will ever take orders from the muslim brotherhood. many of the generals inside there are terrified of the muslim brotherhood and the long time, it was the scoaf, and now the brotherhood is going to take executive power and it seems highly unlikely the army will give up full power. what you might have is a power split where all of a sudden you have the muslim brotherhood controlling the domestic situation here in egypt and on the foreign relations side, the army in defense, the army still continues to have control of the united states and israel, and spent a lot of time overmonths,g in the relationship with the jernlts at the top and still have to have a positive influence inside egypt. right now, you have to realize, the yunited states gives more than a billion dollars in military aid to egypt and you have a country that has gone from being a strong u.s. ally led by hosni mubarak, the u.s. can count on and as the crowd goes wild behind me, for one reason and one reason only and that is, there is now a muslim brotherhood president who

muslim brotherhood. they've seen them in control of parliament for the last several months and they haven't achieved much to be proud of or much to make a meaningful difference in people's lives. so i think that for the people here, this has been kind of a bad choice/bad choice election. >> it certainly has. i mean, i'm just looking out. it's 4:00 p.m. in cairo on a sunday afternoon. the roads should be full of cars. it should be rush hour. and what we're seeing is actually very few cars on the road. because i think -- i think despite the disappointment, many people feel that it was a choice between the lesser of two evils. i think people are very aware of the mistor chistorical signific this. that is why in the city of more than 18 million people, it appears most of them are watching television at the moment. >> i'd like to say that the atmosphere must be electric there, but i imagine it is simply hot. you're standing over the square. you say it's not as crowded as it used to be. tell us who's there. te

muslim brotherhood would run the economy they don't know how the muslim brotherhood would handle relations with israel and other countries in the region and of course they also have their own vested interests which have been mentioned fairly in this program but i also think that they're very frightened by the possibility of the muslim brotherhood and islamist organization with a. very problematic. running such a vast and important country in the middle east i think that they're scared of the results of that. stay with you i mean ok granted they're afraid but the more they're denied legitimate power the more they should be afraid you see what i mean i mean if it comes push comes to shove i mean these guys you know they're either fly out or they'll be plenty of light posts in cairo i mean it's a lose lose situation for the military absolutely. well why don't you negotiate with. the majority of the people of the egyptians support them ok when she goes with them in good faith. let me put it. ok you know if you can answer that and then we're going to david go ahead. again i think that the milit

they hear muslim brotherhood president. we'll get into, you know, his powers a little later with other guests. some of them say we should be concerned. this is an islamist now at head of egypt. should they be? >> i think there's reason for concern, absolutely. i don't subscribe to the level of panic that i think a lot of other people have. i mean, personally having watched the muslim brotherhood operate on the political scene before and after the revolution, i'm not afraid of them imposing. i'm afraid of them being deal cutters and kind of snakes. they're politicians. they're pragmatists to the point of being cynical. i'm far more worried about muslim brotherhood cutting a deal with the military than i am about them trying to create the muslim republic of egypt. >> pleasure talking to you on this historic day for your country. thanks very much for joining us on cnn. well, this did turn out to be a close election between morsi and shafiq. take a look at the official numbers from the electoral commission. morsi with 51.73% of

so many are still suspicious of the muslim brotherhood. cnn's chief international correspondent and abc world news global anchor christiane amanpour in cairo. what is morsi promising the egyptian people and do they believe him? >> reporter: hala, that is the impression for the majority of egyptians. we have so many people in tahrir square still celebrating. this will go on a long time. they have fireworks, people streaming in from all over cairo and other parts of egypt, they're celebrating as well. mohamed morsi was urged to embrace all egyptians and work for national reconciliation. his speech, as you mentioned, did say he would be the president for everyone, christians, minorities, women, listed all elements of society, army, police, intelligence service, teachers, farmers, he went on and on embracing all egyptians. the truth of the matter is half the country did not vote for him. 48% voted for ahmed shafik. they want stability and don't necessarily want an islamist leader. important to note ahmed shafik did send a message of congratula

