reza who created the online news outlet wrapler, was charged for an article the site published in 2012. they could face between six months and six years in prison for a case that has been widely condemned as politically motivated. reza who used to be a cnn bureau chief spoke with cnn last night after posting bail. >> we swat it away and keep our eye on the ball. it makes me wonder and worry what is the government afraid of? why are they afraid of journalists? why must they always make me feel their power? i think i'm a nice person. i ask very respectfully. our reporters are very respectful, but they just don't like the questions. >> she's a former "time" magazine person of the year. she has posted bail 8 times on a litany of charges that she calls an absurd effort to silence her. >>> this morning dow futures plunging more than 500 points. this points to more losses at the start of the week as the market deals with renewed fears about the coronavirus, the broader effect on the world economy, the u.s. economy. this is trade adviser peter navarro says that president trump is pushing now f

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and i do want to get, reza, your views of it. an indian station was saying some reporters were staying in a hotel, and they did seem to witness fighters. i don't know if they were with hamas, but with some palestinian group putting a rocket. let's run that tape. >> rocket launching site. that this is an area very heavily built up. a lot of residential and hotel buildings all around. sort of a bush on top of what they embedded under the sand. >> that's the rocket being fired. in the act spot the rocket has been fired. that's the smoke we just showed the video of it in the immediate aftermath. >> now hamas has repeatedly denied using civilians as human shields. i asked an adviser to palestinian president mahmoud abbas today for his reaction to that video. here is the exchange. >> that area that that video was shot, that was packed with civilians. hamas turned a neighborhood into a target. as a palestinian, that must bother you. >> what bothers me is really the killing of innocent people. remember one important thing. gaza is very c

so reza, back to you. listen, we cannot say conclusively here on-air that the cease-fire is over, although it appears from israel that they are saying it is. remind us, with the breaking down of those talks there in egypt where you are, the last time, it seems to me the key issue at least from the side of hamas was the blockade. >> yeah, and i think before we get to that, it's important to point out, if indeed a rocket was fired from gaza into israel, it would be identical to what we saw last week. the last hour. literally, the last hour of the cease-fire talks. rockets were fired from gaza into israel. hamas immediately denied they were responsible. i believe islamic jihad took responsibility, and then things fell apart. if that's the case again today, again, it would be an identical scenario to last week. back to the talks. the sticking point. the reasons for the impasse have remained the same. on one hand, you have hamas. they say they have come too far to back down, not to get some concessions from the

how many women -- >> but reza, be honest, though.ost part it is not a free and open society for women in those states. >> well, it's not in iran. it's not in saudi arabia. it certainly is in indonesia and malaysia. it certainly is in bangladesh. it certainly is in turkey. i mean, again, this is the problem is that you're talking about a religion of 1.5 billion people and certainly it becomes very easy to just simply paint them all with a single brush by saying, well, in saudi arabia they can't drive and so therefore that is somehow representative of islam. it's representative of saudi arabia. >> but hold on. i think that bill maher's point is that these aren't extremists. we often talk about extremists and that we should crack down onists and why aren't muslims speaking out about extremists. in saudi arabia when women can't vote and can't drive and need permission from their husband, that's not extremists. why aren't we talking more about -- that's commonplace. why don't we talk more about the commonplace roles happening in these cou

reza sayah is in islamabad. peter bergen and fran townsend. reza, i want to start with you. telling, this resolution condemns the united states, says the united states had no business conducting this raid. says nothing about pakistan's failures. where do you expect this to head in terms of relations between the country, is this just political pushback or a serious breach? >> reporter: yeah, i think this is nothing more than pakistani politicians giving themselves an opportunity to get behind the microphone and again talk tough against the u.s. it really shows that despite the crisis this government is facing, it doesn't want to plan on changing its approach when it comes to its partnership with washington. it's the same old finger pointing and the accusations. it's domestic damage control. this is a government that's obviously been embarrassed by this episode. it wants to push back and create the impression that it's taken a tough stance against the country that violated its sovereignty. obviously, the obama administration didn't want this. they want to see a government that

