Situation. Putin is a tough guy with a thin skin. The trial of our colleagues three journalists have been adjourned again. The prosecution case holds little water. Theres nothing of substance. Al jazeera rejects the charges and continues to demand their immediate release. Researchers at louisville say four paralyzed patients have regained control over certain muscles in their legs. You forget how tall you are. Doctors said theyd never be able to walk again. We begin with the resignation of health and human secretary services Kathleen Sebelius. Shes leaving after five years on the job, but will be remembered for the disastrous roll out of the obamacare website that has brought considerable political damage to the white house. The only thing i can conclude is that its impossible to do assist in this administration that gets you fired. The timing of her departure as enrolment in the hare exchange surpasses 7. 5 million, indicates a push by the administration to get beyond the troubles. Kathleen sebelius made the decision to resign, and was not forced out. We are joined by al jazeeras White House Correspondent mike viqueira. There were a lot of calls for her head to role when the website crashed and burnt. Why is this happening now . Interestingly, i think the reason it didnt happen before is because there was so many calls, and if the resignation or the firing, as the case may be during that time, would have made the administration look equal and exacerbated the significant political and public problems that they have. Now theres a woint of opportunity, coming off the good news. The president in the rose garden, after the enrolment period ended, dollar 7. 1 million to sign up. Many have not paid their premiums. It was good news. They hit the target of 7 million, so Kathleen Sebelius had the window where she could leave. After five years, she had a long and distinguished career as the governor of kansas. Five years as the hhs secretary. It was the last six or seven months that will define the term. She, herself, in testimony before congress at the height of the heathcare. Gov roll out. She called it a debacle. Shell appear with the president here in the rose garden at the white house with her successor Sylvia Mathews burwell, who heads the office of management and budget. I want to get to Sylvia Mathews burwell in a minute. She said in an interview on thursday, that she knew she wouldnt be there to turn out the light in 2017. Is this a move to get away from anyone associated with obamacares problems. The president didnt have her at the roz garden ceremony. Ended. Thats the point. She was conspicuous in her absence. She was not standing next to the president , and conspicuous in that the president had shoutouts to everyone that contributed to the unexpected success. Except Kathleen Sebelius. I think there was some frustration, theres no question about it, not only among staff at the white house, but members of congress on capitol hill. And that is very significant. As you know, this is an Election Year for every member of the house of representatives, more than a third of the senate, the democrats stand to lose control, if things condition as they have been. They obviously have taken a political hit. There was desire on the part of leading senator to see a change, something they could point to on top of the good news that they had, and helpfully turn the corner on obamacare, and healthcare. Gov. Luther burrell sylvia replacement. With the politics, will confirmation be different . Well, we have seen tweets from leading republicans, john mccain, saying it was a good choice, and tweets that have not been received from the white house. One from the senator in the house saying should we celebrate with a red cello cup or glassware, the departure of Kathleen Sebelius. As far as the senate is concerned, it will be a welcome move. You are correct in that republicans never miss an opportunity to bash obamacare, the Affordable Care act, this is something they continue to believe is a political winner for them. As we mentioned its a Political Year and an Election Year in congress. The smart money would have her confirm nonetheless. House. Now to a miserable day on wall street. The techheavy naz deck plunged 230 points. The dow jones plummeted 277 points. Thats 1. 62 , and the s p 500 lost 39 points. More than 2 . To make sense of this and what it means to you here is ali velshi. Good to have you with us. The worst day sips late 2011 by the naz tack. Way. We had a better year for stocks in 2013. A lot of the tech names were tripledigit gainers. What happened is you have momentum in the stocks. They are not matched by the earnings. They are players like facebook, amazon, netflix and others that have been running strong, and now you have people worried that the economy seems to berecovering. The fed says Interest Rates might go up. Theres less room to play in the hightech speculative stocks. People move into things that are secure. People say you know what, maybe its time to get out while we wait to see what happens. How much should we worry. If you are not heavily invested in speculative stocks. Dont worry. The nasdaq is down 2. 8. The s and p is off 0. 