thank you for joining as the leader of myanmar's ruling giunta has promised to safeguard democracy and protect the people as the military put on a show of force in an annual parade. the pledge was in sharp contrast to earlier warnings that on tycoon protesters who interrupted the arms armed forces day commemoration could be shot the event marks the army's resistance to japanese occupation in world war 2 meanwhile another 3 people were killed in protests on friday rights groups say they have confirmed the deaths of 320 protesters since the military ceasefire almost 2 months ago but the true number is likely to be much higher than speak to tony chang who's following events in myanmar for us from across the border in thailand his live in bangkok tony what's the message the army sending by going ahead with this parade today. very clearly it was a show of force but rather strangely the parade started very early this morning about 530 local time we did see large numbers thousands and thousands of troops coming out in the parade on the square foot sort of organized marching we saw rocket laun

the leader of myanmar's ruling giunta has promised to safeguard democracy and protects the people as the military put on a show of force in an annual parades. the pledge was in sharp contrast to earlier warnings out on tycoon protesters who interrupted the armed forces day commemorations could be shot the event walks the army's resistance to japanese occupation in world war 2 meanwhile another 3 people were killed in protests on friday rise groups say they have confirmed the deaths of $320.00 protesters since the military seize power almost 2 months ago but the true number is likely to be much higher as bring in tony chang who's in bangkok our forests following developments in myanmar tell us 1st tony about the message the army's trying to send today by going ahead with this parade. but clearly it's a force we saw the parade start even before dawn has broken in the door of the capital of india. with thousands of show soldiers marching out on this parade ground there were overhead fly bys by fighter jets helicopters rocket launchers paraded cannons fired and then we heard a message fr

coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the ruling joint pledged to safeguard democracy the annual show of force is a tribute to the army's resistance to japanese occupation during world war 2 so he is following events for us across the border in bangkok in tyler joins us now live tony the crackdown continues despite the ongoing protests and now this escalating number of deaths is being reported. it is indeed was a chilling statement released on state t.v. overnight in myanmar warning protesters that if they came out today they could be shot in the head or in the back and that is clearly a threat that the military is following through we are hearing reports of crackdowns all over the country in the last year and sent shan state early this morning we got news of the fatalities with 2 protesters there shot in the head we've been seeing in mandalay which is miramar 2nd city the city center is really this dense smoke at the moment has as the armed forces have moved in there burning barricades anything that stands in their way quite openly using live like weapons live live ro

of at least 50 people shot dead in me and maher on the same day its military leader val's to safeguard democracy. and the whole raman you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes india suspends the export of covert 19 vaccines as its 2nd wave brings a surge of infections homeless and heartbroken migrants pushback from the u.s. border pray for help in mexico as american politicians blame each other for the crisis. on mozambique's military on high alert towers an armed group lay siege to a popular hotel dozens of people remain trapped. bought into the program it's the worst day of violence near maher since the military seized power nearly 2 months ago local media are reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against anti coup protest as. that's on top of the 320 deaths that rights groups have confirmed since february the 1st although the true number is likely to be much higher while the violence coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the military genter pledged to safeguard democracy the

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reports of at least 50 people shot dead on the same day the country's military leader val's to safeguard democracy. so hold on with your challenges there are a lot of my headquarters here in doha also coming up india suspends the export of covert 19 vaccines are reports the highest number of cases in several months. also democrats and republicans visit the u.s. border with mexico the politicians painting starkly different pictures of the challenges there. and the latest attempts to free the mega ships blocking the sewers canal fails as maritime traffic builds up at both ends of the waterway. welcome to the program has seen its worst day of violence since its military seized power and only 2 months ago local media reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against protest. that's on top of the $320.00 deaths rights groups have confirmed since the start of the coup although the true number is likely to be much higher. now the violence coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the military ruling jointer pledged to safeguard democracy the annu

at least 50 people shot dead in me and on the same day the country's military leader vows to safeguard democracy. clubs around with more jobs there are a lot of my headquarters here in doha also coming up india suspends the export of covert 19 vaccines as it reports the highest number of cases in several months democrats and republicans visit the u.s. border with mexico the politicians blaming each other for the migrant crisis and china expands a boycott campaign targeting western fashion brands as tensions rise about allegations of rights abuses in change and. welcome to the program miramar has seen its worst day of violence since its military seized power only 2 months ago local media reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against cooper testers. now that's on top of the $320.00 deaths rights groups have confirmed since the start of the military coup although the true number is likely to be much higher the violence coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the ruling joined pledge to safeguard democracy. let's get the very latest fr

coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the ruling judge a pledge to safeguard democracy has more from bangkok we're hearing reports of crackdowns all over the country in last year and sent shan state early this morning we got news of early fatal it is with 2 protestors there shot in the head we've been seeing in mandalay which is myanmar 2nd city the city center is really dense smoke at the moment as there is the armed forces have moved in there burning barricades anything that stands in their way quite openly using live live weapons live live rounds the delivery of vaccines to poor and middle income countries through the kovacs program could be set back by weeks because of delays from a major indian producer comes as india saw its highest number of cases this year. state elections in india's west bengal and assam states are underway polling is taking place in multiple phases lasting a month prime minister noda modi's b j p has been mounting an aggressive campaign to secure a win in west bengal for the 1st time democrats and republicans are blaming each other for a surge

reports of at least 50 people shot dead in me and on the same day its military leader vows to safeguard democracy. india suspends the export of its covert 19 vaccines as its 2nd wave brings a surge of infections. homeless and heartbroken margaret is pushed back from the u.s. border pray for help in mexico as american politicians blame each other for the crisis . mozambique's military on high alert as an armed group place seems to a popular hotel dozens of people remain trapped. and he stammered with india's greatest davis spokesman searching to test positive for corona virus the cricket legend says he has mild symptoms and is now isolating. it's there was a day of violence and man marston's the military seized power nearly 2 months ago local media are reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against anti kook protesters. that's on top of the $320.00 deaths that whites groups have confirms since february the 1st although the true number is likely to be much higher. the violence coincides with a military parade in the capital over the leader of the ruling just to p

coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the military pledged to safeguard democracy the army will show force is a tribute to the army's resistance to japanese occupation during world war 2. the delivery of corona virus vaccines to developing countries through the covert scheme could be set back by weeks because of delays from major indian producer is being blamed on an increase in demand in india which was recorded the highest number of u. cases. there are in china have signed a 25 year cooperation pak pact chinese foreign minister or wangi is in tehran the deal is said to have political economic and strategic components democrats and republicans are blaming each other for a surge of people crossing the u.s. border from mexico the number of arrivals has reached near record levels in recent weeks and only 200 people including far as remain trapped in a hotel in parma mozambique which has been under attack by ice a linked fighters several people have reportedly been killed those were the headlines more news in half an hour with rob but the bottom line is next here on o

know the coup leader min lying said the army seeks to join hands with the entire nation to safeguard democracy that's an exact quote if i recollect should the international community be assured by that. seen as a community clearly rejects it just like the populate most of the population inside the country rejects it i mean somebody going for democracy would not allow the army that he's in charge of to shoot down so many an armed civilians to terrorize the civilian population it is very clear is out to protect the regime the generals of me i am are out for the reason and to protect the fortune that they've amassed over decades through this country's natural resources to the businesses they control while so many of the people in the population live in poverty these generals are millionaires and they're trying to protect their regime journalist david gergen a bum really appreciate your insight in all this thank you. here's a roundup of other stories making news around the world at this hour egyptian authorities are hoping the container ship watching their suez canal will be out of the way next we

violence coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the ruling plates to safeguard democracy tony chang has more from bangkok a stark warning from the military on state t.v. yesterday evening that protesters would be shot in the head all the back if they went out on the streets but again we've been saying this since the coup they were not deterred in fact young gone they went out 2 30 in the morning that's a new strategy they've tried to employ to stop confrontation with the security forces they were able to protest until 4 am local time when the security forces intervened and we understand that myanmar now is reporting that 4 were killed in the dark suburb since then we've seen protests around the country u.s. president joe biden has described new voting restrictions in the state of georgia as an atrocity there are worker tail voting hours and make it a crime to provide warra to voters while they wait to cast their ballots democrats say it's meant to suppress minority voters alan fisher has more from washington. from the white house condemnation of georgia's new voting wants

coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the ruling shanta pledged to safeguard democracy and a show of force as a tribute to the army's resistance to japanese occupation joining world war 2 tony chang has the latest from bangkok in neighboring thailand. that the armed forces have really gone into many of the big cities towns even villages across me a month a day with the very expressed intention of cracking down on this protest as they were expecting large protests today because of armed forces day there had been a very explicit warning on state television yesterday evening their protest the shouldn't throw their lives away those are the words they used but if they did go out on the streets today they would be shot in the head in the back and that very explicit warning has been carried out we've seen snipers in a lot of the big cities many of those cities looking like war zones with reeds of black smoke hanging on the horizon as the security services have gone and burning barricades that residents are put up to try and stop them getting into the neighborhoods and using te

the violence coincides with a military parade in the capital where the need of the plates to safeguard democracy tony chang has more from bangkok a stark warning from the military on state t.v. yesterday evening the protesters would be shot in the head all the bad.

to go with the headlines on al-jazeera the leader of myanmar's ruling genter has promised to safeguard democracy and protect the people as the military put on a show of force in an annual parade area the army had warned on tycho protesters who interrupted the events could be shot tony chang has more from bangkok. we did see large numbers thousands and thousands of troops coming out. to parade on the square foot sort of organized marching we saw rocket launches as well cannon fire so it was really a very dramatic show as it always is it has to be said but to reinforce the fact that they are able to put this on will that they are still showing the strength minimize the senior general came and he said that the violent acts of protest on the streets were inappropriate. civil rights groups are suing the u.s. state of georgia after the republican governor signed sweeping new voting restrictions into law a democratic state representative was arrested i mean protests against the law activists say it will suppress the voice of minority voters. a growing number of western retail giant sink looting h. and

did the coup leader mina lying said the army seeks to join hands with the entire nation to safeguard democracy that's an exact quote if i recollect should the international community be assured by that. seen actually pretty clearly rejects it just like the populate most of the population inside the country rejects it i mean somebody going for democracy would not allow the army that he's in charge of to shoot down so many on arm civilians to terrorize the civilian population it is very clear men on long is out to protect the regime the generals of me i am are out for the reason and to protect the fortune that they've amassed over decades to this country's natural resources to the businesses they control so many of the people in the population live in poverty these generals are millionaires and they're trying to protect their regime journalist david gergen a bum really appreciate your insight in all this thank you a round up now of other stories making news around the world police have detained dozens of protesters and several journalists the opposition is calling for new mess anti-government ra

know the coup leader mina lying said the army seeks to join hands with the entire nation to safeguard democracy that's an exact quote if i recollect should the international community be assured by that. seen as a community clearly rejects it just like the populate most of the population inside the country rejects it i mean somebody going for democracy would not allow the army that he's in charge of to shoot down so many on armed civilians to terrorize the civilian population it is very clear on is out to protect the regime the generals of me i am are out for the reason and to protect the fortune that they've amassed over decades through this country's natural resources to the businesses they control while so many of the people in the population live in poverty these generals are millionaires and they're trying to protect their regime journalist david gergen a bomb really appreciate your insight in all this thank you. egypt has lowered the number of people killed when 2 passenger trains collided it now says 19 people died crews have cleared the wreckage from the line but many questions remain a

go with the headlines on al-jazeera the leader of myanmar's willing june to has promised to safeguard democracy and protect the people as the military put on a show of force in an annual parade the army warned anti-corporate testers who interrupted the event could be shot tony chang has more from bangkok we did see large numbers thousands and thousands of troops coming out. to parade on the square foot sort of organized marching we saw rocket launches as well cannon fire so it was really a very dramatic show as it always is it has to be said but to reinforce the fact that they are able to put this on will that they are still showing the strength minimized the senior general came and he said that the violent acts of protest on the streets were inappropriate u.s. politicians have been visiting border facilities in texas following a surge of migrants arriving in recent weeks democrats say they've inherited a broken system from the trumpet ministration while republicans accuse president biden of encouraging is i sign him seekers to make the journey and civil rights groups are suing the u.s. state o

