california, who is a loyal streamer. he said: so it's a summary of what's happening in egypt. and you can continue to tweet us. >> to pave the way to democracy is upon us. the military now in power, and introducing reforms to roll back freedoms that egyptians had hoped for, is it is this a return to the mub artic era? the support of the egyptian military, despite opposition and a law that prevents it. we'll get into that. 49% of americans are against further aid to egypt. only 7% believe that it's good for the u.s., and 43% say that it has been bad for american interest. so as u.s.-egyptian relations are put to the test, does the u.s. have to regret its choice of friends? to talk about this, steven cook, council of foreign relations. david rhodes, held by the taliban for eight months. he wrote beyond war, imagining american influence in the middle east. and david pollock, a former state department official, and now for institute of near east policy. and so with mub artic being ousted, it seems to be a return to that era. and we have all of these very violent clashes, and one has t

become its foes. the unrest in egypt - we'll discuss u.s. policy, billions of your tax dollars and the potential tax loss. >> our digital producer in tonight. he is bringing in all your live comments. you know, when we tweeted out today the numbers, hundreds of billions. a question from the community is why. what do we get out of this? >> we have been doing it for decades, what's in it for me and the united states. i got a tweet from the chairman emeritus of california, ron naring and this is what he says. he says: also on facebook james said: >> finally a tweet: >> you, the community can keep tweeting us. >> it's hard to believe the 3-year anniversary of the egyptian process to pave the way to democracy is upon us. with the military in power and introducing reforms to roll back freedoms egyptians hoped for, is it a return to the hosni mubarak era? the world watched deadly clashes between the regime and mohamed morsi, who was ousted in a coup last summer. the u.s. congress is paving the way to resume financial support despite opposition and a law. 49% of americans say they are agai

troubling sign of things to come. of u.s. policy in egypt, and how aiding the military-appointed government could influence policy down the road. >> here is a comment who was asked if he regretted supporting the regime and he replied: >> the u.s. has a long history of supporting powerful leaders to curry flavour, creating blow-back as a result. how can the u.s. be sure that interests. >> david polak, no guarantees. >> i agree on this point, the u.s. track record is actually quite good. there are some examples of unintended consequences. a backlash or a back fire. there are many other examples when american support for governments or for gurr illas, as the case may be had a long-term positive effect. not only for the united states, but the people of those countries. in egypt that's been the case and i think it will continue to be the case. >> i think what david is talking about here is a dilemma that american policy makers face. the long run is made up of a lot of short runs. until they figure out how to secure american interest over that short run, until we get to the longer run where we be

doors and in egypt, where my family lives, it was a different story being told about what is happening. i thought, how are people supposed to communicate with each other when their understanding and what they are getting on the news is so radically different. where can i do -- work and i go to be in the center of news creation -- where can i go to be in the center of news creation? you had central command and, 10 minutes away, you had out to zero -- al jazeera. you could be in central command. abc, cnn. >> central command for the u.s. military? >> that is right. >> let's watch this clip and you can explain more. [video clip] >> we know that they have a pattern of playing propaganda over and over and over again. >> the captives are in violation of the geneva convention. >> the decision to broadcast this material is deplorable. >> yesterday, on american television -- >> i can tell what they are showing. i can tell what they are not showing by choice. >> when a bomb goes off, they grab women and children and pretend it is them. >> they are working their audience. fox plays to american pat

>> protests this cairo, with the trial of egypt's deposed president about to resume. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera. also ahead on the program. the first batch of chemical weapons is taken out of syria by sea. >> north korea celebrates kim jong un's birthday, by announ announcing elections. >> and taking aim at the commander-in-chief. a former u.s. defense secretary attacks barack obama in his memoires. >> there's tension in egypt as the trial of deposed president mohamed morsi resumes in cairo. he's due before the judges shortly. there has been protests near the court. these are the pictures from the nasser city area. tear gas is being fired on anti-coup demonstrators. >> this is the scene live outside of the courtroom at cairo police academy, where he'll be appearing shortly. security is on high alert. mohamed morsi is on trial with 14 muslim brotherhood members, accused of inciting the killing of protesters during mohamed morsi's presidency in 2012. the prosecution says mohamed morsi incited his supporters to use violence and commit murder. the case looks at the deaths of

