and authorities have arrested mohammed badie.arately judicial officials say a court will review a petition to release, hosni mubarak. mubarak is waiting to be retried on charges of being behind the killi killings that take place. >>> and demonstrators waved flags and posters of ousted president, morsi. egypt's cabinet says more than 850 civilians have been killed in the last week. the muslim brotherhood puts the toll much higher. let's begin in washington with mike viqueira. mike what is the latest on the meeting with the president and his national security team? >> well that meeting broke up just a short time ago, tony. we don't yet have a readout. we know egypt was certainly tops on the agenda. what to do about u.s. aid that is still blowing after the chaos, killing and carnage. under mounting pressure to halt payments to egypt, today a flat denial from the white house that aid has already been cut off. >> this is not just a faucet in which you turn the spigot. whether tranches of aid have gone out since the announcement of thi

>> two distinct reactions to that capture and arrest of mohammed badie.the one hand you have the formal reaction which is spoken through cairo's media, which is essentially a mouthpiece for this government. and they are openly joyous that he was captured. they view that as a victory for the government. the muslim brotherhood is vowing to fight back. they have now elevated their right hand man, who is now in charge of the muslim brotherhood, and they are also saying that the muslim brotherhood is not backing down from this in any way, shape, or form, they are going to respond. they said that they will respond to what has happened in terms of him being arrested. >> david his arrest wasn't the only development here, mohammed baredy is also facing charges. >> yes, they issued a warrant, basically for his arrest. he resigned the post of vice president last week because of the violence that took place in the streets. the charge against him is breech of national trust. oddly enough in that charge, regarding that charge, that is a technical misdemeanor in this co

security forces arrested mohamed badie in eastern cairo. he was charged in july with inciting violence. muslim brotherhood spokesman ahmed aref said in a statement that badie is just one member of the group. he said many others would take part in demonstrations. the statement said the group will continue protesting to protect the rights of the egyptian people. the interim government has stepped up a crackdown on the group calling it a terrorist organization. many members of the brotherhood have been detained and they had to cancel demonstrations over the past few days. more than 850 people have been killed across the country in clashes since last wednesday when the security forces moved in to clear two protest camps in cairo. >> pervez musharraf was once the most powerful man in pakistan. but the country's former military ruler found himself in court on tuesday indicted for the murder of his political rival. >> reporter: pervez musharraf appeared before court on tuesday indicted for alleged involvement in the death of former prime minister

the army escalated their crackdown on the muslim brotherhood, by arresting mohamed badie for e ensitementor murder. >> the brotherhood operates as a coalition on all levels of society, and its arrest will not affect our operation. >> reporter: but it has with the brotherhood's most experience and respected leaders behind bars. >> thank god that mohamed badie has been arrested, and the government should ache all necessary measurements for the brothe brotherhood to stop. >> reporter: saying events in the country are still unfolding. >> the aid that we have provided in the past, the aid in the pipeline for us to provide moving forward, is something that is under review. >> reporter: gary lane, cbn news. >> wendy: thanks, gary. here in the united states, hundreds of egyptian protestors rallied in front of the white house. bama support for theent muslim brotherhood. coptic christians and moderate muslims say the u.s. has backed the wrong side in egypt. they are also blasting the news media's bias in favor of the brotherhood. mark martin has details. [yelling] >> mr. obama, i wasn't for you. >>

. >>> in a separate case, mohamed badie, the spiritual leader of the muslim brotherhood.is trial has beened a jurpd until october 29th. mohamed badie was arrested last week, he's accused of inciting protesters to kill those protesting against the muslim brotherhood on july 30th. two other brotherhood leaders are facing similar charges. wayne hey joins me from outside of cairo's police academy to update us on hosni mubarak's trial. wayne, i understand that mubarak actually appeared in court. tell us what's been happening. >> well, he has been in court. he was transferred to the police academy from the military hospital facility where he's been placed under house arrest. he's there along with his two sons that are facing the same charges as well, also the former interior minister and six of his aids as well. so far it really has been a procedural start to this retrial. we have heard from the judge whose gone to great lengths to point out this will be an independent trial, very transparent. there have been question marks about that leading up to the start of this trial. he w

