in the case of senegal, it is happening in senegal.f our big challenges for the case of hissene habre is to make sure this trial in senegal is accessible on tv. it makes a difference to people back in chad. but this is a positive development for justice at the national level. >> how will you make the case of hissene habre available to people all over the world? the trial of him? >> the budget we're help put together together includes over one million euros, $1.3 million, for outreach activities for televisions, for community meetings, for bringing journalist and human rights activist from chad to senegal, bringing journalists from senegal to chad. these countries are very far apart and don't have any direct way, even means of communication are you >> why is it porn to put this trial out of the world? it important for this trial out to the world? >> to show that victims can bring to justice the date hater -- dictator. i think it was inspired by the pinochet case and we hope it will inspire many others. >> reed brody, thank you for being

the satirical news show is the brainchild of senegal's two most famous hip-hop artists. they see rapid and powerful weapon for signaling change -- they see rapid as a powerful weapon. >> is poetry and rhythm. there is a poet and everyone. you just have to have the beat in your body. >> thousands certainly understood the message and early 2012 when they took to the streets to protest against senegal's president. the wrappers lead the movement. the president was elected out of office. the wrappers have now taken a message from the streets to the television. >> you need an interesting product to gain people's attention. and we have that. we enjoy our work. people see us as committed artist, and that helps us make the ice. >> they write their lyrics in both french and senegal's second official language. their music comes from their laptop. they rehearse in the living room before moving to the studio. cool and entertaining. the news wrappers now have a huge following on television and online -- the news rappers. >> france wants to follow germany's lead and go green. more on t

the satirical news show is the brainchild of senegal's two most famous hip-hop artists. they see rapid and powerful weapon for signaling change -- they see rapid as a powerful weapon. >> is poetry and rhythm. there is a poet and everyone. you just have to have the beat in your body. >> thousands certainly understood the message and early 2012 when they took to the streets to protest against senegal's president. the wrappers lead the movement. the president was elected out of office. the wrappers have now taken a message from the streets to the television. >> you need an interesting product to gain people's attention. and we have that. we enjoy our work. people see us as committed artist, and that helps us make the ice. >> they write their lyrics in both french and senegal's second official language. their music comes from their laptop. they rehearse in the living room before moving to the studio. cool and entertaining. the news wrappers now have a huge following on television and online -- the news rappers. >> france wants to follow germany's lead and go green. more on t

his trip includes visit to senegal, south africa, and tanzania. there is concern u.s. interest in africa are being overshadowed by china. we will get a sense of what is being done, and then we will turn to a conversation with the former u.s. ambassador to south africa. nelson mandela became the blacky's first president. we are glad you joined us. are comingrsations up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> president obama wraps up his neck and official trip to africa tomorrow. the journey had lengthy of symbolic moments including a visit to the prison cell where nelson mandela was held for eight teen years. it also highlighted africa's andging economic potential emph

. >> judges in senegal are to decide whether to charge the former president of war crimes. he is accused of killing and torturing thousands of opponents during his rule in the 1980's. there are baltic nation of lithuania has taken over the e.u. presidency from ireland. with a population of 3 million, it is a big job for a small country. they will hold e.u. council meetings for the next three months. the director and deputy director of the vatican bank have resigned as they are being investigated for corruption. it comes three days after a senior catholic cleric was arrested in italy for alleged corruption. in the united states, millions of university students taking out loans will now have to pay double the amount of interest because congress missed a deadline to stop the hike. student debt in the country sees $1 trillion, more than the amount owed by u.s. citizens on their credit cards. >> graduation day, always an occasion for celebration and high hopes for the future but also when university graduates have to start paying back the loans that allowed them to get this far.

to build up some sort of communication, but many of the day laborers are scared says this man from senegal they are afraid of the overseers who recruit and exploit them. after a short discussion, we are allowed to film inside. 100 young men are said to live here. we ask the africans again and again in disbelief, but they insist this is where they live. these men are young. they have learned italian, and they want to work. that is why they came here. >> we don't have to work every day. they show up and say there is work again for a day or two, but it is never steady. >> they came here to find a better life. now he and his friends are stuck here. they cannot afford to go back to africa without any money. >> i came to europe and to italy because the situation back home is even worse, but now, i'm not so sure anymore. i have not had worked in over a month, and my friends and i are ashamed to ask someone for money to buy food. >> tomatoes are cheaper in germany than in other wester european countries, but this is the price some people have to pay. >> this is one of the most popular tourist dest