news. newsld wake up and fox would be talking about duct in egypt,r doors and where my family lives, it was a different story being told about what is happening. peopleht, how are supposed to commit it with each other when their understanding and what they are getting on the news is so radically different. where can i do -- work and i go to be in the center of news can i go to bere in the center of news creation? and, 10central command minutes away, you had out to zeera.- al ja you could be in central command. >> central command for the u.s. military? >> that is right. >> let's watch this clip and you can explain more. they have ahat pattern of playing propaganda over and over and over again. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> the captives are in violation of the geneva convention. >> the decision to broadcast this material is deplorable. yesterday, on american television -- >> i can tell what they are showing. i ditto what they're not showing -- i can tell what they are not showing by choice. off, they

and i don't intend to. the princess to come down on two days of voting in egypt in the coming hour. this for a new constitution that rolls back changes made by the now banned muslim brotherhood it's the preamble to a probable run for president by the head of the military. all marked by high turnout in parts. an active boy caden other's pockets of deadly violence and hundreds of arrests more to come in a few minutes in the mossman can today. in syria the united nations says nearly half the population is now in need of assistance. hence a donors conference in kuwait. when un secretary general's announced two point four billion dollars in pledges. or we are the runners even though we have reason to think that this is an increase of four one year ago or so when gideon dollars compared with last year. it's as if that isn't that the crises that needs all this occasion has increased opening day the trial of four men charged with aiding and abetting last september's attack at ruby's westgate mall. packed courthouse in kenya's capital security guards be counted the confusion reigned at the

time for a regular segment "the week ahead", we go to egypt where people will head to the polls. it's a big moment for the country. tuesday and wednesday egypt will vote yes or no on a new constitution. egyptians living overseas began to cast their ballots. it's expect the referendum will pass. if it does, presidential and parliamentary elections will follow. they were deeply divided after three years of turmoil. we'll talk more about what this means, but first to courtney kealy who'll walk us backs to how we got the talk. >> in 1952 there was a coup overtloling king farouk, and every president came from the military. the longest serving was anwar sadat. egypt change started a revolution. hundreds of thousands filled tahrir square, demonstrating and demanding hosni mubarak's resignation. 18 days later, on february 11th egypt generals announced that hosni mubarak resigned and the military was taking power. for 15 months the military's council led egypt. it was a time ultous period. in the process of writing a constitution, it exposed differences among the forces combined to push out ho

france thanks for joining me. in just a few hours polling stations will be opening across egypt for a second day of voting on a new constitution that has the backing of the transitional government and egypt's powerful military which brought down islam as president will hamad morsi six months ago in a coup supported by nationwide protests since then the country's new rulers have worked vigorously to cripple the entire power structure of the muslim brotherhood the movement was even saw the jailing of a senior members and was even declared a terrorist organization day one of the constitution voting was overshadowed by fighting across the country which claimed the lives of up to eleven people archies bell true now with a closer look at the landmark referendum. pro-military blaring out of speakers egypt's polling stations that it might parties voters handing red roses to the soldiers as they guard the stations of this holding post as egypt's affronting leader and them forces chief general sisi this all happened on day one it's been a good turnout so far despite the deadly violence brough

latest on aljazeera.com. >> bombings rock cairo the bay before egypt celebrates three years since its uprising. are the historic made it worse. has mike huckabee made it worse? money for nothing. why the fed may have a printing problem that hurts you. hello, i'm antonio mora. welcome to "consider this". here's more on what's ahead. >> a violent day in egypt has left at least 19 people dead. >> the republicans don't have a war against women, they have a war for women. >> the negotiations will in fact bring peace. >> it is the most secretive white house that i have ever been involved in covering. >> you have the authority to prevent irresponsible lending practices and now our whole economy is paying its price. >> animal planet, allegedly, distorted reality, harming the animals in their network's name. >> we begin with a series of bomb attacks in cairo, a day before planned celebrations to mark the three year anniversary of the arab spring rebellion that ousted hosne mu mubarak. according to egypt's state media, three smaller explosions killed at least two more people and injured doz

