jesse jackson returned from gambia with two americans that were released from prison. they were noshd n than that by that country's president. one was a navy veteran that served in desert storm and another tennessee professor had been convicted of treason. they could have faced the firing squad until jackson stepped in. a story that didn't get much media coverage. why not? >> nobody got killed. it was a happy ending. murky circumstances, who knows what is going on there. but reverend jackson has done this before. he did in this in the 80s in lebanon. but the media is too busy pounding on romney. >> media was very busy in the last couple weeks. we do have a presidential campaign. we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia,

jesse jackson returned from gambia with two americans that were released from prison. they were noshd n than that by that country's president. one was a navy veteran that served in desert storm and another tennessee professor had been convicted of treason. they could have faced the firing squad until jackson stepped in. a story that didn't get much media coverage. why not? >> nobody got killed. it was a happy ending. murky circumstances, who knows what is going on there. but reverend jackson has done this before. he did in this in the 80s in lebanon. but the media is too busy pounding on romney. >> media was very busy in the last couple weeks. we do have a presidential campaign. we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia,

and jesse jackson frees two americans behind bars in africa we'll ask him about the case and we'll have him weigh in on the twenty twelve presidential race in a live in an interview and just ahead. and we live in a high tech world of e-mail smartphones and chatting but do you know how do you how much the u.s. government is tracking your every move our t. has a privacy check for you is straight ahead. it's friday september twenty eighth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . all right well the annual u.n. general assembly is just wrapping up in new york all the usual characters made their fiery speeches. but this speech is a union that has been found on the principles of cooperation has certainly changed over the years becoming more of a spotlight for a blame game than a forum for open discussion and open ideas are to correspondent on a sauciest draws the parallels between the u.n.g.a. in a high school reunion take a look. september. kids are back to school gossiping in the hallways striking a pose for the yearbook as the principal meets and greets them i

reverend jesse jackson. mayor anthony fox, mayor anthony fox. >> yes, sir, welcome to charlotte. >> you want to say a word of welcome and then we'll get back to this other stuff. >> i want to welcome you to charlotte. glad to have you. we're going to have a great week. >> we have never had a welcome like this. ever. this is better than new york even. any way, let me ask you about the voter turnout. are you concerned this state is really one of the closest? within the margin of error. >> it's going to be close in north carolina and the efforts that the republican legislature have taken to try to take the vote away through voter i.d. laws, through shortening the early voting periods. we're going to get the phone calls, door knocks, we're going to get out and vote. north carolina is going to go for the president. >> let me be able to positive and give you a chance. the reverend jackson has been through every hell with the civil rights fact. he's got some trace of on the part optimism. is there optimism in this

jesse jackson frees two americans behind bars in africa we'll ask him about the case and we'll have a weigh in on the twenty twelve protests presidential race and a live interview next on r.t. . and we live in a high tech world of e-mail smartphones and chatting but do you know how much the u.s. government is tracking your every move our t. has a privacy check coming up for you straight ahead. plus the wall street journal one of america's leading newspapers is under fire the paper has been running op ads for mitt romney's advisers without disclosing the ties we'll speak with media matters the group reporting on this case of subjective journalism. it's friday september twenty eighth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. all right well starting off this hour reverend jesse jackson has made quite an impact on the u.s. throughout the years you probably know his name from his many crusades for human rights so much so that he was nominated for the nobel peace prize this year his latest cd is brokering an agreement for the release of two imprisoned american cit

jesse jackson returned from gambia with two americans that were released from prison. they were noshd n than that by that country's president. one was a navy veteran that served in desert storm and another tennessee professor had been convicted of treason. they could have faced the firing squad until jackson stepped in. a story that didn't get much media coverage. why not? >> nobody got killed. it was a happy ending. murky circumstances, who knows what is going on there. but reverend jackson has done this before. he did in this in the 80s in lebanon. but the media is too busy pounding on romney. >> media was very busy in the last couple weeks. we do have a presidential campaign. we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia,