military parade for the annual armed forces day where the leader of the ruling john to pledge to safeguard democracy tony chang reports. the inconsolable cry of a father his dead son in his arms the 13 year old boy was shot at his home and central myanmar as the security forces moved in. just city yangon looked and sounded like a battle zone the soldiers and police roam the streets burning barricades firing stun grenades and live rounds. this wounded man was dragged visibly bleeding into the road rather than help provide 1st aid the soldiers beat him as he laid in a pool of his own blood. in the southern city of daraa way these 3 men on a motorcycle are shot at random as they pass police trucks to manage to get to their feet and flee a 3rd wounded trapped beneath his bike. and those wounded or killed dragged away unceremoniously to be bundled into army trucks. all of this on a day meant to celebrate myanmar's armed forces but celebrate they did outside the capital naypyidaw on an enormous parade ground and or inspiring display of military hardware and might the gentle leader in his address avoided t

little where the lives of the injuns have pledged to safeguard democracy and hold elections without giving any time frame that has been global condemnation but the u.s. secretary of state the latest to denounce the violence in a tweet and say blinken says he's horrified by the day's events criticizing me on laws military for what he calls a reign of terror well tony chang has this report now on the day's events and a warning you may find some of the images disturbing from the outset. furthermore about. both. the inconsolable cry of a father who's dead son in his arms the 13 year old boy was shot at his home and central myanmar as the security forces moved in. and muslim just city yangon looked and sounded like a battle zone the soldiers and police roam the streets burning barricades firing stun grenades and live rounds. and pain everyday lives and he said don't curse the saying these engineers they said these are this a community leaders and he's a student this wounded man was dragged visibly bleeding into the road rather than help provide 1st aid the soldiers beat him as he laid in a pool

the min online said the army seeks to join hands with the entire nation to safeguard democracy do you believe him i mean even if you aren't he can make better life and him just yesterday he announced to the missional team that if a lot of protests should just have. an end and he was true to his promise no hey i heard that night you want that. nationwide including children ranging from one year old and 5 year olds oh i don't i don't that the far more prissy and you know this i'm off to see i think they will meet me long listen to what offices. that is activists david in miramar thank you david for joining us. thank you. to egypt now where at least 32 people have been killed and scores more injured after 2 passenger trains collided president. has ordered an immediate investigation into the accident. twisted steel and mangled carriages grim proof of the deadly impact of 2 trains colliding in egypt province. locals and rescue teams worked into the night pulling injured passengers from the wreckage and recovering the bodies of those who died oh . i thought that the train collided with a ca

the coup leader min online said the army seeks to join hands with the entire nation to safeguard democracy do you believe him. i mean even the deep yorkie can make a better life and then just yesterday he announced to the missional team even if you call up and protest he wants you to have him back and that you and and he was true to his promise now i heard that night you want that. nationwide including children ranging from one year old to 5 year olds oh i don't i don't at the farce of a mock proceeding and here we go because i'm off to see i think they will meet me in the long listen to know what an office inside. that is activist david in miramar thank you david for joining us. thank you. in egypt at least 32 people have been killed and scores more injured in a train wreck cruise ship cleared the wreckage from the line but many questions remain as to what caused their 2 passenger trains to collide president. has ordered an immediate investigation into the action. twisted steel and mangled carriages grim proof of the deadly impact of 2 trains colliding in egypt so our province. locals and

the capital for the annual on forces day where the leader of the ruling jump to pledged to safeguard democracy the u.s. the e.u. and u.k. embassies have all condemned me in mars' military for murdering civilians own joe mauer as a human rights defender he's joining us on skype from yang gone it's good to have you with us talk us through with the level of deaths rising all the time how are the protesters feeling now. the president thank you for having me 50 but. the market and the internet that remain blackhawk sentence are experts team from a sense there in mean streets to get to the people then and it's also the. march 27th of march and peaceful protest or they got. the and then that struck race over a 100 different towns and cities across the country and brutal crackdown took place in over 30 cities and according to the local media sources of information spirits of books admittedly 90 plus debts today and over hendrick got into it and over a 100 but a retreat rest and suit the city you consume in quite a while and it's the banks and other stuff that remain clueless it's quite. right. and in

