>> ayman mohyeldin in cairo, tonight for us. ayman, thanks. >>> a couple more items in this country. a sad scene in prescott, arizona, this weekend. a procession of 19 hearses, all members of the same hot shot wildfire crew, trying to save the town of yarnell. the procession took five hours, traveling a route stretching 125 miles. tomorrow, the memorial service for all 19. >>> teresa heinz kerry, wife of secretary of state john kerry, has now been upgraded from critical to fair condition in a boston hospital. she was airlifted from their summer home on nantucket island after exhibiting symptoms of a seizure. she is 74 years old. >>> country singer randy travis hospitalized in texas in critical condition tonight with what we're told is a heart infection. randy travis is 54. >>> there is a new tropical storm to let you know about in the atlantic. it's been called chantal. warnings are up from barbados. a watch has been issued for puerto rico. and while there is a projected path for chantal, bringing it west toward cuba, forecaster

joining us now live from revolutionary cairo is ayman mohyeldin. thank you for staying up into the middle of the night with us. we have learned that mohammed morsi, most of his presidential team have been placed under house arrest. do we have any expectation of what happens to him now? >> we don't. not yet, the military has not made clear what it plans on doing, whether or not he will be released at least in the coming hours or days. he's not been charged with anything despite the fact that a lot of the protesters here say that there are sufficient reasons to actually try him or put him on trial for some of the ways he has managed the country over the past year, he has committed crimes and as a result he should be put on trial. the military has not made any indication that his temporary house arrest -- i say temporary because that is at least the indication we're getting, is for any other reason than for his own personal security, and that he's not being released right now, just because of the security situation and the overall climate here in the

we turn to foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin in cairo.t completely control of egypt? >> well, martin, the criticism is they're trying to take too much control of egypt. many of these decisions right now seem to be in the hands of the military. things like rounding up the leaders of the muslim brotherhood, the military calling on protesters to go to the streets to authorize the military to crack down on terrorists which has become synonymous with islamists including those holding the protest rally behind ousted president mohamed morsi. if anything, the criticism is at that time generals hold too much power and perhaps this interim government that has been put in place does mot have the power it needs particularly on the front of negotiating an outcome between those that are encamped in this pro-morsi rally and the interim government trying to build a more inclusive political process. that is why the chief of the eu foreign affairs commission is here meeting with the representatives of the muslim brother hood and the government to try and s

nbc's ayman mohyeldin joins us live from cairo. e latest now that we know that the military may move those folks out. >> reporter: it is really a very ominous sign that many people here think is a sign that the situation is coming to a head. as you mentioned today, the egyptian cabinet had a vote and they decided to describe the situation as a national security threat and gave the minister of interior the green light to break the two protests, the major two protests belonging to the supporters of the ousted president. a short time after that, the country's ministry of interior told the associated press that this is likely to happen over a gradual period of time, first beginning with warnings and ultimatums, and possibly security forces moving in, using tears go, and ultimately acting if self-defense if they need to. some of the speculation has been that these protesters have been armed, some have been concealing weapons and the situations have become way too dangerous, not only for the residents nearby, but disruptive to the country

ayman mohyeldin is joining us from cairo.itary informs charge in the period between mubarak and morsi, about a 16-month period. they have this mr. mansour, put into place as the newly interim president, we will call him. is he in charge or is the military in charge? >> reporter: well, that's really good question. no he will certainly be in charge of someday-to-day adares of the country. he will probably oversee a lot of the transitional policies of the government, but there's no doubt that egypt's military will cast a very big shadow, will certainly weigh in on a lot of the things that are happening, because at the end of the day this is their road map. so they will want to ensure that all of the vision that they laid out for the country would still be somewhat implemented. now, they are trying to put a civilian face on this they say they don't want anything to do with their country's politicsing, they want to go back to their barracks and run the security and their country's borders. there is no doubt that egypt's military,

ayman mohyeldin is live in cairo with the latest. ayman about you reported on the house arrest that morsi has been placed under. what can you tell us about that? >> what we do know is only coming out from members of the muslim brotherhood. no confirmation yet from the egyptian military or egyptian police. they have confirmed other arrest that is have been made, but for the time being so far, it is only the spokesperson for the muslim brotherhood, and the senior adviser to the freedom and justice party who says that former president mohammed morsi has been placed under house arrest, along with several other members of the presidential team, including dr. hadad. who is senior foreign policy adviser to the president and a man who's been to washington several times. he too, we understand, has been put under house arrest at this time. we're still working to get an official confirmation on that from egyptian security sources. the egyptian police, though, have also made the announcement that they have made some arrests involving senior figur

nbc correspondent ayman mohyeldin joins us with the latest from cairo. ayman?porter: melissa, right now police investigators are going through the scene and trying to determine exactly what happened. as we understand it, the general prosecutor here is going to be launching an investigation, but over the course of the last several hours, two very different accounts have emerged, and two very different death tolls. according to the supporters of the ousted president and the muslim brotherhood, close to 120 people were killed, as a peaceful protest was marchingsi another part of cairo. they were met by police who were using live ammunition as well as plains clothed supporters of the police who opened fire on them, leading to those casualties. but the police a short while ago held a preferenss conference ane a very different narrative. they said when they tried to prevent this march, they came into contact of armed guns by the muslim brotherhood. they released footage to try to substantiate their narrative of what happened. but it was a very bloody scene and a very

