abc's alex marquardt beginning our team coverage in cairo. alex, what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, john and tai. just a few hours ago, around 3:00 a.m., we spoke with a top official in the muslim brotherhood, the party that president mohamed morsi belongs to. he told us that morsi has been arrested and is being held at the headquarters of the republican guard. this same spokesman also tweeted that top presidential aides were also being held. now, today, the man who will run egypt until a new president can be elected will be sworn in. he's a top judge on the supreme constitutional court. not much is known about him. but this is a signal to the egyptian people, to the world, really, the military doesn't want to be in charge. they're denying this is a military coup. they're saying they're simply responding to the calls of the egyptian people, which president morsi failed to do. the military already ran egypt, following the fall of president mubarak 2 1/2 years ago. and they don't want to do it again. but the fact does remain that they are very much in charge

alex marquardt, abc news, cairo. >> as we said, egypt has long been a critical partner of the united states, and martha raddatz has more now on america's view of this particular power struggle. >> reporter: the chaotic scenes from egypt today put the u.s. in a near impossible position. on one side watching the angry islamist supporters of morsi. on the other side, jubilant anti-morsi protestors. washington cannot support a military takeover of a democratically-elected president. tonight in a written statement, president obama said we are deeply concerned about the decision of the egyptian armed forces to remove president morsi and suspend the egyptian constitution. >> we are not taking sides. >> reporter: yet it is clear that the administration was not happy with mohammed morsi and his failure to embrace the democratic process. >> he must do more to be truly responsive and representative to the justified concerns expressed by the egyptian people. >> reporter: for america egypting a critical partner in support of democracy and security in the region. >> egypt is an anchor for the regi

alex marquardt, abc news, cairo. >>> we head to africa, an arresting sight, president obama standing shoulder to shoulder there with his predecessor, george w. bush. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl was with them. >> reporter: rare on common ground. president obama and president bush, together today in tanzania to lay a wreath at the monument for the victims of the 1998 bombing of the u.s. embassy in dar es salaam. and at the same time, two first ladies on stage together, in a discussion on empowering women in africa moderated by abc's cokie roberts urging african first ladies to focus on the big issues and not the trivial. >> people stopped looking at the bangs and start looking at what we're standing in front of. >> we hope. >> they do. that's the power of our roles. >> reporter: the bushes talked to us in an exclusive network interview. >> what did you talk about when the cameras weren't rolling. >> what a pain the press is. >> reporter: on africa bush and obama see eye to eye. >> the president has been criticized that he neglected africa. is that a bad rap? >>

alex marquardt. abc news, cairo. >>> now back here at home after this holiday, talk about swept away. this weekend nearly 200 people were caught in rip current which pull swimmers away from the shore. in fact, they are deadlier than lightening, hurricanes and tornados combined. meteorologist ginger zee shows us what happens and what you should do. >> reporter: at least two deaths and 200 rescued this weekend. on an ma maria island, rescuers comfort a family who lost a 14-year-old son who drowned when he was caught in a rip current. they got farther than they wanted to see him out there. >> reporter: i suited up and hit the water. i soon discovered how powerful rip current are. in less than a minute i was pulled almost 100 yards from shore, traveling one to two feet every seco. when you turn around you can see how far we are from shore. this is exactly where many people panic. here's what you should do. relax, find the shore and start swimming parallel to it. do not swim the way you came. that's when

alex marquardt, abc news, cairo. >> thank you, alex. >>> meantime, there is outrage elsewhere this evening. european leaders expressing anger after learning the u.s. was bugging some of their offices. part of that sweeping surveillance program revealed. and the man who revealed those secrets, edward snowden, still in a moscow airport tonight. will he escape after all? abc's nick schifrin, reporting in from london. >> reporter: deep inside moscow's airport, the world's most wanted man is still hiding and apparently still spilling secrets. today, edward snowden leaked a document, that according to a german magazine, claims the u.s. bugged its european allies offices in washington, d.c. and infiltrated their computer networks. the u.s. is frustrated that snowden's data time bomb is still ticking and they can't get snowden extradited. >> i continue to be concerned about the other documents he may have. that's part of the reason why we'd like to have mr. snowden in custody. >> reporter: snowden has no passport, but he's trying to fly to cuba and then get political asylum in ecuador. here in lon

