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CSPAN3 : May 15, 2012 1:00pm-1:30pm EDT
administration has provided approximately $165 million to the u.n. fpa. mr. chen as we know was blinded by a severe fever as an infant. and is a self-taught lawyer. he garnered international attention in 2005 when he organizationed a class action lawsuit against local officials who are forcing women to undergo abortions and sterilizations to comply with china's one child per couple policy. there were as many as 130,000 involuntarily abortions and sterilizations performed in a county in a single year. in response to his heroic efforts to defend women and men from forced sterilization and women from forced abortion, mr. chen was sentenced to 51 months in prison on trumped up charges. >>> are corroborating his fears. chinese officials starting breaking in the homes of his family in the same village and rounding up those who have assisted him for interrogations. when local officials and thugs broke into the home of mr. guangcheng's his -- the day after the emergency hearing on may 4th. the chinese ministry of foreign affairs posted on their website, a chinese citizen like mr. chen may apply like
administration has provided approximately $165 million to the u.n. fpa. mr. chen as we know was blinded by a severe fever as an infant. and is a self-taught lawyer. he garnered international attention in 2005 when he organizationed a class action lawsuit against local officials who are forcing women to undergo abortions and sterilizations to comply with china's one child per couple policy. there were as many as 130,000 involuntarily abortions and sterilizations performed in a county in a...
CSPAN3 : May 17, 2012 9:00am-9:30am EDT
guancheng on the line. >> emory, would you join us? mr. chen, you are on. >> mr. chen, welcome back. >> translator: i just want to talk to what happened to my other family members. around midnight a group of government led by the local township leader and raided my elder brother's home at midnight. >> translator: around midnight a group of thugs of the local authorities broke into my elder brother's home and just started beating them violently. >> translator: and my elder brother was taken away by this thugs and without any reasoning and then they came back and started beating up my nephew and for -- they use sticks and violently beating up him and then for three hours he's bleeding on his head and his face was not stopped and so this is so violent that my nephew to my knowledge had to defend himself. pinterest >> translator: this attack against my nephew for so-called intentional homicide is totally trumped up charge. and for himself at his own home to be accused of committing this crime of intentional homicide against the intruders is totally absurd and irrational, unreasonable. >
guancheng on the line. >> emory, would you join us? mr. chen, you are on. >> mr. chen, welcome back. >> translator: i just want to talk to what happened to my other family members. around midnight a group of government led by the local township leader and raided my elder brother's home at midnight. >> translator: around midnight a group of thugs of the local authorities broke into my elder brother's home and just started beating them violently. >> translator: and...
week is ago. we do now have shg schen guangc on the line. ann marie, would you join us? >> chen, mr. chen, you are on -- welcome back. [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: i just want to talk about what had happened to my other family members after i escaped from my own home. and on april 26th, around midnight, a group of chinese government, the local government hard thugs led by the township leader, and raided my elder brother's home at midnight. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: around midnight there was a group of thugs by the chinese, the local authorities, just broke into my elder brother's home, and started beating them violently. [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: and my elder brother was taken away by these thugs and without any reasoning, and then they came back and started beating up my nephew, and for -- used stakes and violently had beaten up him and then for three hours, he's bleeding on his head and his face, which not stopped. so this is s
week is ago. we do now have shg schen guangc on the line. ann marie, would you join us? >> chen, mr. chen, you are on -- welcome back. [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: i just want to talk about what had happened to my other family members after i escaped from my own home. and on april 26th, around midnight, a group of chinese government, the local government hard thugs led by the township leader, and...
free. >> mr. chen, thank you so very much. we will continue -- this is the third hearing. the first one was last -- last november when we thought you had disappeared. this is the third hearing, and i can assure you as both the chairman of the china commission and the human rights committee of the house of representatives we will never cease in our advocacy for you, your family, your extended family, your friends and the very important human rights cause that you espoused, defending women from the crime of forced abortion and forced sterilization so thank you very much. [ speaking foreign language ] >> thank you. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> so i want to let you know that i have been praying for you, and your courage has inspired all of our women, and we -- i've been praying for you every day, and one day that this evil one-wild policy will be abolished soon. >> that's okay. >> thank you. >> mr. chen, thank you. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: i have a final word that i want to emphasize. those -- what had happened to my family and to my ext
free. >> mr. chen, thank you so very much. we will continue -- this is the third hearing. the first one was last -- last november when we thought you had disappeared. this is the third hearing, and i can assure you as both the chairman of the china commission and the human rights committee of the house of representatives we will never cease in our advocacy for you, your family, your extended family, your friends and the very important human rights cause that you espoused, defending women...
Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer : CURRENT : May 3, 2012 8:00pm-9:00pm PDT
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is mr. chen and why is the entire world focused on him? is he that important? was he that fundamental of civil rights voice in china. >> well, you gave a pretty good synopsis of what he is trying to do what makes him unusual as an activist in china who has come to the attention and not positively so the chinese government is actually his instinct was to find a way to continue his activism while staying in china. the united states has a long history of -- of bringing activists from china, safe passage in asylum in the united states so this was potentially a revolutionary situation. unfortunately china has reverted back to form. they have been cracking down on dissidents for a number of years since the beijing olympics. they don't want to see a beijing spring, and it has been a very tough time for mr. chen and other activists. he was able to evade house arrest as a blind activist. extraordinary gesture of her rowism. >> the gesture really is something straight out of a hollywood script. you read the stories and say this doesn't happen in the real world. apparently it does. w
is mr. chen and why is the entire world focused on him? is he that important? was he that fundamental of civil rights voice in china. >> well, you gave a pretty good synopsis of what he is trying to do what makes him unusual as an activist in china who has come to the attention and not positively so the chinese government is actually his instinct was to find a way to continue his activism while staying in china. the united states has a long history of -- of bringing activists from china,...
Tonight From Washington : CSPAN2 : May 15, 2012 8:00pm-11:00pm EDT
hospital awaiting travel documents waiting to leave the country. mr. chen guangcheng speaks speechless by speakerphone. this is about two hours. >> the meeting will come to order. i want to thank all of you for joining us in this hearing for examining chinese rights defender chen guangcheng, and a lot of his family and others who have been targeted by chinese officials in connection to this case. this hearing will also focus on chen guangcheng cause. he is among the bravest defenders of women's rights in the world. he descended thousands of women from the most egregious, systematic state-sponsored explication and abuse of women in history. perverse forced abortions and involuntary sterilization per tennis one couple child policy. as a result of his defense, he suffered cruel torture, degrading treatment, unjust incarceration, and multiple beatings. the sheer magnitude of this exploitation of women has been largely overlooked and trivialized by many, and even enabled. the united nations population fund has for over 30 years supported and defended and whitewashed the crimes against women an
hospital awaiting travel documents waiting to leave the country. mr. chen guangcheng speaks speechless by speakerphone. this is about two hours. >> the meeting will come to order. i want to thank all of you for joining us in this hearing for examining chinese rights defender chen guangcheng, and a lot of his family and others who have been targeted by chinese officials in connection to this case. this hearing will also focus on chen guangcheng cause. he is among the bravest defenders of...
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BBC World News : WHUT : May 17, 2012 7:00am-7:30am EDT
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chen guangcheng has confirmed to the bbc he expects to be given a passport in the next two weeks. mr. chen has been in at the center of a diplomatic quarrel between the u.s. and china. martin patients is in beijing. >> initially, mr. chen was supposed to stay in china and pursue studies. that deal quickly unravelled in a matter of hours after mr. chen said beijing would not guarantee his safety. the blind activist now says he wants to study in the u.s. that position is supported by a the obama administration. mr. chen does not have a passport, although there has been movement on that front. here is what the blind activist had to say to us when we spoke to him a little bit earlier. >> [speaking foreign language] >> people from the immigration administration department have here. we had our pictures taken and forms were filled out. they said within 15 days. once they get the passport, they should not bother with this anymore. they did not promise the passport. they did not say anything definitely. i cannot look at the moment. my wife also needs approval to go outside. i believe it woul
chen guangcheng has confirmed to the bbc he expects to be given a passport in the next two weeks. mr. chen has been in at the center of a diplomatic quarrel between the u.s. and china. martin patients is in beijing. >> initially, mr. chen was supposed to stay in china and pursue studies. that deal quickly unravelled in a matter of hours after mr. chen said beijing would not guarantee his safety. the blind activist now says he wants to study in the u.s. that position is supported by a the...
Capital News Today : CSPAN2 : May 15, 2012 11:00pm-2:00am EDT
currently in a beijing hospital awaiting documents allowing him to leave the country. mr. chen speaks of his hearing by speakerphone. this is two hours. >> meeting will come to order. i want to thank all of you for joining us for this hearing to examine the status of chinese human rights defender, chen guangcheng, and that of his family and others who have been targeted by chinese officials in connection with this case. this hearing will also focus on chen's costs. chen guangcheng is among the greatest defenders of women's rights in the world. chen descended thousands of women from the egregious systematic exploitation and abuse of women in human history. pervasive forced abortions and involuntary sterilization as part of china's one child per couple policy. and has suffered as a result of his defense, cruel torture, degrading treatment, unjust incarceration, and multiple beatings. the sheer magnitude of this exploitation of women has been largely overlooked and trivialized by many, and even enabled. the united nations population fund has for over 30 years supported, defended and whit
currently in a beijing hospital awaiting documents allowing him to leave the country. mr. chen speaks of his hearing by speakerphone. this is two hours. >> meeting will come to order. i want to thank all of you for joining us for this hearing to examine the status of chinese human rights defender, chen guangcheng, and that of his family and others who have been targeted by chinese officials in connection with this case. this hearing will also focus on chen's costs. chen guangcheng is...
Starting Point : CNN : May 4, 2012 7:00am-9:00am EDT
spoke by phone with mr. chen, they also met with his wife in person. now these developments could help get secretary of state hillary clinton out of a tough spot. mr. chen made a direct appeal to secretary clinton to take him back to the united states with her. mr. chen is still being held in a beijing hospital after his daring escape from house arrest under the cover of night. you'll remember he slipped past chinese guards back on april 22nd. he was then drifg ven to the u. embassy in beijing where he sought refuge until this past wednesday where he left for medical treatment at the hospital where he was reunited with his wife and two children. yesterday chen made it clear he regretted leaving the embassy saying he was concerned for both his and his family's safety. and he said he wanted to leave china with secretary clinton. at a state department press briefing yesterday, spokesman mark toner was asked by our state department producer about america's plan of action. >> we're not sure, in fact, what his intentions are, what his goals are, now that he's had a change of heart. >> i
spoke by phone with mr. chen, they also met with his wife in person. now these developments could help get secretary of state hillary clinton out of a tough spot. mr. chen made a direct appeal to secretary clinton to take him back to the united states with her. mr. chen is still being held in a beijing hospital after his daring escape from house arrest under the cover of night. you'll remember he slipped past chinese guards back on april 22nd. he was then drifg ven to the u. embassy in beijing...
BBC World News : KQEH : May 21, 2012 6:00pm-6:30pm PDT
york university where mr. chen will be steady. mr. cohen, thank you for joining us. how has it been for him to arrive in the u.s.? gretzky is doing very well. i just -- >> he is doing very well. i just had dinner with him and his wife. they have only been here 50 hours, but they are already adjusting. good indeed, 50 hours in the united states. as you mentioned, still adjusting to the new life in america. you mentioned in another conversation that mr. chen is seriously troubled because he cannot protect others who protected him in china. >> that is right. he inevitably feel guilty about leaving, especially his nephew, who is locked up in criminal the tension in their village -- criminal the tension in their village. and others also who aided him when he got to beijing and needed shelter before he found his way to the american embassy. >> now that he is just a few days in the united states, has he already told you what his future plans are? does he still planned to eventually go back to china? >> yes, that is the hope. he has come here to study. he is only 40 years old. he's got perh
york university where mr. chen will be steady. mr. cohen, thank you for joining us. how has it been for him to arrive in the u.s.? gretzky is doing very well. i just -- >> he is doing very well. i just had dinner with him and his wife. they have only been here 50 hours, but they are already adjusting. good indeed, 50 hours in the united states. as you mentioned, still adjusting to the new life in america. you mentioned in another conversation that mr. chen is seriously troubled because...
BBC World News : WHUT : May 4, 2012 7:00am-7:30am EDT
authorities to apply to study abroad. there have been conflicting reports as to whether mr. chen wanted to leave china ever since his dramatic escape from house arrest last week. we're going to bring you the press conference as soon as she starts speaking. first this report by martin patience in beijing. >> china's police have thrown a ring of security around the hospital. dissent isn't tolerated here, as these people outside the building found out. american officials continue to search for a solution to end this crisis. the deputy u.s. ambassador arrived at the hospital with mobile phones for chen guangcheng, but he wasn't allowed to enter the building. speaking on the phone, the blind activist said he'd been detained. >> let me tell you, i can tell you only one thing. my situation right now is very dangerous. for two days, american officials who have wanted to come and see me have not been allowed in. >> he had angered china authorities after exposing abuses under the country's one-child policy. after escaping from house arrest, he fought sanctuary at the u.s. embassy. -- he sought sa
authorities to apply to study abroad. there have been conflicting reports as to whether mr. chen wanted to leave china ever since his dramatic escape from house arrest last week. we're going to bring you the press conference as soon as she starts speaking. first this report by martin patience in beijing. >> china's police have thrown a ring of security around the hospital. dissent isn't tolerated here, as these people outside the building found out. american officials continue to search...