police in some golf have arrested -- senegal have former leader. the international court ordered them to extradite him last year. brazil has seen another night of anti-government protests. demonstrators clashed with police in rio de janeiro in a show of anger at government spending. for some, there was reason to the home team cruised to victory against spain in the final peri. what's in on large screens, thousands partied into the late night. month, nato forces formally handed over control to the afghan army. croatia has become the 28 member of the european union. thousands joined the zagreb,tions in including leaders from across the continent. president obama is due to land in tanzania. he announced a $7 billion energy plan for the continent. he says it will double access to electricity in sub-saharan africa over the next five years. withoutted south africa seeing nelson mandela remains in critical but stable condition. he did visit the present nelson mandela was held in for 18 years during apartheid. >> like billions all over the and the american

president obama is reaching out to africans this week, tige touring senegal and south africa, where hes meeting with the country's business leaders. the christians are hoping obama will speak out against increased acts of persecution against them. gary lane brings us this look at some recent incidents. >> reporter: the allure of beautiful beaches and tranquil ocean waters draw 100,000 tourists to the i'll of zanzabar each year. but this east african island, influenced by islamist extremism has a troubling past. several hundred years ago, when arab traders first came to this island, they were quick to enslave the local population. fast forward to 2013, there are no longer slaves here, but today christians are suffering. churches have been attacked, and christian leaders threatened. last february, a catholic priest was killed outside this church. >> i heard a crowd of people chanting "allah." they destroyed the church. >> reporter: in may 2012, this bishop helped church members his saturday evening prayer meeting as an angry mob approached. he remained behind in a church office. >> they

in going to senegal and going to south africa and going to tanzania. not going to nigeria or eet cope i can't or anymore troubled democracies. is that significant? >> it's very significant because i think many africans see this as an extension of the trip that he made to gan a and the pronouncement that was made in that speech in gan a which in many ways have been reflected in his policy where he got democratization on good governance, trade and investment and helping build the capacity of african-security services to better protect people across the con nent. the choice really coincides with the rhetoric that this administration has had. i think if he had traveled to some of the other countries, it would have been very difficult to match that with the policy that he's put forward. >> ifill: what is it that the u.s. should be doing here? from aid to trade. is that something we heard him talking about? >> he has talked a lot about that. that's what the position we'll be talking about. what we need is more commercial engage. he has tried to do that but w

nine, ten years old, africans coming from there, from mali, senegal, west indians, people coming fromyou had an eclectic household. >> yeah, it was happening, man. tavis: but your dad, a lot of respect to your father, though. he wasn't just a collector. your dad was an artist. >> oh, yeah, yeah. originally, that was what he was doing. actually, we're in the process of doing this. my brother [unintelligible] discovered a piece of furniture that he had, and he's one of these guys who puts stuff and fixes stuff all the time. he turned the thing over and pulled it out and a whole drawer full of manuscripts falls out. nobody ain't ever heard about these manuscripts. so now we're getting all the stuff copied and we're taking it to some friends of mine who are musicians, and i want to hear how this stuff plays out. i never heard it. tavis: this is your dad's stuff? we had -- who knew? tavis: stuff your dad wrote? >> yeah, stuff he wrote. >> justthat y'all just discovered, man. so this is like a message from -- not even a message in a bottle, man. this is like tavis: yeah. a message in a couc

migrants capsized friday evening off the coast of libya the survivors from nigeria gambia mean and senegal were rescued by a passing match and ship boat overturned after three days at sea. a suspected u.s. drone strike has killed at least five people in a tribal region in pakistan two missiles reportedly hit the province of north waziristan one main crossing on food into pakistani territory from against on it comes just a day after an apparent to us during a strike for suspected islamist militants in southern yemen america's drone program is a source of extreme tension between washington and islamabad which considers the strikes a violation of his solvency. three powerful explosions have rocked the eastern libyan city of benghazi the blasts reporting targeted to law courts and a justice ministry office officials reported about ten people wounded two seriously this comes as a day after over a thousand inmates escaped from a local prison the day after the jailbreak about one hundred escapees where recaptured. very training has finished in mali's presidential election where large numbers turn

migrants capsized on friday evening off the coast of libya the survivors from nigeria gambia bernina and senegal were rescued by a passing merchant ship boat overturned after three days and see. a suspected u.s. drone strike has killed at least five people in a tribal region in pakistan two missiles are reportedly hit the problems of north waziristan when men were crossing on foot into pakistan territory from afghanistan it comes just a day after an apparently u.s. during strike killed four suspected islamist militants in southern yemen america's drone program is a source of extreme tension between washington and islamabad which considers the strikes a violation of itself into. three powerful explosions have rocked the eastern libyan city of benghazi the blast reportedly targeted two law courts and a justice ministry office officials reported about ten people wounded two seriously this comes a day after over a thousand inmates escaped from a local prison the day after the jailbreak about one hundred escapees were recaptured. virgin has finished in mali's presidential election where.