8 of a percement. If you are diversified. Play. If you want to be reminded about what this means, go back to the 2000s. That makes me scared. You should be scared of things you dont understand. Stocks which do not have earnings reflecting their prices. Theres a price to earnings ratio. Most of the companies that took a drubbing do not have earnings to support prices. People are moving out of these things into quality stocks. Thats what you do. Do we have to worry about world issues. Well talk about ukraine and ape. This is the first time in five years that geopolitics is affecting staff. Ukraine and russia russia might be in a session this year. Thatll affect europe. Europe has slow growth. China will grow 7. 5 . We have numbers from march showing that things may be slower than we expect. 7. 5 is double the rate of growth in the united states. China has issues it needs to deal with. It needs a fastgrowing economy. Same in india, they are in elections, but dropped growth and are in the 5s now. The developing world and emerging markets are most of the worlds growth. As they slow down, by design it will slow things down. We have to Pay Attention to the rest of the world. If im a glass half full, the dow is off a couple of percentage points. I have the glass half empty. We have not seen a correction in a few years, and the market dropping by 10 . This would be a good time to study the markets, if you have a 401 k. Just know what you might do. There might be opportunities to buy and sell high fliers. Good advice. Thanks. Now to the crisis in ukraine. German german chancellor Angela Merkel called on Vladimir Putin to call back the tanks, jet fighters and troops sitting on the border of ukraine, or russia will face another round of tougher sanction, the warping after Vladimir Putin fired off a letter to 18 world leaders, threatening to turn off russian gas to ukraine unless the country pays what it owes them. Gas dollars can be gepp dived. Putin says the European Union helped to create the crisis in ukraine. The squeeze play comes as prorussian separatists refuse to surrender control of offices in Eastern Ukraine despite a deadline to do so. For more we are joined from the washington d. C. Studio, formerly chief Economic Advisor to russian president , and served as Vladimir Putins representative to the g8. Andre illarionov, good to have you with us. Angela merkel, and the president spoke on the phone on thursday and threatened tougher sanctions if russia doesnt pull back their troops. How much does it affect putin . I dont think it affects putin in a serious way. It does not look like in putin is going to use troops in the future. These letters that have been mentioned, its a good indication of positive signs over the last few days. These letter shows three positive signs. First, that probably therell be no direct military intervention, at least in the future. Its hard to have negotiations about gas prices if, at the same time you are invading a country. Second, its a sign of looks like abandoning the separatists in south and east part of ukraine. And, third, it is de facto recognition of authorities in kiev. Vladimir putin directly calls for negotiations with those authorities. The fact that he refused to accept for number of weeks. This is a positive sign, but the results are negative. That is something he refused to recognise. So at least we have progress there. Prorussian protesters are not giving you have Eastern Ukraine, despite the friday deadline. And analysts say that Vladimir Putin does want chaos and destabilize i suggest in Eastern Ukraine, and not an invasion, despite the drops capable of invasion and at high readiness. You think this is a big sign. In the past you said western leaders have forgotten that other leaders do want to conquer other countries. To conquer the country th tart is the same. To conquer the country its possible to do it with intimidation, bribing, threats to attack and we attempt to put a leader at the head of ukraine. This is what mr Vladimir Putin is doing now. It was quite clear that for him, conquering with military, ukraine would be difficult, almost impossible. It would be much easier less costly and in his style as an officer of special services. Hes doing pretty now. You are talking about him being kgb and a high officer in the kgb. Trying to do it in a sneaky way. His style is a different style of officer from special special services. Its not a style of army officer. On attack is full military mite. Its not a style that he applies in eastern and south ukraine, or that he applies to put his person, Vladimir Putins person as a president or Prime Minister or both in ukraine. This is creating a situation economically. We mentioned that the russian economy could be close to recession, the drank is saying 64 billion in assets fled the country in the first three months of the year and more of that is coming. Wont this all hurt him . At some point wont his popularity, which soared as a result of what he did in crimea, wont it drop if the economy gets worst. First of all, i need to say technically russian industry is already in recession. From july last year, its a negativary growth rate. So technically its not six months to claim that theres already a recession. This is the one part. The second part, whether these recession industrial and probably g. D. P. Resession, within