at that point he may or may not be charged for sedition. he is being investigated for a series of messages he posted on twitter. one of them was a drawing of the prime minister as the judge in the opposition leader sodomy trial. he's holding a hammer with the worlds political cension written on it and aiming it over the opposition leader. as you heard, he has other controversial cartoons the government is not happy with. in addition to his arrest there are other -- two other opposition party members also being investigated under the sedition act for criticizesing the ruling and human rights watch group has said that the government has turned any criticism of them into a criminal act and this comes, of course, as the government is facing a lot of scrutiny both domestically and abroad for this sodomy trial. >> fill in a little bit of the background. this was the opposition leader who lost his appeal. how is that playing in the country? are there many like him who say this is all about politics? is there much outrage? mrk >> reporter: well anw

ates to bug, snoop and spy on black americans, equating their desire for equal sit sonship with sedition, anti-americanism and more. the director said the best way to look up to american values is take a long look at yourself and tell hard truths. today, how would you do that. if you agree with james comey that it is worth doing, how do you avoid pitfalls of discussing what is sometimes called america's sin. >> joining me is john, president of the legal defense fund. nicky jones from the university of california, and john, chief council and senior director. let me start with you - at some points during the speech the director spoke from the vantage points of the police, and from some, the vantage point of the streets. did he walk that line and tell things to all americans that was worth saying? >> i think he walked that line well. this may be the first step in this conversation on race and policing that we had. for months there's a sense that the opposing side, the police on one, and some in the community on the other have been shouting at each other from opposite sides of the street. no

he is now being investigated on possible said sedition charges. if he had been at his office at the time he probably would have been arrested. >> yet another free speech debate. >> yes. >> a soccer match turns into a deadly riot between fans in egypt. >> now survivors are searching for reasons of who was responsible for the melee. >> immigrants from across the globe answering the call. >> egypt is investigating a stampede outside a cairo soccer stadium that left 40 dead sunday. security forces fired tear gas to disperse thousands of fans without tickets. but outlawed muslim brotherhood are accusing police of using excessive force. >>> soccer also spawned some ugly scenes in brazil. massive brawls broke out over the weekend riot police used tear gas to break up the crowd there. dozens were detained. authorities had anticipated violence and had initially banned one side's fans from attending. >> agary residents stuck to haiti's capital to protest high fuel prices. they called on president michel ameliami mycheflmichelmartelly do not reflect the glob

the hungarian and bolivian-croatian nationals pleaded guilty to armed rebellion and sedition. they were the surviving members of a team targetting government and opposition leaders. other members of the team were killed during a government raid. >>> demand for housing in the nigerian city of maiduguri has seen an increase because of the arrival of thousands displaced by the raids of boko haram. ahmed idris reports. >> reporter: this man has been looking for a new house for his growing family. a third child asked two days ago. he thought they deserved a better place to live. he has given up on moving out. >> translation: i used to pay a traction of income as rent. now i'm asked to pay three times the amount. i searched for an alternative. but fas have increased. i'll be lucky to remain after rent expires. >> he's not alone. many are homeless after not affording the increases. maiduguri is a city struggling with a large number of displaced perps, making it difficult to find a place to live. rent has gone up. owners are trying to cash in by putting up new buildings. the landscape

i reminded people -- you know all this history from john adams and the alien sedition acts, to whether lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, world war i, you can go on -- to argue that governments in times of war see civil liberties as an inconvenience, if not outright treason. this would have to be fought. this led to a lot of praise and a lot of criticism from people who thought i was a first cousin of osama bin laden or something. what should we try to achieve as historians who are public intellectuals? one of our most important tasks is simply appointing people with what historical scholarship is in the first place. i'm going to quote you a letter from "the financial times." like all british publications, half the letters are denouncing other letters. [laughter] this guy writes, sir, john templer's letter is so wrong, so uninformed, that the term revisionist historian comes to mind. this is a very common term of public abuse. i would counter with oscar wilde, who said the only ute we have to history is to rewrite it . being a revisionist is what we do. that is our job, to revise i