i'm duty counsel and this morning i represent the defense general ratko mladic. thank you. >> thank you. the chairman was informed that the deputy registrar decided to assign you the attorney of law of serbia as counsel to represent you in this initial appearance and in such other matters as may be necessary until a permanent counsel is assigned and your assignment is effective on from the second of june of this year. i see that you're nodding in the affirmative. >> translator: precisely, your honor. >> thank you. could i have the appearances for the prosecution? >> good morning, your honors. prosecution, with me are senior trial attorneys and case manager. >> thank you. mr. mladic. just for your information, you know now that counsel is sitting next to you? that the prosecution is at the opposite side of this courtroom. you may wonder if the register is here in front of us, usually during the court officer representing the registry. further we have a legal officer who assists the chamber. they're all seated just in front of us. further we have a court reporter w

ratko mladic delays entering a plea. she's a libyan woman who grabbed international attention, accusing muammar gadhafi's forces of rain raping her. why she's in the headlines again. and the battle for yemen intensifies. government troops try to put down a rebellion that refuses to go away. >>> hello. a rare and deadly strain of the e. coli bacteria is no longer confined to europe. the bacteria has already killed 17 people. authorities in the u.s. say three people have now fallen ill from e. coli. all of them had recently been to germany, the center of the current outbreak. experts say there's no reason for americans to panic as the bacteria hasn't been found in food there and the disease is rarely passed from person-to-person. the world health organization says it all stems from the strain of the e. coli bacteria that's never been seen before in an outbreak. the u.s. is the 11th country to report cases of e. coli. more than 1600 people have now fallen sick. scientists in germany at first said incorrectly that the bacter

ratko mladic arrives in holland. the syrian president, by a sharp aad aaside -- bashar al ass has made a move following weeks of anti-government protests in continuing repression by security forces that have left more than a thousand people dead. >> an innocent caught up in a bloody conflict. the funeral of someone allegedly tortured and killed by security forces, one of the youngest victims of this uprising, bringing this response from the u.s. >> i can only hope that this child did not die in vain, but that the syrian government will and the brutality and began a transition to real democracy. >> protests continue. these demonstrations the biggest challenge to the president in his 11 years in power. in a possible concession, the syrian leaders announced an amnesty for members of political groups. it is not clear whether that includes thousands of protesters. the protestors rejected that offer. the burden is too little, too late. >> a british journalist who prefers to man anonymous told me that the amnesty will not m

this morning in belgrade under heavy security, ratko mladic was taken to the grave of his daughter.'s gun, so upset she's rumored to have been at his role in the yugoslav wars. later, his son and wife came to bid farewell. a right his victims were never afforded. as commander of the bosnian serb forces, ratko mladic is accused of using murder, rape, torture, deportation as tools of war to clear parts of bosnia of all nonserbs. and almost two decades later, in a convoy to the airport, he was driven to face justice. away from his beloved serbia into the netherlands, and finally on to the u.n. detention center. in the end, this was a very short and quick journey for ratko mladic, but as the helicopter takes him into the hague detention facility, it brings to an end a very long, difficult, and brutal chapter in europe's history. minutes later, a convoy with blacked out windows arrived. >> i doubt the indictment will be given to him. he'll undergo a medical examination and will be put in an isolated cell for the first few days of his inhabitants of the detention unit. >> it is a cell lik

ratko mladic appears at the hague and dismisses the charges against him as monstrous. and going for gold. for american gymnasts shawn johnson, the road to 2012 is paved with some high-tech help. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for weeks now, the situation in yemen has been spiraling out of control and today the country's embattled president was wounded. a short time ago state television broadcast an audio message from the salt laksaleh. is this a recipe for civil war? >> prayers' for peace and hope for change. for almost four months now, thousands have gathered in the streets, demanding one thing, that president saul lasaleh lat. they have insisted that their revolution is peaceful. >> he has ruled for 33 years. [unintelligible] >> the violence has escalated in the last 10 days, and for the first time today, a direct hit to the presidential palace. seven people were killed and the president and prime minister were both injured. in a message broadcast last friday not from a hospital, the president's ordered the security forces to purge the