. >> ayman mohyeldin, thank you for your reporting. >>> joining us from washington is the director of the subban center for middle east policy at the brookings institution. tamara is with us. you wrote an article in the "usa today." you are looking at how the international community can engage what is happening in egypt, and it's a fine line. >> it is a fine line because the military have taken an action against a democratically elected leader, and outsiders don't want to condone that. on the other hand, that democratically elected leader was not necessarily sending egypt in a democratic direction and so if this is a chance for a recess, then i think the international community wants to be supportive. but the burden is right now on the military to show that its intentions are to return egypt to democratic rule as soon as possible. >> you know, in your article you point out three possible solutions. i'll read from it right now. you say maintain political inclusiveness, overhaul the abusive policy and -- police, rather, and security services and pursue economic reform as well as recover

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earlier ayman mohyeldin talked about the opposition and the sort of tableau that was created by the military leaders when he this he announced the change in government. they had leaders from youth movements, from secular and religious movements and also had mohamed elbaradei who most people remember from the united nations during the run up to the war in iraq and his pronouncements whether or not the government saddam hussein had weapons ef mass destruction. he's a known international figure. is he somebody that you could anticipate may actually have a leadership role in a future egyptian government? >> he could, but the problem is that this oppositioning in elbaradei himself is not overwhelmingly popular. there is a large contingent of egyptian society that supports the mut lim brotherhood. in the short term it might stabilize the situation but in the long-term this could lead to more violence and the radicalization of muslim brotherhood entiresupporters. on the side of the break, richard engel will give us an update. yes, please. of course. a rich, never bitter taste cup after cup. 340 gra

>> ayman mohyeldin on the ground for us in cairo. thanks very much. let me turn to the former egyptian ambassador to the united states. mr. ambassador, welcome to "meet the press." there are reports you would become the foreign minister in a new government that would be formed on this interim basis. but my question to you this morning, sir, is who is going to be in charge of egypt and how does anyone govern egypt at this particular moment? >> let me start by saying that, as you said, we do not yet have a prime minister. consequently, we don't have any nominees for any of the cabinet posts, including that of foreign minister. we are trying to establish a government that the interim president is consulting to try to get the widest possible support for the new prime minister, and hopefully he will announce the prime minister's name within a few hours or a day at most, i hope. once that's set, you will also have a roadmap set out by the president how to return to the constitutional discussions and two sets of elections for parliament and for president. >>

>> nbc's foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin is live in cairo this morning. good to see you. an ugly day there yesterday. >> it was. you know, it's kind of strange these days, waking up in cairo and saying, you know, it's off to a good start when you don't have any casualties to report. that has been the case today. the day you were talking about yesterday was one of the bloodiest egypt has seen in the past two years. as we were talking more than 51 people were killed. not yet quite sure exactly how it started because depending on who you ask, you're getting two very different narratives. the military says it was guarding the republican guard headquarters. its soldiers came under attack, opening in self-defense. they released footage showing various assailants trying to storm the republican guard positions. now if you ask the protesters and the muslim brotherhood supporte erers that were there,y said they were engaged in morning prayers as we have been every day for the past week staging the sit-in and they came under attack. the one thing most people are assure about, it was

ayman mohyeldin, good morning. >> reporter: thousands went to a rally near the republican guard headrts and are that is where president morsi is believed to be held up for the past several days since he was ousted. it is there that we heard shots of gun fire. there are initial reports of casualties and fatalities, but we are still working to confirm how many people have been injured. we understand both side, both well as the guards that were standing outside the palace headquarters there opened fire on one another. weir still getting the security assessment as it unfolds. meanwhile, the egyptian military has been put on a state of alert specifically on the sinai peninsula and this is after a group in the northern part of the country expressed support for declaring war after they ousted the form president and we understand that also overnight there was a deadly attack on an army outpost that had made the security situation in sinai extremely tense and volatile. >> as we get into friday evening are we hearing anything from the muslim brotherhood and supporters of morsi? >> reporter: se

joining me is ayman mohyeldin.'s talk about the crowds and if they are armed, what you know about that. >> right now as we understand it, the main center point for the rallies that have been converging here in cairo is not far away from the republican headquarters, the seen all along for the pro-morsi supporters. they've been there, rallying, wanting to have their president reinstated. we understand at this point some of those protesters marched on to the republican party or to the republican guard headquarters and it was there they were at least met with the police. there was a confrontation as we understand it. we are getting initial reports of casualties. no confirmation of any fatalities at this point. though there are eyewitnesses who are reportingp that the police there opened fire on the crowds or the army there opened fire on the crowds and that may have led to some of the casualties we're getting reports about. a tense situation that is developing right now at the headquarters of the republican guard. alex