isn't egypt pretty much back to where it was before the arab spring only much worse i think what's happening now in egypt is a retaliation due to the actions that were taken by people in power and their supporters to humiliate human dignity and basically want to break we've seen supporters of morsi shooting at people have has certainly on the street trying to object to the majority of the egyptian people and i think eventually when you do that if you want to keep your dignity you have to retaliate the question is of course how do you retaliate because back then you were inspired by democratic ideals you wanted to bring democracy to your country and at this point egypt is not a democracy it's still ruled by a military regime that is incorrect i disagree with that it is ruled by oddly months who is the head of the constitutional court this is our interim president and whatever we are experiencing today is much much what you call it more promising than what we experienced during the interim period of. he was in power after. two thousand and eleven revolution and there were twelve thou

i disagree with the salons the secondary egypt's constitution referendum. was marred by deadly violence and claims that the vote no campaign has been silent also . the euro could become a burning building with no exits reform or decline britain's treasury chief warns the european union that the u.k. will quit if nothing's done to fix the block's flagging competitiveness. the web the u.s. communication giants empowered to govern internet traffic at the go ahead online services jump the queue at the expense of others. in this is art international live from moscow eight pm here now our top story then this hour the second and final day of voting is underway in egypt on whether to accept another new constitution critics say yes result will serve to secure the military's grip on future governments the ousted muslim brotherhood refuses to take part calling it a sham referendum that puts the army before the people volunteering day one of the ballot killed eleven r.t.l. troops and kyra. well the chip sions it once again in the polling stations for a second day on this referendum on the

egypt and across the middle east today. mr. stakelbeck argues that even though mohammed morrissey was recently ousted as president of egypt, the brotherhood is to let dangerous group that shouldn't be taken lightly. this is about an hour and a minute. i am mac >> i think my cat, the best thing about my life is that i have wonderful friends and many of them are here. one advantage this brilliant, brilliant individual. i don't mean that in the reddish sense, but the american sense of the word. erick stakelbeck has written a groundbreaking book on the muslim brotherhood. it is called america's next great enemy. i have to tell you, i am a very slow reader. but i went through it in one afternoon because i could not sit down. it was such a page turner. it is number one at amazon.com in terms of books about the middle east. it is riveting to show how this work in his nation that was established in 1929 has managed to infiltrate into various capitals to the western world. unfortunately, into our very own. it has managed under the obama administration, metastasize and has been influenced in ou

any of those materials. >> over to egypt where there is a development this morning. the country's leaders say the presidential elections will be held before those for parliament, setting himself up as a candidate. the death toll rises amid the crashes going on marking three years since the revolution that overthrew mubarak. live from the bureau with more on this. good morning, conor. >> you are right. we are three years removed from the demonstrations and egypt is racked by violence and it is in turmoil and at least 49 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded this weekend as demonstrations and supporters of the military-backed government gathered in tahrir square to mark the three-year anniversary while anti-government protesters clashed. police used tear gas and arrested hundreds of opponents at the regime. most of those killed are members of the muslim brotherhood. they vowed until former president mohamed morsi. he was ousted in a military coop last summer after being democratically elected. egypt as seen a rash of bombings. more than 20 people were killed and continue

the arab spring only much wars i think what's happening now in egypt is a retaliation due to the actions that were taken by people in power and their supporters to humiliate human dignity. and basically want to break it we've seen supporters of morsi shooting at people have hazard lee on the street trying to object to the majority of the egyptian people and i think eventually when you do that if you want to keep your dignity you have to retaliate the question is of course how do you retaliate because back then you were inspired by democratic ideals you wanted to bring democracy to your country and at this point it just is not a democracy it's still ruled by a military regime that is incorrect i disagree with that it is ruled by idly monsoor who is the head of the constitutional court this is our interim president and whatever we are experiencing today is much much what you call it more promising than what we experienced during the interim period of tonto we thought he was in power after. two thousand and eleven revolution and there were twelve thousand civilians who were brought

what fighting in this country. clashes across egypt claim thirty lives as the country's military backed leaders continue their crackdown on the muslim brotherhood to protest against the upcoming constitutional referendum. and this bold new grad griese for those killed in the terror of the last r.t. talks the man who saved a nine year old girl who remains gravely ill. hello there thanks for watching you with r.t. international now al qaeda affiliated assassins have reportedly gunned down a senior yemeni intelligence officer in a broad daylight drive by shooting the terror network has been increasingly cornered in recent years by both government forces and u.s. drone strikes. reports on how it's forced al qaeda to adapt and evolve its strategy . it's a bone chilling video the man driving this s.u.v. is on a mission to kill as a truck barrels into an army base in yemen's shabab province a sickening act of terror was captured on film a small one zero zero zero zero. god more than fifty two soldiers died that day but al qaida went beyond simply claiming responsibility it released this

democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. egypt's military government has announced 20 outages or journalist will go on trial for endangering national security and belonging to orating a ."errorist organization the military has accused al jazeera of supporting the muslim brotherhood, which has been protesting against the government since the army toppled resident morsi in july. three of the journalists --peter greste, mohamed fahmy, and baher mohamed have been detained since the summer 29. peter greste's father condemned the move. >> it is unbecoming of a great nation like egypt. it is unbecoming of any civil society to behave like this. it is the meaning of any community which even pretends to be democratic and fair. >> the news comes just days after the third anniversary of the revolution that ousted egyptian dictator mubarak. than 60 weekend, more people were killed in clashes surrounding the anniversary. some 1000 people were detained by sunday night. in a sign of growing and active -- in a sign of growing activity by militants, an egypti

government and opposition are in the same room but won't speak to each other. egypt's police are the target as bombs go off on the anniversary of no bark removal from office. they accuse the police of brutal problems and people being arrested in their hospital beds. and millions on the move, china sees the biggest mass migration on the planet as new year festivities approach. ♪ it's been a long time coming, the syrian government and the opposition now sitting in the same room in geneva, that meeting is happening right now. but the two sides are still refusing to speak directly to each other. instead, they are speaking from a go between, the u.n. arran league brahimi and we have the latest in geneva and the two sides might be sitting in the same room but there is still a lot of hurdles to get over and you have been speaking to some of the delegates before the meeting even started. what have they been telling you? >> like you mentioned that meeting started and now it's over. it was a brief session, the sunday special brahimi addressed the delegates and said there is a need to find co

fighting in this country. fresh clashes across egypt claims thirteen lives as the country's military backed leaders continue their crackdown on the muslim brotherhood's protest against the upcoming constitutional referendum. and as well the grand grieves for those killed in the terror blast are t. talks the man to save the nine year old girl who remains gravely ill. this is already international coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshing welcome all kind of filly eight assassins have reportedly gunned down a senior yemeni intelligence officer in a broad daylight a drive by shooting the terror network has been increasingly cornered in recent years by both government forces and the u.s. drone strikes lucic often have reports on how it's forceful kata to adapt and evolve its strategy. it's a bone chilling video the man driving this s.u.v. is on a mission to kill as the truck barrels into an army base in yemen's szabo province a sickening act of terror was captured on film omar oh it was more than fifty soldiers died that day but al qaida went beyond just simply claiming responsib

countries - those in charge of many of these nations are gathering for the national it summit. egypt is not attending, suspended after president mohamed morsi was deposed. while mali and madagascar were suspended, but are back in the fold after holding elections. we are expecting south sudan to sign a peace deal with one of the rebel groups from jonglei state. the theme is food security. >> we have been looking at ethiopias, a country that prided itself on growing coffee. >> a way of life here facing extinction: for generations the people of this region cultivated ara mattic coffee. bartered by drought and low coffee prices they are pulling up coffee trees and replacing them with a leafy narcotic chewed in the horn of africa. >> the fortunes improved once we grew this. it grows on less water and in less time that coffee. >> 20-year-old man and his brother continued the family's last patch of coffee trees, the red coffee berries are rotting. they say they can no longer afford pesticide. >> we are considering aborting the last coffee trees and replacing them. with the pest and plant diseases

killed iraqis and the reaction you got there from officials. next the voting in egypt for yet another constitution to be marred by deadly violence with the muslim brotherhood claiming at least eight people have been killed in clashes with police south of the capital security tense with more than two hundred thousand police officers on the streets but the massive deployment failing to prevent attacks and skirmishes just before polling stations opened a bomb went off in a cairo courthouse luckily no one was injured but opponents of the latest constitution played the document will cement the power of the military backed interim government next bell true reports the number of challenges and perils facing egypt's latest lesson in democracy. there was a bomb blast here in the capital in an area called the it's a court room that was supposed to house all the ballots about a particular area by the end of the day the explosion was so large that it managed to break the windows of the buildings adjacent to it however no one was injured nonetheless we have had violence break up across the country