. >> and at ratko mladic refuses to tripoli at the war crimes computetribunal as the trial is underway at for him for genocide. >>> yemen is closer than ever to full-blown civil war. friday, the conflict arrived at the president's door. the president suffered minor injuries when trying to -- when people attacked his palace. later, he recorded a message for his country, labeling the tribe a gang of outlaws. we have this report from the capital. >> soldiers on the roof of the presidential palace. state television shows them taking cover amid a renewed attack. earlier, the building was hammered by a volley of rockets and grenades. seven people were killed, including three members of the presidential guard. the president, seen in file pictures, sustained a light head injury. >> his excellency the president is in good health and has postponed a planned a press conference. it was scratches that he received. with god's will, he will recover very soon it and will appear again in public. >> it is the first time the palace has been directly targeted in the fighting that has rocked the capital fo

elizabeth palmer has more. >> reporter: after a 16 year long manhunt, ratko mladic finally began the last stage of his journey to face justice. by armored convoy from his cell to belgrade airport and then on to the war crimes tribunal in the hague. even though his lawyer says a series of strokes make him unfit for trial. "and he's getting worse" milos saljic told cbs news. "he says he'll come back from the hague soon? in a coffin." his alleged crimes took place between 1992 and 1995. then general mladic commanded serbian troops during the shelling of civilians in sarajevo. but he's most notorious for the massacre at srebrenica. his soldiers rounded up and murdered more than 7,000 muslim men and boys then dumped the bodies in mass graves. since then, most of the victims have been reburied by relatives who think a trial in the hague is too good for him. "they should bring him here so we mothers can convict him" says shura maleic whose sons were killed at srebrenica. but on the other side of the ethnic divide that persists in this region, hard core serbian nationalists revere ratko mlad

support the countries did he join the european union this became possible after belgrade sent general ratko managed to the hague where he's going to be tried by the general who's accused of genocide in ordering the massacre and. he's threatening to start a hunger strike but the civic leader should remain firmly focused on the european union. thank you very much for coming. under which circumstances when did you did you meet. well. when i was working in the former yugoslavia during the war met the gentleman each more than once also met his political leader the former president of republic a sort of another one. you know he has been on trial in the hague since two thousand and eight. and. now. it's joined him i met mother several times between one thousand nine hundred two and ninety ninety five. first time it was in pali the capital of bosnian serbs and then several times in. this city that was shelled and. by and large forces. i was weakness how soldier of of general killed civilian people if i'm not throng. seven or. a thousand civilians. were killed by a soldier of self general most membe

that is how t had describ e foer serb army commander ratko mladic. he made his first appearance before the u.n. war crimes tribunal wednesday. the serbian government delivered a ratko mladic to the hague yesterday. he was arrested last year and serbia after more than 50 years in hiding. on friday, he is scheduled be formally charged with genocide and other crimes -- after 15 years in hiding. apeter is here to talk about another bailout of greece. >>hey y could be the beginning of the end of the crisis. it looks like there will be a new bailout. the european union economic affairs administrator said there close to a rescue package to prevent greek from -- to prevent greece from defaulting on their debt. there have been negotiating new loans they desperately need to stay solvent. the deal is expected to include more government spending cuts that have triggered angry protests in athens, as well as privatizing state ofssets. greece is still close to bankruptcy despite the blout fr the e.u. and the imf last year. >>> the chinese computer maker elnova - le

dressed of bosnian serb general ratko melodic has divided public opinion in serbia some believe it will seal e.u. membership others accuse the government of betraying a national hero journalist sergei grew tsunami who covered the spazzing in civil war in the mid ninety's shares his memories of the general without a grain of spotlight. oh yeah welcome to spotlight. on r t algernon today my guest on the show is going to. serve general accused of genocide and mass murder in the bosnian war of ninety nine and two thousand and six. finally in his capture. the serbia. of the european union and now the. blasts but the serbian people are split as many see it. as a national hero and a martyr while the smooth costs the country more than it may bring our guest is a journalist based in belgrade during the civil war he met. personally and is ready to share his memories right now. present very started says europe is ready to support the country's bid to join the european union this became possible after belgrade sent general rascal managed to the hague where he's going to be tried by general who's ac

