he was transferred to the hague for the rest of his trial.it has already been running for your and may take another year before the judges reached -- for a year and may take another year before the judges reached a verdict. >> the tribunal backed by the united nations has found a man guilty of genocide, murder and rape. prosecutors said he played a key role in the massacres that led -- that left 800,000 stutsi and other -- and to hutus it. -- tsutsis and hutus dead. by any measure, it is a staggering profit. wall street's goldman sachs blue analyst members out of the water. nearly $6.6 billion has been set aside for compensation and benefits. for most people, compensation and benefits will translate as bonuses. is that fair? >> that figure is the sixth -- of $6.6 billion is not just on a foot -- bonuses, but also the amount that they paid out in cash salaries and other employee benefits. but certainly, the bonuses will be larger this year, much bigger than people expected. goldman said it is based on performance. it has performed exceedingly

now the international court in the hague has ruled in favor of the north.it effectively awarded more of the mineral wealth, after a dispute that saw 100 people killed and tens of thousands flee their homes. >> it is being fought over and coveted. now we know exactly what it consists of. the sudanese could not agree on the borders of the oil-rich and strategically important region, so they called on the permanent court of arbitration to make a binding ruling setting out the limits. at the hague, senior members of the south and north made a gentleman's agreement to accept the verdict. when it came, it clearly delighted the north. >> we think a minimum of 10,000 kilometers has been returned to the north. it includes the oil fields that were disputed. we have made very important gains in this award, although we have not been given all that we think was our rights. >> it could provoke new violence in sudan. in may last year, as many as 100 people were killed and 50,000 fled as the armies of the north and south clashed once more. the un has stepped up its vigilan

in the hague, where charles taylor, former president of liberia, facing charges of war crimes. a landmark case -- the first african head of state to face war crimes charges, including the use of murder, rape, and sexual slavery. he is accused of employing all of that and more while supporting rebels in neighboring sierra leone in one of the most vicious wars the continent has seen. we will discuss the significance, but first, this report. >> taking the witness stand for the first time in his trial in the hague, a confidant charles taylor set out to dismiss the whole basis of the prosecution's case. the accusation that he was a murderer or a rapist. >> very unfortunate. and the prosecution, because of disinformation, misinformation, lies, rumors, would associate me with such titles. or descriptions. i am none of those. have never been and will never va, whether they think so or not. >> beginning testimony that is expected to last several weeks, the former liberian president was asked directly by his defense lawyer whether he had helped the sierra leone rebels group, revolutionary

. >> so how did the former president of liberia and up in the hague? our correspondent has been years of reporting on him and looks back at his career. >> charles taylor first came to public prominence as the rubble. in 1989, he invaded liberia, saying he intended to overthrow the then-military dictator. the civil war he provoked shattered the country into political and -- political and ethnic five times. it spread refugees across west africa, particularly into sierra leone. reports by the united nations began accusing charles taylor of direct links with the rebels in sierra leone. you and said he was a gun runner and diamond smuggler, in league with the insurgents who had become notorious for committed -- for committing widespread atrocities. in the fight against the government of sierra leone, they packed off the limbs of everett -- of anyone, including children, who oppose them and took control of the country's diamond mines. western nations, especially britain and the u.s. condemned charles taylor and the international tribunal investigating war and

at the hague, senior members of the south and the north played a gentleman's agreement to accept the verdict. when it came, it clearly delighted the north. >> we think about a minimum of 10,000 kilometres has been give tonight north. more importantly, this includes an oilfield that is the disputed oil field. we have made a very important gain in this award, although we have, of course, not been given all that we think was our right. >> the ruling could provoke new violence in sudan. in may of last year, as many as 100 people were killed and 50,000 fled to the armies in the north and the south clashed once more. the u.n. has stepped up his vigilance in the region. the head of the south delegation at the hague said there wouldn't be trouble. >> i would expect it i think there will be problems in the sued sudan. >> this area has been a source of tension between the north and the south for years. political leaders are called for calm, but sudanese history counsels caution. concerned sudanese will be watching the reaction of those directly affected by the ruling very closely. bbc news. >>