and other democracies should come together with a primary formulation of an alliance for safeguarding democracy worldwide. the goal is straightforward. in the next five years as long as we strive for 1% improvement annually in the global democracy index measured by the renowned varieties of democracy project we can reverse the declining state of democracy worldwide by 2026 and rise back to the level around 2012, the highest democracy index human society have ever experienced. it's a measurable and essential goal if we are determined enough to fight the rise of authoritarianism, reversing the trends of global democracy is the mission of our era. combating the rise of authoritarianism led by china and supporting democracy movement is important to this mission. hong kong people will never give up and we'll fight for democracy as we say. thank you so much. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. let mow turn to -- i understand that you have a list of names that may be online. senator booker. senator marquee. >> okay. >> senator coons in thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you to the folks wh

capital on the annual armed forces day that's where the leader of the ruling gentile pledged to safeguard democracy or the u.s. a new and u.k. embassies have all condemned me or mars military for what they describe as the murder of civilians just a warning here may find some images in tony chang's report disturbing. oh man oh. the inconsolable cry of a father his dead son in his arms the 13 year old boy was shot at his home in central myanmar as the security forces moved in. and muslim just city yangon looked and sounded like a battle zone the soldiers and police roam the streets burning barricades firing stun grenades and live rounds. and pain everyday lives and these like these are not the same these are engineers he said these are these a community leaders and he's a student this wounded man was dragged visibly bleeding into the road rather than help provide 1st aid the soldiers beat him as he laid in a pool of his own blood. in the southern city of daraa way these 3 men on a motorcycle or shot at random as they passed police trucks to manage to get to their feet and flee a 3rd wounded trapped b

that have interfered in our affairs but to make sure we took additional protective steps to safeguard our democracy. as it turns out, had another effect we did not contemplate at the time we were contemplating this comment provides a mechanism to hold our own intelligence agency leaders in particular political appointees accountable. as a parent - - what is apparent when you read the assessment several agency hits including former attorney general bill bar and the national security advisor o'brien and others were not candid with the country. we knew at the time as we were watching this russia was actively interfering in our election. we also knew china was considering it but had not made a decision to become involved ultimately china concluded it wasn't worth it the risk outweighed any benefit they would get. nonetheless agency heads pushing a misleading narrative in support of the president deemphasizing russia and suggesting or affirmatively stating the falsehood that china was the bigger threat to our election. that was a disservice. we don't accurately diagnose and when the public we are not do

democracy reform. we have a once in a lifetime opportunity here to really safeguard our democracy and we're letting voterstime to tell your elected officials you want to have a free and fair election and you want election integrity now and into the future. so our plan is to make sure that people of every state know what's happening in their state and they're also aware of actions that they can take to make sure that they're supporting these federal bills. >> andrea hailey, thanks so much for your time this afternoon. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >>> coming up at 4:00 p.m., nse ufot will talk to us about her group's efforts to fight voter suppression. >>> meantime, a unique way to honor the victims of the colorado grocery store shooting continues today in boulder, as memorials there keep growing. starting at 8:00 p.m., people are invited to go outside and take ten slow breaths followed by ten minutes in silence in what's known as 10 together. each breath is meant to represent one of the ten victims. this began last night and now the city is inviting people to take their breaths and pay res

. >> i found that our most important moments of safeguarding our democracy have occurred when there's been federal legislation, like the voting rights act of 1965 which we're celebrating with the anniversary of bloody sunday coming up this weekend. and the passage of the national voter registration act and the help america vote act. it has often taken federal legislation to rein in the excesses and efforts to suppress the vote that happens at the state level. this is a regulation that congress has pure authority to engage in through the time, place and manners cause of the constitution and it allows congress to set standards for the time, place and manner of elections of federal elections. of course, we expect that states would in all likelihood adopt many of these democracy expanding measures because they're good, because they're good for our democracy and they are healthy, and they invite a more inclusive electorate. and that is exactly what this federal legislation is pushing for and what we hope states will eventually come around to accepting and embracing. but federal -- it has n

we appreciate the fact that law enforcement put their safety on the line to safeguard democracy. also, to protect us. we will never forget that. we owe it to that law enforcement personnel and the national guard and to all americans to take a hard look at the security failures. both the preparation that was inadequate, clearly and the response which also had some gaps we will talk about in a moment. how could this have happened? that the capital was breached and -- capitol was breached and overrun. i thought our last hearing was productive and we were able to get some good information. it is good that we are from people who were actually responsible on that day for making decisions. i am concerned that today we are not going to be hearing from the department official heads that were there at the time making decisions. hopefully will have a chance to do that in the future. we learned that the capitol police officer's were not given the appropriate training or equipment necessary to attack -- protected capital complex -- capitol complex. -- necessary to protect the capitol complex.