i am ratko mladic. i did not kill croats as croats, and i am not killing anyone either in libya or in africa. i was just defending my country. >> reporter: "the whole world knows who i am," he said. and then to the widows of the murdered, a direct sign and a wave. he was feet from them, protected by bullet-proof glass. >> holman: it's expected the mladic trial could last several years. the u.n. refugee agency has confirmed finding the bodies of at least 150 people off tunisia. they drowned this week when their ship capsized. the incident happened 12 miles from the kerkennah islands. more than 800 people were on the vessel, fleeing the violence in libya. nearly 600 of the refugees survived. more than 100 others still are missing. the u.s. house today rebuked president obama for sending u.s. forces against libya without congressional approval. all but ten republicans, joined by 45 democrats, voted for the non-binding resolution. it called for the president to provide mission details and cost figures withi

ratko mladic was extradited from serbia today to face a u.n.tribunal in the netherlands. the former bosnian serb general is accused in the murders of 8,000 bosnian muslims and other atrocities. we have a report from paul davies of independent television news. >> reporter: the sudden presence of dozens of heavily armed special police officers outside his belgrade prison was the first sign that, after a 16-year wait, justice was finally moving fast for ratko mladic. somewhere in this convoy bound for the airport, and ultimately the international court at the hague, is the bosnian serb general whose attempt to avoid extradition on grounds that he wasn't well enough to travel had just been rejected. >> with the extradition of ratko mladic to the hague, the republic of serbia has fulfilled moral and international obligation, and with it can prove that we meet our commitments. >> reporter: these are the only moving pictures of mladic we've seen since his arrest last week. his family say he's suffered two strokes and won't survive a trial. this rally

belgrade told me that they didn't expect that he became a general fugitive bosnian serb army general ratko was arrested last month after sixteen years on the run spotlight still in the jimmy there has more. last month the rest of russia can live each game is a long awaited really full bosnian muslims who was not accepted as happily by serbs bringing back beaten memories of the violence to go through in the one nine hundred ninety s. the collapse of yugoslavia was accompanied by a feast struggle for territorial control and by much bloodshed the largest massacre since the second world war he just she did with. each one thousand nine hundred ninety five the bosnian serb forces on the east command attacked the un controlled town of srebrenica with tens of thousands of bosnia and civilians according to the us. and tribe you know more did she spoke thousands of women and children and or did the execution of more than seven thousand men and boys is wanted by the international war crimes tribunals had been on the run for sixteen years before his arrest and extradition to the hague. event caused hu

belgrade told me that they didn't expect that he became a general fugitive bosnian serb army general ratko luggage was arrested last month after sixteen years on the run spotlight sealing the deal neither has more. than last month the rest of rock and light each game is a long awaited relief and moslems but was not accepted as happily by serbs bringing that bit to memories of the violence to go through in the nineteen ninety's the collapse of yugoslavia was accompanied by fees struggle for territorial control and they might have blood shed who are just massacred since the second world war is associated with chain rule right. in one thousand nine hundred five that bosnian serb forces on the east command attacked a un controlled town of srebrenica tens of thousands of bosnian civilians according to the us. and trade you know why did she spoke thousands of women and children and their execution of more than seven thousand men and boys wanted by the international war crimes tribunals right each had been on the run for sixteen years before his arrest and extradition to the hague. event caused h

and live from moscow one more recent sure i like the original stories don't i don't for my general ratko blood issue denies charges of genocide in front of the hague tribunal claiming he was just defending his own people meanwhile serbia finds that handing him over has done little to speed up the e.u. membership it had hoped for. nato has extended its military campaign in a different and deployed a touch helicopters there for the first time as a spark concern for the alliance is preparing a ground invasion of the country. cost of the spread of a deadly e. coli outbreak in europe and all the hysteria it's claimed at least nineteen times mostly in germany and it crippled european food markets false accusations the spain was the original source of the contamination may have its fruit and vegetable exports sand for the pressure on a struggling economy. and the man suspected of shooting dead a journalist anna politkovskaya is officially charged first look at this claim they have enough evidence to prove the traction there told the truth. about iraq at the top of the hour but you stay tuned fo