a few months, would lead mr Vladimir Putin to change his mind. I can tell you straight away, no. This is incomparable things. Getting crimea to annex crimea, and to some to enjoy rise of popularity, on this side is to get control over ukraine. Regardless of what economic problems he would have at home. And you need to remember the soviet union was an isolated country, with a lot of economic hardships, with a low Living Standards of people, sometimes falling down for a long time. It did not change the soviet regime. Thats why we say for a long time, countries like russia, diversified could apply serious sanctions. We should remember that iraq, iran and north korea was able to with stand sanctions for a long time. Russia is richer and much more countries. Andre illarionov, thank you for your insights. Interesting. Appreciate your time. Coming up, women in afghanistan struggled for basic human right for decades. Political changes are raising concerns. A leading female voice from the Afghan Government will join us. Al jazeera journalists in prison in egypt faced a day in court, leading to another day in court. Well explain. What do you think. Join the conversation Aljazeera America presents a break through Television Event borderland. Six strangers. Lets just send them back to mexico experience illegal immigration up close and personal. Its overwhelming to see this many people that have perished. Lost lives are relived. All of these people shouldnt be dead. Will there differences bring them together, or tear them apart. The only way to find out is to see it yourselves. Which side of the fence are you on . Borderland only on Al Jazeera America women have made Great Strides in afghanistan gan society. Many feel it could slip away because afghanistan is at a crossroads. As the votes are counted, the future of the country is uncertain. A Bilateral Agreement is yet to be signed by the government. Security concerns are mounting sips the possible taliban resurgence and women fear losing rights and freedoms they fought so hard to gain. I had a chance to speak to fawzia koofi, an extraordinary leader in a country where years ago women were shunned from public life and girls barred from school. She is a member of the parliament, and the first elected to be the Deputy Speaker of the assembly. She is making life better for her own two daughters, and girls and boys. Shes the author of the book the favoured daughter. Afghanistan has almost a contradictory record on womens rights. You are a member of the parliament. 25 of the seats are reserved for women. Giving them better representation than in the u. K. And the united states. Girls are still harassed and abused by the taliban from going to school. How repressive does Afghan Society remain towards women . Thank you. If you compare nowadays situation with the taliban regime or ruling time, i can say its almost an opportunity, golden opportunity for women of afghanistan. We have had progress in many arena. We have almost 27 Women Participation in the parliament. But in the meantime. Huge majority of women in afghanistan are separating from different kind of violence, including Domestic Violence and security. Threats by taliban. We had an address. Its a lack of proper or strong rule of law to put on trial the traitors. Above all i think the main worry now is for 2014. Luckily we have had wonderful elizabeths and just last week and woman participation in that election was extraordinarily, but i think the main concern now is the 2014 withdrawal of International Community because its more difficult for a woman activist to work. There are certain extremist elements that would like to adopt a new situation. Perhaps a return of taliban back to power, so the extremism within parliament and outside parliament have become more cautious, to prepare themselves for the new situation. Therefore it has become more difficult for a woman, and thats the main concern we have, if International Community leaves, i think women rights would be one of the first to sacrifice. Do you think that could happen, that things will change for the worse, because the Afghan Government has not signed a Bilateral Agreement. The expectation is that that was an issue for hamid karzai, and who have was finally elected in this process will be more open to signing the agreement and keeping american and n. A. T. O. Forces there. We are hoping, and as the president ial candidates clearly announced during the campaigns, that one of the first things they will do, at least for the frontrunners to sign the bilateral security agreement. We hope they keep their promise. Signing of the bsa does not only help in terms of planning for security, but also the bigger message it gives to the neighbouring countries, to those who would like to influence the situation, particularly to the women of afghanistan, the bigger message it gives is that afghanistan will not be abandoned by the international security. It will help the situation of every citizen in afghanistan, and the wolan that connected with International Community presence. And do you think the election will end up helping or hurting women, because as we have seen over the past 10 years, hamid karzai is married to someone that used to be a practicing gynecologist, and