movement is that as as mentioned earlier this isn't just about some go it's about safeguarding the long tradition of democracy that you have here in senegal never has there been any coup or military dictatorship unlike neighboring countries here there's always been a peaceful transition of power and the stability the bedrock of the stability of this country is this active civil society that now when that erupts call into question the government when people are displeased with their leadership i was sitting right behind a french supermarket that was looted in the fancy is the wealthiest neighborhood of the capital and this area just further down the road is where the united states embassy is it's only the most safest area in probably in the capital and yet protesters were allowed to come in and loot this supermarket now they're trying to rebuild it and they're trying to put it back on its feet but earlier today we saw not just protesters frankly women with their mothers mothers with their children going in and trying to get anything that they can with the town the food toilet the for and they've really strippe

movement is that as as mentioned earlier this isn't just about some go it's about safeguarding the long tradition of democracy that you have here in senegal never has there been any coup or military dictatorship unlike neighboring countries here there's always been a peaceful transition of power and the stability the bedrock of the stability of this country is this active civil society that now when that erupts call into question the government when people are displeased with their leadership i was sitting right behind a french supermarket that was looted in the fanciest of wealthiest neighborhood of the capital and this area just further down the road is where the united states embassy is it's only the most safest area in probably in the capital and yet protesters were allowed to come in and loot this supermarket now they're trying to rebuild it and they're trying to put it back on its feet but earlier today we saw not just protesters frankly women with their mothers mothers with their children going in and trying to get anything that they can the food toilet seat for and they've really stripped that superma

we appreciate the fact that law enforcement put their safety on the line to safeguard democracy. also to protect us. we will never forget it. we owe it to the law enforcement personnel and those national guard and to all americans to take a hard look at these security failures. both the preparation that was inadequate, clearly, and the response which also had some gaps, we'll talk about in a moment. how could this have happened that the capitol was breached and overrun? we got some answers last week at the first joint hearing on the capitol. i agree with what senator klobuchar just said, i thought it was a productive first hearing. i thought we were able to get some good information. we heard from the former chief of capitol police, the former sergeant in arms. and we heard from the people who were responsible on that day for making decisions. i'm concerned that today we're not going to be hear from the department of defense officials who were actually in place at the time making the decisions and i hope we'll have an opportunity to do that in the future. at last week's hearing w

soon as possible, because there is nothing more important to the health and future of our democracy than safeguarding the right to vote." statement tonight from former first lady michelle obama on the for the people act that passed the house last night. she is urging the senate to pass it as well. it will not pass the senate as long as the filibuster is intact. that bill will never get a single republican vote, and that means there's no way for it to pass into law, even though the democrats have majority in the house and the democrats have majority in the senate and the democrats have a democrat in the white house who wants to sign it. and you know, even if the democrats allowed the filibuster to stay in place for everything else, allowed republicans to require a 60-vote margin to pass everything else, but they narrowed it just so you couldn't use it against voting rights anymore, then the filibuster's been narrowed very recently. the republicans in 2017 narrowed the filibuster so you couldn't require 60 votes to confirm a supreme court justice. they just made that change in 2017. why couldn't the de

it seems myanmar�*s military is prepared to kill as many pro—democracy protesters as it takes to safeguardon power. so what options do the opponents of the coup have left? my guest is doctor sasa, representative of the committee that represents the ousted parliament to the united nations. why has myanmar�*s democratic transition gone to so tragically wrong? dr sasa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me, stephen. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. i cannot say where you are because i know you want to keep your location secret. but it is clear that you escaped from myanmar in the hours and days after the february one coup. as i understand it, you were with aung san suu kyi in the hours before the coup. can you tell me exactly what happened to you? it was the 1st of february that the military coup stolen democracy from the people of myanmar. so there was not only me there were members of parliament that were elected by the people of myanmar for the people of myanmar. because the president, vice presidents, state counsellors to aung san suu kyi. we all are in the city.