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Jill biden, and president obama, the Vice President seemed reluctant, even regretful, as he passed up a third try for the presidency. Biden unfortunately, i believe were out of time, the time necessary to mount a nomination. But while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent. Odonnell and he certainly wasnt saturday afternoon, when we joined the Vice President and dr. Biden at their official residence on the grounds of the naval observatory for his First Television interview since the announcement. Its been a big week. How are you feeling about this decision . Biden ah, good. Its the right decision for the family, its the right decision for us. Odonnell is it that you think you couldnt win or that you didnt want to run . Biden couldnt win. Ill be very blunt if i thought we couldve put together the campaign that our supporters deserve and our contributors deserved, ill. I would have gone ahead and done it. Odonnell but, why did it take you until tuesday to figure that out . Tuesday night . Biden because it took that long for us to decide as a family. Look, dealing with the loss of lost a child, knows that you cant. It doesnt follow schedules of primaries and caucuses and contributors and the like. It just. You. And everybody grieves at a different pace. Jill biden and we had such hope that. You know, that he was going to live. And so i think it really wasnt until the day he died that we gave, well. I dont think we ever gave up hope. Odonnell the bidens lost their son, beau, in may at age 46 to brain cancer. The Vice President told us that during his illness and while grieving, he put his plans to run for president on hold. Odonnell what was the single most important thing in deciding not to run . Biden ive said from the beginning that i dont know whether our ability to deal with the loss of beau would reach a point where we could do that before time ran out. And there was nothing we could control. Odonnell were you or were you relieved . Dr. Jill biden no, ii think i was disappointed. I mean i thought joe would be a great president. And you know iive seen his. In the 40 years weve been together, ive seen, you know, the strength of his character, hishis optimism, you know, his hope. Biden glad were doing this interview, i like to hear jill say all that stuff. Dr. Jill biden so i believed he wouldve been the best president. Odonnell i mean, how much did you struggle with this, about whether to run or not . Biden what i struggled with was whether or not we could emotionally i could, i speak for me i could emotionally handle this in a way that when i thought of beau i didnt. It wasnt a problem. For example, i at one point late summer, i thought, well, you know, i think we can do and ill never forget my little granddaughter, were down by the swimming pool, mom says, time for dinner everybody. And everybody goes up, and shes lying between my legs with her head on my shou. My chest and turns around and puts her arms around me and starts sobbing and says, pop, i see daddy all the time. I see daddy all the time. Pop, you smell like daddy. Youre not gonna leave me, are you pop . Well, when that happens, you go, i dont know, man, how. You know, how could. And so there are those kinds of ups and downs. But by the time, now, you know, we go to. We were home last weekend and we there every weekend we can get, and we went to her. She has a great little cross country, shes only 11 years old. Dr. Jill biden to her track meet. Biden track meet. And she runs and she finishes and i give her a big hug, she said, daddy would be happy, wouldnt he . Wouldnt he . So its a total. You know, it just. It just takes time. And until you get there, you know, its not. Not an appropriate thing to throw your. And by the way, you cant run for president unless you throw your entire being into it. Odonnell how often did the two of you talk about this decision . Every night . Biden well, we just looked at each other half the time. Dr. Jill biden yeah. Biden like ii. Id get up in the morning some mornings and id say, you know, jill, i think i. Because i have to admit to you, it was driving us crazy, is you guys. We love you. But, you know, serious press people would say, well, we have on Good Authority from a very close friend of joe bidens that hes going to announce tomorrow. Or, we have on Good Authority that hes not going to run. Or, good. And. That used to drive me crazy. And so part of it was iid get up some mornings and say, lets just end this thing, man. We dont have time to. I dont want to go. Keep getting buffeted like this. Andand so some mornings wed say, like i remember about a month ago we were on the porch at home and i said, you know, when. Maybe we should just. I dont know if were going to get there in time. Maybe we should just say were not going. And jill said, but what about the Supreme Court . Dr. Jill biden what about education . What about Community Colleges . I felt like we were. Everything we had worked so hard for in this administration, you know, could all. Could just