slee hasnt been seen in an event in 10 years. Now there were a number of candidates and one of them ever had his wife out in public. Thats true. Absolutely. I usually used to say our leaders want democracy for their neighbours, not themselves. Its easy to talk about womens rights, but without bringing their own wives as role models, the question remains how committed these leaders are in terms of womens rights. Overall, i think, women turn out in the elections was a clear sign that women in afghanistan were a reliable political partner, not just something that takes care, but someone that relies, because even in the remote areas, women call out to vote. They have increased. They cannot be ignored by a government or group. Im hopeful the election it might result in a bitter election, elections are a no to extremism, and a sign of democracy. People of afghanistan there must be ug support, but now, of course, we have to wait. A lot is still to come in terms of the results whether the results will be acceptable by the loser cant dads, in fact, so, therefore, i think the solution would be for the leading candidate to sit and make a coalition named government because thats how they can prevent further conflict and the very fragile stability in afghanistan because at the end of the day the people in afghanistan, and the women in afghanistan will be affected by instability. Its not just women participating by voting, but also as candidate. You wanted to run for president , but you were months short of the minimum age. A number of others were on the ballot. Including 300 ballots on the provincial seats. With that presence are you concerned that the gains in womens right could be reversed. Comparing to the past elections, in terms of woman running, unfortunately we didnt have a woman running in the ticket,like as a as a candidate itself. There was woman in the Vice President , and in some of the provinces there was a number of women oning for provincial council was less than in 2009. You can see the signs of less participation by women in some of the provinces. I think, as i said before, it has become more difficult for a woman activist in the parliament. There are certain extremism parliamentarians that are more open mouthed when it comes to the woman issues. It has become more difficult. In 2013, was not a good legislative ear for a woman. The war was blocked by an extreme figure. Its one of an important lose. And in electoral law. They reduce the number of the percentage of woman participation in the provincial councils from 25 to 20 , which is, again, a sign of backwording. I think overall, the mood the momentum by woman is there, and i think we will not get to the zero point, because the society transferred people of afghanistan, women themselves, the media plays an Important Role in terms of the transformation. Theyll put a hand together to prevent a woman from going to the zero point. If the security situation deteriorates, if the International Community withdraws without putting a proper end to the war, i think there are Major Concerns that we will lose the fragile canes we have had for the womans rights. I know you have spoken about womans microphones, how they have been cut off, and you fear for your life because of how outspoken you are. I wish you the best of luck with your effort. Its a pleasure to have you on our show. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Turning to egypt. The trial of three imprisoned al jazeera journalists resumed on thursday. Correspondent peter greste, and producers Mohamed Fadel fahmy, and Mohammed Badr appeared in court in a cage. Its the fifth time they appeared to court before a jum. The case was adjourned until april 22nd after the judge dismissed what little evidence was produced. Monday marked the 100th day that the three journalists spent behind bars. Al jazeera rejects the charges and continues to demand the release of its staff. Joining us now is sherif mansour, the middle east and Northern AfricaProgram Coordinator for protecting journalists and a cofounder of change, mobilizing egyptians in the u. S. To support democracy and human rites. You had to deal yourself with the egyptian justice system, you were convicted of allegedly illegally helping prodemocracy causes in egypt. Is this case of the al jazeera journalist a situation where the government wants to intimidate journalists . Absolutely. I saw a lot of parallels to what happened to al jazeera, to what happened in our case. The government, basically, are trying to veilify every International Actor who are willing to help local journalists, local njos and defenders, to have a clear hand to do whatever they want. And also bring back hosni mubarak, and instill fear in the population, so they can basically escape accountability to what is happening inside the country. The law hostly is remaining from mubarak era. It allows a lot of control from the government on the judges. Even. So thats the question. What is the situation with the judiciary. In this case what we saw on thursday is that they the prosecutors presented evidence which is absolutely ridiculous. Theres no other way of putting it. It was film that had been taken that was nothing to do with al jazeera. It had nothing to do with egypt, and the judge dismissed