tunisia was the one shining example.rld that they have not been able to create and sustain one really consolidated liberal democracy? >> people are going to say i'm superinvested in tunisian democracy, especially where the arabs cannot get democracy. it's too soon to say the democracy has failed. but even if it does, even if we settle in for a period of more autoc autocratics. maybe we're still in it in the united states where there is a great deal of concern about the state of our democracy. i think what this shows to us is that democracy is not this endowment that you can just draw on forever, it's something that you've got to keep paying into and keep upholding. so getting and keeping democracy is hard in tunisia, it's hard in the arab world, and it's hard everywhere else, too. >> tard masoud, good to have you on. >> thanks, fareed. >>> next does the u.s. need a reconciliation system like africa had after apartheid? we'll explore that idea, when we come back. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now

mina, what's gone wrong in tunisia, and is the president's response proportionate, do you think?some people would say even years. - the covid—19 response has, - in large part, been lagging behind what people had been expecting. you've had deaths on average reaching 180 per day - of a population of only 11 million. you've hospitals turning people away because they have suffered. - and this has been happening primarily in the last - three or four months, _ so it's not as soon as the pandemic hit, when many countries around the world struggled to deal - with the pandemic, this. is actually more than a year after the pandemic was declared, l the country is still struggling. l in addition to that, - there is a real problem of corruption inside of tunisia. the president himselfl has said you're looking at around $4.6 billion that's been swindled away. - and so people's day—to—day lives have not improved - since the revolution more - than a decade ago and covid—19, of course, exacerbated it. now, what the president has done, he said would suspend _ parliament for 30 days —| the first we

tunisia was the one shining example. been able to create and sustain one really consolidated liberal democracy? >> certainly that's going to be the temptation. people are going to say i'm super invested in tunisian democracy. first of all, too easy to say tunisian democracy has failed. even if it does, if we do settle in for a period of more autocratic politics, does that mean the arabs can't have democracy? we've come out of a period where there's great concern about the state of our democracy. what this shows us is democracy is not this endowment you can draw on forever. it's something you have to keep paying into and keep upholding. so getting and keeping democracy is hard in tunisia, it's hard in the arab world, and it's hard everywhere else, too. >> tarek masoud, good to have you on. >> thanks, fareed. >>> next on "gps," does the u.s. need a truth and reconciliation commission like africa had after apartheid? we'll explore that intriguing idea when we come back. i strip on public transit. i strip with the guys. i st

in addition to that, - there is a real problem of corruption - inside of tunisia. swindled away. i and so people's day—to—day lives have not improved - since the revolution more - than a decade ago and covid—19, of course, exacerbated it. now, what the president has| done, he said would suspend parliament for 30 days — - the first week is about to end of that 30 days — and then has said we must work at fighting i corruption, gettingi better governance. and in general, people| in tunisia support that, and they feel tired - because the parliament and government has largely been spending most of its time - squabbling amongst itself. so there's a sense that we need somebody to bring all these - elements together and make it work. | however, what makes tunisia a success story is also - because it is a pluralistic- society, and that's important. in addition to the fact that - you have strong trade unions, you have strong civil society — that actually even predates i the revolution of a decade ago — and those actors- are still playing a prominent role and have said they w

reporter: bourguiba is tunisia. for 30 years, he's - fought for his country.for independence from france and was jailed - and exiled for his trouble. since independence, he's been his nation's leader. | i knew president bourguiba during the struggle against colonialism. in the equal rights law, he banned polygamy. he gave women social, political and economic rights. he introduced the law on 13th august 1956. thanks to this law, women were allowed to vote and also become politicians. i'm one of the founders of the tunisian women's union, and president bourguiba relied on us. reporter: in this school, 100 miles from tunis, - a teacher hammers home the newly discovered facts of female life to 60 teenagers. there are 13 such schools in tunisia, organised and staffed by the tunisian women's union, a militant and powerful body of opinion in the land. the teacher leaves them in no doubts about their right. she tells them, "you're not slaves any more. "you're like european women. "you have equal rights with men. "this you must understand." this law protected girls. fa

