tripoli any minute now. he's hoping to mediate between colonel gadhafi and the rest of the world. what's next for ratko mladic? live in belgrade to get the latest on prosecution for war crimes. a thrilling race and a surprise winner. a crash prevented the race leader from claiming the indy 500 crown. football's world governing body is in damage control mode. claims of corruption rendered this week's election for fifa president meaningless. current chief sepp blatter is set to stand unopposed to. two senior officials were suspended sunday following allegations of bribery. one jack warner. mohamed bin hammam was due to challenge blatter for the leadership but withdraw hours before fifa's ethics committee suspended him. the committee cleared blatter of any wrong doing and wednesday's vote is scheduled to go ahead as plan zbld there is no reason to postpone it. the allegations, blatter has been cleared by the ethic committee. the other candidate withdrew before even the decision of the ethics committee came out. fifa will make the necessary changes in order now to avoid -- not to have to suspend people but to make sure the institution has all the system in place to avoid this to happen again. >> sepp blatter has his critics including his own deputy, vice president jack warner among the two executives suspended says the fifa chief must also be investigated. >> i said before, fifa -- trust me. you haven't seen it yet. blatter has to be stopped. blatter has to be stopped. blazer who has charged me has never spoken to me. never called a meeting of the executive committee. blazer is an employee. i never even seen a document. in this situation, does the accuser -- the accuser and the accused meet? nothing. >> it's been a staggering 24 hours for fifa. let's get more on this from cnn world sports pedro pinto. >> the plot continues to thicken. just when you believe that a particular issue or controversy is going to be resolved, something else happens. and jack warner, as we just heard, has accused sepp blatter of being the man that actually needs to be stopped, not him or mohamed bin hammam, which are the two men who have been suspended. jack warner has meanwhile seeked for advice from his lawyers to see whether the suspension is legal, whether it should stand. we've just heard over the last hour that fifa's executive committee will hold an emergency meeting in zurich early this afternoon. a press conference has been schedule bid sepp blatter for 6:00 p.m. zurich time. i can tell you we have a team flying out. i'm going to zurich to cover that press conference because we could see new developments. and perhaps the elections could be postponed. initially we felt that the only way that could happen would be for the member associations to vote three-quarters majority against the elections taking place on wednesday as they are scheduled now. but if the fifa executive committee or sepp blatter says let's step back, take a deep breath and see where we are and what could change we could see another unexpected development in what has been an incredible saga to follow. >> the interesting thing is, sepp blatter has said -- he's denied any sort of accusations against him or allegations against him. there has been i guess not been any evidence that has really pointed the finger at him. the question is, though, can he continue to preside over fifa with impunity? can he do so without accountability? even though he says he has no idea what has happened, that has been going on under him, he's still the president of something and a lot of the times the expression is, when something smells, it usually stinks at the top of the head, right? >> it all comes down to who are you going to believe? and fifa's ethics committee after they met on sunday, they decided to believe sepp blatter. this all relates to a meeting that took place in trinidad and toe bay kbage bbago on the 10th may. when mohamed bin hammam and jack warner were accused of presenting bribes to several members of the caribbean football union to vote for bin hammam in the election. blatter said he knew about the meeting before it happened but cannot be implicated because he didn't know what took place when it occurred. >> ignorance is is not usually a very good defense, is it? all right. pa thank you very much. there's a lot that's been happening in terms of reaction around the world. let's look at what some of the main papers around the world are saying. no matter what happens next, mohamed bin hammam's exit from the race for the fifa presidency only adds to the stench of corruption. the international herald tribune has the headline blatter cleared but allegations still plague fifa. it said maybe it is time to tell mr. blatter what some think from outside his glass house. even if fifa is not the corrupt organization, it's accusers say that he has led it through an era in which nobody trusts anybody any more. the guardian has the headline, blatter in clear as fifa officials suspended. in the article it says after nearly 13 years as the president of fifa blatter has in the eyes of many football fans come to personify all that is wrong with the world's most popular sport. one issue, many views. read all those articles in full at facebook.com/w1cnn. we'll be chatting there with you in a bit. we take