they left two hours ago and besides that area they also visited senegal and south africa. >>> the attorney general issued the first report on data breaches. there are 131 separate incidents that put them at risk. 200,000 people have had their information stolen. now others who have had access said they should tighten security and use encrypted data. >>> edward snowden, the man who admitted to leaking information is trying to find asylum. -- asylum. some international leaders told edward snowden he is not welcome. >>> just a couple of hours, india rejected his request for asylum. they asked john kerry and russia's foreign ministers for answers. >> don't start with me please... we will have a chance to talk about a lot of things. >> russian president vladimir puntin said edward snowden could stay there as long as he stopped leaking u.s. am secrets and that prompted edward snowden to stop. the wikileaks' website posted a statement attributed to the nsa leaker. he accused the president and vice-president -- vice- president joseph biden to not help him after president barack obama said he would

a rapper akon born in the united states but raised in senegal. he posted online this statement.ery african-american in the united states needs to move their money, family, knowledge, back to africa where you'll be treated like a royalty you are. you don't deserve this treatment. this is not your country." we know it's a lot to expect intellectual capacity and integrity from celebrities and entertainers, but when you use your notoriety to incite racial tension, we have to point out what a fool you are. and yes, it is our country. and so maybe you can tell me, why do we have to put up with fools who make comments like that? oh, that's right, because it's our country and it is america. you get to do that sort of thing. but we also get to point out just how annoying those fools can be. we continue in just one moment. >>> big sis calling it quits. janet napolitano leaving an important cabinet post vacant. former homeland security secretary tom ridge reacts here next. my name is mike and i quit sking. chantix... it's non-nicotine pill. i didn't want nicotine to give up nicotine. [ mal

. >> i got a letter from a lady in africa, actually senegal. the capital city of dakar. dear brad, you are the most handsome -- no, i'm just kidding. dear, bret, hi, dear, how are you today? i hope all is well with you. my name is miss linda. i just went through your profile in this site. my dear, i am interested in knowing more about you. waiting to hear from you soon. this is pretty cool. i was excited about it, you know what i mean? especially in africa. so i looked it up in the encyclopedia, because i didn't know where dakar was, in africa. so it was pretty cool. the hardest part about doing time, of course i miss my kids, my little niece i never met. so that kills you. but when they call mail, and go out there on the railing, and you stand up there and see all your brothers and friends getting mail, over and over and over, and you're just standing up there, as bad as you want it, it ain't going to come. so here we are. >> while bulmer looks ahead to the possibility of finding love, inmates eric glass and erik coleman look back to the past. and what they've lost. >>

let's look at this picture that the first lady put on instagram, she and malia at a girl's school in senegalk we can get that up there. that is really what this trip is about for michelle obama. i was just there a week before she was, visiting girl's schools in africa, also, very important issue there. girl's education. >> that is >>> good evening, from new york. i'm chris hayes. tonight on "all in" a high-stakes international drama playing out tonight as the airplane carrying the president ofiv

let's look at this picture that the first lady put on instagram, she and malia at a girl's school in senegalhat up there. that is really what this trip is about for michelle obama. i was just there a week before she was, visiting girl's schools in africa, also, very important issue there. girl's education. >> that is right, girls' education, encouraging leadership, encouraging girls to strive and take up the leadership of their nation. and i think we'll see more of this from michelle obama, as she tries to figure out how she leaves a legacy to the white house. >> thank you very much, i'm sorry we ran out of time. we used it up earlier on some of the discussions in the program. thank you. >> thank you. >>> was it self-defense? and has the gop kissed off the latino vote? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. in a minute, are republicans ready to kiss off the latino vote? just tell them to take their vote and shove it, are they? and now it looks like edward snowden is truly a man without a country, even one that will take him. >>>ly but let me start with the

we have one from burkina faso and from cynical -- senegal. there you are.and one for molly -- mali. ginny -- guinea. welcome. i am sorry. my very good friend. ok. welcome to you all. thank you. again, this the woodrow wilson center. it was established by congress in 1968 for this very purpose to bring together the people who are involved in the making of expertsnd those who are around those policy issues. in that regard, we are extremely happy to have it thus the foreign minister. i will not do a long introduction. he and i have had the pleasure of meeting long ago over lunch with an professor. we were talked about the situation and how that might apply to efforts on the ivory coast. minister. was foreign he came back to for ministry. he is very involved in conflict resolution and peace building. to have a manppy of his caliber and stature who is involved in the critical settlementsnd the in the sahel enter northern mali. let me invite the foreign minister to the podium to speak. we'll have time for dialogue. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. goo

we have ambassador young from senegal. i have the name but i don't see you. oh, there you are.nd kata from mali. coming in earlier. guinea, --om -- from from gedini. welcome to you all. this is, of course, you are at the wood row wilson center. the center was established by congress in 1968 for this very purpose, for bringing together the people who are involved in the making of policy and those who are experts around those policy issues. in that regard we are extremely happy to have with us the foreign minister whom i am sure you all know, and i won't do a long introduction. he and i had the pleasure of first meeting long ago over a lunch with professor charles fields. we were talking about a situation until burundi and how that might apply to the issues on the ivory coast. of course he is foreign minister and the special envoy to darfur. he came back as foreign minister. he has been very, very involved in peace building efforts across the continent. we are very, very happy to have a capable man of this caliber and this stature who is involved in the critical efforts around th