guard in the nazi-occupied poland lawyers for charles taylor had begun presenting his defense in the hague. the former liberian president is accused of leading camign of mortar -- murdernd torture. his dense lawyer to the tribunal that he triedo broker ace in the neighboring country. supportersf zimbabwe's president haveroken up a meeting aimed at draing a new constitution. mites after the stake holders of convention and sta, hundreds ofctivists drowned t the speaker with cnts and singing. we have this report from uth africa. >> for the few who believed zimbabwe's por-sharing agreementctually works, monday'events are hard to explain. this meeting of civil society leaders and politicians was aimed at startg a public consultion over a new nstitution. fearful of process they cannot control, supports of robert mugabe launch a well coornated plan to wreck . minutesinto the speaker, the man was drowned out withongs fro zimbabwe path guerrilla war filling a halt. scuffles bke out between delegates and riot pice came in to clear the room for one minister, it wa jst another ample of his partners la

lawyers for charles taylor had begun presenting his defense in the hague. e former liberian president is accused of leading a campaign of mortar -- murder and torture. his defense lawyer told the tribunal that he tried to broker peace in the neighboring country. supporters of zimbabwe's president have broken up a meeting aimed at drafting a new constitution. minutes after the stake holders of convention and start, hundreds of activists drowned out the speaker with chants and singing. we have this report from south africa. >> for the few who believed zimbabwe's power-sharing agreement actually works, monday's events are hard to explain. this meeting of civil society leaders and politicians was aimed at starting a public consultation over a new constitution. fearful of a process they cannot control, supporters of robert mugabe launch a well coordinated plan to wreck it. minutes into the speaker, the man was drowned out with songs from zimbabwe path guerrilla war filling a halt. scuffles broke out between delegates and riot police came in to clear the room. for

but there were ars he might try to escape his custody, so he was transferred to the hague for the rest of his trl. the case has been rningor a year a may take as long again befo the judges -- verdict. >> former mayor -- former mayor of rwanda has been sentenced to life jail for s role in the 1994 nocide. e tribunal backed by the u.n. found thean guilty of genocide, murder,nd rape. prosecutors say he played a key role in the massacres thated to 800,000 tutsisnd hutus dead. two french serity advisers in somalia hav been conducted i mogadishu. they were workin for the sali government, training sldiers when a group of armed men raided the tel. this was in an area controed by theransitional governnt raid in iran, authoritiesay theyave hanged 13 memrs of a sunni rebel group. members of te group were accused of terrorism, ardor, d kidnapng foreigners. they blamed the rebels for a series of attacks. by a measure, is a staggering profit -- wall stree's goldman sachs --oldman sachs has smashed assonance, deliving a $3.5 billio profit for its second quarter under tt is a more large number, $6.6 b

at the hague, a senior members of the south and north made a gentleman's agreement to accept the verdict. when it came, it clearly delighted the north. >> we have made very important gains in this court, given all of what we think was our rights. >> there had been fears that the ruling could provoke violence in sudan. 50,000 fled as the armies of the north and south clashed once more. they said there would not be trouble. >> i would expect this decision is going to prompt responses in the sudan. >> a source of tension for many years, supporting the north, clues from the south. political leaders have called for calm. but there are concerns that the sudanese might be directly affected by the ruling. >> tens of millions of people across asia have had a once in a lifetime chance to see a solar eclipse. reaction to this extraordinary planetary moment buried. many people work awed, others saw it as a bad omen. as the journey began egg -- across india, it raced inland towards china. the clips reached its peak over the south pacific. for six minutes and 35 seconds, it was 258 kilometers wide, th

. >>> attorneys for taylor have begun presenting his defense in the hague. is accused of leading a campaign of torture and murder during the campaign in sierra leone. his attorney says he tried to broker peace in the neighboring countries. >>> a former suspected not s -- as a guard has been charged. he is now 89 years old. he is accused of helping to heard thousands of jews into the gas chambers in poland. >>> there was a crushing electoral defeat in the capital of tokyo. it is the sixth municipal vote his party has lost in recent weeks. the other party has ruled japan for more than half a century. >>> there has been more violence in the western province of china. police in the capital shot two people dead on monday. it is not clear exactly what happened. we understand it happened in the ethnic district of the city. they said that further unrest will be dealt with firmly. >> we will firmly protect the dignity of the area. we will make every effort to track down the criminals that took part in the actions. we will put them on trial and punished them. >>> it i

