>> i think ahmed shafik is also right now trying to pitch to different constituencies. we have seen him attack the brotherhood very enthusiastically over the last few days. we have seen him try to distance himself from hosni mubarak early on, but also his main pitch has been the language of stability -- i will bring back the kind of security you enjoy. i will bring back the economic progress we had before. and people are voting for him because of that. he has been strongly campaigning also against the muslim brotherhood and played in fear mongering about the brotherhood, and over the last few days, also pitched himself to the more secular and liberal constituencies in egypt, talking about the position of women and tried to present himself in that light. i think the reason some revolutionary activists were hearing calls for boycotts -- an impossible to tell how significant that could be -- is because ahmed shafik is still unacceptable because of who he is. he was prime minister when armed thugs on horses and camels went into the square and the protesters. he was prime mi

but, ahmed shafik, a big part of his support, those 12 million votes, came from the coptic christian community here and, they are very scared about what is going to happen to them, now that the brotherhood is in control. there had been a lot of sectarian clashes between the christians and the islamists here in cairo, especially, and also, in alexandria and upper egypt. about 2 or 300 miles south of here. down in luxor, and, this country is very, very divided right now. and those 12 million people who voted for shafiq, many are coptic christians who now fear retribution and a crack down on their religious liberties, that will come from this muslim brotherhood. and a good idea to see how things are going to go is look at what happened when the muslim brotherhood won the parliamentary elections. now egypt is a country in the middle of an economic crisis and the muslim brotherhood wins the parliamentary election and the thing they immediately go for is to start tightening down the social laws here. they didn't really worry much about the economic crisis that was involved here in egypt. t

baathists -- that is mohammed morsi and this rival , the former prime minister ahmed shafik. >> however, the military has been given power that many say will weaken the president's authority. >> the leaders of the muslim brotherhood celebrating on tahrir square. the election results are not expected until wednesday, but already the brotherhood are claiming victory. for many, it is a watershed moment. >> this is the first democratically-elected president in egypt, so i am personally so happy i cannot even describe it. >> morsi claims to be the president of all egyptians and called for national unity. but his opponent disputes his claim, saying early results show their victory is beyond doubt. there are doubts as to whether the vote was free and fair. >> i do not know about this election. there have been reports of some irregularities. >> but there could be problems around the corner and some are mistrustful of the military for a promise to transfer power at the end of the month. >> our correspondent is following events in cairo. kareem, the military says they will hand over power to the

keep in mind, ahmed shafik could have won this thing. eople voted negatively either because they didn't want traffic as a representative of the past or voted for shafik because they don't want the islamist. the will of the people may not necessarily be reigning supreme in the next few months or years. i hope i'm wrong. i'm arguing there are forces within the egyptian society, military, history of the muslim brotherhood and history of progressive forces and inability to articulate a secular progressive really drastic vision for egypt. we have seen a great deal of failure and violence something none of us anticipated in february of last year when mubarak was overthrown. >> we have to leave it there. you bring up so many good points, we could go on for much longer, the secular parties organiing themselves politically and fear the military will hold on to power and islamist president and the minorities anding their rights. thank you as always, we'll be speaking with you over the next few weeks and months, i'm sure, as so much history is made

they have a choice between ahmed shafik or mohamed morsi, the candidate from the muslim brotherhood, and the people who pulled off this election didn't want either to do with the trends. >> and christian -- >> well, go ahead, candy. go ahead. >> well, i wanted to ask you, because the military has been in charge, and i wonder on the streets how much trust there is in the military when this announcement is made as to who won this election, won't we have one side not believing what the result was? >> well, listen, this is is the fear of everybody, and it is a blistering hot and blustery day today and to be frank, it s a l, because you have heated words and rhetoric coming out of tahrir square. it is about the military, and they are going to have an extended sit-in regardless of the winner, because the military has in effect hijacked the democracy transitioned here into egypt. if you take the fact they dissolved the parliament by most accounts including the u.s. and here in egypt was a pretty free and fair election and it did in fact go heavily towards the islamists and both the muslim b