badie and his deputy, who is also in custody, go on trial later this month for their alleged role inilling of eight protesters outside the brotherhood's care role that judge cairo headquarters in june. >>james: today, an american soldier who admitted to killing 16 afghan villagers and a rapid last march will face some of his victims. staff sergeant robert bills faces light-robert bales faces life in prison after pleading guilty to more than 30 criminal charges, including 16 counts of premeditated murder. as part of his plea deal, prosecutors will not seek the death sentence. bales admitted to going on a killing spree into villages in march of last year. nine afghan villagers have been flown in to testify. jurors began deliberations yesterday afternoon after hearing evidence for two months and marin county superior court former photographer joseph nasals trial. --so. naso is charged with strangling for prostitutes whose bodies were found off the side of rolled and marin, contra costa and you book counties between 1990--between 1977 and 1994. --yuba. the prosecution presented seven wit

egyptian security forces arrested the spiritual leader of the muslim brotherhood, mohammed badie and his deputy, who was already in custody, will go on trial later this month for their alleged role of the death of protesters outside of headquarters in june. after scores of detention of top leaders, this morning the brotherhood has appoint add new figurehead. ousted president mohamed morsi remains under house arrest for a 49th day. this morning mubarak's lawyer tells nbc news his legal team is submitting a petition in court tomorrow requesting his release. they are 99% sure that he's actually going to be free even if just temporarily. nearly 1,000 egyptians died since security forces raided pro-morsi camps. on monday human rights watch called that crackdown, quote, the most serious incident of mass unlawful killing in modern egyptian history. white house officials made it clear they have no intention calling morsi's ouster a coup, publicly hedging on whether the administration plans to suspend aid to egypt. >> that review is ongoing. that review is being made in light of actions that

egyptian authorities and state tv reporting the capture of mohammed badi early this morning local time. this video shows him sitting on the sofa next to an armed guard. authorities say he was found in an apartment in eastern cairo where supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi held a protest for six weeks before security forces moved in last week. badi and his powerful deputy will go on trial next month for the allege ld roles in the killing of eight protesters. >>> pakistan's ex-military ruler pervez musharraf has been indicted. the former pakistani president and army chief faces three counts in the 2007 murder of opposition leader benazir bhutto. musharraf has been under arrest for the last four months, appeared before the court in person to deny these charges. the case has been adjourned until next week. >>> 5:45. a wildfire raging out of control in the national forest forced the closure of a major highway into yosemite. the rim fire jumped highway 120 shutting it down in both directions from four miles west of groveland ranger station to four miles east of buck meadows. the fir

badie was charged in july with inciting violence, due to stand trial on august 25. for six days now, pro-morsi emmons traders have been suppressed. clashes with security forces have led to the deaths of nearly 900 people since last wednesday. the u.n. has ordered a full inquiry into the deaths of 37 islamist prisoners. the secretary-general has asked the regime to not be heavy- handed with the brotherhood. >> i have been urging that the -- allowing mr. morsi to be freed, and released. and if not, the transparent move should be taken. >> taken to a secret location since ousted, he faces charges for inciting violence outside the presidential palace in december, 2012. >> the while, former president woni mubarak has conditional release in the third of fourth cases -- of four cases against them but remains in detention on the fourth. >> this information was originally coming from his who said thatay, hosni mubarak could be released within 48 hours, and that is theuse the charges, one of corruption charges against him, a judge yesterday decided there was not enough eviden

in egypt, mohammed badie was arrested on charges of inciting violence. this comes as the u.s.s still deciding whether to give millions of dollars in military aid to egypt. >> what i said yesterday is true today. which is that in early july, the president of the united states directed his security team to conduct a review of the assistance and aid that reprovide to egypt. this is part of a complex and brood relationship we have with the egyptians. that review has not completed. >>> parents are beginning to gather their children after shots were fired at a georgia elementary school this afternoon. the school was evacuated after a man dressed in all black opened fire with an assault rifle. the suspect is in custody and no one hurt. >>> and over 50 wildfires are spreading across the west. i'm tony harris, stay tuned for more news and log on to aljazeera.com. ♪ >>> from wildfires to rising waters, we look at the risk of climate change on the united states, and what can be done to limit the damage. from washington, you are watching "inside story." ♪ >>> welcome. hotter drier, windie

and, you know, the whole arrest of mohamed badie caused controversy in egypt.that playing against the already tense background? >> well, first you have to understand that as general guide of the muslim brotherhood he's the most respected and revered leader in the organization. he's not only a morale guide but very much the spiritual soul of the movement. so, a recent events veered man and a poster that even under mubarak was never attempted to arrest or taken any action against in any way. now, when he was arrested we heard according to his lawyer he was physically abused and this is what the lawyer had to say. translator:>> when the police came to arrest him they abused him physically and verbally, they hit him in the face, his team teeth came out. they wouldn't let him taste his teeth to prison or his medication. >> a couple of aspects, first, the treatment of a man whose revered by many members of the muslim brotherhood but not only that, questions arise on details of physical abuse that emerge only when people come to court through their lawyers. the questi