edward snowden a student. and the egypt referendum. we'll bring you the latest, you are watching al jazeera america. >> more violence erupted in egypt after results of the referendum was announced. >> egypt's draft constitution is sparse and the high election commission says the document got overwhelming support, it's passed. >> translation: the total voters is 20,613,677. the voter turn out is 38.6% of the population. the the yes vote 98.1%. 1.9% said no. this is a higher voter turn out than the vote for the last constitution >> the military-backed deposit says the vote showed the support for overthrowing mohamed morsi in july. now that the government has the yes vote, the next step is to set a date for elections. the anti-coup alliance, including the muslim brotherhood described the vote as a sham. the group hailed what it called the historic boycott by the egyptian people, including the youth, which indicates that a majority of the people reject the coup and the constitution. different groups are calling on their supporters to increase their protests to end the coup, despite a cr

. >>> multiple explosions in egypt on the day the country is marking the third anniversary of the revolution that swept mubarak from power. a second bomb followed also in the east of the city. the third bomb went off later on saturday in the port city of suez. at least four people have died in clashes with police and anti-government protesters. police fire tear gas dispersed demonstrators in central cairo. thousands of military and government supporters are also gathering across the capitol. we've got mike in the studio for us reporting expensiv extensivem cairo. first of all, can we look at these protests 37 are you able to give us idea of who is out on the streets. >> it's a mixture of people and no greater sign of a divided nation than the fact that many of the people are celebrating what they see as a successful revolution. many are protesting against what they see as a hijacking of the revolution. interim government put in place by the military. very much a reminder of divisions on this particular day. those supporting the interim government are out there celebrating. they're

you're watching our team international in egypt at least seventeen people have been killed in more than fifty wounded in a nationwide wave of violent clashes between the police and muslim brotherhood supporters. has more. well these fierce clashes that have rocked the nation came after supporters of mohamed morsi called for protests in the lead up to a referendum on the egypt's new constitution on the fourteenth and fifteenth of january now the moves in brotherhood and their supporters in the form of the anti cure alliance and those who support mohamed morsi are boycotting this referendum as they say the constitution is just a mess and they are escalating the demonstrations as they go through to the fourteenth and fifteenth of january so egypt is very much bracing itself for more violence now so it will have already been shot dead today in favor human in serious and also cairo and alexandria a number of protestors and also students have been killed students here in egypt very much of the vanguard of the pro-democracy movement there the tensions in their killings is sparking the movement

up this hour also to. tight security surrounds the second day of egypt's constitution referendum after the first round was marred by deadly violence and claims that the vote no campaigns in silence. the euro could become a burning building with no exits reformer klein britain's treasury chief warns the european union that the u.k. will quit if nothing is done to fix the block's flagging competitiveness. very good even if just join just one is kevin zero in this is r.t. international live from moscow it's eleven pm here now and we're starting with the developments have been hearing about the last hour we've been talking about at least seven children a woman have been killed in a u.s. nighttime air raid those details are from the afghanistan president hamid karzai himself upright about attack took place on tuesday night in the central power one province north of kabul but the teachers have only just been released robert naiman joins me now he's a foreign affairs analyst from the group just foreign policy hi robert evening to you so again it's kind of an awful ground all day isn't i

tight security surrounds the second day of egypt's constitution referendum after the first round was marred but deadly violence and claims that the vote paid in silence also. the euro could become a burning building with no exits reform or decline britain's treasury chief warns the european union and the u.k. will quit if nothing's done to fix the blogs flagging competitiveness. warping the web in the u.s. communication giants empowered to govern internet traffic get the go ahead now online services jump the queue at the expense of others. from the hour to new center of moscow at nine pm moscow time is kevin everything very good even for me our top story the second and final day of voting is underway in egypt on whether to accept another new constitution critics say yes result will serve to secure the military's grip on future governments the ousted muslim brotherhood refuses to take part they're calling it a sham referendum that puts the army before the nation violent steering day one of the ballot killed eleven troops in carro. well addictions are once again in the polling stat

