Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/political-pressure-builds-on-musharraf-over-emergency-rule Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript U.S. envoy John Negroponte traveled to Pakistan Friday carrying a renewed call for President Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule. The move comes after opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's release from house arrest. Margaret Warner reports from Pakistan, where she spoke to Bhutto in her first interview since her detention began. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. RAY SUAREZ: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf faced new pressure from the U.S. today when, but he held to his chosen course. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was expected to tell Musharraf tomorrow to quit his army post and end the state of emergency.Despite that, Musharraf swore in a loyalist interim government to oversee January elections. And on Pakistani TV, he defended his actions.PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, President of Pakistan (through translator): We all ought to be proud of the path toward democracy. I take pride in the fact that, being a man in uniform, I have actually introduced the essence of democracy in Pakistan, whether anyone believes it or not. RAY SUAREZ: Musharraf did release opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and others on the eve of Negroponte's visit.Margaret Warner is in Pakistan, where she'll report over the next week. Earlier today, before Negroponte arrived, she spoke with Benazir Bhutto. MARGARET WARNER: It had been nearly 12 hours since Benazir Bhutto's house arrest had been lifted, but it still wasn't easy to get in to see her. Armed security forces blocked all the streets to the house. And inside the first barricades, it was still a sea of barbed wire, submachine guns, and meticulous searches.And when a newly defiant Bhutto later emerged for the first time for a press conference with mostly Pakistani reporters, she spoke to them from behind barbed wire. Minutes before that, we had concluded our conversation, her first on-camera interview since detention began.Benazir Bhutto, thanks for being with us, or at least thanks for having us here. BENAZIR BHUTTO, Former Pakistani Prime Minister: It's very nice to welcome you here.