you were president mugabe's intelligence chief. you took part in the suppression of the tainted elections in straig 2008 when morgan changerai won the vote. do you regret that? ly ask you that because upon his lett not so long ago you said something very important about it. you said both in and after the government of national unity he remained a national figure who insisted on free, fair, credible and non-violent elections as a way of strengthening our democracy and overall reengagement with the rest of the world. >> that is true. you quote me correctly but the point is during that election, the former prime minister had 7% of the vote. my predecessor had 43% of the vote and the former prime minister had 47% which meant the prime minister had a better vote than my predecessor. >> it was considered a bit of a stitch stitchup. do you regret it? >> i regret they didn't achieve 50.1.that election. but let us look into the future. chang er let us look as one people, under one flag and one national anthem move forward and to improve the

by the previous regime of president robert mugabe in the last say that their life is at a standstill and also their lives have been robbed. long hours every day in his tiny shop in harare somebody's township he makes shoes that had been sold on the streets of the capital. but he can barely get by with what he. expectations of the new government. make it clear to the government in boardrooms what ending this is to mean winning the counter. there is. a big they have to keep in. the u.s. as long as we don't have something to do as long as our jobs are not being empowered . we are not going to grow. we're going to die in the drug zones especially in body drugs i think you know huge is working most industries are closed not much is being produced and nearly everybody is trying to sell something to and at least the after years of economic distress the country is near bankruptcy and in a liquidity crisis analysts say change will only happen if confidence is restored the country has no money we have been bleeding our financial resources for many years and that is bound to damage confidence s

planned to reintroduce the zimbabwean dollar which was abandoned ten years ago when the rule of robert mugabe after the economy spiraled out of control the southern african country of an adopted the u.s. dollar and other foreign currencies are still couldn't stave off a cash crisis at the newly elected president times and not god says reviving the country's ruined economy is his top priority i'll have more for you at the top of the hour ben facility will be here in just a moment with your business update a result good day. i've been trying to be going on and clearing speech and. don't miss this story for jobless patient johnson takes you along on a thrilling and boom.

party the new cabinet is much smaller than those under former leader robert mugabe . shares in electric car make a tesla have taken a nosedive after more controversy found the long musky smoked marijuana during a live broadcast on the internet as heidi jocasta reports his recent behavior has raised concerns about his ability to lead his business holds its stores whether a media stunt gone bad or an ill made decision and probably can't because stockholders. i mean it's legal right soli go ok the video of billionaire entrepreneur eva musk smoking marijuana during a live interview thursday has translated to a financial hit on his company the stock value of electric car manufacturer tesla tumbled nine percent friday morning.

flown to north korea to prison present president kim jong un with a personal letter from president mugabe in this comes ahead of a planned summit later this month at the south hopes will lead to complete the nuclearization on the korean peninsula. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has met with pakistan's newly elected prime minister imran khan pakistan is a linchpin of the u.s. anti-terrorism strategy in the region but relations between the two countries are at an historic low after the u.s. canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance earmarked to support pakistan's fight against terrorism. it's not the easiest mission for u.s. secretary of state mike pump a zero to trumpet ministration has never quite been on good terms with pakistan the president's first tweet of the year set the tone and it's only gone downhill since then. the us is foolishly given pakistan more than thirty three billion dollars in aid over the last fifteen years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit taking of our leaders this fools to give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan

party the new cabinet is much smaller than the former leader robert mugabe shares in electric car make a tesla have taken a nosedive after more controversy to found musk he smokes marijuana during a live broadcast on the internet as a joke castro reports his recent behavior has raised concerns about his ability to lead his businesses closed its doors whether a media stunt gone bad or an ill made decision probably can't because stockholders are. i mean it's legal right it's all legal ok the video of billionaire entrepreneur musk smoking marijuana during a live interview thursday has translated to a financial hit on his company the stock value of electric car manufacturer tesla tumbled nine percent friday morning continuing a downward trend fueled by a string of corporate resignations and its founders erratic behavior i'm going to text messages for from manager and saying what the hell are you doing smoking weed musk in early august announced with a controversial tweet he was considering taking tesla private only to take back the idea weeks later before that he had bizarrely interjected