against this turbulent background, yesterday egyptian police arrested muhammad badi, the speeiritual leader, in response to the six-week pro test that ended in violent clashes last week. joining us from cairo, and from washington, senior correspondent for national security and politics and the "daily beast." josh, i'd like to go to you first with your big news today. a scoop, if you will, about the white house's strange sort of back and forth over the question of whether or not this is a military coup and whether or not we are withholding $1.3 billion in aid. can you give us the latest as far as your conversations with senior administration officials? >> sure. the original sources came from senator patrick leahy, the head of the committee that runs foreign aid. he said the white house told him clearly most military aid had been halted while the administration conducts its review of all u.s.-egypt aid. the white house said before and after my story came out that there's been no policy decision to issuspend the aid. they're playing a word game, have their cake and eat it, too. basicall

security forces have detained the group's top leader, mohamed badie and took 32 members of the movement into custody after a gun battle south of cairo. >> translator: we won't change our stance. we'll keep opposing the policies of the authorities. >> members of the obama administration have criticized the detentions, which they say are politically motivated. >> that is not in line with the standard that we expect other governments to uphold in terms of respecting human rights. >> morsi supporters have been protesting since military leaders removed him from power early last month. security forces moved in a week ago to break up their sit-ins in cairo. more than 850 people have been killed in the violence that's followed. >>> people fleeing conflict and poverty often continue to set out on a treacherous sea journey to try and reach australia. but their search for a better life often comes at a high price. more than 100 suspended asylum seekers were rescued after their boat sank on tuesday near christmas island in the indian ocean. the boat capsized about 220 kilometers north of christmas

the first trial was for senior leaders of the muslim brotherhood including mohamed badie, the spiritualder, he along with deputies are charged with inciting violence and leading to the death of a couple of protesters back in june outside of their headquarters. that trial kicked off today without the members present for security reasons and was adjourned within a couple of minutes and delayed until october. the other big trial though is the one we did not -- was in the sure what would happen frankly with hosni mubarak, the deposed president removed from office in 2011. his trial continued today and he did appear in the court in a familiar position inside that cage wearing the sunglasses and the white leisure suit seeming to be displeased with the entire proceedings. he faces charges for failing to stop the deaths of hundreds of protesters during that revolution in 2011. the trial continued today. went on for several hours. the judge making a very clear point of trying to assure the courtroom and the public to be displayed in live broadcast across egypt that this will be transparent and t

. >>> security forces arrest muhammad badi, the spiritual leader of brother hd following announcement jailed ex-prisoner hosni mubarak could soon be released from prison. >>> here in the u.s., confess swirl around cutting aid -- mill taed aid to the country in crisis. >> our ability to influence the outcome in egypt is limited. it's up to the egyptian people, and it will be their responsibility to sort this out. >>> senator ted cruz renounces any claim to canadian citizenship. is the texan republican paving the way for 2016? good day. i'm chris matthews. >>> good day. i'm chris matthews. >> and i'm kathleen matthews, along with my husband chris filling in for andrea mitchell. detained or in prison helping the egyptian military tighten their grip on a country facing a very uncertain future at this point. >>> nbc ayman mohyeldin is live in cayk cairo. bring us up to date. >> reporter: certainly the news of the day revolves around muhammad badi, the guide general, supreme leader of the muslim brotherhood for the most part a symbolic figure within the organization. and obviously was someo

from moscow egypt's authorities have detained the head of the country's muslim brotherhood mohamed badie this comes as a new report by human rights watch is released accusing the country's military of a lawful mass killings and its crackdown on pro-democracy supporters now the watchdogs investigation claims police are deliberately using lethal force on protesters who don't pose any threat i haven't rocking the whole country has caused a rise in militancy on the sinai peninsula near the border with israel the latest attack there claiming the lives of twenty five police officers and israel is beginning. to feel the effects of the chaos across the border as former israeli diplomat or plane tell me it is going to stand by the military government in egypt because the prefers that to an islamist democracy. military regime in arab countries as betty that is and it is bad it's non-democratic it's dictatorial but it's much much much better then a regime which is terrorist inclined the muslim brotherhood has an agenda which transcends egypt it transcends in fact even the muslim world it's a terror