alex marquardt is traveling with the pope. >> reporter: a festive atmosphere among the young catholic pilgrims who have packed this famous coca cob ana beach. the people's pope has energized the church with his modesty, his message of sacrifice for others. david? >> alex marquardt, our thanks to you. >>> and now to the newest controversy for the man who wants to be new york's mayor, anthony weiner, who resigned from congress over a sexting scandal. many looking at what he told "people" magazine and then what followed days later. abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl, tonight. >> reporter: how bad are things for anthony weiner? today, he couldn't even say how many women he has sent sexually explicit messages and photos. >> it's not dozens and dozens. it is six to ten i suppose. but i can't tell you absolutely what someone is going to consider inappropriate or not. >> reporter: and how many after weiner, a democrat, left congress in disgrace, promising it had all stopped? >> i don't believe i had any more than three. >> reporter: weiner's wife, huma abedin, a long-time co

alex marquardt, abc news, cairo. >> texas lawmakers are returning to the capitol today to resume debatell that was blocked last week. governor rick perry called another special session. after state senator wendy davis pulled off a marathon filibuster and rallied supporters. across the country. if legislation passes as it is expected to do it would effectively shut down almost every abortion clinic in the state of texas. >> county clerks offices in california expecting a rush on marriage licenses. federal appeals court removing the last obstacle to make same sex matrimony legal in california. the clerk's office in san francisco the only one in the state open saturday to accommodate those who couldn't wait. >> here in new york, a family from sweden safe and sound now after surviving a frightening emergency landing on the hudson river. they were taking in the sights of manhattan, the manhattan skyline when their helicopter lost power after just 12 minutes in the air. the pilot is credited with averting a disaster, lowering the craft as gently as possible into the water. luckily no one was

abc's alex marquardt is in cairo. >> reporter: in cairo's tahrir square, the tension is rising.onds tick down toward a deadline the military threatening to intervene if president morsi doesn't meet the people's demand. morsi admitted he made mistakes and said he was elected fairly and will not step down. we met norhan tahan, it was her group of young egyptians, called rebellion that launched these protests and brought egypt once again to the brink of revolution. >> translator: in the new cons -- constitution there is no role for women. in the morsi era, women have no place. the anger is driven by fear the muslim brotherhood wants to control egypt as well as that decimated economy. look at egypt's famous pyramids filled with american tourists before the revolution. so vital to the economy since then they have been practically empty. egypt's famous nile river used to be packed with these boats, called feluccas, the last americans that he had on his felucca, were a month ago. how much money did you make this week? >> this week? this now is 10 pounds. >> just 10 pounds. less than $2

alex marquardt, abc news, rio de janeiro. >> we saw him in the, the car getting out. people actually touching him. we actually were a little. everybody was worried for his safety. it went off without a hitch. massive success. >> and a lot of younger people attributing the fact that he is walked away from the protocol, strict protocol of the church as a reason why they're returning to the church or coming around seeing what this is about. people who left come back, want to see what is going on. he stopped his popemobile to kiss every baby. he is in love with every child he sees. he also there was, he there was a limo he was in where he opened the window. it caused such a frantic response. people running after him. i think the younger people, really appreciate that. >> quite a trip. >>> all right. moving on to this. anthony weiner vowing to stay in the race for new york city mayor despite the loss of his campaign manager. former congressman made an appearance at a church in brooklyn, on his wife's 37th birthday. huma abedin was not by his side. a former top adviser to p

abc's alex marquardt has the latest from cairo. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning.t. what the army basically said is "enough is enough." president morsi you and the opposition have two days to figure this all out. if the people demands aren't met within 48 hours and, more like 36 hours they're going to step in with what they're calling their own road map. we don't know what that means exactly. it is very vague language. we do know they will intervene in some way if the president and his political opposition can't figure something out. now sunday, were the biggest protests that egypt has ever seen. bigger even than the demonstrations that we saw to oust president hosni mubarak 2 1/2 years ago. so the army stood up and took notice of the protests. the truth is this country has been so divided since morsi was elected. and on top of that -- the economy is going down the drain, no tourism, a fuel shortage. this country is slowly imploding. so the protesters out there in tahrir square and across egypt are hoping the army will now come in and pave the way for early electio