. >> i've not seen the impact of a speech since 1984 when jesse jackson, the rev. jesse jackson gave his speech at the convention. >> all eyes will be on for president bill clinton. would you have thought that he would be speaking at this convention after the dustup with hillary and the president? >> bill clinton and barack obama share the same vision. there were competitors four years ago but they share the same vision. bill clinton is one of our keynote speakers. where was george w. bush a week ago? >> what happens when the delegates leave? >> will go out to the neighborhood and start making sure people are registered to vote. >> michael morrissey will be one of those hitting the road for president obama. >> there is no bigger flip-flop than mitt romney. he was pro-choice when he ran against ted kennedy, now he is pro-life. some of the things i think that we have witnessed the rest of the country is fighting what type of person he is. >> i look at the averages. 63% think we're headed in the wrong direction. elizabeth warren, a candidate for the u.s. senate agains

he said watch out, jesse jackson. i thought he meant i was beginning to sound like jesse jackson but, no, i was beginning to run into him. >> a wee bit of a man crush it seems on one of the guys running for president. see if you can guess who it is. >>> guess what? you can take cnn with you. you can watch us while you work. go to cnn.com/tv and watch cnn live on your computer or on your smart phone. >>> we have more now with comedy central jared and logan. part of the team covering the presidential race. second part of our chat given the celebs we saw, i asked the guys why stars were such a big part of the political process. >> oh, that's politics now. politics is celebrity. i think obama is definitely a celebrity and i think michelle is definitely a celebrity. i think celebrity is how the world runs now for better or worse, i think for worse. >> for better. i like it. i do an obama impression so it's i would kind of like four more years, dot, dot, of employment. >> i do a mitt romney impression. which is just me bein

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jesse jackson, now. he is here now. very go to have you. >>guest: good to see you, sir. >>neil: how is your son, by the way? >>guest: well, it is tough. fragile. but i think he is on the mend. it will take time. we hope and pray if his recovery. >>neil: now you have been forthright and you said he needs his privacy. and i understand it is a bipolar disorder. is it going do keep him off the campaign trail the rest of the year? >>guest: i don't know that. that is a decision he and his doctors have to make. his health is first and i don't want to be anything but a father once he comes out of this he can make a determination as to the future options. >>neil: has he gotten into that with you? >>guest: we have discouraged it. we focus on working out the challenges ahead for him. >>neil: and the last i will indulge on this private matter, he is a public figure and you be kind of a public figure and a lot of people want to know whether he is up to the race, will fish the race, or should step down? you advise him to step down? >>guest: well, he is enjoying his job and he has done

jesse jackson, now. he is here now. very go to have you. >>guest: good to see you, sir. >>neil: how is your son, by the way? >>guest: well, it is tough. fragile. but i think he is on the mend. it will take time. we hope and pray if his recovery. >>neil: now you have been forthright and you said he needs his privacy. and i understand it is a bipolar disorder. is it going do keep him off the campaign trail the rest of the year? >>guest: i don't know that. that is a decision he and his doctors have to make. his health is first and i don't want to be anything but a father once he comes out of this he can make a determination as to the future options. >>neil: has he gotten into that with you? >>guest: we have discouraged it. we focus on working out the challenges ahead for him. >>neil: and the last i will indulge on this private matter, he is a public figure and you be kind of a public figure and a lot of people want to know whether he is up to the race, will fish the race, or should step down? you advise him to step down? >>guest: well, he is enjoying his job and he has done

teddy kennedy in 1980 and jesse jackson in 1984 and in 1998. this time, the guy who gives the best speech gets to be the nominee this year. thank you, sir. >> most content, too. has no empty chairs. >> thank you. the democratic convention kicks off tomorrow. we'll be back from charlotte in a minute. but tonight, join me for the premier of msnbc's documentary, barack obama, making history. a lot of people worked very hard op this and i think you're going to love this tonight. 10:00 eastern, barack obama making history. i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. i had tired, achy feet. until i got my number. my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotics number. now i'm a believer. you'll be a believer, too. learn where to find your number at drscholls.com. >>> we're back here in this crazy weather, just like in tampa, but it's nicer here. you ladies have been waiting in line. i love it. >> it's not raining. we sbort barack obama. >> what are you doing in the rain here? >> i'm a new je

we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina. the new south. >> we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level

we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina. the new south. >> we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level

i sit down with the reverend jesse jackson. plus, a panel of republicans refuses to sway on their position. finally, how one man engineered the perfect game plan. that's what's going on in "our world" up next. >>> for six decades the reverend jesse jackson has been on the front lines in the struggle for freedom and justice, keeping hope alive for millions around the world. >> it was parents and teachers join hands together, children have a foundation! >> i sat down with rev vend jackson to talk about his journey and where he's headed next. good to see you. >> god to see you, sir. >> how did you get involved in this struggle for freedom, become such a central part of this? >> in the 1960s, i wanted to use a public library and could not use it. i tried and use a public library and i really never stopped fighting. before then, i was existing. at some point, you either imitate the system, trying to get a job and like it and be an extension of it or you adjust to it or you resist. and i learned as a young naacp youth activist and th

