From his own party. In a live address to the nation widely expected to include his resignation saw him pledge instead to oversee his Party Congress next month. But the party has already replaced him and given him until midday on monday to resign orface impeachment. Heres our africa editor, fergal keane. The very music seemed designed to drain any drama out of the moment. And perhaps the geniality of the encounter was a giveaway. Robert mugabe did not look like a man about to walk into the wilderness and his words delivered 15 minutes into a rambling address confirmed that he intended to stay as leader of the country and party at least until the Party Congress in december. The congress is due in a few weeks from now. I will preside over its processes which must not be repossessed by any axe calculated to undermine it or to compromise the outcome in the eyes of the public. He praised the military and acknowledge the crisis in his country and party. The way forward thus cannot be based on
Despite a tumultuous weekend that saw popular protests against him and an ultimatum from his own party. A live address to the nation, widely expected to include his resignation, saw him pledge instead to oversee his Party Congress next month. But the party has already replaced him, and given him until midday on monday to resign orface impeachment. Here is our africa editor fergal keane. The very music seemed designed to drain any drama out of the moment. And perhaps the geniality of the encounter was a giveaway. Robert mugabe did not look like a man about to walk into the wilderness. And his words, delivered 15 minutes into a rambling address, confirmed that he intended to stay as leader of the country and party, at least until the Party Congress in december. The congress is due in a few weeks from now. Ill preside over its processes, which must not be repossessed by any acts calculated to undermine it, or to compromise the outcomes in the eyes of the public. He praised the military, a
Weekend that saw popular protests against him and an ultimatum from his own party. In a live address to the nation, widely expected to include his resignation, saw him pledge instead to oversee his Party Congress next month. But the party has already replaced him and given him until midday on monday to resign orface impeachment. Heres our africa editor, fergal keane. Marimba music. The very music seemed designed to drain any drama out of the moment. And perhaps the geniality of the encounter was a giveaway. Robert mugabe did not look like a man about to walk into the wilderness. And his words, delivered 15 minutes into a rambling address, confirmed that he intended to stay as leader of the country and party, at least until the Party Congress in december. The congress is due in a few weeks from now. Ill preside over its processes, which must not be prepossessed by any acts calculated to undermine it, or to compromise the outcomes in the eyes of the public. He praised the military and ac
Adequately supportive of that traditional ally. People look at the arab spring which has developed into something unsparing like. The question is how much did an american president have to do with that . What can an american president do in response to that . Those are legitimate questions and they are questions you can be sure historians will be debating for a very long time to come. But that in a curious way goes back to my point, like him or dislike him, whatever, the fact that barack obama, and whatever his legacy is will engage the interest and attention the support and hostility of historians and others for a long time to come only testifies to the significance of his presidency and the magnitude of what he has attempted. Richard norton smith is our guest talking about the reporting after the president s win on the trade bills and also the relation ship with the Supreme Court on samesex marriage and their reporting that this was his best week ever. We are discussing his legacy. Y
Lyndon johnson 70 white house and listen to people outside and listened to people outside ask how many kids did you kill today . It doesnt get more divisive than that. It has become unfortunately, the norm. I think we should ask ourselves some tough questions about how we got to this point, and why there is such a bipartisan distrust, not only towards government and People Associated with government, but whoever happens to occupy the presidency. The whole industry of this country, there are networks on the right and left that thrive on the basis of denigrating whoever happens to have that job. It is a Significant Development that say, ronald reagan, who could go on tv and summon thousands of people to make phone calls to southern democrats to pass his budget. Those are no longer available to an american president. The caller has talked about this president being different. Part of that is responding to the different media environments. It is not your grandfathers presidency. The bully