week ahead. tonight, we go to egypt where people will soon be heading to the poles. this tuesday will vote yes or no on a new constitution. he job descriptions living overseas begin pacasting ballot and these pictures were taken in new york on friday. it's expected the referendum will pass. if it does, presidential and parl parliament e elections will follow. he script divides after constant turmoil. later, courtney is here to look back at how egypt got to this point. courtney? >> we are going to start way back in 1952, when the egyptian military staged a coup overthrowing king far youk, and the next half century, every egyptian countame from there. after amwar sadat was asiesnated. he jimingsz started a revolution, hundreds of thousands filled kye ro's tahrir square, demand can mubarak's resignation. 18 days later, egypt's general's announced he had resigned and that the military was taking power. for the next 15 months, the military supreme council led egypt. it was a tumultuous period. the process of writing a new constitution exposed differences among the forces that had comb

interim government in egypt. >> for a great nation like egypt to treat people doing the job as journalists, which is an ethical decent job which all decent societies need, for egypt, of all countries to treat journalists this way. >> while this happened the prosecutor general considered peter greste's future in cairo, he, like his colleagues had detention renewed, while held in prison conditions described as harsh. >> the picture is so polarized. people are seeing what they want to see. having independent journalists on the ground it is essential for the egyptian people and the world to make informed positionses. egypt's rules allow people bike mohamed fadel fahmy to be held for long periods. it's more drak ownic than the hosni mubarak government. >> human rights organizations are worried as to what is happening in egypt. it's an open question as the extent to which it is all shared by politicians, particularly in the west. the british foreign office issued a statement saying it was concerned at attacks on human rights around cairo. in diplomat k terms that language is mile. >>

near water supplies. >>> egypt is expected to approve a new constitution today. meanwhile there is still continued street violence. this is the second constitution in just two years. the first was written by the muslim brotherhood following the revolution. they were ousted last summer and now are labeled terrorists in the state. >>> leaders meeting in istanbul debating whether they should attend peace talks. they're expected to vote on it soon but for now the opposition is split. they're vital to the negotiations with the assad regime. >> the syrian national coalition meet something now formerly happening but we still don't have an idea of when they're going to take that crucial vote on the issue of whether or not to participate in geneva two. there are two issues at stake here. one is participation and one is constitution. we have a split in the block. 44 took themselves out of the coalition saying that the lead-up has not been properly handled. on the other side what the coalition is trying to look at is what exactly it needs conduct a critical vote. it's a question of numbers. d

. >> next week egypt will hold a referendum on a new constitution. egyptians living abroad can vote early. they have until the end of this week. >> it's another working day for the egyptians in britain. like compatriots around the world, they are preparing to vote on a new constitution. the man that runs this west london community center says he hopes the result of the referendum is a resounding yes. >> this will give everyone in egypt the rights. look at the articles, look at women's rights, children's, religious people's. this is half covered. >> in egypt's 2012 referendum egyptian christians voted in large numbers. the bishops of the coptic church hopes it will be repeated. my concern is if people speak home - i'm speaking to everybody. if people sit home they can only blame themselves for what might happen if their voice is lost. so whether people agree or disagree, they should make their choice known. >> voting abroad lasts five days, a chance for millions of ex patry tots have their say. fewer than 700,000 registered. many in london vote yes. >> yes for the country, to establish the

government plans to seal it off once again. >> egypt's government has announced results of a referendum on a new military constitution. the electoral commission, it was widely boycotted by the muslim brotherhood and other infamous groups who called it a farce. >> reporter: egypt's new draft constitution is past, and they say it got an overwhelming support. >> the total number of voters 20,613,677. the voter turn out is 38.6% of the population. the yes vote, 98.1%. 1.9% said no. this is a higher voter turnout than the vote for the last constitution. >> reporter: the military-backed interim government said the vote showed the people's support of overthrowing mohamed morsi in july. now that the government got the yes vote it needed, the next step is to set a date for more elections. but the anti-coup alliance which includes the muslim brotherhood describes the vote as a sham. the group hailed what it called the historic boycott by the egyptian people including the youth, which indicates the majority of the people reject the coup and the constitution. different groups are calling on their suppor

be, but i think the two parties understand what is is at stake. >>> the first of four blasts in egypt. at least six people have died in a day of violence. >>> hello, i'm here with all of the news from europe. ukrainian activist is laid to rest. we talked to the friend who was with him when he was taken from hospital. >>> and an awkward encountering at respondents of the french president's affair, he meets pope francis. >>> well it has taken three years of fighting, more than 100,000 lives have been lost, but finally the syrian government and the opposition are going to meet face-to-face. >> tomorrow we expect, we have agreed that we will meet in the same room. when we started talking about this process after the russian and the american meeting in moscow on the 7th of may, we never considered that this was going to be an easy process. we knew that it was going to be difficult, complicated, and as i said, i think in montreal in our business, certainly is a rare commodity. >> and both sides finally agreeing to sit down face-to-face in the same room. earlier today things weren't looking