all change. Biden well, thats because shes prejudiced. She thinks that i have the best chance of winning the general election. So thats. laughter odonnell but thats really interesting to hear that, that you were really pushing him to dr. Jill biden oh yeah. Odonnell will you ever run for Political Office again . Biden no. No. Ii can do so much more, i believe. I hope i leave office in. As a respected figure who can. Convene people and bring people together. And i just think the president and i talked about what we do together. What we each want to do out of office. Odonnell you said something in the rose garden. You said, if i could be anything, i would want to be the president that ended cancer. Biden its true. Its personal, i acknowledge. But, you know, cancer affects every single family. And, you know, one of the great advantages, and an advantage i had, its. Of being Vice President , i had access to the finest people in the world. And i am confident if we make the decision john kennedy made of going to the moon, and we said, we are going to cure cancer, within the next several years we can do that. Thats how close it is. Odonnell after we interviewed the bidens together, jill biden stepped out and we continued our conversation with the Vice President. Odonnell there was a lot you had to weigh in this run for president. I know you talked to your son, beau, about running for president. What did he want you to do . Biden well, first thing id like to do, and youre being very polite the way youre asking me the question because some people have written that, you know, beau on his death bed said, dad, youve got to run. And there was this sort of hollywood moment that, you know, nothing like that ever, ever happened. Beau, from the time he was in his 30s or actually his late 20s was my. He and hunter were one of my two most reliable advisors. And beau all along thought that i should run and i could win. But there was not what was sort of made out as kind of this hollywoodesque thing that at the last minute beau grabbed my hand and said, dad, youve got to run, like, win one for the gipper. It wasnt anything like that. Odonnell i want to show you a photo of president obama and you. This is in the oval office. This is right before you went out into the. To the rose garden and told everybody that you werent running for president. What advice did the president give you . Biden well, i called the president early in the morning and he was in the gym working out. And he took my call and i said, decided. Iim not going to run. And he knew how close it was, what was going on. And i said, im going to go out and announce it this morning or early afternoon. He said, joe, ill be proud to stand with you. Odonnell but did the president want you to run . Biden the president wanted me to do what i thought was best. Odonnell but that speech in the rose garden sounded a little bit like a campaign platform. Did you have this. A speech written for whether you were going to run or whether you werent going to run . Because part of the speech sounded like, ill be ready. Ive got a plan if you need me at some point. Biden well, the truth is. Theres some truth to that because what i wanted to make clear. Odonnell but are you leaving the door open if something happens. Biden no, no, no. I was making the case that i do want to influence the Democratic Party. I want to make no bones about that. I dont want the Party Walking away from what barack and i did. Odonnell you said, i will not be silent. Biden i will not be silent. And i went on and, in fact, said, and i want to the extent i can influence the direction of the Democratic Party and the country. Odonnell well, let me ask you about that because you didnt mention Hillary Clinton at all during the speech. But you sure did seem to be referring to her. You said, i dont think we should look at republicans as our enemies. Was that a reference to the comment she made. Biden that wasnt directed at hillary. Thatthatthat was a reference to washington. All of washington. Odonnell but she called republicans enemies in the debate. Biden well, ii think. I think sheshe was being more humorous than she was direct about that. Odonnell but she said that in the debate. She was asked. Biden well. Odonnell . Which enemy are you more proud of. And she said the iranians and then she also mentioned the republicans. Biden well, she was smiling when she said the republicans. And iii dont take it as thats her view. But i do know its the view of many people, like, for example, and i know this statement there were two big articles ready to say, why is biden so naive . These people are our enemy. From serious people. Theyre not my enemy. Ii. Howhow in gods name can we govern this country if we view the opposition as an enemy . Odonnell did you watch the democratic debate . Did you watch Hillary Clinton . Did you think shes unbeatable . Biden no. Iii didnt think that. What i thought was she did a great job. And i thought bernie did a great job. Look, ive debated hillary 13 times in National President ial debates. I know hillary. I know