>> watch out, jesse jackson. i thought he said i was starting to sound like him, but i was about to run into him. >> more details about a wee bit of a man crush it seems on one of the guys running for president. see if you can guess who it is. guess what. you can take cnn with you and watch us while you work. watch cnn live on your computer or your smart phone. . >> we have more from the comedy central's indecision team covering the presidential race. given clint eastwood and eva longoria, why are stars such a big part of the political process. >> that's politics now. it's celebrity. obama is definitely a celebrity and michelle is a celebrity. that is how the world runs for better or worse. i think for worse, but -- >> for better. i like it. i do an obama impression. i would like four more years of employment. >> i do a mitt romney impression. being uncomfortable talking to laborers. i would like to see him win. >> so good. >> you have to do the impressions because you are talking about it. >> i don't think so. >

jesse jackson joins me on the phone now. thanks for doing so. release of two americans didn't seem to be on the agenda when you went there. how did you get their release secured? >> well, being there from their families and their embassy we knew 37 people are scheduled to die and because of the moratorium, he extended their schedule from there. scheduled to be in prison for 22 lifetimes, scheduled to come back to america on the 9th and that's good news. >> good news, indeed, for two americans. and now we've heard that the president has been putting these other executions on hold, if you like. must be a lot of pressure put on him. you were there but also african union and many others are being applying the screws on him. what did he tell you about the executions? why he was doing them? >> well, he made the case the sovereignty of the country, the sovereignty of the government he had the right to execute them. nine had been. my point was that the growth of the gambia and the reputation is being swallowed up by violence. the growth of the system, u

we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina. the new south. >> we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level

now, let's check in with jesse jackson jr. is back in washington after several week of treatment for bipolar depression and though he hadn't been seen since may, it took some time for many to understand where he was. his staff said jackson hoped to be back on capitol hill today, but no sign of him so far, but his long time friend visited him in treatment and has been in constant contact with him. i spoke to him earlier and asked him how jackson is doing. >> he is with his family and he is dealing with a very serious issue that's life threatening. he got great care at mayo, but as anyone who's been in treatment like myself knows, the world just begins when you start treatment and you start your new life in recovery. so i encouraged him to take it slow. don't rush into things. obviously, it's a transition he's in right now and that's loaded with stress and of course, stress is one of the inducers of mental illness, so he has to be careful about the environment he's in right now. but i know he's surrounded by friends and family a

jesse jackson jr. is back in washington after several week of treatment for bipolar depression and though he hadn't been seen since may, it took some time for many to understand where he was. his staff said jackson hoped to be back on capitol hill today, but no sign of him so far, but his long time friend visited him in treatment and has been in constant contact with him. i spoke to him earlier and asked him how jackson is doing. >> he is with his family and he is dealing with a very serious issue that's life threatening. he got great care at mayo, but as anyone who's been in treatment like myself knows, the world just begins when you start treatment and you start your new life in recovery. so i encouraged him to take it slow. don't rush into things. obviously, it's a transition he's in right now and that's loaded with stress and of course, stress is one of the inducers of mental illness, so he has to be careful about the environment he's in right now. but i know he's surrounded by friends and family a

and what jesse jackson jr. is putting his d.c. home up for sale. and jim ramsey looks at a blustery week ahead. ot sfilodour ♪ introducing free layaway at kmart. it's a great time to get shopping. >> arsenic is found in hundreds of rice products including cereal for infants they say there is no evidence that opposes any health risks the group that discovered arsenic once the fda involved. every type of rice into rice product you could think of has not tested positive for arsenic separate tests done by the fda and consumer reports showed the same and lisa madigan is warning parents who are feeding rise to their children. >> the one food that doctors say is the first solid food you should give your baby is rice cereal and there is arsenite in it. >> there is no federal maximum level of arsenic in food, matt against teams and their samples to the fda in hopes that they will eventually begin to regulate. >> brown rice is showing higher levels of arsenic than whites, madigan office reports that rice grown in the southeastern united states has more ars