reza sayah in cairo.ne blocking a huge 280-truck russian convoy reportedly carrying thousands of tons of humanitarian aid targeted for the people of eastern ukraine. russia said it wants agencies to certify its contents before letting it pass its borders.the ukrainian government is concerned that the effort may be more of a threat than a real offer of help. ukraine believes that russia may try to intervene in the guys of the operations. >>> michael brown the unarmed missouri teen killed by a police officer over the weekend. the identity of the officer involved in that shooting is still not revealed because of security concerns. that's according to the ferguson police chief. a preliminary autopsy shows brown died from multiple gunshot wounds. police won't release further details. the case triggering a broad review of police tactics by the justice department. >>> race car driver tony stewart not completely in the clear yet. police are still investigating the death of kevin ward jr. in an incident over the w

reza, that's pretty specific. iran according to agreement signed in geneva, it says it will never develop a nuclear weapon and as you know iranians have always maintained their nuclear program is designed for peaceful purposes but now they stipulate that directly in this agreement. how is the reaction going to be over there? >> reporter: for iran this is not a new position for them. that's what they'll tell you. they'll tell you that repeatedly they have said they're not building a bomb. they'll tell you that no unbiassed objective, credible organization or government has ever made public any evidence that they are actually making a bomb. not even the iaea. so this is an agreement they are happy with and they believe there are steps that western powers can take to verify that they're not making a bomb. what's been fascinating to observe over the last several hours is how politician leaders on both sides have cranked up their pr machine and spun this agreement in a way to make themselves look like the winner. and t

>> reza aslan, always a pleasure. many questions that still need answers.ks for your analysis, as always. reza aslan is in los angeles. >>> making their mark this week, dewey bozella, former convicted murderer, steps into the ring tonight at the staples center in los angeles. at age 52 bozella will debut as a professional boxer for one fight. it's been his dream to box in the ring as a free man ever since he was exonerated after spending 26 years in prison. bozella always insisted he was innocent. several years ago it was discovered that prosecutors buried evidence that would have proven he did not commit the crime. bozella turned down offers of freedom if he confessed. he said he'd rather spend the rest of his life in prison than admit to something he did not do. >>> the occupy movement, first it was wall street, now it's the rest of the world. protests are going global. most were peaceful, but this one took a turn for the worst, and the occupiers were not the instigateors in the violence. we'll explain who caused chaos in rome. next. luck? i don't trade o

reza, you listened carefully to prime minister netanyahu. you heard him repeatedly criticize, blast qatar, which has a very close relationship with hamas funding hamas, but he also was reaching out to what he clearly saw as other arab leaders in the region who have a more distant relationship with hamas. >> reporter: yeah, i think when you look at the airport world and the landscape, qatar is the only arab nation that's backing hamas at this point. otherwise, hamas is very much isolated. you have saudi arabia, the egyptian governments, united arab emirates, they seem to be backing off the support from hamas of course, here in egypt that has a lot to do with change in leadership. couple years ago last time they fought, november, 2012, it was the muslim brotherhood leader, mohammed morsi, as president. he was ousted by the current president, which considerably changed the dynamics. i think a lot of people in egypt, maybe around the world, they were disappointed in this speech. they didn't want to hear statistics. they wanted to hear prospects

"believer with reza asland." i want to get your thoughts on the appointment of mike flynn to be the national security adviser, given the fact that mike flynn has called islam, quote, cancer, and that fear of muslims is rational. >> i think it's a dangerous appointment. i think that this is a man who is about to be in charge of what is a very important, very complex fight against an international cabal, a militant organization that does see the world in very cosmic terms. that does believe this is a battle between good and evil, between islam and christianity, between america and the very religion of islam. and having someone in the nsa, running the nsa, who is very much engaged in the same kind of rhetoric only bolsters the propaganda of our enemies, only makes us, i think, more threatened by the possibility of these kind of jihadist attacks. >> taylor, you are a trump supporter, a supporter of mike flynn, when you hear criticisms like this, your response? >> my response is that mike flynn is the exact person who

i want to start with you, reza. you say we've heard this song before but you say this time is feels real. why? >> reporter: yes, it feels real because we've heard from all sides. we've heard some pro-russian rebels who, through their twitter account saying the cease-fire agreement has been signed. we heard from ukrainian president petro poroshenko, he, too, used his twitter account to say a preliminary protocol for a cease-fire had been signed, but we should point out there's been so much misinformation from both sides during this conflict, so many frustratingly ambiguous statements. we want to be very cautious in reporting this but based on the information we have, indeed an indefinite cease-fire has been signed that will presumably put an end to this incredibly long conflict that has lasted for more than four months. we're still waiting to clarify what the conditions of this agreement are, but leading into this meeting in minsk, belarus there was speculation among the conditions were of course an end to all milita