. >> the former bosnian serb army commander ratko mladic has made his first appearance at the war crimes court in the hague. he refused to enter a plea on the charges he faces, including the massacre at srebrenica which claimed the lives of up to 8000 muslim men and boys. he told the tribunal he was gravely ill and needed more time to understand the charges. a former u.s. senator and democratic vice presidential candidate john edwards has been indicted on felony charges by a federal grand jury. during the 2008 presidential race mr. edwards is accused of spending nearly $1 million of campaign money to cover an extramarital affair. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges. european and imf officials say that greece will receive -- say that greece will receive another bailout. they have had a notable pickup in exports. the greek government plans further austerity measures. there has been a further sign that the economic recovery in the united states is weakening. unemployment has risen above 9% and only 54,000 jobs were generated in may, far fewer than expected. it is the latest in a series

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welcome to you this is our to you live from moscow research now the former bosnian serb army general ratko bloody charles refused to enter a plea before the un that war crimes court it was a first appearance before the hague tribunal where he claimed that he is gravely ill the former army commander said he needs more time to understand the charges that he's facing and you hear is now being set for the fourth of july he's indicted on eleven accounts of war crimes including the genocide of around eight thousand muslims he's been on the run for sixteen years. his arrest edition was touted by the e.u. as a key objective. measure for slapping but that he was going to bring us out of reports the goalposts say and why destroyed by the day has existed between still waiting for the green light service arrests an extradition of former bosnian serb army chief that can lead it was one of the key conditions for a chance to get one foot in the european union's door a potential membership could mean billions of dollars worth of grant aid and for struggling serbia it's a lifeline but what two official bel

impossible you can watch the full interview with her daughter son of the former bosnian serb general ratko lot it's on our website of course that is r.t. dot com. now this week nato intensified its bombing campaign in libya and decided it would last for at least another three months a u.n. report has accused colonel gadhafi of war crime so let's bring in the rebels are guilty of similar abuses written in france over a ploy to low flying combat helicopters out of a country the move has brought operations closer to the ground prompting concerns over an imminent land based offensive because the russia's foreign minister warned of pushing the boundaries of the un mandate and that may lead to future resolutions losing their credibility. when we expressed our opinion over distance collation of the military operation we think what's happening is a shift towards a ground operation this would be very regretful because the violations of the security council resolution already taking place are more than enough to think about doing actually choose towards us decisions. nato had hoped for a quick resul

. >>> the war crimes trial of former serbian general ratko mladic opened today at the hague. it's the first public appearance from mladic since he went on the run 16 years ago. he told the court he's a gravely ill man. he was captured in serbia last week. he is accused of genocide and war crimes that claimed the lives of 100,000. >>> coming up on "morning news," on this friday, an important jobs report is expected to show where the economy is headed. >>> plus, you'll be amazed at the word she spelled to become the national champion. this is the "cbs morning news." with chili's new $6 lunch break. choose a texas toast half-sandwich, like our classic turkey, piled high and tasty. pair with a delicious soup or house salad. served with seasoned fries, it's big flavor for just 6 bucks -- weekdays at chili's. there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder to help neutralize odors in multiple-cat homes. and our improved formula also helps eliminate dust. so it's easier than ever to keep your house smelling just t