>> alex marquardt, thanks for that reporting from cairo. >>> and another offer of asylum for wanted nsa leaker edward snowden. bolivia said he can come there, this was after nicaragua and venezuela said they would give him asylum. but the president of venezuela says snowden hasn't responded yet to his offer. the former computer contractor is on the run, hiding out in a moscow airport after leaking details of a highly secret u.s. intelligence program. >>> and an alleged accomplice in the murder case of former new england patriots star aaron hernandez will be in court tomorrow. ernest wallace will be arraigned in a massachusetts courtroom on monday. meanwhile, hundreds of patriots fans turned out at gillette stadium on saturday to trade in their aaron hernandez jerseys for other jerseys. the team said nearly 1200 jerseys were returned. >>> and a serious health warning to tell you about this morning. whole foods is recalling crave brothers cheese, saying it may be contaminated with listeria. the food and drug administration says one person has been killed and at least five others sickened

alex marquardt, abc news, london. >> always great to see players hug like that.ir families. >> brought the vacation all the way over. by the way, i said earlier that andy murray, the tennis player who won wimbledon was an englishman. he's scottish. >> you're correcting yourself. >> and that's a big deal. i'm correcting myself before i get the hate mail. >>> let's move on to this. nfl is hitting the field. already if you can believe it. >> believe it or not, players report for training camp this week. training camp is no mere warm-up. these are the weeks for the rookies and veterans to compete for that spot on the final 53-man roster. >> these are also the same weeks commentators, analysts and fans get a chance to look at the players and predictions start pouring in. >>> finally from wisconsin -- a the brewers faced the marlins. over the weekend. >> routine game. an eagle eye photographer noticed this. check out the spelling on the throwback jersey of the manager. milwaukee is spelled milwakuee. by the seventh inning, the error was fixed. the jerseys were part of

alex marquardt is live for us in cairo again tonight. alex, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. it was a tense day her in egypt that erupted tonight. that anger against the military for ousting the country's first democratically elected president turned deadly. battles in the streets of cairo tonight. supporters and opponents of the deposed president exchanging gunfire, rocks, and molotov cocktails. the army eventually arrived, but here and in clashes elsewhere, at least 30 people were reported killed. dozens more wounded. in one city far from cairo, the army opened fire as supporters of mohamed morsi prayed, sending them running for their lives. it was a day mohamed morsi's supporters dubbed the "friday of rejection," rejecting the military takeover. earlier, an angry crowd surged toward the military compound they say is holding morsi, who has not been seen publically since his arrest wednesday night. "hit me here, hit me here," this man shouted at soldiers. then shots rang out. three were killed. hundreds of thousands of morsi's fu

alex marquardt has the latest tonight from cairo. >> reporter: good evening, elizabeth. i massive military crackdown going on here tonight. the crowds here in tahrir square are celebrating the arrest of egypt's first democratic president in 5,000 years. but top aides from his party, the muslim brotherhood, are behind bars. tonight, egypt is a tinderbox, supporters of former president morsi are warning of violent days to come. a heart drawn in the sky -- a message from egypt's military to their supporters on the square below. >> i'm so, so, so happy. i'm so happy. i'm so proud at the same time. >> reporter: 24 hours after the military deposed a president elected by the people, sources tell abc news he is being held with his family in a presidential guesthouse. top officials from the muslim brotherhood -- morsi's party -- have also been rounded up. 300 arrest warrants have been issued for their members. sunday since, clashes between the supporters and opponents have left around 50 people dead. today, the military installed a new virtually unknown president, egypt's top con

abc's alex marquardt is in rio tonight. alex? >> reporter: david, the millions of young catholic pilgrims who have come from around the world to rio's copacabana beach are now packing up to go home, as pope francis wraps up his first foreign trip, one he hopes will help reverse an exodus of believers from the church. they're the biggest crowds rio has ever seen. bigger even than when mick jagger played here. all for a man who has become something of a rock star himself. over the past week, pope francis has charmed his way through the masses, his energy, his light personal touch delighting the adoring crowds he stops his popemobile to wade into. >> i feel like he's really trying to be one with the people, rather than just trying to be a leader from the top. >> reporter: under that wide smile, the first latin-american pope knows his church is in crisis, hemorrhaging followers in brazil, the most catholic country on earth. their numbers dropping almost 30% in the past 40 years. in a speech to bishops this weekend, he said the church