her debating skills. I know mine. I have never had any doubt about her intellect or her capacity to debate. And i thought she did. She comported herself really well. Odonnell but you wouldnt have considered running for president unless you thought or had some doubts about Hillary Clinton. Biden not at all. That has nothing to do with it. Ive said from the beginning, look, i like hillary. Hillary and i get along together. The only reason to run is because ii still think i could do a better job than anybody else could do. Thats the reason to run. I wouldnt run against hillary. Odonnell but you also said in the rose garden that democrats should run on the record. Biden thats right. Record. Biden i believe that. Odonnell do you think hillarys running on that or Something Else . Biden well, shell run on part of it. If not, shes already made a decision on two important things. It doesnt mean she wont be a great president. Odonnell so when the New York Times reported this past week that theres real tension between you and Hillary Clinton, that the mere mention of her name makes you fume according to some advisors. Biden well, let me tell you something, this. Must be the same guys who knew i was going to run because thats never been the case. Go back and find anybody who says for the four years we worked together hillary and i werent friends. Odonnell what do you think of donald trump . Biden the one thing i do. Im disappointed in donald trump. I know what a showman and all that he is. But i really. I really dont think its healthy and i hope he reconsiders this sort of attack on all immigrants. I think that is. I think that is beneath the country. I dont think its where the American People are. And i hope he really doesnt believe it. Odonnell you have 15 months left in office. Biden i do. Odonnell what one or two things do you think you can get done . Biden well, i think we can get a number of things done. One, i think we can really begin to nail down this commitment to work on cancer and head toward a moonshot. The president and i have already talked about that. Number two, i think we can make some real progress, particularly with paul ryan, who is a good guy, on working toward an accommodation on the budget and on keeping the government open. Odonnell this white house has not been able to get much done with this congress. Do you think. Biden thats true. Odonnell . That speaker ryan will change things . Biden yes. This is a decent guy. And he knows you cannot function. 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The american air crew two pilots and two weapons officers board their b1 bomber at Al Udeid Air Base in qatar for a mission that will take them 1,000 miles north over Enemy Territory in iraq. Like all the flyers we met, they did not want their names used because of isis death threats. Isis doesnt have weapons that can shoot down a b1, so this pilots biggest concern is an accident. Whats the most dangerous part of the mission . Takeoff. Martin takeoff. Oh, yeah. Youre so heavy and its so hot out here. The runways not very long. Takeoffs are real scary. Martin the b1 is carrying 17. 5 tons of bombs and 170,000 pounds of jet fuel. It strains to get airborne in the reduced lift of 100degree heat. It will take nearly three hours to reach the target, with two aerial refuelings along the way. David haworth well, mr. Martin, welcome to the combat operations floor. Martin yeah. Lieutenant colonel David Haworth takes us into the command center to watch as the b1 and all the days attack plan against isis. Haworth it doesnt have any windows but its got a nice view, a good look at the arabian gulf, all the way back in through iraq and syria. Martin the air wars been going on for 14 months, but this is the first time news cameras have been allowed into its nerve center. Haworth the weapon of choice here is information, because the more information we have, both about the enemy and about our friendlies, the better were able to make decisions. Martin on one wall, a giant map showing the location of every plane green are american and allied aircraft; the blue are commercial aircraft. On another, a video feed from an unmanned drone, one of dozens orbiting over iraq and syria. We make our way around the floor to a spot in the center called the crows nest. Haworth you are standing at, right now, the nexus. This is the center of the air campaign against isil and daesh. Martin 60 minutes is here to follow that b1 bomber on its mission against isis. Charles brown is the commander how much of an effort does it take to mount a strike like that . Charles brown from just that one airplane, schedulingwise, about a three day process. And some of those targets weve looked at for, you know, for days, weeks, and sometimes months. Martin i cant from here see any human activity around there. Theres todays target up on the wall of the command center. Thats a live video feed from a unmanned drone pointing its camera at a cluster of buildings believed to be hiding isis explosives. We can see the green track of the b1 on the screen as it approaches