The Rachel Maddow Show : MSNBC : May 4, 2012 4:00am-5:00am EDT
activity is what mr. chen did before he was imprisoned for more than four years. he was released last year, only to be kept with his family under constant surveillance in a strict house arrest. his family says they were beaten regularly, particularly when they tried to communicate with the outside world. this is what happened in october of last year when a mcclatchy news reporter tried to reach his house to interview him. watch. >> in a split second after the man in black heard i was a journalist, he lunged through the window screaming and tried to drag my news assistant out of the car. this next scene picks up at what followed. the man in black sprinted back to the silver volkswagen and took off after us. >> 11 days ago, mr. chen escaped house arrest and in a daring intrick cattily planned plot, he pretended to be sick and bed ridden for weeks. on a moonless night, he sneaked past sleeping guards and heaved himself over the first of several walls, injured himself badly during his escape. he hurt his foot and got in touch with fellow rights activists who helped hide him. one told reporters
activity is what mr. chen did before he was imprisoned for more than four years. he was released last year, only to be kept with his family under constant surveillance in a strict house arrest. his family says they were beaten regularly, particularly when they tried to communicate with the outside world. this is what happened in october of last year when a mcclatchy news reporter tried to reach his house to interview him. watch. >> in a split second after the man in black heard i was a...
BBC World News America : KQED : May 4, 2012 4:00pm-4:30pm PDT
u.s. deputy ambassador had the mediation of being prevented from seeing mr. chen. -- the u.s. deputy ambassador had be a humiliation of being prevented from seeing mr. chen. an american doctor and translator were the only ones allowed in. he has been allowed to to apply to go abroad if he wanted. hillary clinton had been meeting with the chinese leaders to talk about how they could work together. what might make this easier, news that a u.s. university has offered mr. chen a law fellowships. >> progress as a maid to help him get the future that he wants. we will be staying in touch with him. >> for now, hillary clinton wraps up meetings with chinese leaders and prepares to leave. there is no resolution of the crisis with chen guangcheng. there is an opposite t2 and it -- -- there is an opportunity to end it, but will china let him go? >> will of the unemployment numbers provide ample fodder for both republicans and democrats? job creation has slowed for a second straight month. the u.s. economy has created 150,000 jobs in april. president obama said that it is time for the congress t
u.s. deputy ambassador had the mediation of being prevented from seeing mr. chen. -- the u.s. deputy ambassador had be a humiliation of being prevented from seeing mr. chen. an american doctor and translator were the only ones allowed in. he has been allowed to to apply to go abroad if he wanted. hillary clinton had been meeting with the chinese leaders to talk about how they could work together. what might make this easier, news that a u.s. university has offered mr. chen a law fellowships....
The Rachel Maddow Show : MSNBCW : May 3, 2012 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT
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mass shootings are now a depressingly common feature of the daily news diet in the united states of america. but in this case, the alleged perpetrator is a very well-known political figure who has long personified the dark side of a very particular part of arizonan politics and american politics. in 2010, at an anti-immigration rally that featured speeches from russell appeapearce and jo arpaio, j.t. ready distributed these flyers, flyers saying that americans should put land mines along the u.s./mexico border. the flyer from the event, it's signed there j.t. ready, over there on the left, about halfway down, and it's also marked nsm, as in national socialist movement, as in national socialists, as in nazis, knneo nazis. j.t. ready then posted a picture of him and his friends holding up the land mine flyer while standing next to a van from univision. they think that's hilarious, the land mines thing by the -- yeah. that was in 2010. then in 2011, a member of the national socialist movement, a neo nazi was arrested in arizona with plastic tubs full of explosives. when he was picked up by the fbi and local police, he had three homemade bombs with him in his truck. in a later search of his home, they found 12 more bombs. this violent neo nazi thing has been a fringe in arizona politics in a while. including nio nazis showing up at tea party anti-immigrant rallies to advocate for land mines. this kid you just saw being arrested with these bombs he reportedly said were for the border. but also, these proudly racist white nationalist groups openly parading on the border, as neo nazi vigilantes. they did it under the banner of the national socialist movement with swastikas flying. they also did it under the name minutemen. they also, most recently, have been doing the same thing under the name u.s. border guard. the man who is the accused shooter in this mass shooting in gilbert, arizona, has been behind all of those vigilante groups on the border. and he has been in evident presence on the far-right edge of republican politics and anti-immigration politics in arizona for a long time. >> i got news for all the judicial branch too that are in their little fancy black dresses, the ones who released these illegal aliens on our street. we'll yank them out of the collar too and say, we're done. we're going to put patriots back in office. >> that is the neo nazi border vigilante guy speaking there. at that event in 2007, where you just saw him speaking, he's not wearing a uniform of any kind, he's wearing a suit. that's because what he's speaking at is not a nazi rally, it's an anti-immigrant rally. you can see the sign that he's speaking in front of the podium on, the sign on the podium says, "where's the fence?" which is a common anti-immigration slogan in very mainstream republican politics. and at that same event, as he is speaking, this guy here with the circle around him, who you can see applauding j.t. ready is arizona republican state senator russell pearce. here's ruffle pearce and j.t. ready again. ruffle pearce, by all accounts, had a long and close relationship with j.t. ready. mr. pearce actually baptized j.t. ready into the mormon church. this is a picture of them at the baptism ceremony. this was first posted by the phoenix new times, which has done much of the legwork and ground level reporting about thethe connections between the ne-m ne gnatzis. you can see at the bottom, it's the logo or the masthead of jesus christ church of latter day saints, and you can see from the certificate here, he's being brought into the church as an elder. and the person who's bringing him in is russell keith pearce, russell pearce, his sponsor when he's baptized into his church. when mr. ready ran for city council in mesa, arizona, there were four people on the ballot. j.t. ready came in second out of four. it undoubtedly helped him do that well that he had the endorsement from a republican state senator, from ruffle pearce. although he didn't make it on to mesa city council, he came in second, after all, j.t. ready did ultimately get elected as a republican party precinct committee man in arizona. the problem, of course, is that j.t. ready is a nazi! and that really should not be compatible with mainstream major party politics. after he game a republican precinct committee man in arizona, arizona republican congressman jeff flake and john shadegg asked for him to be removed from his post. and after his long association with russell pearce, his long, close association with russell pearce, russell pearce too walked away from j.t. ready. >> could i ask you if j.t. ready is your friend? >> j.t. ready showed up at a rally with me and j.d. hayworth, the great fiction around it is went around to try to find a picture they could use. >> if you had to do it over again, would you take another picture with the guy? >> i didn't take it. it's an old story. they made it up. >> do you know his history? >> nope. >> that was in july 2008. ruffle pearce personally brought j.t. ready into the mormon church in 2004. for russell pearce, this is starting to become a very sensitive subject, for a couple of reasons. the first is that russell pearce had his own problems on the race issue. in 2006, he had forwarded to his supporters an e-mail that included a white nationalist anti-semitic screed accusing the media of pushing on an unsuspecting public, a view of the world in which, "every voice proclaims the equality of the races, the innerant nature of the jewish holocaust tale, the wickedness of attempting to halt the flood of non-white aliens pouring across the borders." russell pearce had sent that out to his supporters in arizona. he later apologized, saying he really didn't know what it was when he sent it along. but the increasing visibility of j.t. ready as a neo nazi, the other reason it was becoming an increasingly sensitive subject to russell pearce, is that russell pearce after having this long association with j.t. ready was ascending to become the most powerful republican in the state of arizona. he was frequently described as the most powerful politician in the whole state. and from that position, russell pearce authored and passed and got signed into law the most radical anti-immigration law in the country, sb-1070, papers, please. russell pearce is the guy who introduced it and got it passed as state senate president. but the guy who takes credit for writing sb-1070 is this guy. he's now secretary of state in kansas, but one sb-1070 passed into law, when he was a lawyer for a group called fair, the federation for american immigration reform. this is the group that helped right sb-1070. fair was founded in 1979 by a named john tanton. for some insight into where john tanton and fair were coming from, what they're all about is an organization, seven years after he started f.a.i.r., john tanton wrote this, "to governor is to populate. will the present majority peaceably hand over its political power to a group that is simply more fertile? as whites see their power and control over their lives declining, will they simply go quietly into the night or will there be an explosion?" john tanton, the founder of fair later wrote, "i've come to the point of view that for european american society and culture to persist requires a european-american majority and a clear one at that." the organization that he founded to accomplish those goals is who russell pearce turned to to write arizona's papers, please, immigration law. that's who kris kobach was working for when he wrote that law. and you know, there are all sorts of radical groups with cockamamy ideas in american politics. that's the beauty of free speech, you get to be crazy if you want to be. radicalism is not a crime. radicalism is not illegal in the united states of america. but when you are not just some free-floating radical with cockamamy ideas that nobody else buys in the world, but rather you are being drafted by the president of the state senate in arizona to help write legislation based on those crazy ideas, and that legislation is becoming law, and that legislation then gets described by the republican candidate for president as a model for the nation, you are at a place where radical has met powerful. and that is a whole different thing. the combination of radical and powerful that is russell pearce and his career ended up freaking out his home city of mesa, arizona. freaked them out enough that they recalled him from office and replaced him not with a democrat, but just a mainstream republican last year. it's the first time any stay senate president in any state was ever recalled from office in american history. it's the first time that any arizona lawmaker has ever been recalled from office in arizona history. but russell pearce did get himself recalled. how'd the state republican party react? they appointed him vice chair of the party. even after his own jurisdiction got rid of him because he was too out there, the state republican party in arizona made him number two in the state. russell pearce is now running for senate again. and when the obama administration sued the state of arizona to try to stop papers, please, to try to stop his sb-1070 law, when that went to the supreme court last month, arizona republicans sent russell pearce to the united states senate to go defend that law. there he is, speaking in the u.s. senate, wearing his "don't tread on me" tie. but today russell pearce is back home in arizona. today, at least for the day, he is not talking about the evils of immigration. today, instead, he is talking about how before this mass shooting in gilbert, he hadn't talked to j.t. ready for quite some time. and local police and the joint terrorism task force and the fbi and the department of defense, apparently, are in and out of this home in gilbert, arizona, trying to figure out if j.t. ready had military-grade munitions and what they can do with them. trying to sort out what's in those 50-gallon drums of chemicals. they're walking in and out of that house, past j.t. ready's car parked in the driveway, with his license plate "usbg," it stands for u.s. border guard. joining us now is e.j. montini, a columnist with the "u.s. republic," thank you very much for joining us tonight. it's nice to have you here. >> thanks, rachel. >> in terms of my summary of that history, let me ask you first as someone who's much closer to this reporting, is there anything i said that you think is wrong or that i should add some nuance to? >> no. i mean, with i think that you described the relationship fairly well. what's interesting is that one of the things that russell pearce often talks about is how, you know, when he finally found out that j.t. ready had gone to sort of the dark side, that he distanced himself from him. but the fact of the matter is that in 2006, before that, the tape of that rally that you were showing, you know, russell pearce was approached by the head of the local anti-defamation league and told, specifically, that this guy, this j.t. ready guy that you've been seen with or hanging around with or whatever is a neo nazi and you have disassociate yourself from him, and yet the very next year he's at this rally at the state capital where j.t. ready calls russell pearce a statesman and he's applauding for j.t. ready's message. so he can't distance himself in that sense. he is -- and what's particularly despicable today, at least to me, anyway, is that he's put out a statement where he's talking about how the news media has been contacting him and they want to link him to this j.t. ready character, and it is just despicable, what they're doing. well, what's really despicable about that is russell pearce playing a victim at a time, a day after there are four legitimate victims found. four dead people, including a toddler. those are the victims. he is not a victim in this. he was an associate of this guy. you own that, you live with it, you deal with it. you don't try to paint yourself as a victim at the same time. the police are still cleaning up the crime scene. >> in terms of what police have said about the crime in itself, it seems like there's no reason to believe that there was anything other than a very, very horrible domestic violence incident. at least, that's the description that i've seen so far. if you could shed any further light on that, and also, on this further detail about what was in the house, there being some kind of munitions military-grade munitions, potentially, in the house. something about chemicals. can you add anything to what we understand about that? >> well, in terms of the incident itself, the gilbert police just said today that lisa maderos, the girlfriend of j.t. ready, was on the phone with a dispatcher calling about a domestic violence issue when the phone went dead. so it's pretty clear this was a zpinls situation that the occurred inside that house. the police found 50 .40 millimeter hand grenades that are meant to be launched, but they didn't find any launching device. apparently they're a little bit older than the most recent model. but they'll be able to trace those and find out where they came from and hopefully find out where he got them. in terms of the chemicals, the two drums, i've heard that there are no solid information on that yet, although there have been some speculation about one of the barrels just containing water and one of them perhaps containing acetone. now, there's a lot of uses for acetone, some of them very bad, but some of them as simple as cleaning automobile parts. and j.t. ready did work in an automobile parts store, so it's hard to say exactly what he was trying to do. i don't think many people necessarily thought of this guy, you know, as terribly intellectual, terribly sophisticated in terms of the kind of things you might be thinking the really bad things somebody might be able to do with this kind of stuff, but you never know. the fact is, they're still a long way from figuring out what all that stuff is for. >> e.j. montini, a columnist with the "arizona republic," thanks for helping us to sort some of this stuff out. thanks for your time. and in terms of the munitions found on site, we've had some different reports. you heard mr. montini mr. say several dozen grenades potentially found. we've also been told it was six grenades found. we're waiting on the local police to find out if there were things in that home that were of note, that may have been connected to something other than this specific crime, something other than just for personal use. and this conflicting report, but we'll keep you posted as we learn more. >>> all right, coming up next, mitt romney campaigning today with governor ultrasound in virginia. we'll tell you how that went and what it means when come back. qut in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ this is the bell on the cat. 