reza sayah and john vause in gaza. we will have full reaction to what we hear from the prime minister of israel. his aides tell me this will be a significant statement and a change if you will as far as israeli ground troops are concerned in gaza. >> in fact, reza sayah in cairo with us as well. reza, from your vantage point, is there any anticipation or hope as to what the prime minister would detail in this statement? >> reporter: i think the hope for a lot of people is that the prime minister is going to announce a deescalation of the military strategy, perhaps withdraw ground troops, and that announcement if it happens would perhaps set the stage for the truce talks, for a cease-fire that was of course supposed to take place yesterday, friday morning, 8:00 a.m. local time, but of course it never happened because of the violence that flared up again. i think a lot of people around the world are watching this conflict in gaza, the bloodshed, and they want these two sides to stop the fighting, to come to cairo, to sit

morsi. >> reza sayah for us in cairo. thank you. one person is injured after being injured in a fire at a state department. it started in some ductwork. construction cruise working in the building put out the fire. >>> a big animal rescue operation to tell you about. firefighters found 65 dogs chained up needing food at water. it's believed they were kept for illegal dog fighting. they have been turned over to animal rescue and are at emergency shelters awaiting adoption now. >>> all of the pushing and shoving that imkay long. you've seen the images. now hear the sounds of the holiday shopping season. that is just hard to watch. i mean what a rowdy start, right, for that crowd as thousands catched out and crowded around their favorite stores in searches of deals. it was so chaotic for one manager she told people she didn't want to open for business. the shopping business connected off with several retailers opening at 8:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day. but now that the hustle and bustle and elbow throwing is all over, did it help them r

reza sayah is live in cairo with the latest. reza?reporter: chris, critical hours ahead here in cairo as these two sets set to resume talks according to a palestinian official. the talks are set to start back up again at 1:00 p.m. local time. that's just in about one minute. this palestinian official sounding optimistic saying there has been some progress in these talks. when asked about the prospects about the cease-fire being extended beyond 8:00 a.m. friday local time this official telling cnn that they are hoping for a longer term

reza sayah joining us. what do you know, reza, about a reported cease-fire, this could be a development in this conflict? >> indeed it would, christine, it sounds like a breakthrough. we don't have all the details button its surface, it certainly seems like a pro development. within the last hour, enter fax reporting that in a phone conversation between russian president vladimir putin and the ukrainian president petro poroshenko agreed on a path out of this conflict. here's a quote from the spokesperson saying the viewpoints of the presidents of the two countries largely coincide on possible ways out of the grave crisis. we then waited for reaction from ukrainian officials here in kiev. and they verified this, and in fact, they seemingly took it a step further. according to the president's office, the result of the conversation was an agreement on full cease-fire in dunbas. that's the south ukrainian region where the conflict has taken place. they've also reached steps on peace. we don't know all the detai

we have reza sayah with more from tehran. reza? we have lost reza.switch gears. >>> a security scare at ft. sam houston in san antonio. the army base put on lockdown after a driver failed to stop at a checkpoint. the driver is in police custody. he was captured after making a run for it. a brief manhunt and explosives team brought to the scene. nothing was found in the suspect's car. police say he was alone and they are not revealing why he actually did that. >>> and in the wake of a bruising mid term election for democrats, president obama is acknowledging the american people appear to be ready for a fresh start. the president likened himself to a used car while looking ahead to the next election. >> you have some dings. >> you don't mind absorbing a few more? >> no, i think the american people, you know, they want that new car smell. they want to drive something off the lot that doesn't have as much mileage as me. >> the president went on to say he believes that hillary clinton, former secretary of state, would be a formidable candidate if she deci

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good morning, reza. >> reporter: good morning, christine.re nato forces. one thing, armies and military alliances are good at are flexing muscles and showing off power. in many ways, this is nato and washington's way of flexing muscles at moscow telling russia, look at our alliance and how far our military might reaches. moscow doesn't welcome this event because they consider ukraine as part of their security jozone. whatever the case, the town of yavoriv, the military exercises will take place. nato says they events are designed for stability and security in the region and help ukraine work effectively with nato forces. however, this comes at a sensitive time. 600 miles east of where we are in eastern ukraine, you have a deal at cease-fire in a conflict on one side and pro-russian rebels on the other side and then european-backed forces. that is why critics, including moscow, say this is not the best time to hold this event or the best time to have nato and u.s. forces on ukrainian soil. nevertheless, the exercises will be going on in the c