file footage: bourguiba is tunisia. for 30 years, he's fought for his country.tled for independence from france, and wasjailed and exiled for his trouble. since independence, he's been his nation's leader. translation: i knew president bourguiba during the struggle i against colonialism. in the equal rights law, he banned polygamy, he gave women social, political and economic rights. he introduced the law on 13 august, 1956. thanks to this law, women were allowed to vote and also become politicians. i am one of the founders of the tunisian women's union, and president bourguiba relied on us. file footage: in this school, 100 miles from tunis, - a teacher hammers home the newly discovered facts of female life to 60 teenagers. there are certain 13 such schools in tunisia, organised and staffed by the tunisian women's union, a militant and powerful body of opinion in the land. the teacher leaves them in no doubts about their right. she tells them, "you are not slaves anymore, you are like european women. you have equal rights with men. this, you must understand." t

a month after taking on emergency powers, tunisia extends suspension of parliament until further notice♪ >> thank you for joining in. this tropical depression has passed korea and in the sea of japan. damage has been done. more than 600 millimeters of rain, more than twice for the entire month, fell within 24 hours. the leftovers now impacting hunch to and hokkaido, sapporo has a high of 24 wednesday. we had concern of rain in the red -- the yellow river valley, but now our concern is this wet weather west of wuhan. we will watch that in the days to come. more than 1000 people have been first -- forced from their homes in sumatra. we will see some dry spells across java. inter-carter, 35 degrees wednesday. to australia, a deep area of low pressure. the deeper the low, the more intense. spinning wet weather toward victoria and south australia wednesday. that weather is diving into new zealand towards the southern alps. that will change. ♪ [indiscernible] >> dennis part of our culture to look our best. for that, people will spend money. >> everything you see on the catwalk but they do it

his family's reaction back in tunisia was just absolutely amazing.old on a critical date for the north african country in tunisia. it was the day that their president decided that he was going to suspend parliament. so a lot of people were saying, on this day, it was a ray of hope, in the middle of a dark night for our country. still a lot of unrest in tunisia, but occupied offered a lot of hope and celebration, their first gold, they are first medal for tunisia. >> their first one, and a gold? quite the upset. that's why everybody tunes into the olympics, you just want to root for the underdog, the person who is coming from behind with the big win. i love seeing families reactions as well on the web cams, even though they could not be there, i know it was tough for the athletes, i love seeing their hometowns. >> absolutely great. and the closing ceremonies, once again, are set to begin in tokyo. we will have a live report from tokyo, moments away, taking place right there at the japan national stadium. >> and still to come, also that couple we told

and a month after taking on emergency powers, tunisia president extends the suspension of parliament until further notice the ah hello, thank you for joining in nice to see you. tropical depression own bias has slung through south korea. it's now settled into the sea of japan, but the damage has been done for the southern coastal city and south korea. more than $600.00 millimeters of rain. that is twice the amount you should get for the entire month of august. and this fell within 24 hours. so the leftovers of home ice now impacting honshu and also who kind of support or has a high of 24 degrees on wednesday. you know, we did have concern over rain falling across the yellow river valley in and around just show up. but now our concern is dispatch of what weather just west of watch on along the gang see river valley. so we will watch that in the days to come, or then a 1000 people have been forced from their homes on the island of sumatra because of flooding. still some rain there, but we will see some dry spells. same goes across java jakarta, high of $33.00 degrees on wednesday, off

well now to tunisia, the president has extended the suspension of parliament until further notice nearly a month after taking on emergency powers. at the same time, the leader of the largest political party and has dissolved executive committee sar hierarchy has more at the store. last night he said it was an exceptional measure, a response to cannot make political crises. on july 25, president by side sax prime minister sham the she, she phrase parliament and the dish will power. he insists it was not ok. so this cool. it's a threat to one of the regions, few democracy centers. these decisions have no basis in the constitution, nor in the law. this is a coup against the constitution against the 2011 revolution and against liberties. in one month, the president has dismissed and replaced ministers and promised to crack down on corruption. the several m. p. 's have been arrested. the court cases being false, drugs alger zeros bureau was shut down without an explanation. and to new york times, reporters were detained. briefly car side though is promising freedom of expression and then with

now some news to bring you that's just in the speaker of tunisia is frozen parliament rashid. i knew she has been transferred to a military hospital. now there's been no details released as to why i knew she has been sent to not hospital of the 8 year old who is also head of the parliament largest party and not did spend a week in hospital last month after contracting cove at 19. and now this does come a difficult, sensitive and quite significant time for the country after the president chi said in a major decision decided to suspend the parliament. so parliament was been, has been dissolved. the government has been effectively sacks with the firing of some top officials and essentially he took control of the countries democracy. now we're following other stories as well as our in the u. s. is saying that it's confident iran was behind an attack last week on an israeli managed tanker off the coast of oman. but ron continues to deny any row for the strike on the n. v must street tanker in which 2 people were killed. the u. k. government has also condemned the attack, calling it