we had our big conference in the hague, where we tried to get a global response with what we were doingnd the iranians were represented. obviously, i did not talk to them. they didç not talk to me. but they were there. greta: so you could be in the same room with them and just sort of not talk to each other. >> well, we really do not have any intention of talking to them. i do not. çbecause what we are interested in is north korea coming back to the table and continuing the negotiations that will lead to a the neutralized the korean peninsula. -- lead to a denuclearized korean peninsula. our relationship is conditioned on their willingness to give up nuclear weapons, and they have not yet agreed to do that. greta: how will that happen? the u.n. just upped it again. they have been sanctioned and sanctioned and sanctioned. they're people think we are about to invade them at any seconds, and their government hates us, as well. how can we ever get them to do something? nothing has worked so far. >> greta, i think there is a difference. in the last few months, we have had such a unanimity

enforce some sanctions if the hague convention is not followed? >> right.oans, to scientific projects to some conferences. these treaties are based on reciprocity. brazil is now a one-way street. return is not in their words except finally one judge 82-page decision return order with my son, but he is still in brazil. not only for my son but for the other american children trapped in brazil and in many other countries and some aren't hague countries. this will be a great piece of legislation to help all of our american children trapped in foreign lands. jon: patricia, this case seemed to be moving david and sean's way a month or two ago. all of a sudden it is stalled. how would you assess it right now? >> well, there are a number of applications that have been made. motions sought purely to delay this matter that have been dealt with by the court. we're hoping that bite middle to end of september, the appellate court will be able to address all of the appeals and affirm what we expect them to do, affirm the judge's decision and to return sean at that time.

i'm not suggesting he should be sent to the hague. >> charlie: but a much bigger issue. >> yes. charlie: and finly the judgment of henry kissinger without legacy, his most influence on history where in the end be china? >> that was nixon. the opening for chi was very much nixon. he was the engineer i thin the -- kissinger's rol was with t russiansand pushing the door open and established rust. >> charlie: d the ide of datonte. and the relationship with dubrenin. that's interesting. >> charlie: e long-time soviet ambassador. >> and they talked together as if they're old school chums li ll buckley and me wherehe conversations th the british ambaador is frigid. >> charlie: why is that? >> because the relations have not very good. it was not one of his great successes and ted heath didn likeeasur america or americans was unhelpful to you during the yom kiur war. >> crlie: sir aliair horne a savage w of peace, this kissinger, 19, the crucial ye. >> charlie: we closehis evening takingote of the serves from michael jackson, the entertainerho died on june 25th. aublic service fu of music

but under the terms of the hague convention, it was ordered that he immediately be brought home. >> ind she took this particular step of kidnapping the child. >> reporter: goldman says bruna warned him not to go to police, threatening -- >> i would never see my son again. >> reporter: her mother and brother say not true. was she threatening him? don't come, you'll never see your son? >> she asked him to come many, many times. >> reporter: goldman's attorney calls the invitation a bold-faced lie. meanwhile, years passed. sean was living in rio, learning portuguese and making friends. then tragically last august, his mom died hours after giving birth to a daughter. again, sean's world was about to change. a brazilian high court judge ordered sean's immediate return to goldman, concluding bruna's family had alienated the child from his real dad. sean's stepdad is making a legal claim for sean to stay in brazil, where he's lived half his life. >> i'm pleased with this decision today. >> reporter: why as a stepfather you're fighting for custody of another man's biological child? >> i was 60

military commission system, particularly the reform version, to an international court trial at the hague, we're much more for plaque of a better word liberal in terms of providing due process and protections to the accused than you would get if you would go to the hague. and i have no problem with that, quite frankly. i think that's a good thing. now, let's get back to what the courts are likely to look at in a military commission trial, mr. kris. i think the debate is a bit confusing. it's not so much whether the individual accused has a constitutional status as an american citizen, but the courts will look at these trials in terms of due process and they will make a judgment as to whether or not it meets some minimum standard expected of the american court, is that correct? >> that's essentially exactly what i was saying to the senator. >> that is correct. when you look at the history of the military commissions, the world war german trials is not exactly the showcase you would want to use. those trials were conducted in a matter of days, from the time the evidence was received, to jud

