the civil war, a few years before that, the american ambassador to upper and lower canada threatened the first prime minister sir john edward mcdonald by saying which side are you on. meaning the north or the south. and he said, we're neutral. he says, well, then you're against us. and that was actually an urge to get the rail line across canada to confederate and keep it as a separate country. >> all right. well, allen taylor's recent book, he's a pulitzer prize-winning historian, a very fine scholar, wrote a book, i think it w

mr. taylor was an invenltor and engineer, a first-class passenger along with wife juliet and business partner fletcher lambert-williams. >> i think he estimated the ship was going something like 22.75 knots just based on the rotations of the propropellers that he could hear. >> on the night of the 15th, taylor wrote, an impact woke him up. >> "i said to a sailor, why have we stopped? struck an iceberg, he said. i walked poured and saw nothing peculiar but crushed ice under my feet, which had been sliffed from the iceberg, picking up pieces. well, williams, i said, we've struck an iceberg and i've brought you a piece of it for you to put in your highball. so here goes." >> clearly unfazed and convinced the titanic was unsinkable taylor and his wife got into a lifeboat when ordered to. >>" all lights were extinguished synchronizing the crash. darkness prevailed. the idealized conception of mortal man gradually settled bow-first under the icy waters of the mid-atlantic, said to be the deepest part of the ocean. a real tragedy, 1,500 or more people were plunged into the ocean, all calling for hel

mr. taylor was an inventor, engineer, a first-class passenger along with his wife and business partner. >k he estimated the ship was going something like 22.75 not -- knots based on the rotation of the propellers. >> he writes that an impact woke him up. he went on deck. >> i asked why we have stopped. he said we struck an iceberg. on sox crushed ice under my feet -- i saw crushed ice under my feet. i told my wife we have struck an iceberg. williams was sitting up in bed smoking a cigar and sipping a highball. i told him i brought a piece of it to put in his highball. >> convinced the titanic was unsinkable, the only got into a lifeboat when ordered to. >> all lights were extinguished. darkness prevail. the idealized conception of mortal man gradually settled under the icy waters of the mid- atlantic. a real tragedy. 1500 or more were plunged into the ocean calling for help, a sound never to be forgotten. >> elmer taylor lived with that day for the rest of his life. >> it is said he never recovered from the horror of what he experienced. >> he was an engineer. he could not see what happen

mr. taylor, welcome to "mad money". have a seat. >> how are you doing, jim? >> pleasure. thank you.are that i ever see a ceo who just says, listen, it's all cylinders. every single part of your company is working right now, isn't it? >> well, yes, and it's been that way for over the last year and a half, and it's going to continue. you mentioned about our friends at cat, and they are banging, and, of course, the big green machine is just rolling. what everybody misses is that both of those companies have two new ceos. >> right. >> and i'm the old boy, and no matter what you talk about or read, the numbers and this, it comes down to people. those guys are competitive boys. they're -- i've been in this over 40 years, and i think america is -- manufacturing is back where it should be. we're moving. >> now, one of the things that struck me -- >> this is small tire. >> that's a small tire. >> i know you wanted to bring in something that we couldn't fit it in this building. now, the raw cost of this. you talk -- there's a line in your conference call. you had that huge profit growth. your

mr. taylor's crimes. >> reporter: that price still very obvious in sierra leone today and in the hague, too. violent militias run by heads of state. human rights groups have been quick today to say it's a huge message that nobody is now above the law. they're sincere but entirely wrong as defense counsel courtenay griffiths q.c. pointed out. >> have we forgotten nicaragua? have we forgotten el salvaldor? have we forgotten the mujahadeen in afghanistan? whether you're the president of the united states or the prime minister of britain, if you engage in such covert activities and crimes are committed, yes, haul them before an international court. >> reporter: but limited justice it'll be argued is better than no justice at all, and in that regard, a little history was made here today. >> brown: for more, we turn to eric stover, director of the human rights center at the university of california at berkeley. he has participated in several criminal investigations of international leaders. so, eric stover, how significant is this conviction and why? >> oh, it's very significant. it's historical

mr. taylor's crimes. >> reporter: that price still very obvious in sierra leone today and in the hague, too. violent militias run by heads of state. human rights groups have been quick today to say it's a huge message that nobody is now above the law. they're sincere but entirely wrong as defense counsel courtenay griffiths q.c. pointed out. >> have we forgotten nicaragua? have we forgotten el salvaldor? have we forgotten the mujahadeen in afghanistan? whether you're the president of the united states or the prime minister of britain, if you engage in such covert activities and crimes are committed, yes, haul them before an international court. >> reporter: but limited justice it'll be argued is better than no justice at all, and in that regard, a little history was made here today. >> brown: for more, we turn to eric stover, director of the human rights center at the university of california at berkeley. he has participated in several criminal investigations of international leaders. so, eric stover, howignificant is ts conviconndhy? >> oh, it's very significant. it's historical for severa

mr. chairman. >> senator, thank you. >> senator sessions? >> thank you, senator chambliss for that comment and general taylor it was great to be with you yesterday and talk about some of the issues you just mentioned because the understandi understanding. >> what kind of funding would be laid out for the next decade to modern size our nuclear weapons has not been funded. and senator kyle is deeply disappointed about that. and mr. chairman, i am troubled by this little overheard conversation between the president and mr. medvedev, where president obama says of all these things overheard conversation, but particularly missile defense. this can be solved but it's important for him to give me space. and medvedev said, i understand, i understand your message about space, space for you. this is my last election. fl. i understand and i'll transmit this information to vladimir. this is not a little matter. i'll tell you why it's not a little matter. we had a long debate over the missile defense. the left has never favored missile defense, bush was preparing to place a system in poland, out of the blue, it was cancelled, the poles were deeply shocked and

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taylor swift. she was honored by first lady michelle obama at the nickelodeon kids choice awards. swift was "freaking out" when the first lady presented her with an award for philanthropy. mrs> i loved that show. blah, blah, blah, the awards, who gets slimed. that's what they want to know. >>> republican party stalwarts are rallying mitt romney, looking past tomorrow's primaries including the winner take all test in wisconsin. >> i think it's a big delegate count which i think he'll get. we believe as conservatives we should coalesce around our nominee and focus on the task at hand, the fall election and not drag this out. >> the chances are overwhelming he will be our nominee. seems to me we're in the final phases of wrapping up this nomination. >> final phases, coalescing. yesterday wisconsin senator ron johnson added his name to the list of people supporting mitt romney and his endorsement that means he joins the former president george h.w. bush and his son the former florida governor jeb bush and congressman ryan, senator rubio among oerds. hogan gidley is the communications director for rick santorum's presidential campaign. you heard those words "final phase, wrappin

mr. t in training. what's your name? >> austin. >> austin, very nice, i like the mohawk. and you're seven years old today, what's your name? >> taylorute-looking kids, that's what's going on around the country, here's what's going on in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, here it's a chilly start, we're in the 30s to low and mid 40s around much of the region. later today, up around 60. and we'll have the winds increasing as well. gusting over 30 miles per hour. lots ever sunshine, and a high fire danger as a result of the fire conditions being so dry and the humidity low. and those gusty winds, clear tonight, and cold start tomorrow. mid 30s in the morning. mostly cloudy during the rest of the day. maybe an afternoon shower, that should help wash some of the pollen out of the air. >> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> all right, al, thank you very much. stand by, al, because we might have to jump in and rescue david gregory because he's going to take on "today's professionals" coming up. he's going to ask about all the hottest stories including when it's okay for a man to cry. hopefully they won't make him cry. but that's