it as not being relevant, but the judge would not grant bail to let the journalists leave the prison that theyd been in for more than 100 days. This is the ridiculous ness. In the absence of rule of law. The government claims to have evidence. In our case there was nothing. No evidence at all presented. And our indictment was because we were implementing u. S. Soft colonisation plan. And this shows you how much the system allows for this kind of politically motivated trials to go and proceed. And to have people indicted without any evidence. In this case the evidence is actually helpful for journalists, because it shows that the journalists have their own credentials, and theyve been doing nothing other than journalism. A defense lawyer said after todays hearing that this is ruining egypts international image, does the government care. Parts of the government cared and we have seen the Prime Minister, the temporary president and the minister of foreign invest. Have all said positive promise about the need to resolve this case, and the need that it was a mistake from the beginning to start it. There are parts of the government who do not care, the security apparatus. Some of the corrupt members who contrary left about what the commercial world has to say. Is the National Movement to help out the journalists and calling for their freedom. Is it having any effect. It altered and theres some situation. Because the conditions have been pretty miserable. Yes. We have seen how theres another al jazeera journalist, al jazeera arabic who has been in prison longer, and has been on a hunger strike, and we heard from peter grestes parents that they were not allowed to have reading material. They were reading food labels. They were in console tri confinement for three months, and they moved them to a better facility instead of a harsh egyptian prison. That is on outcome showing that they are paying attention to what the people are saying. There are opportunities and egypt is undergoing a president ial race. They promise that this will be a free and Fair Election, but people need to point out or continue to pressure to see that you cannot have free and Fair Election without free press. The government cannot arbitrarily detain and prosecute journalists and claim it was a conducive environment for the citizens of egypt to make an informed condition about who is the next leader. How aware are the citizens of the case, and what do they think about it. The government has been implementing a Vilification Campaign to portray journalists as agents that are implementing a foreign agenda to egypt and spread chaos. But you can fool people some of the time, not all of the time. Thats what we are hoping, things like that, this trial, other attempts by the government, that have the reverse affect. Showing that the government is insincere, and also bad in front of the public. Because eventually we do not have the evidence to back it up. All the Vilification Campaigns and allegations were not proven in court. We are hoping that that will increase the solidarity, but also unit behind them. We see some indications, and also foreign correspondents have been speaking out against the trial and forms of intimidation, and there were former letters written by the freedom committee, and the syndicate and other famous journalists to help resolve the case. It shows a side of hope, hopefully we can see more of the action. Egypt has become a dangerous place. Sherif mansour, good to have you here. Lets hope the journalists are freed soon. Thank you. Hope so too. The support for peter greste, Mohammed Badr, and Mohamed Fadel fahmy is stronger on social media. To harmeli aregawi. The hash tag free aj staff has this over 6 million impressions. Christiane amanpour, larry king, and russel simmons, and journalists over the world are taking to twitter and facebook to stand up for the journalist and for journalism. You might wonder what impact the support has on the men behind bars. Knowing that people and journalists worldwide are behind him is what keeps everything going. Al jazeeras editor sweeted this along with a Salman Rushdie quote. Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. There has been protests all over the world, calling for the release of the incident men gaoled for doing their jobs. Smocial media plays a huge part in getting the message out. You can hear more on aljazeera. Com. Back to you. Straight ahead a treatment that could signal a breakthrough patients. Tiger woods misses out on golfs biggest event. How tigers trouble means trouble for of the masters and all of golf. What excites me about detroit is the feeling of possibility. The rebirth of an america city were looking at what every city can learn from detroit, the industrial revival entrepreneurs driving growth communities fighting back. Were fighting for you and were taking these neighborhoods back, for you. A special look at the moves adding fuel to the motor city five days in detroit only on Al Jazeera America. Imagine being paralyzed from the neck down, and suddenly being able to move again. Millions of paralyzed americans have new hope thanks to a new kind of therapy. Researchers at louisville implanted electrical stimulators in spine all cords of four men. All gained some