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let's go now to reza sayah, what do you know about this? still no reaction from the leaders. but it looks like egyptian president mohamed morsy has made at least one concession to the opposition. there were two red-button issues that really fired up and angered the opposition forces, one was a set of decrees the president founta announced last month that game him expanded powers. the other was the draft of the constitution, they said was pushed by a panel that squeezed out the liberal and moderate voices. they demanded he cancel the decrees and postpone the nationwide referendum on that draft. just about an hour ago, there was an announcement that the president has, indeed, cancelled the controversial decrees that gave him additional powers. the announcement that he made last month. however, the nationwide vote on the referendum on the constitution will apparently go on as scheduled on december 15th. so clearly, one of the demands that the opposition had, apparently, the president has given in to that demand. cancelling, annuling the decr d

i want to bring in reza sayah.so much confusion on whether there is a cease-fire deal or not. president putin says he has a seven-point plan. will that plan be adopted? >> reporter: john, lots of confusion, lots of mixed messages from moscow and kiev. increasingly, there have been talk of a possible breakthrough and cease-fire. we have new information to pass along to you that may not bode well for the prospects of a cease-fire. over the past couple hours, ukrainian officials saying during the overnight hours they have seen increased shelling from russian forces in russian territory targeting locationings in southeastern ukraine. moscow continues to deny they are involved in the conflict. certainly, the accusations continue from kiev and seemingly, the fighting continues as well. in the meantime, the prospect of a cease-fire or breakthrough, it looks like they are there. yesterday in a phone call between vladimir putin, the russian president and poroshenko, the ukrainian president. they agreed on the conditions wit

get to reza.rning to you, though. i'm carol costello. >>> a plane was on approach to an airport in birmingham, alabama. here is a picture of the burned-out plane. it was an a-300. the two people who are dead are said to be the pilot and co-pilot carrying ups cargo. ups flight 1354 originated in louisville, kentucky. those living near the airport awakened to the doom flight crashing into the ground. >> we were in bed and we heard something go over the house and it sounded like a plane had gave out a fuel and we heard this large boom. we really didn't know what it was. but we came out the door. we did see some smoke through the trees. but we still didn't really know what it was. >> unbelievable. well, let's get more on this accident. cnn's david mattingly is on the phone. what can you tell us, david? >> reporter: carol, unbelievable is probably a very accurate description. the homes were probably about half a mile away from where the aircraft eventually went down into this vacant field. no houses we

reza sayah on the scene in ukraine with the latest.ing, reza. >> reporter: good morning, john, this could be significant news, within the past 30 minutes, ukrainian president petro poroshenko spoke to reporters and said that 70% of russian troops have withdrawn from ukrainian territory. now, two things to keep in mind. moscow has long denied they had troops on ukrainian soil. even so, mr. poroshenko saying according to their ukraine intelligence, 70% of russian troops have withdrawn. the other thing to keep in mind is that this conflict has been fraught with a lot of information on both sides, either intentionally or unintentionally, we're going to be cautious in reporting this. and we're going to verify this independently. this is in fact happening. if russian troops were pulling out, that would seem to suggest that moscow and the rebels are taking real steps to de-escalate the conflict. in the meantime, the west doesn't appear to be sold yet. the european union seemingly prepared to pile on tougher sanctions. washington considering m

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reza sayah is live. reza, where are you and what are you seeing?iro, zoraida, and this place looks like a war zone. this is an awful, awful scene here. this is -- it's been going on for more than six weeks. the military-backed interim government had promised a crackdown operation and that happened. 6:30 a.m., local time, security forces, came in from all directions, closing in on this demonstration. they say they initially fired warning shots. but at some point, the weapons, protesters -- it's not clear who's doing the shooting. in the past, the interior ministry security forces have repeatedly denied this. but from what we're seeing, there's a lot of people who have been hurt. a lot of people here who have been killed. we personally witnessed bodies going past us. we're standing right in front of a makeshift clinic here. and there you see, one of the victims just covered in blood. being helped by someone. this has been the scene all morning. obviously, it's a highly charged atmosphere. a lot of people, emotional. you're seeing people cry. this dem