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yes, i do. >> the democratic party today going after mitt romney and his very obviously wannabe vice president, governor ultrasouth sou sound, and his brand-new supporter, specifically on issue of abortion rights. but president obama himself recently released a video addressed specifically to planned parenthood voters. and a not too subtle reminder that mitt romney said he would get rid of planned parenthood. >> over the past year, you've had to stand up to politicians who want to deny millions of women the care they rely on, and inject themselves into situations that are best made between a woman and her doctor. let's be clear here. with women are not an interest group. they're mothers and daughters and sisters and wives. they're half of this country. and they're perfectly capable of making their own choices about their health. when some professional politicians casually say that they'll get rid of planned parenthood, don't forget what they're really talking about. eliminating the funding for preventative care that millions of women rely on, and leaving them to fend for themselves. that's why last year when republicans in congress threatened to shut down the government unless we stopped funding planned parenthood, i had a simple answer, no. >> the president campaigning there against republican efforts to defund planned parenthood, reminding voters that he smacked down the last big republican effort to defund planned parenthood at the federal level. when he talks about professional politicians who say they will get rid of planned parenthood, he's, of course, talking about mitt romney. but the president is also now bringing up specific anti-abortion policies that republicans have been pursuing not just at the federal level, but in the states. >> these are folks who claim to believe in freedom from government interference and meddling. but it doesn't seem to bother them when it comes to women's health. now we've got governors and legislators across the river in virginia, up the road in pennsylvania, all across the country saying that women can't be trusted to make your own decisions. they're pushing and passing bills, forcing women to get ultrasounds, even if they don't want one. if you don't like it, the governor of pennsylvania said you can close your eyes. >> the president, of course, referring to virginia republican governor bob mcdonnell and the new forced ultrasound law and the pennsylvania forced vaginal probe, forced the image into your sightline ultrasound bill, which is supported by republican governor tom corbett of pennsylvania. >> making them watch, does that go too far in your mind? >> i don't know if you can make anybody watch, okay, because you just have to close your eyes. >> in this political climate, created by a whole new radical republican era of policy making on this subject, the issue of abortion rights is one where democrats are starting to feel less shy. democrats are starting to feel about their political responsibilities on this issue, given how far and how fast republicans are pushing on this issue on the other side. in the great state of michigan, in a congressional race in the state of michigan, support for abortion rights is becoming a major issue between the various democratic candidates who are vying in the democratic primary. the battle creek michigan enquirer reporting that while serving in the state legislature, one of the democratic candidates for this vulnerable republican-held justin amosh congressional seat, one of the democratic would-be candidates earned a 0% approval rating from planned parenthood for his state voting record. that included him supporting a bill to defund abortion providers. he is being called out in the democratic primary on having an anti-abortion, anti-women's health record. being called out by his democratic opponents. that former state legislator is now insisting that his views have changing, saying, "i don't believe in making abortion illegal. let me be very clear about this, i'm in in support of any legislation in front of the u.s. congress that would defund planned parent." it's remarkable, right? republicans all campaign on abortion rights. democrats almost never want to talk about this. but thanks to a year or two of republican radicalism on this issue, this is now turning out to be a key issue for democrats. i mean, this is a democrat with an anti-abortion record that now feels compelled this year to explain himself to try to reassure voters that he's not too anti-abortion, that he doesn't want to defund planned parenthood. we are seeing this as a new dynamic playing out not just in individual congressional races, we are seeing this play out legislatively, in states where democrats are in control, they're pushing measures to expand or shore up abortion rights. in washington state this year, democrats pushed a bill at making sure that insurance policies would still cover abortion services. in california, democrats are pushing a bill to expand access to first trimester abortions. new york democrats are supporting a bill to expand access to late-term abortions for women who have health complications. this is the backdrop for this year's election, up and down the ticket. and this is new. abortion used to be a wedge issue that divided the democratic party and therefore democrats did not like to talk about very much. this year, with republican, dare i say, overreach on the issue, this year abortion rights are poised to become a wedge issue that divides republicans. so the default republican position right now on this is to not want to talk about it. their default position right now is to pretend none of this is happening. this year republicans are the ones who are trying to avoid talking about what they have been doing against abortion rights. and they keep getting really mad that people are noticing that they are, in fact, making a whole lot of policy on this issue, because they would really rather not talk about it. they would really rather not answer for it. but here's mitt romney campaigning alongside governor ultrasound today. the presumptive republican nominee for president, auditioning the guy who spent 14 years as a state legislator, sponsoring or co-sponsoring 35 anti-abortion bills. the guy who this year became governor ultrasound, signing into law a state-mandated medical procedure to be forced on virginia women, for the first time. so how about it, governor romney? 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both the china commission and as chairman of the human rights committee of the house of representatives, we will never cease in our advocacy for you, your family, your extended family, your friends and the very important human rights cause that you espouse, defending women from the crime of forced abortion and forced sterilization, so thank you very much. >> >> translator: thank you. >> translator: i want to let you know i have been praying for you and your courage has inspired all of our women and i've been praying for you every day and one day that this evil one child policy will be abolished soon. >> mr. chen, thank you. >> i have-- >> translator: i have a final word i want to emphasize that what have happened to my family members are just a total violation of china's own law, including china's relevant law about the family planning system. so what they have done is total in violation of the chinese own law so this should be held accountable by the chinese own law. this is what i want to emphasize. >> thank you, mr. chen. >> i think we're close to concluding this hearing. i want to thank our very distinguished witnesses and ask them if perhaps they might have some final comments they would like to make. i do and i say this with all due respect to the president of the united states, i am concerned when the united states government, when president obama was a asked about chen guangcheng specifically on human rights he said no comments on chen and that human rights he said "it comes up." my hope is we're are in a change of our appraisal of human rights in china and perhaps elsewhere in the world but absolutely in china where wittingly or unwittingly we have enabled this terrible crime of forced abortion and forced sterilization to occur while we've looked askance and acted as if it wasn't happening. chen guangcheng stands with solidarity with the women of china, as do i and so many members of congress, as does this panel. if you would like to make any concluding statements because i think we've heard it all with chen's own voice just a moment ago. bob fu, if anybody would like to make any final statement before we conclude the hearing. >> yeah, i would like to, you know, chairman smith, you such a hero and inspiration to all of us, too. there's no anyone else in this country have fault and stood together with the vick trims like mei shunping and chen guangcheng. thank you for your work and we encourage the leaders, including president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton to join us and bring about an end to the this horrific and largest crime against humanity this year. thank you. >> i want to thank our distinguished witnesses. we will continue pursuing obviously chen's case until it is resolved successfully and the focus he's brought on the hidos one child policy and god willing it will end. hearing adjourned. >>> the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck japan in 2011 washed merely five tons of debris, including cars and boats into the pacific ocean. some of that debris has reached the u.s. and canadian shores with much more expected. today officials from the coast guard and noaa will testify about the u.s. response to this growing problem. live coverage from the senate commercial subcommittee will start at 10:30 eastern here on c-span3. now former president bill clinton sits down with tom brokaw of nbc news and talks about some of the political and economic challenges facing the u.s. this is part of an economic forum hosted by the peter peterson foundation. it's 50 minutes. >> first of all, i'm very pleased to be here for what i think is one of the most compelling issues of my lifetime as a political journalist, and i think it's going to be a defining issue not just for the rest of this election cycle but for a long time to come. and i'm very pleased to have the opportunity to interview president clinton, who paused in his world travels to come down here because he cares so deeply about the subject that brings us here today. i've just spent, mr. president, the last three weeks as we were talking backstage going around america in a way. i was doing series of town hall, mid-atlantic, eastern sea board, the midwest, southwest, far west and i detected a uniform reaction, a mass of people in the middle who are longing to be led, there is across political identification, republicans, democrats and independence alike. if i were to characterize the tone of those audiences and the country is there's a kind of weariness and wariness about the political system as it is now constituted, especially in this election year and given what we went through this spring. for the first time in my personal and professional life i have parents and grandparents coming up to me and saying i'm just worried that my children will not have the lives that we've had or my husband and i or my wife and i. hive never heard this before until this past year and i've been trying to get the answer to that, recalibrate it in way, think about the the equality of life, more economic justice for example, more tolerance in our society and think about especially how we can raise the level. blackservice in america, get more people to accept into the arena at time when these hard decisions are going to have to be made. as a back drop for the issues that bring you all here obviously, it's fiscal responsibility. a year ago you said it would be a mistake to try to fix the economy when the deficit was so broken. do you still feel that way? >> yes. but i also said i think we should pass a budget reduction plan now and provide for it to trigger when the economy has reached like 3% growth for a few quarters because i think it would -- there's this gnawing sense -- i remember in my last year as president we had a horrible tornado that hit downtown little rock and destroyed a lot of the oldest neighborhoods and so i went down to check it out and then afterward at the airport i had a little barbecue dinner with 20 people i went to high school with. i think two of them had four-year college degrees, only one of them had ever made more than $50,000 or $60,000 in his life and i just went around the table and i asked them what they were most worried about and even then they were most worried that the retirement of the baby boomers would undermine their children ability to raise their grandchildren. so that's on steroids now because we've had that long recession, the economy was anemic before the crash and terrible since and because of the debt. what i would look to see them do is do what simpson-bowles did. they say pass our plan but trigger it when there is clearly growth because you won't have to convince anybody to do it then. as soon as there's real growth in this economy with all this public debt that has to be financed, interest rates will go through the roof, the cost of financing the deficit will be staggering and the private sector will be screaming for affordable credit. so -- but if we did it now people would see that we're a serious country and the american people would feel reassured about it and the europeans might have a way out of the box they have gotten themselves in. you see with both the eu and all these recent elections and u.k., if you impose astairity when interest rates are zero then what will happen -- i was really impressed actually after these last elections that other greek citizens would say things like we know we have to cut these pension benefits fwheerk everybody's got to start paying taxes, but we'd like to see the benefits of it. so that's what i think. i think we should pass a plan as soon as possible but do what simpson bowles said, trigger it when certain interest rates -- >> but the chances are getting anything done before the election are slim and none? >> probably. but i think that, you know, i think that the two plans ought to be talked about more or however however many plans there are that are out there. the president i think should talk more about the medicare savings he has proposed and the defense cuts me has proposed. and he prose poses -- i did i agree -- to take discretionary nondefense spending to its lowest percentage of gdp. i and really put poor and vulnerable people in a tough bind. he has least try to honor $ deal he mate. i they hud talk about it. the gentleman who just defeated senator lugar, said something that i found disturbing. although i liked him personally, he's a very appealing sort of person. he said i am totally against any compromise, our world vees are irwreck sizable. we that the view, there never would have been a bill of rights, the federal government would not have assumed the but as soon as this election's over, i think the inives will be for both party to make more principle compromise than they've had in the past. >> this is a page from the current "economist," the lexington section from the united kingdom have a more clear-eyed view of what we're going through here. four recent surveys have found on average only 28% of americans are satisfied with the condition of the country. 