control over certain muscles in their legs. Im joined by the doctor who evaluated the men. Hes a doctor of physical medicine. And the fraser rehab and neural science centres. Its an amazing story, i know you chose four men, planted an elect rick tall stimulator. How did it work, and are you surprised it worked as as well as it did . We were surprised. It was quite a surprise when the stimulator was on and the first patient. Rob summers felt he could move his toe. When we asked him to voluntarily move his leg, the ph. D. Neurofirsty ol gift asked rob if he could move his leg. He lifted it. We were overwhelmed, shocked, crying. It was an amazing moment. Its voluntary, its not that the electric jolt makes the muscle move. Thats correct. The stimulator is implanted into the spinal cord providing an application of electricity at varying intensities and frequencies to the lower portion of the cord that controls the hips, the knooes, the ankles, and the toes. When the electricity is being applied, attentionly the patient is able to move voluntarily their legs because the intensity is in some ways awake eping the nervous system so theres a voluntary response. As time went on. The men needed less stimulation. Is that the encourage part of it, a severely damaged spinal network can work. Thats the key aspect. When the fairness were implanted and we saw voluntary movement, we went back and did activity based training, body wheel supported treadmill training, where they are place the into a harness and they have facilitated ambulation. As the intensity continued over months, with the stimulation and the locker motor training, patient required less stimulation, which meant the nervous system was awakening and learning how to move again. Have. When awe stimulator is on, patients regain the ability to move lower extremities. Everyone has been able to stand and self of the patients have been able to walk, which is very impressive. When the stimulator is on, they perform function, when it is off, they are not. The stimulation with the electricity plays a key role. We know that the spinal court has been awakened and relearned or reactivated its ability to move the also. What level of walking and balance are we talking about . So, rob, the first patient implanted, immediately after placement of epidural stimulator was able to move his legs. We went back and started a course of activity based therapy, lockootor training on a treadmill. He had 180 sessions. By the end of the training he could walk distances of 400 feetway walker, when he had no previously. Thats incredible. Exciting. This is the area of the spinal cord that deals with the lower extremities. Two of the patients that have been implanted have quadripledgia, meaning their injury was higher into the neck area. A nurse that controls the arms are high. We havent seen much voluntary movement in the neck area, but what we are targetting is the lower portion of the cord at the time. Interestingly the two patients have neck industry and appears as someone who has par pledgia. The other has head functioning. Christopher is instrumental in the project. How optimistic are you that paralysis no longer be a lifetime sentence. I believe with time, paralysis will not be a lifetime reality. I believe it will be a comment playing a role and therell be many factors playing a role. It will include therapies, activity based therapies, epidural stimulation, possibly stem cells. I believe therell be a cocktail leading to a cure, and im hopeful as a physician that cares for people with spinal core injuries, their we are on a path to that. Im really excited about that. That we are taking significant strides forward. 6 million americans and their families who are paralyzed are hopeful as you are that this works out. Thank you very much. Coming up, c. B. S. Chooses David Lettermans successor, but the change is not making everyone happy. First, the masters is underway, without golfs biggest star. Our data on Al Jazeera America when science intersects with hope. Im hoping to give someone a prosthetic arm for under 1000 inovation finds oppurtunity a large earthquake would be an inconvenience rather than a disaster. And hardware meets humanity this is some of the best driving ive ever done eventhough i cant see. Techknow our experts take you beyond the lab were here in the vortex. And explore the Technology Changing our world. Only on Al Jazeera America im ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. We are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. We are ment to be your first choice for the news. The stream is uniquely interactive television. In fact, we depend on you, your ideas, your concerns. All these folks are making a whole lot of money. You are one of the voices of this show. I think youve offended everyone with that kathy. Hold on, theres some room to offend people, im here. We have a right to know whats in our food and monsanto do not have the right to hide it from us. So join the conversation and make it your own. Watch the stream. And join the conversation online ajamstream. Todays data dive checks the tiger effect on the masters. Golfs tradition, unlake any other kicked off unlike any other, kicked off without tiger woods, he has won four green jackets, he is, by