and that enraged musharraf. i mean, he was very, very upset about the fact that he felt that the sort of terms of the deal, almost deal had been violated by her going back. and that's what came very clearly through that, through that interview. not much more because it was, there was one thing that i thought was very interesting because i fought a dictatorship in my own country when i was a dissident against a dictatorship. and i heard many times particularly after we recuperated democracy and he was put on trial and he began to confront his own security head and began to say, look, i had nothing -- i was the president, you know? i didn't see the day-to-day running of the government, so i don't know who was torturing. this wasn't my responsibility. i was president. it was the other guys that, you know? how m a i -- how am i going to know if shall be was tortured? well, the same thing was told to me by musharraf. it was so much in this my find, pin they, i was the president, i didn't know what the security forces

musharraf. i would like to say that the united states and the u.k. promoted her return to have enough stability for pakistan and a think tank or from terrorism particularly the taliban that were helping the fight against american troops in afghanistan and that they didn't do anything to provide what she needed to go back. they didn't provide security petraeus come in the end coming here it is difficult to put a finger against one single actor to get i would strongly respond who is against it here behind the assassination and i came up with a metaphor using spanish clay, the name of a village in spain and the story is that there was an element in the village was very heated by the population and was assassinated and a judge a arrived from another town to investigate and began interrogating the villagers and they all responded the village of did it and the judge said one after the other and the village continue to say and they stick to the story. they don't point to anybody in particular. al qaeda

pervez musharraf spoke to our correspondent. >> after four years in self-imposed exile pervez musharraf returned to pakistan to, in his own words, save the country by running in the general election. since then it would appear his challenge has been to save himself. the former military ruler has been named in a number of criminal cases stemming from the time he was in power. the charges include allegations he was involved in the assassination of former prime minister benna zee bhutto. still the most serious charge facing pervez musharraf is treason, and will see him in full court on january the 1st. it stems from the state of emergency imposed in 2007. during that time he suspended the constitution and detained the chief justice, sparking widespread protests. if convicted pervez musharraf faces life in prison or death. he told us he didn't believe he'd get a fair trial in a country run by nouri al-maliki -- run by nawaz sharif. >> he is in government. i don't expect justice from the courts. >> you say nawaz sharif has a vendetta against you. >> from all the action, he is being vined ict

. >>> musharraf faces treason charges and is scheduled to go on trial in january. from our reporter has been talking to him. >> after four years in self imposed compile, pervez musharraf returned to pakistan by in his own words to save the country. since then it would appear his real challenge has been to save himself. the former military ruler has been named in a number of criminal cases stemming from the time he was in power, allegations that he was involved in the assassination of the former prime minister benazir butto. the case stems from the state of emergency he imposed in 2007. during that time he detained several chief justices, sparking widespread disapproval. the man he ousted in a military coup in 1999. >> in government, he can influence, he is showing vendetta, i expect justice from the courts. >> you say nua sharrivua nu shaa vendetta, explain to me. >> either it's being done by him or the ex-chief justice and they are both being vindictive. if you see all the cases that we're talking of of, benazir case, now this article 6 all of them smack of injust

now the former leader of pakistan pervez musharraf will go on trial in front of a special court on charges of treason he had filed a petition saying only a military court could try him but those were a jacket musharraf is accused of illegally suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven when he declared emergency rule he says the charges are politically motivated. by the former oil magnate male how to kosky says now that he has been freed from jail he is determined to fight the cause of his imprisoned acts colleagues paid all of her looks at one of the people the former chief is vowing to found. after ten years in jail modest skeezers now decided to do is need found freedom and some of those plans have caused a few raised eyebrows. some of my comrades remain in jail they are my fellow sufferers for example my friend platon lebedev alexei protrusion there are still other political prisoners in russia not only those related to the u. cos case i am free now and i'm asking you to think of it as something which symbolizes that the efforts of civil society can lead to the release of som

elite force for the police protection and that was the duty of the government, that was the duty of musharraf. >> the former assistant secretary general we are talking with ida jones at the national press club. tell us about your dhaka on mary mcleod bethune. estimate is about her as a washington resident from 1943 to 1949 and became in the 1930's to work with the fdr administration and she served as the director of the national deily commercial use administration and she was taken by her leadership can deter the director of the actual organizations itself. by the conservative right to vote in the house, they have lost their funding by by at that time she was able to grow the council of women in the organization. >> what did he learn about her in this book and we probably didn't know before? >> we learn she's not only a local figure here in washington bg, ka she is a global figure and because of jim crow in d.c., the city that it was she purchased a property at