70% are dissatisfied. recent surveys -- anyone who prefers the glaf half full can find ground for optimism, the 7878 the im is predicting it is the world's largest produce are of natural gas and biggest food left starter. if we don't do something, we're going to end up with sequester at the end of the year in which the pending. >> i don't know. my guess is -- i agree with what the economists said about the strengths of the american economy. they left out the fact it's a very diverse economy and a lot of this anti-immigration fur vor seems to be abating. i agree most people think we're still in a recession because nobody's gotten a pay rose for long. enflags adjusted median income in 2008 was $2,000 lower than the day i left office because we produced so many few jobs and small business, so i think thatets perception is real. people don't feel about their prim cat feelier. >> in ohio, john casey came in, made some brilty big molds and certainly made around are the world. greece is in utter turmoil at this time. even great britain has had that. we seem to be moving to more deep and deeper into the extreme polls. how can you ak at this should there be some kind of political legislation that says we're linking arms, we want something that's done realist and -- >> well, it's great but the argument is the republicans would be scared to do it. that you will though other situations like this. there are twoer three our primaries handed out now and th should be a big bipartisan coalition for this. we may just have to wait until the election is over. the american people are going to have to decide. one of the things is that you know, they go around telling everybody how sorry these politicians are and they voted for all of them. one of the problems is we listen to the rhetoric of politicians and we pay almost no attention to their specifics. i feel sort of sorry. what's the tea party congress down in the louse down to 18% approval or something like that. they must be bewildered. all they are doing is what they promised to do when they won. it's not like they didn't tell everybody what they were going to do. but we listened to the -- we talk about the body language and the likability and the strength and all that and what's their slogan. actually, most people you vote for actually try to do what they say they are going to do when they are running. so, the american people have got to take some ownership here, too. meanwhile, i think the politicians ought to be talking more about the hard issues, i think that this budget issue ought to become front and center in the presidential election, and all of the debates, in very specific ways. >> the opening question of the first presidential debate should be which of the two of you will activate simpson-bowles if you're put in the white house? >> could be. obama will say i thought they were a little excessive on defense cuts, my do fence cuts are only slightly smaller but i cut more in the first five years in medicare spending than they recommended. and then you'll have to go back and say yeah, but you haven't done anything about social security. simpson-bowles makes the social security system more progressive. that's one thing i love about it. i would have to pay more or give my up or whatever. but that would help if you ask the right follow-up. okay, here's what they said about x, what is your position on x. you got to get down to the basically the republicans compared to simpson-bowles want too much for tax cuts, not just making the bush tax cuts permanent but making more tax cuts, and the democrats are reluctant to commit to the longer term health care savings and don't want to touch social security which i think can be fixed with relatively little controversy in a way that would, if you look at the simpson-bowles plan it's clever, it is better for lower income seniors than the current system. >> let's talk political strategy if we can for a moment. i know it's a subject that is near and dear to your heart. if you are mitt romney and you've emerged from this trial by fire in the republican primaries and which you've had to hue very closely to the very conservative wing of the party, how do you begin to transform yourself coming out of this convention so that you can play much more to the middle and deal with these issues that may include, in fact, simpson-bowles does, some tax increases. >> i don't know. it's really hard. i mean, a moderate republican friend of mine in new york, who is going to vote for romney by the way said gosh, he said that each i sketch guy they ought to give him a promotion, he told the truth. he said it's like romney said i'm running for the president of the student body of this extreme right wing group and the real argument was that i couldn't be their president because i wasn't right wing enough soy had to get over and pretend i was. now let me tell you what i'm really going to do as president. it's tough. but i think he's going to have to fill it out. for example, the budget he put out in the primary according to a lot of independent sources would actually increase the debt over and above what's going to happen by a trillion dollars or more, whereas, the budget that president obama has put out according to the congressional budget office, would take about 3% of the gdp out of our annual deficit and take it down to 77% of the debt, held by the public, and stabilize it there. i think it's too much. i'd like to see them take it down more but i think you have to have some growth figures that can reasonably be figured in to get much lower than that. and but i think he has to start with specifics. and he could say look, i've got to deal with republicans and democrats, we've got to do this together, and but -- you know, he's hung with the budget he came up with in the primary which said that the bush tax cuts weren't enough, he wanted to cut even more. on the job creators after 10 years when we had no jobs. i think he's -- it's a difficult thing. i don't know how he's going to do it. he had to renounce his own health care bill as a solution for the national average. interesting thing about that. massachusetts has expensive health care, seventh highest in the country. before romney signed the health care bill with the individual mandate, it was the second most expensive health care in the country. in other words, since it was signed, inflation and health care costs in massachusetts has been substantially lower than in the country as a whole because they took a lot of sand out of the gears, a lot of the cost shifting and paperwork associated with large numbers of uninsured people. it would be a good thing if he can embrace that again but i don't know how he can. or at least you know, he ought to have incentives for -- this depends in part on what the supreme court does but it depends, this is from the point of view of the budget, i think the biggest item, that is, there's a recession component to this huge deficit. and our debt. where at worse case you had spending at 24% of gdp and revenues barely above 15. if you had 3% growth for a couple years it would probably correct to 21% and 17. when i was president we had the balanced budget, we had revenues at somewhere around 20 to a little over 19 and spending was always a little under 19 down to close to 18. so we had four surplus budgets in a row, two of them without any of the social security trust fund. so, what you really need is a plan that closes the structural deficit. knowing that the rest of it will be closed or not if you have growth. and maybe romney can just come out with a new plan based on what i would say is the congressional budget office says these number don't add up, i don't agree with them because i think you always get more revenues when you cut taxes, notwithstanding 30 years of evidence to the contrary. and so here's my new plan. but it's a very big challenge for him. very big challenge. i feel a lot of sympathy for him because the whole primary was about trying to find somebody that was a true conservative and so -- but they are going to vote for him, those people, i think. because they think he's more conservative than president obama which he clearly is. so, if i were in his position, i would, i think, use the congressional budget office numbers saying my deficit, my plan, increased the debt and say that you know, no responsible president can pretend that an independent analysis of these numbers don't matter. that i think is best avenue back into the real world. >> you think it's possible for him to enlist and activate the moderate republicans like your friend in new york who is going to vote for him and put together a group around the country that can make a big public statement about what is necessary, a, to get him elected and get the country back on the right track, or has the -- in both cases both parties been taken over by the more dogmatic sense on the left and the right. >> for one thing, you know, that's just not true. there have been two different independent analysis in the last couple of months about this. they said if you believe there was a center, let's say in my second term, that in the senate the republicans moved three times as far away from that center as the democrats have. but in the house they moved 12 times as far away from that center as the democrats have. now, my party's not blameless. we've got to do something about health care and social security in our budget, whatever happens on taxes in order to free up some investment in the future. key to our growth. i think there ought to be corporate tax reform, for example, tied to funding this infrastructure for the public private partnership because you get a good return on investment and we're about the only major country in the world that doesn't use private capital with public capital to modernize infrastructure. but i think that you know, the republican position that tends to prevail in these hot primaries was expressed by the gentleman who beat senator lugar who said i'm against compromise, it's weak, it's foolish, our views are irreconcilable, we have to force the american people to choose which one
both the china commission and as chairman of the human rights committee of the house of representatives, we will never cease in our advocacy for you, your family, your extended family, your friends and the very important human rights cause that you espouse, defending women from the crime of forced abortion and forced sterilization, so thank you very much. >> >> translator: thank you. >> translator: i want to let you know i have been praying for you and your courage has...
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are ongoing conversations happening with mr. chen and his wife and chinese officials. those conversations are conducted by chinese officials in beijing. i cannot give you updates on the nature of those conversations. >> for questions about hypothetically seeking a political asylum, you would have to go to the state department. at the white house that is not an issue we handle. that is a state department issue. the questions about political asylum and how it can be requested would be appropriately addressed at the state department. we are in conversations now. i simply cannot give you a moment by moment update on that, but as we have more information, they will make it available. >> what response does the white house have to human rights activists? those who say it appears the u.s. has left him behind, abandoned him? >> it is simply not the case. he made clear in his conversations with officials in beijing he wanted to stay in china. he was very clear about that, that he wanted to reunite with his family in china and relocate in china, and acting on that expression of his wis
are ongoing conversations happening with mr. chen and his wife and chinese officials. those conversations are conducted by chinese officials in beijing. i cannot give you updates on the nature of those conversations. >> for questions about hypothetically seeking a political asylum, you would have to go to the state department. at the white house that is not an issue we handle. that is a state department issue. the questions about political asylum and how it can be requested would be...
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>> this is "bbc world news." >> funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> and you "bbc world news." >> chinese activist chen guangcheng leaves the u.s. ambassador to rejoin his family. at least six people are killed outside the egyptian area in cairo. and president obama says the defeat of haifa is now within reach. welcome to "bbc world news." i'm geeta guru-murthy. >> this is no doubt a moment in history for burma and represents moving for. >> and the last laugh. two britains who stole penguins pay a heavy price for their drunken prank. >> the blind chinese dissident, chen guangcheng, has left the embassy. chinese media is reporting chen left the ambassador of his own have a license hours after u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton left, and now china is demanding an apology from the u.s. for helping the activist. can you unravel what's happened here? >> well, this unfolded over the last hour or so. what's happened is the blind activist chen guangcheng, about 10 days ago he fled home detention and made his way here to beijing. at some point last week, last thursday, he entered the u.s. ambassador. but for several days afterwards neither the united states nor china commented on the case, so we didn't know for sure. then about an hour or so ago the militants and chinese confirmed chen had left the u.s. ambassador, as you indicated there. the chst say he left of his own have a license. and his wife and children have arrived in beijing and are in the hospital with him. the ultimate fate of this activist and his family, we don't know at the moment. but it seems some kind of arrangement has been made between china and the united states about what's going to happen to him. >> for more on this, let's speak to dr. willy lam. from the chinese university. of hong kong. what does it appear happens to -- what happens here? and what safe guard forms chen now? >> well, it's quite possible chen guangcheng was offered the possibility of leaving china for the u.s. to seek medical treatment. however, he has said he wishes to remain in china to serve its people. for time being, i believe he will be returned to his village and the 24-hour surveillance by the chinese. it's quite possible the u.s. authorities will be criticized for failing to come to the chinese authorities. i think it's also understandable that it's no question for the u.s. ambassador to offer shelter for mr. chen for an extended period. similar to what they did for one in tiananmen square, so i believe the u.s. has ongoing negotiations with beijing over important strategic matters. other politicians will be attacking president obama for caving to chinese pressure. >> just to tell you the bbc activists have seen chen guangcheng's wife in the hospital and she is confirming she and the children are well and chen guangcheng himself is having a medical check-up. we will bring you news as it comes in. >> six are killed outside the cairo ministry. they were protesting. the political tension has come over a year after the defeat of hosni mubarak. what's happened in the last few hours? >> the demonstrators have been outside the ministry for days. they have been attacked before. but not on this scale. these unidentified thugs went in with stones and rocks and fire bombs but also firing with shotguns as well. five deaths are acknowledged and up to 150 people that were injured are now being treated and the deep suspicion is that these thugs were paid by the government to go in and break up the demonstration or at the very least intimidate the protesters. >> what's likely to be the reaction to this in >> probably more demonstrators will gather there as they have done in recent days and they will be calling for more reinforcements and obviously we fear more clashes. >> in a surprise visit to afghanistan, president obama promised to finish the job but end the war responsibly. this was a year after osama bin laden was killed in pakistan. after the president left, there was a car bomb in kabul which killed seven people including children. let's get the latest now. >> air force one touched down in afghanistan in the middle of the night on the anniversary of the killing of bin laden. the president only briefly illuminated by the flash of camera said he wanted to spend the day with troops in harm's way. >> a year ago we were finally able to bring osama bin laden to justice. that could have only happened because each and every one of you, in your own way, were doing your jobs. >> he will also stining new -- also sign a new document marking the