the target. While the drone takes one last look, Lieutenant General brown explains whats happening. Brown the target today is actually a weapons cache, as well as a vehicleborne i. E. D. Martin a car bomb factory. Brown exactly. Martin the first planes over the target are a pair of dutch f16s. Look, there it goes. Brown there you go. Martin now, is that a secondary . Brown thats probably a secondary. Martin so that means there were explosives in there that are. Brown thats correct. Martin . That are going off. So, i guess if there was anybody in those other three that you would have seen them running out by now. Brown exactly. Martin there goes a vehicle. I wonder what hes thinking. Brown right. Martin next comes the b1 with its 2,000pound bombs. Brown a lot of secondaries are going off there. Gives you a good indication there were some level of explosives inside of those buildings. Martin a total of 16 weapons have hit the target. Brown that was multiple weapons. And its probably a weapon for each one of those buildings. Martin in the last month and a half, u. S. And allied planes have struck 47 facilities like this one. But arent they just going to go set up another factory in another building someplace. Brown potentially. And our. Our goal is to haunt them wherever they are and. And take those kind of things out so we can actually provide in this region. Martin so how does today, this one day of strikes that weve witnessed, how does that bring the u. S. Closer to defeating isis . Brown well, i mean, every day we go out and strike it, its one step closer. I cant tell you how many steps its going to take. Its going to be more than a handful, thats for sure. Martin and every day, more bombs are unpacked and assembled. These are the 2,000pound bunker busters used in the attack we witnessed. Crews insert fuses and dial in a delay of several milliseconds so the explosives inside wont go off until after the bomb has penetrated the target. Next, tail fins that will guide the bombs are attached. The geographic coordinates of the target will be programmed into the bombs, and gps satellites the same ones you use to navigate your car will steer them. Of the busiest military air fields in the world and, along with some smaller 500 pounders, loaded aboard b1 bombers. The u. S. Is spending 10 million a day, launching aircraft from bases in kuwait, qatar, the united arab emirates, jordan and turkey. Counting allied planes, there are up to 160 aircraft over iraq and syria on any given day. When the air Campaign Began last year, president obama warned it would take time. But it seems like its taking even more time than people thought. Brown it is, in some regard, and part of this is that were. Not only are we working at the pace of the way we would operate, but its also the pace of where our. Our partners operate. It is a team effort and, ideally, you know, were like to move. I think, collectively, wed all like to move faster. Martin one holdup is the iraqi army, still trying to regroup after being routed by isis last year. The strikes are supposed to pave the way for it to retake lost ground. But now, iraqi officials from the Prime Minister on down are saying publicly, were not getting enough air strikes. Brown ill tell you thats a bit frustrating, because we have air power over iraq 24 7. Martin so, just for the record, are the iraqis calling for more strikes than youre able to deliver . Brown no. We got. We got a lot of air power up there. Martin but every time the iraqis call for a strike, youre able to deliver. Brown were there. Martin so why are they complaining . Brown you know, thats a good question. Because i think weve been in great support of what the iraqis been doing. And i guess i take. I have a different opinion. I really do. Martin the answer, at least according to American Military officers, is that the iraqis are making excuses for their failure to take greater advantage of the strikes, which pentagon statistics show have destroyed or damaged nearly 14,000 isis targets, everything from tanks to buildings to staging areas. Refuses to put out an official body count, Lieutenant Colonel hayworth claims isis fighters are dying by the thousands. Haworth what i can tell you is im seeing it. Im seeing the enemy fighters being killed in action. Theyre being killed at a rate with the numbers youre hearing as about 1,000 a month. Martin but isis has been able to replace its dead with new recruits, so the estimated number of enemy fighters remains unchanged 20,000 to 30,000 last year; 20,000 to 30,000 this year. So as long as they can keep bringing fighters in there, are you just shoveling sand against the tide . Haworth i dont know if thats the way id put it. You have to eliminate folks. You have to take the enemy off the battlefield. And as they put new folks in, theyre not as seasoned and capable, and well take them out, too. Martin perhaps the best measure of progress is the amount of ground isis has lost. The pentagon released a map to show how much land has changed hands since the air Campaign Began. Some territory held by