you can watch the full interview with darko mother which they found a former bosnian serb general ratko about it and i'll bet size zero zero zero. this week nato intensified its pulling companion libya and agreed to prolong the mission for another three months until september also on wednesday the un issued a report claiming the rebels as well as colonel gadhafi have been guilty of committing war crimes and while british and french attack helicopters have carried out their first strike so the leader giving a nato campaign moammar gadhafi the move has prompted concerns over an imminent land based offensive russia's foreign minister warns that pushing the boundaries of the year ninety eight and leave where they lead to future resolutions losing their credibility when we expressed our opinion over this escalation of the military operation we've seen what's happening uses shifts towards a ground operation this would be very regretful because the violations of the security council resolution already taken place are more than enough to think you're bound to choose towards humans decisions. so

i look for my general ratko blood denies charges of genocide in front of the hague tribunal. finds handing him over has done a little to speed up the new member. nations extension called the military campaign in the libya and deployment of attack helicopters boston suns a ground invasion that could be next in the country. also spreading hysteria over a killer few companies cripples european pressure to bear markets pushing spain from a chilly accuse of starting the deadly bug outbreak to the brink about. the man suspected of shooting dead journalist anna politkovskaya is officially charged investigators claim they have enough evidence to prove the chechen a fugitive told the truth. but the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly welcome to the program now prosecutors in serbia want to question rocco as a potential witness in their own investigation into what happened in the balkans conflict in the one nine hundred ninety s. a form of bosnian it so general is in custody at the hague where he's accused of eleven counts of war crimes including genocide t

in other news former bosnian serb general ratko malott it says in the hague to stand trial to more crimes the first hearing scheduled for friday because of friends questions the validity of evidence while there are fears he won't live long enough to see the verdict sixty nine year old melodic is reportedly in poor health having suffered three strokes of. the prime suspect in the case of murdered russian journalist on the political sky is falling to moscow some questioning after being captured in chechnya pretty of course who was shot dead outside her home in moscow more than four years ago. plus driven around the bend millions of unemployed americans vent their fury at the system keeping them out of work but not keeping the country out of yours even earning the minimum wages the struggle with the likes of mcdonald's only able to hire a tiny handful of every hundred applicants. next peter the bell and his gaston cross talk to abate the ongoing crisis. just. can't. stand. alone when welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle is the chaos being played out in yemen turning the country into a fai

also bosnian serb wartime commander ratko luggage begins his way to the un prison in the hague to be tried for genocide but the evidence is in question. are not enough not jobs for americans even low paid work runs out of the u.s. with economist mourning a ticking time bomb of unemployment threatening the nation. hello this is r t it's eight pm now here in moscow my name's kevin know it and our top story for you tonight seven polish soldiers standing trial for the killing of afghan civilians in two thousand and seven have been acquitted a court in warsaw dismissed the war crimes charges over a lack of evidence and soldiers were accused of opening mortar and gun fire on an afghan village that killed six people our european correspondent daniel bushell has the story. on sixteenth of august two thousand and seven polish troops fired twenty six mortar shells and machine gun fire on an afghan village killed reportedly getting ready ready for his wedding as well as the pregnant women and children other troops claim that they were ordered to do so by their commander and the firing on civili

as we highlight in the week's top stories for my general ratko calls the genocide charges against him as monstrous serbia finds that extraditing him to the hague is not the fast track into the e.u. it had hoped for. a missile helicopters a war into libya's a sky as a nato aims to pound khadafi into submission and break a month's deadlock it's leading to growing fears that a ground invasion may already be in the works. of spain's and blaming of berlin for pushing it to the brink of a bail out ride comet surely accusing it of starting the deadly e. coli outbreak investigators are now homing in on a german a restaurant the bacteria has already killed one thousand people in europe and infected more than two. bullets bills like natural disasters are getting more ferocious and more frequent scientists say it can be almost impossible to predict deadly tsunamis floods wildfires that have come into oceanographer here in russia tells our team next how people can we change the risks. it's a cultural thank you very much for speaking to us an artsy today to get it was go state university you were