you to libya where there's renewed push to bring weeks of bitter fighting to an end. jacob zuma is expected to arrive in tripoli any minute now for talks with libya's leader, moammar gadhafi. mr. zuma heading the african union is hoping he can purr suede the rebel regime to drop their weapons and start peace talks. getting the two sides to agree is not going to be easy. this is the second peace mission to libya in two months. the first ended in deadlock. the opposition has said then they'd stop fighting only if colonel gadhafi agreed to give up power. he shows no sign of stepping down. more on zuma's libya trip, the question is, what kind of influence could jacob zuma bring to this in terms of the african union when mr. gadhafi is often seen as the man who has, i guess, given a lot of donations to the african -- countries of the african union? what kind of unbiased position could the au really have? >> mr. gadhafi still remains a very powerful figure on this continent. as you said, he's bankrolled many of the governments here on the african continent. and, actually, mr. zuma's party, the african national congress has received a lot of support from mr. gadhafi in the past when they were fighting against apartheid in south africa they received support. mr. zuma personally has a relationship with mr. gadhafi. you remember in 2006 when he was facing controversial rape charges, he was of course acquitted of those charges, he turned to moammar gadhafi. it's going to be very interesting to see what mr. zuma achieves in libya. of course, many of those watching including the african union are hoping these long-term links between mr. zuma's party and gadhafi will end up with some kind of breakthrough regarding what's going on in libya. >> thank you. mr. zuma's visit comes 100 days after the uprising against colonel gadhafi began. let's go to libya now for the latest. in terms of the kind of, i guess, positions both sides are having right now, any sign of peace talks or a cease-fire seem quite farfetched at this point. >> yes. but, most importantly, i think president zuma's visit comes after a hardening of the russian line. russia was really the last mediator that libya had been looking to on the security council. over the weekend they said that they, too, believed that colonel gadhafi needed to either step down or step aside. so really as far as the libyans are concerned this is the last remaining option. the opposition line remains that they will not talk while gadhafi is in power. the african union has not called for this. they indeed have said that two months in they believe that nato's position, nato's bombardment of tripoli has, in fact, entrenched the conflict rather than brought around a resolution. this is the last opportunity for the libyans to save face. the fact that it's coming from such an old friend gives them opportunity, many here are hoping, perhaps, to find a creative way to talk about colonel gadhafi. not necessarily a complete departure from the country but a departure from rule. perhaps a spiritual leader, a father figure position. but just something that will allow the rebels to soften their position enough for the two sides to meet without the libya government having to lose too much face. >> in terms of strength on the ground, though, militarily speaking, have they gained much more strength or is this pretty much the same thing in terms of what the government side, the military side that we're talking about? >> it's pretty much still a stalemate. and that is the issue. nato is speaking today about how they feel they have achieved their military objectives. the reality is in terms of the ground held by the two sides, it hasn't changed that much for a while. when nato's not speaking about escalating its operations, then you have to surprise that that means there is still enough military capacity that they are concerned about for them to believe they need to go harder and stronger. this week we're hearing reports about the possible release of attack helicopters. that could be the necessary military push to change that stalemate. so there's a will the of pressure internally here on the libyan elite, on the regime, to find a way through this before those attack helicopters come. and their military position weakens even further. >> thank you so much. you are watching "world one" live from london. accused of genocide. but is this man well enough to stand trial? lawyers of ratko mladic try to keep him out of court. plus -- >> as president i can promise you your country will be there with you every single step of the way. >> barack obama has a message of compassion for the city that was taken apart by a tornado. ands had a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit, which provided for their every financial need. 