arrests of several senior muslim brotherhood figures including the group spiritual leader mohamed badie and all this comes while the country plunges deeper into an economic abyss as artie's paula severe reports. this is the place where egypt's creative minds meet and mingle for more than one hundred years they've congregated here cleaning inspiration from the famous faces watching down on them but the state imposed daily curfew has severely restricted the free flow of thought it strutting the they use over the hours and you feel that you are surrounded by by the curfew government offices now closer to thirty in the afternoon businesses close the doors an hour later the roads are clogged with traffic so if you want to get home before seven at night one of the irony is that now with the state of emergency there is no one on the streets at night so for the first time in weeks face no shortage of fuel but there is an emerging shortage in foreign investment with some of the biggest international companies shutting down their operations and leaving thousands of egyptians without jobs electrol

just hours after his arrest, mohammed badie was shown on egyptian tv looking tired and intimidated. he's charged with inciting violence after the fiery speeches he made in the muslim brotherhood's main protest camp. but it's the violence in the government's crackdown to clear protests that's brought international condemnation and calls for the u.s. to suspend its billion-dollar aid package. interim foreign minister nabil fahmy told us egypt is fighting a war against what he calls terrorism. >> our national security decisions will be determined by our national security perspectives. they will not be determined by whether we get aid from one country to another. >> reporter: can you understand why americans have reluctance? they have looked at the events of the last week and say we can no longer back this interim government. >> i can understand why you would be worried and concerned about the loss of life. i can't understand how you can be silent about the terrorism, because i know your values. i have lived in america. and your silence is abhorrent in comparison to what you stand up fo

under house arrest and was recently joined by the most senior leader of the muslim brotherhood mohamed badie a who was arrested in cairo this week now here to explain exactly what's happening in egypt i'm joined by political analysts. mad fati welcome to the show thing so the release of mubarak could come as soon as tomorrow what my what impact might that have on a country that's already in turmoil let me first explain one thing mubarak was not acquitted from any of the cases he had four cases he's being tried on he's just the temporarily. incarceration of him according to the egyptian low have expired he's been now for two years he cannot hold him on legal grounds for longer than that haven't they been able to start a trial or bring bring in sure there is four cases he's been tried on the first one is the killing of the demonstrators back in january twentieth levon and he have been sentenced to twenty five years but then when he took it to the appeals court the appeals court voided the sentencing and then he's now under retry it the other three cases involve mis uses a fund and corruption a

. >> mohammed badie, how will egyptians respond to that. >> he did not poll at all well during electionss someone who i think is looked upon with some chagrin in egypt. but to me, this is again, an escalation of what is happening there. this deep division in the country, to go after him and accuse him of ineffective treason, the suit is at this point a misdemeanor, but to even be questioning his loyalty to the state, i think again is escalating what is going on. >> isabel thank you very much. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >>> recreational marijuana use is now legal in washington state, and it could mean a lot of tax money for that state. it will license and regulate growers, producers, and retailers. >> reporter: somewhere in rural thurston county, jeff gilmore looks over this summer's crop of god bud. his marijuana roots run deep. >> i'm midwestern born. good moral center. been a career pot dealer my entire life. >> reporter: he says for years he has been giving away his pot to people who need it for medicine. >> i dreampt it. just like every kid dreams of playing in the wor

now, mohamed badie in custody.e's been wanted for a number of charges, a whole scope of things it brotherhood are accused of. but this, of course, will feed in to the fears that now the brotherhood are going to be pushed underground. there's no scope for negotiation. that's been off the cards for a number of days, if not weeks. we've seen the violence in the past week and now we have the majority of their leaders in state custody and these images which are, frankly, him on parade. the army, administration making it quite clear that they have the upper hand, anderson. >> calls have been growing to cut off an economic aid. what is the latest on that? >> reporter: what is remarkable is we keep hearing these calls and we keep hearing the u.s. saying it's reviewing its aid but they have not made any change to the economic assistance, the $1.3 billion worth of military aid. that is still under review. there's been no significant change. but each time washington makes hint at this, we hear from arab backers who quite expl