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tunisia's newest media star is a welcome distraction for the country, suffering from a stagnant economyoronavirus and an escalating political crisis. the parliament has been suspended for 30 days. despite the chaos and uncertainty in government, they are seeing this as a bright win. michael phelps called the performance an unbelievable swim. neighbors poured out to greetity the newly minted champion. as one man said, seeing him touch that wall first was a win for everyone. >> translator: when i was watching i cannot tell you how we felt at this final moment. he said, this is the feeling of every tunisian. and an underdog going from lane eight to the top of the podium. giving much needed hope to the country he returns to. >> thanks so make he will for that story. a popular tourist spot in tokyo has evacuated thousands of people from raging wildfireses and in some cases they are staying to fight for all they have. we have that story next. open talenti and raise the jar. to gelato made from scratch. raise the jar to all five layers. raise the jar to the best gelato... you've ever tasted. t

mistakenly believe taliban fighters or inside now and other stories are following the speaker of tunisia is dissolved parliament. rasheeda knew she has been transferred to a military hospital, the 8 year old who is over head of the parliament's largest party and after spent a week in hospital last month after contracting cove. at 19 the international olympic committee has spoken with an athlete who is trying to stay in japan after falling out with team officials and russian sprinter. christina tim on sky was seen at the airport in tokyo on sunday, asking japanese police officers for help. she told a journalist that she was taken to the vote against will. after making a public complaint about the people training. i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o c to get involved in this . and some news from me and my web 6 month after seizing power in a qu, the military inter is naming itself a can take a government name on lie will become the prime minister. he

president, i have the honor to make the statement on behalf of the a3 plus one -- namely, kenya, tunisia, st. vincent, the grenadines, and niger. i thank secretary-general for his statement. the efforts deployed by the u.n. in the search for a durable solution to the afghan crisis, which has been developing in warring ways the past few days. mr. president, this meeting comes on the heels of a similar meeting we held on the sixth of this month. if at that time we still harbored hope for the taliban to heed our appeal and stop their attacks, today, we are faced with a fee to complete, with -- fait accompli, with the effective collapse of the afghan government and a takeover by the insurgents. we deplore the violence, human rights abuses, loss-of-life, and suffering of the civilian population forced to leave their areas because of the latest combat all over the country. we reiterate our call for an immediate end to the hostilities. we reiterate our principal rejection for any seizure of power by force and call for an establishment of an effective dialogue, convinced it is the only viable so

tunisia's president has attacked parliamentalling it a danger to the state as the political crisis continues has extended the suspension of parliament until further notice. sally has the latest for us. >> this country lives in a state of uncertainty. no one knows what is going to happen next. the president has suspended parliament indefinitely. his decision was called a clear breach of the constitution. he said the country should be back to its political path. the president called parliament a danger that threatens the state. he said he cannot talk to corrupt politicians. the country suffers from huge budget deficit, crippling debt, and people do not know when they can look forward to a better tomorrow. >> let's look at international reaction to the attacks in kabul. germany has called it heinous and says a htal plan is on standby to help people at the airport. >> there is a high level of pressure to be exerted in the mission to airlift people out. the window of opportunity is closing. tens of thousands of people have been airlifted to security. those who have not been able to leave with the

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to poland, and ukraine, and turn into detentioi centers from those running from iran, iraq, libya, tunisiaorter: unmistakable are the conditions at these migrants centers. they arent so bad. their refusal of refugee status to migrant. guards responded with rubberr bullet. but they are only the immediate difficulties migrants face.1/dz■ parliament ince july ruled that the governme could immediately deport migrant=%k after they refused asylum, even if an appeals made. persecuted or not, they are now in limbo, and no one wants to claim responsibility. hell. >> intense wildfires in the western united states can be seen from space, and they' showing no signs of letting up. so officials hope new technology can help combat such blazes. our tech)n>p reporter james has been flying over washingtoni state and sent us this report. >> repo(h fire in northern california. it's been blazing since thee middle of july, and it'ss continued to grow.w. it's now the second-largest l history. it's already consumed an entiree town, yet it's just one of the many fires americans have faced this year. the weather ou