the treason trial of pakistan's former military ruler pervez musharraf has been delayed after explosive devices were found on the road he was to take to court. the 70-year-old had been expected to appear in person before that court in islamabad. the allegations relate to his imposition of emergency rule in pakistan 6 years ago. the court hearing is now set for january 1. police in australia have seized $38 million worth of illegal drugs. they were taken in a raid on a lab in the central coast of new south wales. please seized chemicals used to make the drug. a 38-year-old man on-site was arrested and charged in links to the supply and manufacturing of hidden drugs and money laundering. where despite the beginnings of an economic recovery, any people are still struggling -- many people are still struggling. our correspondence went to the outskirts of barcelona to meet some people on the verge of being evicted from their homes. this is where carmen will spend christmas spirit she may not be here long. she only just avoided addiction that she is a part-time -- he only just avoided eviciont

they found an explosive device and two pistols a half mile from musharraf's home. he was supposed to be taken from his home into islamabad. this stems from his deegs fire and detain some judges after declaring a staft emergency and suspending the constitution. the judge says the hearing will now be held on january 1. two members of a russian punk band are reunited after two years in prison. the women hugged and shook hands when they met before telling journalists they would work on a human rights project together. the women say their reslees a publicity stunt ahead of the sochi olympics, the band was found guilty for a 2012 protest at moscow. the third member of the band was released shortly after the band was convicted. >>> happening now a live look as the astronauts aboard the space station go out on a space walk. during their first walk they began replacing a part. pretty amazing. they are expected to finish that today. if needed they will be back outside the space station tomorrow. last week's involve malfunction kept the cooling capabilities in half. managers

were left dead from clashes that broke out on sunday between government forces and rebels loyal to musharraf. rebels linked to the former vice president seized a town. both soldiers and rebels have executed people based -- based on their ethnicity. soldiers from the majority deemed that -- think that tribe are said to be pitted against fighters loyal to mush are -- mashar. tensions have been mounting in south sudan since the president fired the vice president and his -- as his deputy in july. it could throw the world youngest country into civil war just two years after its birth. >> russia's president vladimir putin said he will pardon his number one political opponent. mikael khodorovsky was once russia's new richest man. but then he was jailed. some 20,000 prisoners will be freed ahead of the olympic games. >> he spent more than a decade behind bars. now, mikael khodorovsky is said to be a free man after vladimir putin appeared to pave the way for his release. wrote atly, khodorovsky letter and addressed the pardon to me. he cited humanitarian reasons because his mother is ill. taking into

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sausage and former vice president and rebel leader week musharraf says he's open to talks shark a lot of paper was ousted as president of ikea last july the power struggle between the two leaders has divided the country the sectarian violence has uprooted more than ninety thousand people. some twenty thousand of them have fled to this refugee camp outside the capital juba. jim black's basic necessities. makeshift tents provide little more than shade from the song everyday new reports of murdered civilians come in from across the country. a mass grave site in the north has few years of the bloodletting in the world's newest eight everyone here hopes for an end to the line once the pool the wind and the bottom of the international community should help the two sides come together. if i didn't once controlled so that everyone can go on and we kind of like these the government said tuesday it had written to show his forces out to bore after rebel forces took to tell me earlier this week. president year says he's prepared to retake all rebel holdings by force. now see egypt were tensions a

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the club pakistan's former leader pervez musharraf has been adjourned till the first of january after explosives were found on the route that he would have taken to court he faces charges of treason the sheriff is accused of illegally suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven when he declared emergency rule he says the charges that were politically motivated. story the greenpeace activists arrested after their attempt to scale a russian oil rig in the arctic may be reach you conclusion russian authorities have begun dropping charges against them with one already set free. scott the story . this story began in september of this year when several of the activists on the arctic sunrise vessel have scaled an oil rig in the russia's northern water they were pulled down by russian authorities and were arrested and later in prison today were charged with piracy because according to russian officials the activists were in fact putting in danger the lives of those who were working on the oil rig and in the injuring the oil rig itself later those charges war dropped to charges of ho

trial of pakistan's former leader perez musharraf has been adjourned until the best of january after explosives were found on the route would have taken to court here faces charges of treason is accused of illegally suspending the constitution of two thousand and seven when he declared emergency rule he said the charges up little of most of a should. three people have died due to a severe storm that's battering the u.k. it's also left thousands of homes without electricity to run short rains have disrupted road and railway connections across the country affecting scores of festive travel is one of london's largest airports gatwick is currently experiencing significant power outages flight delays. christmas is a happy holiday for those who have a home to celebrate and and not so merry for the thousands of homeless people in power is whose number is rising year by year it has already increased by fifty percent since two thousand and one maria finish and i met some of those forced to call this trade that. a time of seasonal joy cross europe but not for all. these people have nowhere to