was a cunning chameleon so when you look at the muslim brotherhood and muslim brotherhood in both egypt and elsewhere, do they want islamic sflul what do they mean by islamic rule? many of them are engineers, doctors, businessmen. the elements of the muslim brotherhood are the elements of what we call civil society. so the muslim brotherhood talks about a just islamic rule but in the end they have to make this... particularly in egypt they have to make this country run. egypt is the world's number-one top importer of wheat. they have to feed the country. they have to run the country. and they know that it's a very, very tough mission. what's interesting about the brotherhood and it's hard to prove in the retrospect given what's happened, they didn't want to contest the presidency. had the secularist in the parliamentary elections shown enough force, had they shown enough weight, had they gotten enough votes, the brotherhood was perfectly happy with controlling the cabinet and leaving the presidency on the table for the seculars, for the liberals in the country. and given the miserableá

brotherhood or shell think unselected the muslim brotherhood has promise and their platform that they will sever all relations with the state of israel in this nice way of saying that they're going to review the peace treaty i'm sorry but the foundation for middle east peace rests on the laurels of the peace treaty that was signed in the late seventy's between israel and egypt the only candidate who will be able to maintain posture in the region will be show feet and any other individual was elected and most likely morsi is going to be elected after you've got the endorsement now of the far less the laura party and also of a bowl full we are going to be in some dark times in the next couple of years who's going to be and bring all these and it means that i'm gentlemen gentlemen let me jump in here though a great who's going to have dark times the egyptians or the israelis. both sides because you can have an elected political leadership that has nothing to want to do with israel and on the other hand will see their tacit endorsement where we see most of the candidates in the election a

group, which make the muslim brotherhood look moderate. they were waiting, you could hear a pin drop then. then it was announced, morsi was the president-elect. take a listen. [cheering] >> reporter: it was a deafening roar, only like the time it was announced here 16 months ago that hosni mubarak resigned after protesters. remember, during the protests, the muslim brotherhood said they weren't going to run anyone for president. they did run someone for president. and now, mohammed morsi has won the presidency. the big question going forward is what is the army going to do here isn't army is in charge of this country. they dissolved the parliament. they said they will rewrite a new constitution. so the question is: will they end up giving power to the muslim brotherhood. and if they don't, which many experts say is possible and will make morsi only a figurehead, will the massive crowd continue to protest and riot? to give you a perspective here, the crowd from our position is well more than a quarter mile away. it continues to grow. and we

brotherhood the muslim brotherhood has been found to be an unguided coconspirator on terrorism cases and yet it appears that there are individuals first both seated with the muslim brotherhood who have positions in very sensitive positions in our department of justice our department of homeland security potentially even the national intelligence agency. and that wasn't even the first time this month bachmann pushed her paranoid conspiracy theory on june thirteenth she and other house republican loonies wrote to the inspector general of the intelligence community asked them to investigate the agency's times to the muslim brotherhood and what was the basis for their request a declaration that the brotherhood isn't a threat made by the intelligence director james clapper in february twentieth eleven really evidence that the brotherhood isn't a threat is evidence that it is a threat in michele bachmann's world the question exists the letter stated to what extent is such a statement reflect the direct influence within the intelligence community of brotherhood operatives alternate alternat

fa dual who broke off from the muslim brotherhood about a year ago to run as an dehn candidate. the high elections council announced the final results of the first round yesterday, and as greg mentioned, there have been some very interesting developments in the last 24 hours. with demonstrations in tahrir square, the torching of ahmed shafiq's campaign headquarters. so i think what we have now is a very highly dynamic situation heading into the runoff of these elections. so what i thought i'd do just to set the scene is to talk not about the candidates but about the broad context of these elections and what we can expect to see in the second round or in the run to have these elections, but also what they signify for egypt's posttransition politics. the significance, of course, of these elections, as greg mentioned, it really is the first time in egypt that we have a real contestation for political power in the office of the head of state in the egyptian republic. that is a truly historic development. these elections also mark the end of the transition, the postrevolutionary tran

well people are beginning to gather in tahrir square just as the muslim brotherhood candidate dr mohamed morsi makes the announcement that he has won these elections and that he is egypt's next president the muslim brotherhood claims that ninety nine percent of votes have been counted and according to their own people who were present at all of the polling stations throughout the country the candidate came in with some thirteen point two million votes this is the equivalent of some fifty one point eight percent and they put the contender after which i think at forty eight percent now is challenging this he says that this is a deceit of the egyptian people and interestingly enough there is an independent television station here in egypt running reports that it is just speak who is in the lead and they quote independent election observers but it is worth noting that last month during those presidential elections the muslim brotherhood gave its own results before the official results were announced and those results were completely accurate the official results are expected on thursday but