jackson stepped in and secured their release. he was serving a 20 years sentence. the one in the white here is a former university of tennessee professor who was serving a life sentence for printing shirts with the words end dictatorship now life sentence. each clearly thrilled to be back. >> when i was in my cell and called out and told that the reverend jesse jackson has security our release, i couldn't find the words to express myself. >> for a moment i thought maybe i was in a dream and i had to, you know, do a few things here and there to convince myself that it was real. >> well, reverend jesse jackson also managed to gam beaten president to spare the lives of prisoners who were due to face execution as they put it at any moment. the lawmakers in burma are apparently trying to learn democracy by watching old episodes of an american tv show. that's the word from the secretary of state hillary clinton. she spoke today at a ceremony to honor the burmese activist with the congressional gold medal, the highest civilian honor tha

jesse jackson, jr. is back in washington today after several weeks of treatment at the mayo clinic for bipolar depression. and though he hadn't been seen since may, it took some time for many to understand where he was. his staff said jackson hoped to be back on capitol hill today, but no sign of him so far, but his long time friend visited him in treatment and has been in constant contact with him. i spoke to him earlier and asked him how jackson is doing. >> he is with his family and he is dealing with a very serious issue that's life threatening. he got great care at mayo, but as anyone who's been in treatment like myself knows, the world just begins when you start treatment and you start your new life in recovery. so i encouraged him to take it slow. don't rush into things. obviously, it's a transition he's in right now and that's loaded with stress and of course, stress is one of the inducers of mental illness, so he has to be careful about the environment he's in right now. but i know he's surroun

it's religious in the way that jim wallace is religious or jesse jackson or jeremiah wright. it's a radical organization whose goal was to get lots of government money into, into poverty areas. i'm going to come back to getting money into poverty areas, if i remember, in a bit. but that's where he started. and he was picked up, well, because he already as in college, already in high school he was a radical. so he was also picked up by the midwest academy. and these are funded by macarthur and ford and rockefeller and joyce and so forth. the midwest academy is run by two '60s radicals or by heather booth in particular. her husband, paul booth, is an executive with the municipal employees' union, so you have -- this is where the alliance between the government unions, government union thugs and they're very radical. the afl-cio was taken over by socialists in 1999. john sweeney -- when i say socialists, i mean, that's what they call themselves. so, actually, they're well to the left even of socialists, european-style socialists. anyway, the midwest academy, she put him on the v

anyway, the reverend jesse jackson, the great man, the president of the rainbow coalition joins us. you were calling me up last week. you were so angry and concerned as a leader, a civil rights leader, about this new ploy to keep people from voting. >> the irony of nikki haley, she got the right to vote because of the voting rights act itself. then 18-year-olds to vote in 1970. and then students could then vote. and able to get the voting. she is a product of the voting rights act. their plan is negation, purging, voting suppression. and confusing people. and inciting their base to vote. >> but it seemed like they're trying to deny or really make it highly difficult. if you come from the south like you did and move north and you live in north philadelphia where i'm familiar with, that means you got to go back to somewhere in south carolina to get your birth certificate. you got to figure out how to get it with an i.d. card. it's difficult to do this. >> the jefferson davis democrats and republicans have never stopped to deny -- >> we'll get back to "hardball" and the reverend jesse

vitims jesse jackson is in a war, lorado colorado. aurora, colorado. that is almost 50% of thef victims.have h americans have historically come in chicago, made up more than 70% of the murder victims and that is every ue year for the pt ery year 20 years.stat like statistics like that deserve more attention by the presidente then one reference in the fourth year of his presidency by mr. obama. so i would just say to the president, on the issue of gun control, you are not surprise anyone with your statements now. most folks call that expectation. on the appalling murder rates in your adopted hometown of ad chicago, you know better. for all this, mr. president, weh >> oba hasshould be doing a lot better. >> obama has a dream. a dream from his father. but the seeds of colonialism bet set right. lou: the executive producer of lou: the executive producer of the new movie, 2016, want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we need a little bit more... a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's ne

jesse jackson, we want to make sure that san francisco for our youth and communities, we continue to keep hope alive. thank you. [applause] >> part of keeping hope alive is we have to provide an economic engine to get our young people back to work so they are able to take care of themselves and oftentimes their families. with that, i would like to introduce to you mr. eric mcdonald, the executive director of the united way. thank you. [applause] >> good morning again. welcome, everyone. we are excited and thrilled to be partners here with the mayor. what is clear is that while the unfortunate rise and peak of gun violence brings us to the room, it also gives us what we believe is an enormous opportunity. these spikes, ago, and what we have now is an opportunity to cast a vision. we know that without a vision, people perish. we can cast a vision and develop an action plan that is based upon mutual respect, mutual trust, and mutual accountability. the mayor and all of our city partners can create that plan were we will engage all sectors. we will engage residents. we will engage the pr