after explosives were found on the route he would have taken to court he faces charges of treason musharraf was accused of illegally suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven when he declared an emergency of all. christmas is a happy holiday for those who have a home to celebrate in a not so merry for the thousands of homeless people in paris whose number is rising get by yet it has already increased by fifty percent since two thousand and one. and i made some of those fools to call the street their home. a time of seasonal joy cross europe but not for all. these people have nowhere to sleep and nothing to eat if you have reasons to feel festive although some try. to see what happened while you on the street. oh it's still very odd the system in france is designed so that anybody could be a manager to a show that's really the decision is all these people you know think of us coins because they know they could be here wonder about all that is here economic decadence is here we are collapse and no one wants to to recognize that this is in france europe's second largest economy the

musharraf is accused of illegally suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven when he declared in the ashes hero he says the charges that he is keen not to base hit. three people have dined year the cvs store as a tree in the uk. it's also the thousands of han was not a case that a torrential rains have disrupted ride and really connections across the country affecting schools a festive travel is one of london's largest apple with its wake is currently experiencing significant the accountant is on flight delays. christmas is a holiday for the eyes of the home to celebrate and not so merry for the thousands of homeless people in ca is his number is releasing him night and it has already increased by fifty percent since two thousand and one who sees him or if you know i met some of those forced to call this train back home. season to lead towards you. these people have no way to see and do nothing to eat. this institute thanks to all things sometimes. passing attack in twenty longest weeks. i was going on the system in from the design so that anybody could do to ensure the defeat

to my mind apart from former president pervez musharraf responded after a bomb was discovered in his residence streamlining business china's top legislature refused to budge and that will exempt certain industries from getting government approval christmas countdown we got to the north pole to see how some people says preparing for his previous journeys of the year. her warm welcome to the subtitle cctv you sign in with mom ha. the church and state tv says at least eleven people were killed and more than a hundred paris opera powerful explosion ripped through a security headquarters in egypt's northern city of man store up while the country's interior ministry says the death toll is twelve. most of the dead were police officers while the city's security chief was among the injured the explosion calls parts of the fine old building to collapse. their ing cup was people on the day. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack but agents cabinet spokesman sure a for sure call we blame the boss on the muslim brotherhood which the government out of order earlier this year. and

i would like to start with the issue of syria russia supports its musharraf law sides. drain all the fireman's and it seems it has paid off because right now the western leaders who called for his departure again and again. seem to want to negotiate you know it's a russia that the russians position was the principal and we live in preston will we have for the international this is our principal. in the second point we want to get the ceasefire. as soon as possible the priests. all the distraction of these beautiful country. we where criticizing us that puts on his mistakes. but do we wear in contact with the opposition. i can kill you is that we received the most cool about two am pdt gauge was off seeing a position of different kinds so we we're working weeks go by it's own. the call. we think that there is unknown nina taste you can go such costs. raising the two concurrent a procedure there is no limit distribution for this snake national religious there is the only way to beat these negotiations. i'll close to think western powers were from striking stereo. a few mo

meets musharraf the walking robot she was built at the time when computers filled entire rooms but despite a ripe old age of forty the old girl can still strong stuff with the best of them she's the results of the institute's work on mimicking nature in an attempt to find alternative transport means each leg just three axes of movement provided by a total of eighteen perfectly coordinated electric motors she was refined over the years to improve her awareness of the surrounding environment and before her retirement she could climb stairs and adjust her gait according to incline and the institute of mechanics had big plans for muster two point zero but. there was talk of news ing. as a mars rover or the thing is though the moon rover before her run on wheels. but if it came across an area on the surface of mars that was either uneven or covered in rocks it's unlikely that a wheel based machine would have coped with it. and this is where legs would come in. which will. in the one nine hundred seventy s. during the cold war humanity had set his eyes on conquering other worlds and russia was l

time and money they need to be too depressed and solve the cat and the former vice president rick musharraf may just see a return to peace in africa is the youngest nation. cctv of the suburb of the bdo pm till now a student was killed saturday and many more were injured and two buildings were torched in classes between security personnel and students at eds al at the university student supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. i reported to have said the buildings on fire to preventing fans from taking place. meanwhile security is now in the cereal polish area of cairo found and swiftly defused a bomb on the bus gets to have given tacit support. an escalation of violence on the thursday of the sounds of ten thousand guineas as a team. steve been sympathetic to the muslim brotherhood need to do their threats to disrupt the mid term examinations. the stops to choose from. entry cost is and imports to two buildings on campus the news station had to cancel exams and several faculties was sixty students were arrested with damaging property in the men's double member country can get pretty nea