mohamed badie, the spiritual leader of the muslim brotherhood him and his deputies entrepreneur trial or had the trial begin today. they're charged with inciting violence in june causing the deaths of dozens of protesters. they did not appear in court and their trial was continued until late october. the other big trial today is with hosni mubarak. no one knew what to really expect with that case. it certainly did not disappoint. the former deposed -- president deposed in 2011 did appear in court this morning in a familiar place, in that cage wearing sunglasses and scowling at the courtroom. he faces charges involved with his role in the death of hundreds of protesters during the massive revolution in 2011. he's already been convicted of that crime and sentenced to life in prison. the charges were overturned and a new trial was ordered. we're seeing the continuation of that trial. now, keep in mind, that mubarak was freed from prison just on thursday and put under house arrest. it was unclear if he would show in the courtroom and whether the trial would continue. as we saw this mornin

against this turbulent background, yesterday egyptian police arrested muhammad badi, the speeiritualin response to the six-week pro test that ended in violent clashes last week. joining us from cairo, and from washington, senior correspondent for national security and politics and the "daily beast." josh, i'd like to go to you first with your big news today. a scoop, if you will, about the white house's strange sort of back and forth over the question of whether or not this is a military coup and whether or not we are withholding $1.3 billion in aid. can you give us the latest as far as your conversations with se

it wasn't long after hissard mohamed badie was paraded on tv, a cake walk for the most wanted man. the muslim brotherhood supreme guide has been charged with inciting violence. his arrest could trigger backlash from supporters that came after another day of blood shed in egypt. the country held a solemn ceremony returning the bodies of more than 20 police officers ambushed by islamic militants in sinai. a far cry from the treatment hundreds of demonstrators killed during and since police broke up last week's sit-in demonstrations with lethal force. working for human rights watch, called the crackdown the worst unlawful mass killing in egypt's modern his. >> in this case we're seeing the police resort almost immediately to live gunfire. that is based on instructions. >> they are getting ordered. >> they are being ordered to use live gunfire. >> reporter: police have already warned they will use live gunfire again if demonstrators go on the attack. now, what about former president hosni mubarak. the government is taking a step back saying this is a matter for the court. the lawyer te

mohammed badi is one of key leaders in the brotherhood in egypt and one of his deputies was arrestedthe muslim brotherhood have not been able to get out crowds and chaos in the past. perhaps they don't have the organizational strength or they don't have the kind of widespread support they did a year ago when they won the election. clearly for the army this has been a textbook move out of the 1980s or 1990s when they had outlawed the muslim brotherhood,ed much of its leadership and held them without trial for decades. that is something the army says they will continue doing over next couple weeks as they try to round up the brotherhood. the other problems the army is facing from some of the brotherhood's supporters and allies primarily that being the militant and jihaddist groups in the sinai peninsula. we saw first-hand what they can do last night. the 25 coffins of the egyptian policemen executed in an islamic militant ambush attack were brought back to cairo in a military ceremony. certainly something the army fears they will have to deal with over the coming weeks and months as in

fueling unrest and uncertainty as the arrest of the spiritual leader of the muslim brotherhood, mohammed badi. what are you hearing about that? there's been imagines on tv. >> look at the contrast here. we're talking about the possible release of hosni mubarak and arrest of the muslim brotherhood spiritual guide all within about 12 hours. >> this is the sign the country's new military-backed government does not want to bring mubarak back to power, nobody is talking about that, but reimpose a mubarak type system that while not democratic, was stable. they want to settle scores against old enemies like the muslim brotherhood. >> richard engel in cairo again for us this morning, thank you very much. savannah? >>> here at home beau biden is undergoing medical testing in texas today after becoming weak and disoriented and the vice president has made that trip to texas to be by his side. nbc's cheese white house nbc's chief white house correspondent chuck todd has the latest. what can you tell us about this? >> he will be undergoing these tests and this is all diagnostic. the bottom line is they do

interim government has continued to crack down on the muslim brotherhood, arresting leader mohamed badin cairo. he'll be charged with insighting the murder of protesters. >>> the lawyers of hosni mubarak started legal proceedings for his immediate release. yousuf joins us on the ground with more on cairo. these two factors are only going to complicate matters even more. >> absolutely, karen. it is clear the courts have their work set out for them in the coming few weeks. first off, the arrest of the supreme guide, the top man of the muslim brotherhood. remember, he was charged with inciting murder back in july. the arrest did not materialize until the early hours of this morning. that comes off the back of state television brandishing images of his arrest, shows a visibly distraught man, clearly tired, and he will be indicted on those charges. the muslim brotherhood condemned the move. the other development is the possible release of the former president hosni mubarak. now that is according to his lawyer. he says that in a matter of 48 hours, after getting through administrative hurdles