the president of tunisia has extended the suspension of parliament and parliamentary immunity until furtherthority last month in a surprise move that his opponents labeled as a coup. he's defended his actions, saying the measures which included the sacking of the prime minister, were necessary to save the country from collapse. the leader of the far—right proud boys group in the united states has been sentenced to five months injail after being found guilty of misdemeanour offences during a pro—trump demonstration last december. sorry, we haven't got the pictures for that at the moment. henry tarrio, known to his followers as enrique, admitted burning a black lives matter banner. rescue crews are still searching for dozens of people missing in rural humphreys county, tennessee after flash floods devastated the region. at least 22 people have been killed, including two young children. emergency workers now searching door—to—door, as families face a harrowing wait for news of their loved ones. tanya dendrinos reports. as the water recedes in tennessee, the scale of destruction becomes all the

president, i have the honor to make this statement on behalf of the a3 plus one, namely kenya, tunisia, st. vincent and the grenadines, and new share -- and niger. the a3 plus one reiterates its support for the efforts deployed by the u.n. in the search for a durable solution to the afghan crisis. which has been developing and worrying ways in the past few days. mr. president, this meeting comes on the heels of a similar meeting we held on the six of this month. at that time, we still held out hope, as thin as that might have been, for the taliban to stop their attacks. today, we are faced with a fate a complete -- a fait accompli. the suffering endured by the civilian population forced to leave their areas because of the latest combat all over the country, we reiterate our call for an immediate end to the hostilities. we reiterate our rejection for any seizure of power by force and call for the establishment of an effective dialogue. we take note of the discussions between the taliban and different afghan stakeholders. we hope these negotiations will resolve in an interim transitional

tunisia. >> that's what makes the olympics so special. . >> that's what i was about to say. in all the nations including the u.s. of a. >> "nightly news" is next. >> see you at 11:00. >>> tonight new covid records as cases rise nationwide. hospitalizations reaching new highs in some areas. the extra covid units being quickly built, and the rush to hire more nurses. florida now the epicenter with more cases than they have ever had, and this warning from dr. fauci. >> things are going to get worse. >> the risk to the young, 62 children hospitalized last month in one hospital alone as lawmakers, teachers and parents square off over the issue of mask-wearing in class. one school just back has 15 cases already. and new concern over the delta variant and nursing homes. more than 40% of the workers at them aren't vaccinated. gold rush in tokyo. u.s. swimmers shattering records and raking in medals, including bobby finke's second thrilling underdog win and the american gymnast triumphing after being thrust back no competition after simone biles pulled out. >>> fighting eviction. mil

and ukraine and turn into a detention centre for those running from afghanistan, iran, iraq, syria, tunisiais migrant centre. there are so bad migrants started to write recently. guides responded with rubber bullets but these are only the immediate difficulties faced. parliament injuly will that parliament in july will that the parliament injuly will that the government could immediately deport migrants after they refused asylum. even if an appeal is made. so there's helping migrants worried for their safety. there are concerns _ worried for their safety. there are concerns of _ worried for their safety. there are concerns of those - are concerns of those amendments of the law in correspondence with human rights documents and eu law. procedures should be applied in such a way that we are not sending back people who are actually coming in asking for asylum because of the persecution. asylum because of the ersecution. , . ., ., persecution. persecuted or not, the are persecution. persecuted or not, they are now — persecution. persecuted or not, they are now in _ persecution. persecuted or not

and then with that, if you put us despite the crisis that tunisia is living, it's still operates with freedom of expression and with human rights built on the constitution. and faced with some difficulties in some areas or with some administrations other than these aren't intentional obstacles. while sides has been trying to reassure to his unions and human rights group concerns still remain. so there is an administrative decision called s. 17, but it's an engine state. it was used before for, for so many years, especially with regards to dentists preventing suspects of terrorism from leaving the country. this is expanded to other categories including m. e 's, former as government members, some businessman and so how much time this is going to be is an essential issue. since the freezing of parliament, there's little appetites, a protest president science decision appears to be popular. and is he in say they're fed up with high unemployment and rising poverty? both made was by the pandemic. and they blamed the main political parties including the largest sonata service since the crack

