during and after negotiations with serbian and bosnian serb leaders, including ratko mladic, the detainees were released between the 3rd and the 19th of june, 1995. this concludes the summary of the indictment. mr. mladic, small iii of the rules of procedure in evidence, you will be called upon to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty in each count of the indictments within 30 days of her initial appearance. you may however request to enter such pleas already today. mr. mladic, are you prepared, and do you wish to enter pleas today, or would you rather postpone your pleas and enter them within the 30 days which the rules of procedure in evidence provides for? >> mr. laurie, you're a bit older than i am. i would like to receive what you've read out just now these obnoxious charges leveled against me. i want to read this properly, to give it some proper thoughts together with my lawyers. because i need more than a month. for these monstrous words, the ones that i never heard before, those that were included in this indictment. i have never heard of any such thing, nor can i understand that it

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

. >> 16 years after he was first indicted, europe's most wanted man, ratko mladic, is in solitary confinementue. earlier serbian judges rejected general mladic's appeal he was too sick to face the tribunal. after that all it took was a signature from serbia's justice minister for mladic to be on his way. we now have a report from the hague from matthew price. >> it was a day of goodbyes for the man accused of genocide. this morning in belgrade under heavy security, ratko mladic was taken to the grave of his daughter. she killed herself with her father'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 a

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 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

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

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

. >> 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

. >>> 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

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

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>>> here are some stories to watch today on abc news -- former bosnian serb military commander ratko mladical 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 274 othe

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

. >>> ratko mladic will be aryaned by the tribunal on friday. they want to now how he evaded capture for 16 years. he spent the night in isolation and faces 11 charges including genocide for his alleged roll in the killing of 8,000 muslims during the bosnian war. >>> nato will extend its air campaign in libya for another 90 days. officials say that decision sends a clear message to moammar gadhafi that nato is determined to protect the libyan people. >>> more violence in yemen and syria. >> in yemen's capital, 41 people died in fighting this morning between government forces and rebel trinsmen and near duraa in southern syria, shelling by army troops have killed at least eight including an 11 years girl. >>> new information about the arrest of two terror suspects who appeared in court in louisville, kentucky, yesterday, an unusual case connected back to iraq. bob orr is in washington with more on this story. bob, good morning to you. exactly who are these men and what are they charged with right now? >> very interesting case. both suspects are f

. >>> former bosnian serb war commander ratko mladic made his first appearance before a war crimes tribalefused to enter a plea on charges that he ordered the massacre of thousands of muslims during the bossy nan war. his demeanor was described as defiant and combative. >> translator: i would like to receive what you've read out just now, these obnoxious charges leveled against me. >> assisted suicide advocate dr. jack kevorkian died today in detroit. kevorkian helped more than 100 terminally ill people end their lives during the 1990s. earning him the nickname dr. death. he went to prison in 1999 for eight years. kevorkian gave his last tv interview to cnn's dr. sanjay gupta and it happened a year ago this month. >> any regrets about anything? >> no. >> none? >> no. no. the only regrets i have is i could have treated my parents better and my sisters better, you know, it's personal relationships. but anything else i've done, anything i've done publicly, especially since graduation, is all my doing. i take full blame. >>> more now on the indictment of former presidential candidate john edw

. >> ratko mladic was combative with the judge and refused to enter a plea on charges that he orderedms during the bosnian war. have a listen. >> translator: i would like to receive what you've read out just now, these obnoxious charges leveled against me. >> obnoxious, he says. mladic asked for more time to enter a plea and told the judge that he is gravely ill. he's due back in court next month. more than 200,000 muslims died in the civil war, including 8,000 muslim men and boys slaughtered back in 1995. >>> it is a story that broke during this newscast yesterday. we told you about this man that goes on a shooting spree in arizona and police are now revealing what happened. it involves divorce. that is next. >>> also, cnn has officially announced which republicans will be squaring off in the new hampshire debate and there are a couple of surprises. that's next. [ male announcer ] breathe, socket. just breathe. we know it's intimidating. instant torque. top speed of 100 miles an hour. that's one serious machine. but you can do this. any socket can. the volt only needs about a buck fi

. >>> the former military leader of the bosnian serbs, ratko mladic has spent his first night at a unitedflown there yesterday under heavy security. he is awaiting trial on war crime charges for his role in the brutal bosnian war of the '90s. mladic is held responsible for the massacre of 8,000 men and boys. >>> there are new questions this morning about safety of interstate bus travel after another fatal accident. >> four women were killed when their bus overturned on a virginia highway. now the driver has been charged, toman bradley, has been looking into the bus company safety record. good morning, toman. >> reporter: good morning, peggy and daniel, this scene has become frighteningly familiar. another commercial bus nightmare this time in virginia. virginia state police say this sky express bus traveling from greensboro to new york flipped over on interstate 95 in virginia. four people were killed, about a dozen injured. >> everybody was pretty much sleeping. and then all of a sudden, you know, you're flipping over. and you're -- you know, you just don't know what happened. >> reporte

. >>> this morning accused war criminal ratko mladic appeared at the haig for genocide and other war crimes he's accused of perpetrating during the bosnian war, including the mass murders of 8,000 men and boys. he shook his head as the charges were read and refused to enter a plea. >>> new concerns are coming to light as scientists probe the deadliest e. coli strain on record in europe. they say the bacteria uses a rare gene and highly poisonous toxins to glue itself to the patients' intestines causing particularly dangerous neurological and renal problems. so far at least 17 people have died and 1,500 people have been sickened by the strain, most of them in germany. >>> just days after repaying most of its bailout loans, chrysler is set to cut its financial ties with the u.s. government. italian automaker fiat is buying the u.s. treasury share in chrysler for half a billion dollars. president obama visits a chrysler factory today in ohio where he's expected to noungs the agreement that will however ultimately cost the u.s. government about $1.3 billion. >>> the air force confirms it

war crimes trial at the hague scheduled hearings for ratko mladic to face the genocide charges from the bosnian war. he spent his first night at the hague in isolation. >>> now to wall street. mandy drury is at the stock exchange for us this morning. how is it looking? >> it's another big economic day. we got numbers on the economy. they suggest we are going through a soft patch, but the market rallied anyway. they were cheered for efforts in europe to contain the greek debt crisis. there is one positive side effect of the softer economy. that's lower gasoline prices. aaa says the average gallon of gas has now dropped by 20 cents from a month ago. that's good news for drivers. the only question is whether it stays that way or even goes lower. back to you. >> we can hope so. mandy drury at the new york stock exchange, thank you. >>> the miami heat got fired up, burning the dallas mavericks and winning game one of the nba finals. lebron, or kingring 24 points, taking the heat to a 92-84 victory. by the way, the pucks drop here tonight for the game one of the nhl stanley cup finals between