brotherhood and the army and the former ruling national democratic party why is it the muslim brotherhood in the protest is that don't believe what the military rulers are saying that they will be stepping down and handing over power to the president by the first of july why did they believe that. it's quite logical for them not to believe that the army will hand over power in the us and ten days after the measures that the army took in the last week and now that we're hearing. that he's winning in the presidency and that fight ongoing i think it's quite logical for both sides to be trying to rally the street behind them. the military has really not given any indication that it will be handing over power it could be handing over in a very symbolic way the power to the next president whoever it may be but it still has most of the story of the legislative and even the executive bodies so there is no reason right now for the muslim brotherhood to back down or to take anything for granted from the from the ruling military council whatever the results of election are we still don't get to see

brotherhood or for the salafists that make the muslim brotherhood look moderate, are not going to be happy. so one way or another, we are looking at a radical islamic regime in egypt or a very prolonged timeframe of instability. >> eric: either way it doesn't look bright, sadly for the future, talking boy a radical--a radical islamic regime, do you think iran can be stopped from building a nuclear weapon? >> well, first of all, our goal is to really get russia to step up to the plate, join the sanctions, upcoming sanctions on the central bank, and, on exports. hopefully, if they do that, that will be able to, some extend, slow down iran. now, the situation is very simple. while the west is having fruitless talks with iran for over 6 months, eric, you and i were here 6 months ago, and iran is rapidly racing towards acquiring nuclear weapons, and they have tripled the pace of the enrichment of uranium, 20% uranium and are moving facilities underground, as to be immune from any future attacks and in the meantime, the west is just talking and talking. it is time for a plausible threat on

. >> glor: tonight, victory for the muslim brotherhood in egypt. crowds in cairo's cheers the first free presidential election. charlie d'agata is there. tropical storm debby threatens enormous amounts of rain on the gulf coast, with he look at the storm's path. as the supreme court gets settle to rule on healthcare reform, massachusetts tack it is cost of its program, we will break down the numbers. and freedom team. war veterans who suffered devastating injuries not just recovering, they are racing. don't feel sorry for us because we are doing fine and great and we are going process enter. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." and good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor, it is an election result heard around the world, mohammed morsi, the candidate of the muslim brotherhood today was declared the winner of egypt's presidential election. the white house quickly congratulated the president elect and pledged to work with him, quote on the basis of mutual aren't. charlie d'agata is in cairo tonight. it took a moment for word of t

the muslim brotherhood has slammed the decision calling it a coup. the court also rubber stamp the candidacy of mubarak's former prime minister and current presidential hopeful, ahmed shafiq. it was just two days before he was to square off against muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi. we will speak with democracy now sharif abdel kouddous after headlines. in news from shariah, violence and shelling by certain reports across the country is the government attempts to reclaim areas held by rebels opposed to president bashar al-assad. the attacks, day after u.n. monitors described widespread carnage in the village of al heffa, in northwestern syria, which had been under siege by government forces. monitors to tour the town found it was largely deserted, with buildings torched and the stench of dead bodies still in the air. meanwhile, human-rights watch is reporting syrian government forces have used extensive sexual violence to torture men, women, and boys detained during the uprising. the group reports soldiers and pro-government militias have se

that's on the muslim brotherhood front. the military here is clearly nervous about a muslim brotherhood victory. that's why in the late hours last night, just as it seemed that the muslim brotherhood was poised to win, the military issued this surprise statement, curtailing the powers dramatically of the new president, saying that the president wouldn't have the power to declare war on any other country, and wouldn't have the power to make key changes in the military. so the military is trying to protect itself against any kind of purge. so a power struggle has now been set between mohammed morsi who will want to assert its authority and the military who wants to hang on to its position. >> fascinating results coming out of there. an outcome that a lot of people dreaded with the muslim brotherhood. richard engel from cairo. >>> rodney king, the man whose brutal beating at the hands of the los angeles police sparked national outrage and sent the city into chaos has died. according to police, he was discovered at the bottom o

that the muslim brotherhood and saflys did not manage to deliver any vote. if they would join hand together, they can influence the final outcome. i also have to stress, i'm egyptian original and have connection with egypt, so the two major egypt they talk about, sitting in cafe or in private, security and economics. now, if you're stressed security and sophie is doing that, there's going to be a reminder of the black history of mubarak and it might backfire. it is very hard to tell at this time who's going to be winning and who's going to be losing, but i believe that it's not going to be decided until everyone goes and vote and see how heavy or light the turnout. >> unfortunately, we have to wrap up now because we're out of time, but just want to respond. >> a question -- >> another question or respond -- you decide. >> if you want to repond -- >> oh, it's just a very quick response. thank you very much for your points. they make perfect sense. that's why we're trying to project into the future. i understand it's not an easy job. people who work in think t