alex marquardt, abc news, cairo. >>> now we head to russia where late tonight fugitive edward snowden has broken his silence tonight blasting the united states, snowden accused of leaking so many of the nation's top secrets. he has holed up in a moscow airport for more than a week, responding to president obama's pressure on those offering him help, snowden says, quote, these are the old bad tools of political aggression, their purpose is to frighten not me but those who come after me. today russian president putin said he will not get asylum there unless he stops publishing classified documents from the u.s. >>> now we head to africa and president obama is in tanzania. tomorrow an unusual encounter as he lynched up with former president george w. bush. we notice something else the two have in common. today the presidents dance as other american officials have done. here is george w. bush. here is bill clinton. here's hillary clinton and of course famously africa's native e son nelson mandela who loves to dance whenever he could and tonight still hospitalized. tonight the president be

alex marquardt with more on that. >> reporter: a stunning, come-from-behind victory. >> oh that goes down! yes! a double fist pump for lefty! >> reporter: starting the day five strokes behind the lead, american phil mickelson birdies 4 of the last 6 holes. >> probably hit some of the best shots i ever hit. >> reporter: mickelson's caddie burst into tears. before the 43-year-old embraced his family. which has gone through so much. four years ago, mickelson's wife amy was diagnosed with breast cancer. just a few weeks later, his mother was as well. despite the heartache, he won his third masters the next year and went straight to amy, who has since beaten her cancer. >> it's a win for the family. >> reporter: this was mickelson's 20th time playing in the british open. he said today he thought he might never win it. now his closing round is being considered one of the greatest in history. david? >> it was great to see. >>> so much more ahead tonight. counting calories. the numbers are posted up there. are we paying attention? are americans eating more now gnat the calorie counts are rev

abc's alex marquardt is in rio with the latest. od morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. that's right. that prayer service due to take place right here on brazil's famous copacabana beach. but before then, he is going to visit that slum which has been known for its deadly violence and drug gangs. it's because of trips like that one that he's become known as the people's pope, for his modesty, his accessibility, always wading into crowds to hug and kiss admirers. but it really has raised security concerns around here. he has refused to use the bulletproof popemobile. prefrg instead an open jeep. there have been moments like this one, when his driver took a wrong turn and the fiat was mobbed by supporters. it's a momentous trip for the latin american pope. and one that is rife with fears over his security. bianna? >> all right, alex, our thanks to you. alex marquardt in rio. >>> and back in this country, a train derailment shut down the port of tampa this morning. the cargo train jumped the tracks. 15 cars overturned. at l

alex marquardt has the latest from cairo. hi alex. >> reporter: it's the worst violence we've seen between supporters and opponents of mohamed morsi. many fear it's a sign of much more bloodshed to come in this deeply divided egypt. egyptian fighting egyptian. a bridge in downtown cairo became the front in this deadly battle on friday night. opponents and supporters of egypt's ousted president, firing guns and fireworks, throwing rocks and molotov cocktails. after several hours of violence, the army finally stepped in and dispursed the crowds. violence raged beyond the capital, as well. here, the army opened fire on supporters of deposed president, mohamed morsi, as they prayed. across egypt, at least 30 people were killed and 200 wounded. the target of this fury, egypt's military, which on wednesday, removed the country's first democratically-elected president to place him under arrest. protests supporting morsi drew tens of thousands of islamist supporters into the streets after friday prayers. >> i do vote. and where? where

>> alex marquardt on an escalating situation there in egypt. thank you. >>> and a new theory this morning about exactly what caused that train disaster across the u.s. border in quebec. the railway company says a shutdown of the locomotive may have released the train's air brakes causing it to roll then derail igniting the oil it was carrying and incinerating 30 buildings. at least five people were killed, however, 40 people are still unaccounted for and authorities have yet to reach the hardest hit area. >>> and stunning scenes from arizona as the 19 firefighters killed in that raging wildfire last week were driven home. each in a white hearse adorned with american flags. first responders from across the nation lining the 125-mile route from phoenix to prescott. vice president joe biden will attend a memorial service tomorrow. >>> and finally, this is a day at the beach that one surfer will never forget. he got a smackdown from a giant whale. want you to take a look. the whale was frolicking off sydney, australia, when the surfer got a little

