of president omar al bashir demonstrations began after the government raised the price of bread nancy dowd says her husband is a peaceful activist and she's adding the u.s. to help free him i do hope that they will put pressure on the sudanese government to be able to assist in his release definitely counting on them with any leverage we have with the sudanese government to make sure that that happens as quickly as possible along with the release of all of the other political detainees he's always been a peaceful protest or he is. has been concerned for many years about the state of sudan.

of president omar al bashir demonstrations began off to the government raised the price of bread nancy dowd says her husband is a peaceful activist and she's adding the u.s. to help free him i do hope that they will put pressure on the sudanese government to be able to assist in his release definitely counting on them with any leverage we have with the sudanese government to make sure that that happens as quickly as possible along with the release of all of the other political detainees he's always been a peaceful protest or he is. has been concerned for many years about the state of sudan and he has been trying to bring change. the voice of all the sudanese are really crying for freedom for peace and for justice. no ruler should be in control for thirty years so really calling now for omar al bashir to step down. is a dictator that has been exploiting and oppressing the people for for many years. nigeria's anti trafficking agency has found tens of thousands of missing women in southern mali many have been sold as sex slaves and gold mining camps at least twenty thousand have been taken man

them, things in the country begin to go awry so i think nancy pelosi and actually the institutions of government are the winners in this. >> matthew dowd joining us from texas, matthew, thank you very much. and what was that statistic we were talking about? >> well, the fact that 6 billion it is estimated now has been lost because of the government shutdown and the president wanted 5.7 billion. we were just wondering whether or not which side would benefit from that stat line the most, promoting that. >> yeah. >> probably nobody. >> exactly. that's where we are right now. >>> meantime, to a friend of president trump and former adviser remaining defiant this morning after being indicted as part of the special counsel's investigation. >> roger stone is now the sixth trump associate charged by robert mueller's office. abc's kyra phillips is in virginia with that story. kyra, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eva. well, he's an eccentric and controversial fixture in big ticket politics, known in equal parts for his merciless tactics and vintage style, also a player in five presidential campaigns, but now one of president trump's old