of the day, katya a little bit of the young al jazeera, the party that rose to prominence during tunisia. the revolution has softened it. stones on the latest crisis in the country and act upon me the rest of the 100. she says the current political turmoil is an opportunity for a form, the different tone to the one he struck last month when he accused the tunisian president of staging. a qu kai said, froze parliament sack the prime minister and ban public gatherings. often mass protest is still hasn't announced a new government. israel's defense minister is warned, the country is ready to strike iran in response to a drawing attack on an oil tank off the coast of amman about a week ago. and he gans delivered the warning as israel also urged the united nations to take action. 2 people were killed in the attack, the u. s. u k, and others back israel's assertions that iran was behind the incident, but its leaders have denied any involvement. israel called the incident an escalation in iran activities in the region. the abil, hamid has more from west jerusalem. well, certainly it's been a te

yesterday we had record heat in tunisia and algeria.pressure bringing that heat looks likely to drift that further west as we move towards the weekend. so we could see some extreme heat this weekend are developing inland across spain. if we get a lot —— above a7.3, that will be their highest amateur ever recorded. more details about that, but north africa, the mediterranean and north america, on a website. a reminder of our top story. there are calls for the reform of a—levels after a record number of entries awarded top grades. labour says ministers must do more to address inequalities. the attainment i a . address inequalities. the attainment ca - was address inequalities. the attainment aa- was too address inequalities. the attainment gap was too big _ address inequalities. the attainment gap was too big before _ address inequalities. the attainment gap was too big before we _ address inequalities. the attainment gap was too big before we went - address inequalities. the attainment gap was too big before we went into | gap was too bi

return quickly to the democratic path and said that tunisia, democracy must be based on fundamental rights. strong institutions as well as the rule of law. now, the call also focused on the critical need of leaders to create a plan, the practical plan to get out of the current political crisis and including the naming of a new prime minister, the formation of a new government, as well as stabilizing the economic situation. and a protracted and burgeoning coven health crisis in the country. now, this has come after president tunisian president side has reiterated over the past several days, and he took some extraordinary measures last sunday, which included the stocking of prime minister, his m a. c. c. the freezing of parliament as well as the removal of parliamentary immunity. he's been making assurances to leaders and media like saying that he will not become a dictator. that he respect fundamental rights and freedom. and that he's acting within the constitution and saying that he knows the constitution very well. these reassurances however come after what some see is a crack down the re

tunisia's president has attacked the country's parliament, calling it a "danger to the state", as theliament "until further notice". sally nabil has the latest. this country lives in a state of uncertainty. no one knows what is going to happen next. the president has suspended the parliament indefinitely and since then, another party which is a moderate islamist party which is a moderate islamist party that enjoys a parliamentary majority called his decision a clear breach of the constitution for so they said the country should be back to his political path, and on the other hand the president called the parliament a danger that threatens the state. he also said that he cannot talk to corrupt politicians. the country also suffers from huge budget deficit, crippling debts and people here do not know when they can look forward to a better tomorrow. let's look at some of the international reaction to the attacks in kabul. germany has called it a heinous attack and says a hospital plane is on standby to help treat injured people at kabul airport. here's chancellor angela merkel. we know t

and that's why we saw, for example, in tunisia, what was then there is limits leader, russia. but unless you openly saying that idea, you no longer works. we've got to move away from it. now all of that said what, where, where we are seeing progress in parts of the islamist movement to move away from the ideology. what was happening happening and when it's done, gives people a sense of hope that perhaps the flame of islam is in gaza and, and get this done. and in iran and elsewhere, it could continue to be burned. ok. so let's try them to start with kind of look a bit more because they're just re, some sort of like identity crisis going on right now that we're witnessing something on several levels. a new nation had for example, being pushed in by the taliban and being pushed back by those who don't quite agree with the positioning of what their version or their idea of nationhood is. so i'm glad you asked about both of those important points. i have one nationhood and 2 idea, nationhood for the afghan to something very ancient and it's an ancient civilization . alexander the

many worried, a purge may have begun. ciocca, according to tunisia, military judges though yours was jailed in connection with a 2018 verdict issued against him for defaming the army. hours later another member of parliament mahard seed was arrested on saturday, a video posted on line showed him saying he had been liberated. but according to his lawyer, he was later taken away by security forces and his whereabouts are unknown. the president has denied having anything to do with these arrests. last week when he suspended parliament for 30 days, he also lifted the immunity of its members, which means and legislators with cases against them can now be arrested. and just a matter of days, the president has sacked, the defense minister acting just as minister and prime minister, who was also serving as acting interior minister only an interim interior minister has been name so far, leading many to speculate when other appointments will be made for the moment valued the move to seize executive control appears again. widespread supports in asia of fragile democracy whose population has gro