gone well because they say that he stole the election in july he replaced the longtime leader robert mugabe who stepped down under military pressure last november but the new government says that its top priority is to repair a broken economy for the country's young people that thick skin not come soon enough he w. correspondent privilege most fun here reports tonight from the capital. talent wakes a long hours every day in his tiny shop in harare somebody township he makes shoes that are then sold on the streets of the capital but he can barely get by with what he ends. that's expectations of the new government. to make it clear to the government in boardrooms what i mean this is to me winning over the counter. there is. a big they have to keep in. the u.s. as long as we don't have something to do as long as our jobs are not being empowered . we are not going to grow. we're going to die in the drug zones especially in body drugs like taking your huge is working most industries closed not much is being produced nearly everybody is trying to sell something to and leaving after years of econo

to reintroduce the zimbabwean dollar which was abandoned ten a years ago during the rule of robert mugabe after the economy spiraled out of control in the southern african country that adopted the u.s. dollar and other foreign currencies but still couldn't stave off a cash crisis the country's newly elected president thompson and god says that the five think the country is ruined economy is his top priority. let's go to the countries that capital where we find correspondent of privilege it was found here a welcome a privilege so the country's economy is in a is in shambles it can be new finance minister turn it around yes the stakes are high and expectations are high from zimbabweans looking forward to the appointment of. their professor was currently. teaching at the oxford university to ten around the fortunes of the economy the expectations are that you will put in measures that we will need to get some of the issues and teething problems that we are fixing this about the economy the experience that he brings from there african development bank and also him being experience in banking

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new president hopes to restore investor confidence in the economy following the ousting of robert mugabe perception of isolationism, we want to move and we want to open zimbabwe for business. china is a bigy, investor in you at the moment. are you concerned about the relationship between the u.s. and china, and will china remain a key investor? has remained very friendly to zimbabwe and we have continued that friendship, and we have no problem with that at all. we are waiting to say zimbabwe is open for business, not only for china but for the entire community. , investors of fact are coming from across the world. in the past, the eu had sanctions against us, and the whole community was closed out. and fortunately, between us in today, there is a woman prime minister in britain to exchange because of theresa may. britain isnt with going very well. germany the chancellor -- so we feelg back, that the world is opening up. officialshigh-level who believes that the signals coming from washington are indicative of re-engagement between zimbabwe and the u.s. ♪ ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg

new president hopes to restore investor confidence in the economy following the ousting of robert mugabecame such a perception of isolationism, we want to move away from that and we want to open zimbabwe for business. in the open up to the international community, open zimbabwe for business. >> interestingly, china is a big investor in you at the moment. are you concerned about the relationship between the u.s. and china, and will china remain a key investor? >> china has remained very friendly to zimbabwe and we have continued that friendship, and we have no problem with that at all. we are waiting to say zimbabwe is open for business, not only for china but for the entire continued that friendship, and community. as a matter of fact, investors are coming from across the world. in the past, the eu had sanctions against us, and the whole community was closed out. because of the eu sanctions on us. america is closed out. but now they are saying to open up. fortunately, between us and others, today, there is a woman prime minister in britain things change. re-engagement with britain is goi

meeting and memos the former deputy director andrew mccabe wrote during that period an attorney for mugabed he wrote those memos in order to remember important conversations and not to say they turn it over to the special counsel. lisa page, former fbi attorney who was mccabe's government at the time was also in the meeting and also documented it in memos and in her memos and she writes about the 20th amendment but is not talk about adding a wire to tape the president. for his part, rod rosenstein, released a statement saying quote, - as we no, the relationship between rosenstein and the president has been tenuous. they're floating the idea about firing rosenstein and jeff sessions. late friday afternoon story is very interesting what happened in washington cutting discussion at the moment. john: thank you, edward. joining me is my political power panel. washington times contributing editor eric. kurt, i would ask you because alan dershowitz was up in arms about this. are you? >> i don't buy it. i don't buy it because i don't trust the new york times. the characterization is some serious a