end of the war and there will be money and training and no permanent military bases. it was 4:00 a.m. in afghanistan but primetime in america. the president had a message for his countrymen. the goal of defeating al qaeda was in reach and the war coming to an end. >> my fellow americans, we traveled more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. but here, in the predawn hours of afghanistan, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon. the iraq war is over. the number of our floops harm's way has been cut in half, and more will soon be coming home. >> president obama has been criticized for making political capital out of the killing of bin laden in this campaign it pore trays his republican opponent might not have done the same. >> i think it was very disappointing for the president to make a political item by suggesting i wouldn't have ordered such a raid. of course i would have. >> the president ended his speech by turning his look toward the home front. this visit, important as it is, is a backdrop, a clearing of the desk before the weekend when president obama officially launches his campaign to stay as commander in chief. >> a short while ago our correspondent joined us from kabul to tell us more about the explosion that killed seven in cairo. >> it was a foreign-based. but most killed and injured are afghan civilians. unfortunately in this case, school children that happened to have been going to school, which is next door to the compound that was attacked. >> and did the intelligence agent have any indication that this area was a target? >> the bbc suspected this particular area had been the sung of a number of intelligence supports suggesting that this would be attacked for the last 12 months and afghan forces had deployed extra force there is. there were extra patrols pretty much 24/7. this is an area that houses afghan and western military installations but home to westerners as well as afghan civilians who live in that part of the city. it has to be said that this attack was not on a much larger scale if you compare to the one attack a few weeks ago which was a smaller attack which included several insurgents targeting this one area of afghan elite forces, and the crisis response was immediate. >>> disgraced media mogul will be allowed to live in canada. he once controlled a media empire that included the chicago sun times. black gave up his canadian citizenship. rupert murdoch has hit back from a british group of m.t.'s some who said he was unfit to run a media saying he has shown a willful blindness at news corp and he said his company was working hard to set things right. a corner investigating the murder of a spy. the body of the mi 6 code breaker. now, here with news on banks? >> yes. unemployment. just because it's hot off the press. more whoas for the euro zone. astonishing figures. we're talking about unemployment figures hitting a new record high jumping to almost 11%. 10.9%. almost 17.5 million people in the euro zone. the 17 countries that use the same currency are out of work at the moment. the first time in 5 years it's reached this level. one standout feature. we know about spanish unemployment. italy's unemployment hit 9.8%. again, big problems for spain. for italy just like spain. youthen employment. those between 15-24. it's jumped 16%. >> germany? >> surprise, surprise, they continue to power ahead. >> banks. >> how much is enough and who decides who should pay? these are the questions facing their finance ministers of the 27 states of the european union. they are trying to put it all into european law and it's about how much money european banks should set aside in reserve. we're talking about more than 300,000 banks and capital reserves. at the moment they are aiming for 7% on that. but the problem is they have already got member states that disagree. >> and yes. they will in the next month or so. >> but it could have an effect on the amount of money banks lend out. >> you're watching "bbc world news." still to come -- one year on from the death of osama bin laden, we have an exclusive insight into the former al qaeda leader's life. now, protesting in the danish capital of copenhagen over a department store's decision to stop selling seal products. from copenhagen we have this report. >> outside copenhagen's upscale department store. it's feared the traditional way of life is under threat. they came to protest the decision to ban the sale of all seal products. they fear other businesses will now follow suit. shops around the world are under pressure who feel the kuling of seals, especially in canada is brutal and unethical. what's up setting the green landers is their method of killing involves the use of rifles which are considered to be more humane. >> when the department stores has new rules on animal ethics, it's going to affect us who have a different culture and different sustainable way of living. >> the ban on seal products was ordered by the parent company but they believe it's because of adverse publicity in canada. >> we haven't sold a seal skin in our store for about 10 years. there's no demand for it. so it's not our purpose that we want to hit the people from greenland. >> these greenlanders represent many small, remote communities who are utterly dependant on the seal trade. and unless they can sell the seal skins and their products, they will have no income. "bbc news." copenhagen. >> this is "bbc world news." i'm geeta guru-murthy. these are the headlines. the chinese activist chen guangcheng has left the ambassador sand now believed to be in a medical establishment. this photograph was taken from mr. chen is being treated. >> coming up in sports today with me, jenny in half an hour. a new era for english foot ball after a new manager was named before the european championship. france, a missed penalty in injury time. and the man regarded by many as the greatest player of all time, steven hendry, announces his retirement. >> now a year after u.s. troops killed osama bin laden in pakistan, the b.b.c. has a look into his life on the run. some claim he spent the past five years in cavels but a family had been talking to the bbc. >> they didn't want to be identified. they told me that they were alerted to this weeks earlier by someone they simply describe as an important person. they were not given any names, just told a top militant commander and leader was going to come their way and would need to bring his journey. like any tribal family they agreed extend hospitality to this unknown guest. the family said they were stunned to see osama bin laden when he arrived in the middle of the night and emerged from one of the vehicles, stood over there, they say he was staunt, wearing a long, white arab robe and white turbine. he stood there for a while, shook their hands and went into a room they set up for him. during the three hours he spent with them, he ate dinner which included lamb and curry and rice and he offered prayer and rested a while. the convoy of jeeps left the compound about three hours later and all of them headed in different directions so the host never came to know exactly where osama bin laden went. it raises several question, for example, what was osama bin laden doing here and why was he traveling there? and who was planning his itinerary? and how did he manage to get past those dozens of security check points at the time when several military check points were going on in the area. there was suggestions a pakistani official had been helping bin laden, but this is something both the pakistani government and military have consistently denied. >> at least six people including a policeman has been wounded in the area. and in islamabad, do we know anymore about these blasts? >> well, certainly we don't know who carried them out, but there were explosion in the early morning and some of them at a.t.m. cash machines. there was one small explosion outside a safari bar. so an unusual type of attacked and people were expecting them today because of it being the anniversary of osama bin laden's death. >> given that and president obama's visit to afghanistan, just wanted to ask you the question one year on, what is the sense in pakistan of relations with the u.s. of the intense worldwide condemnation of what is seen as pakistan's support elicitly for snb >> well, things are pretty bad as far as cooperation between these two supposed allies at the moment and whatever the pakistani government wants, it's got such a stage that perhaps the rank and file of the army and certainly the population as a whole has much of a degree of anti- americanism so they have to be careful about what they do. but much has been generated by the authorities themselves. because after that raid in deflection of their failings about why osama bin laden was here, they concentrated a lot on how the americans carried out their raid. that's why there were numerous arrests we heard after the raid, but it was not people that were alleged to have helped osama bin laden. it was of those that were alleged to have helped the americans. there was a doctor, for example, who tried and we believe failed to get d.n.a. from people in the compound through a fake vaccination program and there were others the army told us who were arrested for firing flairs and/or even helping thal helicopters refuel. but no arrests we know publicly of people who helped bin laden. and no real public debate about this either. just increased anti-americanism. >> thank you. the burmese pro democracy leader suu kyi has been sworn in after her party demropped dispute. it's been just over a month since they won sweeping success. our correspondent has been at the parliament. >> 18 months ago suu kyi was still under house arrest, a political prisoner. now she's a member of parliament, elected here. she swore the oath to safe guard the constitution, a document she and her party are opposed to. now they find themselves sitting in the same chamber alongside members of the armed forces. somehow those two sides are going to have to learn to work together in the interest of the country. the opposition, the armed forces, members of ethnic minorities all coming together to try and work for the interest of the people of burma. and suu kyi has always said she believes in the rufle. -- in the rule of law. well, now she's going to have a chance to drew up the rules of law. this represents a big change for politics, suu kyi and the wave of this political transition moving forward. >> scientists are developing genetically modified wheat and asking campaigners not to their experimental work. they say wheat that's been genetically modified repel insects. but they strow contaminate it unless it's stopped. they said they respect the need to gather knowledge. >> two men from wales have been fined $1,000 australian dollars for stealing a penguin named dirk. we report from sidney. >> early morning and a group of friends with a hangover awake to find a penguin in their living room. >> i can't believe the penguin was there in the apartment. >> a ferry penguin called dirk. taken one night last month after they slipped past security at sea world. the men later panicked and dropped dirk in a canal. now two of those believed to be from south wales have been fined $1,000 or about $600 pounds for stealing him. speaking at the time, one of the men said they meant no harm. >> we are sorry for the time lost searching for dirk. you know? and -- >> the theme park, too, was relieved to get back dirk in one piece. >> it's 7 years old and never experienced things like wide-open spaces so we're very happy to see dirk back with his mates. >> he is fine after being the victim of a bird-brained prank. >> just before we go, let me tell you that in egypt the protesters who have been attacked say they have now gone up to eight killed. it could rise further. more on that at our website. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended, global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los presented by kcet los angeles.
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u.s. embassy doctor and a translator were allowed in. as they visited, china announced that mr. chen could go abroad if he would like. the crisis has come just as hillary clinton has been in beijing trying to build a better relationship with china. the u.s. university has offered mr. cehn a fellowship. -- mr. chen a fellowship. >> progress has been made to get in the future that he wants. we will be in touch with them. >> for now, hillary clinton wraps up a meeting with chinese leaders and prepares to leave. there is no resolution in the crisis over chen guangcheng. there is an office in a tutu and it, but will china let him go? -- there is an opportunity to end it, , but will china let him go? >> nicolas sarkozy and his hollande,ncois are heating up. we have a report on what could be a photo finish. >> both of these candidates have been on the campaign trail now for months. we are here at the end of the road. it is decision time for the french voters. it has been kind of a bruising and angry campaign. today was busy. both candidates bouncing around the country in an attempt to encourage t
u.s. embassy doctor and a translator were allowed in. as they visited, china announced that mr. chen could go abroad if he would like. the crisis has come just as hillary clinton has been in beijing trying to build a better relationship with china. the u.s. university has offered mr. cehn a fellowship. -- mr. chen a fellowship. >> progress has been made to get in the future that he wants. we will be in touch with them. >> for now, hillary clinton wraps up a meeting with chinese...
beaten her following his escape. speaking to the bbc today, mr. chen said his wife was tied to a chair by the police, kept there for two days. china had broken its promise to protect his rights. his family were afraid. chen guangcheng says that china's assurances that his family will be safe are worthless. inside the hospital, he is surrounded by chinese security, no u.s. diplomats there to protect him. he appealed to hillary clinton for help. she was today meeting china's leaders in beijing for annual talks aimed at building a working relationship between the u.s. superpower and a rising china. both sides have wanted a standoff over the blind chen guangcheng settled quickly. the day after u.s. diplomats were congratulating themselves on a deal hailed as a new model for china allowing dissidents to stay in the country, it's all unraveled. this is what was happening inside the hospital grounds. american diplomats supposed to be monitoring chen's welfare were kept waiting in the car park. chen guangcheng told us the guards are prevented them from seeing him. no friends or lawyers have be
beaten her following his escape. speaking to the bbc today, mr. chen said his wife was tied to a chair by the police, kept there for two days. china had broken its promise to protect his rights. his family were afraid. chen guangcheng says that china's assurances that his family will be safe are worthless. inside the hospital, he is surrounded by chinese security, no u.s. diplomats there to protect him. he appealed to hillary clinton for help. she was today meeting china's leaders in beijing...
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as mr. chen's desire to leave china? including expressing a desire to leave on hillary clinton's plane. >> well, pretty much over the last 24 hours he has been in touch with friends and foreign media intermittently turning a cell phone on that was given to him and he's said repeatedly he wants to leave. he feels very cut off in the hospital and he feels his family's life is in danger. now, it seems to have taken the state department quite some time to get that message but this evening they said they, indeed, had confirmed his desire to leave and they were seeking additional information from him as to how to go forward. >> what is his status? he's not simply a patient in a hospital, presumably. is he a prisoner? is that clear at all? >> it's not terribly clear. he's not confined to the hospital. he seems to be unable to leave. the state department said that officials had spoken with him by phone twice today. his wife and two children who joined him upon his release in the hospital yesterday, his wife has been able to come out and meet with u.s. officials to talk about the family's
as mr. chen's desire to leave china? including expressing a desire to leave on hillary clinton's plane. >> well, pretty much over the last 24 hours he has been in touch with friends and foreign media intermittently turning a cell phone on that was given to him and he's said repeatedly he wants to leave. he feels very cut off in the hospital and he feels his family's life is in danger. now, it seems to have taken the state department quite some time to get that message but this evening...