see you commit or condone a war crime i personally am reporting you to the war crimes tribunal in the hague and odierno, to his credit says, okay, and doesn't tell her the u.s. military and government do not subscribe to the war crimes tribunal. but she has strong will, voiced her opinions, one point, petraeus referred to her in meetings as odierno's insurgent. in 2007, talking became as important as fighting and listening as the most important aspect of talking and conversing. this really comes home in my favorite part of the book, the insurgent who loved titanic and began when captain sam cook. are you here, he is doing a master's degree in history now and is on ac disc duty but i thought he might be in d.c. this weekend. and sam is operating in the northern end of the sunni triangle and hears of a local insurgent leader who is radicalized by abu ghraib the detainee abuse scandal and since abu ghraib implanted over 200 bombs against american convoys. now, a few years ago an american captain hearing of this would launch a raid to kill and capture him and send him off to abu ghraib. sam, a

military commission system particularly the reformed version to an international court trial at the hague we're much more, for lack of a better word, liberal in terms of proo viding due process and protections to the accused than you would get if you were going to go to the hague. and i have no problem with that, quite frankly. i think that's a good thing. now, let's get back to what the courts are likely to look at in a military commission trial,

his presence on the ground when the hague's permanent court of arbitration announced a decision on the borders symbolized america's recommitment to the peace process. we need to make the same commitment to finding peace in darfur. almost five years ago, then-secretary of state colin powell testified before this committee that the united states had found a consistent and widespread pattern of atrocities that constituted genocide. he recommended that america increase the number of african union monitors and today the african union monitoring mission has been merged into the united states peacekeeping mission. i can tell you from first-hand gift as well as the data that we get, they are making a difference but it is yet to be fully deployed or full tactical mobility. millions of people remain in camps. under conditions made even worse when khartoum expelled 13 humanitarian organizations placing over a million people in potential jeopardy. general gration was right to make his first priority a special envoy the restoration of life saving assistance but we need to go further. when i was in

last week the permanent court of arbitration in the hague issued a ruling with respect to the boundary dispute in awaya, one of the major points of contention between north and south. national elections which were supposed to be held this month have been postponed until april of 2010. although these developments do not involve darfur directly, a resolution of the conflict in darfur is dependent on the complete and peaceful implementation of the comprehensive peace agreement between north and south. over the past five years, madam speaker, and even before that, the profound bipartisan congressional concern has not diminished, nor has it abated. tomorrow the africa subcommittee will hold a hearing on the africa -- on the global peace -- comprehensive peace agreement. on thursday the tom lantos human rights commission will do likewise. and the senate foreign relations committee has slated a hearing on it on thursday. this week we will also hear from general scott gfment raytian, the special envoy to sudan. during which time we'll hear further details about the administration's strategy in

opinion is setting a standard beyond what international law would require if they were brought to the hague't think we have weakened ourselves and all the money extra process providing these detainees will confer legitimacy to the giles that is necessary for us to win this war and i think we're close to producing a product the nation can be proud of. >> thank you for all the energy and effort and experience you have put into this effort to. and has been invaluable. >> thank you very much and thank you mr. chairman a for your work on this and i'm kind of a tag on here, and have some clarification questions. admiral hutson, and not following up from one senator gramm said, you made comments in regard to the commission and concept where recommendations it in your explanation you indicated you supported the concept. and have certain people on it and then you're kind of stopped in your explanation so i'm trying to find out the difference from then to now so i understand and have another follow-up -- i think the difference is time. we can't walk at cat back. we have tried this ties in it has been

right now we're at the hague has hagerstown airport. bodies are being taken to baltimore for autopsies. again, this all happened at 10 think last night. our crews arrived shortly after that. you're taking a look at the video we captured from the scene. you can see how devastating the crash was. all that is left of the chopper is a few charred pieces of the tail. it landed on interstate 70 and washington county. that is between hagerstown and frederick. we're told it was a robinson 4r piston engine helicopter. we have conflicting reports whether it was commercial or privately owned. we are hoping to learn more as the investigation continues. when it crashed down, it brown down some power lines with it. at that point the chopper did erupt into flames. it was a state trooper who was headed to work, that spotted it and reported it. crews arrived quickly on the scene. they found that nobody on the ground was hurt but found four people dead inside of the helicopter seated. no word on who these people are, where they came from or where they we