. >> given ahmed shafik was from mubarak's region, is this really the change the people of egypt had hoped for? >> reporter: well, no, because ahmed shafik is widely seen as really nothing more than a part of hosni mubarak, head of the air force. they are deeply concerned about the possible victory of the muslim brotherhood. let's talk to someone who speaks a little english. you're a doctor. what do you think will happen today? >> i think the muslims will win. >> reporter: if they do not win, what is the reaction here? >> we plan to stay in tahrir squa square. >> reporter: do you worry this could turn violent? >> no. >> reporter: you're sure? >> yes. i'm sure. >> reporter: this has been the scene of such bloody confrontation before. how can you be sure it will not be repeated? if the army try to move in and move you, what will happen? >> we'll stand. -- audio technicality -- >> reporter: thank you very much. you can see that they do have emergency powers as of a few days ago to arrest people. parliament has been dissolved. many have seen it as a power grab by the army ahead of this p

to stay strong and not move towards the directions that would risk our future. >> eric: and if ahmed shafik, more in israel's interest, what type of changes if any do you expect if he wins today? >> well in that event i think we're looking at a very long period of instability. because i think the overwhelming majority of egyptians that voted for a majority in the parliament, for radical islam, roughly 75%, either voted for muslim 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

officials said mohammed morsi beat his rival, former military general ahmed shafik, with only 51% of the vote. the crowd in tahrir square see this victory as justice for fellow egyptians who lost their lives fighting for freedom in this very square. 16 months ago, the square became a frontline in the revolution to overthrow president hosni mubarek and the scene of deadly clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and forces loyal to the regime. more than 900 people were killed. in his victory speech, mohammed morsi said their deaths would not be in vain. the u.s.-trained engineer said that he would be a president for all egyptians. across town, supporters of ahmed shafik appeared to be in a state of shock to hear the news that their candidate's defeat. they accused egypt's generals of lacking the courage to stand up to the muslim brotherhood. for morsi's supporters, the celebration picked up when the sun went down. there is no doubt these celebrations will go on all night, but tomorrow tahrir square goes back to being a protest camp when the muslim brotherhood resumes its campaign t

and it is not going to be very helpful to be working with ahmed shafik, because of credibility. regardless of whose name goes up, does either man have the ability to lead the country, and i would say that the answer is no. >> what are the implications for the u.s. policy in the middle east? >>> it is very complex, because to egypt, it is incredible, and fulcrum of being an influential country in that par o the world, and if it devolves into chaos, it is a very, very see veer repercussions for the united states and a dilemma, too, because morsi is a fun dat allist, and if he wins, it is a problem. and if shafiq win, it undermines the impression that this was an honest election even though, you know, who knows who actually won. so, that is -- either way for the united states, it raises questions. and it raises questions about the money, the funding that the united states gives to the military. >> right. more than $1 billion a year that we have sent to the egyptian military who have grabbed power and been in a huge power grab since the arab spring. >> they have, and what they have

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vote the muslim brotherhoods mohamed morsi of faces i asked him about iraq's lost prime minister ahmed shafik but whoever wins will step in without the islamist dominated parliament which has been dissolved by the supreme court back in with judges ruled that the recent parliamentary elections were on board for the ruling military council has now assumed the making authority of even the president's powers to be determined by a constitution which is still in the pipeline kyra based human rights activists don't know but he's neither name that. it is a viable option. there's a very very big chance that mass protests arise in the case that either caution or morsi win because the many people see that both of them do not represent the revolution obviously he is a worse candidate simply because he represents the mubarak regime that the destroyed egypt for decades.

election officials said mohammed morsi beat his rival former military general ahmed shafik with only 51.7% of the vote. it was the news crowds were waiting to hear and people here see this victory as justice for fellow egyptians who lost their life fighting for freedom on this very square. 16 months ago, tahrir square became the front line in the revolution to overthrow president hosni mubarak. in a scene of deadly clashes it pro-democracy demonstrators and forces loyal to the regime, more than 900 people were killed. in his victory speech, mohammed morsi said their deaths would not be in vain. he said he would be a president for all egyptians. across town supporters of ahmed shafik appeared to be in a state of shock to hear the news of their candidate's defeat. the accused egypt's generals of lacking courage to stand up to the muslim brotherhood. for morsi's supporters, there were morsel bases. there's no -- more celebrations. there's no doubt celebration will go on for some time. they will try to restore some presidential power. cbs news, kiro. >>> it is 6:14 on this monday morning

dan rivers is joining us from cairo by phone, and he is headed to the headquarters of ahmed shafik who is the former prime minister who now hopes to be president. dan, tell us what is the feeling on the streets with just an hour to go before the expected announcement? >> well, we have been in tahrir square where there is great anticipation of the announcement. they all believe they have proof that mohamed morsi has won for the islam brotherhood, and they have just switched where their celebration party is, or what they hope it will be from the head quarters to the outskirts of cairo, where they say they have so many people coming that they cannot accommodate them at the party headquarters, but really, neither side knows for sure who is going to win. in fact, the country is really being building that if ahmed shafik is deeply aligned with hosni mubarak the ousted leader, and he was prime minister under mubarak at one time, and he is kind of anti-muslim government, and keep preserving the status quo. and mohamed morsi, the leader of the muslim brotherhood, kind of what was a pretty kind