thanks to reza sayah and erin mcpike. john? >> this was meant to be the second day of a cease-fire but it was shattered friday morning 90 minutes after it went into effect. there's a lot of back-and-forth between the israelis and hamas as to who, in fact, broke that cease-fire. nic robertson has been speaking to the exiled leader of hamas. he joins us live from abu dhabi. he was adamant it is not hamas who was to blame for the shattered cease-fire. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. that was something he was very clear about, john. and we just heard from hamas issuing a statement about what their interpretation is of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's speech and address there. they say that this is an admission of defeat and an admission of defeat on his part. that's how hamas is interpreting it. i asked if he thought they were

reza sayah is overlooking everything in tahrir square. most of us were thinking that mohammed morsi really very much the peacemaker, key to the cease-fire between israel and hamas. doesn't even settle with the truce and then morsi announces this decree essentially a huge power grab. what is the significance? >> reporter: well, suzanne, the significance is until a parliament is formed here in egypt, until a constitution is drafted, he is the most powerful man in egypt, and, technically, he can do whatever he wants without any apparent oversight. that's why he is being called

let's go to cairo now where reza is following the story. what do we know about this attack? >> reporter: obviously, we've seen a lot of intense clashes over the past three days. we've reported hundreds of injuries. we hadn't seen a fatality until tonight. according to a spokesperson for the muslim brotherhood, the victim was a 15-year-old boy by the name of islam massoud. he's being described as a member of the muslim brotherhood youth group. this brotherhood official

i'm concerned about the reza redactions in the report, what it means, to what extent are we protecting sensitive sources and methods. and hopefully as we go further, how much of it is how broad is it, how ambiguous is it? i'm hoping we don't get muddled with redactions that we can't get to the root of the report.

with that reza sayah is there. it's tough discussing an extension of the cease-fire that ended more than 90 minutes ago and was breached? where do they go from here? >> debby, that's the big question. a lot of people anxious to see what the next move is for the palestinian delegation and what the next move is by the israelis. we haven't heard much from the palestinians in cairo. we do know that the cease-fire is over. we do know that the two siesds did not reach a agreement on conditions and demands. they didn't reach an agreement on extending the cease-fire. what's troubling at this point is that there are no signs that these two sides are talking at this point. most importantly right now, we're waiting to see if this palestinian delegation stays here in cairo, if there's

. >>> right now i'm going to go to reza sayah. reza, how is the crowd responding beyond the initial jubilation? >> reporter: that hasn't come. it's just jubilation. they are just walking, it's a party. they have accomplished this mission, this mission that started months ago with a campaign for all new election and all for president morsi's ouster. what an effective campaign. it started with a petition drive for 13 months. it called for president morsi to step aside. 9 more million votes than he received votes when he won the presidency. the campaign's message was clear, mr. morsi, more people want you out than they want you in. but amid the euphoria, it's easy for the muslim brotherhood's position to get lost for president morsi's position to get lost. they maintain they never had a chance to succeed. remember five months after president morsi took office there were initial calls for his ouster. he always claimed that there were institutions in place that still had remnants of the mubarak regime that wanted to undermine his gover

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i want to bring in reza sayah live from kiev. you have been our fact checker, giving us a sense of what's going on the ground and what the status is of this possible cease-fire deal that could be announced within hours. good morning reza. >> reporter: yes. good morning, john. i just lost you there for a second, but i believe i'm back. this is a critical day for ukraine. this has been a bloody conflict for four months. today, we could have a breakthrough. we could have an end to the fighting. it depends on what happens in about three hours in the city where both sides of this conflict are set to meet and both sides say they are ready to sign a seven-point cease-fire agreement. some western capitals, members of nato. some criticized it. they say it's a ploy by moscow and a ploy by putin to avoid sanctions. however, the ukrainian president himself, poroshenko say they support the process and are optimistic. if it goes into effect this morning, among the conditions are an end to military operations in southeastern ukraine. the pullin