more news imbrie the trial of pakistan's former leader pervez musharraf has been adjourned to the first of january after explosives were found on the route that he would have taken to court he faces charges of treason the sheriff's accused of illegally suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven when he declared emergency rule he says the charges though are politically motivated. if you're celebrating christmas something to bring a bit of cheer this christmas and a lot of the world both children adults in some parts of the water already celebrating it not forgetting the message of christmas this is the scene in bethlehem in the west bank the birthplace of jesus crowds there a gathering where if midnight mass spoke the difficulties the existing tension in the region hundreds of tourists are joining the festivities. the story the greenpeace activists now arrested after their attempt to scale a russian oil rig in the arctic may be reaching a conclusion tonight russian authorities have begun dropping charges against them with one already set free. got the latest. this story began

explosives were found on the route that he would have taken to court he faces charges of treason musharraf sic use of illegally suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven when he declared emergency rule he says the charges politically motivated. so little more cheery christmas schools if you're celebrating and children adults in some parts of the world already celebrating you know very best not forgetting the message of christmas. in the west bank the birthplace of jesus christ crowds there are gathering ready for midnight mass despite the difficulties and lead to just a tension in the region hundreds of machines joined in the first of the. story of the greenpeace activists arrested after their return to scale the russian oil rig in the arctic maybe reach a conclusion russian authorities have begun dropping charges against them with one already set free. this story began in september of this year when several of the activists on the arctic sunrise vessel have scaled an oil rig in the russia's northern water they were pulled down by russian authorities and were arrested and later

the trial of father stands formally to pervez musharraf has been adjourned to the first january after explosives were found on the route that he would have taken to court he faces charges of treason and shouts accused of illegally suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven when he declared emergency rule he says the charges though against him are politically motivated. little cheer here for celebrating christmas day it is christmas of course for a lot of people around the world already children adults in some parts of the world are really still is celebrating it not forgetting the message of christmas bethlehem looking at here in the west bank birthplace of jesus christ crowds there gathering for midnight mass despite the difficulties and the system tension in the region hundreds of tourists enjoy the festivities to. the story the greenpeace activists now arrested after their attempt to scale that russian oil rig in the arctic maybe reach you conclusion russian authorities have begun dropping charges against them with one already set free. has got the latest. this story beg

that was the duty of musharraf. >> former u.n. assistant secretary general herral do munoz on the international inquiry he led into the assassination of former pakistani prime minister benazir bhutto, sunday night at 9 on "after words." >> and coming in january, "in depth" with radio talk show host mark levin will take your questions for three hours sunday, january 5th, all part of booktv, weekend on c-span2. and online for this month's booktv book club, we want to know what your favorite books were in 2013. throughout the month join other readers to discuss the notable books published this year. go to booktv.org and click on book club to enter the chat room. .. >> in a number of aspects of my life and constantly being available although i enjoy you on in yourself of. i appreciate it. i want to talk for 5920 minutes and i would like to start. my job with the n.y.p.d. and how we change my internal compass. i've had a strange occurrence with a young man in the book then i would like to delve into the people that i dealt with -- met

that was the duty of musharraf. next to form on the status of state health insurance exchanges hosted by the urban institute and national academy for state health policy. this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon everybody. >> welcome. i am lucky to be able to say i'm the president of the urban institute and we are delighted to cohost today's event which builds on a large history of collaboration between urban and our friends national academy for state health policy and the robert wood johnson foundation. i also want to give a special welcome. we have a great many people who have registered and signed into our webcast on line from around the country and we are really thrilled to have you all with us. we will have this archived on our web site for others to do the same. so very glad you are able to participate. the timing for today's event couldn't be better. if you open the pages of the newspaper what you see are a heated debate about enrollment in health coverage and the new affordable care act and what it's go

with regard to musharraf's comments that i believe he made to reuters by coincidence, i guess what iwould say is, we were encouraged that president kiir licensed special envoy booth to go and see the detapeees and also then follow through on that. there had been a previous commitment to egad because those ministers also wanted to visit with the detainees. we take this as an important step in the right direction. president kiir has said he will sit down for negotiations with no precns. riek machar has laid this out as his preconditions. there are a whole host of differences, these included. for as long as these two individuals are at loggerheads refusing to sit down with one another nent people are being killed on nothing other than ethnic grounds in the south sudan. thanks so much. >> all right, there you have it. let me lose this picture hereby. we'll talk about the central actors in just a second, john terrett is with me as we sort through what was said by the u.s. intor to the u.n -- ambassador to the u.n, samantha power. >> the key line, as long as the two leaders are refusing to