isis the areas in green have been retaken by friendly forces. Isis has also made some gains, seen here in dark red. But overall, isis appears to be the net loser. This is isis controlled here. Haworth you know, thats an interesting term, isis controlled. You know, ive seen a lot of maps and a lot of reports about those pieces. And so, theres big large swaths of red territory that isis controls, but really youre seeing very small pockets of where isil really is. This is vast, open desert. Really, theyre concentrated in a few small locations along these lines of communications leading back into syria. Martin syria, where isis has its headquarters, and where the civil war only promises to get hotter now that the Russian Air Force has intervened on the side of syrias dictator, bashar al assad. The russian jets, shown in yellow on the screen, are tracked by the command center. Brown while they intend to operate in syria, but we also intend to operate in syria just like weve been doing for the past year. Martin you dont want the russians to come too close, obviously. Brown right. Martin how close is too close . Brown well i dont know if i want to throw a definition out there, but what we dont want to have is a midair. And so, we want to maintain some level of safe separation between our platforms and theirs. Martin russian aircraft have come to within 500 feet of u. S. Planes, and Russias Defense Ministry released this video of one of its pilots checking out an american drone. These f15e strike fighters are armed with missiles that could shoot down a russian plane, but this pilot doesnt think it will ever come to that. If russians might happen to be by us, well say, hi, as were flying by, and well continue to prosecute our targets. Martin does it feel a little weird . I mean, youve got these. You got all these aircraft up bombing separate targets, and youre not even remotely on the same side. But youre letting each other go about their business. Its coordinated chaos, if you will. We have the capability to see where we are as a team, and we also can see where they are a lot of times, based on our technology that we have. Martin with or without the russians, the number of strikes is limited by the need to avoid civilian casualties. So far, there have been two confirmed cases in which a total of five to seven civilians were killed by the bombing. But there are 15 other incidents still under investigation. Brown our goal is to have. Minimize any civilian casualties. And if theres any doubt, then were probably not going to drop on that particular target. Well come back another day. Martin to what extent is that inhibiting your operations . Brown well, in every. Every air campaign, there is some type of guidance that we have to live by. Martin and the guidance is zero civilian casualties . Brown the goal is zero. Martin the goal is also to hit lucrative targets like that car bomb factory, which is as close as a lowtech enemy like isis comes to an industrial base. But sometimes, the target can be as small as one man with a gun. On the day we watched the b1 strike, that same bomber was sent to check out a report of a single isis sniper firing from the top of a building. The weapon will time out directly in between the two buildings. Martin this captain was one of the weapons officers in the cockpit. Martin b1 bomber. Yes, sir. Martin all that technology. Yes, sir. Martin all that firepower, one sniper down on the ground. Sir, i think if it was you or me on the ground getting shot at by that sniper, we would take any asset available to make sure we were no longer getting, you know, engaged by that sniper. So if i get a call and they say theyre getting shot at and theres potential loss of friendly life, i am absolutely going to drop a weapon on that sniper. Martin by the time, the b1 arrived overhead the sniper was gone. What we did, however, find, though, was a tunnel system so, in this case, we dropped weapons on all the entry points that were associated with that tunnel. Martin six 500pound bombs. It was actually a perfect shack on the target. Martin perfect shack . Is that a dead hit . Dead hit, yes, sir, yeah. Martin some 25,000 american bombs have been dropped so far. All the firepower and technology of a superpower, even supersonic stealth aircraft, directed against an enemy in pickup trucks intent on dragging the middle east back to the middle ages. This cbs sports update is brought to you by ford. Im james brown. Tom brady throws two fourthquarter scores as the pats remain unbeaten. Miami moves to 20 under dan campbell as Ryan Tannenhill sets completions. Kc holds off pittsburgh to snap their fivegame losing streak. Washington overcomes a 24point deficit for its biggest comeback win all time. For more sports news and information, go to cbssports. Com. And crack, and storm. 