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>> i just talked to the chief prosecutor here. he says he's happy with the way things are going. the defense lawyer for ratko mladic said although the court's doctors have said mladic is very capable of attending the trial, he says that mladic would only be cable of being there. he wouldn't be able to follow proceedings. he say what is mladic needs is to see specialist doctors. he's got a number of ailments, needs so see an endo crono cronologist, psychologist. in the court mladic has been lively and joking at times. he said that the court has intentionally released some of the things that mladic has requested like complex and long, complicated russian novels. just to show that, in fact, mladic does have his mental faculties to not only follow a russian novel but also the core proceedings. the chief prosecutor told me a few minutes ago the deadline for the appeal is in six hours' time. he says despite the fact the defense lawyer says he launched the appeal, he says he still hasn't yet received that appeal. >> if all goes according to the prosecutor's plan, when can mr. mladic then be transported to the hague? >> well, it's a matter of days rather than hours. i asked the chief prosecutor. i said if the deadline is at 5:00 p.m. local this afternoon, you made your decision, seem to have made your decision already he is quite healthy enough to go. he said then he goes to -- then it goes to the chief justice here for him to make his ruling. and he says days, not hours before he ends up at the hague. but we've also been told here that they're not going to release the information about when mladic is going to be sent to the hague. they don't want to draw any adverse attention to it. if you look back, it happens in the dead of night with a lot of secre secrecy. i think every indication is that that's the way it's going to happen this time. >> nic robertson in belgrade. thank you. you are watching "world one." american politician in black leather is turning heads. we'll find out why sarah palin's been seen rumbling through washington on the back of a harley davidson. the killer cue cucumbers claiming lives in europe. more on that soon. we will be with you every step of the way. we're not going anywhere. the cameras may leave. the spotlight may shift. but we will be with you every step of the way until joplin is restored and this community is back on its feet. we're not going anywhere. >> barack obama's message of determination and hope to the survivors of a devastating tornado in america's midwest. the twitter that hit joplin, missouri, just over a week ago killed at least 142 people, more than any other u.s. tornado on record. during his visit the president was shown the incredible scale of storm damage. he comforted c eed survivors an talked to local leaders about rebuilding. is the severe weather in the midwest showing any signs of letting up, ivan? >> thankfully so. you saw the clear sky in the video. also a little bit of wind in that scenario of high pressure that's in charge. with a low to the north and west we're bringing many some gusty winds and warm temperatures really over the next several days. but that same high essentially is going to block these weather systems from hitting joplin here. we're going to go up and around. looking excellent. next frontal boundary moving through probably around tuesday, but really not looking for all that much with it. much deserve and much awaited respite from severe weather here. you see those boxes, they're going to remain to the north and west. relatively quiet for the entire southeast under that influence of high -- see the clouds with the clockwise rotation? that's what we have for the memorial day weekend upcoming. we leave the severe weather well to the north. chicago getting in on that as that front is draped through there and bringing some nasty weather. all that across the ryuko archipelago of japan. see a remnant low with a nice cold front now as it continues or has at this point finished its extra tropical transition. look at the rain tallies. upwards of 200 millimeters for tokushima. not only a rain event for mainland japan, to the south and west islands picking up wind gusts of 183 kilometers per hour. that's 113 in miles per hour. and this is a category 3 hurricane in the atlantic basin. at this point it has weakened. it has become extra tropical. at this point now a wind event. still a little bit of rain extreme northeast japan. nothing like we had over the weekend. conditions becoming much quieter here. looking much better. nothing in the offing as far as any additional tropical development in the western pacific. that season, as you know, monita, started in april. here are some stories we're talking about on "world one." u.s. republican sarah palin turned heads on sunday cruising into washington on the back of a harley. dressed in black leather and heels, she joined the annual rolling thunder rally to honor u.s. war vets. the attention grabbing appearance has fueled speculation palin is getting ready for a run at the presidency in 2012. formula one driver lewis hamilton found him in trouble. hamilton was given two penalties at sunday's grand prix. afterwards he said maybe it's because i'm black, borrowing the joke from ali g. contaminated cucumbers being blamed for a disease out break that's killed ten people in germany. the e. coli virus is thought to have entered germany in cucumbers from spain. media reports say more than 1,000 people are believed to be infected in germany. you're watching "world one" live from london. violence in yemen escalates. an exclusive interview with the man said to defense hosni mubarak over accusations. for 25. frustrating, isn't it? 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