Today he was sentenced to prison for tax fraud, a fouryear sentence which was reduced to one year. A further moment of shame for a man whose premiership came to be dominated by scandal. The judge said there had been a significant amount of tax evasion and that mr. Berlusconi showed a natural capacity for crime. He was banned from Holding Public office for five years. A small crowd toasted the further disgrace of the 76yearold billionaire who for so long dominated italian public life. Silvio berlusconi phoned one of his tv stations and called the verdict a political conviction that was incredible and intolerable. He has lost his grip on the judicial system. Its his crusade against the italian judicial system and its possibly over. For much of his political career berlusconi has faced charges and court cases. He is currently accused of having paid for sex with an underaged girl and in the role of a publication of an illegally obtained wiretap and today he was convicted of tax evasion in
Around the world. Suarez a fresh series of secret tapes reveals former president nixons attempts to control the watergate scandal. We hear excerpts and discuss what they tell us. Woodruff and we look at the personalities driving the politics and gridlock in washington with two authors and veteran political journalists Robert Draper and mark leibovich. You do wonder, when people are in office, when people are in power, who are they really working for . Are they in it to serve the public good, or are they in it for selfservice . Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting
And people who say theyve lost everything in the worst floods in a century. And 50 years after Martin Luther king jr. Shared his vision people in the u. S. March again for equal rights. U. S. President barack obama is with his security visorse adt the white house to discussion their options. The u. S. Navy is reported the expanding its presence in the see the ship in the region. Meanwhile the u. N. s top disarmament official arrived in syriac and angle can kane wants access to the site of wednesday alleged chemical attack, we have the latest pictures of the attack, a warning, you may find some of them upsetting. [ crying ] the two tiny bodies hang limp in his arms. What will i do now, crisis the father, a man destroyed by grief. Pictures like these of the many men, women and children indiscriminately killed by what all evidence suggests was a chemical attack and shocks the world. The Syrian Government still refuses access by inspectors. An agreement only to expect the sites of three pr
Tourist summit hoping to convince travelers to return. They come from opposing sides of the political divide in egypt but trials against both of them have got underway today. On one side is Hosni Mubarak, the egyptian president over thrown in 2011. Hes appeared in cairos Police Academy for a retrial along with codefendants which include his two sons. Mubarak is accused of failing to stop the killing of protesters during the revolution that forced him from office. In a separate case, mohamed badie, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. His trial has beened a jurpd until october 29th. Mohamed badie was arrested last week, hes accused of inciting protesters to kill those protesting against the Muslim Brotherhood on july 30th. Two other brotherhood leaders are facing similar charges. Wayne hey joins me from outside of cairos Police Academy to update us on Hosni Mubaraks trial. Wayne, i understand that mubarak actually appeared in court. Tell us whats been happening. Well, he has
And bo xilai will stand trial on corruption and abuse of power charges. We begin in egypt where Security Forces say they are planning reinforcements ahead of expected rallies on friday. The army chief called on egyptians to join demonstrations in support of the military. Protesters backing deposed president Mohamed Morsi are still on the streets in defiance of the militarys plans. A few hours ago this was the scene in a district in cairo where theyve been camping out for weeks now. Military protests have been flying over the camp in nasr after a date of alert was declared. Supports of morrissey protests are taking place in the capital and the city south the cairo. Lets go to our kobe bryant now nadim baba at a rally of supporters of the ousted president taking place outside of the mosque in cairo. Thats going on there . Broke up y, the rally a while ago. It was attended by a few hundred supporters of the deposed president Mohamed Morsi and were criticizing the grand Ahmed Eltayeb and s