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he could soon face charges in the alleged gang rape of a belgian prostitute. this happened during a party at her hotel in washington, d.c. almost two years ago. that's a story at least the french prosecutors are investigating, launching an investigation into this. a french newspaper says these allegations came from statements that two escorts made to belgian police. dsk held one of the most powerful positions in the world of course as imf chief. you may also remember he was arrested after a new york hotel maid accused him of sexual assault. he was cleared on that charge after her story fell apart. soledad? >> all right. christine, thank you for the update. we're watching that story obviously. >>> it has been chaos in chicago as thousands of protesters against the war in afghanistan are at the nato summit. demonstrators were clashing with police who were wearing riot gear yesterday. they were voicing their opposition to the war. police arrested at least 45 people. the protests happened just blocks away from where world leaders are meeting to talk about the end game in afghanistan. this brings us to ted roulands who was in the middle of that chaos. >> there were 40 arrests and several injuries one of the protesters standing close to me had a few teeth knocked out. another was bleeding from the head but there were also police injuries. according to the police department four police officers were injured. one officer apparently stabbed in the leg. the big question today as the sun rises in chicago what will the city be in for? there as large protest scheduled at the boeing corporation today a few blocks from where we are downtown. protesters say they plan to shut down boeing. police are going to be out in force. most businesses have told their employees to stay home today to avoid what could be a very chaotic day here in chicago. >> as far as i can see you have two groups of protesters right? you have the protesters who for the most part are relatively peaceful. then you have the black block protesters wearing black with the black bandanas around their faces. how many of those black block protesters are we talking about? >> just a handful. when you say there are two groups you're absolutely right. there are the groups that are for their protests and marches and have been following the letter of the law all week long. there have been events. then there is the fragment groups, these are the folks causing the problems. usually around the scheduled protests like yesterday. all of that melee happened following a scheduled protest when police said the time is up. please move on. that's when the chaos started. that's really the problem here. it's just a handful of people. but they are causing all of the problems. >> it's been really interesting to see. i think the focus on sort of two pieces of videotape, one we were just showing a moment ago, which was the police using their batons to fight back that crowd. another one that i thought was very interesting, ted, was this police van. there it is right there. look as they're pushing a guy out of the way. he is trying to slow the truck. watch the fwi in the black. he is going around the back of the car, stabbing the tires. you see it there. now you're going to see him right here, he is wearing black shirt, running back out to the crowd. i guess he has stabbed the tires of that truck. the guy who apparently the truck was pushing was able to move out of the way. that is the slow mo version of that guy. give me some more sense of just how violent these protests have gotten because certainly on tv i got to tell you they look really rough. >> yeah. it was violent yesterday definitely and the case with the police van, you have two separate stories here. immediately after that incident there was an alert out by the protesters saying one of our people has been hit by a police van. well, talked with the police and they say we had a police officer assaulted. in fact, the most serious injury in that incident was to the driver, the police officer there had a concussion because he was struck in the head during that situation. they say he was moving that van to get out because he was in danger. so the answer to your question how violent, in pockets it's very violent. when you see the batons flying and people getting hit, it's pretty intense. but for the most part, and this is what the main demonstrators are concerned about, for the most part these demonstrations have been peaceful. it's just this video is so dramatic this really is the lasting image that people have so far from the protests here. >> remarkable to see. ted rowlands, thanks. i want to bring in the illinois lieutenant governor sheila simon joining us now. nice to see you. thank you for being with us. how comfortable are you with sort of the visuals that you are seeing? how often are you talking to the chief of police and how do you feel about the strategy in dealing with both sets of protesters that we were talking about, the more peaceful protesters and some of those folks you're seeing on tv with more violent protests? >> i'm obviously saddened that there's violence involved that police have been injured, that protesters have been injured, but what i'm pleased with is that for the most part thousands of people have been able to express themselves, have been able to state their opinions about war, about nato, and chicago has shown a capability to respond to be a global city and i'm pleased with that. >> garry mccarthy is the superintendent of police and he was asked about that use of batons. we've seen that in a couple shots and here is what he said. >> have you authorized officers to use batons? >> absolutely. to overcome an assault? absolutely. >> you said you were concerned about the image but ultimately the batons did come out and it is not a pretty thing. >> no but ultimately the officers were assaulted. they don't have to stand there and take an assault. >> are you concerned that many of the conversations that have been taking place over the weekend and probably will continue to take place today are about the violence and not conversations about what's really happening at this summit? >> i am concerned about that because i think those small images, those few images do form some kind of impression. i think though for the most part people who were participating and i have a staff member who was on the scene said that for the most part things were very orderly, that there were plenty of law enforcement officers around to make sure the people could express themselves, that there were legal observers, medical staff, and that it was really an effective use of a democracy where we have to tolerate and appreciate all opinions. >> i know that the protesters have said that they're going to try to, quote, shut down boeing today, which is based in chicago and obviously makes gear for defense and aircraft as well. what's the strategy for protecting or i guess keeping the protesters if there is one from boeing? >> well, i think the strategy has been all along to work with all of the different law enforcement agencies in concert and i think for the most part they've been doing a fantastic job of making sure that people are protected and free speech rights are protected as well. it's a tough balance to get but i think they're doing a good job. >> quick question for you about financial costs. the estimates that i have seen are about $55 million for security. a chunk of that is paid for by the feds but the upside i've also read is somewhere around $128 million potentially by some estimates being made in, you know, sort of housing and hotels and restaurants, etcetera, etcetera, for the city. do you think it's been worth it? >> i think on balance it's a very positive thing for chicago, for the state of illinois. chicago is a city with a global influence and now we can demonstrate a global impact. we have lots of advantages in the ability to put something like this together well. >> sheila simon is the state's lieutenant governor. nice to see you. thank you for talking with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> time for a look at the rest of the stories making news this morning. christine has a look at those. >> good morning, soledad. newark, new jersey mayor cory booker is now backing off some surprising comments he made criticizing president obama for attacks on mitt romney. booker told nbc's "meet the press" yesterday he was uncomfortable with president obama attacking romney's record at bain capital. >> you look at the totality of bain capital's record. they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses, and this to me i am very uncomfortable with. >> now booker says romney's record at bain is fair game. in a new youtube video booker says the president is, quote, reasonable to scrutinize romney's business record. >> i believe that mitt romney in many ways is not being completely honest with his role and his record even while a business person and is shaping it to serve his political interests. >> booker says his earlier remarks were meant to express his frustration with negative campaigning over all. booker, a democrat, is supporting president obama for re-election. >>> the lockerbie bomber will be buried today. al-megrahi, a former libyan intelligence officer, was the only person ever convicted in the bombing of pan am flight 103. 270 people died when that plane exploded over lockerbie, scotland in 1988. al-megrahi died sunday nearly three years after he was freed from a scottish prison on humanitarian grounds because he was said to be gravely ill. >>> it is sentencing day in the rutgers web cam spying case. the defendant could get ten years in prison for hate crimes against tyler clemente. a jury convicted him of spying and intimidating his gay roommate. clemente jumped off new york's george washington bridge and hanged himself after ravi used a web cam to spy on him with another man. >>> incredible pictures of yesterday's solar eclipse. millions looking into the skies to catch a glimpse of the ring of fire. this eclipse, the first of its kind in 18 years, created a golden ring around the moon's silhouette and it was visible on the west coast and in asia. the next one will happen in 2023. >>> robin gibb of the bee gees has lost his battle with cancer. gibb founded the group which included his two brothers. they sold more than 200 million records and together they helped turn disco into a global phenomenon writing much of the music for the iconic film "saturday night fever." robin gibb was 62. soledad, a voice of a whole generation. >> my goodness. no question. remember my mother used to think that more than a woman was bow-legged woman and she'd run around the house singing ♪ bow-legged woman . thank you for the update. >>> still ahead his daring escape from house arrest sparked a diplomatic crisis. and really angered china. now activist chen guangcheng has landed in america. he's already exercising his freedom of speech. and the greatest spectacle in racing, the indianapolis 500 is this weekend. there is controversy. new cars, they say some people slower. drivers marco andretti and jared hildebrand are going to join us. our panel will be talking about that and much more. nice to have you guys. welcome. how are you? in the latino communityr retirement. the word that we use is jubilation. as you're getting older, you should be able to do the things that you love. >>> welcome back everybody. it's been a harrowing seven yoi journey for a chinese activist and has ended in freedom in the united states. chen guangcheng arrived on saturday evening at newark airport in new jersey. then he made his way to new york city where he is going to be beginning a fellowship at nyu school of law. now, through a translator mr. chen changed the u.s. government. also offered praise for beijing. >> translator: i am very gratified to see that the chinese government has been dealing with the situation with restraint and calm. >> mr. chen was arrested back in 2006 for his work against his government's enforcement of mandated birth quotas and was then sent to prison, put under house arrest in april before he was able to escape his captors arrived at the u.s. embassy in beijing on april 26th which was just days before the secretary of state, hillary clinton, was scheduled to get there for a big economic talk with china. it became a very tense diplomatic situation and mr. chen was eventually sent to a state-run hospital where he remained until suddenly his arrival here in new york. joining us this morning is congressman chris smith of new jersey. he helps facilitate mr. chen's arrival. he has been really working on his case for more than ten years now and was there to greet him at newark airport when he touched down. it is nice to have you. >> thanks very much. >> my pleasure. >>> you saw him and we've certainly gotten a chance to see him as he made his brief statement. >> he looked very weak. his ankle was broken. in the escape. totally jet lagged. had a little car sickness. you know, he is going to have to have some time to heal and recuperate because he has been through a trauma both physically and emotionally as well as his wife and children. and his extended family as we all know who are still at grave risk. they're being retaliated against. they shifted they being the chinese government from going after him and beating him routinely to beating his family especially his nephew and brother. >> he has come to the united states with his wife and two children, a 6-year-old and a 10-year-old. >> yes. >> but as you point out there is lots of concern about the family members, his nephew, his brother, his mother who have all stayed behind. what is the situation with them right now? >> it is very, very bad. the situation is hard to get information because we only get it by way of people who phone in and give up dates but the police have cordoned off a number of his family members so while the chens are free here, the other christens chens are not. that goes equally for a number of the people, the woman who helped him escape. she has already been beaten around the face and sexually molested. then there is a whole group of other people including lawyers, one of them who was actually a visiting scholar in 2009, i had him in a hearing. he went back. he is the man who defended chen in 2005 in the court as part of a group of lawyers. he was beaten so badly trying to reach chen at the hospital that he may have lost hearing in one of his ears. this is a brutal dictatorship. most americans i think, you know, they get the happy pictures of beijing and perhaps shanghai, maybe even if they go there on vacation they come away with a false impression that belice whb belies what is going on by the secret police. >> how safe is mr. chen here in the united states? we know that nation's reaches don't stop at their borders. >> a great question. you know, we've learned from many dissidents who finally got here and got asylum or protection that they are tracked, followed, harassed. there will have to be an extra layer of protection. >> who? new york pd, fbi? >> i think the new york university might be on the short term sufficient but i think it has to be watched carefully because they do things like car crashes or something happens that is made to look like an accident so we have to keep a very, very sharp focus. >> you see pictures in the newspaper like mr. chen sitting in washington park this weekend. it makes you -- when you bring up things like this -- >> i was going to ask you, actually, congressman smith, i know that part of the reason that chen is under fire in china is because of the fact -- i want to ask you coming from a pro choice perspective if this is something where you feel the pro life and pro choice communities could work together because it is about forcing women to make a choice they don't want to make. >> ulf, we haven't. you un, i offered the first amendment in the house of representatives in 1984 to defund any organization implicit in these crimes against women. chen is i believe one of the greatest defenders of women in the world. he took on an issue that some of the human rights groups have looked askance and literally put aside, perhaps out of ignorance or for whatever reason and women have been forcibly aborted since 1979. chen has a second child only because some disabled persons, he is blind as everyone knows, do get an opportunity to get a second child but by and large forced abortion is absolutely pervasive. there is missing maybe on the order of a hundred million girls because of sex election abortion and there are many women a day in china who commit suicide. this is the worst human rights violation ever and now we have missing girls, the current problem of sex trafficking. i wrote the trafficking protection act in 2000 to prevent modern day slavery. china is becoming the magnet for that. >> mr. chen has said he wants to go back right? as you list all of these things pretty much from the start of our conversation to now, why? why would he possibly go back? he is not going to be safe and it looks like there's not been a tremendous change in the human rights issues people have been protesting as you say since the late 1970s. >> it has gotten worse. >> what is the likelihood that in fact mr. chen after he studies and gets his law degree at nyu will head back to china to do the work he wanted to do? >> i think the short and intermediate term it is very slim. if he goes back that target on his back that is already there here, the chinese government very aggressive lly foments following and harassing people who speak up for human rights even in this country especially if they're chinese. if he goes back he and his family will be the cross hares of retaliation -- the crosshairs will shift toward him. right now it is his family that every one of us has to continue our focus as never before. >> we appreciate your time this morning. >>> still ahead this morning on "starting point" what our eyes caught in the morning papers. including occupy my wedding. a bride goes completely crazy of course because you know you're so on the edge when you're the bride anyway when nato protesters crash her party. we completely understand that. don't forget you can watch us live on your computer and mobile phone while at work. cnn.com/live. guess what? 