for protests in the lead up to a referendum on the egypt's new constitution on the fourteenth and fifteenth of january now the muslim brotherhood and their supporters in the form of the unsecure alliance and those who support mohamed morsi are boycotting this referendum as they say the constitution is it just hits and they are escalating the demonstrations as they go through to the fourteenth and fifteenth of january so egypt is very much bracing itself for more violence now so it will have already been shot dead today in favor human in serious and also cairo and alexandria a number of protesters and also students have been killed students here in egypt very much of the vanguard of the pro-democracy movement there detentions and their killings is sparking the movement to keep going further and people are very angry or the most of brotherhood as well are very angry because the government has enforced a new occurring in law the protest law which sees demonstrations have to get permission from police before they can go ahead in addition of escalated on christmas day when the authorit

thanks for joining me polling stations have opened across egypt for a second day of voting on a new constitution a yes vote would cement the authority of the transitional government and egypt's powerful military and pave the way for presidential elections in a matter of months our correspondent bill true reports from cairo. dictions it once again in the polling stations for a second day on this referendum on the constitution people behind it there are this interim government and also a minute and then the people he stands in again the most if this is a yes vote and if there's a high turnout it's in particular the military as is key articles within this constitution which would cement military power over the civilian states' military trials for civilians will be allowed the minute she budget will be kept secrets and crucially the appointment of the defense minister will have to be approved by egypt's a supreme counts of the armed forces which basically means the minutes to be able to veto the decisions by the president's now this is worry quite as if you rights groups and also activi

, president of egypt, until he began to disregard the constitution of egypt to an extent that people rose up in egypt in numbers greater than anywhere in history f the world and demanded his ouster as the coptic pope has said, this isn't a cue, but the egyptian people rise understanding up. reporting in over twice the numbers that president morsi claims that voted for him to make him president. it appeared he was doing as one egyptian told me as the president who was elected in the gaza strip had done, once he had the election, he pulled all the power to himself and didn't need elections after that. there would never be anybody who defeat him like chavez in venezuela. and as one egyptian told me in egypt within the last few weeks, if the egyptian people had waited another year to try to remove morsi from office, i it would have been unable. he would have pulled that much power on to himself. i think accolades should go out to the egyptian people for rising up and demanding democracy, demanding the fruition of a true arab spring. and for people who are ignore ant or promoting lies like mr.

gates himself when he gets caught. by security surrounds the second day of egypt's constitution referendum the first round was marred by deadly violence and claims that the vote no campaign has been silenced also. the europa calm a burning building with no exits reform or decline britain's treasury chief warns the european union will quit if nothing's done to fix the blocks flagging competitive. and warping the web the u.s. communication johnson power to govern internet traffic go ahead now to let some. of the expense of others. to do center at ten pm near moscow is kevin with you this very pleased to have you company our top story tonight that the second and final day of voting is underway in egypt on whether to accept or not another new constitution critics say yes result will serve to secure the military's grip on future governments the ousted muslim brotherhood is refusing to take calling it a sham referendum that puts the army before the nation violence during day one of the ballot killed eleven. troops in cairo. well addictions are once again in the polling stations for a

peace. >> next, the prime minister of egypt on the third anniversary of the egyptian revolution. has that revolution gone badly awry? i ask him just that. all that, and we'll show you one more head of government doing something odd with another one. don't worry. it's kosher. first here's my take. much of the talk about dabos has been about inequality. president obama will focus on inequality in his state of the union. the pope is holding a meeting on it, which obama will attend. "usa today" has a new poll out that shows that the american public is increasingly concerned about inequality and wants the government to do something about it. people are bandying about new statistics such as this one released by oxfam this week. the world's 85 richest people own as much as do the poorest 3.5 billion put together. if you put this in american terms alone, the six heirs to the walmart fortune have a net worth that is larger than the poorest 48.8 million american families put together. these are staggering numbers, and it does make for some envy and resentment. but as i've argued before, inequa