week's top stories here on our team and former general ratko lavish denies charges of genocide in front of the hague tribunal claiming that he was just defending his people meanwhile serbia finds that handing him over has done little to speed up the e.u. membership that have. now so has expanded its military campaign in libya and deployed attack helicopters there for the first time this is sparked concerns that the alliance is repairing a ground operation in the country. plus the spread of a deadly e. coli outbreak in europe randolph's hysteria it's claimed at least one thousand lives mostly in germany and crippled european food markets full stop you say shows that spain was the original source of the contamination has had the fruit and vegetable exports rather hard it's also work piled up further pressure on a struggling economy. and those are the headlines of today and over this week you are watching weekly but for now it's the sports with. thank you for joining me for this course on french open final day and these are the headlines six of the best rafael nadal goes for a record equal

her son of the former bosnian serb general ratko blow dry website of course it is r t v dot com. now this week nato intensified its bombing campaign in libya and decided it would last for at least another three months a u.n. report has accused you of war crimes alleging the rebels are guilty of similar abuses meanwhile britain and france have deployed at low flying combat helicopters to the country the move has brought operations closer to the ground prompting concerns over an imminent land based offensive it's causing russia's foreign minister to warn that pushing the boundaries of the u.n. mandate in libya may lead to future resolutions losing their credibility when we expressed our opinion over this escalation of the military operation we think what's happening is a shift towards a ground operation at least would be very regretful because divine illusions of the security council resolution already taking place are more than enough to think about the attitudes towards us decisions on meantime our independent journalist james coburn believes that the escalation shows that nato's

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watch the full interview with the daughter of god luggage the son of the former bosnian serb general ratko but it should turn our website of course that's our team dot com . now this week nato intensified its bombing campaign in libya i decided it would last for at least another three months a u.s. court has accused colonel gadhafi of war crimes alleging the rebels are guilty of similar abuses in operating and france are deployed to low flying combat helicopters to the country the move has brought operations closer to the ground prompting concerns over an imminent land based offensive because russia's foreign minister is a war that pushing the boundaries of a u.n. mandate in libya may lead to future resolutions losing their credibility. and we were we expressed our opinion over this escalation of the military operation we think what's happening is a shift towards a ground operation this would be very regretful because the violations of the security council resolution already taking place i'm old enough to think about the imagine choose to order unions decisions. independent journalist jame

also the hague tribunal thought the show commissioned the question of former bosnian serb general ratko large accused of genocide as a potential witness in their own investigation into mass killing during his first appearance at the war crimes tribunal he called the accusations monstrous and of knox's knowledge was arrested last thursday after sixteen years on the run has been charged with eleven counts of crimes including his partner and innocent because eight thousand muslims attribute securing that civil war in yugoslavia however nationalists consider modish a hero's support for his people and his transfer to the court was seen as a key condition before saying there could join the new attacks but say it's tonight not behind. those conditions don't need to be met if the e.u. likes you. and remain you who advocated for very obvious strategic reasons and didn't meet any particular conditions at all in so doing the real reason that serbia is outside the e.u. club as it were is that the serbian secession is problems of course or has not been resolved that's a situation that still needs to

let's turn to the man known now as the butcher of bosnia, ratko mladic.hiding for about 15 years. he's now been charged with war crimes, things like genocide, ethnic cleansing, that massacre at srebrenica. >> he's going to have a stoic defense. he's proud of his military career and proud of the way he handled himself. i think he's proud of his accomplishments. i think he's going to say that's the course of treatment and the way i have to be as a leader. i had to take care and protect my people. this was as a casualty of war and i did nothing out of the ordinary. it's kind of absurd. >> avery, go ahead. >> yeah, they have to put some kind of defense on. to be honest with you, it would be baffling to figure out what it is. they actually have a videotape where he boasts about the revenge taken for the murder of serbians, what they were back in the 18th century. he says it. they have video and they have his personal diary. so we even saw that sort of mindless macho behavior in the courtroom where he ignored the judge yesterday and said, i'm not going to enter