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people talking about the tebowing and sometimes even mocking the tebowing. he's like, i love it. anybody who wants to talk about people praying on the field i fully support it. i might love that man. he is a really sweet guy. i know. >> no, i like tim tebow. what is there not to like? >> i am happy he is in new york. >>> facebook starts the day at almost the same price where it debuted at the company's ipo. just 23 cents above the initial $38 a share and some say it could have fallen lower except that underwriters like morgan stanley were coming in and buying and buying and buying and making sure at least it held that price. let's get to the author of "accidental billionaires" which was the basis of the movie "the social network" which was wildly popular. good morning and nice to see you. thanks for talking with us. >> good morning to you. >> i'm going to ask christine, will you join our conversation? we can do it remotely. you know, we talked a little bit about the stock price. it went up to about 42 and change and then came back down. of course mark zuckerberg got married the day after the ipo so it has been a crazy week or weekend for him. talk to me a little bit about the culture. what do you think the reaction is for mark zuckerberg around sort of this, i don't want to use the word flop but certainly not a strong takeoff of the stock and kind of a busy weekend as well? >> well, i mean, i think the expectation for that, it was going to explode and not just the 23 cent soaring i guess. but overall there was so much press and so many people wanting to be a part of it that, i mean, they have to be happy that, you know, hundreds of millions of people were watching this and all tried to buy shares. the retail was out of this world for something like this. on the one hand, it was positive. but, you know, everyone expected it to go flying. and it was just a tougher ipo than they expected, i think. you know, mark zuckerberg doesn't really care. >> he doesn't really? he is a ceo now. >> he has a swimming pool full of money. he's not a guy that cares that much about money. >> really? >> he never cared about money in his whole life. >> does he care about success? >> yeah. he wants facebook to be on everyone's computer. he wants everyone in the world to be part of facebook. what is important to him i think is that we all used it every day. so now that he's become an adult ceo of a major company, of course, he has all these people around him who, you know, have to care about this. but him personally? i think it's more about all of us wanting to use facebook. that's the important thing. >> can you divide those two things? he's now the 28-year-old ceo and now that job means running a successful business that has shareholders and also he is young and untested and he hasn't really failed up to date. you know, on the other side of that you have sort of a very nonstrong opening day for your ipo. >> yeah. you know, listen. around him he's got really great people but mark, himself, he is a bit of a strange guy. i think his week was a good week. he turned 28. he made $19 billion, and he got married. this isn't a bad week for a guy. so overall you're right. you know, he has to become the ceo of this major company. he has to become a guy who wears a tie once in a while. right? but over all mark himself is only going to care if we stop using facebook. which i don't think is going to happen. >> let's talk about just for a moment one of the other facebook founders. tell me about the week eduardo salvin had last week. you wrote the book. you know these guys. we all know eduardo has renowned his u.s. citizenship just ahead of the ipo. what do you make of that? >> i spent a lot of time with eduardo and i know him pretty well. i don't think he thought it through or realized how upset people were going to get about this. this is a kid born in brazil who only came here as a teenager, spent some time here and lives in singapore. saving a bit of money on his taxes he lives in singapore and is an international guy. i don't think he realized people would get as upset as they have. you know, he is going to save money but he is doing it because he is an international guy and feels like he'll live in singapore the rest of his life. >> let me ask you a question about sort of the financials. if you look at this at a couple fronts, they had this issue i guess with the nasdaq which called itself, i think we have a graphic. >> use a kind word. >> and maybe kinder apology was we're humbly embarrassed. >> yeah. >> what happened? >> you know, there was some problem, a technology flaw, and you couldn't get canceled orders and people put orders in and it wasn't until almost 2:00 in the afternoon they found out if their orders were canceled or in and were on. i mean, it was a mess. so that was an embarrassment. then morgan stanley also probably, i mean, no doubt stepping in having to buy up a lot of these shares. because it was priced too high. demand wasn't as good as they thought it would be. on two fronts you had some embarrassments and it was the worst week for stocks in a year. so it was like kind of a three reasons why it was a really tough day for facebook shares on friday. >> but as ben just said he is a billionaire, got married, turned 28. a good week. let me give ben a final question. what kind of ceo do you think mark zuckerberg will be? describe him for me, couple words. >> i mean, he's going to be strange. he's different. he is an odd guy. he is very socially awkward. we'll keep seeing photos of him looking really strange. over all i think his belief in facebook will be a good thing for the company. over all i think he'll be a good ceo. >> a the talk about his hoodie and it's morgan stanley and the nasdaq that failed this opening. >> ben, thank you. appreciate having you. >>> still ahead on "starting point" mick jagger closes out "snl's" season and is hilarious with his take on steven tyler. also, popular past member says good-bye. we'll tell you who it is. what's it like to hit more than 200 miles an hour in an indy car? we'll talk with drivers marco andretti and j.r. hildebrand. there they are. they'll chat with us up next. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! 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>> great jamies. >> you can tell. >> tell me about the new year and also the practice and sort of the trying to get the pole position yesterday and the last couple days. >> well, i mean, it's basically qualifying. we trim these cars out and what i mean is we make the rear wings basically to make the cars go as fast as possible. and they're really trimmed out and tough to drive because they lose a lot of the down forcing grip. we try to make them go as quick as possible for four lapse for a four-lap average. >> how fast were you able to go? >> i was a mid to high 225 average so that put me fourth. >> we had a mechanical issue and we were 224ish. >> that's miles per hour, people. >> very sensitive things going on here. but you mentioned the new cars. that's fun and new for us this year. both marco and i are driving for chevrolet this year which they came back into the series because sort of the engine rules changed for this year to make it a little more relevant to street cars. so that was part of what drew them back in. so it's been kind of fun i think for all the teams and drivers to have something new to work with both on the engine side and with the chassis like the race car itself. >> how old are both of you? >> 24 or 25. >> so you had a great year and a rough year last year. i know you've seen this crash video. >> for sure. >> i want to show a little bit of that crash. i know you've seen it a million times. this is you trying to kind of get in front and you hit the wall. >> yeah. as you see it here, basically we're coming down to the last lap and there was a car that was running -- >> you were winning. >> yeah. we were in the lead. a car was running out of gas and with these race tracks before you kind of saw that you can see a sort of black groove around the race track and, you know, if you have to get outside that groove we get up into what's called sort of the gray and the marbles. there is all of this stuff from the tires and this kind of thing out there. so coming into the last corner i kind of had to make a split second decision with this car all of a sudden going as much slower, you know, than i was as it was either jam on the brakes or try to make the pass and get around. so being that it's the indy 500, kind of a bigger go home kind of moment and we ended up coming in second with three wheels on it instead. >> it was dan weldon who won and he ended up dying not long after in a crash. i know there is a movement to honor him in this indy 500. what are they going to do? do you know? >> i think we just got to -- there is nothing specific. i think he's always on our minds not just at indy so i think we'll all be driving with heavy hearts. obviously he is a defending champion there. but, you know, as j.r. said in the earlier interview i think we just have to think of what a happy person he was and how much he loved the sport and indy in particular. and so we'll just go out and do our jobs like he would and kind of -- he is the type of person that would be making fun of us if we're stopping so you just have to think about that. >> are you good drivers like in real life? i mean, are you great parallel parkers? when it's not 225 miles an hour but like 70 on the highway. >> 55. >> oh, whoops. >> come on now. >> there are some highways i'm sure where technically it is 70. but you know, is driving like a regular person anything like driving on the indy 500? >> no. >> you obviously had long family connections to open wheel racing. how did you pick open wheel racing over say nascar? >> i grew up in northern california, a lot of road racing and that kind of stuff out there so i went to all kinds of races when i was younger and to me it was plain and simple that indy cars were the fastest cars and that's what i wanted to do. so it sounds very like ricky bobby. you definitely, i mean that's the long and short of it to be honest with you. >> we're really excited for both of you. good luck over the weekend. on sunday the 101st indy 500. great to have you. appreciate it. really love the suits. i really do. coming up next on "starting point" mick jagger hosts the final night of "saturday night live" and features a tearful farewell to a very popular cast member. we'll bring you some of the highlights and the low lights i guess cow cayou could call it. are you guys okay? yeah. ♪ [ man ] i had a great time. thank you, it was really fun. ♪ [ crash ] i'm going to write down my number, but don't use it. 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>> that's right. >> welcome back. let me introduce you to our panel. will cain is us. a cnn contributor. and columnist for the blaze.com. mary is with us a republican congressman from the state of california and joining us as well for the first time is irin carmon. we usually start in my house when i used not to come here this morning and getting kids ready for school and no more drama. everybody, take a deep breath, get it together. our starting point this morning is the closing day of the nato summit that is happening in chicago and many people expect that it's going to be more protests and probably violent protests like we saw yesterday where dozens of people were arrested. clashes with police happened on sunday n sunday near the summit meeting site. they say they will march to the boeing headquarters today. ted rowlands, what are they saying they are going to try to do at boeing, ted? >> reporter: the plan is to shut down boeing. what they are doing is they are going to surround the buildings, the very large building in downtown chicago here. they are launching that in the next hour here in chicago and they say they are going to be there all day long. now, boeing is pretty much shut down anyway because of this threat. they put up fences around the building and have told their employees to work from home. they will be out there again today and at it last night until after midnight. 40 plus arrests and several injuries yesterday. several injuries to protesters. also to police officers. four police officers were injured, according to the chicago police department, one officer stabbed in the leg. in fact, last night, the superintendent of the chicago police came out and said if there is any finger pointing after looking at this video, those fingers should be pointed squarely at the protesters. my officers, he said, were protecting themselves. >> in some of the pictures, ted, we see the police, obviously, sometimes with their batons out. you know, kind of smacking it at the protesters. i think you see a couple of different groups of protesters. you see folks dressed in black with black bandanas and black block. you see other protesters who seem to be more peaceful sort of carrying signs and sometimes marching silently through. tell me about the two different teams of protesters. >> reporter: yeah. and the vast majority of the protesters who are in chicago this week are the ones that are here for a specific issue. we had a number of nurses, thousands of nurses here on friday. we had some iraqi and afghanistan war vets here yesterday carrying signs, trying to deliver a message to the nato leaders and they have been following the rules. they have had permits for all of their protesters. then there is the small group, the very small group of agitators who have been defiant and who have ignored police commands to move off of certain areas and that is where the trouble really is. >> ted rowlands for us this morning. thank you. appreciate it. >>> let's talk a little bit more about actually why everybody is in chicago for the summit. damon wilson is a former top aide to the nato secretary-general and also the executive vice president at the atlantic council and they are hosting a conference for young leaders at the summit today. nice to see you and thanks for talking with us. obviously, the focus of the conversation, afghanistan is the focus of the conversation. that's tough on a number of fronts. first, you have troops, then you have some of the financial commitment, then you have sort of long-term relationship commitment conversations to be had. what is the main focus or is it sort of all of the above that has to be discussed today? >> you know, it is all of the above. this is a focus on afghanistan. and, frankly, the summit has been a forcing event for president obama, the nato secretary-general, to help sort of bring back the coalition and focus it on a way forward in afghanistan where there are la lot of questions about a tough war. you're seeing keep the allies and members of the coalition on the same page with the strategy that keeps the nato mission through the end of 2014. but recognizes builds in milestones in 2013 to transfer lead responsibility to the afghans and afghanistan. this is part of a real effort to unify the partners in afghanistan at a time when there are a lot of questions raised about the way forward. >> a lot of questions being raised and we are in the midst of a big financial crisis. certainly european nations may not want to commit to anything financially until 2024. how big of a problem is that going to be? >> well, certainly i think this whole summit is characterized by how is nato operate in an age of austerity when defense budgets are tight. you have to accept that reality. when you think about where we have come from. partners in afghanistan fighting this war for over a decade. that is a pretty remarkable accomplishment. what the summit is doing it lock everyone in the next two years and try to fulfill the mission in afghanistan in a that doesn't let al qaeda and the taliban return to create problems in afghanistan again. so the financial aspect is huge. it's a serious issue, but what you're seeing is the ally signing up to a plan that does commit to end the war, leads them through a path of gradual draw-downs and transfers the responsibility to afghans. the allies will remain rather than in a combat role more in a training and advising and assist role, most cheaper role as well. >> damon, this is will cain. the europeans may not be president obama's biggest problem at these nato meetings. the supply routes from pakistan and afghanistan has been shut down, what is the relationship between the relationship between president obama and president of pakistan the next few years? >> nato has taken the point of view as long as pakistan was blocking the supplies to forces in afghanistan, it was not helping the operation, really working to undermine the nato mission to the alliance held out until there was a prospect for a breakthrough on the negotiations. it's been a difficult relationship. it's been -- it will continue to be a difficult relationship. i think the alliance -- >> is the tenor of the meeting between president obama and president of pakistan to make this more intense? i've heard they won't meet in person to put the pressure on the president of pakistan. >> secretary clinton has had a long session with the president of pakistan but that is the focus. if you come to a nato summit and be a part of the community to help the two countries to succeed pakistan needs to come to the table to conclude a deal to allow the resupply for forces in afghanistan. as long as pakistan prevents that, it really does have a real drawback effort to undermined the mission. i think they are close to an grooermt and i think why you see sudari here. he is sitting here around the table with the other nations trying to help afghanistan succeed and that is a good thing. >> question for you while we are talking about the president's relationship with various leaders, i understand that in contrast t
he could soon face charges in the alleged gang rape of a belgian prostitute. this happened during a party at her hotel in washington, d.c. almost two years ago. that's a story at least the french prosecutors are investigating, launching an investigation into this. a french newspaper says these allegations came from statements that two escorts made to belgian police. dsk held one of the most powerful positions in the world of course as imf chief. you may also remember he was arrested after a new...
NOW With Alex Wagner : MSNBCW : May 3, 2012 9:00am-10:00am PDT
-- was not pro active enough. that certainly doesn't look good. >> well, understand that mr. chen was trying to do something that was unique without precedent. normally the united states tries to work to bring activists out of china where they feel they are threatened. mr. chen specifically had the united states negotiate with china. he wanted to be reunited with his family, he wanted to be relocated to a safer place, he wanted to be able to study the law, and he wanted to continue his work to try to expand civil society within china. now i think 24 hours later it appears he has a change of heart. he now believes that china will not live up to the terms of its agreement. the united states officials as i understand it talking to them this morning are trying to reach mr. chen so they can ascertain if he's had a change of heart and obvious the course will take its own course depending on what he tells them. unfortunately, the chinese officials are preventing that from happening. >> that's the question. how much can we do now that he's no longer in u.s. custody. i thought it was interesti
-- was not pro active enough. that certainly doesn't look good. >> well, understand that mr. chen was trying to do something that was unique without precedent. normally the united states tries to work to bring activists out of china where they feel they are threatened. mr. chen specifically had the united states negotiate with china. he wanted to be reunited with his family, he wanted to be relocated to a safer place, he wanted to be able to study the law, and he wanted to continue his...
CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley : KPIX : May 2, 2012 5:30pm-6:00pm PDT
friends spoke to him over the phone and then started tweeting. and she said that mr. chen had told her that he had been forced to leave the u.s. embassy because chinese officials had told him that if he didn't, his wife would be returned to their village where she would be beaten, persecuted, and he apparently feared for her life. what this does is raise one very big question, and that's the extent to which the chinese authorities can be relied upon to live up to these guarantees that they've made about chen guangcheng's safety going forward. >> pelley: tell me, what is it that chen did in his human rights work that made the chinese government so angry with him? >> well, chen guangcheng is really an extraordinary figure. he is a self-taught lawyer who has consistently stood up for the human rights of other people here in china. back in 2005, he exposed how thousands of people in his province of shandong had been forced to undergo abortions and forced to undergo surgical sterilization. that's because local officials were being somewhat overzealous in their implementation of china's one-
friends spoke to him over the phone and then started tweeting. and she said that mr. chen had told her that he had been forced to leave the u.s. embassy because chinese officials had told him that if he didn't, his wife would be returned to their village where she would be beaten, persecuted, and he apparently feared for her life. what this does is raise one very big question, and that's the extent to which the chinese authorities can be relied upon to live up to these guarantees that they've...
Starting Point : CNNW : May 21, 2012 4:00am-6:00am PDT
of law. now, through a translator mr. chen changed the u.s. government. also offered praise for beijing. >> translator: i am very gratified to see that the chinese government has been dealing with the situation with restraint and calm. >> mr. chen was arrested back in 2006 for his work against his government's enforcement of mandated birth quotas and was then sent to prison, put under house arrest in april before he was able to escape his captors arrived at the u.s. embassy in beijing on april 26th which was just days before the secretary of state, hillary clinton, was scheduled to get there for a big economic talk with china. it became a very tense diplomatic situation and mr. chen was eventually sent to a state-run hospital where he remained until suddenly his arrival here in new york. joining us this morning is congressman chris smith of new jersey. he helps facilitate mr. chen's arrival. he has been really working on his case for more than ten years now and was there to greet him at newark airport when he touched down. it is nice to have you. >> thanks very much. >> my pleas
of law. now, through a translator mr. chen changed the u.s. government. also offered praise for beijing. >> translator: i am very gratified to see that the chinese government has been dealing with the situation with restraint and calm. >> mr. chen was arrested back in 2006 for his work against his government's enforcement of mandated birth quotas and was then sent to prison, put under house arrest in april before he was able to escape his captors arrived at the u.s. embassy in...
BBC World News : KQEH : May 4, 2012 6:00pm-6:30pm PDT
has offered mr. chen a lot fellowship. >> progress has been made to help him have the future that he wants. we will be staying in touch with him. >> tonight, as hillary clinton wraps up her meeting with the chinese leaders and prepares to leave this country, there is no resolution to the crisis over chen guangcheng. the dilemma goes on. there is an opportunity to end it, but will time to let him go? -- will china let him go? >> this is "bbc news," still ahead -- campaign comes to an end in france. will it be nicolas sarkozy or socialist candidate francois hollande? german doctors call to the ukraine to examine yulia tymoshenko have said that she can remain for treatment. she claims to have been beaten while in prison and is currently in hundred strike at the protest of her conviction. a french court has sentenced a nuclear physicist for his role in plotting terrorism with al qaeda's north african wing. the trial convicted him of criminal association with a view to plotted terrorist attacks. 100 pelicans have been removed from the northern coast of peru. of around 1200 pelicans and 90
has offered mr. chen a lot fellowship. >> progress has been made to help him have the future that he wants. we will be staying in touch with him. >> tonight, as hillary clinton wraps up her meeting with the chinese leaders and prepares to leave this country, there is no resolution to the crisis over chen guangcheng. the dilemma goes on. there is an opportunity to end it, but will time to let him go? -- will china let him go? >> this is "bbc news," still ahead --...
. secretary of state is attending. with the details still marching as to why mr. chen left the nsc, that will cast a shadow over the talks. we understand he has talked to the reuters news agency. he has repeated he wants to leave the country with his family. certainly the sensitive topic for china and america. the u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, will come under pressure on this point particularly as in the past, she has spoken about chen guangcheng's case so publicly. >> the u.s. might come under pressure. china wants to apologize for their alleged role in this -- his escape. is there evidence of the u.s. in this case? >> the chinese authorities have said he was taken into the embassy through what it called at normal channels. certainly the american officials confirmed that and said it was a humanitarian case. they said he was given medical treatment in the embassy before leaving to the hospital yesterday. certainly from china opposing point of view, there is a great deal of anger over this case. this has been a huge embarrassment for beijing. once again it is the focus -
. secretary of state is attending. with the details still marching as to why mr. chen left the nsc, that will cast a shadow over the talks. we understand he has talked to the reuters news agency. he has repeated he wants to leave the country with his family. certainly the sensitive topic for china and america. the u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, will come under pressure on this point particularly as in the past, she has spoken about chen guangcheng's case so publicly. >> the...
. just yesterday american diplomats were forced to wait outside the building and mr. chen guangcheng said they were not allowed to visit him. in a statement it said mr. chen can apply to study in the u.s. like any other chinese citizen. that suggests there may be a solution at hand to end this crisis. >> now to france where one of the candidates is warning against euphoria and complacency while the other warns against mad experiments with the economy. the frontrunner and incumbent, nicolas sarkozy is at its narrowist. our bbc continue following each and every buildup. katya? >> it's actually quite nail biting. as many people here saying there's rarely in recent years been such a close call in the second round of the elections. it's about economic politics. french people say the economy is number one on their mind and the international market is watching. this is a huge european economy. who will be president will affect the economic policies in the euro zone. joining me to have a chat more about what it could mean is the university's expert. francois hollande is in the lead. can he r
. just yesterday american diplomats were forced to wait outside the building and mr. chen guangcheng said they were not allowed to visit him. in a statement it said mr. chen can apply to study in the u.s. like any other chinese citizen. that suggests there may be a solution at hand to end this crisis. >> now to france where one of the candidates is warning against euphoria and complacency while the other warns against mad experiments with the economy. the frontrunner and incumbent,...
Anderson Cooper 360 : CNNW : May 25, 2012 1:00am-2:00am PDT
so that their people don't hear what mr. chen is going to say. here's the interview i gave -- i had with mr. chen guangcheng earlier today. on the night of april 22nd, a blind activist in china makes a daring escape. chen guangcheng a self-taught lawyer and advocate for the poor had been a prisoner in his own home for more than 18 months. during that time he and his wife were periodically and savagely beaten by the chinese guards. in his first television interview, chen said he needed to find a way out. you were under house arrest. what was that like? >> reporter: i want -- >> translator: i want to correct one thing here. when we talk about my situation in the future, let's not use the word house arrest. but instead, let's use the term illegal detention. it's hard for me to describe what it was like during the time. but my suffering was beyond imagination. >> did you feel like there was an end to it? did it feel like it was going to go on and on? >> translator: i didn't see much hope. >> chen is known as the barefoot lawyer in china. he became a government target after he filed a cl
so that their people don't hear what mr. chen is going to say. here's the interview i gave -- i had with mr. chen guangcheng earlier today. on the night of april 22nd, a blind activist in china makes a daring escape. chen guangcheng a self-taught lawyer and advocate for the poor had been a prisoner in his own home for more than 18 months. during that time he and his wife were periodically and savagely beaten by the chinese guards. in his first television interview, chen said he needed to find...
Anderson Cooper 360 : CNN : May 25, 2012 4:00am-5:00am EDT
you because in the past when we have reported on mr. chen, they have cut off the live transmission. they censored us. you can watch to see if china will censor our broadcast yet again. there's a slight delay. that's why they're watching the christian bale part. he is here with his wife and children, but he's worried about the relatives left behind. one of his brothers also managed to slip out of the heavily guarded village we understand. as we said the chinese government is very sensitive about all of this. and again, as you watch this interview, watch that little box at the bottom of the screen to see if the chinese government decides to censor so that their people don't hear what mr. chen is going to say. here's the interview i gave -- i had with mr. chen guangcheng earlier today. on the night of april 22nd, a blind activist in china makes a daring escape. chen guangcheng a self-taught lawyer and advocate for the poor had been a prisoner in his own home for more than 18 months. during that time he and his wife were periodically and savagely beaten by the chinese guards. in his fi
you because in the past when we have reported on mr. chen, they have cut off the live transmission. they censored us. you can watch to see if china will censor our broadcast yet again. there's a slight delay. that's why they're watching the christian bale part. he is here with his wife and children, but he's worried about the relatives left behind. one of his brothers also managed to slip out of the heavily guarded village we understand. as we said the chinese government is very sensitive...
CNN Newsroom : CNN : May 3, 2012 1:00pm-3:00pm EDT
was deemed an appropriate time to release them. yes, jeff. >> jay, has mr. chen and/or his family officially requested asylum from the united states? >> i can tell you as you have seen in media reports that it certainly appears mr. chen and his wife have changed their views about what's best for him and his family. i think as the state department has made clear in the discussions that mr. chen had with officials, state department officials at the embassy, he reiterated his firm desire to stay in china, to reunify with his family in china, to be relocated and our efforts on his behalf were in accordance with those wishes, to try to achieve those goals for him in our consultations with chinese officials. his views have changed as you have seen reported, but i can't comment on the ongoing discussions that he and his wife are having with state department officials or those officials are having with chinese officials. >> the united states is speaking with chen and his family right now and presumably he's had the opportunity to -- >> again, these are ongoing discussions and i can't comm
was deemed an appropriate time to release them. yes, jeff. >> jay, has mr. chen and/or his family officially requested asylum from the united states? >> i can tell you as you have seen in media reports that it certainly appears mr. chen and his wife have changed their views about what's best for him and his family. i think as the state department has made clear in the discussions that mr. chen had with officials, state department officials at the embassy, he reiterated his firm...
Jansing and Co. : MSNBC : May 4, 2012 10:00am-11:00am EDT
administration's handling of mr. chen's situation has become political fodder for candidate mitt romney. listen to what he had to say -- >> our embassy failed to put in place the verifiable measures that would ensure the safety of mr. chen and his family. if these reports are true, this is a dark day for freedom and it's a day of shame for the obama administration. we are a place of freedom. here and around the world and we should stand up and defend freedom wherever it is under attack. >> in fact, the chinese government now says they will accept mr. chen's plection for travel documents but there is no telling how long that process could take. pull on those gardening gloves. and let's see how colorful an afternoon can be. with certified advice to help us expand our palette... ...and prices that give us more spring per dollar... ...we can mix the right soil with the right ideas. ...and bring even more color to any garden. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. lay down a new look, with earthgro mulch, now three bags for just $10. hi, i just switched jobs, and
administration's handling of mr. chen's situation has become political fodder for candidate mitt romney. listen to what he had to say -- >> our embassy failed to put in place the verifiable measures that would ensure the safety of mr. chen and his family. if these reports are true, this is a dark day for freedom and it's a day of shame for the obama administration. we are a place of freedom. here and around the world and we should stand up and defend freedom wherever it is under attack....
Jansing and Co. : MSNBCW : May 4, 2012 7:00am-8:00am PDT
situation at a press conference just a couple of hours ago. >> all of our efforts with mr. chen have been guided by his choices and our values. and i'm pleased that today our ambassador has spoken with him again. our embassy staff and our doctor had a chance to meet with him. and he confirms that he and his family now want to go to the united states so he can pursue his studies. >> but the administration's handling of mr. chen's situation has become political fodder for candidate mitt romney. listen to what he had to say -- >> our embassy failed to put in place the verifiable measures that would ensure the safety of mr. chen and his family. if these reports are true, this is a dark day for freedom and it's a day of shame for the obama administration. we are a place of freedom. here and around the world and we should stand up and defend freedom wherever it is under attack. >> in fact, the chinese government now says they will accept mr. chen's plection for travel documents but there is no telling how long that process could take. pull on those gardening gloves. and let's see how color
situation at a press conference just a couple of hours ago. >> all of our efforts with mr. chen have been guided by his choices and our values. and i'm pleased that today our ambassador has spoken with him again. our embassy staff and our doctor had a chance to meet with him. and he confirms that he and his family now want to go to the united states so he can pursue his studies. >> but the administration's handling of mr. chen's situation has become political fodder for candidate...