abc's alex marquardt reports from cairo. >> reporter: fireworks and jubilation erupted in tahrir squarein office. in a speech to the nation, the head of the military said they were responding to the calls of the people. the military blamed morsi for failing to unite egyptians. president morsi struck back calling the military's moves unacceptable and arguing he was legitimately elected. and in a video posted online, he ominously warned whoever planned this wants to spill the blood of the egyptian people. it was 2 1/2 years ago that many of the same egyptians were fighting to oust another president. since then egypt has become so deeply polarized. there are worries that a civil war could tear the country apart. >> mohamed morsi made a lot of mistakes, and i think a lot of the decisions he made over his first year in office did give people real reason to question his intentions with respect to democracy and the brotherhood's ability to play a democratic game. >> when helicopters showed up over the rally in tahrir square the crowd erupted in cheers. since morsi was elected a year ago, these

abc's alex marquardt has the latest from cairo. >> reporter: a heart drawn in the sky.e time. >> reporter: after the military deposed a president elected by the people, sources tell abc news, he is being held with his family in a presidential guest house. top officials from the muslim brotherhood, morsi's party have also been rounded up. 300 arrest warrants have been issued for their members. since sunday, clashes between morsi supporters and opponents have left around 50 people dead. the military installed a new virtually unknown president, egypt's top constitutional judge. do you know the name of the new president? >> uh, now, no. >> reporter: the past few days have highlighted the army's historic tremendous power. egypt's presidents have all been military men. its first civilian president, morsi lasted just a year. and egypt, the military has far more than traditional role. they control a huge part of the egyptian economy. some estimates go as high as 40%. they build road and bridges and have their own brand of olive oil and water. at the core of the u.s./egypt frien

. >> abc's alex marquardt keeping an eye on it all. s this happy family gets ready to leave the hospital? >> reporter: good morning, john, diana. we are not sure when they will be leaving the hospital with their new bundle of joy. prince william issued that brief statement last night saying we couldn't be happier and then spent the night in st. mary's with his new family. we're hoping to catch a glimpse at least of him today. possibly all three of them, re-enacting the famous scene from 31 years ago when prince charles and princess diana left that st. mary's lindo wing with william. now, when william and kate do leave, we're expecting them to go back to kensington palace their royal residence for at least two weeks while prince william is on paternity leave from his job as air force search-and-rescue pilot. >> alex, lots of celebrations yesterday. i fear we can expect more of the same later today. what are the expectations? what are we going to see in london? >> reporter: absolutely. huge celebrations last night outside buckingham palac

combine that with the pope's penchant for unpredictability and you have a security abc's alex marquardtorter: the pope who prides himself on being a man of the people was right there among them. reachinguggid kissing unlike predecessors, pope francis is using an open jeep to be more accessible. no bulletproof popemobile for him. here in brazil the openness is causing security jitters. along with moments like this one when the wrong turn led to adoring supporters mobbing his car. it's a headache for security, but his modesty has energized the catholic church's youth. >> he is just really taking a new step and looking at humility in a totally different light which i think catholics all around the world needed. >> reporter: one of the biggest security tests will come when 1 million pilgrims expected to pack this famous copacabana beach for a prayer service led by the pope. pope francis once again taking his message out of the churches and right to the people. alex marquardt, abc news, rio. >>> fishermen from long island, new york, expected home this morning after being plucked from the oce

but first, let's go to abc's alex marquardt with the latest in cairo this morning. alex? >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. it's clear the military is trying to shut down morsi's power base. the long outlawed islamist group, the muslim brotherhood. they have arrested morsi, several top officials and issued arrest warrants for around 300 of its members. it's clear that the military is trying to take this country over as smoothly as possible. jubilation erupting in tahrir square. yet another egyptian leader taken down by the people on this now iconic square. >> we've been waiting for this moment. >> reporter: anger had been growing against morsi. opponents accused him of doing nothing for the egypt economic crisis. said his party, the muslim brotherhood, was trying to control egyptian life. >> they were changing us, the way we talk. and the way we're dealing with society. >> reporter: so, on sunday, the first anniversary of morsi's election, nationwide demonstrations were called. millions turned out in what is believed to be the country's biggest protest ever. the crowd