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For about a halfcentury, the military kept burma locked away, impoverished, as if in a wretched time capsule. For as long as anyone can remember, monks in saffron robes have flowed from monasteries to collect alms each morning. In this overwhelmingly buddhist country, the faithful come to the center of burmas largest city, rangoon, to pray at the most sacred shrine. But it was burmas most well known living symbol we wanted to meet Aung San Suu Kyi, the woman who had the courage to stand up to the junta. Just a few years ago, people could be jailed for possessing her picture. Now, her image is everywhere. She is the face of the new burma. Aung sun suu kyi people want a happy ending. They want burma to be a success story. There are too few Success Stories and too few happy endings in this world today. But i always say that you dont get something simply because you want it. Whitaker do you believe that burma is on the path to democracy now . Suu kyi its not firmly on the path to democracy. We are on the path to disciplined democracy. Whitaker what is disciplined democracy . Suu kyi i think its democracy as seen by military authoritarian leaders. Whitaker does it fit with your idea of democracy . Suu kyi not an exact fit, no. Whitaker to reach suu kyi, we traveled five hours by road from rangoon deep into the heart of burma. There are about 50 million burmese this is how most of them live. Our destination was this extravagant city the generals carved out of the jungle, 40 d. C. Its called nay pyi daw, burmese for seat of the king. They moved the capital here from rangoon a decade ago. It was built in secrecy, and no one would tell us how much it cost. It has an orwellian feel, with grandiose buildings, deserted tenlane highways, and most bizarre, almost no people. This place is for rulers, not citizens, and its not a place suu kyi feels comfortable. Shes here only because shes now a member of parliament. When you look at this and the power that it represents, what makes you think that you can change this . Suu kyi it does not present itself as part of the country, as part of the people. And however impressive this complex may be, it doesnt really represent the people. Whitaker when we met Aung San Suu Kyi, she seemed calm, but after talking with her for a while, we noticed the steely determination that got her through nearly two decades of house arrest. Youre a toughminded person, arent you . Suu kyi ive never thought of myself as being particularly brave. I used to be frightened of the dark when i was small, and im not very good with dead rats and things like that. But i face what has to be faced and i hope as best as im able. Whitaker you must know you are seen worldwide as a symbol of democracy. Suu kyi no, i dont like to be called a symbol. And i dont like to be called an icon. I will just say that i have to work very, very hard. So id rather be known as a hard worker. I dont think symbols do much, nor icons. Whitaker suu kyi caught the worlds attention when she first tried to bring democracy to burma in 1988. The generals crushed her movement, killed and imprisoned her followers, and put her under house arrest. After a nationwide revolt led by monks called the saffron revolution, the generals finally released suu kyi in 2010. Within two years, shed won a seat in parliament. Shes now campaigning hard for her prodemocracy party to win control of parliament in next months elections. Youve got elections coming up, important elections. Do you believe they will be free and fair . Suu kyi i dont think believing is what we need now. I think that what we need now is to work as hard as possible to make sure that theyre free and fair. So this is a time of challenges, and challenges mean opportunities as well. Whitaker one opportunity she likely wont have is to become president. Her party is expected to win a big majority, but the generals wrote the constitution, and they anyone with foreignborn family from becoming president. Suu kyis two sons are british subjects. So was her late husband. Do you think that constitution to keep you from being president . Suu kyi oh, i think so. I dare to say publicly and clause is written with me in whitaker would you like to be president . Suu kyi what i would like is for our people to feel that we have actually won through, that the struggle for democracy has been crowned. And if the people are allowed to choose freely their head of government and they choose to choose me, thats fine. Whitaker whoever rules burma will have to deal with this a violent conflict between buddhists and a Muslim Minority called the rohingya. The government doesnt consider three years ago, buddhist mobs torched rohingya villages when muslim men were accused of raping a buddhist woman. More than 120,000 ethnic muslims fled to governmentcontrolled refugee camps. International human rights workers say theyre more like concentration camps. Some aid workers have called this ethnic cleansing. The camps are usually offlimits to outsiders, but our team managed to slip in. We found desperate people with little food, less health care. There is no lack of fear. Abdusalem fled the buddhist mobs with his wife and daughters. The mob and monks chased them, he told us, beating and killing them. Many children died, including one of his