reza sayeh for us there in kiev. now let's turn to our matthew chance covering this story from moscow for us. any reaction there, matthew? >> reporter: well, i mean, the only reaction, really, has been that it's been welcomed by any russian official that's spoken on this subject. and the reason for that is that, of course, this was an initiative driven by vladimir putin, the russian president. he notoriously jotted down seven points on the back of a napkin virtually on a flight in siberia and handed that over as being the basis of the peace plan, the cease-fire plan that's now been agreed. of course, it's a major positive in terms of the humanitarian situation, as reza was saying, more than 2500 people have been killed as a result of the fighting which has been flaring in that part of the world since march and april. and a million, as we've just mentioned, displaced from their homes. you're not going to see the government in kiev and amongst their western backers celebrating this cease-fire too hard. there's a lot of

reza, thank you. as these negotiations go on, i guess in cairo, without the israelis, the fighting continues here, miguel and christi, and it does continue, we've seen a number of artillery rounds being fired into gaza city, there was a large explosion with a fire just a short time ago. >> john vaus and e and reza say thank you very much. >>> govern rick perry isn't just slapping congress on the border issue, he's urging bigger support for israel in the conflict. >> it happens that our candy crowley is about to bring us an exclusive interview with the governor. candy, great get. what you got? >> intriguing. rick perry looks very much like he's going to run for president the second time around and he has taken of late to criticizing the president's policy or more attitude toward israel. he's referred to it as calculated ambivalence, and says the u.s. needs to be much stronger on the side of israel. i asked him exactly what that means, what he thinks the president is doing wrong and also ask him about h

cnn's reza sayah joins you from the capital right now. happy, pretty excited that potentially there could be a breakthrough in this relationship. >> reporter: yeah, wolf, the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. it's about 1:45 a.m. saturday morning. world same saturday that president obama and president rowhani had spoken on the phone late friday night. we tried to talk to as many as possible. every single iranian was ecstatic, thrilled. they loved the fact these two presidents had made contact. they view this as a golden opportunity for washington and tehran to improve relations. one iranian i spoke with told us he wants his president, president rowhani to do whatever it takes to improve relations and get iranians out of this difficult situation. with that, he was referring too 34 years of economic, political isolation, the economic sanctions that iranians have suffered through. if this path continues, and if these two countries improve relations, obviously the iranian people have a lot to gain, but it's important to point out, it

now we're joined by reza sayah in cairo. reza, these cease-fire deals emerge, they fall apart. this goes pack and forth. how do negotiators get to this point. it looks like they dusted off an old cease fire from two years ago. >> reporter: it certainly does. an initiative was on the table according to the egyptians and the palestinians eight days ago. essentially this is the same initiative that the israelis, according to the palestinians, rejected. it obviously makes you wonder why did it take this long to reach this point. why did so many more people have to die before we reached this point. obviously that's a question that will probably never be answered. this agreement is, indeed, an indefinite cease-fire that stops the fighting. that's good news. what shouldn't get lost is that by no means is this a ground breaking deal, a watershed moment because of the simple fact that the core demands, the core issues on both sides have yet to be a he is dr.ed. what these two sides were fighting for. they didn't get according to this initiative. the israelis, they wanted hamas to be dis

reza sayah in islamabad.for her treatment. >>> 35 minutes after the hour. contaminated pain injections have now made 205 people sick. 203 of them infected with fungal meningit meningitis. the other two have peripheral joint infection. it's killed 15 people. 14 states reporting cases with tennessee, michigan and virginia the hardest hit. >>> it has been 50 years since the cuban missile crisis when the u.s. was on the brink of nuclear war with the soviet union. to mark tan ver sar hundreds of private and confidential documents held at the jfk presidential library are going online. they include memos between president kennedy and his brother then attorney general robert f. kennedy during the height of the crisis. >>> the pack is back. green bay quarterback aaron rodgers tossing a career high six touchdown passes last night. 42-24. the houstons' very first loss of the season. only one unbeaten team remains. it is the atlanta falcons. 55-yard field goal by matt bryant. the falcons now 6-0. >>> prident obama and mi

mark mazetta from the "new york times," thanks so much and reza say yeah thanks so much. >>> just nowming to light the "new york times" in tomorrow's paper reporting that pakistan's top general is fighting to save his job. the paper reporting he's facing seething anger from other top commanders as well as junior officers since the raid. central to the complaints according to the times the general's perceived cozy relationship with the united states. >>> after more than three weeks of testimony, the prosecution rests its case in the casey anthony trial. tomorrow the defense begins their turn. will they put casey anthony on the stand? do they have to do that in order to explain their defense which is that she was lying for so long and hiding kaylee's death because of sexual abuse she alleges her father and brother did to her. what will it take for them to win the capital murder case? former prosecutor nancy grace joins me ahead. and one of the women and one of the women congressman weiner exchanged e-mails with speaking out in a press conference. that's next. yep. the longer you stay wi

