african national congress government has promised them of for decades now. also touched on the 25 years of democracy looking back at when announcement dello was sworn in saying that the country has made a number on the cheap months in that time but how those achievements with threatened by some of the decisions as well as the the poor governance by the african national congress and how that would change now the next step. is to nominate to name the members of his cabinet he s promised to scale down on the size of the cabinet and look at people who would to run the country more effectively this is what drum up course is calling a new dawn and he s making a promise to some to some africans that many of them have heard time and time again but this certainly is hope that this time around there will be a difference and that. and the government up to those promises. still to come on al-jazeera. ready to take the reins populates us from here to the us the prime minister begins the p
and senator cruise is expected to be speaking shortly. we are inside the community choice credit union convention center in downtown des moines, iowa. we expect that he may touch on his role in the government shutdown and various things going on on capitol hill. his third visit here in three months. earlier from a local reporter about what to expect tonight. we will take a listen to what she had to say as we wait for senator ted cruz of texas to appear here in iowa. iowannifer jacobs covers politics for the des moines register. you wrote this morning that this will be senator ted cruz s third appearance in iowa in the last three months. what is he trying to do their? it is interesting for some of your percent the state of texas to be in iowa so frequently. he says he is here to energize the american people. he says he is looking for larger than the state of just texas. he is looking to energize the grassroots and that has to do with freedom and constitutional principles. an
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions woodruff: president obama met with the nation s governors today, and painted a gloomy picture of federal spending cuts that are set to kick in friday. good evening. i m judy woodruff. suarez: and i m ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we get an update on the potential impact the sequester will have if the white house and congress can t work out a compromise. woodruff: then, margaret warner looks into the troubles looming for the catholic church ahead of electing a new pope. suarez: a cuba without a castro in charge? we talk with senator patrick leahy, who just returned from the island after an unsuccessful attempt to secure the release of an imprisoned american. woodruff: fred de sam lazaro reports on india s push to account for hundreds of millions of its citizens by issuing government identity cards. we still have a large number of residents much india who don t have a birth certificate or any other form of o
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions woodruff: president obama met with the nation s governors today, and painted a gloomy picture of federal spending cuts that are set to kick in friday. good evening. i m judy woodruff. suarez: and i m ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we get an update on the potential impact the sequester will have if the white house and congress can t work out a compromise. woodruff: then, margaret warner looks into the troubles looming for the catholic church ahead of electing a new pope. suarez: a cuba without a castro in charge? we talk with senator patrick leahy, who just returned from the island after an unsuccessful attempt to secure the release of an imprisoned american. woodruff: fred de sam lazaro reports on india s push to account for hundreds of millions of its citizens by issuing government identity cards. we still have a large number of residents much india who don t have a birth certificate or any other form of o
suarez: president obama and congressional republicans traded barbs today, opening the final week before the looming sequester. but there was no outward sign of a breakthrough to prevent $85 billion in automatic spending reductions. these cuts do not have to happen. congress can turn them off any time with just a little bit of compromise. suarez: the president s appeal came as he met with the nation s governors at the white house amid growing indications that the sequester will indeed take effect. this town has to get past its obsession with focusing on the next election instead of the next generation. all of us are elected officials. all of us are concerned about our politics both in our own parties as well as the other parties. but at some point we have to do some governing. and certainly what we can t do is keep careening from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis. suarez: to reinforce the point, the administration on sunday spelled out how each state will be