daughters. With misery inside the camps and buddhist mobs outside, thousands of rohingya have crowded onto neighboring countries by sea. Most have been turned back, detained or ended up in camps again. When you think of buddhism, youre likely to think of peace and tranquility. So we were surprised to know some of the biggest inciters of violence against the rohingya are buddhist monks. One of the most outspoken and influential is sayadaw Ashin Wirathu. He is anything but peaceful and tranquil. Listen to what he said to us. The dalai lama has condemned your form of buddhism as extremism. translated sayadaw Ashin Wirathu i accept the term extremist with pride. I do not respect the dalai lama. Hes a political power broker. The dalai lama is not honorable to me. Whitaker wirathus rhetoric is extreme, but his mantra that burma is for buddhists is men. Hes a provocateur who enflames passions with fiery speeches. Hes attracted a large and growing following. Do muslims have a place here in burma . We cant repeat his actual response its rrated. But essentially, he said muslims were defecating on burma, threatening its very existence. Whitaker you dont like them very much. translated wirathu i dont accept them. Whitaker why . Wirathu because theyre deceiving the world. They want to take over the whole country. But even then, they will not be satisfied. They will only be satisfied when the whole world converts to islam. Whitaker there are more monks than soldiers in burma and theyre highly revered. Wirathus view of suu kyi could pose a problem for her. What is your opinion of Aung San Suu Kyi . translated wirathu when it comes to nationalism and the security of the country, shes useless. Whitaker useless . Wirathu yes. Whitaker her failure to speak up for the rohingya has dimmed her image internationally. And her party has no muslim candidates in the upcoming election. Suu kyi now, its interesting because the outside world criticizes me because i have not condemned the buddhists. And inside the country, i have been condemned because i wont condemn the muslims. Because i base this on the simple fact that what were trying to build up is harmony and national reconciliation. Whitaker hearing you talk right now, i hear the politician. Suu kyi ive always been a politician. Whitaker how does any politician pull this country together . Suu kyi the answer is very simple and very difficult trust. We have to build up trust between all our different ethnic nationalities. Whitaker she also has to trust the ruling generals will keep their word on democracy. To find out, we asked burmas interview. He invited us to the president ial palace. His entrance seemed more fit for a king. It felt as much like an audience as an interview. I was here in 1990 for the elections then. And the opposition swept the elections. But the generals nullified the results of the election and quashed the opposition. Like that will not happen this time . translated thein sein i believe that it is. There is no chance for something to happen like the situation in 1990. I firmly believe the elections this year will be free and fair. Whitaker what is your relationship with Opposition LeaderAung San Suu Kyi . Sein there are no major problems between the two of us. We may not be partners, but we are not enemies. Whether Aung San Suu Kyi or any a peaceful transfer of power. Whitaker despite cordial words and photoops, president thein sein recently purged the member of his party who was working most closely with suu kyi. The president , after all, was a leader of the junta that tried to break her with almost 20 years of house arrest, cruelly offering to let her go to her dying husband in britain, but she feared she couldnt return. She stayed and never saw her husband again. It was that unyielding resistance that won her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. Aung san suu kyi has been waiting a quartercentury for this chance at democracy. You have sacrificed so much. Youve given up so much for your country, even your family. Whyd you do it . Suu kyi i did it because i believed in it and i wanted to do it. So i dont think it should be termed a sacrifice. Whitaker why do you say that was not a sacrifice . Suu kyi well, how can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it . Whitaker elections are scheduled to take place november 8. The government has banned any rohingya from voting. Im mary ellen, and i quit smoking with chantix. I have smoked for thirty years and by taking chantix, i was able to quit in three months. And that was amazing. Along with support, Chantix Varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. It absolutely reduced my urge to smoke. Some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. Some had seizures while taking chantix. If you have any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. Tell your doctor about any history of Mental Health problems, which could get worse or of seizures. Dont take chantix if youve had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. 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