reza sayah is live. the israelis are there again, reza. >> reporter: there are reports they are here. we are working to confirm that, john. the israelis and palestinians are trying to give this another shot and much of the world anxious to see if this time things will be different. obviously, they didn't get anywhere last week when they tried it with a cease-fire. the palestinian delegation is already here. they have been here for more than a week. they never left, even after the initial cease-fire. we are working to confirm independently if the israeli team is here. last night, they said they will only come to cairo once they believe the cease-fire is holding. it looks like that is the case. all of this, of course, after another 72 hour cease-fire went into effect at 12:00 midnight local time last night. this is a cease-fire that, once again, was put forth by the egyptians. the palestinians agreed to it first, soon after the israelis agreed to it as well. that's where things stand, once again. yet again

reza sayah joins us live in cairo. reza, is morsi's government strong enough, so early in this administration, to withstand this level of protests? >> reporter: well, we're going to find out in the coming weeks, but the political landscape is certainly in his favor. he's got the backing of police and security forces, but make no mistake, these are demonstrators, protesters that are determined and energized. many say one of the outcomes of the 2011 revolution was that many egyptians lost their fear and inhibition to protests and speak up. in other words, from now on, if they don't like something, they're not going to be afraid to speak up and say it and that's what we're seeing today, thousands of angry demonstrators filing into tahrir square and other egyptian cities, aiming their anger at mr. morsi, seems very similar to last year, of course. last year the anger was aimed at mr. mubarak. the demonstrators managed to topple him. today, victor, very similar slogans and chants, chants of leave, leave, leave, chants of we

. >> cnn's reza seyah joins us with the latest. reza, what is the status of that convoy? >> reporter: george, i think this is a move by moscow that's going to be viewed as a positive by some here in ukraine and is going to be viewed with some suspicion by other people here in ukraine. it fedepends who you ask. here in eastern ukraine, the pro-russian rebels will see this as moscow helping the victims of this conflict. and in kiev, the pro-european ukrainians will have a lot of questions about this convoy. according to ukrainian officials at the border, more than 200 russian trucks crossed from russia into ukraine this morning. russia media claims that this is a humanitarian convoy, that these trucks include water supply, purifying egypt and gener equipment and generators. they say they've been checked by russian officials, but ukrainian officials say this convoy did not have permission to come into ukraine, that they don't know what's in it, and they didn't have a chance to check the contents of the trucks. you'll recall about a month ago a similar convoy crossed from rus

thank you very much to reza. >>> christiane amanpour joins me now. of course, she's iranian by birth and has covered every election in this country since 1995. christiane, when you look at the elections that you've covered, what makes this one different for you? >> the two that stick out in my mind, 1997, is when muhammad mahatma was elected. we movered that. that was an enormous surprise, both internally in iran and around the world. and for eight years of his presidency, there was a real change in iran and with iran's relations with the rest of the world. then i covered the 2009 election, which was when ahmadinejad was going for reelection. that, as we all know, resulted in the green movement, resulted in people saying that the results were flawed. it was a huge movement brutally repressed. and now what we're seeing is an attempt by the iranian authorities to make sure that nothing like either one of those happens again. they don't want a reform candidate to win, and they certainly do not want to see the kind of mess that happened after the last el

reza kahlili is what he goes by but it's a pseudonym.nks of the revolutionary guards of iran as a spy for the american government. he wrote about his experiences in a real-life spy novel, "a time to betray." we've checked with sources we trust who say his story checks out. he is outfront tonight and what you see will be a little strange. his face cannot be shown so you'll see him in the dark and we've also distorted his voice for his safety. he's going to talk to you about that. i spoke to him and asked him how difficult it was or it must have been for the saudi agent to keep his cover in al qaeda. >> it's a complex operation, a lot of risks. they have the paranoia of infiltration, so everyone is vetted. you've got to be able to behave like them, dress like them, think like them in order to infiltrate them. you've got to have a history of being in the region and communicating with the same type of people. so it is very difficult to infiltrate, but nonetheless, as i've explained in my book "a time to betray," i did even recruit for the ci