far, the star that most transcended the port. So much so shortly after tiger announced he wouldnt play, he sale of ticket before the masters dropped in price. One website tick iq saw a 66 drop in prices when compared to last year. The president said he has seep a 30 to 35 drop off since tigers announcement. Normally those sales would be increasing in a week before augustas big event. Tigers impact would be hard to oversit. C. B. S. Didnt broadcast his first round when he started. When he was a posterior, it became the highest win, and his second was the second highest waited. Next year huge demand forced c. B. S. To broadcast the final round. In his competitive recent years tiger met a ratings boost to what is golfs highest rating tv event. Top sponsors will take a hit, top brand losing 34 million. Tigerss woes may be leading to a decline in general. Coming up, a latenight legend find his replacement in a on the next talk to al aljazeera. Im antonio mora and this is talk to al jazeera Award Winning documentary director ken burns, talks about his craft, and his latest project on the gettysburg address talk to al jazeera only on Al Jazeera America real reporting that brings you the world. This is a pretty dangerous trip. Security in beirut is tight. More reporters. They dont have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. More bureaus, more stories. This is where the typhoon came ashore. Giving you a real global perspective like no other can. Al jazeera, nairobi. On the turkeysyria border. Venezuela. Beijing. Kabul. Hong kong. Ukraine. The artic. Real reporting from around the world. This is what we do. Al jazeera america. Take a new look at news. The battle for the future of Late Night Television got a little more clear on thursday. Stephen colbert signed a 5year term to take over the late show. It leaves a lot of questions. We are joined by alan sepinwall. Not a big surprise to you. No, they did this in a week. They knew it was coming. Ordinary there was a Cottage Industry of speculation. C. B. S. Took it off the board. This is who they wanted and they got them. This is the most qualified candidate. My reaction is what about jon stewart, deborah denn, brian conan obrien. Stephen colbert has been playing a character. He was the most qualified candidate. Jimmy stewart is happy during the daly show. Conan is probably looked at as damaged goods. Of the available people, i think Stephen Colbert is the best qualified, the best guy they could get. Its a good move for c. B. S. And him. As a fan of the colbert report, i am disappointed because i would rather watch him do that. Will this nuter him, because wont he be another middle age white guy doing what another doing. This is a format that outlived its usefulness. The show exists to pump out videos. In terms of the interview, monologues, its stable. What Stephen Colbert and jon stewart have tonne, has been created midnight. I think it will be a stap back. Stephen colberts show was original and fun to watch. C. B. S. , David Letterman gave his approval. They want Stephen Colbert to bring younger viewers to improve the dynamics. Its whether the audience that love Stephen Colbert the character would like to watch Stephen Colbert the personality. Hes a smart guy. When i have seen him out of character, he is gregarious. If hes going the show that lettermans been doing, that jimmy fallon and others have been doing, the novelty will go away. The young critics were gunning for Stephen Colbert when he did the n. B. C. Few weeks. Its things like jimmy fallon, and others, they are softer. Stephen colbert makes no bones that hes left of center. Rush limburg says c. B. S. Has declared war on the america. Yes, when you take a catholic boy and put him on tv, sl destroy the heart of america. This is a guy who is clearly hollywood liberal type. Type. Might there not be reaction and people that might not want to watch. There might be a reaction, but host of these are assumed to be lib errol and the guy being replaced i dont think c. B. S. Is bringing him in to do the show. I dont think hell interview labour relations people about the North Western players unionizing. Hell have stars tying to promote their movie. I dont think it will be a nightmare lefty show that is worried about. I love craig ferguson. He had a prince of whales clause, if he didnt get the David Letterman show, that he would be paid a bunch of money. What will happen . Sounds like he may want to leave. Hes the guy that hosts a genuine talk show. He has conversations, not just going through the motion, tell me a funny story. Hes talking, engaging, the show where you might want to watch from the beginning to end. I can see him being offended consideration. Im with you, i hope he sticks around. There are reports that Stephen Colberts contract had been sinked up with David Letterman to make sure he was available whenever dave decided to leave. Do you think its been in the works for a long time. I think its been a dream of his. And he advanced as far as he would go, john is not leaving any time soon. If thats the case, hes part of the c. B. S. Family. He would be able to go over and do the show out of new york. Hes a smart guy. Hes i will do my contract, im available. 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