am ambassador from senegal. and mali, and then from guinea. welcome to our ambassadorial corps or oh, i'm sorry, i missed you on the enthere. welcome to yaw -- to you all. you're at the woodrow wilson center. the center was established by congress in 1968 for this very purpose of bringing together the people who are involved in the making of policy, and those who are experts around those policy issues. and in that regard, we're extremely happy to have with us, the foreign minister, who i'm sure you all know, and i won't do a long introduction. he and i had the pleasure of first meeting along ago over a lunch with the professor charles fields and we were talking about the situation in ma d ma -- marundi, and we know he was the foreign minister and then became special envoy for darfur and then back to the foreign ministry and has been very involved in conflict resolution and peace building efforts across the continent. and we're happy to have a capable man of this stature who is involved in the critical efforts around the peace settlements we're

i do want to make a special welcome to our ambassador who is here, who else is in -- senegal. i don't see your name. and then i see from mali, all coming in, and then from guinea. welcome to our ambassadorial corps. welcome to you all. thank you. well, again, this is -- of course you're at the woodrow wilson center, established by congress in 1968 for this very purpose, of bringing together the people who are involved in the making of policy, and those who are experts around those policy issues. and in that regard we're extremely happy to have with us a foreign minister who i'm sure you all know, and i won't do a long introduction. he and i had the pleasure of first meeting long ago over a lunch with professor charles field when we were talking about the situation in mirandi and how that might apply to efforts on the ivory coast, and we know of course he is foreign minister and then became special envoy to darfur, and then back to the foreign ministry, and very, very involved in conflict resolution and peace-buildings efforts across the continent, and we're very happy to have

hero in many ways including coming back to the on this panel for and to share his perspective on senegal's reform. some going to let them go in order and start with benjamin annual told us why he simply wants to talk about. >> welcome for so good afternoon. it is great. it is great to be here with all these, which is only folks on this panel, concern, fired up about spending and extending our voting rights, pushing money out of politics. and about making sure that the sender wants to filibuster a bill that got to put on depends undergarments and go down there and do it the old-fashioned way. look, we are at a crossroads in our country. it is not as bleak as many say it is. it is simply whether or not the future is going to come faster than many people think is possible or what it will come as slowly as the koch brothers would like to see it come. the future will come. our country is rapidly approaching a day when we we the great plurality that we've always been destined to be. we will be a plurality of pluralities. we will be a country that has no majority. we will be a nation of minoritie

senegal. sure where they are. >> bill: no. >> hasn't been a focus. >> bill: isn't that appalling? maybe out of this trip will come a little more focus on that and maybe we ought to do a little homework about it. when we come back, reid wilson joins us on the hotline from the "national journal." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern (vo) current tv gets the converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troo

. >> some people this morning saying that the transition from jim senegal to the current ceo almost seamlessd. >> i would argue maybe the samples are are better and not only do you have to skip breakfast before y breakfast before you go and i would say skip dinner the night before. the samples are bountiful. >> the guy in charge of social networks and blackberry messenger has left according to the journal and the man in charge of calendars and contacts. >> yesterday we had a discussion on whether they needed to be split up or not. >> we used to think there was some possibility of a take over when people, this does have the sinking ship feel to it or the ma poll onic feel. two engines go down and we've got two. one engine left and that's fine. we should do well. how long can this be before everybody realizes it's going down. >> that's also where nokia will launch their new phone which is the lumia 1020. >> i like nokia. >> you do? >> we haven't heard the last of ballmer and nokia. ballmer wants to do bold things. i think nokia is a speculative buy. not unlike amd when it was at 34. >> all rig

as most of you know, president obama traveled to africa from june 25 to june 3, the is adding senegal tanzania and south africa. this was his first trip to the region since a brief visit to ghana in 2009. the initiative he announced and the warm reception he received in africa presents a real opportunity to re-energize u.s. partnerships on the continent and to engage african governments and entrepreneurs and citizens in a new and different way. the president spoke of this era nine shift in u.s. relations with africa that moves the u.s. away from thinking about the top -- thethe confident continent as a place in need. thatentailed a major shift is beginning not entirely their and in a mindset where perceptions of the pursuit of commercial interests and profitable has been seen as slightly unseemly. but now we are moving to the idea that commercial ties could help drive growth and employment development during ties of mutual interest. this is welcome in the u.s. but particularly among an up-and- coming generation of africans. , and tanzania, the president announced the power africa init