presidential vote the muslim brotherhoods mohamed morsi faces ousted mubarak's last prime minister ahmed shafik but whoever wins will step in without the islamist dominated parliament which has now been dissolved by the supreme court the mubarak era judges ruled that the recent parliamentary elections were unlawful also the ruling military council therefore has now assumed law making a for a three and even the new president's powers. have yet to be determined by a constitution which is still in the pipeline care of a human rights activist no believes neither name on the ballot is a viable option. there is a very very big chance that mass protests arise in the case that either the order morsi win because sadly many people see that both of them.

asked prime minister ahmed shafik but whoever wins rooster him without the use of the stamina to parliament which has been dissolved by the supreme court mubarak era judges parliamentary elections were on the awful feeling that you council is now the making authority even new president's powers yet to be determined by a constitution which is still in the pipeline basic human rights activists no no police need a name on a ballot is a viable option. there's a very very big chance that mass protests arise in the case that either all morsi win because sadly many people see that both of them do not represent the revolution obviously.

presidential election runoff the choice is between the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi and ahmed shafik hosni mubarak's last prime minister the ballot comes amid mass indignation after both houses of egypt's parliament were suspended by the country's constitutional court thousands of people have chosen to boycott the vote saying neither candidate represents the values of last year's revolution dr omar sure an expert on middle east and islamic studies says egypt can expect multiple crises whoever wins the election. many softer the dissolving the parliament many saw this as the injured of the old regime of hosni mubarak coming back in the form of his last prime minister much of it is very problematic right now right now we have a president without that mandate coming without a legislative bench now that is just they have been. refuses to disband because the the argument is that the authorities of the state the judicial and legislative cannot dismantle each other so the parliament cannot dismantle the judicial then branch and the judicial branch cannot this dismantle the slate of in the fo

in the election runoff they choices between muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi and the ahmed shafik to hosni mubarak's last prime minister the ballot comes after the country's supreme council dissolved parliament and the same fate could now face an assembly appointed earlier to draft a new constitution thousands of people chose to boycott the votes they need a candidate represents the egypt the way the fighting fall in last year's resolution the ruling military council promised to transfer a polyp to the new president by july the first but independent journalist thomas amounting think that that's highly unlikely but it may sound harsh but to me this election is not about what the egyptian people want it's about what the usa once egypt is run by a military council who was put in power by basically what the u.s. approval last year with overthrew who work the united states has invested something like one hundred billion dollars in today's dollars. keeping the egyptian military funded the election looks pretty rigged i mean the rules have been changed since the last election you know th

announcement made by party leader mohamed morsi the claims are being rejected by rival contender ahmed shafik who accuses the muslim brotherhood of trying to usurp the presidency middle east analyst and public speaker on international affairs ahmed thought he says the winning candidates will be nothing more than a puppet for the military. because of political dealings during the first round we ended up with two unqualified candidates the fact is that close to seventy percent of the egyptian electorate did not take part in these elections and in the runoff is a huge indication where the majority of dejection people stand and how do the perceive both candidates demanded three times so has clearly done what many observers have described as a soft coup based on the ruling from the supreme constitutional court to dismantle the parliament and based on the amendments to the constitutional declaration that came during the second round of elections to defect to a ruler in egypt. it is the supreme court it should be for years to come you have made the coming president three governments whether it's the

claims though that he won have been rejected by rival contend and former mubarak prime minister ahmed shafik a middle east analyst ahmed fathi says the winning candidate at the end of the day would just be a puppet for the military. because of political dealings during the first round we ended up with two unqualified candidates the fact is that close to seventy percent of the egyptian electorate did not take part in these elections in the in the runoff is a huge indication where the majority of the egyptian people stand and how do you perceive both candidates the military council has clearly done what many observers have described as a soft coup based on the ruling from the supreme constitutional court to dismantle the parliament and based on the amendments to the constitutional declaration that came during the second round of elections the defacto ruler in egypt is the supreme council and it shall be for the years to come it have made the coming president regardless whether it's the muslim brotherhood candidate or the establishment candidate will be nothing short of a hand puppet for the mi