. >>> the former bosnian serb ratko mladic was arrested after 16 years on the run, charged with the killingmen and boys in 1995. europe's worst massacre since world war ii. doctors at the hague say mladic has been cooperative and is fit to stand trial. judges are considering joining his case to the trial of the former bosnian serb whose trial has been under way for 18 months. we want to bring in someone with experience with trials this this kind. senior barrister and led the trial. how significant would it be if they joined the two trials? >> it would make it longer. maybe mladic would are to deal with the evidence already given. he would certainly need time to prepare so the eventual determination of trial could be delayed, possibly substantially. >> would it undermine his role or lessen the impact -- it if he has his own trial, would it lessen the impact? >> i don't think so. i think probably having two defendants charged with the associated offenses is more likely to give the public a fuller narrative of both. sometimes appearing on your own enables you as a defendant, this is a general

. >>> here are some stories to watch today on abc news -- former bosnian serb military commander ratko tribunal today,. he's accused of genocide and crimes against humanity. >>> unemployment numbers for may are released later this morning. analysts first predicted employers made 180,000 hires last month. that some admit the estimate is overly optimistic. >>> president obama heads to toledo, ohio, today and will tell chrysler workers that the government no longer owns a share of their company. good news there. >> all right, finally, maybe the dorkiest event held on -- who am i, i have a pretty big dork side. >> we all do. everyone has an inner dork. >> it's okay. all right. >> on espn, annual scripps national spelling bee finals in washington, d.c. >> i like the spelling bee. not a contact sport. it its pure entertainment. don't forget, $40,000 on the line as well. karen travers shows us the big moment. >> h-o-u-s. [ applause ] >> reporter: with that word, sukanya roy became the winner of the 84th edition of the scripps national spelling bee. the 14-year-old from pennsylvania beat out 2

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ratko mladic is accused of massacre and other atros dis during the bosnian war nearly 20 years ago.s new home, the detention center at the international criminal tribunal in the hague, netherlands. >> for almost 16 years he has evaded justice. now he must answer to the serious international crimes he has been charged with. >> reporter: those charges include genocide and crimes against humanity stemming from the atrocities of the wars in the former yugoslavia. as commander of the bosnian serb military, mladic is accused of targeting civilian areas of sarajevo. and ordering the execution of nearly 8,000 bosnian-muslim men and boys in the u.n. safe haven of srebrenica. a robust and commanding figure during the war in the '90s, the 69-year-old mladic today has been hobbled by a series of strokes and his lawyers appealed his extradition based on his failing health. that appeal was denied. >> i can assure you that we are comfortable debut that he has access to the best possible medical care. >> reporter: mladic is scheduled for arraignment on friday. mladic was arrested last week in verb

the world's attention turned to verb with the arrest of ratko mladic. mladic has been extradited to the hague where he faces 11 charges for war crimes. he's expected to appear in court tomorrow. i am very pleased to have vuk jeremic at this table for the first time to talk about jaesh and the region that he knows so well. even though... welcome. even though you left to go to london with yr family and therefore eventually went to cambridge and... for your education. >> well, that was a very difficult time. i was part of this generation that left exyugoslavia. i come from a mixed family. >> rose: mixed i what way? >> my father i serb my mother is boss knee yak. there wereundreds of thousands of mixed families at the time and my family left the beginning of the war. i was a part of the democracy vement, the resistance movement to the dictatorship of slobodan milosevic and my return back home was related to the instigation of democracy in serbia. >> rose: but tell me today what of the... how is that remembered that awful period in the history with the break

you know, osama bin laden, ratko mladic and now whitey bulger. it's not been a couple good months for serial killers. >> rose: (laughs) thank you very much, kevin, thank you, abby. >> thanks. >> rose: in his famous 1944 speech "the spirit of liberty" judge learned hand told his audience in central park "i often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws, upon courts. these are false hopes. believe me, these are false hopes. liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. when it die there, no constitution, no law, no court can ever do much to help it." the debate over the scope and the meaning of the constitution is as alive today as it was on september 17, 1787 when it was first adopted. joining meow is "time" magazine's managing editor richard stengel. he has written about the u.s. constitution in this week's issue. it asks "does it still matter?" i'm pleased to have rick stengel back at this tle. welcome. >> thanks, charlie. great to be here. by the way... >> rose: yes he? >> learned hand also said in that spee