just a few hours ago, the country announced its new president of the muslim brotherhood party. his rival, the former prime minister for ousted president hose nyeny mubarak came up about 1 million votes short. as the results were announced, this was the reaction of the crowd in tahrir square. they were exuberant. cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman is standing over tahrir square on a balcony there. crowds are still pretty sizable even with nightfall? >> reporter: in fact, with nightfall the crowds are only getting bigger. in fact, when the announcement was made, i'd say there is maybe one-third of the square was full. now it's absolutely jam-packed and more and more people are coming and i spent this celebration is going to go on well into the night. now it's cool and breezy, so most people -- if you look at the roads down below, people are pouring in. in fact, fredricka, i have not seen so many people in this square since february 11th, 2011, when of course hosni mubar mubarak, that's the day when hosni mubarak resigned and the roar that came up from this crowd

and tens of thousands rally on egypt's tahrir square against the military with the muslim brotherhood calling for the announcement of a presidential election results while the ruling generals blamed the movement for stoking tensions. a.p.m. in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story this hour the syrian military is believed to have shot down a turkish jet which reportedly ventured into syrian air space conflicting accounts about precisely what happened continue to circulate circulate turkish media say that the plane crashed into the mediterranean let's get the details on this from artie's marie if an ocean is standing by live for us in damascus hello maria so what more can you tell us about this instead. well mike we're hearing from local media here in damascus the turkish jad has indeed been shut down in syria not far from the country's military and for the time by syrian led forces t. souces here in the country also saying that the two pilots from these just have been captured. initial media reports have been claiming two two planes actually were called by s

brotherhood candidate dr morsi wins there will be a lot of depressed revolutionaries and anti muslim brotherhood supporters who feel that egypt now is now in you know embarking on and on a different level of knowledge which will actually take place if dr morsi wins the u.n. back to peace plan in syria took another blow with the observer mission there suspending its activities due to an escalation of violence the head of the monitors team has demanded the rebel and government forces allow the evacuation of civilians from combat zones or to use more of the notion of reports on how syrians are dealing with the ongoing blotter. this is how human skin looks after it's been burnt by an electric cable mostafa shows us the fresh signs of torture an ardent supporter of syrian president assad he was kidnapped in his native seat of lip. they held me for three days being all the tired they told me is because they don't support our revolution rubbish they didn't care about the revolution either all they wanted was money but they contacted my family as two million syrian pounds for me is this what

to some extent is because the muslim brotherhood and us of islamic forces. are looking into the situation from a very worrying the positions of the thinkers what's have been happening today after the sort of things our parliament which is the haves overwhelming majority and side that may be behaving as a way forward to getting in the upcoming election which will be a few a few months later. and the think is that if she comes to power this is likely actually an egyptian situation now maybe he will crack down on them or the fees that seem very distinctive atmosphere experience to the mubarak regime was going to ask you what what will be the response if shafiq actually does run because of course what we saw on the streets with people demanding that he not be allowed was was very intense and it seems like every time egyptians after the revolution are not happy they don't stay quiet. i think it's just kind of a supreme supreme council for the military force to send a strong message to different parts in egyptian society as i have towards quick as i would come ele

now we've got a great divide between the feet supporters of the muslim brotherhood of course dr morsi supporters in both cases there will be protests no one is going to be pleased with the results because the divide is extreme in my opinion if mr shifty wins the elections there will be massive protests and demonstrations and i think a lot of the people whether or not you are muslim brotherhood supporters or revolutionaries or reformers who actually retreat to the streets of the rear and actually shout out weyerhaeuser revolution gone because you cannot have a remnant of the x. regime lead us into this new wave of transition but in the case that the muslim brotherhood's candidate dr morsi wins there will be a lot of depressed revolutionaries and anti muslim brotherhood supporters will feel that egypt now is now in you know embarking on and on a different level of idiology which will actually take place if dr morsi wins. now the latest installment of julian assange on just talk show is just a day away this time he interviews imran khan a pakistani anti-corruption activists and politicia