always the perspective of the musharraf government. she was the one that stood out, say hello to the crowd. she was responsible. protected have been and there was no protection. they say that there was a formation of the lead force of policeman that would usher her into the rally where she was killed. that wasn't there. we saw video and pictures. we saw no box formation, no you lead force police protection -- note the lead force police forcetion -- no elite police protection. >> the national inquiry into the death of the former pakistan prime minister and is your bhutto. bhutto.ir >> online, we want to hear what your favorite books were in 2013. throughout the month, join other readers to discuss the notable books published this year. go to the tv.org and click on book club to enter the chat room. >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all a

think the tribe of celtic year have been appointing members of the new where ethnic group loyal to musharraf who is currently in hiding. us president barak obama warned that salsa down stands at the crest of bits of renewed civil war the evacuation of american and european expatriates is underway. and african mediators are trying to broker a peace deal presidential elections in madagascar polls are no closed after the second round of voting so far the election commission an independent observers have reported any instances of fraud but is hoped the selection will put an end to political crisis that began with the coup d'etat in two thousand and nine. jonathan wallace reports from one of the capsules because polling stations. i mean this polling station people have been casting their ballots all day for the presidential election but also to elect the new madagascar the assembly. but all eyes are on the presidential poll today after nearly five years of instability since the coup in two thousand and nine. people now want an elected president on the one seemed to put the country on its economy

that was always the perspective of the musharraf government. in other words, she was the one who stood out. she was responsible. idea, that she should have been protected. an eilte -- elite force of policeman that would have accompanied her to the rally where she was killed, they were not there. we saw videos, pictures. we talked to 150 people. elite formation, no police protection. that was the duty of the government, of ms. are off -- musharraf7 heraldo m investigation of former prime minister benazir bhutto. >> coming in january, in-depth with mark levin. he will take your questions for three hours beginning at 12:00 p.m. eastern sunday, january 5, part of both tv, weekends on c- span 2. online for this month's book tv book club, we want to know what your favorite books were in , jointhroughout the month other readers to discuss notable books. booktv.org. >> the government report shows marketing the police are gathering a lot of information, including medical information. the senate commerce committee investigates this. the chairman is jay r

they had plans benazir bhutto because that was always the perspective of the musharraf government.other words, she was the one to say hello. she was responsible. there is no protection of policemen were to come pinner her into the reality where she was killed we saw videos, pictures. we interviewed 250 people. so no transformation. no elite force protection. how is the beauty of the government.

and that was the duty of the government and of musharraf. >> assistant secretary-general on the international inquiry that led into the assassination of the former pakistani prime minister benazir bhutto. >>> coming in january, in depth with talk-show host marc levin who will take your questions for three hours beginning at noon eastern sunday january 5th, part of book tv weekends on c-span2. the senate is taking a break until 2:15 pm eastern so lawmakers can attend a 30 party caucus meeting. senators today have been working on the defense programs and policy bill, which allocates just over 625 billion in pentagon spending. at 3:15 this afternoon we are expecting a vote on the measure from texas senator john cornyn to block the passage of the defense program bill. earlier today, senate majority leader henry mcconnell came to the floor to complain about the agenda as set by the democrats as he was joined by republican orrin hatch. these comments run just over ten minutes. >> mr. president, i would like to comment on the absurdity of what just transpired here on the senate floor. my friends on

because that was always the per sective of the musharraf -- perspective of the musharraf government, blame her. in other words, she was the one that stood out through the escape hatch to say hello to the crowd. she shouldn't have. she was responsible. so that was very much the idea when she was a victim. and, actually, i mean, she should have been protected. and there was no protection. they said that there was a box formation of an elite force of policemen that would accompany her into the rally, political rally where she was killed and after. that wasn't there. we saw videos, we saw pictures, we talked to numerous witnesses. we interviewed 250 people, and all of the people we interviewed saw no box formation, no elite force police protection, and that was the duty of the government. that was the duty of musharraf. >> former u.n. assistant secretary general herral do munoz on the international inquiry he led into the assassination of former pakistani prime minister benazir bhutto, sunday night at 9 on "after words." >> and coming in january, "in depth" with radio talk show host mark