especially if ahmed shafik emerges as the victor. all the people will say they were cheated out of their victory and there could be violent clashes with the military forced to intervene, something it never wanted to do during the actual revolution. brian? >> that scene looks very familiar there tonight in tahrir square. richard engel back in cairo starting us off. all of this is making for anxious viewing in washington. the u.s. has a lot on the line here, our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is in our d.c. newsroom. andrea, let's go through the exposure for the united states. >> this is very messy and from what officials are saying, democracy is messy, look at what happened. they will not say this publicly, they're not going to declare a victor until it is declared in egypt. they believe also that the muslim brotherhood that mohammed morsi did win this election, they're warning the military publicly and privately do not steal this election, they're worried the military is going to steal back power. the only levera

have flooded the capital's tahrir square calling for a ban from next week's election runoff of ahmed shafikhosni mubarak's former prime minister for adjustors are alarmed bhatia fix close ties to the fallen regime and the military they believe his candidacy could be a threat to the revolution along with the anti-ship only dozens of activists have marched on top where calling for the end of violence against women a number of assaults on females have risen dramatically since the start of the revolution with protesters blaming the military for the attacks human rights activist a shim all helmi says the achievements of the revolution are falling short of expectations i think that definitely people didn't expect to see mubarak's expression minister an ex minister. and a muslim brotherhood candidate in in the second run for the elections in egypt but at the same time i do think that we should someone like a chip in the same bus as morsi as corrupted as someone like shit for example the milter council has a huge influence on the entire process the elections is under their supervision and icing dea

in egypt thousands have flooded the capital's tahrir square demanding ahmed shafik mubarak's ex prime minister be banned from the election runoff next week protesters are angered by shifts close ties to the old regime and the military they see his candidacy as a threat to the revolution human rights activists helmi thinks the army is still behind every aspect of life in the country. i think that definitely people didn't expect to see mubarak's expression minister an ex minister. and a muslim brotherhood candidates in in the second run for the elections in egypt but at the same time i did think that we should someone like that should feet in the same bus as. morsi they are not as corrected as someone like should think for example the military council has a huge influence on the entire process the elections is under their supervision and icing gets. having any kind of elections with the military council in power in egypt has no difference between having elections before there is lucian work was in power so the military is an entity is integrated in all the institutions of the country an

egypt's constitutional court dissolved the islamize dominated parliament and gave morsi is contender ahmed shafik the green light to stay in the race but it's done little to calm israeli fears of an islamist government on its border boyish and so be reduced to zero but the real problem is to what extent will the brotherhood purse its goal of trying to destroy israel and kill all of us i don't sell i way i would actually say that the main security danger to israel today and for the next two years is not iran but the situation in egypt a concern the islamist at least in public and at least for now are trying to downplay i think is entitled to some trouble here but not trouble. you know but maybe israelis are worried because in the ruthless business of politicking easy points are scored by using the jewish state as a punch bag and what israelis fear is that what see today is only a step away from being implemented tomorrow. policy r.t. . they stay with our tafe the very latest from egypt we'll have updates and analysis of the first post american presidential runoff throughout the week at. lines is a

sixteenth hundreds of thousands of in tahrir square are calling for mubarak's former prime minister ahmed shafik to be disqualified from the presidential race from an egyptian revolution hasn't brought the change they were hoping for and that's practically the case for women are to sarah firth explains. when this egyptian woman was dragged into town to be exposed and abused by the military men and it serves as a stark reminder that barrack might have been talking that egypt's arab spring has many hurdles to overcome if it's to blossom into a democracy for a conservative cult show watching a woman exposed in that way open the floodgates to shocking tales of female protesters subjected to violence and sexual harassment not just at the hands of those they opposed that their fellow revolutionaries is still we're having a small profit on with some men and the streets that there are still a little bit again as having women with them side to side in the women played a vital role in egypt's revolution but what the future now holds for women and their rights. it's far from certain the life of women actua

cairo wearing mob attacked the headquarters of presidential candidate that's night prime minister ahmed shafik journalist bill truth is in tahrir square for ati. people at the moment are really quite angry with the verdict is far from a crowd of a barak was given twenty five years of life sentence there were euphoric because people busy making would just be done for corruption charges however they realized that his sons and also. the interior ministry say six police officers would not be acquitted people started to realize that perhaps the verdict wasn't what they wanted so what we saw was actually a mass on grazier cross egypt where people basically came to the streets are streaming angry about the lot of people calling for justice and now so we still have several tens of thousands of people here on and across egypt really very angry mubarak the funny stories did actually lodge an appeal earlier i assume is about it was really announced i mean that's one of the biggest fears the protesters are. fearing really is that he will actually. be picked up to his heels i'm not touching me end up servi