r juice to tunisia. so we are speaking about at least 450 kilometers. ok. just looking at pictures again. now we're watching people. there are firefighters, but we were watching people trying to bat the flames down with branches and trees. the, the absolute desperation which they must be going through. it's i just can't quite imagine it to be on us to tell me, tell me your thoughts on what people are going through. yes, people are living there. they are working there. a lot of them are are farmers, so they have to get a taken so they have chips so they try to keep the corporate is as much as they can. so that's why we see that people are gathering and trying to fight. thank julie. the, the fire, the flings, but it's very hard because they need, you know, the temperatures are really, really, really high. and those high high winds things not one week. so it's very, very hard to, for them to, to fight, to fight fires with so few equipment. so each and that's why we have that unfortunate that fall off of $265.00 people the because rather than, than living rathe

the president of tunisia has extended the suspension of parliament and parliamentary immunity until furthery last month in a surprise move that his opponents labeled as a coup. he's defended his actions, saying the measures which included the sacking of the prime minister, were necessary to save the country from collapse. many survivors of the earthquake that killed more than 2,200 people in southern haiti ten days ago are growing worried about how they will provide for theirfamilies, with more than half a million children feared to be at risk from the disaster. marcsojean is the headteacher of the perfect technics institute, a school in aquin, in southern haiti. hejoins me now on the line from there. just if we could start, what has been your experience of your own pupils? what sort of condition do they find themselves in now? yes, i am themselves in now? yes, i am the head _ themselves in now? yes, i am the head teacher. _ themselves in now? yes, i am the head teacher. the - themselves in now? yes, i am| the head teacher. the situation is not good. people are on the streets and they are i

the party that rose to prominence during tunisia revolution has softened its storms on the latest crisis facing country. the enact parts either rashid, the 100, she says the current political turmoil is an opportunity for a form different tone to one who struck last month when he accused the tunisian president of staging a true case said, froze, parliament sank, the prime minister and ban public gatherings. after mass protests, he still hasn't announced a new government. sam kimball is a journalist based in tunis and brings us more. this is in contrast to the parties earlier statements, which are called the actions a, a coo and separately critique the actions. now, the members of the party, it seems, some of them were dissatisfied with the course of the discussion on the party politics as some members of the party less than meeting midway through. today, there's been another development this morning at the sac prime minister. he's embassy, she was seen in video at the national anti corruption authority declaring officially declaring his assets and properties. and this is after an absence

the president of tunisia has extended the suspension of parliament and parliamentary immunity until furthere authority last month in a surprise move that his opponents labeled as a coup. he's defended his actions, saying the measures which included the sacking of the prime minister, were necessary to save the country from collapse. the leader of the far—right proud boys group in the united states has been sentenced to five months injail after being found guilty of misdemeanour offences during a pro—trump demonstration last december. henry tarrio, known to his followers as enrique, admitted burning a black lives matter banner. eight members of the climate change campaign group extinction rebellion have been arrested after mass protest in central london. the anti—fossil fuel protestors are fastening chairs to the ground to express solidarity with nations disproportionately affected by climate change. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. we meet india's rising para—badminton star — as she prepares to make her debut, at the paralympics in tokyo. he's the first african—american to win the pr

iran turkey tunisia morocco places such as this um eisenhower's was very impressed. by how all his meetings with these leaders went. for example, um since his photograph is up there. i'll use the example of pakistan president ayub khan eisenhower's with his bearing and and how he discussed developing. an emerging democracy in the nation of pakistan from the very beginning i conceived for president ayub a warm affection which still endures endures? i have more than once disagreed with his views, but i had no reason to doubt his sincerity. and eisenhower's meetings with leaders throughout these trips. i'm mostly resulted in in similar feelings. it was equally impressed with prime minister nehru of india. private discussions with the charismatic leader led ike to write understanding between our two governments had been deepened. i felt and our ease of communication improved. basically these visits were designed to exposed to a world that had never met americans what america was about? and to also counter some of the communist propaganda about america and proved to the r