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longstanding african leaders are on the decline i mean last year we saw mr mugabe leaving we saw zimbabwe we sold the president of angola leaving office off to thirty seven years almost in office so increasingly these longstanding leaders are on their way out. very useful replacement song happening too often so we don't see that yet but there is a change in the air and to do it to get back to what we want him self and their treason charges do you think that will be a court case that could play out for a long time while they could well do and of course the treason charges do carry a death penalty also for and so there will be tremendous international scrutiny on this there's no doubt that mr mustafa nie and the ugandan government are under significant pressure at the moment and there's some fragmentation going on in their security forces poppy wine is just one of number of headaches you gundry's facing just now a mission to security services and the way they handle the heat of getting him back home they're trying to avoid a big sort of procession on the main roads i mean is that potential

to reintroduce the zimbabwean dollar which was abandoned ten years ago during the rule of robert mugabe after the economy spiraled out of control of an african country then adopted the u.s. dollar and other foreign currencies but still couldn't stay off a cash crisis he knew you have to present terms and i got worse as that reviving the country's ruined economy is his top priority was go to the countries that capital of and where we find new correspondent the privilege of one here to welcome a privileged so the country's economy is in shape a is in shambles it can the new finance minister turn it around yes the stakes are high and expectations are high from zimbabweans looking forward to the appointment of. their professor was currently. teaching at the oxford university to turn around the fortunes of the economy expectations out that you will put in measures that we all need to get some of the issues and problems that we're affecting the zimbabwe economy the experience that he brings from their african development bank and also him being experience in banking and economics is what peop

and is making attempts i believe to distance itself from some of the toxic legacies of the of the mugabe government very much in a letter that you know i don't need to be seen yet it'll be interesting to see how they handle this new crisis thank you very much for speaking to us and we go to associate professor of african politics at oxford university thank you for your time it's a pleasure. now the european union is debating whether hungary should lose its voting rights in the brawl congress prime minister viktor orban is accused of implementing policies that go against the e.u. is democratic values critics say his undermining the electoral system judicial independence and press freedom is cracked down on immigration has also proved controversial speaking in the parliament obama defended defended his record on law is less likely schmidt retiree we do have contentious issues and we will have them in the future we have a different picture about the nature of christianity in europe about the role of nations national culture we think differently about the essence and purpose of the family an

the lectern and in many cases, we look just north to zimbabwe where for the past 37 years, robert mugabe and climbed over the lectern enough to put judges in place that would rule on whatever you wanted and the genius of our system, our separation of powers and the independent judiciary is we can never allow that to happen and there have to be constraints and you mentioned some of them yesterday with regard to what constrains the president. but still, the presidenthas immense powers . largely because we have conceded too much from the article one branch to the article to branch, but when we talk about presidential power now, i was struck by conversations you had yesterday with senator feinstein and i wanted to explore it's a bit. you mentioned as a point of pride and i think it is a point of pride that you had ruled in the hamdan case after 9/11. this is one of the bodyguards or drivers or osama bin laden. it was an extremely unpopular decision, but one to protect his constitutional rights. and to ensure that we just didn't look and say here, here's hoping unpopular. we can't protect his

the lectern and in many cases, we look just north to zimbabwe where for the past 57 years, robert mugabe had over a period of time climbed over the lectern put judges in place that would rule whatever you wanted and the genius of our system, our separation of powers and the independent judiciary is we can never allow that to happen and there have to be constraints and you mentioned some of them yesterday with regard to what constraints on the president, but still, the president has immense powers. largely because we have conceded too much from the article one branchto the article to branch . but when we talk about presidential power now, i was struck by a conversation you had yesterday with center feinstein and i wanted to explore it's a bit. you mentioned as a point of pride and i think it is a point of pride that you had ruled on the prominent case after 9/11, this is one of the bodyguards or drivers for osama bin laden. it was an extremely unpopular decision, but one to protect his constitutional rights. and to ensure that we just didn't look and say here, here's something unpopular.