candidates mohamed morsi from the muslim brotherhood and hosni mubarak's our former prime minister ahmed shafik. twenty people including twelve civilians are dead after a taliban attack on a lakeside hotel north of kabul dozens of hostages were freed by afghan security forces several hotel guests jumped into the lake just gave the gunfire present time because i has known that attacks were increasing in the run up to nato troops leaving in twenty fourteen he made the comments after twenty one people were killed in an assault on an afghan checkpoint earlier this week. time now for the business news and the end all meeting of economic heavy hitters of the same petersburg forum is in full swing in russia's capital. business r.t. and danielle the shell is there for us with exclusive in-depth coverage of the high profile gathering danielle good to see you again one of the highlights today all the economic forum. yes the downgrade of fifteen top banks by moody's credit ratings is dominating here we just spoke to the vice chairman of one of those citi group carlos gutierrez called the move a step back

lost prime minister ahmed shafik by around four percent. space to bring unity and resigned from the muslim brotherhood to become a nonpartisan leader but the authority of the office he assumes is determined by the ruling military which holds lawmaking the generals dissolved parliament. promised to hand executive control to masood by july it's not clear how much leverage to be given the u.s. has been quick to congratulate the winner but as you point i reports muslim brotherhood ties to extremists america is undermining its own policies. egypt's revolution began with tens of thousands into here square and it became a success shortly after rushing to and sided with the anti-government opposition by stepping down president mubarak responded to the egyptian people's hunger for change america's indorsement of change has paved the way for the muslim brotherhood to become egypt's strongest political force the international organization is considered to be one of the world's largest islamised movements and mohamed morsi has reportedly called for a c

huge celebrations greeted the delayed results which showed he beat barracks last prime minister ahmed shafik by around four percent or so he has pledged to bring unity and design for the muslim brotherhood to become a nonpartisan leader but the authority of the office he assumes is determined by the military which holds the making powers of the generals dissolved parliament. make a promise to handle executive control to the budget it's not clear how much leverage will be given the u.s. has been quick to congratulate when it is not the point now reports the muslim brotherhood ties to extremists and america is undermining its own policies. egypt's revolution began with tens of thousands into here square and it became a success shortly after rushing to sided with the anti-government opposition by stepping down. as mubarak responded to the egyptian peoples' hunger for change america's indorsement of change has paved the way for the muslim brotherhood to become egypt's strongest political force the international organization is considered to be one of the world's largest islamic movements and moh

historic presidential runoff there are also numerous accusations of ballot rigging from rival ahmed shafik headquarters. is in cairo. talking to demonstrators as well as talking to those who actually turned out to cast their ballot the general mood is that most people feel that this is really a choice that is not a choice you have a mature figure who represents the mubarak era and you have dr mohamed morsi who represents the muslim brotherhood and the idea of two in egypt into an islamist state visiting the polling stations throughout the course of the day i did get a sense that people there were very tired of this whole election process at the same time those that i've been talking to say that they are not that enthusiastic that everything will go ahead without any kind of mishaps now we do expect the official results to be announced on thursday although we anticipate that we'll get some kind of preliminary indication as early as monday morning the verdict or not half way through this weekend election stood at the fifteen percent mark if indeed it does not reach the forty six percent vote

choose between muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi and hosni mubarak's last prime minister ahmed shafik. reports egyptians are tangled in a political web to a point where they are failing to spot a growing danger threatening nalini economy but also their health. it took this from the forty seven years to accumulate his wealth and just one week to lose a third of it. i had one morning open this place and found three buffalo lying down they wouldn't eat or drink anything all the houses in this village all the farmers here lost cattle within a month a foot in mouth disease killed thousands of casual buffalo sheep and other livestock across egypt in march the united nations declared it a catastrophe and warned the epidemic could threaten human food supplies far and wide but egyptian politicians were too busy with the revolution to take much notice for the work done by the government did not do anything for us all animals are dying one by one and no one does anything i was lucky. egyptians say the situation has been worsened by a climate of corruption. in government employees are on both and

leader gathered up to fifty two percent of the votes after a runoff with mubarak era prime minister ahmed shafik. is in tahrir square with the latest. the mood here is just simply electrifying when those results were announced that mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood is egypt's next president the crowd here would simply mad and since then they've been cheering they've been shouting they've been waving flags i won't cost a group of women who had linked arms and were crying they've been men and knelt down in prayer there's this constant explosion of fire words on the streets leading to tell his square are completely jam packed and they too the cars are hunkering their horns as they drive up and down behind it mostly has announced that he is resigning from the muslim brotherhood this is a pledge he gave that he would be a non partisan and president now the congratulations have started coming in one of the first to congratulate morsi was the head of the ruling military mohamed tanto we at the same time the first foreign country to congratulate him was the ambassador from turkey he said and i'm q