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when jesse jackson ran, he still faced a challe lengechallenge. jackson won more than 3 million votes in that election. when he ran again in 1998, he won 14 primaries in caucuses and proved an african-american could win white votes. in 2007, senator obama decided to take the leap and run for the white house. >> we had a meeting to talk through whether he should run. and michelle said to him, what do you think you can contribute that no one else can contribute? and he said, there are two things i know for sure. the day i get elected, i think the world will look at us differently, and i think millions of young people across this country will look at themselves differently. >> he always said he didn't think the outcome of the race would depend on the color of his skin. he thought the meamerican peopl would make the decision on who they thought was best able to lead this country. >> obama's youth was only 45, and he thought the iraq war and, yes, his race could be in his favor. >> i start now to shake off our slum ber and fluff off our fears and make

when jesse jackson ran in 1984 he con trunted history. >> he i ran in '84, the idea met resistance. like, are you serious? you know you're black, you can't run. >> jackson won more than 3 million votes. in 1988, the barriers began it shake. he won 13 primary answers caucuses and proved an african-american could win white votes. in 2007 within senator obama decided to take the leap and run for the white house. >> when we had a meeting to talk through whether he should run and michelle said to him, would what do you think you could contribute that no one else can contribute? and he said, there are two things i know for sure. the day i get elected, i think the world will look at us differently and i think millions of young people across the country will look at themselves differently. >> he always said that he didn't think that the outcome of the race would depend upon the color of his skin. he thought that american people would make their decision based on who they thought was best positioned to lead our country. >> obama saw that his youth, he was only 45, his o early opposition to t

jackson jr. is back home in washington d.c.. he will not be returning to work on monday. that is according to the congressman's father, says his son needs time to recuperate >> he was treated for bipolar depression at the mayo clinic in rochester. he has been away from his office for almost three months >> he is so anxious to serve. people have been quite generous to him. my concern is now as a father. i hope he is not encouraged to move too quickly >> at this time there is no indication from congressman jackson whether he will resume campaigning for office. he is up for reelection in november >> ppbp has paid more than one- and-a-half million dollars so far in claims over bad gasoline that damage to vehicles in several midwestern states. the company is still processing nearly 14,000 claims and says it will continue to pay people who file legitimate complaints. they recalled nearly 5 million gal. of gas in illinois indiana ohio and wisconsin last month after drivers reported damage to their vehic

in the post-civil rights era, african-americans from al sharpton to jesse jackson to congresswoman shirley chisholm took on the challenge. >> the next time that a minority person or a woman runs for high office in this country, she or he will be regarded as a force to be respected. >> shirley chisholm ran because she wanted to bring issues of women and blacks and challenge the democratic party establishment, and the black leadership establishment. so she ran to raise policy issues like i did many years later. >> chisholm did not win any primaries in 1972, but she did get 152 delegate votes at the convention, an important step forward. when jesse jackson ran in 1984, he still confronted history. >> when i ran in '84, the idea met resistance. like, are you serious? you know a black can't run. >> jackson won more than 3 million votes in that election. when he ran again in 1988, the barriers began to shake. he won 13 primaries in caucuses and proved an african-american could win white votes. in 2007, senator obama decided to take the leap and run for the white house. >> when we had a meeting t

when jesse jackson ran in 1984, he still confronted history. >> when i ran in '84, the idea met resistance. like are you serious? you know a black can't run. >> jackson won more than 3 million votes in that election. when he ran again in 1988, the barriers began to shake. he won 13 primaries and caucuses and proved an african-american could win white votes. in 2007, senator obama decided to take the leap and run for the white house. >> we had a meeting to talk through whether he should run and michele said to him, what do you think you can contribute that no one else can contribute? and he said, there are two things i know for sure, the day i get elected i think the world will look at us differently and i think millions of young people across this country will look at themselves differently. >> he always said that he didn't think that the outcome of the race would depend upon the color of his skin. he thought that the american people would make their decision on who they thought was best positioned to lead our country. >> obama saw that his youth, was only 45, his early opposition to the i