. >> the hague convention does consider the best interest of a child, length of time living in a differentact of kidnapping. >> you were talking earlier, sean was taken to brazil when he was four years old, he's now nine. you talk about early memories are there with the mom. >> that's what the family is arguing. they are arguing, do you snatch this kid back out of brazil. doesn't that substitute another abduction. again, the initial argument, you can't kidnap twice. >> the dad says it's a different story. he's there in brazil fighting to get him. he gave up his life here. he has visitation with him. he feels the child is being told to say this stuff. again, two sides to every story. in the end no one wins if the child isn't happy. >> david has won all the court arguments in the u.s. and higher court levels in brazil. >> do you think the child knows what's going on? >> he does. he does. you can't put the weight on the nine-year-old child to make the decision. do i stay with the family i've known the last five years of my life. i'm only nine. do i go back to my american father who loves me b

this stock has had a significant pop to the upside. so hague not a pig. aetna's the pig. stay away from aetna until it furthers back. >> michelle, what does it tell you? >> aetna is tethered to its moving average. fairly neutral. today's action is pretty meaningless on the chart. >> joe? >> also keep in mind, was aetna fundamentally the marginal decline which most of these entities realized in 2008, aetna put that off until 2009. you also clearly have a fundamental challenge if you're going to own aetna. i agree with jon. this is not a stock you want to touch until it moves back down to $20. >> speaking of health care names. time to take your position. amgen is on deck to report profits of $1.16. should you buy ahead of the results? joe, are you playing this name? >> you will see, michelle, from doing the show with karen that i liquidated amgen, got stopped down to $41. i told karen, you have to buy the stock. you have to own amgen. biggest, phenomenal company. don't think you're buying it ahead of earnings. the late-stage trial of osteoporosis drug is phenomenal. >> that

on voting rights in response to my question ignores a this is a fundamental right, she showed in the hague in case a difference for following congress and protecting voting rights. you'll be particularly burma as a look at the voting rights act. and she has shown understanding of privacy rights. here we don't have a court case is that we can look at but her response to our questions and your back and giving confidence as you will respect legal precedents in the man's privacy in the 21st century. as i said in the beginning mr. chairman this is my first opportunity to participate in the confirmation process of a supreme court nominee three years ago who told the people of maryland how i would judge judicial nominations. by their experience, their temperament and understanding of the constitution of the united states. of all these reasons i will vote for the confirmation of judge sotomayor to be justice sonia sotomayor. >> thank you very much, senator, i appreciate that. senator white house. >> thank you chairman and thank you for your wise and fair leadership of the use confirmation proceedi

not only to that country, but to the region and also for the sensitivity of this country as well. >> william hague. >> mr. speaker, we all recognize it is important to do more, and we will hold the government to the commitments she has made. moving on to government policy more broadly, what she put into play and english for every one the prime minister's assertion last week that total spending will continue to rise and will be 0% rise in 2013? [laughter] >> well, the right honorable gentleman will know that all of the figures are set out in the budget book. [laughter] and our commitment is very clear. we are investing now public investment to make sure that we held back out the economy get through this recession to make sure that the recession is shorter and shallower than it would otherwise be. and that means backing up businesses. it means protecting people's jobs. it means helping the unemployed. and it means ensuring that people don't face repossession. and we are taking the action, and he wants to concentrate on numbers because he wants to of wheat facing up to the fact that they have got pro

it's a warm start to the day. 81 degrees in washington. 76 in hague tears tow hagerstowd temperatures in the day and into tomorrow morning, there could be left over showers and less humid the remainder of the day and sunday, it should be a drier weekend, a nice one to head to artscape. for the beach forecast, 82 degrees for the high on average. can't rule out some morning showers or thunderstorms saturday, and then a mix of sun and clouds as we also dry out for the remainder of the weekend there. what about the roadways right now? as you head out, candace dold has a look at traffic edge. >> reporter: . >> reporter: thanks, steve. we will start with good news. here is 95 right at route 32. the cars are zipping along and that is not the case just a little bit further up. there's an overturned car between route 78 and route 100. it takes out two lanes. as a result you will want to stick with route 29. we do are delays in both directions on 91. the northbound end up to 295. we're in the red with a lengthy 17-minute commute. that alternate is definitely going to be needed this morning. tra